yolo
01-04-2009, 09:03 AM
Well I got my cripple butt out there this morning for an hour. I just couldn't take it anymore. Hurting ankle or not, I needed some fresh air. The air was definitely fresh and crisp. It was very cold and temp in the high teens. Ice forming on the guides, line and reel. Hands getting a little numb. Basically it was very cold.
I start out with the Trap for a little while and nothing. I tie on a 4" pearl swim shad and toss that for a few minutes. I finally get a taker and the fight is on. I get in to the edge and because I can't go down the side of the duct to pick it up like I normally do (ankle won't articulate the angle of the duct wall and I can only step flat), so I start to drag it up. It's flopping and flipping as I keep dragging it up the side and about half way up, it unhooks and flops in the water and takes off. If not for my ankle not letting me walk on the incline, I would have had it as my first catch of the year. It was the average Palmdale duct striper in the 6 to 8 lb range. Another fatty but I couldn't get it all the way up the side where I could grab it.
Sorry but no fish picture because I couldn't get my hands on it but I did snap a shot of the icy reel. Farmed fish or not, it was good to get out and good not to slip in this time http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/forum/images/smilies/1clappin.gif
I start out with the Trap for a little while and nothing. I tie on a 4" pearl swim shad and toss that for a few minutes. I finally get a taker and the fight is on. I get in to the edge and because I can't go down the side of the duct to pick it up like I normally do (ankle won't articulate the angle of the duct wall and I can only step flat), so I start to drag it up. It's flopping and flipping as I keep dragging it up the side and about half way up, it unhooks and flops in the water and takes off. If not for my ankle not letting me walk on the incline, I would have had it as my first catch of the year. It was the average Palmdale duct striper in the 6 to 8 lb range. Another fatty but I couldn't get it all the way up the side where I could grab it.
Sorry but no fish picture because I couldn't get my hands on it but I did snap a shot of the icy reel. Farmed fish or not, it was good to get out and good not to slip in this time http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/forum/images/smilies/1clappin.gif