Hello friends and Hivers. I'm back again to share a fishing tale experience this past Sunday. I had a few errands to take care in the morning so I had a bit of a late start on the water. I was not planning to be out too long because the weather was scorching.
I really wanted to hit the river but that was not possible because of some flooding issues. Sunday it was high with just about anything you can imagine drifting down it. Near my house, it was near to cresting. Now it has crested and good area of land is covered in water. Tonight there is suppose to be a nasty thunderstorm to make matters worse 😢 I live about a half of mile away and it is giving me a bit of anxiety. Hopefully the water resides quickly but tomorrow it is projected to be the worse yet. I hope to God the levee holds near me like it did back in 2019. Anyways let's go to happy place which is me catching a lot of fish.
So I decided to go to a pond that is about 20 minutes from my house. It's far enough away from the city but not too far to put a hurting on the gas tank. Not a huge body of water but plenty of water to fish while also providing a nice outdoor feel.
One of my he first places I fished was in the shade under a tree. The area was already taken by a flock of geese. I got really close to them and it was like they were standing there ground. The largest one looked at me and hissed at me. At this time I reached for my phone to get a close up photo. While doing that they all turned around in sequence and walked away. What you see above is them retreating, they didn't want to mess with this guy today.
The geese were out in good numbers while I was there. To the most part most were just enjoying there swim. If I had to guess probably seen about 50 or so all ranging in sizes.
I spent about 45 minutes under that tree and caught 3 bluegills about the size in the picture above. I was using a white feather jig 1/64 oz with a streak of flash in it. I used this presentation with a light bobber tipped with some crappie bites. The shade felt good as the temperature was about 100° F (38° C). The bite wasn't incredible but I was kinda surprised I was catching fish with the temperatures.
I left the comfy area of the shade to try my luck elsewhere. I caught a few more fish but I decided to change my lure to a black feathered jig same weight with a white head using the same presentation. Oh boy let me tell you I almost caught a fish every cast. So I tell you once I went black there was no going back, hehe.
Not only did I catch more fish simply by changing colors it lead to catching some bigger ones. I probably caught about 50-55 fish the four and half hours I was there. I usually keep track in my head but I lost count at around 40 something. Almost all were blue gill, I did catch one smaller crappie and 3 smaller largemouth bass. I wasn't really thinking about the bright sun rays beating down on my arms, neck and legs. I certainly felt the heat as I did sweat a lot but the active fish bite just made feel numb to the sun and it's temperatures. I really only planned to fish 30-45 minutes but the bite made me stay a little longer than planned. Since this wasn't planned for this long I didn't apply or have any sun block, whoopsie.
My hat saved me from getting burned up on my face to the most part. My forearms were left lobster red along with my neck and some of my legs. I could really have used one of @ph1102 hats that his wife mentioned in her post the following day after I fished. It was a fisherman hat with a neck sleeve that would have saved my poor neck, haha. Maybe I could have made it a lucky fish catching hat, haha. Oh well I'll be better prepared the next time.
So today I kept 10 fish for a future fish fry I will do at work on a much cooler day. On the car ride home I really started to notice the sun touched me not so nicely. It was no fun cleaning fish when I got home as my hands were also torched. Would I do it again knowing I would have a ball fishing and get sun burnt? Bring it on sun give me your best shot!! Maybe I should do some night ops and go after some cats (catfish).
I hope you all enjoyed my little hot fishing experience. This certainly won't be my last time sharing it with you. Need to start chasing some monster fish. Keep the lines tight and pull out a pig! Until next time. Take care, stay safe and good vibes going forward.