Went Fishing Once This Week...

It was late Monday evening, just now getting the results up. We played music for a funeral that day at 4pm, had the boat hooked up and ran out for a little late afternoon trolling.

One pass down the 147 bridge yielded no results so we headed over to Calhoun Point and Mary and Cathy picked up a nice hat full of under size hybrid stripers and Kentucky spotted bass. I hung one, but lost him. We have been hunting big stripers a few times lately and while our efforts have been turning up little ones no big boys yet.

Vintage equipment note, the rod Mary is holding (reel is a new spin cast, heavy duty because this is where the action is) is a mid 70s Lew's Speed Stick. Sold back then for about $11 which was half a days or better wages for a high school student. We thought that was a little expensive, my dad probably bought this one. It was a stiff rod, more so than we liked what was then known as a worm rod. I looked these up on ebay, one exactly like this sold yesterday for $65. This is the black model, I have a brown one, action more to my liking with some broken guides, maybe I should fix it up.

Now days I use a rod I bought at Academy, fast smooth taper I prefer, that has caught several #5 pound cats this year. It costs $5 bucks. I worked just a few minutes to make that much money. If it breaks, likely the reel seat or guides, the rod blank seems solid, I throw it away and get another one.