03-11-2025, 05:30 PM
Got home yesterday about 4:00 fed the animals and had most of the wife's projects caught up, so went fishing. Just a bank tangling trip, but nice to blow the dust off the long rods... It was really slow fishing, but a really nice afternoon to listen to all the migrating birds go by... Was thinking about calling it a day when my bobber disappeared, I gave it a big jerk and listened to my drag scream as the line started peeling off... I was in a sort of hairy spot between two nasty snag piles and steering that running monster was not easy, luckily I had braid on that pole so I could lay into it everytime it got close to the snags on both sides, so I was able to keep it free and fighting... After a really fun battle I did land this one and it wasn't near a big as it felt... Ended up a channel cat 22.5" but it sure felt all of 28" by the fight... That was the only fish of the day, even though I tried another spot later on, but made for a great first cat of 2025, hope it's the first of many... Glad to have the extra hour of light now, hope I take good advantage of it now... Later J
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!