Re: Beginer bass tips?
Well, I'm back. I didn't stay as late as I planned. My son wasn't feeling well, so I took my daughter. We had a blast, but nothing worked out right.<br /> To start off, I was delayed, and didn't get on the road till about 3:30pm. As I was driving down 99 I realized I had forgotten my camarea. Shortly after that I realized I had forgotten my jacket. Got the boat in the water, tied up at the dock to get my daughter in and untied the boat, pushed off and jumped in the boat.(I have never done that before, I don't know why I did it this time, I always start the motor and make sure it's running strong before I push off). Anyway, I was about 3 feet away from the dock when I realized what I had done. I went to start the motor and it wouldn't start. Sprayed the premix and it sputtered a few times then just wouldn't do anything. I'm now right in the middle of the area just in front of the ramp, and if anyone else was there I would have been blocking access. I decided to use a couple squirts of starter fluid, and it started up and we were underway.<br /> It was then that I realized I had also forgotten to bring the drinking water. Doh! But no biggie, my daughter was happy to be back in the boat, so we cruised out looking for a good spot to hunker down and fish. <br /> The lake was covered with debris, I only had a few spots where I could open it up, and then more logs everywhere. I decided I didn't want to have to come back through all that crap when it was dark, so I just stopped and we fished awhile for bass. It was a terible spot, right out in the middle with no points anywhere. I knew I wasn't gonna get any hits, but I bounced the worm off the bottom several times, and then switched over to raw shrimp for catfish. No hits on that either, but we didn't stay too long, my daughter was getting cold and hungry. But she had a great time! She was jabbering the whole time, and was obviously having a good time, which was the whole point anyway. She's 8 years old, and she wasn't disapointed that we didn't catch anything. She was enjoying looking up at the stars, listeng to and imitating all the animal sounds she heard, and just having fun in general. We're gonna go again sometime soon, hopefully my son will go this time. Well, I gotta go, hopefully next trip I'll have something better to report!<br /> By the way Bassin, nice move! Made me smile just reading it. There's nothing more rewarding than seeing your kids happy and enjoying themselves!
