Thursday, May 19, 2011

For Lack Of Anything New To Talk About



The Creek is flying, finals are coming up, and my mind can't think of anything new to tie. The only thing I can think to write about? A good old fish tale. I mean, that's what the title even says. So here goes nuthin'. It was four in the morning, and I found myself yet again awake, rigging a rod. We were heading to Pella Crossing out in Longmont, and it was Summer. I had been the previous week, and the topwater bite was HOT. Poppers were catching tons of fish, but there was a problem. The fish were hard to get to. So there I was, four in the morning, rigging a rod... and pumping up a float tube. Twenty minutes later, I'm sitting in the lake, casting around trees and bushes. I had taken around five casts, and nothing yet but bluegill. Cast number six. Sploosh. Strip, strip, strip. Rest. BAM! Fish on! I brought in the nice 14 inch largemouth, and let him go. I did this two more times over the next thirty minutes, and then kicked back to a spot that looked  good. I put my cast in, stripped a few times, and waited. A couple seconds later, two large, dark shapes appeared. Is that dislodged sticks? No, it's fish! The first one stepped up, took a look, and darted off. Damn! But wait, the second one was still there. He came up, took a look, and tapped the fly. Not ate, tapped. But I was ready. The bluegill looking strike got a hard, fast hook-set, and I felt the rod go heavy. Fish! I fought the fish hard, and brought it to the side of my boat after a few minutes. Awesome. But there was one thing that made this fish extra special. The 18 inch bass was a smallmouth! A rare catch in colorado, especially in Pella. I had never seen one there that was this size. So I called my friend over to take a picture, then released the fish. I caught one more fish in that lake, a nice little 10 inch largemouth. After that, I moved on to the next lake. I caught some more bass and a couple bluegill, but the smallie was definitely the highlight of the day. Back to now time, there's a week of school left and I'm hoping for another great Summer. Get out there, those of you that don't have a constant pressing activity. Ha, like anyone has that.

4 comments:

  1. I never knew there were smallmouth in Colo. Pretty cool. Never even heard of Pella.

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  2. Hell yeah Justin, That is pretty ballsy to be fishing in a white hat!

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  3. o yea dustin, stickin' out from the crowd!

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  4. Nice photo with the fish and the lake. Like you, I love fishing but got no time. Anyway, keep on fishing and enjoy your day!

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