
Well after some time Brookfield Angler and 1080tommy met up for some smallmouth destruction on The Fox River this morning. This all came together last night when I decided to cancel my flight for this morning because of the significant date and relax with some fishing. I contacted Nick and mentioned my friend and I were going to get back down to The Fox River for a wade. Things came together and the historic day was set. The owner of BFA and
MWUH were going to meet up and catch some fish..... or so we thought!!!!
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Nick concentrating on the conditions | |
Met out at Glenwood County Forest Preserve at just after 6am and once again they had the place opened up nice and early for us. We parked and waited a bit for Dave to get there and he was a little bit late so we started fishing. We all started using white twister tail grubs with a 1/16th oz jig heads. My friend Dave got a dink fairly quickly followed by a hit and miss and another small fish. I thought we were going to get into them again but the action slowed and we got nothing for a while. The scenery down there is beautiful though.
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Nick and my friend Dave working the current |
Eventually we came to the realization that the fish were out to destroy us!!!! The highlight of my day came early on when I asked the question to Nick(BrookfieldAngler) where he was from!!!!!! I then almost immediately realized what a good question that was and felt less than intelligent however; I thought he would cut me some slack because I was up so early. We kept fishing and then tried several different lures. Nick put on a wake bait while I put on a surface bait and eventually a black and silver Diawa Peanut. I almost immediately got a hit on the crank bait held steady in the current and was hoping to be onto something. I did get one more hit and it looked to be a better fish but he got off.
We did not have the best day fishing however it was great to finally meet Nick and do some fishing with him. I hope we can do it again!! Seems the older I get the less I judge an outing on how many fish I catch, but rather trying to leave the outdoors a better place than when I arrived. If I can make a new friend or two that makes it even better.
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Dave and Nick still looking for the elusive smallie! |
Darn those Smallies anyway! Looks like some pretty country to be chasin' them in. Thanks for sharing, and, I agree that sometimes being out there is "not" just about the fishing.
ReplyDeleteGreat recap, Tom!! It was definitely nice to actually get together and do some fishing. I am sure we will do a lot more...and actually catch some fish too.
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