Walk In Backwater Adventure

I had spotted a tiny little backwater on the aerial photos and wanted to
give it a try. Bassctchr1 and I decided to walk in. It was a chore. The
brush was a lot thicker in real life than it looked like from the air, but
we found one tiny little spot where we were able to squeeze through the
cattails and see the water. As we were standing there we saw half a dozen
bass swim up and look at us. I nailed a dink on the very first cast. Then
another. We got several bites and landed 3-4 maybe 5 fish before we even
fought our way through the last bit of brush to get into the water. Then we
started wading, and Bassctchr1 nailed a 6 plus. Awesome fish. In the first
ten minutes of fishing we probably had 8 fish between us and one toad. Sadly
there was only the one place we could get to the water and limited areas
where we could wade. At one point I was standing in water chest deep and
chunking a senko over top of the brush and weeds to get to more water with
my bait, and managed to land a couple more fish. I think all together we
caught about 15 fish with very little actual fishing time. It took us about
an hour to walk in and and a little longer to walk out. A couple times going
in I headed through brush where there wasn't even on opening much less a
trail, and I'm sure Bassctchr1 thought I was nuts.

It was an awesome adventure, and of course I had to get the truck stuck
trying to drive out from our walking in spot. Was no big deal though. We dug
her out, flattened the tires and it drove right out.

Been a long time since I had that much fun. Absolutely awesome fishing
adventure. Thanks for going with me. I hate to tackle those back country
adventures solo because if something happens and you need help... anyway.
Thanks for coming with. Had a great afternoon.

P.S.

If you do any real off road driving in sand eventually you will get stuck.
I know I have lots of times over the years when hunting, fishing, running
trap lines, and sometimes just going for a drive.

One of the easiest ways to get unstuck in sand is to break out the old farm
jack, lift the vehicle, fill in the holes, and flatten (drop down to about 8
PSI) all your tires. Doesn't always work, but when it doesn't you are in
real trouble. Sometimes it works in mud too, but it's hard to control with
four flats in mud.

Anyway, I have had 4 or 5 different 12 volt air compressors and none of them
have done a decent job of refilling 4 flat tires when I get back to hard
ground. Does anybody know of a GOOD compact air compressor I can carry in
my truck? I don't mind paying a little more, but throwing a Honda Powered
Roll-Aire or Sanborn compressor in the back of the truck is a little more
than I can justify.

Something that can fill a truck tire in a reasonable amount of time and
doesn't burn up or blow a fuse if you try to fill 4 of them. I'm not
thinking of even being able to fill them to full pressure. Just 30-35
pounds so I can safely drive to someplace with air and finish filling them
to road pressure.

Way back when I was a kid some of the farmers used to have an engine driven
compressor under the hood that was engaged with an electric clutch like an
an air conditioner compressor, but there just isn't a lot of room under the
hood on a modern truck much less a place to put one more belt.

That reminds me. After today's fishing adventure I need to remember to
throw my farm jack and my shovel in the truck. LOL.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com