Friday Afternoon Off

I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim

Jim wrote:
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim
Sounds like you hit 'em just right. Let us know how you do tomorrow.

"Jim" wrote in message
m...
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim

Sounds like you better plan on a little job hunting in a few weeks!
Congrats on the nice outing.

Eric

Way to go. I have often thought I should be out fishing instead of
working. I am supposed to start a new job next week. It is located
on the Wisconsin River. Jeese, I hope they don't mind me fishing from
the bank.

On 15 Oct 2004 17:36:34 -0700, (Jim) sent into
the ether:

I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim


Remove the x for e-mail reply
www.outdoorfrontiers.com

Florida's different than Pa. Jim - up here Thursday's the day to fish.

Warren

--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Jim" wrote in message
m...
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:48:07 -0400, "go-bassn"
sent into the ether:

Florida's different than Pa. Jim - up here Thursday's the day to fish.

Warren
Because of the pressure or it's your day off? Around Milwaukee Wed &
Thur afternoon/evenings were best because the lack of pressure.

Remove the x for e-mail reply
www.outdoorfrontiers.com

I am fortunate that I live on a system where pressure is "never" a problem,
even with a 200 boat bass tourney and a 200 boat walleye tourney going on at
the same time....There is always somewhere to go and be for the most part,
by yourself.

Chris
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Florida's different than Pa. Jim - up here Thursday's the day to fish.

Warren

--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Jim" wrote in message
m...
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:45:39 GMT, "Chris Rennert"
sent into the ether:

I am fortunate that I live on a system where pressure is "never" a problem,
even with a 200 boat bass tourney and a 200 boat walleye tourney going on at
the same time....There is always somewhere to go and be for the most part,
by yourself.

Chris

I used to love Poygan for that very reason.


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Florida's different than Pa. Jim - up here Thursday's the day to fish.

Warren

--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Jim" wrote in message
m...
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim





Remove the x for e-mail reply
www.outdoorfrontiers.com

Pressure bothers you? I love pressure. My favorite time to be fishing is
in a really tough tournament. Anyone can catch fish when they're biting,
the trick is to catch em when they're not biting.

Thursday is my day off, yes Dan.

Warren

"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
wrote in message
...
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:45:39 GMT, "Chris Rennert"
sent into the ether:

I am fortunate that I live on a system where pressure is "never" a
problem,
even with a 200 boat bass tourney and a 200 boat walleye tourney going on
at
the same time....There is always somewhere to go and be for the most
part,
by yourself.

Chris

I used to love Poygan for that very reason.


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Florida's different than Pa. Jim - up here Thursday's the day to fish.

Warren

--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Jim" wrote in message
m...
I am now convinced that we are meant to fish on Friday afternoons
(maybe all afternoons - I just don't have the supporting evidence yet)
instead of work. I live in central Florida and spent the late
afternoon on a local lake running BassPro's red Stik-O through the
lilly pads and shallows. I don't know if it was the the little front
that blew through in the middle of the day, or the slight change in
temps, or because it was late in the day, or just what factors are to
credit, but I had some great bass fishing. In about an hour and a
half I had 18 fish on and boated 14. Four were lost in the pads and
grass. Nothing over 2.5 lbs but a heck of a lot of fun. I just got a
used bass boat and started fishing fresh water in Florida a couple of
weeks ago so this was a real treat.

Thought I'd share the experience. If nothing else it may be the
motivator for other to get out there again soon. As for me -- I will
be out at dawn!

Jim





Remove the x for e-mail reply
www.outdoorfrontiers.com

"go-bassn wrote in message: Pressure bothers you? I love pressure. My
favorite time to be fishing is in a really tough tournament. Anyone can
catch fish when they're biting, the trick is to catch em when they're not
biting."

I totally agree. Learning how to provoke a reactionary strike when the bite
is off is very cool. But so is knowing where and how to always find some
active fish is even better. Now, all I have to do is learn how ;-) Which
is the same problem 99.5% of all anglers face.

They say that at any time only 10% of the all the water in a lake is right
to support life. Now, that is a lot of dead (unproductive) water. Further
compound that with poor conditions, and we as anglers are faced with only
about 1% of all the water in a lake being right to support activity (just a
personal theory). Talk about finding a needle in a hay stack I say the
word LUCK goes along with the SKILL at that point. For in a pro tournament
you have a lot very talented and skilled anglers who know where the most
active fish SHOULD BE, so the deciding factor - LUCK or being LUCKY.

--
Craig Baugher
Sales Professional - Village Ford
(734) 565-5786
(800) 257-1478 Toll-Free