Went to Salt Creek Tuesday afternoon between the storms.
In a recent post on the DuPage thread I mentioned that I seem to be fated to catching only 1 fish per outing with the exception of Salt Creek. So just to choose me up the gods of fishing made it so I caught 1 - count them - 1 6" bass. Caught it on a red & white tube jig with a safety pin spinner.
I was in sort of a hurry when I got there - didn't know how much time I had. So after tying on the jig I clipped the line instead of the tag! Told myself what a stupid bastard I am & then remembered a John Husar column about one of his many fishing trips with Spence Petros (google him if you don't know the name) during which Petros did the same thing. He didn't realize he'd clipped the line until he casted! Figured whatever is good enough for Spence Petros is good enough for me.
In a recent post on the DuPage thread I mentioned that I seem to be fated to catching only 1 fish per outing with the exception of Salt Creek. So just to choose me up the gods of fishing made it so I caught 1 - count them - 1 6" bass. Caught it on a red & white tube jig with a safety pin spinner.
I was in sort of a hurry when I got there - didn't know how much time I had. So after tying on the jig I clipped the line instead of the tag! Told myself what a stupid bastard I am & then remembered a John Husar column about one of his many fishing trips with Spence Petros (google him if you don't know the name) during which Petros did the same thing. He didn't realize he'd clipped the line until he casted! Figured whatever is good enough for Spence Petros is good enough for me.
