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Sometimes, even FishinMatt gets skunked 
I headed out from 10-12 hoping to take advantage of the overcast skies. Of course as soon as I am out the rain and wind picked up and steadily got worse. I chose to fish a 1/2 ounce buzzbait, hoping for a couple good bites. It started well with a fish on the 3rd cast. It did not feel like much until she jumped and threw the bait about halfway to the boat. I worked down for another hour or so before finally finding a little calm pocket on the shoreline. I had 2 short hits in this area with one just about taking my rod out of my hands, but no hook up. Then for some reason the bail on my reel just snapped, which effectively ended my day, as the only other rod in the boat was my musky combo. I don't know how the heck it broke. Hopefully I can take it to a reel repair shop and have them order a new piece. By the time I got off the water I almost needed to call for goverment assistance because it felt like a hurricane out there
I headed out from 10-12 hoping to take advantage of the overcast skies. Of course as soon as I am out the rain and wind picked up and steadily got worse. I chose to fish a 1/2 ounce buzzbait, hoping for a couple good bites. It started well with a fish on the 3rd cast. It did not feel like much until she jumped and threw the bait about halfway to the boat. I worked down for another hour or so before finally finding a little calm pocket on the shoreline. I had 2 short hits in this area with one just about taking my rod out of my hands, but no hook up. Then for some reason the bail on my reel just snapped, which effectively ended my day, as the only other rod in the boat was my musky combo. I don't know how the heck it broke. Hopefully I can take it to a reel repair shop and have them order a new piece. By the time I got off the water I almost needed to call for goverment assistance because it felt like a hurricane out there 
