When all else fails, eat a peach...

Dave and I have not been fishing for probably a couple of years.  So, when Pam and I were walking around the campgrounds at Lake Loramie a couple of weeks ago, I called him to see if he had recovered from all the excitement of the last time and to see if he might want to take a break from the links and try our hand again.We figured the fish had recovered from that fantastic day by now so we set a date for Tuesday morning. 

This was the first time I had taken the boat out to fish for a while, so I had to get everything ready.  The only problem was that I had forgotten to check the battery for the trolling motor until late the night before.  Yep!  Deader than a door nail.  Oh well, we had enough juice from the main battery so off we went.  I took the dead battery out of the boat, figured we might need the extra weight capacity if we hit a BIG fish or two.

The boat went into the water at about 0700 and the second thing that I had forgotten to check was the bait store opening hours.  We had to use artificial bait until about 0800.  No strikes -- no nibbles -- not even a snagged twig in that first hour.  Should have been clear by that early hour that this was not going to be a good day.

We went around to two or three "promising" places and the extent of our "catches" was a handful of lilly pad leaves and a couple of twigs.  By this time, it was starting to get hot out.  We had been in the midst of a protracted dry, hot spell here in Shelby County.  Upper 80s and low 90s pretty much controlled the thermometers for about a month.  The lake water was kinda warm at the surface, which was good for the kids over at the beach, but not so good for fishermen.

So now it's about 1030 and nothing.  That's when Dave whipped out a couple of peaches or nectarines.  Boy the old supply Sergeant comes through in the clutch.  These hit the spot and were really juicy.  Only got a little on the front of my shirt as we were motoring back to the docks -- empty- handed, but full!

We'll go back.  It is against the law (some law) to buy a fishing license and get out only once and then get shut out.  I don't know if there is any real fine for this, but I know the shame of it all that has to be carried through the winter would be unbearable.  About the only thing that would give either of us an "out" would be to get a hole-in-one at our home courses in front of witnesses (and that probably isn't going to happen any time soon).  Stay tuned -- I will update you all on either event.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer (or eat peaches) all day.  (Author Unknown)
 
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