I want to go fishing today...

Actually I want to go fishing every day. Of course I have responsibilities and this Georgia heat keeps me indoors during the summer, but when the kids are grown and out of the house and my lovely wife has retired I'd like for us to live on a river or lake. If on a river, I want the house on a hill 20 feet higher than the flooding area should that happen of course. I fancy I'd like to live right off an inlet from the ocean and try my hand at salt-water fishing. I have never tried that!  I honestly wouldn't know how to begin either. Come to think of it, I have never fished from a river either. It has always been a pond or lake. My father lives in a swanky neighborhood that has a wonderfully large pond. I'm talking boat and trolling motor size pond. He has permission from a resident to leave his boat on their property and use their outlet to charge the battery. He and Uncle Tim (not my real uncle but I've always called him that) apparently go fishing their quite often.  He was just telling me last week that they were out there and Uncle Tim caught a huge bass and my dad got a huge catfish that was twice the weight of the one I caught.. so that would put it around 8 to 10 pounds.  He had put it on a stringer, the kind with individual swivels, and the sucker broke the swivel!  Now I know you are thinking "yeah right, sounds like a fish tale" but I know my dad well enough.  The place is well stocked with big and small. I really want to catch a large bass.

That catfish I caught  (above) is the largest fish I have ever caught and I know their is bigger in that place!

So what do we use?  My dad is almost always using a dark green plastic worm. I on the other hand simply do not have the patience that he has when it comes to fishing with that. I take two rods, one with a plastic worm like his and another with a swivel so I can change lures out.

 I found out that they absolutely love Rooster tails. (note: I do not endorse any of these brands, it's just for visual). I have one or two of these that I have had for 20 years and never used till my last trip! Next trip I'm going to use it more often.

Soft baits. I love these and have gone through an entire package already (stupid tree). I have caught bream, bass, crappie and I do believe I caught a small catfish with it. I recently bought some larger ones.

Beetle spin. I've used these longer than any other artificial lure. I've caught many a bass from a farm pond with these. I have often attached a artificial grub with curly tail or half a artificial worm. Have caught bream with it too. Always a favorite. This and the soft bait above work half the time I have fished this particular place. I've only used the rooster tail once but it was highly successful.

In this particular place I have not tried it (live bait) and honestly I haven't used in quite some time. My dad says it isn't too good at his place and have seen other people trying it with no luck. Apparently there is so much food sources in the pond that they just don't notice.




Have used top water lures and Rapala's with no luck. I don't even know why half my tackle box contains them!

Yeah.. I want to go fishing... Maybe this weekend after my son's birthday party! I better call my dad!

Awww.. Just a baby!

Bream caught with the soft bait.