Post by Greenedog on Sept 2, 2010 20:26:39 GMT -5
.......on me. 
After our fantasy football draft this evening I decided to grab a cold one and head to the pond to try and catch a catfish for the Outdoorsman competition. For bait I grabbed a slice of garlic bologna and since Chase's open face was already carolina rigged with a circle hook, I brought it.
I cast it out and leaned the rod against the end of our dock and put the butt end down in a concrete block. Dad walked down and I was talking to him and BAM! The rods bending. I go to grab it and it pops out of the block and over the dock. I run around the dock and into the pond only to see the rod flying under water into the deep........
I tied some big hooks and sinkers on my pole and tried to snag the line, but never did. This is the 3rd rod I've had go in this year and it's never happened before in all the years I've fished the pond. Must have something to do with those channels we stocked from Turtle Creek and the 300lbs of food Dad has fed them this summer.
I was able to recover the other 2 that went in and hopefully I can go back in the morning and snag it. If not, Chase will be picking out a new one. It was a $30 shimano open face reel, a $30 bass pro rod, and it had spider wire on it.
I think I'll be having catfish for supper sometime this week.
After our fantasy football draft this evening I decided to grab a cold one and head to the pond to try and catch a catfish for the Outdoorsman competition. For bait I grabbed a slice of garlic bologna and since Chase's open face was already carolina rigged with a circle hook, I brought it.
I cast it out and leaned the rod against the end of our dock and put the butt end down in a concrete block. Dad walked down and I was talking to him and BAM! The rods bending. I go to grab it and it pops out of the block and over the dock. I run around the dock and into the pond only to see the rod flying under water into the deep........
I tied some big hooks and sinkers on my pole and tried to snag the line, but never did. This is the 3rd rod I've had go in this year and it's never happened before in all the years I've fished the pond. Must have something to do with those channels we stocked from Turtle Creek and the 300lbs of food Dad has fed them this summer.
I was able to recover the other 2 that went in and hopefully I can go back in the morning and snag it. If not, Chase will be picking out a new one. It was a $30 shimano open face reel, a $30 bass pro rod, and it had spider wire on it.
I think I'll be having catfish for supper sometime this week.
Now I gotta go in after it. 
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
