As most of you know, we’ve received a lot of rain in the last few weeks, which had really put a damper on the fishing. Not so much because of the rain, per say, but mainly because the river was super high and the muddiest I’ve ever seen it. This morning I just couldn’t stand it anymore and I headed out, hoping that the water had cleared enough for the fish to bite.
Unfortunately, the area where I park still has some deep mud puddles and wouldn’t you know it, I managed to get my car stuck in one while I was trying to park in the dark. It took me a while to rock the car out but as you can see, the car got covered with the mud that was flying from the tires as I was trying to get it unstuck. The car was so bad that while he was checking my ID card, the gate guard said “whoa, what happened to your car?” No worries, I headed straight to the car wash and got my baby presentable again.
The good news is that the water, although still pretty muddy, is clearing up some and I did catch some fish today (4, as a matter of fact.) None were very big, but man, it sure felt good to be back out there, catching fish, and on a nice cool (and dry) morning at that. I was hoping the bass would go after chatterbaits and spinnerbaits with the water so muddy, but all fish were caught on black, 4-inch Senkos.
Nomad,
You are indeed a very brave man. I won’t even take my SUV out to areas with red clay after a rain and your taking a regular car into mud soaked holes, in the dark. This shows how hard core you are. Anyways, good job on catching those fish but man I still think your crazy. Keep it up, you the man.
Nice looking car Nomad!!
And yes, good job on catching a few fish.
Tex Mex,
Guilty as charged
As for the mud puddles, there were just a few but it was my bad luck to drive right into a deep one.
Rob,
Thanks, the car looks a lot better today.