After watching this weeks MH show with Jim and Steve fishing northern Wisconsin for the first half of the show. It looked like a full day of fishing with two smallish fish in the boat.
That makes me feel pretty good about all of my one fish and zero fish days. I enjoy every day up there fishing but have more fishless days than fish in the boat days in the last 30+ years.
Back in the 80’ when I bought my first boat, I would stay on a musky lake I knew well, but a few days I would do road trips. As we wound around those wooded roads, we would stop at every little lake we came across not knowing if there were muskies or not. I had a roller trailer, so we could launch just about anywhere. We got some huge bass and a million pike, but we never scored big on muskies. We did catch a few nice muskies and the adventure sure was fun.
There was a lot of effort expended and miles driven to boat those two fish. Years with cold springs and late ice-outs like last year always make it challenging early in the season, but they also make you appreciate the good times more … you kind of feel like you're getting even.
You betcha, more fishless trips than fish caught is normal. When the weather, solar & lunar line up, and you're in good spots you see fish. It's a great feeling to catch 'em, but also if it's only the catching that gives you the high, you will NOT last chasing them and move on to the other species.
Well now I don't feel so bad
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