More Rainy Day Fun

Thanks to our school football team, which won their fifth state title, we got an extra day off of school.  What better way to spend it than to invite friends to go fish?
Let's just say the weather wasn't pretty.  I might be getting some kind of nickname similar to "Monsoon" Currier because the last few times I've gone fishing haven't been pleasant.  Today: 40 degrees and rain.  Not too terrible

I brought my good friends Josh and Bobby fishing.  Bobby was running late, so I set Josh up with a tube jig while I chucked an olive articulated streamer I learned from the local fly shop.  Within about ten minutes, Josh got a decent bass.

I stalked the bank and picked off a nice fish on my streamer.  When it gets this cold and the weather gets this bad, the fish are super sluggish, which means they don't fight hard, but they take forever to bring in because they don't expend much energy during the fight.

After Bobby came, I switched over to my trusty Rapala Shadow Rap and got another nice fish.

On the way back around the pond, a fish grabbed my jerkbait a foot from the bank and let go.  We could all hear its jaws clamp down, but its mouth was so big I failed to hook it.  Like any good fishing friend, Bobby immediately flipped his jig to where I missed the fish and came tight within seconds.

The fish weighed about four and a half pounds, and its one of the best we've seen since the shad came to the pond.  Overall, not a bad day, especially considering we were fishing on a bonus day of thanksgiving break!!