What's the sweetest thing...

[baggerslimm]

The sweetest thing happened to me last Sunday..  I was with my wife and son on Lake michigan.. I told them they should be here.. My 9 year old cathches a 4.5lb smallie.. The wife is trying to get the net out and I hook a 5.7 smallie.. She gets his fish in and comes and gets mine..  My son has been smiles ever since..  Slimm

[Waterfoul]

Recently I'd say getting a limit of fish in the boat with the Penn State fishing team on Lake St. Clair.  It was fun watching kids catch fish and enjoying their weekend away from school.

[djkimmel]

Both sound very good to me.

[blakstr1]

Having your best buddy in the world and fishing partner competing in the BASS Federation Nation National Championship......his last step before the Classic 

Go Savage - Brandon Rose

[djkimmel]

I have links to the live BASS boards that went active today in the BASS board below.

[jmorri23]

my favorite part is eating them .mmm mm

[djkimmel]

I'm not much of a fish eater, but fresh walleye or panfish tastes pretty good at times. Down in Mexico, we had fresh tilapia every day for lunch right on the shore of Lake Comedero. It was really good! We had some for dinner a couple times too. Fresh fish is always best. That was the only part I really liked about Boston when I went there.

[Frank]

casting to that really ridiculous spot that no one would ever attempt because a bass could never get in there.  setting the hook on the fish that actually was there, and pulling that fish out over 20 feet of cat tails and the tree limb i had to cast over to get there. 
then, the good part...
watching my partner sit down and light a ciggarette because he is annoyed with the fact that i would even try such a thing let alone catch a hog.

[djkimmel]

Yeah... I enjoy doing that once in a while to another angler (sorry... only human)

[bassboss]

There are so many of these "sweet things" but what about these two (and they may be posted already). Going down a shoreline like a muddy,over grown bayou, flipping a jig or worm into the jungle. Make a flip and your line JUMPS, knowing a bass (hopefully a bass) just inhaled your offering and with the swift swing of your rod, hoist a toad into the boat. OR... shooting a weightless worm such as a senko up to a sea wall or skipping it back alongside a boat in a marina and watching your line slowly sink... then suddenly jump and pick up speed knowing a fish is making off with your worm, allowing you to load up and get a good set, HOPING... that when you set that hook your rod doubles over with a big ol' bass on the other end. Doesn't thinking about these scenarios make you want to fish? I'm going nuts here. Just 3 more months... 3 more.

[djkimmel]

Yes... hang in there. It will come.

[peters_skeeter]

Takin my 85 year old grandpa fishing and listening to all his stories of "the good ole days"

[capt charlie's charters]

that magical time when the sun just breaks the horizon on st clair and you actually stop fishing for the moment, taking a deep breath and revealing in how lucky you are to be experiencing it while others will never know the magic.

fishermen are blessed.

congrats to T-Bone who boated (accidently) his first big fish of the season yesterday, a 4lb smallie on a lake that has never boasted of smallmouths.

[Barb Elliott]

Well...
I just have to say here I, too, am glad I found this site - if for no other reason than to read this post...reading all the posts I am like 'yeah, Yeah, yeah, after each one - i like that too!!!
We are almost into the tourney season back here in NY and it has been a long long winter and a longer wetter, poor weathered spring.... But reading these posts has let me realize I am not the only crazy obsessed person in the world that loves fishing!!!
I remember one tourney - just a 'paper' tourney -  a boater didn;t sho up - for whatever reason, and rather than triple up (with all the confounding circumstances) I elected to stay on the shore.....<sigh>  The sound of those boats blasting off (and me NOT being on one of them!!!) was one of the WORST feelings I ever remember happening.  The funny thing was, when I opted to stay on the shore, I had NO idea how bad that was going to make me feel - the sounds of those motors reving up - boats on plane - spray flying - I almost screamed "HEY WAIT _ I CHANGED MY MIND_ COME BACK AND GET ME - I WAS ONLY KIDDING!!!!"......After the fact, I realized the combination of the excitement of the 'potential'  of the day, the anticipation of that first bite of the day - OMG....I'll never stay on the shore again - I was really down the rrest of the day.....I know better now....I'm a boater, at least in my primary club......<;
Thanks for a great read guys/people......
Barb, upstate NY

       

[Skulley]

Welcome to the forum Barb. We're glad you're here.


BD.                             

[djkimmel]

Fishing is all about anticipation!

[blakstr1]

Here is a recent memory.....with a morning like this you know it will be a good day.

[blakstr1]

....who knew the Saginaw River could be so inviting! 

[Redbone]

I used to fish that river many moons ago. I always thought it was a good fishery.

....who knew the Saginaw River could be so inviting! 

[djkimmel]

I've slammed some TOAD sheepsheads there!!