Riding the Storm Out
This month has been a series of figurative and literal storms. Various medical challenges in my personal life along with poor fishing in my Small Craft Fisherman life. Part of the fishing storm has been due to actual storms, high waters, and brutally high temperatures. My latest outing was no different. Having hooked into, but losing, the largest bass I've had on in a long time, I was eager to hit my home waters hoping to lip it. A couple days before I ceremoniously de-spooled the mono that snapped under the stress of the tank and replaced it with 40 lb Gliss line. Gliss is strong like braid but casts for miles. While I'm add it, I clean, grease, and oil my reels to ensure a mechanically smooth trip. The morning of my 2 minute journey to my local water. I awake well before sunrise. I'm used to the early sunrises of the summer, and in denial of the nearing "hard water" kayak-unfriendly Wisconsin Winter growing nearer. My car pre-loaded with my kayak an