Lake Guntersville (BigG)

Am I lucky or what?  My wife is originally from Guntersville and her family still lives there.  So that means when we go visit, I get to do a lot of fishing!  Once I got the boat fixed up I hit Guntersville up several times.  The first time the boat had seen water in well over a year I went with a college buddy of mine from Huntsville.  We didnt catch a lot as far as numbers went, but the quality was good when we did.  Within about 20 minutes of one another, we both boated 5#+ fish.  The rest of the day was spend catching a few 2-3# fish at about one an hour or so.  Everytime I went up, it seemed to rain (even if rain was not in the forecast).

Later in the spring for a quick trip to visit family.I did not bring the boat because it was supposed to rain and we were not going to be there for to long, but as always I brought a rod-n-reel.  While my wife went shopping with her mother, I decided to check out one of the local fishing piers.  I took two rods, my wifes zebco 33 and my spinning reel.  I was going to crappie/brim fish with some small minnows on the spinning reel and play around with my wife's zebco.  I did not have so much as a single bite on the minnows, but I did have fun testing out my wifes Zebco. I ended up pulling in a FAT 6# bass off the pier as well as a few smaller ones.  It was a fun 2 hours thats for sure!

Nick

Nearby Ponds

While rebuilding the boat, I found out that the pond in the subdivision where I live has bass in it.  So, I decided to go fish it some.  I went most afternoons that the weather permitted in early spring and could catch upwards of 30 fish in a few hours in the afternoons; but they were all tiny little fish.  Maybe 10"-11" at most.  I had heard from my neighbor that his dad had caught a big one in there and I had to find it myself.  So I rented a canoe and went out one morning.  The fish in the picture weighted 5#12oz.  That morning I also caught two more that went over 5# not to mention all of the small ones that I caught too.  As summer got closer the milfoil (lake grass) got to thick to fish and I had to stop fishing there.

As summer approached I decided I wanted to learn to "walk the dog".  Since the pond near the house was was full of grass, I decided to hit another local pond.  I had fished this pond SEVERAL times last year and a few this year and had decided that there was nothing in there but it would be a great place to learn a new technique.  On the first cast that afternoon I landed a 3# LM who put up a decent fight.

So lucky for me, I have a couple of options for places to fish right near my house.

Nick

Boat Refurbish

After fishing Lake Toho, I decided I wanted to get back into fishing more frequently.  That meant I had to get my boat back in fishing condition.  In order to do that, I did all of the following:

1) Replaced carpet with Grizzly Grip
2) Replaced Electronics (Garmin 160C on bow and Lowrance X52 on Dash)
3) Replaced old OMC Trolling motor with new MinnKota Edge 55 foot controlled trolling motor.
4) Replaced plugs and plug wires in motor
5) Replaced fuel primer bulb
6) New trailer tires
7) Grease the trailer bearings

So now that the boat is ready, it was time to fish.

Nick

March 2010 Trip to Lake Toho, FL

In March of this year (2010), my cousin Matt invited me to go fishing with him for a weekend at Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho) near Orlando, FL.  It was this trip that got me back into fishing.  So we drove ~400 miles (with his boat in tow) to go fishing.  Well, as my luck would have it, a massive cold front moved through FL the week before we got there and screwed the fishing up big time.  The water was in the mid 60s and barely hit 70 the whole time we were there.  We fished everywhere and everything we could find and I only caught five fish the entire weekend (~36hrs on the water).

The nicest one I did get was also my last fish (a trend that you will find happens to me often).  It was only a 3.5# fish, but it was still fun.  It would have been nice had my cousin caught SOMETHING (another trend).

Nick

Introduction and Catching Up

Good morning all!

Let me introduce myself.  My name is Nick and I am a 27 year old Electrical Engineer from Alabama.  I have had many hobbies and interests over the years but the one that has stuck with me the longest has been fishing, for bass mostly.  This blog is my way of commenting on my fishing experience.

I have been fishing since I was about 4 years old.  I fished any chance I got (which was not often) until I started college in 2002.  Since then it has been very difficult for me to find time to fish while working and going to school.  During that time I have received my B.S. Electrical Engineering from UAB and I am about to finish my M.S. Electrical Engineering.  Since I will no longer be in school so much, I have decided to start fishing again.

The next few entries will start in March of this year and catch up till the present.  I hope you all enjoy my blog.

Nick