07-28-2024, 04:22 PM
I think all of us have rememberies of fishing situations we wished we had recorded on video or pics. But, as my dad used to say..."Wish in one hand and do you know what in the other and see which gets full faster." My mom was a bit more delicate with "Wishing doesn't make it so."
When it comes to the good ol' days of wiper fishing on Willard there were a lot of times when it woulda been cool to stop and take pictures. But, as you observed, ya just don't think about that in the heat of the moment. Always hindsight...which is always 20/20.
There are a couple of times I wish I had taken pics...besides of the wide open boils. One was when TubeBabe and I were sitting in the middle of a boil back in the north marina. A big wiper actually leaped from the water and lit right in her lap...in her float tube. Actually smacked her in the face with it's tail...and then flopped back over the side into the water before she could even react. Of course I couldn't have anticipated that and had the camera ready. But the image is still embedded in my mental fishing album.
Another moment that might have made a good pic was when I was casting and retrieving one of the currently fave Producer lures into a boil. I had a smack and a hookup. But shortly after I started the pump and reel routine, my rod loaded up and took a much deeper bend...and I had a lot more weight on the end. I was using a stout rod and had good braid line so I was not in great danger of breaking off. But it was a few minutes before I got the TWO hooked wipers in to the net. One had grabbed one of the set of trebles and then then other tried to take it away and got the other set of trebles.
I have caught doubles of other species...like two small largemouths...on the same lure. But that was the only time I have got two big wipers on the same lure. Although I have caught several doubles while pitching a tandem jig rig. However, I am usually using lighter line and fishing for smaller species when the two wipers come to play and I usually lose one or both before getting them to the net.
Back on July 9th of this year I got a double on the over-abundant small wipers. I sent them both back to grow a bit and hope for a rematch maybe next year.
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When it comes to the good ol' days of wiper fishing on Willard there were a lot of times when it woulda been cool to stop and take pictures. But, as you observed, ya just don't think about that in the heat of the moment. Always hindsight...which is always 20/20.
There are a couple of times I wish I had taken pics...besides of the wide open boils. One was when TubeBabe and I were sitting in the middle of a boil back in the north marina. A big wiper actually leaped from the water and lit right in her lap...in her float tube. Actually smacked her in the face with it's tail...and then flopped back over the side into the water before she could even react. Of course I couldn't have anticipated that and had the camera ready. But the image is still embedded in my mental fishing album.
Another moment that might have made a good pic was when I was casting and retrieving one of the currently fave Producer lures into a boil. I had a smack and a hookup. But shortly after I started the pump and reel routine, my rod loaded up and took a much deeper bend...and I had a lot more weight on the end. I was using a stout rod and had good braid line so I was not in great danger of breaking off. But it was a few minutes before I got the TWO hooked wipers in to the net. One had grabbed one of the set of trebles and then then other tried to take it away and got the other set of trebles.
I have caught doubles of other species...like two small largemouths...on the same lure. But that was the only time I have got two big wipers on the same lure. Although I have caught several doubles while pitching a tandem jig rig. However, I am usually using lighter line and fishing for smaller species when the two wipers come to play and I usually lose one or both before getting them to the net.
Back on July 9th of this year I got a double on the over-abundant small wipers. I sent them both back to grow a bit and hope for a rematch maybe next year.