So it was my best guess on what to do, so I went with my "confidence" lure for freshwater, the Rooster Tail...this one happens to be kind of like the Funky Chicken version:
Now as Todd, Mark and some others that I fish with regularly know, I always bring a rain coat...except for today....see the clouds, they would cause some issues later in the morning:
I paddled across from the launch because it looked "fishy" and on my third cast:
And he was the biggest bass of the day. Two more smaller than that, and one very brightly colored panfish of some sort. And that would round out my morning. On the water by 6 and off by 10. After the second soaking rainshower and with a third on the way...no rain jacket, 62 degrees and windy with no sun all clouds, I had enough.
I did decided I am going to rig up my 120 to use without the milkcrate (i.e. adding a behind the seat rod holder) because I really do not need to take much with me to fish this area. And the other good thing, there is nothing really to clean when you get home. No salt to rinse off and thanks to the showers pretty much everything got all the cleaning it needed while out on the water. Not bad for a first outing and having really no idea what I am doing out there.
