~Picking Up

I have not been fishing nearly as much as I had hoped when the season opened.  There was always something going on or I just didn't feel like going at the time.  Well, today is the beginning of that changing.  A friend of mine will be stopping by after work so we can take the boat^(link) out for little spin on Bush Lake^(link) in Bloomington.  I'll only be able to use my electric motor because of the motor restriction, but hopefully we will be able to sneak up on some big bass!  I'll be back with an update.

UPDATE: 7/29 ~ 11.01am

Well, I think I found the perfect lake to get my fishing fix.  It's close to home and you catch fish.  What better situation could you ask for?  Now I can actually do some fishing in the evenings during the week.  This will help in getting more fishing time in.  When there's nothing to do, I can hook up the boat, drive about three miles and in a few minutes I'm fishing!  I'm excited.  Can you tell?

On with the update...  Needless to say, last night was a success.  I caught a 20" northern, six bass, two crappies and two sunfish... all on the same bait!  Two of the bass were nice 2 pounders and the crappies where also good size.  The most important part was it was fun.  We were catching fish pretty steady the whole night.  My fishing buddy only caught three bass or something like that, but he did land the biggest fish of the night.  He caught a 19.5" large-mouth.  It was a very nice fish.

I think I'll be heading back out on this lake very soon.