This is what I’ve been up to.

So far I’ve only missed three days of the season and have been having regular conversations with them.

An interesting thing happened at the hunting club. A member was dealing with a gobbler that was out to his left and he had his head turned in that direction. He had a turkey fan lying on his right side, maybe because he did not have an opportunity to stick it out due to the close proximity to the turkey. He caught a close movement to his right  and saw a coyote coming over the fan with it’s mouth open heading right for his neck. He was able to throw up his arm to protect himself. The arm went into the coyotes mouth and ended up with some bite marks that drew blood. The surprised coyote broke off the attack and got away without getting shot. The member went to the hospital to see if he needed a rabies shot and I do not know the outcome of that.

Jackson and I went to Monticello this morning knowing the weather forecast was for 15 to 25 mile per hour winds. Our first spot was shallow with lily pads so we tried with Ribbits and Booyah spinnerbaits. Our success was limited but it was still early. We finally caught two  but it was just not going on there so we moved. At the next spot we  were making our approach across a shallow underwater point that the wind was blowing across. I had on a swimbait, got a bite, and came out with a large stripe. Hoping a largemouth was in with the stripes we continued to pound the point. You could feel bites but the stripes would not swallow the bait like the first one did. When we reached the shallow water, we broke out the Ribbits and the bass would bite like they wanted it but the problem was with me. After several bites no fish made it to the boat. We tried the first spot again and caught a few small ones. After that we tried some other places but the wind was too tough. With a few drops of rain beginning to fall we called it quits. there were 10 small bass and 2 stripes. The FOD followed Jackson’s Ribbit to the boat, looked him in the eye, bit the bait, and got the frog snatched out of his mouth. The fish missed getting in the boat but was the largest one we saw all day.