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The weekend

The weather reports all week forecast a pretty decent weekend. Saturday morning the weather looked a little rough, and the forecast had changed. Got on the water in the morning and it was over cast and a little windy. Anchored up by some blowdowns, made a cast and wham. Line is running out against my drag, and the fish goes right to the bottom. Probably a cat. Not much I can do with 4lb. mono. I got him to move a couple of times over the next 10 minutes until it finally broke me off. The wife and I turn around and the sky had turned black and the wind really started to come up. Run for the landing and got it on teh trailer without incident. Always Sunday morning right? Nope Up at 5:30 am on Sunday, raining.
Guess there's always next weekend. Our first shunk of the season.

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Comment by Mike Martin on October 13, 2014 at 10:05am: David, we got skunked a lot after moving to north Georgia from northern Indiana. These reservoirs fish a lot different than the natural lakes up north. Fortunately we've begun to figure out the patterns here so it doesn't happen very often any more. I'm just hoping we have a mild fall, it's my favorite time to fish here.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 13, 2014 at 9:31am: MAN I really like your boat Mike and yup got skunked myself earlier in the year . Haven't been out much lately ,supposed to rain here the rest of the week till Saturday next I think.... Oh well it's not like I don't have anything else to do .......

Comment by carl hendrix on October 13, 2014 at 8:44am: you have a good boat set up Mike; just need a little co-operation from mother nature now.

Comment by Mike Martin on October 13, 2014 at 8:22am: Thanks Ken, it works well for us.

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 13, 2014 at 8:19am: by the way ... NICE SETUP!!!

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 13, 2014 at 8:18am: Mike Yesterday was my first skunking of the year.... fall turnover baffles me and /or the fish for a bout a week or so here in michigan

Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 13, 2014 at 7:55am: Nice recap on the outing. There's always another day to wash the skunk scent off. Have plenty of those days myself.