Doug got me this fishy for my truck mirror. Every time I see it I am reminded that its too cold to go fishing. Wish I knew of some warm water within driving distance.

The Pit is already freezing over so dont think I will have a chance to get in any more fishing until winter is over.

One of my favorite fishing lures is the Johnson Sprite. I started using them a long time ago fishing at the “lakes” with family. I am not sure when exactly we started using them the Johnson Sprite is definitely my favorite spoon. They are lighter and spoon through the water with a nice wiggle. The little pink thingy that hangs between the spoon and the treble hook is very important. I figure it makes the lure appear to a fish like a bleeding or injured minnow.

Since I have been boating I have wanted a trolling motor. For convenience and for safety. My grandma had mentioned that she had an old one in her basment that I was welcome to check out and see if it still worked.  All it needed was a 12 volt battery and it was alive.

I was very surprised with how the little trolling motor was able to move the boat. It actually cruised around without any trouble as long as i wasn’t trying to use it in the river and fight the current. I played with it for several hours the first day i had it in the water.

What I like most about trolling is being able to stand on the front of the boat and slowly jig and cast and be able to cover more water. I have found that it is very useful when the fish are not biting in the area I start to fish. Before having the trolling motor i would have to pull up anchor and try to start the gas motor. Now i almost never use an anchor i just float around and when I get in a shallow area or too close to shore or a tree I can just slowly move out of the way.

Trolling disturbs the water a lot less and I think it greatly increases the chances of not scaring away the fish.

This picture is of my boat shortly after i finished installing the seats. They make the boat a lot more comfortable especially when spending several hours on the river. Now that i have used the seats several times i don’t think I would ever want to go fishing in a boat with standard benches. The seats make it so much easier for me and 1 passenger.

I finally am back trying to get some posts written. I have more then 100 pix I would like to publish for all of the readers of huntpix.com. I am sorry about neglecting the site and not posting as often as I should have. I have been busy with many things and huntpix.com just hasn’t been my priority.

I have done a lot of fishing and i have several pix of fish my boat and some modifications i have made to the boat. I have also been experimenting with some different lures and good stuff like that.

I hope everyone will start sharing the site with others and posting comments again. I would really love it if someone out there wanted to make a post. Just let me know and i can walk ya through getting your post made here.

This pix is of the biggest sucker I have caught this year. The picture really doesn’t show the fishes true size well. But anyway it was a lot of fun to catch and actually one of the few fish I have caught this year that ran my drag out. it isnt exactly the most desirable kind of fish to catch but at least it keeps my fishing energy level up.

Doug has gone fishing with me a couple times now. I think he is starting to enjoy fishing.There are some pictures I wanted to post of the first time Doug and i went out in the boat but they seem to have been lost.

I don’t think most people understand what it really means to go fishing its something that needs to be learned. Fishing is kind of an acquired taste but once someone tastes it they cant get enough.

It was a cold sunny day. I figured why not dress warm and see if the motor would run in the cold. Well it did without any trouble. I have been pretty happy lately with how it has been running I hope the motor will last the rest of this year. I have been running it pretty hard.

Lots of fish were biting this day. I am starting to enjoy boating and fishing solo. It can be pretty peaceful but its still nice when I have someone to go with.  I really love it when the water is smooth as glass. There probably isn’t too many more good weather days to fish this year so I am trying to soak it all up as often as possible.

I was casting with one of my favorite lures. I would have liked to pull in the fish that the scale above belonged to. O-well it was fun at least tugging on him for a moment. Maybe i will get it in the boat next time.

I caught several small cats and sheephead as usual. I wish I could figure out how to catch some walleye. Guess i just have to keep trying different spots. The spot I was fishing here is only 4 - 6 feet deep and I know that its not likely for walleye to be in the shallows this time of year.

Tonight I decided to run into town to get an iced tea from Mobil and i noticed there were no cars at the boat launch. So I decided to try fishing for a short time since there was a full moon.

I tried to capture the full moon in the first picture it was so beatuiful. The seccond picture is one of the sheep heads i caught while i was out there.

My camera is not so good at taking pictures at night as you can probably tell from these pix. I am hoping to get a new one soon. Just need to make a decision to which one.