95 degrees and if you think about it, that is 125 degrees warmer than it was a few mornings this last winter.
There is a spot on the Cut River that I have been wanting to snorkel. It is a nice hole that many people fish and rather swift. The hole is over my head and there just had to be a lot of fishing tackle in there, since there are many logs and such. I have gone over there every day and there was always someone fishing. It is so hot today and a week day so I figured I would go take a look.
As luck would have it today nobody was there. I parked the truck and put my cutting pliers in my bathing suit pocket. I knew I would have a bunch of lures and fishing line to tangle myself in and I was sure right.
I worked myself to the downstream side of the hole where there were many logs and snags, put on the mask and snorkel and under I went. Dnag mask leaked like it was built to leak, I had not trimmed my mustache and had a lousy seal. Oh well, not the first time.
First think I knew I had fishing line tangled around my legs. I looked and got out my pliers and started a cutting. I trimmed all the line I could find in the imediate area and gathered a few lures, rapallas, spinner baits and such. Not a lot but I grabbed a jar off bottom and tossed them in there for the ride. I did find a spinning rod and reel too, I forgot about that. I have to go clean it up when I finish this post.
The water was only up to my chest and I was able to walk with my face in the water for the most part but the problem was with the dang current. It kept pushing me around and I kept getting my legs tangled up in fishing line. I grabbed some and tried pulling it loose but got a hook in my finger on several occasions for my efforts. I broke out the pliers again.
I worked myself around the hole and got above it and looked. Nice bass down there, smallmouth! Lots of minnows too. The bass were all around them and I am not sure if it was the basses fry. There were about six bass for every mass of minnows so I doubt it was their fry, I suspect they might have been eating them.
I made a couple circuits around the hole and dove down into it a couple times. I thought it would have been nice to have brought along my Tachyon camera so I could have tried it out. Then I remembered I had! Dang, I thunk, the water was not as clear as it usually is but it would be a nice place to try it out.
I went up to the truck and got it out and headed back to the water.
This short video is what resulted. Gimme a break her fellas
. I am learning and one thing I have learned from looking at my efforts is to go SLOWER. My panning is too fast and I have to give more time to my subjects, follow the fish. A lot of the jerking around is because of the current jerking ME around, some is because I was still stumbling over logs and snags and got myself tangled in fishing line a couple more times.
I hope the videos improve and am sure they will as I gain experience. One problem is the fact that I do not have a view finder and have no clue what the hell I am getting until I get it home and on the computer. It is what it is
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6dlu5xHH4[/video]
There is a spot on the Cut River that I have been wanting to snorkel. It is a nice hole that many people fish and rather swift. The hole is over my head and there just had to be a lot of fishing tackle in there, since there are many logs and such. I have gone over there every day and there was always someone fishing. It is so hot today and a week day so I figured I would go take a look.
As luck would have it today nobody was there. I parked the truck and put my cutting pliers in my bathing suit pocket. I knew I would have a bunch of lures and fishing line to tangle myself in and I was sure right.
I worked myself to the downstream side of the hole where there were many logs and snags, put on the mask and snorkel and under I went. Dnag mask leaked like it was built to leak, I had not trimmed my mustache and had a lousy seal. Oh well, not the first time.
First think I knew I had fishing line tangled around my legs. I looked and got out my pliers and started a cutting. I trimmed all the line I could find in the imediate area and gathered a few lures, rapallas, spinner baits and such. Not a lot but I grabbed a jar off bottom and tossed them in there for the ride. I did find a spinning rod and reel too, I forgot about that. I have to go clean it up when I finish this post.
The water was only up to my chest and I was able to walk with my face in the water for the most part but the problem was with the dang current. It kept pushing me around and I kept getting my legs tangled up in fishing line. I grabbed some and tried pulling it loose but got a hook in my finger on several occasions for my efforts. I broke out the pliers again.
I worked myself around the hole and got above it and looked. Nice bass down there, smallmouth! Lots of minnows too. The bass were all around them and I am not sure if it was the basses fry. There were about six bass for every mass of minnows so I doubt it was their fry, I suspect they might have been eating them.
I made a couple circuits around the hole and dove down into it a couple times. I thought it would have been nice to have brought along my Tachyon camera so I could have tried it out. Then I remembered I had! Dang, I thunk, the water was not as clear as it usually is but it would be a nice place to try it out.
I went up to the truck and got it out and headed back to the water.
This short video is what resulted. Gimme a break her fellas
. I am learning and one thing I have learned from looking at my efforts is to go SLOWER. My panning is too fast and I have to give more time to my subjects, follow the fish. A lot of the jerking around is because of the current jerking ME around, some is because I was still stumbling over logs and snags and got myself tangled in fishing line a couple more times.I hope the videos improve and am sure they will as I gain experience. One problem is the fact that I do not have a view finder and have no clue what the hell I am getting until I get it home and on the computer. It is what it is
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6dlu5xHH4[/video]
