Yuba

The old saying goes, catching fish is not what fishing is about, or something to that nature. We had one of those days yesterday on Yuba. We fished for 7 hours and not one bite. We threw everything at them but could not locate them. I see from reports on other folks sites that they were there in the area we were fishing even we just didn't have the lucky rabbits foot. My brother and took off early and arrived at daybreak on the lake and started out in freezing wind on a full moon morning and a cold front breaking across the state. We didn't think twice about it and took off to where our friends have been nailing them a couple day before. Did learn something that morning about braid line, it needs to be taped to the reel so it doesn't slip. That lesson earned me some frozen fingers and lost line. Anyhow we fished and I believe pretty hard not just throwing and reeling but actually studying each cast and retrieval to see what would elicit a strike. We used what was said to be the hot ticket of lures. We changed up frequently, lures, depth, speed of retrieval, color, action you name it we tried it. We didn't see or hear anyone landing fish but again from reports they were hitting just not our lines.

Some days are like that. My brother text me this morning and thanked me for a great day on the lake! After review it was a great day on the lake! We had fun reminiscing and sharing memories and making new ones for the day. He mentioned that we didn't take a picture of a beautiful day, and that is when I realized we hadn't. That makes a great day when you are into the day so much that you don’t have to take pictures to remember it. Photos of that day are memories we have forever and not have to turn to a photo book or web page to remember the great day we had on the lake that day. Sometimes it's not about the catching of fish! But all about the memories you make and share with those you are with.