13 1/2 hours washin lures

Yep sometimes you gotta pay your dues, and for me that day was yesterday.
I went up to the big lake and spent 13 1/2 hours washing lures.
The day was a new experience for me, I have often read the fishing reports of members before I hit the lake, and wondered how can anyone miss a fish let alone 5 or 6? I was even listening to Brothernature tell 5 Orrs how they were 0 for 6 with the two guys he took out. I couldn't help but think how can you loose that many fish?
Usually the luck I have is really good or I don't get bit at all. Yesterday I went 0 for 4 of which 2 were my fault. They just wouldn't stay buttoned up, lost one tryin to get my dipsy pole out of the holder (first time out with this new pole, I will get a new holder), and the other I couldn't reel my rigger rod fast enough or smooth enough to catch up to the fish.
It was like take an amateur fishing day on the big lake and I was the amateur.
Anyway the weather was pretty good and the wind died down as the day progressed although it didn't play a big factor at any point in the day.
This is what I watched most of the day

These are all the lures I washed yesterday- I missed fish on the bumblebee,2 on mag blu dolphin, bomber. I forgot to put my flies in the pic they were a green tinsel and glo white with green.
Next time I go up I'm camping out at the dunes and fishing the next day to double my chances of bringin home either 1 fish or 2 day limit to make up for yesterday.

Stormy day fishin

I went to Tippy Lake yesterday and weathered the storm to fish the whole day. I got to the Lake with the knowledge a storm, she was a brewin, but thought I had til 2pm before it hit. I was wrong, the blast came at 8 am with plenty of thunder, lightning and of course massive raindrops.
So I did what any fishing idiot would. I hightailed it to the culvert and hide out til the lightning stopped. Yep there I was holding my boat straight in a dark,low, spider infested culvert while I waited out the storm.
I was only a stone's throw away from the landing but,"I came here to fish".
After the storm blew over I was able to try and dry out the boat and all else in it. The day actually turned out to be pretty nice with a couple showers coming and going fairly quickly.
By the way to all those who say," fishing is better in the rain". Have you actually ever fished in the rain??? I was envisioning a dramatic improvement in my cast to harassed bass ratio and it never did materialize. So, just one more fisherman's tail put to rest as far as I'm concerned.
Anywho, I was able to manage some scrappers and a couple decent bass on a scum frog. Which by the way, I had just recently purchased a new scum frog because my old one was on it's last leg. Now I had that one for at least 2 years, this new one lasted ONE outing. I will not purchase another scum frog from here on out. I did get a spro frog, I hope it lasts a while.
If you look close at this picture you can see I brought along my own deck lounge for some lounging. Actually I got to my first spot and saw it floating in the water. I didn't want anyone to hit it, so I fished it out and held onto it all day. Now I'm going to clean it up and sell it, who said fishing isn't profitable?