03-06-2009, 10:00 AM
I&#39;d planned to make my way down to the land of the great catfish on Tuesday, but the snow convinced me to wait until today (Thursday, Mar 5). I&#39;d been watching the weather and the 65 degrees with winds of 6-9 mph looked too good to be true. It was. We left the Skull Island ramp about 10:00 and fished the secret spot and a couple of not-so-secret spots, but couldn&#39;t get a bite. We offered fresh shrimp, really stinky rotten shrimp, skipjack and chicken breast. (I forgot the Spam and cheap hotdogs, darn it). We finally left about 10 minutes after the next-to-last guy gave up.<br /><br />Hit Sweeney&#39;s for a great lunch and then to the dam where I just knew it would be more sheltered and I could at least show my neighbor there really are fish down there. Not to be - it must have been blowing 20 by then. We stayed about an hour and then decided we needed to check out Sportsman&#39;s Warehouse.<br /><br />Left C-town for Manchester about 4:15 and had an uneventful trip home. <br /><br />On the plus side, I had a great day with good company and I didn&#39;t have anything to clean up when I got home!<br /><br />Someday I&#39;m going to report a fish to you guys!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />