Lake Somerville @ Welch Park 10/4/2007

I headed out to Welch that Thursday after work and managed to get to the park with about 45 minutes of daylight left. I had the big idea of setting out a trotline from the bank with a heavy weight at the other end. This trotline came with trotline clips, which had to have a decent knot. It took me until dark to get that thing together and baited. I was at a new spot in the park and was not sure that there were no holes or stumps where I would be wading so I didn't go out too far. I'd say the first 5 hooks were in only a couple inches of water but the rest had some potential. Didn't catch nuffin.

I learned a new trick, put your gas lamp on the edge of the bank and toss your cast net in front of it. I got about a dozen shad in my first throw. Caught one keeper and one dink. Threw the keeper back since I have a 3 fish minimum.

Another neat trick, Bucks (in town) has a pretty good cheeseburger for $2.


JAC