Sunshine State Fishing

My girlfriend and I have gone fishing several times and have caught nothing at all. Now when she isn?t with me, I have caught over 100 bass just in this one lake last year. When she is with me, I?m lucky to get a strike. I love her with all my heart but she isn?t my best fishing buddy to say the least.

We have a friend named Wayne who lives way out in the boon docks and has a nice farm with some ponds. He is telling me there are some fish there that are over 10 pounds. I?m thinking this is where I want to go for sure. Well, unfortunately, it?s where Lisa, my girlfriend wants to go too. We are up early that morning, drive the two hour drive to Wayne?s, which happened to take 4 hours, since I make a wrong turn and but we finally get there. There's a floating dock that I am sure has some big bass under it but that doesn?t bother my girlfriend, Lisa, she walks right out on the dock, makes waves the size of a tidal wave and starts to fish. I walk around the pond and fish and haven't had a hit.

I?m watching her and something is going after her bait with each cast. She yells over, ?I?m getting lots of strikes?, I said ?Yeah, I see?, thinking they were bluegills. She yells over ?That was a big fish?. I said ?It was huh?? She said ?Yeah, really big?. I?m thinking yeah a big bluegill. We are using the same lure and I?m not getting a strike, I?m watching her and she is getting one every time she throws out. I?m saying to myself, that?s peculiar, I should be getting bluegills hitting mine too.

So, I?m keeping a close eye on her and her fishing. I am just on the other side of the pond where her lure is and sure enough she is getting strikes and sure enough, they AREN?T bluegills, they?re bass. I said ?Hey, when you get a strike you have to set the hook?. She says ?Set the hook?? I said ?Yeah, you have to really jerk the rod hard , you know pull on it hard when you get a strike?. She says, ?OK?. Sure enough, the very next strike and she sets the hooks and she hooks this nice bass. She says ?I can?t reel it in.? I said ?Yes, you can just keep reeling and when the drag goes out stop reeling?. She says ?OK. I was watching her and it looked like she was fighting a 200 pound tarpon. She was having a hell of a time. So, then she gets it up to the dock and yells over ?Hey, I can?t get it off the hook?. She is holding the bass on the end of her line, swinging this poor bass around and asking me what I think she should do. I said ?Just put it back in the water until I get over there.

I walk the rest of the way around the pond and she is just as proud as she could be.

I have to admit it was a nice fish of about 4 pounds. I take it off the hook and throw it back in the pond then she says to me, ?Why didn?t you take my picture with my fish??. I said ?Baby, why didn?t you say something when you had it before I put it back in the water?. She says ?I was but then didn?t.? Well, we fish a little longer but don't catch anymore fish, matter of fact, I never even get a strike. She must have got 20 strikes. On the way home, I heard how nice her fish was, how she out fished me and hear her brag for about 2 hours back home. Not counting the times she had to tell my friends too. And they wonder why there?s divorces and why you shouldn't take you other half fishing with you!

Charles E. White has fished 50 years for bass from California to Florida. In his lifetime, it is estimated that he has caught over 6,000 bass. His biggest bass is a 12 pound 14 ounce that hangs on his wall in his office. His tips and techniques have helped many people who have never fished for bass before become successful anglers. He also has fished with the Pros in Florida. If you like this article you'll love "21 Things You Can Do With a Limp Worm" that you can get free when you order my best selling e-book "Bass Fishing-From Cast To Catch".

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