I’ve already said this before, but last weekend was probably the last time I’ll fish this year.  I could eat my words, but I have a feeling that it is true.  And if it was my last fishing trip of the year, I didn’t really end it on a good note.

We fished Higgins Lake; and while the lake is huge it doesn’t have much structure in it.  There are spots on the lake that are 30ft deep and you can still see bottom.  There are also spots as deep as 134ft; not exactly my style of fishing.

Despite all of that, though, we tried our luck in the morning, and never landed a fish.  Jeff managed to land a few rock bass, and my sister’s boyfriend landed a rock bass as well.  But the smallies, lake trout,  pike, and perch all eluded us.  If we had the right gear to be able to reach a certain depth, and do some trolling, the lake can provide some unbelievable fishing opportunities.  But without any of that gear, it made for some tough fishing.

The afternoon found us fishing on Houghton lake, which is south of Higgins Lake.  Houghton is actually much bigger than Higgins, but it actually has weed cover, and is only 22ft at its deepest point.  In fact, you can plot a path across the lake that would allow you to wade the entire thing.

The lake was way more my style of fishing, but despite trying my best to put a fish in the boat, I just couldn’t do it; must be the gypsy curse or something.  I guess it could have had something to do with the fact that I had to wait at the dock for a half hour or so while my cousin learned the hard way that you have to have the tether pushed ALL THE WAY in for the boat to start.  We learned that lesson.

Because of my lack of fish, we ended up losing heavily in the fishing tournament that day.  Jeff, Matt, and my sister and her boyfriend in the other boat, ended up tying; and with darkness falling, it had to stay that way.

I did end up landing a fish over the weekend……it had to be at my Father-in-Law’s pond, though.  I managed to catch a few there, and it helped to boost the ego a little.

On Monday night my ego was back in full force, though.  I’ll explain that in the post tomorrow.

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