oh yea there was some downside to the day.
first, soon as the bite starting getting good I caught a lil hardhead. Well rather than take the chance on grabbing him to get it off the line like I normally do, I decided I'd just unhook him with the pliers and drop him right in the water. soon as I grab the hook in the pliers, that sucker somehow flopped and stuck his fin about 1/2" into my thumb. It got me good enough to where my dad had to come from the back of the boat and yank him out of my finger because when i went to pull it out it wouldn't come out. When I looked down at it the first time the part of the fin that I could see was about 3/16" thick. It hurt like a son of a gun, matter of fact that happened around 730 or so and its still throbbing as Im typing this at 345. so if anyone knows any secrets, let me know. right now all I've found that gives really good relief is hot water. idk why but its almost instant relief.
Then later in the day i sit on the front deck as we just drifting and fishing a spot that we had caught a few earlier. I go to cast and my hook caught something on the forward motion and snapped my castaway skeleton rod in half. But thing is the hook didn't even stick in whatever it caught on, because the rod snapped and still casted out, does that sound like some kind of defect that I should maybe try to get a warranty claim on or something, or is this normal. I dont really think it was something that should have caused a break. And the break was a clean snap right in the middle of the rod
But even after all that we still had a great time and may have found a new regular hole.
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