I wasn't going to go fishing tonight as i have got tons of chores to do but as i was driving home from work thought I deserved a couple of hours down at the ridge and also I wanted to practice fishing on a 6lb line. When I got down there I found a family having a picnic right in the middle of where I was planning to fish.
It wasn't too much of a problem and I found a nice secluded spot away from them as I didn't want to encroach on their picnicking space and I definitely didn't want them or their dog interfering with my fishing.
I was there about an hour when they packed up their KFC picnic (who the heck takes KFC on a picnic) and buggered off. Meanwhile up in the hills i saw some hunters chasing a fox in a pickup with some dogs in the back. Actually let me rephrase that remark..... the hunters were in the pickup and they were chasing a fox.
I don't really have any interest in hunting so I did not take much notice... I'm glad the fox got away though.
Anyway the picnickers left so I was able to move down to the hotspot further down the bank. this is when I caught my only fish of the evening. He was quite a decent size at about 18" and I was quite pleased that I easily landed him with the 6lb line. I hooked him clean through the lower lip at about 20 yards away.
He did not fight as much as I had hoped and I wanted to practice adjusting the drag during a fight, I didn't really get the chance as he gave up too quickly. before I knew it he was floating over the rim of the landing net and I scooped him up and snapped a couple of photos. Once I had collected the necessary photographic evidence of the catch I let him go home.
It was dropping dark at this point and any normal person would have called it a day and headed home. Not Lyndon though, I decided to have another 6 or 7 casts before I finished. well, on my next cast I was dragging the Hot N Tot along some rocks about 10 yards out and it snagged on a rock. It was stuck fast, I tried freeing it from all angles but the darn thing would not budge.
After 2 days of fishing with the Hot N Tot my verdict is:
PROS:
- It dives beautifully
- It wiggles great and the fish love it
- It is a relaxing lure to work with
- Works nicely on Walleye if you retrieve slowly
- Pike like it too
- Used it twice and caught fish both times
- It will dive 10 feet in about three turns of the handle
- Stop retrieving and it floats to the surface
CONS:
- It picks up a lot of weeds if you drag it through the salad
Yes, I am going to get another one but I am in no rush for it so I will probably order it from Amazon this time. Here is how much they cost in various places, remember though, with Amazon make sure you order enough stuff to qualify for the free shipping otherwize you will waste the savings.
Wow... have you seen how much these things are in UK
Come on UK your fisherman are being robbed !
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