Heavy Rain, Strong Winds and 30 Bass in the boat

Where do I begin?! Pops wanted to bag the trip due to rain and winds. He hates fishing in the wind. I wake up to no rain! Getting ready to hit the road I shoot him a text for one last check-in. "You wanna go? Not raining right now. Didn't take much convincing and he was at my house in 20! We fished for a good 2 hours in the wind but no rain. A few fish in the boat but nothing to write home about. Here comes the rain. We fish, deep, slow, fast, top, bottom and every other way from Sunday. Started back after the 4th hour of trenching rain. In the last 1000 yards of slow rolling back to the dock we came across them feeding on shad. It was cast after cast. We ended up with 30 fish in the boat. Most where 1-2 lbs but we also got to hold a few 3 and 4lbs as well. Caught on my 1.5" square bill in a craw pattern, and rattle traps and grubs. What epic day. Keep grinding folks. It always pays off at some point

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Missed Bites

We've all missed bites. We’ve all had that question, “What if it was a big one? What if it was a 10 pounder?” You’ve felt that tick in your line and swung into nothingness. Where did that fish go? How big was it? It happens. It’s going to happen again. Now in all likelihood, that was probably a 2 or 3 pounder. Generally speaking, a massive bass is going to suck the bait in and you’ll hardly feel it. You’re going to go to move your bait, and there is this dead weight on the end of your line. You always have the chance to swing into a big one. Maybe you will miss a big one or two, but as long as you get back up and keep fishing, you’ve got another chance at a beast.

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Expectations

We all wish we could go out and catch fish every time. It would be great to be able to just go out and find the perfect pattern every time you are on the water. But that’s just not how it works. There will be days when nothing is working and you need to be prepared for that. The quicker you can figure out that a pattern isn’t working and be able to adapt from that, the better off you will be. Sure, there will be days when you just pull up to your first spot and the fish are eating everything you throw at them. But that isn’t what makes a great angler. A great angler can adapt when the fish aren’t biting and can go find where the fish are willing to eat. A great angler can succeed when no one else can.

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