Day After Thanksgiving Fishing

SAE: 3 hours

Despite the harsh 42 degree weather, my dad and I went fishing. I learned that during cold weather, a fisherman's best bet is to try and catch fish in deep water. The shallower areas get colder faster and therefore, in their search for warmth, the fish tend to be located in deeper waters. The temperature of the water close to the shore was about 31 degrees, over ten degrees different from the air temperature! Brrrrr!

We attemped to use live earthworms for bait, however they were dying very quickly in the below freezing waters. I switched to a miniature lure that looks like a small minnow with a size twelve hook. Size twelve is very small, it can fit on your pinky nail, but when trying to catch small fish, the best idea is to use small hooks. My dad's favi=orite fishing saying is, "You can catch a big fish on a little hook, but you cannot catch a small fish on a big hook." Time and time again I have learned the truth behind this saying, so recently I have started to listen. Using my twelve size hook in the water's deepest area helped me successfully catch a three inch pumpkinseed sunfish. My dad did not catch anything, so after a while we decided to head home and warm up.