A Few Smallies Today

The water was very low where I fished today, but I still scratched out 3 decent smallies.
A jig, fluke and a swamp guppy all worked.
I also had a close call when I slipped in the mud and fell on my wading pole and broke it with my femur, and buried a hook past the barb in my finger nail!
Good times!
Pulling the hook didn’t work the first attempt, it only increased the throbbing 100%, but the 2nd attempt worked.
Go fishing they said…. It will be funnn!!

Man, that really had to hurt.
Fun,fun, fun, but at least you caught a few.

Tough day Jon. Could of broke your leg instead of the staff. I have buried more hooks than I care to count. Only one had a barb on it cause I use basically barbless hooks. Man, the one with the barb I couldn't get out till I remembered the line trick I read about years ago.

Whoa, ouch!

Nice smallies Jon!

Well those great smallies came at a price! Glad it wasn’t anything too serious.

Great outing Jon!Glad you didn’t get hurt bad.

Ouch is right!

River water is not so clean so a good soak in peroxide I’m sure must have happened.

What depth is best this time of year?

I’ve only fished north of Hartford a few times but your wading trips seem very productive!

Man that nail shot! Talk about toughing it out. Man you earned those fish the hard way no doubt.

Must have been a tough fall to break a wading staff. And a hook through the nail! Not a good start but a good finish.