The Art of Successful Fishing
- Spend hours online looking at how the pro’s set up their line
- Do something totally different because I can’t figure out the knots
- Place bait on hook and cast line
- Recast line because it only went three feet
- Hope that bait stayed on hook
- Sit down and expect fish to already be biting
- After a few minutes wonder if bait is still on hook
- A few minutes later, realize I have to pee, but can’t leave because once I do the fish will bite
- Sprint someplace to pee
- Walk back out of breath
- Wonder if the bait is still on the hook
- Resist the urge to bring in the line to check the bait
- Try to find cell service to find out how to tie the proper knot
- Pray
- Get mad at the person who drove their boat on the other side of the lake causing a small wake because it scares all the fish
- Pray
- Check my line to make sure it isn’t snagged
- Look at the directions on the bait
- Look at my watch to see it’s already been 20 minutes
- Act happy for the guy that just showed up and caught a fish
- Bait must have fallen off
- Reel in the line
- Find the bait is still on the hook
- Hook the camping chair
- Hook my pants
- Hook my shirt
- Cast the line out
- Watch the bait fly 10 yards further than the hook
- Reel in the line to put on new bait
- Get the hook snagged in the weeds
- Break line
- Set up new line using the new knot
- Forget the new knot after trying three times
- Recast to the exact same spot no bites were happening
- Tell someone who just asked that you haven’t caught anything, but you’ve gotten a ton of bites
- Pray
- Decide the fish aren’t biting, time to go home
- See fish jump right where your bait is
- Wait five minutes with no bite
- Bring in line because bait obviously fell off
- Notice bait is still on
- Recast to same spot
- Miss bite while sitting back down
- Rebait and recast
- Catch fish
After four hours of fishing, consider it a good day.
Hahaha! I have to show Mr. Donovan this. 🙂
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