Disappointment

I decided to take the afternoon off on Thursday in order to get out on the water.  There was a chance of storms but storms had been call for all week and none of them came to fruition.  Without going into the whole story I managed to only be on the water for an hour and a half before I got off the water and it ended up not even raining at the lake.  In the end better safe than sorry.

In addition to the abbreviated trip I also did some dumb things on the water.  First of all I did not have a plan that I stuck to this causes me to be unfocused and to waste time.  I got the great idea I would try to catch a few crappie to take home before I got serious about fishing.  I ended up catching 2 runt bass a runt walleye and a 15" hybrid striped bass off of a fallen log in the midsection of the lake, I did not bother to take any pictures.  I finally came to my senses and decided I need to get bass fishing.    My problem was I did not know what to do.  I decided to throw my new KVD 1.5  however I went to the shallow flat at the beginning of the back end and ended up hauling in weeds for 15 minutes, I decided to change course and try to throw a shaky head at some docks and seawalls, right when I got in position to start the wind picked up and I noticed a storm was on its way so I started making phone calls.   After numerous phone calls with my dad and wife it was suggested that I get off the water.  I decided to throw the 1.5 at my favorite seawall a couple of times before I left and hooked into a nice walleye,  I was so paranoid about the storm that after I landed the walleye I through my pliers back into the water instead of the fish.  I was so disgusted with myself that I did not bother with a picture of the walleye.  The walleye was about 16".  In summary

Location: Lake Bloomington
Date: 5/12/11
Time: 2PM-3:15 PM
Water Temp: 74F
Weather: Mid 80's and sunny with a small thunderstorm in the area
Fish: 2 runt bass, 1 hybrid striper 15" 2 walleye (runt and 16")  all fish were caught on a 1/16 ounce jig   and a 1 1/2 inch white grub.  the 16" walleye was caught on the KVD 1.5 crankbait

Goal:  80 hours on the water, 50 bass, 10 legal bass
Year to date: 9 hours on the water, 9 bass, 1 legal bass