Hunt Smart, Fish Hard

Years ago I use to be one of those fishermen that fished in almost any kind of weather. Rain really never bothered me from fishing. If I was trout fishing and the streams and rain come up, I would go to the nearest river and start catfishing. After the rain stopped and no catfish were biting I would go back to the trout stream and now walk in the stream to fish. I was already soaked from the rain and at this point it didn’t matter. Well, times have changed.

Now when it rains I normally don’t fish. When it’s done raining I will fish. It just seems that catfish bite pretty good after rain. If it rains too hard the water gets muddy and that stops the trout fishing for a while.

Once again, back to catfishing. Well, this one time we were able to trout fish and catfish in the same place. When I was growing up in Washington, New Jersey, I had a bunch of friends that fished and hung out together. We had a favorite fishing hole called “Suckers Hole.” Every kid in town that fished knew this place.

There’s more to this story in the current issue of the Times Virginian newspaper. Pick up a copy or subscribe at www.timesvirginian.com/subscriber_services to view the full article in the e-edition version.

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