I have said "I hate wind" too many times to count.
Back a few weeks ago, March 24th actually, I posted about it yet again.
@atnvol posted on my thread and mentioned that even wind was made by the hand of God and how hate is such a strong word.
For whatever reason I thought about that over the next days / weeks.
I know a guy that is the most miserable person I have ever met in my life.
EVERYTHING is a disaster and nothing bad ever happens to anyone but him.
Negativity every single day, without fail.
My wife and I were talking about him one day and as humans tend to do, we were talking about everything good that he has in his life etc.
What if he had to deal with this or that, picking things in our own lives that we don't like.
Basically being spoiled brats as many of us are.
Anyway, I said something like, instead of doing something to make himself happier he just wallows in his own self pity.
He can't see what he has for being so miserable.
I got to thinking more and more about that in terms of my fishing.
I love fishing, it's my thing.
I'm not very good at it but it brings me much joy.
So after thinking back about what atnvol posted I got to thinking, I am doing that very same thing as that guy.
I love to fish and I am going to go fishing, that isn't going to change as long as the Good Lord allows it.
I live in Tennessee and in the spring of the year the wind is going to blow and it is going to rain.
So instead of just crying about it all the time and wallowing in it I decided to really think about how blessed I am while sitting in that boat being able to do what I love.
So the wind is going to blow so I have three choices.
1) Cry and whine about it.
2) Don't go.
3) Adapt my process to make it easier / more bearable.
I decided there will be times certain spots may not be fishable.
Most of the time there will be other spots that are.
So instead of fighting the wind, crying about it and keep doing the same thing over and over I decided to change.
First thing I learned is I wasn't using my anchor properly.
Dropped it and let the wind move me to the position I needed to be in, then tie it off.
Instead of having out 20' of rope, now I have upwards of 50' and it holds my boat just fine.
Still isn't my favorite condition to fish in but you know what, I am blessed to be there and I now realize that.
Upon my new found knowledge and outlook I anchored down in a few different spots and caught 130 crappie in about 5 hours.
Another trip I caught 73 crappie and one of which was the 16" 2 pound 6 ounce monster.
My heaviest crappie ever.
As I slipped her back into the water and watched her ease back off into the depths, the boat rocking up and down pretty bad in the 25-30 mph wind I thought, I sure am a lucky man.
Had to thank God for the wind that day.
Thank you too @atnvol for planting a seed of thought that took a few weeks to sprout but it did and now it's growing good.
Guess now I need to break down and buy a good rainsuit and work on the rain issue.
Back a few weeks ago, March 24th actually, I posted about it yet again.
@atnvol posted on my thread and mentioned that even wind was made by the hand of God and how hate is such a strong word.
For whatever reason I thought about that over the next days / weeks.
I know a guy that is the most miserable person I have ever met in my life.
EVERYTHING is a disaster and nothing bad ever happens to anyone but him.
Negativity every single day, without fail.
My wife and I were talking about him one day and as humans tend to do, we were talking about everything good that he has in his life etc.
What if he had to deal with this or that, picking things in our own lives that we don't like.
Basically being spoiled brats as many of us are.
Anyway, I said something like, instead of doing something to make himself happier he just wallows in his own self pity.
He can't see what he has for being so miserable.
I got to thinking more and more about that in terms of my fishing.
I love fishing, it's my thing.
I'm not very good at it but it brings me much joy.
So after thinking back about what atnvol posted I got to thinking, I am doing that very same thing as that guy.
I love to fish and I am going to go fishing, that isn't going to change as long as the Good Lord allows it.
I live in Tennessee and in the spring of the year the wind is going to blow and it is going to rain.
So instead of just crying about it all the time and wallowing in it I decided to really think about how blessed I am while sitting in that boat being able to do what I love.
So the wind is going to blow so I have three choices.
1) Cry and whine about it.
2) Don't go.
3) Adapt my process to make it easier / more bearable.
I decided there will be times certain spots may not be fishable.
Most of the time there will be other spots that are.
So instead of fighting the wind, crying about it and keep doing the same thing over and over I decided to change.
First thing I learned is I wasn't using my anchor properly.
Dropped it and let the wind move me to the position I needed to be in, then tie it off.
Instead of having out 20' of rope, now I have upwards of 50' and it holds my boat just fine.
Still isn't my favorite condition to fish in but you know what, I am blessed to be there and I now realize that.
Upon my new found knowledge and outlook I anchored down in a few different spots and caught 130 crappie in about 5 hours.
Another trip I caught 73 crappie and one of which was the 16" 2 pound 6 ounce monster.
My heaviest crappie ever.
As I slipped her back into the water and watched her ease back off into the depths, the boat rocking up and down pretty bad in the 25-30 mph wind I thought, I sure am a lucky man.
Had to thank God for the wind that day.
Thank you too @atnvol for planting a seed of thought that took a few weeks to sprout but it did and now it's growing good.
Guess now I need to break down and buy a good rainsuit and work on the rain issue.