Yeah, Lobster fishing isn't for the faint of heart the last 15 years.  Before that, hardly anyone did it and it was no problem.  The internet knows how to ruin a good thing.

Quote from: jrodda on January 19, 2026, 07:28:51 PMAnother day in the Prehistoric Joints forum...hope the best with whatever you do! Timmy's idea sounds pretty dang clever.

Funny guy!  lol

Yeah, I would just have the surgery now, but I know as soon as I get it an offer would probably come through. I'm probably going to try the Platelet injections.  It's not covered by insurance, but it heals rather than mask the pain and my next-door neighbor (who is older than me had it) said it was the best decision he's had over surgery.

 

Real nice cat, good looking one.

Another day in the Prehistoric Joints forum...hope the best with whatever you do! Timmy's idea sounds pretty dang clever.

San-Tom Lakes, never a dull moment !  

 I always schedule my surgeries at the end of the year cause my deductible is met and no out of pocket expenses, not to mention it's usually crummy weather and not much going on. On the other hand, if the pain is too much then you have to do it ASAP !

Mid Feb. will ruin your Bat Fight for March Unless you want to just want to watch me reel in a Bat for Cheez  

Either way, good luck cause the recovery is a B*tch as you get older

But I might chicken out.  I'm still looking for work (This sucks) and I really don't want to be in a sling and recovering for 6 months.  Being older already is a problem looking for work but being crippled and old is worse.

I set my surgery date (mid-Feb) but I don't want to miss the hiring part of the year when everyone gets their funds approved for the year.  I might do the PRP shot and physical therapy until I get work and just postpone surgery until a later time.... 

What would you guys do?

I decided to get out for a bit since I wasn't sure if I was going to see my granddaughter or not in the afternoon.  Getting to the Lakes at 6:00 am was tough only because I had no idea where I was going to fish...  I had 4 spots in mind but having that many spots to choose from, makes it difficult to pick.

I decided to do what I did the other day.

Fishing was tough but I did get a little guy pretty quickly.  Probably the smallest one I caught this entire trout season.



I then get picked up 2 more times and felt a bite, but they didn't hook up.  I was using a small treble also so I couldn't figure it out.  The worm was also coming back looking good, but I totally felt the bite.  I noticed that the Red Ear bite has been picking up so possibly small ones?

Then I see a trout running the shoreline in front of me.  It would swim out of sight but always come back and I almost had him hit my spinner but I pulled it away by accident when he finally went to hit it.  Then some dude parks right next to me and parks himself right next to me totally blocking any chance of casting to that trout.  I like the quiet but he was all chatty so I just sat in my car to get some peace.

I saw him hook up with a nicer trout but almost broke his rod in the process.  Long story short, he never landed it.  I was about done and had to run home so I could get things done and wait for my granddaughter to arrive.  Our plan was to take her to Chucky-Cheese... but the kids decided they didn't want to come down, so we didn't get to see her.

That means one thing... Head back to the lakes!

The lakes were packed!  I headed to a different lake and noticed I almost used up all of the crawlers.  The few that remained were in great shape! 

 

I kept getting hits, but it was the same thing... Bite and let go over and over.  There were no Pond Chickens around, and the baits reeled in looking good so I don't know what was going on.

I was talking with Dave and got a real hit but it didn't stick!  I was ready to rip that tiny treble off!

Then with 30 minutes before closing... I saw a really good bite and it was ON!  I could tell it was a really big fish and suspected a big cat... but hoped for a big trout.

I tried to just take my time and get it to shore since he hit my 2# rod.  Man, I still can't believe I could catch these things on such little line and gear.  The 2# test to be fair is Berkley and probably realistically breaks at 4#.

Well Damn... In the net she went!



It looked pretty fresh over a really gnarly ones that stay in the lakes for years and my old neighbor asked for any catfish if I caught them, so I stashed her in the cooler.  The fillets were huge and I'm going to use the carcass for lobster bait.  The last lobster trip we got 2 legals on the catfish carcass.  LOL

Well, back home I went to hang with the wifey.

Thanks for reading and is anyone doing any fishing?

Sounds like good hooping no matter where you go. I can see the round rays being a real pita.

Quote from: Latimeria on January 16, 2026, 09:53:04 AMThe crows and I have an agreement in place....

I almost wanna say I'm surprised, but I'm not.