should I do with it?" Well, the back yard needed mowing. My truck needed washing desperately, and due to me ran-sacking the guest bedroom, I should have cleaned it up.Should I go fishing at my favorite hide away? The coosa river, right off the toll bridge road about 5 miles from my house. Pull off to the side of the road, then desend a 20 foor cliff due to erosion and hide form everyone? Yep, thats what I will do!
This place is great. No one fishes here. Mainly because you have to go through a few feet of woods, and the river flows quickly, so morons assume you cant catch bass in fast flowing water.
Well, I dont mean to bore any of you, but I caught 5 fine looking bass that looked as though they had never seen a hook in their life... virgins if you will, to being caught.
I hadn't had that feeling in so many months, of a fish pulling at the line, or hitting your lure deciding if they want to take it or not. I dont suppose i can describe this feeling to anyone who doesnt appreciate it.
I love to fish. And through the years, I have learned to love bass. Much like deer hunters love deer, and appreciate deer and respect them more than ANY PETA member ever could. With bass, I ALWAYS release them. I want them to spawn, and make more bass. I want them to thrive. I actually used to sympathize with them when I would catch them, now when I try to get the hook out, all I can think is how awesome God is to have made such a sensitive looking animal that has skin that is and touch as nails! The skin arounth the mouth looks like paper and you could rip it easily, but it is one of the toughest biological material on earth! Hard to beleive.
I love fishing, but cant decide if it is more fun alone or with a friend. Although, I can rarely get anyone to go with me, but at the same time, when I go, I decide I want to go now and I go. Very few people are waiting by their phone for me to call and invite them at the last minute. But living so close to so many fishable waters is wonderful.
Each time I catch one, I am in awe of their speed, their quickness, and how strong they are. When one hits, they will fight so hard you will swear they are huge! Only to see they are maybe 1 or 2 pounds.
I caught about 5 bass in the span of an hour and 20 minutes. They arent the biggest bass on earth, but considering the speed of the river, I felt very good about my catches. The last pic is of the last bass I caught. Bad pic angle, but it was big, prob 2.5 to 3 pounds. Sipper, does the worm look familue in these pics? Catches bass every time!
Tiny guy above, first catch of the day...
Got progressively bigger as I learned where they were hiding....
I LOVE the stripe on the one above... the one below may have been 3 pounds...
Aint the setting beautiful? Not a man in sight....
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Nice posts, Jamison. I haven't been fishing in ages. I guess since I moved back in with my folks in Grove, where we literally had a lake in our back yard. But that was like 1999. I guess I ought to go again sometime.
come here and i will take you on a tour of fave fishing spots!
I enjoy fishing, but it's really hard to find time to go now. I used to go fishing all the time whe I was at home. The private ponds around my parents' house were stocked heavily with large bass. When it comes down to it, I really just enjoy being around the house with Rachel and Luke more than anything. Sometimes I wish I could work from home just so I could be around them 24/7! I suppose that when Luke is old enough to fish, I'll be taking him fishing. Until then, we'll just feed the fishies at home.
That is quite a statement Sip. I love Amy very much, but I don't think I could handle being around her 24/7. It was pretty close to that in France, and we're still together, but it got a little tight there once in awhile.
Sometimes you just need some space, ya know?
i am the same way brew,. larissa and i love each other, but when we talk about both working at anteon, we both look at each other, are silent for about 10 seconds, then bust out laughing because we would both be doing a power struggle with each other and would fight more than love. Us being in teh same room or building all the time wouldnt work. Her being gone for even a few hours, and even for a day, gets me so excited to see her again.
I LOVE "me" time. If i dont get it I go berzerk. LArissa likes it to when I go out and have a "guys" night (but finding the guys to have a guys night is hard, unless it is dave m). She likes being able to be in the house alone for a few hours and just watch a movie.
However, when she has to go out of town, i miss her terribly after 24 hours. I like Me time, but hate sleeping in an empty bed.
I know it's weird, but we get along really well. It's not just her, either. Luke is there. I could definitely break up time with Rachel and be with him any time. It's fun. Having alone time isn't something Rachel or I get much of any more. I had plenty of "me" time when I was in college and before I got married. Now I just long for "us" time. I never want to be a husband or father who spends more time at work or with someone other than his family. Not saying anyone here is that way. I'm just saying that I have only so much time on this earth with my family and I want to use a good part of it with my wife and kids letting them know I love them. But, I still do like planning time with my beloved friends, and that won't change.
then plan friend, im waiting...
that river is the talapoosa river actually...
The plan is...y'all come over Saturday night and let's make ummmmm...probably chili! I just have to plan most stuff like a week in advance or else one of our families gets us pinned down. It's like with the family music makings. Those are planned weeks in advance and I'm already commited to them. My side of the family is EXTREMELY proactive in that way. Anyway, I'm a planner...well, bout some thangs anyway.
FYI if anyone is interested, Sept 23rd at Dalraida Josh and I will be joining the blue grass band for another performance.
See my new black mandolin in action and hear the soothing, never-to-be-duplicated high tenor of J.A.S.
free of charge, food is provided.
"I'm smart, 'bout some thangs"
the forgiener, right?
haha...yep!
click here
my first attempt at video with my digital camera... the last release of the day....
A couple of thoughts here. First I will be happy to state that I like Matt time as much as Julie likes Julie time and that’s just fine because neither one of us gets as much as we would like or really need, that’s ok too because I do miss her when she’s not around and the second she’s late I start going over what I’ll have to tell the kids about mommy’s car wreck and all that crap. Then she pulls in and I’m happy again.
Now to something really serious… Jamison you’ve never listened to my business suggestions as ways to improve your life and better your self but you are going to have to change that right NOW!
My step brother, in-law’s name is Ron Savage and he lives in LaGrange, GA and he is a professional fishing guide. He’s hooked up with a lodge near his home and he takes guests fishing all day long. He makes sure the lake is stocked and does some administrative work. He is also given a new bass boat every other year along with the engine, which comes separately I guess. He’s given lures, Shamano Reels, poles and every other fishing item from radar to trolling motors just because the people he takes fishing will remember those “tools”. He has also invented his own bass fishing lure called the “Savage Worm” which he markets through his lodge, the tours and what ever else. Being a computer geek you could write an e-book, market it and then offer tours through a lodge. Rather than all of that we could do a fishing show! I think you could find a career fishing if you really through about it.
Someone give me a second opinion…
im done writting books... they arent even real books and you have to lower your moral standards to get people to buy ebooks...
besides, i think anyone who tells you he knows what bass are thinking is lying, they are more finiky about what they eat and when they eat as stubbs is (kidding stubbs)
but there is a job for the state that has a job description of "fishing"... some environmental job... pays about 3 or 4 grand less per year than what I make here, but id be happy as crap...
LOL why does everyone think my wife makes "stacks of cash"?
Sure, she makes more than me, but I dont get paid much more than the average joe.
Furthermore, I hope no one thinks that she is obsessed with earning a great deal of money. It is the furthest thing from her mind. In fact, I am almost certain she would work just as hard if is was volunteer work... i think she is slightly OCD. I dont think anyone here thinks she works hard for loads of dough, but if you told my wife to go into a cow field and make the crap piles into the shapes of the letters of the alphabet, she would do it and do it PERFECTLY and probably work over time and extra hard to make sure it was done properly. She wouldnt care if you (her boss) thought she was doing well, she would do it right for her sake. Her mom and dad are the same way with work. If given a task, they dont go half-@$$ and dont shoot out at 5pm just because everyone elses work is over... they do the job they got hired to do far better than anyone else... This is to be comendable, but can also be very annoying being someone who isnt quite like her (me). I remember in college if we were in the same class and we had a test, i would finish first (and get a C) then id have to wait in the hall for about an hour while she was the last person to finish (and end up getting an A)
I just had to say all that, I hope people dont think she works so hard for more money. She tells me all the time she wishes she had a less stressful job for less money (Hence her getting her masters in elementary education). It is just in her genes to work far harder than she probably needs to work.
Oddly enough she has been offered other jobs that pay more, and when it comes down to it, she ends up staying where she is, I think deep down she likes her job.
People depend on her. People like it when someone needs them, I think. I'm the opposite. I want to get the job done and do it well, but people have to fend for themselves. Plus, no one I will ever work with will need me even a tenth as much as my family needs me, or as much as I need them. It's a balancing act, to be sure.
im not mad at all, it is just embarassing when people say or think that we are somehow rolling in the dough.
Honestly, anyone can look like they are filthy rich if they are disciplined with their money. My parents have never made more than $35,000 between the two of them, but they drive a new car have their house paid for and can pretty much get whatever they want. They stayed out of debt when they were young and were responsible. It paid off. They have ZERO bills now and live comfortably on a very average income. Anyone can do it with planning and self-discipline, my friends!
I feel you, Jamison. I get ticked off when people assume Charlie and I have any money at all. I'll go see my Dad at the cafeteria and he'll lecture me about how I need to get new tires, all the while I have $20 in the bank account. I don't think it's that we don't manage it well, we just don't have any to manage.
As far as the me time thing.... at the end of the day, I chose between me time and Charlie time and I enjoy Charlie time and that is more important than me time anyway, so I don't get me time much. Honestly, though, if I could I would take off work the whole week and have him do the say and just sit around, watch board games, go walk on the beach.... What I'm trying to say is it breaks my heart I never see him, and when I get out of school, I'll probably never leave him. He's my favorite person, I mean that's why I married him.
But for the record, I'd rather hang out with Rachel than go fishing too, Sip.
Yeah, Rachel is very cool. I can hang out with her all day and laugh and have a great time! She's my best friend. Then, when she and Luke get together, they're a comedy team...a blessed life I have.
thats kind of how i feel.... i heard a preacher say once that he was very rich. Then went on to say that he has 2 automobiles, can adjust the temperature in his home to be either hot or cold, he has clean running water 24 hours a day at the flick of a finger, several closets dedicated to nothing but clothing, he eats 3 meals a day and doesnt worry about where the next one will come from, and can communicate with virtually anyone on earth that he pleases to whether by email or phone... so we are all pretty rich
Dude, we live like kings and queens! Of course, I have always held that to be truly rich, one must be content. That's what makes me feel wealthy and blessed. Most people you hear about who have millions, yea billions of dollars are not content and hence shall never be really rich. Funny and sad...
What Di said about not having money to manage made me think back to when Rachel and I were both doing school and working and I was in the Air Force. We used to reuse tea bags and tear paper towels in half to make them go farther. Just the other night, we were eating supper and talking about how we used to make "hobos". They were nothing more than hamburger meat, onions, carrots, and potatoes wrapped in some foil and baked in the oven. Very cheap and easy to make. I just think about how we cut corners and scrimped and saved, and it makes me smile because we were happy and content then, too.
larissa and i both work and dont struggle to pay bills, but i still rip dryer sheets in half and reuse each half...
I also never use the dishwashers 'heated dry' option, to save on electric bills...
and i havent used a "hot" clothes wash in years... always either warm or cold...
i do so many crazy things like that all the time without thinking, anyone who didnt know me would think i was a freak.
For the record I've not said anything disparaging about your wife or her work ethic. Just from what you've said in the past she's making good money and you, thought you like your job, don't really like your job. One basically has nothing to do with the other. What I was saying is that because she's making decent money you could take a chance and try something new knowing you wouldn't flounder around too much financially.
no offence was taken...
Hey! I finally saw the bass release! Cool video, Jamison!
There's no mistaking the fact that I'm happy. I'm just stressed out.
YOu know, I think all of my stress about money goes back to my run away days.... I mean, I was REALLY happy then but it was still REALLY scarey not knowing who I'd live with next or how I was going to by tampons. I eventually got on my own two feet, of course, but I think I just really remember that fear. Kind of like a depression era person.
The thing with Amy and I in France was that after awhile we would get on each others nerves. I love being with my wife, but sometimes we need a break from each other.
Also we have a lot of different tastes, and activities that we enjoy individually. We both like to have time to do those things.
I have thought about the money each of us make more than I probably should. I think you are considered to be higher in the rankings, Jamison because 1. you have made comments that both you and Larissa make decent money. Put your two incomes together and it's got to be pretty darn alright. Add to that you have no other mouths to feed, no children to take care of and you come out on the top.
The mullins, sippers, mccowns have kids. Sippers, Stubbs, Brewsters have spouses still in school.
Not that I give a rats heiney what you make. I hope you're making large sums of cash. I hope moreso that you are happy.
I just once in awhile ponder how we are all doing as a group. Status like and all.
sorry, replying to different posts on this oft commented post.
The few times Amy has gone away for the weekend or whatever, I usually get excited thinking about how great it will be to do whatever I want. But after a few hours I always get bored and lonely and wish she was back.
AH HA! I AM THE SAME WAY! Larissa will be out of town or whatever (which is rare, but it has happened) and Ill be like "Sweet release! Freedom! YES FREEDOM!" And Ill like make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, watch myth busters on TV then stay up till midnight trying to find something on tv worth watching... ill eventually get to bed and be scared because i am in the house alone and wish she was back...
i think it is a kickback to college days somehow.
prior post Brew, funny you mentioned that status issue because i was thinking about it this morning too. I was thinking that Larissa and I both work, and the rest of my pals either have children or a spouce is getting an education. so... dunno where this was going... no conclution I guess...
It's so true. Whenever Amy goes to visit her folks I usually rent a movie I know she wouldn't want to watch, and then its like....ok, now what? I usually wind up in bed early, wishing she was back already.
You guys are funny. Neither of us are in school, btw. I thought about going back for the PhD, but decided against it. I remember just after Rachel graduated from college, I had just started my job wiwth Lockheed and she got a job in Washington as the curator of their historical museum. Man, we were ROLLIN in the dough! But, we never used any of her income to pay bills and stuff. So, when she got pregnant and quit her job, we just settled in and planned on her staying home. Since then I have changed jobs since we moved and taken a pay cut. I guess it all comes down to what you think is best for your family. We think that being near our family and bringing Luke up down here with a strong family and church background is paramount. So, we were willing to do what it took to get here. I guess what I'm trying to say is that money is just a means toward provision. The only money I've ever wanted is enough to take care of my family. God has blessed us with more, though, which is amazing! I supposed thats why the Bible says to seek first God's kingdom and His righteousness, then all these things shall be added unto you. He has blessed us all, my friends!
I get more than enough Me Time when I get home from work, because Diana is usually at work for at least a couple of hours. I miss her, though. Saturday is the worst, because I'm off and she works longer due to not having schol that day. Oh, well. I just try to enjoy the time we do have together, and know that it will all pay off once she graduates.
I don't care much for fishing.
just went again today (saturday) and caught the biggest bass ive ever caught in a non-pond body of water... 3 pounds at least, 4 at most... very sharp teeth...
As i reeled him in, I saw 2 others of the same size flanking him, I assume trying to take the lure from him...
just went again today (saturday) and caught the biggest bass ive ever caught in a non-pond body of water... 3 pounds at least, 4 at most... very sharp teeth...
double your pleasure, my friend...sounds like a good trip! hope you and Di can get past school, soon. i know how it is to miss your wife with school, work, etc. just treasure the time you have and make the most of it. y'all will make it through!
When I graduate Charlie will get the whole summer to put up with me. :)
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