3/19/2019 Went to Brent's Lake Got Skunked and Lost a Fishing Pole

Winning. Fished Brent’s Lake, a home lake of a good buddy of mine Austin Holt. He had taken me out there twice and both times we caught five bass. I felt like I had a pretty decent idea of where fish could be caught and was planning on setting out to go catch them when I met another new friend, Virgil Floyd, the Founder of a wooden pallet company and avid Fisherman.

We ended up shooting the bull for almost a half hour before I headed out. I first went to fish a main lake grass bank that was close to a steep drop off. I then fished all the way back up a creek arm and was letting the wind blow me back when I got a hit next to a wood duck house pole. I tried to position myself with my two oars (the first time I recall fishing from my raft with two) and knocked my pole in the water. I scrambled to reach out and get it but watched in horror as it sank to the bottom of a pretty deep part of the lake. Maybe when the water warms up I’ll make Austin let me go try and fish it out, but for now I will likely not go back out there until my feelings get unhurt. Oh well.