The fish in the river are not as picky about the bait they
hit on as salt water fish. When a pair
of good old boys passed our dock fishing I ask them if they had had any luck
and what they were using for bait. One of the guys held up a nice large-mouth
bass and said hot dogs. I smiled and gave him a thumb up.
When I told the story to a coworker and he said they would
do a lot better with real bait.
The following weekend we did our regular sail
on the river, trolling as we sailed along. We did get one hit and the fish
took the lure. I had brought a hot dog along just as a joke. With nothing to
lose we made two hot dog fish from the wiener.
A hook slid into it neatly and over the side it went. We were passing the opening of an oxbow and a
fish hit the wiener fish. It was a beautiful bass. I made the comment that one
more like this and we would have a nice fish dinner. The second wiener fish was
put on the line. The same thing
happened. A second bass was caught. When we got back to the dock, I had to have a
photo taken to show my coworker
.
We have not had such great luck again, but hot dogs are good
bait and they are cheap.
