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Temps were near 70F (21C) today, so Michael & I headed to a local farm pond to try out some canned wax worms I bought to try for trout when they are released at the local lake later this week. I also took my new "Kelly Kettle" along to see how it would work for heating up some water for hot beverages.
Of course Michael caught the first bluegill (and the most, too).
He was using an ultralight spinning outfit (his first attempt at anything other than spincast), and did fine with it once he learned not to haul back and cast hard. His first couple casts were on the opposite bank before he realized it doesn't take much effort to get casting distance with an ultralight spinning outfit.
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The canned wax worms are hard to find, but they worked great for bait! I got mine from eBay, but wouldn't want to buy too many at those prices! (The local bait shop never has fresh wax worms in stock until April, and I didn't want to wait that long.)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0278773347
The Kelly Kettle was a recent purchase and I wanted to try it out before camping season gets here. I got the 1.75 pt model, and we had boiling water in less than 5 minutes using a few dead twigs we broke off a downed tree limb for fuel!
They are made in Ireland - http://www.kellykettle.com/.
The kettle is a bit bulky to carry, but there is enough room to store my coffee press and fire starting equipment inside! (aeropress - makes great coffee!) http://cgi.ebay.com/AEROBIE-AEROPRESS-C ... 7C294%3A50
This is the only coffee press I've found that doesn't leave grounds in the coffee! You use fine grind coffee, so you get plenty of flavor.
A rain shower put an abrupt end to our adventure, but it was still a good start to the fishing season, and a great way to pass the time while waiting on turkey season to open.
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