Skunk thread (aka the walk of shame)

[tweedwolfscream]

Man, if I posted about every time I got skunked, I'd clog up the forum. But since this thread is live now I'll talk about yesterday.

On Saturday I happened to be biking by my summer perch spot here on the local waterfront and I noticed the water was full of alewives, and there were three pike lounging on the bottom. So yesterday after work I decided to go over there and see if I could get the pike to bite, or in the alternate, if the summer perch had arrived. As I was biking along the lake on the way there, passing a spot I don't normally fish, I spotted a trout just hanging out at the surface, pretty unusual sighting for over there. So I set up my gear as quickly as I could with the trout gradually drifting farther away. My first cast was off and landed well behind the trout, and by the time I cast again it was out of sight... I threw my spinner and worm in its general direction but to no avail.

Got to the spot I meant to in the first place, and the alewives were gone. (They were still present in other places including where I saw the trout.) No visible pike either, and no perch coming to my bait. Fished a couple of other spots as well and didn't feel a bite. Talked to a couple of other anglers at some of the spots who weren't having luck either. Tough time of year to pattern these communities, maybe.