Didn't have enough feeling left in your fingers to tie on a heavier jig? Been there. Is fall fishing getting tougher, or as I get older does it just seem tougher?

We were up there and on the water a little before you, from the the 25th through the 28th. Water was a mess from all the rain the week before which made the fishing really tough. On the first day I had on a big fish that I couldn't get off the bottom and she wrapped me in a log. I had another fish on the last day that did the same thing, and my last bite on the spring trip also took me into a log. That hasn't happened to me in years and 3 fish in my last 5 days on the TFF? Go figure.

At one point, I was anchored in 25' of water in the channel and marking fish like crazy. I have my fish alarm set for the 2 largest sizes and it was going off like an alarm clock. At one time I had 11 fish on the screen. They were all right on the bottom. So I dropped a minnow on a slip bobber right in my cone and about 6" off the bottom. That's one rod. On the other rod was a 1/4 oz. jig with either a 3" GULP minnow or a 4" GULP minnow (I was switching back and forth) and I was bouncing that right on the bottom. How did I do? Not a bite and I hung there for close to 2 hours, marking fish the entire time. Talk about negative fish!

Where can a guy find a net with a 25' handle?