Over the holiday weekend, I
overcame a baiting hook fear.
Throughout
my life, I always baited my hook with either a worm or a minnow. It never
bothered me to bait the hook. And once I was old enough to learn how to take
the fish of the hook, I did that too.
When I
started fishing with my husband, I developed a baiting hook fear. Why? Because he uses grubs as bait. I have a fear of them. Just knowing what they really are freaks me out. So I have made
hubby bait my hook for the past several years. (Granted I haven't fished much since our son was born.)
Since I had
always baited my hook myself, this really bothered me to be dependent on hubby
to bait my hook. Several times this year I would get the grub can to bait my hook myself, but then once I opened it ... I just couldn’t do it.
Until yesterday…
We were
fishing for bluegill. We were hitting a lot of little fish, throw backs. They
kept cleaning our hooks. After several times of needing my hook baited and
waiting for my hubby to bait the hook, I was getting frustrated. So finally, I flicked a few grubs out of the
can with my hook and then put them on my hook. (There were a few faces and
“yucks” involved.)
After baiting my hook several more times like this, I finally
just picked the grubs up out of the can and baited my hook. YIPPEEE!!!!
When we go
out fishing again…I will bait my own hook! But as I sit here typing, I’m still
a bit freaked out by the thought of the grubs crawling around in the can. But I
have done it now, so I know I can do it again!
YES, I overcame a fear!
Do you have
any fears of baiting hooks? Hubby better not ask me to bait a hook with a
leach. That will NEVER happen! Lol
Well Little brother is gonna have call bullshit on that no fear of baiting hooks. The truth as always from me. For the a long time at ages say 7-20 i think was last baiting hook fishing trip i took with my big sis. I did a lot of minnow baiting, and worms a few leechs, but for the most part we were a big fish artifical family. But after few and i wanted to cast and fishing got fast furious for toothies or bass i left her to her own devices. But if things were slow, i unhooked and baited a lot that i never got the fun of fighting fish. Not that i am mad, i just wanted to clear that up. Touch a fog there!
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