Water Temp: 85 Degrees
Launched the boat at 8:30AM and fished near boat launch for about 30 minutes. Began working the shoreline closest to boat launch for a while getting zero strikes. We continued working the shoreline toward the far end of the lake, still with no strikes what so ever! It was VERY hot and humid so wife and I decided to give the lily pads a shot.
With the trolling motor on full speed we raced toward the lily pads only to SLAM into a stump under the water that caused the boat to ramp up onto it causing us to become immobile. At this point our boat was tipping like it was on a see-saw and we all put on our life jackets prior to trying to free ourselves. I began rocking the boat to see if I could shake us loose with no luck, we were pretty stuck real good. Trying to think how I was going to free us I was thinking of 2 options. (1) I could jump in the water and try to free us or, (2) I could blow my whistle to signal a boat within visual distance to come over and assist us. After careful thought I decided to try and pry us free with an oar before I weighed my other options. With a little effort using the oar I was able to free us, what a relief we felt!!
After that crazy incident it taught us that anything can happen on the water and safety should be our FIRST priority so for now on we are going to wear our life jackets when we are racing across any lake at full throttle with the motor. We pulled ourselves together and worked the lilly pads as we planned to. A few slurps but nothing solid. Wife threw out a spinnerbait to land a short but our only fish.
After landing the one fish we both had enough of the heat and difficult fishing; our inability to find a pattern. After 3 hours we threw in the towel and called it a day leaving at 11:30AM. Wife got the 1 and I ended the day with a bad smell -- SKUNKED!!