Avid Fisherman Starts a Blog.

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I want to start off by saying that I love to fish!

Do you ever wish that you were throwing a few casts in the beautiful outdoors instead of doing what you are currently doing? Well I feel like that all of the time.

My name is Randy and this blog is dedicated to the hard-working, busy individuals who can’t seem to get out on the water as much as they would like. This is the first blog that I have ever created or been a part of, so please bear with me as I figure out these waters.

I am excited to share my stories of missed fish, unbelievable top-water bites that resulted in a whiff, and the time I bought over $200 worth of tackle to only catch 4 bass in a week. Oh and every once in a while I have a great day on the water, so I’ll be sure to tell you about those as well.

I live in the beautiful state of Louisiana, which is also known as the Sportsman’s Paradise. I try to fish all of the water that the state has to offer, which is a lot!

My favorite type of fishing (as of now) is freshwater bass fishing out of a kayak. Being that Southern Louisiana is basically just one big swamp, using a kayak offers the most versatility when fishing these shallow, stump-filled, Hydrilla-infested waters.

There is a special rush I get in my body when I hook a big fish that turns my kayak all around. On the same note, there is no sensation quite like the one you get when you know an alligator is under your kayak because of the small bubbles emerging from beneath you.

Going out fishing in a kayak is an adrenaline filled experience every time, for multiple good and bad reasons.   

I also love to fish the brackish and saltwater marshes throughout the Southern coastline for Speckled Trout and Redfish (Red Drum).

Specs absolutely slam your bait! Even the small ones hit it so hard that it could pull your pole out of your hand.

Red fish bites are often much slower, but once you hook one you are in for a ride. I hope you have your drag set because if not it’s going to be screaming!

Red fish are extremely strong and are one of the most fun fish to catch, in my opinion. 

When I am not fishing (tragically) I work full time as a data analyst, which is quite the opposite of being out on the water throwing a junebug blue wacky-worm at a duck blind.

So my life basically consists of numbers: numerical sales data and the amount of fish I missed.

I like my job because I get to discover new trends and opportunities in the market. On the same note, one of my favorite aspects of fishing is figuring out where the fish are located and what they are biting on.

I guess you can say I enjoy the process of solving problems, whether that be a down month in business or why I can’t get a bite.

Don’t you hate when the fish seem to always bite the end of your soft-plastic bait and miss the hook?

Or when you get a crazy blowup on a frog that you casted perfectly into a patch of Lilly pads just to whiff on the hook set?

Well I am here to tell you that I feel your pain…basically every time I go fishing. But even the worst days on the water are better than days spent at work, or at least I think that’s how the saying goes.   

The goal of this blog, Reel Finesse (a name which I am very proud to have thought of), is to offer fishermen of all kinds an escape from their current non-fishing situation.

I am going to write about the best of days on the water, as well as the days when absolutely nothing seems to be going right. I will also share my tactics and the baits I used when I actually had a successful day and caught a few.

I hope to offer an informative insight to any reader that is beginning their fishing journey, as well as any angler who is looking for new strategies.

It is also my goal to provide you entertaining content, which should be easy considering the frequency of unfortunate events that happen to me on the water.

Above all, I want to encourage interaction with you.

I want to hear your stories! Let me know if you think that you are a better fisherman than me.

Fair warning, I will never agree with you, just as any fisherman I know wouldn’t either.

Please suggest new places that you think I should fish! I am always looking for new spots.

Feel free to tell me what I am doing wrong because I am always looking for ways to improve as an angler (that’s right, I’m calling myself an angler).

I really want to hear from my readers!

I am planning on making a new post every week, so I hope you come back!

Thanks for reading!

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