u/TheRealAuga

Struggling to catch bass or pike in Maine

Hows it going, as the title states I’m really struggling to catch small/largemouth and Pike in western Maine where I live.

I’m around a decent amount of water that I know hold bass and pike but no matter what I throw I can’t seem to catch anything. I mainly fly fish for trout as I grew up around it and have fished for saltwater bass species in the past occasionally when I lived in California for a bit, but recently started to get more into it as I got a little aluminum boat, so it’s provided me access to way more water than my feet could ever take me to before.

I feel like a complete bum, I spent 2 days straight throwing everything, jerkbaits, senkos, Ned rigs, crank baits, tubes jigs, and spoons but can’t seem to find any fish.

What should I be doing to start catching fish and what could I possibly be doing wrong?

Thanks for your time

u/TheRealAuga — 2 days ago

Haven’t drilled in a year, looking to go IRR or get out completely

Hello,
as the title states I haven’t drilled in a year. And when I did last drill it was just for Indoc. I got a federal law enforcement job almost immediately after getting out and went to an academy for it then moved cross country.

I have no idea how the assignment system works or who I belong too really but apparently my TRUIC is NRC San Diego but I’m supposed to drill with a different unit. I was in contact with people from the unit I drill with and have made it clear I plan to go IRR since December of last year. But today I got a call wondering where I am and what I’ve been doing. I submitted a special request awhile back to transfer my TRUIC to my new state as they said it was the best course of acting going forward. Again no clue how any of this works as it’s vastly different from AD.

I have 0 interest at all in continuing with the military. I however was part of the group that got forced into 2 years active reserve since I joined in October of 2020. I am VA rated from injuries during my time active duty and all I really care about is maintaining that going forward.

First, what is the best option for me moving forward, and Second what am I really losing by being admin separated.

Thank you very much for your time.

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u/TheRealAuga — 5 days ago

Watch out for deer on your way to work

Absolutely brutal, hopefully the repair turn around is fast, had a bunch of camping/fishing trips planned for this month

u/TheRealAuga — 5 days ago
▲ 6 r/MercuryOutboards+1 crossposts

Was in neutral when I picked it up, got it running in my driveway before heading out and I shifted it into reverse to check and see if it would, now it won’t go back into neutral. Any ideas? Looking at the cam for the gear shaft it looks like it moves but is stuck somewhere along the shaft, can’t seem to figure out what to do. Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance

u/TheRealAuga — 22 days ago