Fishyness does not equal fish

I took my lunch out by the river today, which is to say that I brought my fishing rod and not my sandwich.

I spent 30 minutes fishing the spot where I caught the ladyfish a couple of weeks ago. (See this entry for a review of that day.) I fished the whole time with a Yo-zuri Crystal Minnow (silver sides/blue top), and didn't get a bite. I was encouraged to see a large school of mullet around the seawall, so at least the river doesn't look as barren as previous trips.

Next I worked my way down to the Cass Street Bridge. I was able to get in-between the two spans and planted my feet in front of the fishy-est water I've ever seen. I was convinced that I would hook a fish on my first cast. Unfortunately, and much to my disappointment, I didn't catch a fish on my first cast or any of the other casts I had in that next half hour.

I think the level of my disappointment was higher than usual due to the fact that today is marked as one of the four best days to fish in the month of January (according to the solunar tables). One of the other days was January 11th, when Kelly and I were catching fish on nearly every other cast. The tide was just ripping past me today, surely stirring up lots of bait, and yet not a bite. I wonder if it was a case of using the wrong lure, but with the air temperature in the 70's the past few days, the water should have been warm enough to get fish feeding in the top foot of water.

Tomorrow is the last peak day on the solunar tables for January, so I'll be out there again, probably with a different lure on for the sake of comparison.