- Buy panko bread crumbs
- Buy cans of cream corn
- Mix bread crumbs and corn
- Pack vehicle
- Travel to fishing venue
- Unload vehicle
- Bait up
- Cast
- Set up chairs
- Organize gear
- Sit back and relax waiting for the carp to bite
I enjoy sitting back and relaxing enjoying the great outdoors as much as anyone. I typically work 50 hours a week and sometimes work from home a few hours on weekends, so I appreciate the down time. I really do. But this spring, I am going to try to leverage my time on the bank waiting for bites into something more productive. (I don't consider texting and checking Facebook as productive.)
So what should I do?
Here are some options I have come up with:
- Visit with other anglers, if any are present
- Read a newspaper
- Read a book
- Spend the time studying a foreign language
- Become a better chess player
- Eat snack foods
- Just chill
Lucky for me I have a Smart Phone and there are plenty of free mobile chess apps available!
Photo credit: Chess.com |
I have been experimenting with a few of the free chess apps today and the mobile app from Chess.com seems to work pretty well.
I'd like to say that I could spend that time studying a foreign language, but I'm just not sure I could concentrate well enough to pull that off. I had two years of high school of high school French and another semester in college. Sadly, I've lost it all since I didn't use it regularly later on.
If I get real ambitious I'll take an actual chess board and play for real, but I make no promises. Based on my results with online chess today, maybe I need to stick to plain old checkers. :-)
I am open to other ideas for how others like to spend their down time while carp fishing. Please post your suggestions in the comments below.
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