Fired up motor and went upriver to a favorite spot and got on inside of a barge to block wind. I did spot a number of catfish so dropped my anchor. Fished about 15 minutes when I saw rod tip take a hit. Picked up rod and felt line get tight, then pulled back and set Hook. The catfish dove down heading for protection of barge. With my stiff pole and 30 pound test line was able to turn fish my way. When he got to surface saw he was a nice Channel cat. Once I got him in boat was able to check his size. Weight was 6.5 pounds and 25 inches long. I took 2 photos of me holding him via a self-timing camera. Hopefully they will turn out O.K. for I have a jury rig set up to support camera for taking such photos. Fish for around 20 more minutes, but no more bites.

Made up my mind to get off Ohio River and get out of wind, so went up Licking River. Did spot a few fish with fish-finder, stopped to try my luck.. These fish also were not interested in my tasteful offerings. Took my boat up river to check out Banklick Creek. The creek was a little deeper than I expected 6-7 feet. I as very disappointed by not locating ANY fish as I scoured area. Turned boat back into Licking headed for ramp to call it a day.

Two days with a total of 10 hours of fishing, tried 13 different fishing spots. I did put in a lot of effort for one bite, which did put one nice fish in boat as my reward. Not all fishing trips are productive, even if a person is using a boat. There will more days to wet my lines in up coming months to hook into a big catfish. I wish each and everyone tight lines.

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Use these simple rules and you will be a lot safer.

When confronted with an attack, verbal or physical, most people react same way.They freeze.

This is your first reaction . Why do most people react like this ? Because they didn’t expect attack.

The danger of freezing when suffering an aggression is that you loose an important advantage.

By attacking you , aggressor assumes he has an advantage , he thinks he is surprising you by his action. If you freeze , he will get away with it.

By adopting a mental attitude of always being prepared or better “aware” of possibility of an attack you will be able to react instantly. What is best reaction in case of an attack ? Obviously this depends on type of attack. But generally speaking best way to defend yourself is by running away. Seems simple enough doesn’t it ?

When it is that simple , how come so many people , mostly male , suffer more serious results from attacks then women ?

The answer is your ego. When attacked , your mind automatically starts thinking things like , “what is this guy doing “ “ Is he crazy ?” “ I will get him”. From that moment on you will fight back instead of running away.

When getting caught in a struggle 90% of time you loose.

Although you win and punch guy into hospital , you loose because he will take you to court and you will have to pay his medical care you because you defended yourself.

Rule number one : If you can , run away

Now you made contact with an aggression , what is happening and what do you have to pay attention to ?

There are many aspects involved in mechanics of aggression and there are different types of aggression and also different aggressors.

First of all , let’s take a look at different types of aggression.

Sexual aggression

Physical aggression close distance

Physical aggression from a large distance

Verbal aggression