Teaser

That temptress Lady Nature is doing it again this morning. A view long enough to inflame our memories and desires of sunny summer days then quickly covering the peek with clouds. While some desire still remains she will cruelly extinguish the flames by dousing them with water as she growls and throws large thunderbolts of power sending most of us to the basement to hide cowering from the possibilities.

I did manage to catch four Crappie yesterday. Only the first one was long enough to be legal, so not knowing if 'this was the day' or not he had a short visit to the basket. After spending quite some time performing the challenging chore of catching three more that didn't measure up, old slow me knew it wasn't going to happen so I dug him out, released him and came back to the house.

It may read like fishing is a waste of time around here but it is far from it. If the fresh smells, the peace of the breaking day and the quite being interrupted only by the nature sounds isn't enough, there is Mikey who follows every cast and watches each retrieve with such an intensity that he literally shakes. When we catch one he may take a half hearted snap at it but then quickly he prepares for the next cast. He believes we'll catch a fish every time and that affects my faith. Keeps me fired for awhile but I always seen to give up before he does. If I could only teach him how to use the rod himself...............Best I've been able to do is teach him to man my bait fishing rod for me, as shown in the attached picture, while I fish a lure with another rod.

"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." -- Steven Wright