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I seem to remember hearing about that. Do you still miss the salt?

Dock Floats Down Connecticut River With Boats Still Attached, as Area Remains Under Flood Watch | Watch (msn.com)

Last remaining French D-day veteran dies at 100 (yahoo.com)

I don't fish docks if there is anyone around them, too many other places to fish, why take a chance on bad feelings. Generally, it seems like people have a shorter fuse these days. Sign of the times I guess. I will say though, not too long ago I had a dock owner ask me to not fish around his dock. He said his grandson got a hook in his foot from a busted off bait. Trip to the ER, tetanus shot and all. I have grand kids, would have tee'd me off too.

Sounds like you did the right thing to me. Growing up we ate almost everything we caught. Over the years I've eaten trout, bass, pickerel, sun fish, crappie, hornpout, salmon, eel, perch, skate, cod, haddock, mackerel, cusk, and a few more I've probably forgot.

Our day started out cold ( 53 degrees) overcast, misty, foggy. Perfect fishing weather. after the first hour the mist, fog, stopped, leaving a overcast, mirror calm lake. Catch of the day was a 3 lb. LM. on a Whopper Plopper. Perfect first day of summer.

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it. Jim

Hi all, My Lund is in it's six season and we've taken good care of it. It's under cover when not in use, and if it's wet we make sure to let it dry before covering it. So far the vinyl seats still look like new and I'd like to make sure they stay that way, so my question is, what , if anything, do you do or use on your vinyl seats? I've looked online and there is a wide variety of products to choose from. Anything you can recommend? Thanks Jim

Hi all, I usually don't do very well with Top water lures, but not for lack of trying. Over the years I've accumulated a decent assortment of top water kit and sometimes I'll even catch a fish on one. I'm not a bad fisherman. I'll hold my own with a paddletail swim bait or a Senko, ned rig , etc. But top water, not so much. It doesn't help when I read all the reports from members here saying how great there day was fishing top water , all the fish caught. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for you, I just wish it was my turn. Well today, it was. I don't know what happened or why ( I really don't care) but today it all came together. We hit one of our usual lakes this morning and found it to be overcast and dead calm. It screamed Top water, and today finally it happened. I was using a Whopper Plopper and from the first cast the bite was on. Large mouth, Small mouth, it didn't matter , I could do no wrong. For a few hours this morning the fishing was non stop. Every few minutes another fish. Finally the sun burned thru and the bite died but wow what a morning. If another morning like this is a long time coming it doesn't matter. This will tide me over for quite a while. Here's a few pics of the better fish. No monsters but all decent. thanks for looking Jim

Thanks everyone for the replies. My dad and uncle both served in WW2, and both came home. Neither talked much about it, but I do know my dad was in the navy on a destroyer, and my uncle was a pilot, flying B 17's in England.

June 6 1944-----D day--------79 years ago today. Please never forget the sacrifices our men and women in uniform made for us. Thank you.

Thanks for the replies and support everyone. Checked the weather a 5 AM this morning. Temp at the area we fish was 26 degrees with a breeze. Wife and I are both pushing 70 and not as eager to fish in the cold as we once were. Might try this afternoon. Forecast says wind back up to 25 MPH for tomorrow, temps down in the thirties again over night tonight. Weather seems to get wackier every year.

So far this Spring, good fishing weather has been hard to find. Seems like almost every day has been too windy or cold or both. For example, to day wind gusts up to 30 MPH, overnight, lows to 28 degrees with overnight wind gusts to 25 MPH with a chance of SNOW showers! Might hit 60 degrees tomorrow for a bit before the wind picks back up. Been hard to get motivated this year. Thanks for letting me vent, appreciate it. Jim

It's somewhat humbling when you fish an area for sometime and come up zilch, only to see a bald eagle fly by, swoop down, snag a good fish, then land in a nearby tree and have a meal.

I've told this story before on the forum, but years later I still think about it. Some years ago I was up in northern Maine flyfishing for trout. I was in my canoe on a remote pond. It was early in the morning and the mist was heavy on the water, making the visibility 10-15 ft. at most. I heard some movement on the shore, heard some splashing, and saw ripples coming to me. I thought it was a beaver and waited to see if it would swim by. Well, within seconds I see this shape in the mist and realize I've got a bull moose swimming right at me. All I could do was freeze and thankfully the moose saw me and changed course enough to miss me. I can still see his big brown eye staring at me as he swam by. Call me stupid , and I really don't know why I did it, but as he swam past I reached out and touched his antler. As I said, I still think about it. It was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced, fishing wise.

One of the women on my woodworking forum made this scroll saw puzzle. Not a bad way to spend some off fishing time.

Used to be able to go out to breakfast for $10. We stopped when it hit over $20. Last time I checked a blueberry muffin was $3. Why to rich for our blood.

I'm a heavy coffee drinker, always have been. You'll rarely see me anytime with out a cup around me from first thing A.M. until noon.

Here is another article. So glad the families of the missing can finally have some closure. One man finds closure after long-lost WWII US submarine found off Japanese coast (msn.com)

God Bless all our American heroes. Never forget. Wreckage of lost WWII sub discovered nearly 80 years later (yahoo.com)

Condolences to her family.

My biggest surprise was a salmon caught on a ned rig.

Not so much bass, I grew up watching the American Sportsman, Lee Wulf, Curt Goudy. I also Liked Gadabout Gaddis. Gadabout Gaddis - Fishing USA part 1- Maine - circa 1969. - Bing video

I over bought for so many years that I have reached a " self sustaining " level. Can't think of a single thing I need.

68 years ago today, I was adopted! My folks told me as soon as I was old enough to understand, and we celebrated my adoption every year , on this day. For anyone who has adopted children, thank you. If you are thinking about it, please do. My life has been amazing because my parents chose me , and I have been grateful, every single day. Jim