Running on Empty

Well here it is Sunday night. I have only managed to get in one day of fishing during the past week. I went bass fishing with Duane on Dvorsak Reservoir on Thursday. We left at 0530am and I got back home at 0930pm. It was a long day and the catching was poor! I did manage to catch a 4+lb smallmouth bass early in the morning. Duane caught one bass and we managed to catch 5 crappie. One from Magnus Bay and the others from Elk Creek.

Today was another hot day here in the apartment. I should have been outside but no energy. Maybe I can get out tomorrow.

Remembering

Well the day finally turned out to be a nice day. It is 0400pm however and I just got up from my nap. Some might think that it is a funny way to celebrate my birthday but it is exdactly what i chose to do! Only in America can you do that! Maybe if the price of gas was a little less i might hook up to the book and terrorize the fish on the reservoir for a few hours but I have a dinner engagement tonight that I am looking forward too. The fishing will have to wait until tomorrow morning!
I got a real neat book and electronic frame from Travis and Amy in the mail today so it even feels like your birthday ....when you get to open presents.! Hurrah for birthdays! The receipe book should help create a new food outlook!

Happy Birthday

Wow! It has been a month since my last post. Lots of things have been happening...hard to figure out where to start. Okay lets start with the fun stuff!

Fishing May 13th - 58 Kokanee I spent the day fishing with Duane and David (the baker) I was putting most of the fish into the boat today. :) It was one of those great days!

Fishing May 15th - 38 Kokanee I spent the day fishing with Duane. The fishing was slow but we managed to put a nice mess of fish into the boat by mid afternoon.

Sleep study at St Joe's Hospital - VA sponsored study to follow up on the fact that I have sleep apniea. They outfitted me with several different machines and will submitt the report to the VA. I will probably hear from the VA when I call them.

Fishing May 19th - 19 Kokanee & 5 Smallmouth Bass A nice mess of fish.

Fishing May 20th - 60+ Kokanee It was a nice day fishing with Duane and David. I again was showing them how to catch fish. I had one "HOT" road that was putting the fish into the boat.

Fishing May 23rd - 60+ Kokanee 6 Smallmouth Bass & 1 Crappie Another hot day fishing for Kokanee. David and Duane finally got tired of watching me catch the kokanee so we motored up to Canyon Creek where I caught bass and the crappie. I promise to start counting the fish when we get to the dock.

Fishing May 24th - 23 Kokanee 1 Rainbow Trout & 3 Smallmouth Bass I went on a Saturday and quickly remembered why I fish during the week. There was a lot of people at the dock trying to get in and out. I got there early so I could park at the bottom of the access area.

Fishing May 25th - 11 Kokanee & 5 Smallmouth Bass I was blown off the lake after a short fishing trip this morning.

Canned fish at Ralph's house today. We had a full day of good eating as we filled/emptyed 4 big canners with a variety of fish. We had everything from salmon, kokanee, trout and crappie. It was a good day.

Fishing May 27th - 25 Kokanee 6 Smallmouth Bass I was checked by a pair of conservation officers today. It is a good thing that I can count! The level of the reservoir is coming up fast.

Fishing may 28th - 30 Kokanee I fished with Duane today. He couldn't get any of the fish he hooked into the boat. He was having a terrible day.

Fishing May 30th - 25 Kokanee 6 Smallmouth Bass & 2 Crappie. I got the bass and crappie up in Canyon Creek. No problem getting up there with the small tank of gas.

I got sick on Monday, June 1st, went to the doctor on June 2nd and didn't get out of the house again until going back to the Doctor's on June 9th. I lost over 20 pounds. The scales read 275 pounds for the first time in many...many....years!

I am on antibiotics for the next three weeks. I will try to get my fishing schedule back into gear in the next few weeks. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes....I know that they helped a lot!~