IT IS ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN CLOSING AND REOPENING FOR THE WINTER. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN AS PREDICTABLE AS THE STOCK MARKET. HUGE INCLINES, SHARP DECLINES. HOPE YOU ALL ARE OKAY, AND HANGING TOUGH IN THESE WORRISOME TIMES.

MONDAY WE HAD AN 80 DEGREE DAY, SO LORIE AND I WENT TO ROCKPORT WITH POLES AND TACKLE, AND FISHED FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. WE SAW NO FISH, OR FISHERMEN, AND IF IT WEREN’T FOR ONE LITTLE WATER SNAKE, WE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD A SINGLE VISITOR. HE WAS ACTUALLY A WELCOME SIGHT. THE HARBOR IS CHOKED TIGHT WITH SEAWEED, AND THERE WERE SOME SMALL MINNOWS TO BE SEEN, ABOUT 6 PM. AS WE WERE LEAVING, LORIE SPOTTED A SMALL PIKE. BUT NO SALMON, BROWNS, STEELHEAD, OR ANY OF THE BIG FISH WE USED TO SEE PRIOR TO THE INVASION OF THE CORMORANTS.BUT THE DAY WAS SPECTACULAR AND THE SCENERY WAS AWE INSPIRING.

THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO THE NARROWS TO FISH. THIS IS A BODY OF WATER THAT RUNS OFF OF LONG LAKE, AND IS ACTUALLY LONG LAKE CREEK. THE WATER LEVEL WAS LOW, SO WE WERE ABLE TO WALK THE ENTIRE LENGTH, AND FOUND SOME GOOD FISHING SPOTS, WITH DEEP WATER. LORIE CAUGHT TWO NICE BASS, AND I WENT THROUGH A DOZEN CRAWLERS, WITH NO FISH TO SHOW FOR IT. I FIGURE I WAS BEING ROBBED BY BLUE GILLS OR PERCH, AND MY HOOK WAS TOO LARGE.

WE’LL TRY AGAIN IF THE WEATHER HOLDS, BUT WE HAVE HAD RAIN, AND WIND, AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AGAIN.

WE ARE STILL CLOSED, BUT WILL REOPEN NOVEMBER 29, 2008. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

BUDD AND LORIE