We've been put away wet, cold, and fishless - skunked!

So, my brother left the bay and went home to ice fish.

What a year, the fish didn't come in and only fish moving down the bay ahead of the freeze were eating eels.  A few did come in from the ocean, but so few that many experienced Cow catchers got skunked.  Some caught one a day and others caught several, but didn't happen for us.

My son didn't visit this year and I suppose he was lucky.  My brother, Raymond, came in spite of my forecast of poor fishing and we had a great visit both at my new home near Lake Anna, Va and on the water.  He was surprised how much my technique had change from his first year fishing with me.  Yeah, we caught fish the first year!  So, we had a pleasant visit.

Bill, my fishing partner hates to be skunked and wasn't happy about the situation.  To add insult to injury, the several fish we did catch spoiled when the plug on the freezer was ajar and .  .   .

My brother in his usual i-phone attached to ear mode.  

Or, is it sleeping on the vacation?  Yet, we did get 3 days on the water, and 2 days of doing some needed stuff at the new Bumpass home and 2 days of travel.  Guess we did fill the days, but not doing what the original plan called for. 

The shelves that replaced the coat hanger rod were installed with Raymond's engineering skills.

 The cat door Raymond got cut in still remains unused?

Now time to start getting the gear ready for next year, making boat repairs, tackle replacements and learning how to fish Lake Anna.

Boat parked for a short,  how long will it stay parked?