I got the boat out today for the first time since October. Instead of fishing, Gayden Bishop, Edward and I went to the river to look for fossils. The river is low and I’ve been looking across at all the rocks on the sandbar and feeling guilty for not going to look. Edward is from the U.K. and was eager to try his hand at finding something 10 t0 15 thousand years old. We went early because we only had a small window before the rain was going to come. It really was a pretty good day for it when we started, warm with no wind. That changed as the morning went on. The clouds came, the wind picked up, and the temperature dropped. We found a few bone fragments, a couple of antler parts, and some teeth. Edward found a good tooth, I found a pretty good one and Gayden Bishop found a small jawbone with one snaggle tooth sticking out of it. The temperature was dropping and the wind was picking up so we decided to make a break for the ramp. Just as we arrived at the ramp it started to rain. The boat was loaded quickly and before anyone got wet. Good timing and a good day on the river.

Fishing is another story. It’s been a bad year for me in the fishing department. So bad in fact I have not even counted up the fish I’ve caught. Most of my fishing is on river lakes and we all know something has happened to them. The good news is they are in the process of coming back. People have seen schools of small bass. But  I’ve heard reports of people keeping bass on the river lakes. Now is the time when releasing them will really help get the population back up. I just don’t believe people are that hungry. Hal has had a bad year too. He said in an email the other day he still lacked around 200 to get to 1000. Usually it’s lacking 200 to get to 2000 and he doesn’t fish the river lakes much. Next year will be better.