Bad day from the start. Launched the boat, parked the truck and when I to down to the boat, it had drifted off the bank. Some joker had left the ramp wide open and made waves that washed the boat off the bank.  It was getting farther away,  so instead of just getting one foot wet,  I made a jump. My foot got there but slipped and I ended up on my behind in the water. Bad start, or rather, stupid start.

This was my first time on Ferguson in a while but I had my spots all planned out.  Trouble was, not many fish in my spots. I caught 8 and lost 8 on the jump. Looked at the hooks on the DT-6. They were sharp but the front one had been changed out and had really small barbs. Maybe they had been mashed down somehow. I changed the treble but lost another fish soon after.  Maybe the fish were just slapping the bait and not really trying to eat it.  I kept 6 of the 8.  Some will go to seviche and the others will go to the broiler. If this batch of seviche turns out as good as the last, I’ll post the recipe here.