Well, it's been quite a long time since my last post. My family size has increased by one and I welcomed my first child this past summer. While my fishing time has declined, my happiness has increased tenfold. I can't come to explain what an amazing feeling it is to have a child, it has made me a better person and I can't wait to show him what I have learned about this amazing world we live in.
I have still found time to fish, but I haven't had the opportunity to travel as much as I have in the past. That has given me the time to focus on some local water more than I would in a normal year. Most of my time has been spent chasing bass and hybrid stripers out of my small bass boat but I have found some time to chase some trout and smallies. I did get to spend a week straight chasing trout and smallies with my oldest brother for a week in May, and the fishing was fantastic but the weather was miserable. 40's and rain nearly every day, but I was not complaining!
Get out there and fish whenever you can; be it rain, snow, wind, cold, hot, humid, frozen or fast. Enjoy every moment on the water and make every single cast count, as there could be the fish of a lifetime waiting to pounce.
