Yes a hard lesson learned but they need to be had. The important thing is learning from them and coming back strong from them.

It was nice doing a bit of traveling and seeing family in person again. We sort of made a pact to not go so long no more. Really can't we are all getting older.

Not disappointed with fishing I got out more times than I can say. I just couldn't get off panfishing despite having an itch to do some river fishing. The thing here is early spring is panfishing while catfish is late spring.

Take care and Happy New Years!