A Slow Spring

Wind and water temperature have a dramatic effect on our fishing and this year is a banner year for both. Reports and blogs and newspaper articles only mention these dramatic effects anicdotically and generally find ways of regurgitating previous year's postings in the absence of any real current information. We certainly don't want to advertise anything negative when the industry is in such a depressed condition.

The reality, however, is that spring fishing has been sporatic and migrations have been slow to materialize. I belive this is mostly due to the persistently low water temperature and the wind which holds fish toward the bottom.

We'll work out of this as summer arrives, but I am happy that it has happended during a year of realatively low fishing charters and far less tourists in the area. Every year is a bit different but this one has been especially unexciting and summer can't come soon enough.