Well as I read the forecast yesterday morning (full moon, clear skies, calm winds, relatively cool weather of less than 70f) I thought to myself, "Perfect night for catfishing!" I sat out the bait to thaw and texted Barbara. Once we arrived at the lake two problems quickly became apparent:
1) I'd brought the lantern but had forgotten the fuel HOWEVER! The bright moonlight proved to be more than enough.
2) I'd thawed our leftover bait stash but it was mostly old shrimp and bacon rinds. (note to self: next time be sure we have an adequate supply of chicken livers or live crawfish) We did have just enough chicken livers for a few casts and at least Barbara caught a fiddler (a catfish bigg enough to eat but small enough it needs to be skinned, gutted, and fried whole as it's too small to fillet)
1) I'd brought the lantern but had forgotten the fuel HOWEVER! The bright moonlight proved to be more than enough.
2) I'd thawed our leftover bait stash but it was mostly old shrimp and bacon rinds. (note to self: next time be sure we have an adequate supply of chicken livers or live crawfish) We did have just enough chicken livers for a few casts and at least Barbara caught a fiddler (a catfish bigg enough to eat but small enough it needs to be skinned, gutted, and fried whole as it's too small to fillet)
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