It's All About The Bait

Bulldog Man and I’ve been fishing the trout season; just about every weekend in OKC, at Dolese Pond. This trout season we caught absolutely nothing.   While at the pond, we learned from the other fishermen, that this year’s stock of fish came from Nebraska, not Missouri as in the previous years.  

We would always start to fish at 5AM.  We would drop our lines with bait and wait for hours.  The process of feeding the line with bait became a pattern. 

Both Bulldog Man and I noticed; we never once felt the fish hit the hook, take the bait, or pull the line.  Was it all……. about the bait?

We changed up bait several times.  The pole never moved, and the line never tightened; but yet the trout would take the bait…..so I guess it was all about our bait!!!

The trout seemed to love the garlic marshmallow Power Bait in chartreuse, or pink with glitter, or the dough. 

This year’s trout catch……………….ZERO!!!!! 

Remember, it’s all about the bait…. not that hook, line, or treble…….

Bulldog Man and I were a bit disappointed, because we both rely on fish as a food source, and trout is our favorite fish.    We discussed changing up our fishing plans, and decided on going out to a couple other water spots to make sure we catch trout this year.

The bright side, our time together is never wasted when we go on these fishing trips.  We always find time to just enjoy this beautiful earth, water, wildlife, and each other…..and to top it off….we always get to relax and leave all of our stress during the week behind.  Life is good! 

When was the last time you slowed down, and enjoyed what’s right in front of you?

Letttttuce and Gas

This evening, our local news, Channel 5 News, posted a story about a lettuce shortage.  The story was about a notice written by Crest Grocery store, posted on the display for lettuce.  It apologizes for no lettuce, and indicates there’s a lettuce shortage, due to the weather in California and Arizona.  Notice the last sentence; it indicates the grocery store has been receiving heavy pro-rates on several items.  

I wonder what the several items are.  Have you noticed problems with lettuce in your local grocery stores?  Are you aware of shortages of any food at your grocery store?  The last time I went shopping, I noticed the shelves are not stocked as usual, and certain items were not found.  Get your groceries while you can, as lack of groceries will only get worst as the economy falters. 

 

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Gas prices dropping, wooohooo……………. It’s nice not to pay close to $100.00 to fill your truck with gas.  Today, we walked away paying under $40.00.  

Ultimately, in the end, we as American’s will end up paying for this decrease in gas, with the loss of jobs, or added taxes.   

Gas prices in town today are:

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Bulldog Man and I went to a flea market/antique show and found a porcelain dish pan in great condition for $20, and an old canning jar tool (for removing and placing the jar in a pressure canner/water bath) for $4.00.    This canning jar tool from earlier years was made better than the tool I received when I purchased my water bath kit.

 

 

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Since the temperatures were much cooler, I canned several quarts of chicken broth.

I also had 50 pounds of pinto beans needing canned.  Started canning pint and quart jars after going through the pinto beans, pulling out rocks, sticks, and broken beans.  I was able to get about 25 pounds of beans canned, and have another 25 pounds waiting patiently for jars.  

While cleaning the pint jars, I stuck my hand inside one with the sponge not realizing the jar was broken, and ended up cutting my thumb. 

I think we have enough canned beans for now; the rest will have to wait.

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Bulldog Man and I drove up to the big city and went fishing on Saturday, and Monday, being it was a holiday.  I was able to get some nice pictures at Dolese Pond up in Oklahoma City while fishing.  

1st day fishing.

Second day fishing.

Unfortunately there were no trout caught; however, we did enjoy the peaceful time together.   

What did you do this weekend?