Fishermen's Fleet Reports

THINGS JUST SORTA PERCOLATED ALONG FOR MUCH OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS. SOME NICE FISH HERE AND THERE, SOME GOOD DAYS, SOME NOT SO GOOD. PLEASANT, "GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL" SORTA CRAP. KINDA LIKE MY OL' CULTURE MATES, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, IN THE MIDDLE OF A JAM THAT WASN'T INSPIRED. GOOD NOTES, GOOD TONE, GOOD RHYTHM, BUT LACKING THE KIND OF SPARK WHICH COULD IGNITE THE FIRES OF THAT WHICH COULD BE. (I AM TRYING LIKE HELL HERE TO AVOID ANY COMPARISONS TO THE 2016 ELECTION PROCEEDINGS, OOPS, JUST FAILED.) LAST WEEK, WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NAGS AND THE WISE MEN FROM UP NORTH, THINGS BEGAN TO FOCUS JUST A BIT. A FEW MORE YELLOW TAIL, A FEW MORE AMBER JACK, SOME NICE CABRILLA, WITH A FEW ACCENT NOTES THAT STARTED TO ATTRACT THE WONDERING MIND BACK IN SEARCH OF THE MELODY. YELLOWFIN TUNA, NOT A LOT BUT SOME NICE FISH, AND MORE LOST. FIRST MARLIN FOR ONE OF THE WISE MEN, 70 YEAR OLD GUY GRININ' FROM EAR TO EAR, TELLING OVER AND OVER THE STORY OF HIS GREAT STRUGGLE, AND WITH EACH RETELLING HIS HANDS WERE FURTHER AND FURTHER APART. THEN ONE DAY, THE FIRST DORADO OF THE YEAR. AGAIN, NOT A BUTT LOAD, BUT RESPECTABLE FISH WITH A FEW LARGER SITED. THE BAND APPEARS TO BE ONTO THE THREAD, AND LIKE A PACK OF BLUE TICKS, AS THEY ALL START TO PICK UP THE SCENT THE HUNT BEGINS IN EARNEST. A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WE'VE TAKEN HALF A DOZEN ROOSTERS OVER 50 THIS WEEK, AND 3 OR 4 NICE CUBERAS. THESE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND IN THE CASE OF THE DOGS, THE SPEAR FISHERMEN DON'T GET HERE FOR ANOTHER MONTH SO I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE IN THE COMING DAYS. I AM LOATHE TO ADVERTISE A WIDE OPEN BITE WHEN IT AIN'T QUITE HERE YET, BUT MY IMPATIENCE, OPTIMISM, AND DESIRE TO GET OUT THE GOOD NEWS ARE BARELY TEMPERED BY MY DESIRE TO GIVE YOU WHAT IS AND NOT WHAT IS DESIRED. MY PREDICTION, IT WON'T BE TOO MANY DAYS UNTIL MY NEXT REPORT, SIGNALLING A CHANGE IN THE NEW SAME OLD, AND IN THE DIRECTION WE WOULD ALL LIKE IT TO PURSUE. I WILL BE BACK SHORTLY, STICK AROUND.

DAVID