Here fishy

Meowzers and I caught this 13.5 inch, 13 ounce flounder this morning. Meowzers, the ole girl, is getting pretty good at this.

13.5 inches

My New Batch of Lures Arrived Today

I was down to one tattered lure until today! I ordered 6 packs of my faves and here they are.

Lost 3 fish

I lost 3 fish this morning. One whiting and two flounder. I saw all three and am not heartbroken because they were all kinda smallish. 

Flounder = yes

This was a nice catch. 16.5 inches.

16.5 inches for today

More Monarch Caterpillars - Can you see them?

This morning I counted 3 little guys on one of my milkweed plants. They look like they are about 2 days old or so. I hope they make it all the way to butterfly.

My poor lure has seen better days - but still works :)

This is my very last Tsunami lure in the right color. Thankfully this little guy is still catching fish (see below). I'll add ordering these to my long list of things-to-do-today. 

Best lure for catching flounder. My favorite.

Today's catch measures 12.5 inches. I threw it back of course. And looks like my dip net repair is holding up.

Happy Easter

I forgot we had this stuffed flounder :)
He makes a nice addition to this Easter basket.

It is Easter morning and a beautiful day. I *did* catch a flounder today, but he fell through what I thought was a tiny hole in the net and dropped back into the canal :(. So I sewed up what was actually a big hole in the net so it won't happen again. And I caught that flounder on high tide which is veerrry rare.


Happy Easter to you!!!!

Look Who's Awake

The Gulf Fritillary emerged from its chrysalis today while I was at work. He made his way to a bright window and that is where I found him. Experiencing this never gets old for me. We let him go outside and he was off to his new life. After he flew away, I thought a good name for him would be Chester. Because he is orange like Chester Cheetah.

Here he is resting before I carried him outside.

Me inspecting the empty chrysalis

Flounder = Good News, Camera = Bad News

I can't believe I left my camera out in the rain. Well, I didn't leave it *in* the rain. It was actually near the open window of the fish house when a downpour came. It's the same storm that delivered a bit of hail earlier this week. I'm so frustrated for forgetting to bring my camera in with me! Soooo I've hired S to take any needed pictures for the time being.


But, on to the good news, I *did* catch one today. I was lucky to land it because as soon as I dipped it (remember my one-handed dip?), the lure dropped right out. It was legal keeping size, but not to my own size limit of 15 inches. Anyway, I'm not keeping anything right now, so back into the water it went.

The water looked *fishy* and sure enough it was.