Went up to 20Watts stomping grounds, AKA the Bonne Idee, this morning. Didn't have much good luck at all, but had a good time anyway. The old devil tries to steal our joy by throwing obstacles in the way, but the Lord gives us the power to overlook many of those obstacles so that we can have a good time in His beautiful world no matter what the devil throws at us. Caught one keeper and let it go. Caught 2 that were 3-4 inches long. Threw them back too. Didn't talk to anyone else that had caught much either. One guy had two.

The Bonne Idee is just as beautiful as I remembered. I will be back. Thank You, Lord, for creating beautiful lakes for us to fish in. Even when we don't catch any or many fish, we can still enjoy Your creation.

The water pump on Mercury wouldn't pump a drop out of the pee hole. Used the trolling motor until batteries wore out in about 2 hours. Got loaded back on the trailer and home. Looked on line for new batteries; found some Duracell batteries at Batteries+Bulbs. I had 27 series batteries that were 4 years old. Now, I have series 31 batteries that are brand-spanking new. Also, got the water pump flushed out and working properly; I hope. Maybe I am ready for next weekend. Look out Bonne Idee, here I come for round two.