It appears that the "all good things must come to an end" idea has finally hit home here. 40 degrees and a real rain this morning. Both of these are something we haven't seen much of in the last Month and a half. Of course the rain has come along in the company of wind, like we need any of that element.

For a northern tier state, all this heat has put temps in the water that neither the fish or the fisherman are accustomed to and that has been creating some concerns with a younger generation about how this will affect the crappie/sunfish spawning. Being an old goat my predictions were always that some natural stumbling block would come along and throw a chink in the worries of the concerned youth. lol. Here it is.... a mighty three-fold attack by the trio of water-temp busters. I doesn't appear that this glitch is going to have very long teeth though, given last night's future cast for the weather.

I do have to say though, that this spring's weather provided me we a couple of absolutely cherry weeks of crappie fishing. I hit my favorite pond 2 days after ice out, which in actuality is about three weeks later than usual, but then the ice out was three weeks ahead of time. I guess I broke even. Two days missed would have blanked me because my usual ice out, or near ice out, fishing compadre and dock owner was fishing his dock three times a day up until the ice went south and those two days until I came along. My first cast of the season put fresh fish in my keep-bag.The next 7 trips out to the dock have been stellar, showing me both numbers and size quality every single trip. Last Weds the lake began to rise during the annual spring up-draw to get it to summer pool level. Thursday's fishing wasn't what Weds gave us yet it was still quality fishing. On Thursday we noted the warmth of the water and thus the concerns began. This rain is cold...based on my going to the mailbox and getting soaked in the process. An east wind of about 30mph is moving the air-borne water sideways and this 40 degree air temp crap is not at all appreciated.

I knew yesterday that Mother Nature was going to deal us a blow.... aches and pains associated with age were hounding me all day and even my mental acuity was off the mark. So this change is good for something. The aches and pains have blown well into South Dakota by now and I am feeling as sharp as a tack. I think while things are on the up and up I'll go sit at the shooting table and make some plastics. Weaher changes are quick to happen up here and I don't want to get caught when another comes alone, especially when I working with hot plastic. Too wet, too windy, too cold to fish for this old bird so playing inside is the prudent thing to do today. I can see from the window that my tomorrow will be spent getting the yard mowed. Imagine...having to mow a yard in Minnesota in March.