I have helped my neighbors put on a kids fishing event in memory of their son for the last three years. Each year the weather does not cooperate. We even moved it from May to June to try and get better conditions. But Saturday was cold and raining just like the last three times we put it on. The only real difference this time was that the river was definitely at flood stage. The beach at the park had completely disappeared and the water was up in the trees. Here is a picture of a few kids lined up along the shore of Seven Tree Pond in Union trying their luck.
Last evening we attended the high school graduation of our oldest son. It was a proud moment for his parents, family and friends to see him walk across that stage. He is making great progress toward becoming a fine young adult. I was impressed with the number and amounts of scholarships that were presented in the last few days. From a small rural community like ours the money given to these kids is amazing; the total was on the order of $450,000. If you consider that there are five towns in the district it is over $75,000 per town annually donated to our collective futures.
After the steady rain and wind of the weekend I did not expect much for striper fishing this morning. On top of that we got a late start but we did have the tide in our favor I thought. There were periods of drizzle and brilliant sun but overall it was cloudy and cool. The river was high and dirty with a lot of our tannin stained fresh water obvious. But as I worked my way down river there were fish in good numbers nothing thrilling like bait driven to the surface but steady fishing.
