Spring in all of its glory.

One thing about living in Maine is that we do not have much of a spring. We go from cold and mud to full blown summer in a few short weeks. We are now in the middle of that brief period. The leaves are starting to come out on the trees, the spring warbler migration is in full swing and the alewives are on their spawning run. We are still not enjoying summer temperatures; in fact it was cold and drizzling this morning when I got up.
All of these signs mean that the summer guiding season will soon be in full swing. Warmer water means that the smallmouth bass will soon be in the shallows of the ponds offering some of the fastest fishing of the season and the alewife run means that the stripers will be here in a matter of days.  I picked up the Lund last Wednesday and went striper fishing yesterday afternoon, did not catch a fish but I am thinking that the cold rain and low clouds put the stripers off for a day or two.
I am planning to do some smallmouth fishing this evening to see of they have started to move into the shallows to spawn. Like the stripers I expect that they were put off a little by the cold rain and lack of sun. Still it is great to be out and visiting some of the familiar places again.
If the sun shines as predicted tomorrow the dandelions in the field across the street will simply erupt into bloom.