Shawn, thanks so much for the kind words. And I'm also sorta predicting that Tom might want to become a biologist. Once he is old enough to think about what he'd like to be you may be his inspiration for that.

We are looking forward to implementing your recommendations and getting the smaller fish up to good weight.

On the non-fishing front we have 7 or 8 new baby geese today. This is the fourth year this goose couple has nested on Swim Island. All spring they guard the lake not allowing any other geese on the lake. Often geese pairs will land and there is an instant war with the new geese leaving within 30 seconds. Fortunately we don't have a goose problem. This couple leaves in mid-June and we are goose-less until they come back to nest again in late March.