Muscles hurt, some people carping about everything

I did almost nothing yesterday. My muscles ached. Mrs ERJ was OK with my playing hooky.

Mostly my traps and delts

I did order some grapevines for this spring. I picture an arbor for Southern Belle. The exact location is not nailed down but good nurseries run out of choice selections quickly.

Fishing (Jonesing for springtime) 

Source

I was watching a bunch of fishing videos on Youtube. It never really registered for me, but carp must go into a feeding frenzy before the spring spawn. 

The guy in the video is fishing April 21, 2025 and the bank vegetation looks like he is at a latitude similar to southern Michigan or perhaps a little farther north.

There can be a lot of gardening "dead time" after a heavy rain. The soil is too wet to work without destroying its structure (especially if it has a high clay content).

Carp are bottom-feeders and eat a lot of dead material that is carried by the current. They also live a long time. That means that they are at risk of carrying higher loading of mercury and PBC-alphabet soup chemicals than sunfish.

I have one river drainage system in my operating area that is still listed as "clean". The hardest part of fishing it is to find a safe place to park the truck while fishing. The roads are narrow and the river is surrounded by private property.

Maybe I will be able to talk my Polish neighbor into going with me and we can work as a team.

If I get time, I might replace the line on my spinning reels today. There! Saying it makes it more likely to happen.