Woke up early this morning.  "Daddy." "Daddy!"  "DADDY!" Dang boy.  At 6am the sky here in Boothbay was dark from clouds that ended in the far eastern sky.  As a result, the sky looked pitched black over the snowscape and dark ocean ending in a horizon of dim light.  There was absolutely nothing about that sky that said let's go for a boat ride.

Nonetheless there are many guys from town who have switched over to shrimping.  Rusty Brewar, captain of the 38'(that's a guess) F/V Look Out, has been helping me with basketball and telling me about Shrimping.  Yesterday he eyed my boots and said,"You could come on the boat with me this winter with those babies."  I let Rusty think I could handle it out there this time of year but I am not so sure.  Guys shrimping go out in all kinds of weather.  "The shrimping season is like a sprint" Rusty told me.  Indeed, they haul in all kinds of shrimp and supply the entire state with Maine shrimp for year round consumption in just a few short months.

That is the fishing report from this area right now.  In southern maine ice is just beginning to form on Lakes and Rivers.  We are supposed to have a warm up this weekend too so the beginning of ice fishing season will be delayed for many.  Smelting will be delayed even longer.  Bummer.  I just got a brand new ice auger and I would love to feel a little tug.

Happy Holidays.