End of the Year in Photos and the Yearly Catfish Count...

 It was a good year. The fish bit, our health was good, we traveled and the family did great. I tried to capture some of that fun with a end of the year photo collage. There are 1000s of photos to chose from. What with all the grandkids in for Christmas I've probably made 500 photos the past month alone so it would probably be easy to make 10 collages like this one but all different. 

The yearly catfish count is down a bit. I totaled 171 catfish brought to the boat in the past 12 months. That number does not include a handful of largemouth bass and bream, 30 or 40 white bass, various saltwater species of shark, whiting, redfish, Spanish mackerel and speckled trout or the fish we caught in Canada that included smallmouth bass, walleye and pike. I estimate at least 15 different species of screaming beasts were were subdued and eaten by me and my close associates and despite the decline in numbers no one ever said, "wish we had some fish to eat."

There is good reason for the decline in fish counts. In our retirement we have camped more and I think there were 10 Travel Trailer Trips to various states from New Mexico to South Carolina plus one visit to a foreign country, Canada. There was also the fire that damaged the boat and thanks to the kids for that refurbishing job but those things cut down on some lake time as did the trips we took that were purely for tubing and swimming fun. 

Happy New Year. I pray that all have the fun we do. If good weather holds I'd like a local camping and fishing trip but the first reservations on the calendar is for camping at Galveston Island State Park for the downtown Mardi Gras parades.