Its hard to really tell how big this trout was, but it measured 20.5 inches. The surprise was that I caught it off the back deck this morning. I was using live perch. I saw the rod bend and had to interrupt my breakfast to go bring it in.
Pack and I went out in the boat on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Jerry went with us on Tuesday. We totaled six trout and four Gafftop for the week. The best success was around Long Reef.
Early in the week Pack and I tried to get our lawn irrigation system working. Tommy, Justin and Alan helped, but nothing seemed to work. Coastal Spa and Irrigation made a service call on Wednesday. We found out we never had a chance. What had happened was all the wires for the system had been cut and reburied when the new pool filter was installed. Keith Kissinger had installed the original system and knew how to do the repair. The system is working well now, except for the sprinkler heads that were buried when the new concrete was poured around the pool. The water tries to come up between the old and new concrete. The lines will have to be cut and rerouted.
Rental activity is very high this weekend. I counted 18 boats here tonight. Paul has been put on a twelve hour security schedule for weekends starting this evening.
All the back deck light fixtures were replaced this week, both upstairs and down.
Alan and Tommy put on waders and cleaned the mitigation site early in the week. It looks much better without the chair, trash can, and paper debris.