Theory tested...

Well, I don’t like egg on my face any more than the next guy but I sure got a face full Tuesday night!!! I’ve been eager to try out my shrimping theory and Tuesday the stars were aligning for it to be a good haul. According to my theory, of course. I could tell I wasn’t going to be able to sleep well and there was no baseball to aid in that attempt, so I loaded up the skiff and hit the road. There was a large thunderstorm up in Oak Hill when I left my house but it was rapidly exiting the coast and it would be gone by the time I made the 45 mile trip up there. That might have played a big factor in my “eggface.” I got to River Breeze boat ramp right at low tide which was scheduled to hit at 10:15 p.m., got set up and saw a good number of shrimp right off the bat but it slowed quickly. Slowed to a trickle almost instantly. I’m not really sure why they didn’t run-- might have been the rain, might have been the murky water, might have been the moon (which was 2/3 full)-- but, as always, it was educational. I ended up shrimping for 4 hours and got less than a gallon... ouch. Oh well; Blythe was planning on making some shrimp salad this week so I’m glad I could help.