Juls, your posts always bring hope to us all! We all have plenty of those days where you just have to grind them out and this post of yours explains it, plain and simple. NEVER GIVE UP!! Which is obviously something that you never do. Haven't had a chance to hit the water yet because of my son's baseball season activities but believe me, I'm ready! Reading your posts keeps me excited. Sure miss the many years of living in PC and helping my father run our charter business. The name Rick Lacoarse strikes many memories as my father knew him very well. Unfortunately my father passed away in 2000 but he taught me so much about that lake that I carry it on to my son as much as I can. Maybe I'll get to shake your hand someday at Mazuriks or catawba. Until then, keep up the fantastic reports and good fishin to you!