What Have We Done to So Anger the Fishing Gods? Are We Not the Chosen Ones?

By Jim Field

Clearly not...the chosen ones. Captured below, the story of our fishing lives this fall and winter, copied straight off of the Diamond Shoals buoy forecast. Weather unfishable Saturday and Sunday. Then changing to a perfect day on Monday--when we smucks return to our desks.

How often does this hhave to happen?! Wha-Wha! Is there no justice in life? Wha-Wha! Can't we ever get a break? Do we not live worthy lives of toil and sweat earning a living for our families, putting ourselves second always? How have we failed? Who have we wronged (i.e., pissed off)?

AMZ152-154-070315-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
1024 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2010

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

THIS AFTERNOON
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT DOMINANT PERIOD 12 SECONDS.

TONIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT DOMINANT PERIOD
11 SECONDS.

SUN
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

SUN NIGHT
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

MON
NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

MON NIGHT
N WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT.

Now I lay me down to sleep, and pray the Lord my soul to keep.......