When your up to your neck ......

There is a an old saying when your up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember your mission was to drain the swamp.

One hundred seventy seven years ago today, the Alamo fell. One hundred eighty defenders fought to their death defending it, while seeking independence from Mexico. The last conventional battle Mexico won over us.

Way back in the 60's, when I was a kid growing up in the red dirt country, Walt Disney turned an actor named Fess Parker into Davy Crockett for all time. Ole Davy was one of my heroes always facing down the enemy on the side of right.

In real life Mr. Crockett was a very colorful man and an early congressmen from the state of Tennessee. He eventually got so fed up with the on going circus of congress, that he upon being defeated for re election told the members of congress "You may all go to hell, I'll go to Texas". Now we all know the rest of the story.  Ironic with what is going on in congress today.

Fishing is still slow here in the land of the trembling earth, but I can feel good times are on the way. Had a less than stellar trip out to the jetties with just a couple of sharks and one slot red fish. Stay tuned.

Old Captain sends.

Jimi Hendrix Live : The Wind cries Mary

In Like A Lion

It is said that if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. Coming in like a lion is very much the case here between the swamp and the sea this year. Windy, windy, windy, and another possible freeze coming. I got to thinking about weather saying, like the one mentioned above, so I turned to the Farmer's Almanac and I found out the following.

 “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?”
Is there any truth to this saying??? Weather sayings are as colorful as our imagination. While many sayings are based on careful observations and turn out to be accurate, others are merely rhymes or beliefs of the people who came before us.

Those people often believed that bad spirits could affect the weather adversely, so they were cautious as to what they did or did not do in certain situations. Those beliefs often included ideas that there should be a balance in weather and life. So, if a month came in bad (like a lion), it should go out good and calm (like a lamb).

With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. However, this saying seems be to more of a rhyme rather than a true weather predictor.

Some other March related lore includes:
A dry March and a wet May?Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.
As it rains in March so it rains in June.
March winds and April showers? Bring forth May flowers.
What will the weather be like in March?

My Gramps always told me that you had to plant potatoes when it was dark nights in February, so this is what I did, but now have to defend the plants against the lion of March.

Anyway I do hope the wind will lay a bit and I can be back on the water full time. After all I am a fisherman and not a farmer.

Old Captain sends.