I was able to slip out of work Monday and head out to my local fishing spot. I was out early because I had a doctor's appointment that ended up having to be rescheduled due to an emergency at the doctor's office itself. They were behind two hours and wouldn't have seen me until 5p for a 3p appointment. So I rescheduled, headed home, grabbed my fishing stuff and my family, and headed out to the spot.
When we arrived, though, both batteries that I have for the trolling motor were practically dead. I must be doing something wrong or either I have the wrong kind of or bad batteries. No amount of charging will charge them fully and when they are somewhat charged they don't seem to last for very long. I think they are starting batteries and, from what I understand, what I need is deep cycle batteries. So I'm going to fix that problem soon enough. I get tired of getting all psyched up about going fishing then getting out there and not being able to. So it was dusk before I was able to think about going out.
But this time about 30 minutes of charging gave me enough juice to power the boat to the other side of lake to where I've been catching them lately. Unfortunately, not much was biting this time. Of course, I caught two jacks right off the bat. And I had a couple of soft hits on a crankbait from what seemed like bass. But things were slow. 
We've had weird weather this week (snow on Saturday, high of 70 something on Sunday). We can't seem to get several days in a row of very warm weather to get the water warmed up and help with the coming spawn.
So while I wait for the weather to keep warming up, I have a few maintenance things to do. I need new batteries, obviously. And I need to reline a couple of reels. But that's just busy work to keep my mind off heading to the water.
The light was running low, the batteries were running low and now my patience is running low. Sounds like everything needs a good recharge.
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