More Shooting and Fishing

It rained Saturday, so my plans to shoot one day and fish the next got compressed. I did both today, with mixed results.

Fishing was hampered by a lack of live bait. New England fish are smart, and only bite if there is real protein invovled. My usual place for bait doesn't open until noon on Sunday, so I was forced to go with plastic lures. It was an epic failure. It didn't occur to me to check the local Wal-Mart; they of course have shiners, night crawlers, and earthworms. Next time, we stock up the night before. I did get to try different rigs, and played with different sinker/lure combinations. That was, at any rate, educational.

Shooting went well. I moved my zero out to 50 yards on the rifle. At 100 yards I began to see the problems creep in -- a slight sight adjustment and I was back on target. I'm now confident on putting shots on target at 100; next time out we'll start from there and see how we do.