Have a Happy Independence Day 😄

and roast a chicken in the oven in a crockware dish

Alrighty, Thurs and Fri saw me at the old cottage
meaning that I used to own it.
The weather was challenging. Full sun w/ blessed breezes < actually cool on occasion > and some cloud.
I got bronzed or over -exposed b/c it all depends on your point of view. The actual catching of fish ?

The best outing ( s ) so far. Thurs was a late afternoon trip for 3 hrs. We watched the movie ' Ford vs Ferrari '
and Ford won all around < the bastards >.
The first stop was a dock that I favour. And first cast lucky, produced a largemouth bass, OK not a giant.
Two more bass followed and that was it.
Next day, Fri, was an early beginning at 7:30 AM. The start was non - productive but 2 h in the other guy got hot and 3 largemouth came to the boat. Me.
Nada
Close to noon, on a weedline
 < where else do you go > in about 14 ft of water. BANG. A largemouth and 2 smallmouth hit. The smallies were on the lunker side of things. One broke the line as I was lifting him out.
Thats  a no - no < stupid, stupid >. I should have got down and lipped him in. You can't fix stupid !

Whoa ! yes hot. We drank water and wore hats STILL that was not comfortable