The weather has been like a rollercoaster this spring: the temperature goes up, then it goes down, back up again, then down again, and on and on that way. Today was a down day. It was cloudy and a cool wind blew all day, significantly lowering the temperatures from where they have been for the last few days. Just when I think spring has arrived to stay, it seems to take a hike again and we slide back toward late winter!
The annual OISFT (that's the Ocracoke Island Surf Fishing Tournament) is happening this week, and I suspect the contestants don't mind the weather at all, as long as it is not pouring rain and the fish are still biting! Two years ago, we had an awful Nor'easter during the OISFT which severely hampered the contest. The tent they set up at the Community Center for the Friday evening pig pickin' blew away; well, the frame was still there, but the tent material was no longer on it! The show must go on, though, so they moved the dinner indoors and gave awards anyway, for the day or so worth of fishing that had been done before the weather went downhill. This year, the weather has cooperated (so far), and the number of pounds of fish caught will be much higher than it was in 2005, I'm sure!
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