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The cyclical nature of Ray's work can be hard to adjust to at first,
but as he explains, you will get used to it —
That's the nature of the game. And it's always like that too,
you know. In June and July, it's five, ten, maybe fifteen, and then
in August you start getting twenty, twenty-five. And then, the big
old black ones come in, and then you know the show is about to start... |
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Ray explains what it is like to spend your entire life on the river
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Water. It’s an essential. It’s motion. It’s Mother Earth’s blood.
It’s a provider. It’s necessary. It needs to be monitored. Sometimes,
when I say monitoring, I’ll catch something that is very strange.
I’ve caught five striped bass in here. That was unheard of until three
years ago... |
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Ray talks about what to do with your catch after you finally have
them —
...One of the dangers of this whole thing is you got all of your
catch out there in the middle of that river. Now, if we get a storm
that is huge, one of the downsides to this whole thing is that at
that time, if we get 2-3 feet of water here from the rain, a sudden
rain, you got to be out there dragging that thing in... |
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The weir is not only good to earn a living, but it also helps sooth
the soul —
I like just coming up here and hanging out, you know. I mean you've
seen where I live. That's pretty nice. No brag just fact, you know.
But I still get customers and my buddies come by... |
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