Trout Season Opens, Almost

This Saturday was the opening day of trout season... as expected, it was impossible to access the trout stream, as well as the water temps too cold for any kind of fish activities. The harbor also seemed to have gotten jammed with ice, impossible to fish from the break walls. So, Sunday morning we treated ourselves to homemade pancake breakfast, completed with whipped cream and strawberries.
To cure his trout fever, Joe insisted on grilling his BBQ ribs for dinner, which I didn't mind a bit! He even grilled the asparagus, oh so perfectly. Though he did not open the garage door to grill (to keep the upper 30s chilly air out), the taste of grilled food was like tasting spring/summer.
Earlier when we drove into town for some shopping, we took a closer look at the harbor and noted that the inside the break wall was indeed open water, free of ice chunks. We had our early BBQ rib dinner and went fishing.
The east side of the break wall was jammed pack with ice piles. To our surprise, it was very calm and pleasant.
But not to our surprise, there was no fish. The most fun we had was trying to catch ice pieces like in the below picture. Oh, and stopping at Blackrocks to have local brew beer to make this Sunday complete. We savored the fact that this IS spring in the UP. We can't wait till all the ice goes to enjoy spring/summer, 'cause we'll never get to.
In fact, we were expecting some rain today... and LOOK what we are getting!