I've never been a straight 9-5 working slob until it started this January. After only a few months of it I can't imagine, one, who invented it, and two, who took jobs with that schedule. For all of my adult life I've been in jobs (fire, EMS, nursing, photography) that operating on a 24/7/365 schedule. I always tell my kids that if they want a quality of life the take a job that operates around the clock and has the ability to switch shifts and with off with other people. Monday through Friday is for the birds.
So that leaves me really to fish, even quick run and cast outings, on the weekends. Well not really because I work on Saturday and Sunday as well preparing for the Monday through Friday. Last night we got hit pretty hard with rain and that no doubt will ruin this weekends fishing.
A quick look so far, with the crest coming later today or tomorrow, shows we're up from 8,300 cfs to 13,500 cfs. If it rained up north like it did here last night surely it'll hit somewhere between 20,000 - 30,000 cfs, at least in my opinion. We've also seen a 10 degree water drop from 56 to 46 degrees, which can stop fish in their tracts and shut them off.
Looking at it all from a fishing perspective is selfish as really it's all about the striped bass. If this winter and the current weather is good for them and this years spawn then let it all fall where it may. At some point I'll catch a fish or two, and forget about the early skunking I've been taking this spring.