If conservatives are too busy working, they must have a magic wand that prevents them from being laid off like millions of other Americans these past few months. Statements like that just seem more more idiocy coming from the right to me.
A lot of political nonsense in this thread...
... but, to answer the original question. Online forums are slowly going extinct, so much of the fishing reports have moved to Facebook groups, sadly. I much prefer the forum, much easier to search/use, but that's just how things are at the moment.
Last edited by carpanglerdude; 09-08-2020 at 10:18 AM.
I certainly have. For someone who used to fish 30+ times a year I don't think I've made more than 5 trips over the last 3 years.
In spring of 2018 I started to not feel well. Throat swollen and difficulty breathing. At first I thought it was just allergies because we were having a bad pollen season but it kept going so went to my Dr. She said I have an infection, gave me antibiotics and sent me home. This went on for about 2 months back and forth to the Dr. and numerous antibiotics. Finally ended up seeing a specialist and they determined I have Grave's Disease which is an immune disease that attacks the thyroid. So they tried medications at first but that wasn't effective, finally ended up going through radiation treatment in spring 2019.
The treatment worked, started recovering, by late May I was ready to rock and roll, start fishing again! I made one trip to Catalina and caught some yellowtail. Then in early June my mom, almost 80, slipped and fell. Hit her head pretty bad and ended up in the hospital. She hung on for 2.5 months but ended up passing from complications. Lots of stuff to do after her passing so no time for fishing the rest of 2019.
And so here we are in 2020 and because of my graves disease I am high-risk for covid and have to be super careful. No getting together and fishing with friends like the old days. I could still go with my GF though since we live together and while getting the boat ready for a trip last May I ended up tweeking my back lifting some gas cans.
So back to the DR I went. Specialists, x-rays, MRI, and determined I need surgery to correct the problem. Had surgery on July 21st and still recovering at present. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to get out fishing again but probably not before this season ends.
A good friend once told me that health is wealth. You can have all the money in the world but if you're not healthy then it's worthless because you can't enjoy spending it. Here's to good health to all who still read this site. With any luck I will start posting reports again in 2021.
Hope you get well!!
Your reports and video’s
Are top notch!!!!
Good Luck!
CM
Sorry to hear about your Graves Disease (Jeff, isn't it?). My mom had Hashimoto's Syndrome, which strangely, is also an immune disorder of the thyroid gland, but instead of causing overproduction of htyroid hormone, it causes underproduction of thyroid hormone.