The calm before the storm: Mess ‘o fish

In this picture, you see a mess of fish:

In this picture, you see why they call it a “mess” of fish”

“There will be days when the fishing is better than one’s most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse.  Either is a gain over just staying home.”

—  Roderick Haig-Brown, author of “Fisherman’s Spring”