good fishing weather and the sharks must have gotten tired and let something besides suckers feed when the Dinner Bell rang. I've been very busy today with managing my fishing lines along with a couple long Dec cattle I bot by mistake late in the day on Wed @ 97.50 as the market went into a meltdown. I had the order in earlier in the day with intentions of canning it if I didn't get hit by mid day. Corn market responsibilities completely took control of my focus. When I saw my acct no show up on my fills, anxiety hit me hard when I saw that my forgetfulness had put me in a bad situation with the market closing 40 cents below my entry and carrying full head of steam for a gap lower opening the next day. I must have rubbed up against somebody with a Lucky rabbits foot because yesterday my Damage Control didn't even get a thought. My 102.50 target was hit very quickly this morning to bank one of them and now I have the Prime Directive screaming nasty things at me to put the other one in the bank also. I'm trying to hold my ground in the argument but he usually wins in the final 15 minutes as my courage dries up rather quickly. A $5 gift cow should not be ignored or thrown away. I can lose $2-$3 of that quicker than I can gain a potential extra dollar.

The north fish ponds finally opened and my 4 day battle with hallucinations have finally proved to be reality. I caught 2 pairs rather quickly, took the first pair to the bank when it hit 42.55 but the 4 day spree of hallucinations had me pulling Damage Control up to break even quicker than normal, so I got a goose egg on my second pair. Because of the quick growth in my bank account due to the other Critters, my courage was rather strong, so I reset my lines @ 42.07 at the area I made the first catch but still not brave enough to risk my usual 40 cents with a double up. So Damage Control on 1 pair and 41.67 on the other pair.

Now into the last hour and I don't want to press my LUCK and ruin this very productive Friday, I just deposited 1 pair @ 42.30 and pulled my Damage Control up to 41.97 on the other pair and a deposit order working @ 42.40. One way or another I will have a very good weekend. Mostly because my nasty Hallucinations have proven to be reality. For 1 day anyway-----another round of Hallucinations will show up soon. If not during the weekend, for sure come Monday morning. They are always the strongest on Mondays.