sadly i have to agree worse before better , nothing is more maddening than setting up and fishing and then that nose with wiskers shows up
you are doing better than me on the gifts no keepers in 6 weeks for me but i tend to stop fishing after 12-15 dinks i move on or call it . the only bright spot i see is i have never seen so many 12"-20" fish and if the seals don't eat them all in 5-8years we should have a nice class of fish .