The last two years I have attended the jersey scrimmage as one of the benefits to subscribers at CoachTressel.com. Those in the know realize this event is the real spring game. The crowd is small but the stakes large with live pads popping and fall positions up for grabs. It has been a good venue for me. This year however, I must come clean and tell I passed...a fair weather fan.

For the past month, my "new to me" boat has sat on the shores of Lake Erie awaiting launch and the spring walleye run. During this time, the wind has howled out of the north nearly every day, churning up 7-12 foot waves that would have turned my boat into the Edmund Fitzgerald. With each passing storm, the urge to go grew stronger and stronger until Saturday dawned a "fair weather day".

So with son and his buddies, I turned my back on the Bucks and spent a balmy and beautiful spring day on Our Great Lake where a limit of plump tasty Walleyes went a long way towards easing my conscience.

Lest you think I shirked my duty, I did do some work while I was up that way. Read on....