2023 Fishing Season
The fishing season of 2023 has been a wild ride for me. Not only did I catch a bunch of new species, but I caught my PB, caught fish on new lures, became an ambassador for two companies (Pulse Fish Lures and Kistler Rods), and even had my daughter tell me she wanted to fish with me. I started the year off slow, but come June I would get the unfortunate news that I was getting laid off from the company I've spent the last 6 years working for. It was a real kick to the self esteem, and that was worsened further with the 4 months that followed where I was going on interview after interview, unable to find a job. During this unfortunate time, I made sure that every week, at least once a week, I would go fishing. At this point it was less about the actual fishing and more about my own mental health. I couldn't sit in the house scrolling through hundreds of job listings for hours. It was during this time that I improved my Tacklebox web app , developed a fishing board game proof of...