Mike,
I'm glad you were able to make it out with son #2 to Dale. It's a shame the weather and fish didn't cooperate a little more. I feel your pain. Like you, my days are so limited on the lake that I want it to be perfect and unfortunately, it seems like it never is. Then, that week before Christmas, I thought we had hit the mother load with the weather(rain,sleet,snow), and wouldn't you know it, the blamed fish forgot to show up and bite.
I hope you can get him back out there on a day when the big girls show up to play. By the way, I know a guy that's selling a boat that'll handle those waves pretty well. LOL
Take care, Cliff