GREAT DAY

THE CREEK WAS JUST A BIT CLOUDY FROM THE RAIN YESTERDAY AND A LIGHT RAIN AND OVERCAST WHILE I FISHED AND PERFECT CONDITIONS.  CAUGHT 40 PERCY AND THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE THE 17 INCH PICKERAL AND THE 15 INCH SMALLMOUTH.  ALSO FOUND THE BEAVER'S DEN AND SAW LOTS OF BLUE HERONS AND KINGFISHERS.

IN THE CREEK

PERCY I WAS BACK IN THE CREEK TODAY AND GOT 17 AND LOOK AT THIS MONSTER BASS I CAUGHT.  18 INCHES AND MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER GOT OUT OF BUFFALO CREEK IF YOU FACTOR IN THE WEIGHT.  AND THE BASS IS BACK HAPPILY SWIMMING IN THE CREEK.   ALSO SAW A MINK AND JUST MISSED GETTING A PICTURE OF HIM.  AND THEN THIS PICTURE  OF THE ONE RESIDENT EAGLE

REV. CLOUSER

WHAT I FIND ON EBAY THIS PAST WEEK.  I LOCATED A PHOTO OF REV. WILLIAM WICKLEIN COUSER WHO WAS OUR MINISTER AT MAZEPPA UNION FROM 1870 - 1894.  I WILL GIVE THIS TO THE CHURCH TO GET FRAMED AND HANG WITH THE OTHER PHOTOS WE HAVE IN THE HALLWAY.

BACK IN THE CREEK

FINALLY BACK IN THE CREEK AS THE RAINS HAVE SLOWED A BIT.   AND WHAT A DAY I HAD ON SATURDAY.  CAUGHT 22 IN ALL AND ALSO SAW AN OWL.     18 INCH PICKERAL...SEVERAL DANDY BASS INCLUDING A 16 INCH SMALLY AND A NICE RAINBOW.  LAST FISH WAS A 14  CHUB.  JUST A WONDERFUL DAY IN MAZEPPA

MEMORIAL DAY 2017

NOT EVEN RAIN COULD DAMPEN THE SPIRIT FOR OUR MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY.  THE PARADE JUST ENDED AND THE HEAVENS OPENED UP. SO RIGHT ON CUE WE HEADED INTO MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH FOR THE CEREMONY.  OUR GUEST SPEAKER WAS CHRIS BRADY AND HE WAS FABULOUS.  ALSO GIVING A PRESENTATION WAS WAYNE STAHL WHO SPKE OF HIS GRANDFATHER HARRY GILBERT STAHL WHO SERVED IN WW1.  HE BROUGHT ALONG ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO HIS GRANDFATHER AND SHARED THEM WITH US.  WILL PUT A FEW PICTURES WITH THIS POST BUT LOOK FOR MORE ON THE MAZEPPA FACEBOOK PAGE.  ALSO A HUGE THANKYOU TO DON AND KAREN TURNER AND THE KIDS FOR KEEPING THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL TRADITION GOING AFTER THE PROGRAM.  JUST A WONDERFUL NIGHT IN THE OLD HOMETOWN.

FLOWERS AND FISHING

HELPED TO PLANT THE FLOWERS AT THE CHURCH YESTERDAY AND THEN JUMPED IN THE CREEK TO FISH.  THE CREEK WAS PLENTY HIGH AND I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT NOT EVEN TEMPTING TO WADE IT AS THE CURRENT WAS QUITE STRONG.  AT THE END OF THE PRIME HOURS FOR FISHING AND PROBABLY WHY I ONLY CAUGHT 3 BUT 3 DANDIES.  PICTURED AT A 14 INCH BROWNIE.......13 INCH SMALLMOUTH AND A PICKERAL THAT HAD TO BE IN THAT 16 INCH RANGE.  QUALITY NOT QUANTITY  ON FRIDAY.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

SATURDAY MAY 27TH IS THE MAZEPPA YARD SALES  8 AM - ?   RAIN OR SHINE.  ALSO THE FIRE STATION WILL BE SELLING BBQ CHICKEN AND PREORDER BY CALLING
570 - 412 - 2485  OR  570 - 524 - 0139.   PICKUP TIME IS  10 AM - 1 PM.   WE WAITED TOO MANY YEARS FOR THIS FIRE STATION AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT.   THE NEXT DAY  SUNDAY MAY 28TH IS THE MAZEPPA PARADE AND MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE.  PARADE STARTS AT THE USUAL 6 AM AND THERE WILL BE THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT THE HALL AFTER THE SERVICE IN THE CEMETERY.  THIS YEARS SPEAKER IS CHRIS BRADY AND HE SHOULD BE GREAT.   HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

DOUG...........PROUD  GRADUATE OF MAZEPPA TECH