MERGANZERS

OK I AM A FEW DAYS LATE WITH THIS POST BUT LAST TUESDAY WAS A NEAT VACATION DAY IN THE CREEK.  CAUGHT SOME NICE FISH LIKE A 14 INCH SMALLY AND A ROCK BASS THAT WAS ABOUT 9 INCHES...A REAL BEAUTY. BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS DAY WAS A MOTHER MERGANZER TEACHING HER BABYS TO SWIM UNDERWATER AND THIS SHOW WENT ON FOR ABOUT 30 - 40 MINUTES.  MOM WOULD GO ACROSS THE CREEK AND THEN SHE MUST HAVE GIVEN THE DUCKLINGS SOME  KIND OF SIGNAL BECAUSE THEY ALL IN UNISON WENT ACROSS THE CREEK LIKE MOM. I HAVE WADED THE CREEK FOR 40 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A SHOW LIKE THIS.

BALD EAGLE AND TANGERS

STARTED MY VACATION IN GRAND FORM...22 FISH...SAW 2 SCARLET TANGERS AND THE BALD EAGLE FLEW RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AGAIN.  THE CREEK HAS PLENTY OF WATER EVEN WITH THE RECENT DRY SPELL AND THE CRAYFISH ARE STARTING TO APPEAR.  BUT ODDLY......NO SANDPIPERS YET. SAW ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT THAT WAS IT.

BLUEGILLS

KIND OF AN ODD DAY FISHING THIS TIME AS I CAUGHT 11 BUT MOST WERE BLUEGILLS. HOOKED ONE NICE SMALLY BUT IT TOOK ME UNDER A TREE AND SNAPPED THE LINE. NEARLY 100 OUT AND THE CREEK FELT GOOD ESPECIALLY WHEN I HIT SOME OF THOSE COLD SPRINGS.