EAGLE

WONDERFUL DAY IN THE CREEK AS I CAUGHT 15 MOSTLY SMALLMOUTH BUT A COUPLE OF GORGEOUS BLUEGILLS. BLUE HERONS AND I ACTUALLY SAW THE BALD EAGLE THAT HAS BEEN NESTING BETWEEN MAZEPPA AND COWAN. CAME RIGHT DOWN THE CREEK AND ABOUT 15 FEET RIGHT OVER MY HEAD. ONE REALLY HUGE BIRD. DIDN'T PERCH SO I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE. BUT PLEASE LOOK IN THE FOLDER FOR PICTURES OF WILDFLOWERS.

RICKY PHILLIPS

WELL RICKY IS MAKING US PROUD AGAIN. NOT ONLY IN WASHINGTON DC AGAIN AT THE SENATE AND WAS SELECTED AS AN ENGLE FELLOW. ONE OF THE MOST REGARDED PREACHING FELLOWSHIPS IN THE COUNTRY. WE ARE MAZEPPA PROUD.

WOODPECKERS

NOT MANY FISH LAST SUNDAY BUT A RARE SITE WITH 3 PILIATED WOODPECKERS GROUPED TOGETHER

FISHING BUDDY

WELL IT WAS A SLOW DAY FISHING YESTERDAY AND FUNNY AS THE WATER WAS A BIT CLOUDY FROM THE THUNDER STORMS THIS WEEK AND SEEMED LIKE IDEAL CONDITIONS. BUT ONLY 11 FISH. LOTS OF WILDLIFE AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAW JUMPING IN THE WATER. WEASEL LIKE BODY BUT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SMALL BEAVER. WAS UP THE BANK BEFORE I GOT A CHANCE TO GET THE FIELD GLASSES OUT. AND I HAD A FISHING BUDDY IN THE CREEK.......A BEAR. NOT BIG BUT NEAT TO SEE ONE AGAIN. HAD A FEW HUGE BEARS THE FINAL YEARS WE WERE ON THE FARM. AND 2 FUNNY STORIES OF BEARS TO SHARE. FIRST TIME WE SAW A BEAR WAS IN OUR HAY FIELD NEAR BRUBAKERS AND IT RAN RIGHT TOWARDS THE ROAD CREW AND SCARED WAYNE SWARTZ WHO HAD HIS BACK TO THE BEAR. ABOUT THE SAME TIME LESTER BAKER WAS IN THEIR GARDEN AND HE HEARD A NOISE. FIGURING IT WAS DOROTHY HE TURNED AND STARTED TALKING ONLY TO FIND A HUGE BLACK BEAR SITTING THERE. LESTER TOLD ME I DON'T THINK I EVER RAN SO FAST.

17 MORE

WELL QUITE A WEEKEND FISHING WITH 17 MORE TODAY I ENDED UP WITH 43 FOR THE 2 DAYS. NICE MIX OF FISH AND A 14 INCH SMALLMOUTH TODAY. REDHEADED WOODPECKERS ALONG WITH THE KINGFISHERS AND THOSE ADORABLE SANDPIPERS.

100 DEGREES

WELL THE TEMP WAS ABOUT 100 AGAIN TODAY AS WE ARE IN A REAL HEATWAVE THIS WEEK. SO THE CREEK FELT REAL GOOD YESTERDAY AND WHAT A GREAT TIME FISHING TOO. CAUGHT 26 IN ALL AND TONS OF WILDLIFE AND ESPECIALLY BIRDS. THE REDWINGED BLACKBIRDS WERE ALL OVER AND REALLY CHIRPING. ALSO FLICKERS...HAIRY WOODPECKERS AND LOTS OF OTHER BIRDS TO ENTERTAIN ME.

19 MORE

19 FISH TODAY AND A GOOD VARIETY AGAIN WITH MOST BEING ROCKYS AND SMALLMOUTH BASS. BABY MERGANZERS CAN FLY NOW AND A GROUNDHOG WAS KEEPING ME COMPANY WHILE I FISHED.