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.

15 AND WILDLIFE

A FEW DAYS LATE WITH THIS POST AS WE WEIS WORKERS WERE BUSY WITH THE HOLIDAY RUSH. BUT I GOT OUT LAST SATURDAY TO FISH THE CREEK AND GOT 15.  NOTHING HUGE BUT A GREAT VARIETY AND EVEN GOT A SMALL PICKERAL.  LOTS OF WILDLIFE WITH THE HERONS AND  2 SETS OF BABY DUCKS.  THE ONE MOTHER DID THE BROKEN WING THING TO LURE ME AWAY.  AMAZING WITH ALL THE RAIN WE GOT A MONTH AGO AND NOW WE NEED MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THE CROPS.  THE CORN IS REACHING TO THE SKY FOR RAIN.

DOUBLED MY PLEASURE

WELL I DOUBLED MY PLEASURE THIS PAST WEEKEND AS I WAS IN THE CREEK ON SATURDAY WITH ONE OF MY SCHOLARSHIP KIDS, MARK BENFER AND WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY.  WE CAUGHT 16 OR SO AND MARK LANDED A 15 INCH CHUB. SUNDAY FOUND ME IN THE CREEK WITH NEPHEW ZACH AND WE CAUGHT OVER A DOZEN ALSO AND ZACH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE SAW A SCARLET TANGER.

BACK IN THE CREEK

WELL FINALLY...........BACK IN THE CREEK.  WITH ALL THE RAIN IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO GET BACK IN THE CREEK FISHING.  BUT THIS PALES TO MY FRIENDS LIKE THE TROESTERS WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO PLANT CORN.  IN THE PAST MONTH WE HAD TO HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE TO 16 INCHES OF RAIN.  IN ONE WEEK MY RAIN GAUGE RECORDED OVER 8 INCHES......YES ONE WEEK.  BUT SUNDAY I WAS GETTING ROCKS FROM OUR OLD CREEK FIELD TO USE FOR LINING THE FLOWERBEDS AND THE WALKWAY AT OUR NEW HOME AND DECIDED TO CHECK THE CREEK AND IT WAS HIGH BUT CLEAR.  SO I JUMPED IN AND FISHED FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS AND GOT 16.  NICE VARIETY TOO WITH THE USUAL CHUBS...SMALL AND ROCK BASS...A FEW BLUEGILLS AND MY FIRST EVER RAINBOW TROUT.....13 INCHES AND IT WAS GORGEOUS. ALSO HAD A DOE WANDER ACROSS THE CREEK IN FRONT OF ME.  JUST A GREAT DAY IN MAZEPPA.

2012 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

ANOTHER GREAT PARADE AND CEREMONY LAST NIGHT WITH FRED KELLER BEING THE GUEST SPEAKER.  A NICE LONG PARADE THIS YEAR AND EVEN HAD THE FIRE ENGINE AGAIN.  WAS SPRINKLING AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER BUT IT DIDN'T STOP US FROM HAVING OUR PARADE.  FRED'S SPEECH WAS REALLY EXCELLENT AND CONSIDERING THE THREAT OF STORMS A NICE TURNOUT.  THERE WILL BE PICTURES IN THE FOLDER OF THE PARADE AND CEREMONY.