VACATION FISHING

GUNNA SUM UP MY FISHING TRIPS THIS WEEK ALL IN ONE POST.  WAS ON VACATION THIS WEEK AND I GOT OUT THURSDAY AND CAUGHT QUITE A FEW WITH ONE BEING A 16 INCH PICKERAL AND A 13 INCH SMALLY.   BUT SUNDAY WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS I EVER HAD IN BUFFALO CREEK IF YOU INCLUDE THE WILDLIFE.  I CAUGHT 22 WITH ONE A MONSTER CHUB AND A ROCK BASS THAT WAS 9 INCHES.
THE ROCK BASS I THOUGHT AT FIRST HAD TO BE A SMALLY BUT AS I TOOK IT OUT OF THE WATER THE DISTICTIVE  COLORS AND RED EYE...A REAL BEAUTY.
BUT THE WILDLIFE WAS SOMETHING ELSE AND MADE THE DAY REALLY GREAT.  AS I WADED DOWN THE CREEK I SAW THE BALD EAGLE AGAIN.  THEN 5 DEER WITH ONE BEING A BUCK...2 DOE AND 2 FAWNS.  WATCHED THEM FOR ABOUT 15 - 20 MINUTES AND THEN I HEARD A NOISE IN THE WATER BEHIND ME...THERE WERE 2 BUCK AND THE ONE WAS A REAL MONSTER.  I DIDN'T BOTHER REACHING FOR MY CAMERA THAT WAS IN MY POCKET CAUSE I KNEW THAT WOULD SPOOK THEM.  SO I JUST STOOD AND WATCHED THEM ALL TILL THEY DECIDED THEY WERE DONE WATERING AND THEN MOSIED ON THEIR WAY.  JUST A REALLY SPECIAL DAY IN MAZEPPA     : )

FIRE AT KUHNS

AND JUST AWFUL NEWS IN MAZEPPA AS FRIDAY THERE WAS A MAJOR FIRE AT KUHNS LUMBER AND IT DESTROYED THE SAW MILL.
APPEARS TO BE AN EXPLOSION FROM SAWDUST AS IT READ IN THE DAILY ITEM

DEER ME

WELL I DIDN'T GET 40  FISH LIKE LAST WEEKEND BUT STILL A GREAT DAY IN THE CREEK.  THREE SETS OF DEER AND 8 IN ALL I GOT TO WATCH.  DID CATCH 17 AND ONE WAS A REALLY NICE PICKERAL

40...YES 40

THE BEST DAY I HAVE EVER HAD FISHING AS I GOT 40 WITH MOST BEING 9 INCH SMALLYS.  ALSO HAD HERONS ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH ONE GREEN HERON FOLLOWING ME UP AND DOWN THE CREEK.

25

WHAT A GREAT DAY FISHING LAST SATURDAY AND A GREAT DAY TO BE IN THE CREEK WITH IT NEAR 90 DEGREES AGAIN AND HUMID.  THE CREEK WAS A TAD BIT CLOUDY FROM THE RECENT RAIN STORMS AND ABOUT PERFECT FOR FISHING AND SHOWED AS I LANDED 25 IN ALL.  LOTS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH CANADIAN GEESE AND BLUE HERONS KEEPING ME COMPANY IN THE CREEK.

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.