LILLIE LEONARDI

LAST SUNDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST AT MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH.  LILLIE LEONARDI WORKED FOR THE FBI AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO FLIGHT 93 IN SHANKSVILLE.  SHE WITNESSED ANGELS AND HER MESSAGE WAS A VERY POWERFUL ONE.  PICTURED IS LILLIE WITH OUR PASTOR RICKY PHILLIPS

14 PERCY

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO FINISH MY VACATION AND I CAUGHT 14 PERCY.  FOGGY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS.  THE BLUE JAY I AM GUESSING WAS A SURVIVOR OF A HAWK OR EAGLE ATTACK.  HE WAS SOAKED AND POOPED SITTING IN A TREE.  A REAL PRETTY FUNGI AND THE RED WILDFLOWERS ARE SCARCE BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. ALSO A VERY ACTIVE HORNETS NEST.

QUIET

TURN OFF EVERYTHING AROUND YOU AND LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO.....YES QUIET PLACES DO EXIST AND PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP WHY I ONLY FISH MAZEPPA

MORE PICS PERCY

GOT BACK IN THE CREEK YESTERDAY BUT IT WAS OVER 70 DEGREES...HUMID AND SUNNY SO I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE THE BEST DAY.  BUT I DID SNAG 12 AND A NICE VARIETY  WITH BLUE GILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND FALL FISH.  ODDLY 2 TRIPS TO THE CREEK NOW AND NO PICKERAL ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE ONE JUMP OFF ON ME.  ADDING SOME PICS I TOOK AND THE FIRST IS THE SKY LOOKING OVER THE CREEK FIELD OF THE FARM I GREW UP ON.  NEXT IS THE SUN FILTERING THROUGH THE TREES ON THE BEND OF THE CREEK AND THE NEXT IS LOOKING AT THE SUN AS I CONTINUED DOWN STREAM.  THEN A GORGEOUS DRAGONFLY.  SO ALL IN ALL PERCY IT WAS STILL A GREAT DAY OF SOLITUDE IN MAZEPPA.  WHEN I HIT THE CREEK ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS THE WATER TRICKLING.   AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

A MONTH

IT'S BEEN A MONTH PERCY BUT I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK.  MADE UP FOR LOST TIME TOO AS I SNAGGED 22 AND ONE WAS THE BIGGEST FALL FISH I EVER CAUGHT.  17 INCHES AND IT WAS A TRUE HAWG AS IT WEIGHED A TON.  WHEN I HOOKED IT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE AS IT WAS JUST DEAD WEIGHT.  ALSO CAUGHT SOME SMALLMOUTHS INCLUDING THE NICE 14 INCHER I AM POSTING.  THE FALL WILDFLOWERS ARE FEW AS THE FLOODING TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR THIS YEAR.   LOTS OF KINGFISHERS TODAY AND SAW 3 DOE AND 2 YEARLINGS.

WHAT A DAY IN MAZEPPA

21 FISH TODAY PERCY AND A FABULOUS MORNING IN MAZEPPA.  GORGEOUS SUNRISE BUT AS THE OLD NAVY VERSE GOES......RED IN THE MORNING SAILORS WARNING , RED AT NIGHT SAILORS DELIGHT.  AND SO IT WAS AS I HAD TO USE THE

RAIN PONCHO TO FISH MY LAST 2 HOLES TODAY.  2 MONSTER PICKERAL AND EVEN CAUGHT 2 ROCK BASS.  KING FISHERS ALL OVER DIVE BOMBING FOR FISH AND I SAW THE ONE EAGLE.  BUT THE TREAT OF THE DAY WAS THIS FOX SQUIRREL THAT EVEN POSED FOR ME.

ONLY 4 PERCY BUT...

ONLY 4 TODAY PERCY BUT LOOK AT THIS MONSTER 18 INCH PICKERAL I SNAGGED.  THICK AND HEAVY TOO !  ALSO ADDING A NEAT PHOTO OF THE SUN ILLUMINATING A TREE.