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.

RARE TREAT

YOU KNOW IT'S HOT WHEN YOU ARE WAIST DEEP IN THE CREEK AND IN THE SHADE AND...….STILL SWEATING.  I AM SURE THIS IS THE MAIN REASON I ONLY CAUGHT 2 FISH.  BUT A RARE TREAT AS I SAW A MOTHER RACCOON TEACHING HER BABY TO SWIM.  I WATCHED THEM FOR A HALF HOUR I WOULD SAY AND WHAT A SHOW I GOT. ALSO A VIEW DOWN THE CREEK AT MY FAVORITE FISHING HOLE.

ONLY 9 PERCY

ONLY CAUGHT 9 0N SUNDAY PERCY AND NONE OF ANY MAJOR SIZE BUT A GREAT DAY WITH THE WILDLIFE AND THE PEACE AND QUIET. AND....THESE 2 GREAT PICTURES.  I COULDN'T GET OVER HOW CLOSE I GOT TO THE GROUNDHOG AS HE DIDNT SEEM TO FEAR ME

BACK IN THE CREEK

PERCY I FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CREEK AND A GOOD DAY.  ALTHOUGH IT STARTED OUT ALL WRONG.  WENT TO GIANT TO GET DOUGHNUTS ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY ARE NO LONGER 24 HOURS.  SO TO THE CREEK WITH ONLY COFFEE AND ACTIVIA IN THE BELLY.  THE 2ND CAST A MAJOR

TANGLE AND I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS AN OMEN.  BUT IT GOT BETTER AS I SAW AN EAGLE...A BALTIMORE ORIOLE...LOTS OF OTHER BIRDS AND CAUGHT 18.  A GREAT VARIETY TOO WITH FALL FISH...SMALLYS...A BLUE GILL....A PICKERAL AND THESE 2 DANDY RAINBOWS.

NANCY AND WAYNE

WELL THE DAY ACTUALLY HAPPENED......WAYNE STAHL IS NOW MARRIED.  I AM SO HAPPY FOR NANCY AND WAYNE AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST !  IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY AND MIGHT ADD......FUN FILLED WEDDING.  TRULY UNIQUE AND SO GLAD I WAS THERE

FINALLY...

WELL PERCY IT FINALLY HAPPENED.....I GOT IN THE CREEK TO FISH.  BUFFALO WAS STILL A BIT HIGH BUT A GREAT DAY IN MAZEPPA.  PICS OF THE WILD FLOWERS AND THE LILYPADS BLOOMING.....LOTS OF WILDLIFE TODAY AND EVEN SAW A RED HEADED WOODPECKER AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW ONE OF THEM. 11 FISH IN ALL INCLUDING THIS MONSTER PICKERAL