WEEKEND FISHING AND DISCOVERY

GOT OUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY......PERCY I CAUGHT 16 SATURDAY AND 17 SUNDAY. A WHITE BIRD WAS IN THE CREEK AND TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY AN EGRET.  BOTH DAYS I COULDN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY EVEN WITH THE BINOCULARS. VARIETY OF FISH TOO AS I CAUGHT FALL FISH...BLUEGILLS...ROCK BASS...SMALLMOUTHS AND PICKERAL.  ATTACHING PHOTOS OF A BLUE HERON THAT ALLOWED ME TO FISH WITH HIM.  THE KINGFISHERS WERE EVERYWHERE AND SAW ONE GREEN HERON.  ALSO A COUPLE SANDPIPERS STILL HANGING AROUND.  A GROUP OF WOOD

DUCKS LANDED UP STREAM FROM ME BUT TILL I GOT THE CAMERA OUT THEY TOOK OFF. AND I FOUND A STONE WADING BACK UP THE CREEK AND CURIOUS IF IT WAS AN INDIAN TOOL.  WILL DO MY BEST TO TRY AND GET IT IDENTIFIED.  SATURDAY A GORGEOUS SUNRISE AND I KNOW MY OPINION IS BIASED BUT NO SUNRISE LIKE A MAZEPPA SUNRISE.  AND TODAY 2 DOE GREETED ME IN THE FIELD.

BETTER LATE...

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PERCY !  PICS FROM FISHING 2 WEEKS AGO WHEN I CAUGHT 12.  LOVED THE WAY THE SKY LOOKED AS I WADED THE CREEK AND SNAPPED THE 1ST PIC.   NEXT IS A FLOWER GROWING ON THE TOP OF A STUMP.  THE BLUE HERON POSED FOR ME AS I GOT OUT OF THE CREEK.  AND LAST IS A REDHEADED WOODPECKER AND JUST WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM TO SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH TO BE A BIT MORE CLEAR.

BETTER DAYS FISHING...

PERCY I WISH I HAD A BETTER DAY OF FISHING TO REPORT BUT I ONLY CAUGHT 4.  ALSO LOST A SPINNER TO A SNAG AND FELL IN THE CREEK AFTER A ROCK SLIPPED UNDER MY FOOT.  BUT A GREAT PIC OF A DRAGONFLY TO SHARE

FISHING LAST WEEKEND

PERCY I GOT OUT BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LAST WEEKND AND DID WELL FISH WISE AND WILDLIFE.  THE DEER MET ME SOON AS I GOT OUT OF THE CAR ALONG WITH THE KILLDEER SITTING ON HER EGGS.  A RARE DAY AS I GOT PICS OF AN ORIOLE AND A SANDPIPER ALONG WITH A KINGFISHER.  THE BASS WAS 17 INCHES AS WAS THE PICKERAL.  THE SUCKER WAS THE FIRST I CAUGHT SINCE I WAS A KID AND I SNAGGED HIM ON A RAPALA.  A REAL HEADSHAKER ON THAT ONE. THE BROWNIE WAS 13 INCHES AND A GREAT PIC ALSO OF A REDTAIL HAWK.

WENDELL STAHL

I WAITED TO POST THIS AS I WANTED TO ADD A NICE PHOTO AND JOHN EMAILED ME THAT.  SADLY WE LOST A TRUE FRIEND OF MAZEPPA IN WENDELL STAHL. OCTOBER 4 , 1926 - JUNE 7 , 2019.  SON OF FRANK AND LULU ( ENGLEHART ) STAHL.  IN 1953 HE MARRIED HELEN BAYLOR AND 57 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TILL SHE PASSED IN 2011.   SERVED  THE ARMY IN THE AIR DEFENSE - EAST PITTSBURGH 1955 - 57.  HE AND HIS BROTHER FRANK JR

 RAN THE EGG BUSINESS UNTIL 2001.  LIFELONG MEMBER OF MAZEPPA UNION CHURCH.  SURVIVING ARE SON JOHN AND DAUGHTER MARIANNE LEMON. 6 GRAND CHILDREN AND 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.  IT TRULY WAS AN HONOR TO KNOW WENDELL AND HAVE HIM AS A NEIGHBOR THE YEARS I LIVED IN MAZEPPA

FINALLY !!!

ALMOST FORGOT WHAT BUFFALO CREEK LOOKED LIKE AS I FINALLY GOT BACK TO FISHING.  FIRST TIME THIS YEAR I GOT MY LINE WET AND NOT SURE WHEN THE LAST WAS LAST YEAR AFTER ALL THE RAINS.  PERCY I CAUGHT 14 AND HAD 3 NICE ONES JUMP OFF INCLUDING A BIG TROUT.  THAT ONE FLEW A FOOT OR MORE OUT OF THE WATER...DID A WIGGLE AND THEN THE LURE FLEW RIGHT BACK AT ME.  ALSO INCLUDING A PICTURE OF A MERGANSER AS I HAD THE TREAT ONCE AGAIN OF SEEING THE BABIES BEING TAUGHT TO SWIM UNDER WATER.

CEMETERY

EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE BINK AND I WALK THE CEMETERY AND A FEW I TOOK PICTURES OF THIS YEAR.  WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE FIRST ONE AS RON IS A SPECIAL MEMORY I HAVE OF MY CHILDHOOD IN MAZEPPA.  RON AURAND NOT ONLY  TOOK TIME TO PLAY FOOTBALL WITH ME AND JIMMY BUT SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY.  A FELLA I TRULY ADMIRED.  PICTURES FROM THE PARADE CAN BE VIEWED ON FACEBOOK :  IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA