30 AND FLOWERS

 WELL PERCY I SNAGGED 30 MORE TODAY.   MOST OF THEM WERE SMALL BUT I DID CATCH 2 NICE PICKERAL.   LOTS OF WILDFLOWERS TODAY AND ADDING THOSE PICS ALSO A WOOD SPIDER AND CAUGHT MY FIRST ROCK BASS OF THE YEAR

 SADLY WE LOST A LONGTIME MAZEPPA RESIDENT.  SATURDAY AUGUST 1, 2020 HAROLD FEASTER PASSED AWAY.  SON OF DONALD AND MIRIAM FEASTER. AND HE MARRIED EDITH ZEIGLER ON OCTOBER 17, 1947.   1945 GRADUATE OF LEIWSBURG HIGH AND LIFE LONG FARMER IN MAZEPPA.   SURVIVED BY SONS TIM , MARK AND RANDALL AND ONE DAUGHTER DEBORAH.  

40 PERCY

CAUGHT 40 IN ALL TODAY PERCY !   THIS MONSTER 18 INCH PICKERAL WAS A DANDY.  HAD A MINK SWIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.   BLUE HERONS AND KINGFISHERS WERE EVERY WHERE TODAY.  REDTAIL HAWK POISED FOR ME IN A TREE.  AND THE RED WILDFLOWER I LOVE

2 BUDDIES IN THE CREEK

FIRST 3 PICS WAS THE SUNRISE THAT MET ME TODAY AS I HEADED TO THE CREEK......THE PICKERAL WAS A MONSTER BUT SADLY NEVER GOT IT MEASURED AS IT GOT LOOSE RIGHT AFTER I SNAPPED THE PIC BUT I WOULD SAY 19 INCHES AND I SNAGGED A 16 INCHER LATER.   AND I HAD TO BUDDIES JOIN ME IN THE CREEK !    26 FISH IN ALL PERCY

2 HERONS

QUITE THE DAY FISHING PERCY AS I SNAGGED 30 IN ALL.   MOST WERE SMALL TO MID SIZED BUT DID GET THIS 13 INCH SMALLY.  AND CAUGHT QUITE A FEW BLUEGILLS.  HOPING TO GET THE BUSH IDENTIFIED AS I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND WHAT ABOUT THIS GREAT PIC I GOT OF 2 BLUE HERONS SITTING IN A TREE

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FINALLY BACK IN THE CREEK AHHHHHHHHHHH   CAUGHT 22 PERCY AND SOME GREAT WILDLIFE PHOTOS WITH THE HERON...REDHEADED WOODPECKERS AND TADPOLE.  THE CREEK IS SO HEALTHY NOW COMPARED TO WHEN I WAS A KID AND ALL THE SEPTIC TANKS THE POLLUTED THE CREEK.  CRAYFISH...MULLUSKS AND FROGS ALL OVER.

MAZEPPA PARADE

WE GOT CREATIVE WITH THE PARADE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS THING.  BUT WE KEPT OUT TRADITION GOING !   A SPECIAL THANKS TO DALE HAUCK FOR SPECIAL MUSIC AND THE MIFFLINBURG VFW FOR THEIR FLOAT AND THE CANDY !   THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME WE HAD CANDY THROWN OUT AT OUR PARADE.  AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT AND OUR BIGGEST PARADE EVER !  TO SEE MORE PHOTOS PLEASE VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE......IMAGES OF MAZEPPA PA