Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to all you father’s out there! A special thanks to my dad who is longer with me setting the hook, tossing the fly or calling the ducks, but will live on in me forever! Thanks Dad for showing me the love of nature, fish and fowl, not to mention dogs. Oh my, how dogs have become a huge part of my life, and Magoo is such a precious one. As I write, here comes the 7 year old Pup Magoo with a shoe, way to go Magoo!
Time to bring the 3 B’s everyone, Boots, Buckets and Bug Dope. Heavy rain came in late yesterday afternoon filling the boats and putting small lakes in the yard. Rain continued through the night and as I write it is very dark and still a moderate rain.
Early this morning Magoo and I went to bail out boats, holy mackerel the water was up to the bench seats on the boat, what’s up with that. I pulled the bilge pump on one boat and the pump ran steady for about 10 minutes. Hmmm, pushing out the dock yesterday makes me scratch my head as the water will rise from the rain, interesting to say the least!
Fishing is pretty good, shallow water seems to be the best bet for scattered fish. Some fish are being caught in new green weeds about 6 feet while others are cruising the shoreline. Finally, the fishers out yesterday caught a few fish in the top few feet of the water with shallow running crank baits. But alas, the Perch have showed up, time to get after them says Miss Molly Magoo!
We had a fresh fish fry last night, the batter didn’t turn out right, guess we will have to try again in the next few days eh!! Just enough for a meal, why anymore said one camper, my thoughts exactly. Let the rest go to grow and give another the chance to tangle with them!
Although we have not seen any, Bear have been seen in the area along with Red Fox, some Grouse and a Moose is venturing in the area, probably running crazy from all the bugs. Speaking of bugs, they are very intense and with the rain expect a new hatch to come as soon as the sun breaks out! One good thing is the berry crop looks excellent right now and with timely rains and some sun, it should be a banner year. Keep your fingers crossed that they come early and gone by the time Bear hunt comes along!!
Time to get moving along everyone, until next time, take care and keep in touch!