June 2006
June 22nd 2006
A quote from one of our fishermen, "the river has been red hot"! One of the other fishermen who was out on the pond said that he had a fish that he would guess went 30" long make a pass at his fly. All we have in the pond is trout and splake so I reckon it was one of the two!
And here is the #1 reason that the flowers are taking a hit at Frost Pond This year! GT
June 20th 2006
We have had a few thunder showers going around the past couple of days. They have not been real bad one's, but just the medium sized fellows. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, so that is always a plus.
Yesterday I went up on the ridge to check on an old friend. On the way back down I heard a big crash and looked out the side window and saw a big ole bear headed off through the bushes. Today I went back up and in almost the exact same spot I saw a real nice buck. It had 6 or 8 points and was still in velvet, as his antlers are still growing! He should be have a real nice rack by the end of the summer.
There have been some hatches going on out on the pond. The fish have been feasting quite well by the looks of the rising fish. Down on the river there has been plenty of fishing action. Well, actually it has been catching action, as fishing has plenty of action even if you are not catching anything. The guys that we have in have told me that this is the best they have seen it in some time. They are catching and releasing dozens of fish each day. One of our guests released a 4 pound Salmon down on the river the other day. Now that is a nice fish for this part of the world in anyone's book.
Judy (of the previous owners, Rick and Judy) was telling me that she saw a turkey down by our campsites the other day. I have not seen one here since 2000 or 2001. I have had reports of some of our guests seeing some a couple of years ago. I guess that they are making their way over the entire state. I am not sure if this is a good thing or not, but they are getting thicker!
It is almost to the point of daylight being at it's maximum length. Perhaps that is why I am not getting as much sleep as I would like. After the next few days it starts going the other way and the nights will be getting longer. For 2 points, what is the actual name of this event? (do not ask me what the points will be used for, but I will think of something. Just go to the Blog and post your answer)
GT
June 12th, 2006
Today it did not rain too much, just a few showers going through from time to time. We have had a fair amount of rain the past week and it seemed nice to see the sun for a change. It was kind of hard on the eyes, but worth it! Even when it is raining I can find plenty to do so as not to get too far out of shape.
The robin babies left the nest. It was funny to watch Jed keep trying to put them back in. He would put them in and before he could get them all in they would be back on the lawn. We kept the cat in the barn for a couple of days so they would have a good chance to learn to fly with out being terrorized by Rocky. Rocky is quite a bit over weight and kind of slow, but he may have had a chance at the babies hopping around on the lawn.
The geese have disappeared from the pond without a trace. I guess if an eagle picked off the little ones the adults might have just left. The ravens may have been the culprit as well. I noticed that when the mother robin was having a time about the little ones being on the ground that the ravens showed up in a hurry. They are truly quite the opportunists when it comes to a free lunch.
I see that they have crest gates open once again at Ripogenus dam. It has started out as a wet season for sure. They were getting some nice fish out of the river when they shut the gates last week. The pond has some hatches going on. The dragon flies have started, which makes me very happy. They eat mosquitoes for a living, and as soon as we get enough of them hatched out, the bug population will take a nose dive around here. With all of the rain we have had our share of them. It is not as bad as it sounds, you just have to dress for it and keep the bug spray handy.
My favorite is the old time woodsmen's fly dope. I just love the smell of it and it takes me back to when I was a kid and that was about all there was around. Some folks think it smells real bad, but it sure reminds me of the woods! I told Jed that I just put a bit on my moustache to enjoy the smell. He thought that was rather funny that someone would like the smell of the stuff.
Jed and I went out fishing for a short time tonight. He was bound and determined that "Dad" was going to go out fishing. Thank the good lord for kids, I would just work at things full time if it was not for him. We did not fish long and only had one bite, but just spending time with your child is worth more than any fish. The owl was hooting on the ridge and there were some ducks flying around. A mother Merganser and her little ones were paddling around in the pond. Those little things sure can move when they want. She will take off n a direction and if one or two get left behind she will call them and they will just-a- paddle to catch up with her.
As you can see in the picture below, Rocky is pretty harmless. He and the rabbit spend a lot of time in the yard together. GT
June 4th 2006
The first thing that I have to say tonight is that the party that caught the 72 fish did not keep them all! I was asked to clarify this by a higher authority, which I have now done. ;)
This afternoon Jed and I went to go catch a few white perch. Sometimes he just wants to go catch some chubs or perch for fun and it just happened to work out that we could go give it a try this afternoon. It was a little on the cool side so Dad decided to sit in the truck and make a phone call. Jed did not have his line in the water for more than a few seconds and he hooked a very nice perch. He came back all grins and grabbed the bucket out of the back of the truck for me to put his fish in. I took it off the hook as he has a few apprehensions about taking them off when we first get started. I noticed that he had lost his worm and mentioned it to him to put another one on his hook. Jed being Jed, whips his bare hook out into the water. I could not believe it when his rod bent over and he started to crank in another one. I had to go check it out at that point.
I took this one off and in the process his line went into the bushes and caught a maple leaf. He just pulled it out of the tree and once again whipped the hook into the water. Now everyone knows that a piece of grass or any weed on your line is a "no no". I guess this does not apply to the boy as he then proceeded to catch a perch that weighed almost 2 lbs! That left me shaking my head and him just a grinning. This kid has to be the luckiest fisherman I have ever seen. He almost always catches the largest fish and quite often he catches the most. I sometimes manage to catch the first one when we go out, but not always.
In the early days of his fishing career (At about age 1 through 5) I used to try to make sure that he could catch a fish whenever we went out. As he got a bit older we would not necessarily always catch something. Then a couple of years ago he really started to catch them on his own, without much help from me. Now it is almost to the point that I will have to try some new tricks to out fish the lad!
I got the perch all cleaned and we ended up with just over 2.5 pounds of clear fillets of some of the best eating one can imagine. We kept just 9 fish and the smallest one was just under a pound and the largest one was just under 2 pounds. I would rather eat these than any other fresh water fish.
I noticed that the young moose came through the dooryard this morning. When Norman stopped over to say "hello" this morning I went out to talk and saw that there were the moose tracks coming up the road, across the front lawn and out past one of the cabins. I could see where it all of a sudden took off at a faster pace, and Norman said that he probably jumped him as he was headed into the camp yard, because his tracks were fresh in the road on his way in. They were not washed out from the rain so I figured that he was most likely right. I have seen the yearling several times the past few days as he is hanging right around. The other night he ran up the road ahead of me and would not get out of the road. I even stopped and waited for him to find a place to get off the road, but he just kept running along up the road. When he got to the place he wanted to be, he then left the road for the woods. I have followed them for several miles in the past before they would get out of the road.
The crest gate is still open and the lake is finally dropping down a bit. With the rain that we had over the weekend the gate may remain open for awhile longer. It should be great fishing in the river once they cut back on the flows. For the time being the fishermen will have to use different tactics to catch the salmon in the river.
GT
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