The next couple weeks are going to be nothing but work weeks. I still have the deck of the boat tore up and there's really nothing to hunt until the 1st of Oct. when deer comes in.
This week I went to the dentist on Monday, rented a 50 septic snake to snake out the drain in front of the garage. Tuesday I returned the snake dismayed and ticked off because it didn't work the way I wanted it too. The drain in front of the garage has had water back up, and I thought if I got the snake I could open the other end and the water would drain better. Well, from the way it felt the people who built the garage cemented over the exit hole. Now I have to get a sewer company to come and tell me exactly where the discharge hole is so I can bust up the concrete. I also cooked up a bunch of geese on Tues. which turned out really good. I did a pulled goose with 6-7 geese and a goose stew with 2 geese and today I actually cooked up some flying prime rib. So I will have plenty to eat for the next couple weeks. Wednesday I brought my car in and got a chip in the windshield fixed that happened on Tues. coming back from F.W. Then when I got home I patched up the exhaust on my pos so I would stop bothering the neighbors 3 blocks over. Today.... well today outside of the cooking I searched for a flashlight that has been missing for a while.
I haven't worked on the boat yet, but need to before Oct. 1st. So more than likely next week I'll work on the boat, I'm hoping to get the deck in and maybe even get the linoleum laid.
I cannot wait for waterfowl opener.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Auspicious beginning
Alright, not really but I wanted to start the new hunting year off on a good note. This is how it really started. I went dove hunting last Monday and the only thing dropping was sweat.
I went to Mongo which usually has a pretty good dove showing only to see that the sunflowers that were planted for the doves either didn't grow or got grazed off by deer. I sat in a very poor excuse for a sunflower field for over 5 hours only to see a handful of doves. The only dove I did have a shot at I whiffed on. Now the fields weren't the fault of the DNR, we had a 27-day drought that was the leading cause of the poor shape of the fields. Since I didn't do so well dove hunting I headed into town to pick up my chairs that my neighbor had refinished for me.
It still looks the same today however, it will get some attention next week. Now on Wednesday, I found out the dealership didn't receive my check for my extended warranty. So had to call the bank and get them to issue a new one and cancel the old one.
Then work.
Monday My Minion and I went to Mongo to try their goose stakes. Now I had never done this but thought we should give it a go just to see what it's like. Come to find out it's just pass shooting spots across the whole property. I was under the assumption that these were stakes set up under known goose flight lines, you just needed to get lucky to be under the one that they are using. So needless to say we didn't do well, we did see a goose but he was pretty far away.
Yesterday I was going to pack up and make the 45 minute run to the river. I got up on time, loaded the truck, hooked up the boat and ..... no lights on the trailer. After an hour of looking for my 12-volt circuit tester, I did what any sane person would've done, I went back to bed. When I got up I looked for my tester some more, realizing it was gone I went and bought a new one. Then after testing my wiring I went and bought some new lights. Since I felt as if I had wasted most of the day anyway I decided to mow the lawn, that way I could say I mowed the lawn and fixed my trailer lights.
Wednesday I got up packed the truck, hooked up the boat and headed to the river. After hunting most of the day and bagging the only goose I saw.
I packed it in and started home, but before I did I noticed one of my grease covers on the trailer was missing. I checked them yesterday and must not have attached it well enough to stay on, so now I'm in the market for a new cover. When I got back I had to call the dealership again and I found out they messed up my title for the truck. So now they have to do some more leg work and fix the title so I can get the truck in my name. They said it would take better than a month to get it straightened out and they will pay the fees incurred because I only have 45 days to get the truck titled.
Thankfully I will have about 4 weeks of nothing to do but work on stuff unless I go south for some dove.
Anyway, my hunting season started with 1 goose, a crappy sunflower field, and some trailer issues....... oh well I guess this is where one would say, "it can only get better".
I went to Mongo which usually has a pretty good dove showing only to see that the sunflowers that were planted for the doves either didn't grow or got grazed off by deer. I sat in a very poor excuse for a sunflower field for over 5 hours only to see a handful of doves. The only dove I did have a shot at I whiffed on. Now the fields weren't the fault of the DNR, we had a 27-day drought that was the leading cause of the poor shape of the fields. Since I didn't do so well dove hunting I headed into town to pick up my chairs that my neighbor had refinished for me.
He did a super nice job on them and they look brand new, Thanks, Tom.
Tuesday I stayed home and worked on the boat.
Then work.
Monday My Minion and I went to Mongo to try their goose stakes. Now I had never done this but thought we should give it a go just to see what it's like. Come to find out it's just pass shooting spots across the whole property. I was under the assumption that these were stakes set up under known goose flight lines, you just needed to get lucky to be under the one that they are using. So needless to say we didn't do well, we did see a goose but he was pretty far away.
Yesterday I was going to pack up and make the 45 minute run to the river. I got up on time, loaded the truck, hooked up the boat and ..... no lights on the trailer. After an hour of looking for my 12-volt circuit tester, I did what any sane person would've done, I went back to bed. When I got up I looked for my tester some more, realizing it was gone I went and bought a new one. Then after testing my wiring I went and bought some new lights. Since I felt as if I had wasted most of the day anyway I decided to mow the lawn, that way I could say I mowed the lawn and fixed my trailer lights.
Wednesday I got up packed the truck, hooked up the boat and headed to the river. After hunting most of the day and bagging the only goose I saw.
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| boy that's a small goose |
Thankfully I will have about 4 weeks of nothing to do but work on stuff unless I go south for some dove.
Anyway, my hunting season started with 1 goose, a crappy sunflower field, and some trailer issues....... oh well I guess this is where one would say, "it can only get better".
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Got out today for a minute
Today was spose to be cloudy with a little sun and no rain. Since tomorrow is spose to be rainy I thought I should get out today. So I decided on a lake not far from the house so if it did get nasty I wouldn't be that far out. I went to Otter which is the gateway to the James chain. I thought I would start on Otter and just see how far I would get.
Well when I got to the landing the wind was howling which means alot of battery use and poor boat control all day. I launched anyway and actually started fishing right at the landing and after catching 3 or 4 bass I decided to hit the lake.
Well I can't say I remember boating another fish... however I did boat a blue heron. Yes, I said a blue heron. I saw him standing on a dock and just as I casted he took off and flew right into my line. Since he couldn't stay in the air the only other place was on the water. They weren't built to swim so I caught up to him rather quickly. I grabbed him by the neck up by the head brought him aboard and got him tucked into the corner of the boat. Unfortunately he managed to get the hook into his right thigh, I got a pair of pliers and removed it. After I got the hook out and made sure he was free from the line I let him go. He flew twords the shore landing in the water just short, he seemed to be making out none the worse for ware. I on the other hand had to take a couple minutes to process what just happened.
So after the BH debackle I got back to fishing while keeping an eye on the approaching storm. When it started looking more like thunderstorms than clouds I got off the lake. So in closing I caught some bass, a blue heron and a couple rain drops and was on and off in 4 hours.
Well when I got to the landing the wind was howling which means alot of battery use and poor boat control all day. I launched anyway and actually started fishing right at the landing and after catching 3 or 4 bass I decided to hit the lake.
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| There was no way he would've let me get a selfie with him |
Thursday, August 16, 2018
First
Erie's not that scary... yesterday I fished Lake Erie for the first time. It was pretty cloudy most of the day, however, that doesn't mean it was cool. In fact, it was down right hot, the breeze died off mid-morning and then it was just me sitting in a boat stinkin'.
On the way to Erie, I stopped to get a set of regs and hit up the bait shop dude for info. I was going to fish the islands off Marblehead until he told me that they were catching down by Cedar Point so that's where I went.
Since it was a difference of 10 minutes to me, I put in on the South side of Marblehead. I fished from sunup 'til around 6pm, it was a really fun trip. It was cool to troll a big lake for walleye with lighter gear. Since it was the first time fishing here I did have a little learning curve in the fact that I honestly believe I missed a couple fish just by not being able to tell if it was on or not. I wasn't fishing any weights or riggers other than one color of lead core on both reels. I hit my first walleye in 38 fow and had somewhere in the ballpark of 100' of line out.
Nice 17"er straight into the box, notice the color of the lure? For some reason, the walleye on Erie like pinks and purples so that's what I was draggin' all day.
My second walleye was a 16"er on a purple flicker shad in 41 fow. I did catch one more on a clown flicker shad that I couldn't stretch enough to make my minimum of 16"s so back he went.
I did catch some trash too.
This Dr. Suess lookin' fish is a freshwater drum or sheepshead and they gave me the best fight of the day. I caught and released 3 of these guys before I gave up trolling and started casting for the day.
I caught this channel cat while on the hunt for ..... well anything else.
I did try to find some white bass, without any luck. They would've gone nicely with my 2 walleye, but that was not to be.
So to wrap it up my first trip to Lake Erie was a success, everything worked and came home in the same shape as when it left. However, before I make that trip again I think I need to get a couple more lures. Then I will be expecting nothing but limits and bonus fish.
MMMmmm walleye.
On the way to Erie, I stopped to get a set of regs and hit up the bait shop dude for info. I was going to fish the islands off Marblehead until he told me that they were catching down by Cedar Point so that's where I went.
I did catch some trash too.
I caught this channel cat while on the hunt for ..... well anything else.
MMMmmm walleye.
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Three lake day
Threatening rain and thunderstorms has almost become a weekly occurrence anymore. I really wanted to get out to Erie this week and yet again I couldn't because of the weather, and next week looks like more of the same.
Anywho, I started at Wawasee this week a little after sunrise. I had a really good time fishing this lake. In the past, I only fished it once a year and I think I'm going to up that for next year just because of the amount of fish, the variety, and fishing methods employed. All that means is I caught fish in a variety of ways and had a good time.
just a side note here.... even though these bass look small it's only because of the "selfie-style"
way I'm taking their pics.... they're all actually 5#er's except the crappie he's only 2 1/2. Once I get the decking done on the boat I will have a permanent place for my camera and will be getting better pics and video.
Here's the pics....
This crappie almost got to ride in the cooler on the way home. mmmm crappie
After a couple hours here, 4 I think, I loaded up and headed for Pretty Lake. Up until I got to Pretty the storms held off but only an hour or so into fishing I could hear the boomers. So I did the responsible thing and loaded up without even catching a fish.
I headed for a lake I wanted to scout for duck hunting. This lake was only a 10 min drive from the last and I had enough time to get some stuff out of the boat and throw it in the truck before the storm let loose. It rained hard, and the wind was rocking the truck, so I ate my sammich in the cab and waited for it to pass. Once it passed it was game on for this lake. I dropped the boat in and started fish/scouting, it looked like a decent duck lake with plenty of hides and lots of lilies and reeds.
I even caught some fish froggin' the pads....
Well, that was my day, I went out caught some fish and made it home without breaking anything. That in and of itself is a win for team Jeff.
Not sure where next week will find me but I'll be on a lake somewhere, wish me luck.
Anywho, I started at Wawasee this week a little after sunrise. I had a really good time fishing this lake. In the past, I only fished it once a year and I think I'm going to up that for next year just because of the amount of fish, the variety, and fishing methods employed. All that means is I caught fish in a variety of ways and had a good time.
just a side note here.... even though these bass look small it's only because of the "selfie-style"
way I'm taking their pics.... they're all actually 5#er's except the crappie he's only 2 1/2. Once I get the decking done on the boat I will have a permanent place for my camera and will be getting better pics and video.
Here's the pics....
I headed for a lake I wanted to scout for duck hunting. This lake was only a 10 min drive from the last and I had enough time to get some stuff out of the boat and throw it in the truck before the storm let loose. It rained hard, and the wind was rocking the truck, so I ate my sammich in the cab and waited for it to pass. Once it passed it was game on for this lake. I dropped the boat in and started fish/scouting, it looked like a decent duck lake with plenty of hides and lots of lilies and reeds.
I even caught some fish froggin' the pads....
Not sure where next week will find me but I'll be on a lake somewhere, wish me luck.
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