A deep raspy “aaayayaum” sound interrupted my wife and I as we hiked along the shore of Silver Lake at Harriman State Park this week. “What is that?” she asked as we sauntered along. “It’s a Caspian tern bragging about the fish it caught – just like most fishermen.” We watched as eight of the […]
Two weeks ago, Mike Bruton and I limited out with kokanee in three hours with some fish pushing 17-inches. We found most fish were between 15 to 30 feet below the surface and very aggressive with many breaking the surface when hooked. When the kokanee stage at this depth, they are easy to reach with […]
“It is pretty when you cannot see the road because of the explosion of flowers,” my rock hunting partner, Mike, mentioned as we drove through a hillside covered with flowers. “There are some red and blue ones mixed with the yellow ones. Now if we could just find some rocks the same colors as the […]
“I need to pick up some more oranges today,” I informed my wife last Friday. “You mean, the birds have eaten $8 of oranges in just five days?” “Yup, with over 20 Western tanagers, about 10 Bullock’s orioles and a few others helping themselves, they ate the whole bag.” We bought another bag of oranges, […]
After a three-week absence, I finally talked my doctor into letting me slither into Market Lake to see what I could find. As I slowly drove along the canal leading to the main marshes of the management area, I heard the tell-tell sound; “wickity – wickity – wickity,” of the male common yellowthroats, members of […]