My computer crashed so I lost all of my pictures on it. I still have pictures on memory cards however, I probably won't be buying a computer for a few weeks. When I see what pictures are saved I will update this post. Until then, here are the five newest species for the year and date caught. Some species are in pictures from previous posts.
24 white perch. June 9
25 smallmouth. June 14
26 green sunfish. June 19
27 red breasted sunfish. July 18
28 common shiner. July 18
I still haven't gone for white cats and hickory shad so I should get 30, but I really would like to catch bowfin, albies, and pike. Catching 33 species for the year would be nice, but it's really an after thought. I just want to tangle with those three great fish.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Cape Cod Baseball League All Star Game
Sunday the Cape Cod Baseball League
held their All Star game in Bourne.
The Cape Cod League is the premier summer league for college ball players. I have written about games more than once on this blog. The games are terrific. The admission is free (two dollar suggested donation). The food is cheap. There is a purity to the league, and it's an all around good time.
The all star game featured the best players from the season. It is an all afternoon affair. The game started at 6pm, but there were activities all afternoon. From 3:30 until 5 players were signing autographs. It's a virtual certainty some of these players will become pros, and almost all of them will be drafted barring injury. I had to work until 3pm, by the time we finally got to the field it was 4:30. DJ had time to get all the players autographs from the west all stars.
At 5pm their was a home run derby. The player that won had 6 homers in the first round. There were some incredible "moonshots".
At 6 the game started.DJ scores the games we go to. He likes to look back a couple years later to tell me that we saw a pitcher have nine strike outs or a player had a home run.
My back was killing me on the bleachers. I got up and walked around the ballpark taking pictures. I got some nice shots of guys at the plate and pitched warming up in the bullpen ( although the pics I'm posting are from my phone and not nearly as good quality).
After the game DJ got some more autographs including the game MVPs.
Although the all star game is over, I encourage everyone that loved Field of Dreams to catch a game. There's another week left in the season, the Cape league is great baseball.
Lastly, although the regular season games are free, tickets to the all star game were five bucks. When we walked in an eighteen wheeled Friendlys ice cream truck was handing out free ice cream. Somehow I managed the willpower to keep on walking.
The Cape Cod League is the premier summer league for college ball players. I have written about games more than once on this blog. The games are terrific. The admission is free (two dollar suggested donation). The food is cheap. There is a purity to the league, and it's an all around good time.
The all star game featured the best players from the season. It is an all afternoon affair. The game started at 6pm, but there were activities all afternoon. From 3:30 until 5 players were signing autographs. It's a virtual certainty some of these players will become pros, and almost all of them will be drafted barring injury. I had to work until 3pm, by the time we finally got to the field it was 4:30. DJ had time to get all the players autographs from the west all stars.
At 5pm their was a home run derby. The player that won had 6 homers in the first round. There were some incredible "moonshots".
At 6 the game started.DJ scores the games we go to. He likes to look back a couple years later to tell me that we saw a pitcher have nine strike outs or a player had a home run.
My back was killing me on the bleachers. I got up and walked around the ballpark taking pictures. I got some nice shots of guys at the plate and pitched warming up in the bullpen ( although the pics I'm posting are from my phone and not nearly as good quality).
After the game DJ got some more autographs including the game MVPs.
Although the all star game is over, I encourage everyone that loved Field of Dreams to catch a game. There's another week left in the season, the Cape league is great baseball.
Lastly, although the regular season games are free, tickets to the all star game were five bucks. When we walked in an eighteen wheeled Friendlys ice cream truck was handing out free ice cream. Somehow I managed the willpower to keep on walking.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
My friend Daphne got the best birthday present ever
My friend Daphne celebrated her birthday
yesterday the same way she does every other day, she went fishing. Daphne, is as obsessed with fishing as anyone I know. She puts in her time and is well respected by every fisherman that knows her.
So yesterday Daphne did what she does best, she fished. It seemed as though the fishing gods were smiling on her and friend Dave Fewster. That got into some real large stripers.
Daphne caught a 52 inch striper.Talk about a birthday present! It gets better, although the 52 inch striper was the biggest, they caught multiple fish 30-40 pounds. As she said, "it was an epic day, we were throwing back 30 pounders like they were schoolies"
As for the big fish of 52 inches, it was also released. As a matter of fact, they were so concerned with releasing it unharmed, they rushed pictures to get it back in the water.
Awesome job Daphne, Happy Birthday!
So yesterday Daphne did what she does best, she fished. It seemed as though the fishing gods were smiling on her and friend Dave Fewster. That got into some real large stripers.
Daphne caught a 52 inch striper.Talk about a birthday present! It gets better, although the 52 inch striper was the biggest, they caught multiple fish 30-40 pounds. As she said, "it was an epic day, we were throwing back 30 pounders like they were schoolies"
As for the big fish of 52 inches, it was also released. As a matter of fact, they were so concerned with releasing it unharmed, they rushed pictures to get it back in the water.
Awesome job Daphne, Happy Birthday!
Friday, July 18, 2014
l missed you old friend, New Hampshire 2014 Trip 1
For the first time this year I made my first
trip to the Granite State. It had been long time since my last trip. DJ got some days off from work, so off we went
We left Wednesday after I got out of work. We made it up about 4:30. We found a tent site and went back to Profile Lake. I fished from the kayak for a couple hours. I only caught one small brookie. DJ took a rock climbers path to the bottom of the Canon Mountain cliff. He played at the bottom of the cliffs for a while, rock hopping and taking in the view. When he got down we made supper and went to camp.
Thursday morning we broke camp before 7am. We drove to Gorham where we found the trailhead for Mt. Moriah. This mountain is 4049 feet tall. Since we are trying to hike all 48 four thousand footers, we wanted to get one in this trip. The weather was nice. There were some nice views midway up. The hike was hard, but I made it up. I did not feel like I was going to die like last year on Whiteface. The view at the top was awesome. We lingered over an hour eating lunch and talking with other hikers. After we got down we rewarded ourselves with chocolate milk. Thursday night we stayed at my cousin Mark's house in Maine.
After sleeping in and saying our goodbyes DJ and I went to Black Mountain Pond off Sandwich Notch Road. On the way, we stopped at a pond so I could catch a red breasted sunfish.
There was no way I could hike another 4000 footer, but the hike to Black Mountain Pond is pretty easy. Once there I fished. I caught nine trout. My son, full of energy hiked up Black Mountain. The trail was really steep, but he had a good time. When he got back to the pond we hiked out.
Before heading home, we made a quick stop at Kiah Pond where I landed species number 28, common shiner.
Totals- trail miles 17 for me, DJ-21
Animals- deer, 2 turkeys, 2 moles,lepard frog, green frogs, garter snake, toads, brook trout, common shiner, red breasted sunfish, newt, leech
trip to the Granite State. It had been long time since my last trip. DJ got some days off from work, so off we wentWe left Wednesday after I got out of work. We made it up about 4:30. We found a tent site and went back to Profile Lake. I fished from the kayak for a couple hours. I only caught one small brookie. DJ took a rock climbers path to the bottom of the Canon Mountain cliff. He played at the bottom of the cliffs for a while, rock hopping and taking in the view. When he got down we made supper and went to camp.
Thursday morning we broke camp before 7am. We drove to Gorham where we found the trailhead for Mt. Moriah. This mountain is 4049 feet tall. Since we are trying to hike all 48 four thousand footers, we wanted to get one in this trip. The weather was nice. There were some nice views midway up. The hike was hard, but I made it up. I did not feel like I was going to die like last year on Whiteface. The view at the top was awesome. We lingered over an hour eating lunch and talking with other hikers. After we got down we rewarded ourselves with chocolate milk. Thursday night we stayed at my cousin Mark's house in Maine.
After sleeping in and saying our goodbyes DJ and I went to Black Mountain Pond off Sandwich Notch Road. On the way, we stopped at a pond so I could catch a red breasted sunfish.
There was no way I could hike another 4000 footer, but the hike to Black Mountain Pond is pretty easy. Once there I fished. I caught nine trout. My son, full of energy hiked up Black Mountain. The trail was really steep, but he had a good time. When he got back to the pond we hiked out.
Before heading home, we made a quick stop at Kiah Pond where I landed species number 28, common shiner.
Totals- trail miles 17 for me, DJ-21
Animals- deer, 2 turkeys, 2 moles,lepard frog, green frogs, garter snake, toads, brook trout, common shiner, red breasted sunfish, newt, leech
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Playing at the Cape Cod Canal
I apologize for not writing at all over the last three weeks. Over the last month I have been trying to change to a healthier lifestyle. I've been eating healthy and exercising. Because I have been bike riding in the evenings, I haven't fished as much as normal. I still got out five times the first ten days of the month, but I haven't had anything to write home about.
Since I hadn't done anything memorable the last weeks, I was determined to not waste my Friday off. I knew high tide at the Canal was around 11am so figured I'd spend the day there.
I got to the Canal around 10:15, I found a parking spot and rode my bike to the east end. I locked my bike and fished the jetty almost to the end. About 12:30 fish started breaking. They were on mackerel. This wasn`t an all out blitz with thousands of fish by any means. However, for the next hour or so fish would show for a few seconds.
There werent a lot of fish caught. I only saw about six. They ranged in size from big schoolie to twenty pounds. I caught one that was around 27 inches. I could have measured it, but I was pretty sure it was a short. I fished for another hour, didn't see any more fish caught so I headed back to my car via bike.
Back at the car around 2:30, I grabbed my lunch and a chair. I found a shady spot and enjoyed my turkey sandwiches and plum watching boats go by.
After lunch I drove to the west end and parked at the Mass Maritime Acadamy. If anyone was catching bottom fish, I would have bought some squid and fished some more. No one was catching anything and the tide was getting low.
I decided to head home. Once home, I took a nap as the sun drained my energy. Then went carp fishimg with my friend Dave. He caught 3 to my one, including a hard fighting seventeen pounder.
All the stripers at the canal were caught on a variety of lures. I got mine on a mackerel colored Savage Jig. Others were caught on SP minnow, Sebile slow sinking swimmer, and even a pencil popper.
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Since I hadn't done anything memorable the last weeks, I was determined to not waste my Friday off. I knew high tide at the Canal was around 11am so figured I'd spend the day there.
I got to the Canal around 10:15, I found a parking spot and rode my bike to the east end. I locked my bike and fished the jetty almost to the end. About 12:30 fish started breaking. They were on mackerel. This wasn`t an all out blitz with thousands of fish by any means. However, for the next hour or so fish would show for a few seconds.
There werent a lot of fish caught. I only saw about six. They ranged in size from big schoolie to twenty pounds. I caught one that was around 27 inches. I could have measured it, but I was pretty sure it was a short. I fished for another hour, didn't see any more fish caught so I headed back to my car via bike.
Back at the car around 2:30, I grabbed my lunch and a chair. I found a shady spot and enjoyed my turkey sandwiches and plum watching boats go by.
After lunch I drove to the west end and parked at the Mass Maritime Acadamy. If anyone was catching bottom fish, I would have bought some squid and fished some more. No one was catching anything and the tide was getting low.
I decided to head home. Once home, I took a nap as the sun drained my energy. Then went carp fishimg with my friend Dave. He caught 3 to my one, including a hard fighting seventeen pounder.
All the stripers at the canal were caught on a variety of lures. I got mine on a mackerel colored Savage Jig. Others were caught on SP minnow, Sebile slow sinking swimmer, and even a pencil popper.
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