Being an outdoors-oriented person brings with it a number of satisfying things. You get to sneak out in the woods during hunting season and try to outsmart whichever wild game species you’re hunting.
BUSSEY BRAKE — Bream fishing continues to be good on worms and crickets. Crappie and bass are slow to fair this week. There is no report on catfish. For the latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.
With photos of big, double-digit bass constantly showing up on social media, I began thinking about fishing for bass from the perspective of a novice, a non-pro, in other words, from me.
In last week’s column, you read about the plight of bluebirds that are largely absent from our area today. The culprit that took a heavy toll of these birds seems to be the snow, ice and frigid temperatures we endured back in February.
BUSSEY BRAKE – Bream fishing has been good using worms or crickets around trees. Bass continue to be fair around trees on soft plastics and spinners. Crappie are scattered and fair. No report on catfish. For the latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707.
If you have followed my columns for very long, there is one thing you’ll notice. I enjoy song birds. I’m not an official “birder,” but feeding the little sprites in my yard is something I really enjoy.
High on the list of things to do was to go out behind the cow barn with a shovel and empty a Prince Albert tobacco can and dig among the dried cow patties for earthworms. Cane poles that spent the winter on the back wall of the cow barn resting on nails to keep them straight were taken down, black braided line that had spent the winter in the closet was tied onto a pole. A bream hook, lead sinker and cork float were attached and it was time to head for the creek.
Being a countryreared fellow, there is one thing I have encountered, and if you grew up in the country you did too, it is snakes, creepy crawly reptiles with no shoulders that can get my immediate attention.
Ahh, summertime. Even though the weather seems to be hanging on to early spring, here it is in June with first day of summer only a few weeks away and I’m still finding a light jacket feeling pretty good on these chilly mornings.
