Johnsfolly

@Daryk Campbell Sr looks like you had some fun😉. Bet it felt good to catch fish on your own creations.

The quote is "A fed bear is a dead bear!" In the Poconos there are lots of bear encounters but none that I am aware of that resulted in someone being attacked and mauled to death. They ruled out rabies and distemper for the one bear (I didn't read the other victim report 🙄). Seems like there is more going on with these attacks.

Where was this when my kids were babies🤔🤣? Hoping that one of my daughters will have a baby and invite grandpa over to watch it😁!

I don't know if these were my first fish but I do remember catching bluegill and small bass from a.community pond at my aunt's place in Fishkill NY. We would only get out there once or twice every couple of years. That pond had the most aggressive bass. So much so that I would go thru my tackle box and try lures that I hadn't caught fish. If I couldn't get a bite in the pond I would just toss those lures🤔😉. In the late summer trips the bats would be thick and they would dive bomb our baits. I do remember catching my first brown trout in CT on a rooster tail when I was 10 or 11. I know that I have told this story before. My first fly caught fish was a fallfish from a creek in the Poconos when I was 21. I was fishing a Caddis and lost sight of my bait. I made my back cast and the fish went sailing past my head and landed on the bank behind me🤣.

I knew that I would get some push back since the State agencies aren't being affected by the Govt shutdown. Still thought it was funny enough to post😉😁😁

Nice fishing @Ham! You know I love those Cyprinella shiners! I still need to catch both of those species😉. I hope to get back out to the midwest and chase those guys.

These are by far the most common suburban fall mushroom that we have seen. The neighbor's yard had several nice flushes and Sue and Livie brought some home. We confirmed species by the white spore print and cooked up some. Just a little butter and S&P. They retained their firmness. Weren't slimy and had a mild flavor but with just a slight bitter aftertaste. I was heading out of town when they harvested them and we didn't get a chance to try them in some recipes. Maybe next year.

You should just get one of these self driving vehicles to take you fishing😉😁

I was hoping to get three or four lifers and achieved that number. I also wanted to have a chance to catch a grassie or gar on one of your jigs. Never really had that chance but don't regret going back down to Galveston for the darter gobies.

Let me know if you need info for wild brook trout in Maryland. Some creeks here have stream bred browns. Most trout are stocked all over the state.

I track the states where I have caught trout. If I can get one in each state would be a nice secondary goal. I am more likely to follow the Billetheads and go for the different subspecies of trout across the country. That fits more in my goal to catch 500 different species and subspecies of fish.

I was hoping to get two new states this year - AL and OR. Alabama is not likely to happen but still have hope to get a few OR fish in Nov.

I also love catching brown trout. Wished that we lived closer to fish the fall Taney browns.

Link to the orange nurse shark https://share.google/images/ELI3NDiOhe0Va4fGD