Assuming that this is not a nutria, here on the Eastern shore of Maryland they have a special name for muskrats, Dinner😆😉!
Lots of folks around here do trap, having skinning contests, and eat muskrats.
I would put those in the same hereditary category as the blacknose crappie.
and the hand painted bluegill down in FL panhandle.
I would still want to catch one😉😁
In my opinion, I prefer brown trout fishing over rainbows mainly due to the fact that they are more predatory in nature which to me makes them more exciting to fish for and to catch. That being said, I will never turn down the opportunity to catch big rainbows 😉.
@FishnDave I would consider both of those as three-toed box turtles. The ornate box turtle which is also in your area tend to have darker scutes than that first turtle with less and more defined yellow markings. Also they are opposite in terms of having orange/red scales on the legs and a green/yellow head.
Persimmons need to be really ripe for me to try them. To many puckers from less than ideal fruit. A little grove of persimmons surrounded by oaks can be a great spot to hunt deer. Especially after a frost.
I agree with Ollie that many of my best days for browns have been overcast, rain or better yet snow storms😉.
I have fished for them at the crack of dawn but find that I have done better on some rivers between 10 and 2 pm. I have always wondered if that was due to the fish picking up their feeding then or if that was about the time that I reached water that that gets little pressure from others.
That is a big Chesapeake Channa😉. Will be hard to beat. Our largest so far was a little less than 7 lbs. I may have more opportunity with a record fallfish.
Love hearing about goal setting and their completion. Pretty cool accomplishment for such a young girl.
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/04/outdoors/fishing/young-girl-reaches-goal-many-experienced-fishermen-have-not-joam40zk0w/
I have only eaten bear meat from bears killed in PA and NY. Blueberries made up a big part of their diet. The meat was like beef but a bit sweeter. You do have to cook near meat until well done since trichinosis.or.other diseases are still prevalent.
You have to travel a bunch when you've caught most of the species within a two hour radius😅.
As the year winds down there will be a lot more travel. Next week we head for KC to see our grandkids. Hope to catch a few new species out that way or in KY or WV. Then I have business trips to CO in Oct and another in TX in Nov. Both trips I have a couple of days planned for fishing. Scatter in a couple of local trips and it will be a busy end of the year😁.