Birthday trip

[laker67]

Sandy's birthday was Sunday. Earlier in the week I had asked if there was anything special that she wanted to do. She said that she wanted to fish bssp on sunday, and then go to taneytown on monday and tuesday. Gotta love this woman. Fishing was good at bssp. We caught lots and lots of little fish, a very enjoyable day with decent weather. Stream was not crowded. Off to taney this AM. Water level was at 705.0 which is  a terrible level. We fished hard and only managed a dozen or so fish between us. But again a nice weather day. When we first walked to the creek I counted 5 guys that I would have bet money that they were bait fishing. As it turned out, they were, only there was a gal and a kid in addition. I politely quoted the regulations for the trophy area. Two had a very scared look on their face and yelled up to the wife and kid. They packed up and left immediately. The other three were more skeptical and asked several more questions until I gave them directions to the nearest regulation sign and mentioned that the game warden has been checking permits on a regular basis. I told the first group that there was a public access area at cooper creek and near the Hollister bridge. They were very polite and I honestly think they were oblivious to the regulations. And I know that that is no excuse but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. A big crowd showed up around 1:00 today. We caught fish but it was tuff. Water schedule for tomorrow is predicted to be the 705, so we allowed to just fish the day and come home. It was a great time to just be out and fishing. I only took a few pictures just for a record of her special 65th birthday trip. We enjoyed a shore lunch today as we watched the crowd roll in and marveled at the great weather.

[Johnsfolly]

@laker67 that all sounds like a great bday. Sorry that you had to read the regs to those guys but hopefully they learn and don't go back to bait fishing in the trophy areas. Glad that you guys caught a few.

[BilletHead]

52 minutes ago, laker67 said:

Sandy's birthday was Sunday. Earlier in the week I had asked if there was anything special that she wanted to do. She said that she wanted to fish bssp on sunday, and then go to taneytown on monday and tuesday. Gotta love this woman. Fishing was good at bssp. We caught lots and lots of little fish, a very enjoyable day with decent weather. Stream was not crowded. Off to taney this AM. Water level was at 705.0 which is  a terrible level. We fished hard and only managed a dozen or so fish between us. But again a nice weather day. When we first walked to the creek I counted 5 guys that I would have bet money that they were bait fishing. As it turned out, they were, only there was a gal and a kid in addition. I politely quoted the regulations for the trophy area. Two had a very scared look on their face and yelled up to the wife and kid. They packed up and left immediately. The other three were more skeptical and asked several more questions until I gave them directions to the nearest regulation sign and mentioned that the game warden has been checking permits on a regular basis. I told the first group that there was a public access area at cooper creek and near the Hollister bridge. They were very polite and I honestly think they were oblivious to the regulations. And I know that that is no excuse but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. A big crowd showed up around 1:00 today. We caught fish but it was tuff. Water schedule for tomorrow is predicted to be the 705, so we allowed to just fish the day and come home. It was a great time to just be out and fishing. I only took a few pictures just for a record of her special 65th birthday trip. We enjoyed a shore lunch today as we watched the crowd roll in and marveled at the great weather.

               Nice!

 Rick tell Sandy Happy Birthday from Pat and I !

[Foghorn]

Happy Birthday Sandy! We spend several days celebrating Susie's birthday each year fishing. ( And mine also).