Opening day at Bennett Spring circa 1945

[BilletHead]

20 minutes ago, Foghorn said:

Good friend and fishing buddy Kenny H. was there with his 2 sons, one of the son's friends and his boss. Kenny had 2 lunkers and his boss 1 with Kenny's weighing 3 3/4 # and 6 1/4 and his bosses fish a 5 1/2 # fish. He left with the 3 younger lads to Bennett Springs where the youngest son had a 4 1/4 # fish. Said he's heading home this afternoon and headed to Montauk tomorrow with his daughter and son in law. 

Good deal. On the lunker easy up there was a sign. So far 7 1/2 was the biggest for the day so far.

[ness]

I'm on my desktop with a big monitor and I still can't figure out the situation with the blue-haired person. 

[Quillback]

Almost makes we want to pay a visit on one of the openers to do some people watching.  

Thanks for the report and pics Marty.  It's not as crowded as I thought it would be for that many permits.  

[BilletHead]

20 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Almost makes we want to pay a visit on one of the openers to do some people watching.  

Thanks for the report and pics Marty.  It's not as crowded as I thought it would be for that many permits.  

             I still think Most of the early folks had caught their fish and quit. I know also lots of unattended stringers with three to four fish on each one. I think you are able to tag your stringer with name or conservation number and go away and retrieve later.  We also seen One conservation agent with what I thought could have been a concerned citizen or a rat or maybe just walking along go down a bank and pick up three stringers and take them to his truck. Later he came back and got another stringer from the same place. 

   Several people doing catch and release putting fish back. 

   Yes, Jeff you should go just once like the great squirrel cookoff! 😁

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, ness said:

I'm on my desktop with a big monitor and I still can't figure out the situation with the blue-haired person. 

               I am glad you are as perplexed as I am or was. My first thought it might have been a joke, then it was maybe a cosplay outfit as a joke. I know one thing she was working that fly rod better than 90 percent of what you typically see in a trout park, I take it back more like 95 percent of them. One thing I wish I would have done is strike up a conversation with the guy (closer to our age) that was part of her tribe and ask if he had taught her and maybe get her story. As you can see it was a colorful story. 

[fishinwrench]

Just keep her a safe distance from any campfire !   

 

Back in the day....there was a girl with a hairdo like that skating at the roller-rink.   Somehow her head got lit and it caused her to skate faster.....and FASTER.   

Almost burned the whole place down before somebody tackled her and beat her half to death, putting her out.  I'll never forget that smell !  😬

[ness]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

               I am glad you are as perplexed as I am or was. My first thought it might have been a joke, then it was maybe a cosplay outfit as a joke. I know one thing she was working that fly rod better than 90 percent of what you typically see in a trout park, I take it back more like 95 percent of them. One thing I wish I would have done is strike up a conversation with the guy (closer to our age) that was part of her tribe and ask if he had taught her and maybe get her story. As you can see it was a colorful story. 

I can get dying hair a crazy color or wearing goofy clothes. Maybe she was just having a funny time with it. Hell? Our esteemed colleague @Gavin has talked about going there in a gorilla suit! 

Now the chick that works at our local Wal-Mart with blue tattoos all over her face, neck and arms I truly feel sorry for. 
 

And @snagged in outlet 3 no pictures of that either 🤪

[BilletHead]

    Had to be a wig or hairpiece of some kind or another. Bet a little snip I could have had a nice blue over white Clouser

[snagged in outlet 3]

53 minutes ago, ness said:

And @snagged in outlet 3 no pictures of that either 🤪

That ain’t right 😆.   Just ask @Johnsfolly