HB2

I fish a little most every day , sometimes 3 times a day , certain times of the year . Sometimes it's great and sometimes it's not . When it's really good , it can become quite tiresome hauling all those big fish in . When the kings are in I got tendonitis in my left elbow 3 years in a row . But I guess we all have our crosses to bear .

The pictures are all in my mind Besides , if I got all the big fish I caught in my life mounted , I'd be broke and need to put an addition on my house .

Well I guess we will never know for sure , not that it matters much . All I do know is I feel fortunate to have hooked and landed it and get it back in the water to swim away . If I would have measured and weighed it ,it would have most likely died . I'm blessed that I have a place where I can fish that whenever my float drops , It could be a 3 " perch , a bass , trout ,salmon, carp , sunfish , or a nice pike . And that's fun .

No I did not measure it but I think it was 44" or so but it was fat . I have a hard time judging weight of pike as some are skinny so you can't go by weight. I say it's all of 15# . I almost didn't take the pic . I wanted to get it back in the water . It's our there for someone else to catch .

And no , you didn't here me shouting .

The clouds made it a bust but it still was pretty cool . I fished through it and caught a few . But I could not see my float for a few minutes . A stiff NE wind started blowing about 1 . When it started to get a little dark about 20 min before it calmed right down . The rooster across the creek started in . Also all the creek dogs started to howl .A bunch of fireworks was blown off. Then it was over. Highly overplayed . Wife and I took a drive through Brockport and the college . More traffic for graduation . Pike was caught on a 1/32 oz chart curly tail under a float 4# tippet.

Sure started off right !

Center line of the path is about 350 yards south of my house . That's pretty exciting . But I think I will be at my cottage . What gets me is the accuracy of the long term precise predictions of such an event . There are some real smart people out there .

Seems to me like a whole lot of hulabalou over 4 minutes of darkness . It pretty cool and all that but it's a little overplayed IMO. Lets wait and see

A significant portion of the ADK mtns will have totality

It's not a one spot destination like a Bills game . It's pretty much state wide .

I think you have to be smart about it . If you want to go to a population center for the party , then expect craziness . Get a room maybe 150 miles out of the zone .Get up early and drive up , maybe on some back roads . Find a small town and see it there . And the Egg Cream is the official drink of the eclipse . If it's cloudy , I'll put some Vodka in it .

Yes . I even have a pole . And free coffee for the event. Or maybe an Egg Cream if you are lucky