KevinFarrell

wow awesome, those are hogs. were they on the bottom that deep?

Yeah there were a few mature toms in that group, maybe the fox didn't want another spur in the head. Either way they definitely had some sort of relationship going, reminds me of that Wiley Coyote/Sheepdog cartoon where they're enemies all day trying to kill each other and then punch the clock at the end of the day as friends.

I've seen them hunt turkeys, but last fall I saw the strangest encounter with a local red fox and some turkeys on our hunting property down by the Alpaca Farm in Bloomfield during bowseason. The red was an average sized, healthy looking dude, he/she was working on finding something under a dead log 80 yards away from me and a group of about 10 birds appeared in the hardwoods and started making their way directly toward the fox. I could see pretty well with the naked eye but I switched to the binoculars at that point because I was sure this guy was going to flatten out and try an ambush for a turkey dinner. They kept coming, and he knew they were coming because it was a crisp fall day and you know how loud the turkeys are in the leaves. So the turkeys walk directly up to the fox, picking away at the ground like he's not even there, and the fox just ignores them, still working on the log. One of the lead hens cackled a little bit of a warning but she was only maybe 4 feet away at the time and at one point he was smack dab in the middle of the birds, almost touching each other. He could have easily nailed one but he barely even looked up from what he was doing. The turkeys just kept on moving like they do, and fox eventually went the other way. The only way I can explain this is that maybe the fox as a pup conditioned the birds to not perceive him as a threat because he was so small and even though he was full grown now they had developed some level of mutual trust. Food is abundant in the fall for both species, maybe the birds just sensed that and felt safe, but either way for them to walk right next to a predator like that was really a wild thing to witness. I call him the Fox who was Raised by Turkeys.

They should have included some estimates of the number of healthy salmonoids and trout fry that come out of that river. I'm not sure people realize how many fish we are getting in the lake are natural (I didn't until this year) and that river has a lot to do with it. It takes pressure off the limited resources for stocking, hatcheries, etc.

Nice ! We were out from the Genny about the same depths this afternoon. 100-160 Pretty decent screens, found 48-52 degree water down fairly deep 80-110 feet down and tried to stay in that zone. Had more Molson's than hits but managed a 23lb king on silver/green flasher/fly. That joker ripped off a ton off line before we could turn him. Only boated one other fish, 8lb laker off the bottom. We saw a lot of them come up and look at our lures on the screen but we were going 2.5+ most of the time, probably a little fast for those lazy bastards. Had 2 other hits on meat but lost em. Lake was beautiful today, medium chop in about 5-10 mph NNW.

Nice haul ! Fire up the fryer

Nasty lookin King looks mean like he wants you to hurry up and put him back in so he can go slaughter some more baitfish. Boat looks tight.

Tell ur cousin a lot of millenials are payin top dollar for ear piercings like that.

Magnolia Warbler. Cool bird.

I think browns are the best looking freshwater fish. Def a mounter thats a beast. Stickbait?

Ill bet I know which one fought the best

Awesome haul. Did you guys hit em all day or was it better early n late?

stealth mode baby can't get any quieter than standing on a rock throwing lures. great fish

Nice job Whaler. Looks summery out there, if you didn't have the winter jacket on of course.

Yes thats the one ! We were laughing because no matter where we moved that lure it hit, leadcore off the back, mono off the board etc. We kept saying we wished we had a few more to run then as we were packing up for the day I saw that my brother had two more in the box. Damn. Also can Bay Rat make those hooks any sharper? Im starting to think they catch more fish because of the freakishly sharp hooks more than anything else. They tend to bend a little, my advice is if you think you have a king on lighten up that drag if possible, I had one mangle up a bay rat hook and get away last week. .

Hit the lake at 11am with my son out of the Genny. Headed west and found decent water, lots of good marks in 30-40 but no takers. Trolled in towards Braddock and we went 3 for 4 on browns within a few hour span. 12-15 FOW, the first action was a double, a green/black bay rat off the board and a watermelon spoon off the rigger back about 40 feet, down 8ft. We netted both fish at the same time it was pretty cool. The other two were also on that same black/green bayrat, temps were pretty much 44 degrees throughout. All fish a little bigger than what I wanted to fry up, so we snapped a quick pic and got em right back in. Great afternoon, left the house, made no stops, caught some fish, came straight home, we didn't come within 500 ft of another person. Thanks to my brother Tim for the keys to the Grady, I left you a few beers under the seat buddy.

Ridiculous. Liquor stores and vape shops open, but the state has decided you aren't compliant with distancing restrictions on a giant lake? Its more risky to distance on a walk around your block or on most trails in the woods. This state forest is now closed for business....