Water Rat

That's pretty depressing....can't see it getting much worse than this.

I posted this before but it still makes me laugh. Good luck this year to anyone going out.....especially the beginners.

If your fishing from shore , I would suggest you go when the tide is moving in. The stripers follow the baitfish into shore. Whenever I went during low tide , the only thing I caught were white perch , eels and bullheads.

My original Mossberg 835 Ultimate-Mag had the Woodland camo design on it. Like others have said , the paint began to fade away after nearly 30 years of use. I sent it out to be “camo dipped “ and it came out great. Last year I found another original one on GunBroker and purchased it as a backup.

A couple of years ago I found an otter toilet on a local creek. I never got around to do any water trapping so I decided to get ready for this season. A few weeks ago I went to make sure the otter sign was still there and saw the tracks that confirmed it. I returned the next day with the equipment that I will need to make the set. This will save me some time when the season rolls around. All that was needed was a cinder block , cable , re-rod stake , drowning lock , s-hook and a trap that will be attached the day I make the set. The idea is to have the otter step on the trap pan.....slide down the cable to the cinder block and drown. The drowning lock prevents him to be able to slide the trap back to the shore. The problem with catching otters on shore is that they roll a lot and a drowning set will prevent that. One thing to keep in mind when making a drowning set is to not make the anchor too heavy , because you will have to pull it up out of the water with hopefully an otter attached. The only thing that sucked was carrying the cinder block about 300 yards from my truck to the creek.

In case anyone is interested , one of the best if not the best (imo) turkey hunting shotguns is now listed on GunBroker. You don't find these very often.

I've been using this product in my vegetable garden for a few years now. I've had good results with it or I'd like to think so because it's kind of pricey.

Mamma Mia........my garlic's growing.