Tuesday, May. 31^st, 2011

Pickerel and Pike at Stony Island (video)

I folks,  I just had a chance over the weekend to fish out of Henderson Harbor, NY with friends Burnie Haney and Dave Swanson.  We hadn't planned on video, but the fishing was pretty good and Dave had his IPhone handy, so we shot several brief segments anyway.  As you can see, the pickerel were hitting well and an occasional pike also rose to the occasion.  Almost all of mine hit on a red and white bucktail jig that Dave had made, but both Burnie and Dave were successful on a variety of other lures - Strike King Shadalicious, LuckyCraft Flashminnow, and BassPro Tourney Rattlebaits.

Friday, May. 27^th, 2011

Louie Barkley with his wild grouse visitor (video)

Hi Folks, You might remember my good friend Louie Barkley - a regular and popular guest on "Streamside" over the years. Louie has retired and is spending as much of his time fishing as he can. Last year, while he was working on his woodpile behind his home, a ruffed grouse came wandering out of the woods and started hanging around while he worked. This became a frequent occurrence, one thing led to another, and Louie started offering some cracked corn to the bird. He decided to name this regular visitor "C'mere". Eventually, a second bird showed which earned the name "C'mon". The birds now come when he and his wife call them and have become regular visitors to the Barkley backyard.