USA and Chartiers Crick Cats 6/26

Norm showed up early, we got some bagels and had a "Chartiers Sunrise". Its a new drink.Fished around. Caught some little bass. Then Norm hooked a whale

That turned out to be a catfishBought beers, drank beers and watched the US lose to stinking Ghana. Again.

Middle Chartiers 6/25

Fished with Andrea after work today on Chartiers Crick in McMurray.



We didn't catch chit.

Long Lake Trip- June 12-15

Left Friday after work traveled North, Then way East, then North again to Long Lake, NY for Mickey's bachelor party. Arrived around 3am, snoozed a few hours, stopped at a gas station for the best pre-made breakfast sandwiches you'll find, had some beers, rented a big boat, launched dad's boat. Then traveled 7 miles up the lake to our spot. Unloaded the gear and got to fishing.

Liquid Refreshers in our favorite Wal-Mart parking lot Raz's boat, docked and loadedThe Party Boat. Beware of Rogue Waves.
Crap weather the first day.

Found some smalljaws

The Bachelor
And his bride

Mist coming out of the mountains

Next day, the sun came out and so did the pike. Live baiting for pike. hold on to your fins.
Our Captain of the Party Boat. Captain Moose
View from the deck

Loaded up with deet and headed towards the thin blue line behind the cabin. found some tiny streams and tiny Adirondak Brookies.

View from the kitchen

Heading home as the weather got perfect.
We'll be back

Young Buc Get-together in the Highlands 6/5-6

Left around 7am and drove to Ohiopyle in torrential rain. Feared that the streams would be blown out bad. Meadow Run was perfect. Just like my cooler. Met up with Josh, Kyle, Tippe and LoomisFished Meadow for a couple hours, and the others wanted to go Dunbar. Tippe landed a nice brookie on a bugger, and fishing was slow until I tied onthe magic fly.
We then hopped over to a smaller crick with wild Rainbows

Headed to the campsite. Most wussed out because it was pouring down rain while we were registering our site. By the time we got registered and took the softies back to their cars, the pouring rain petered off to a steady rain. Tippe and I set camp and got a fire going right away knowing we'd need hot coals to do some cooking.

Once the fire got going we headed over to the pond on the property. Found some dead stuff along the way.
Bluegill heaven on the 1weight.

Celebratory Domincan Rum

After about an hour of each of us slaying bluegills, it was back to the campsite to get our food cooking. Onions with butter wrapped in foil, ring peppers with hot sauce and butter in foil, camp potatoes wrapped in their foil cocoon, and last but not least, several pounds of lamb meat made into catcher mit sized burgers.

Sizzlin lamb burgers

Eatin was good.

Passed out hard in the tent. Woke up before Tippe and went back to the pond for more bluegill fun.

Broke camp as it started to pour again and headed over to Confluence to have some breakfast at The Sister's Cafe... Go there, it's good.

Waited out the rain and lightning while we put together rods and nursed hangovers...

Went over to the mouth of the Cassleman River. Saw a few pike, had one swipe and miss, and had another break off just after it struck my leech pattern. Definately a place to revisit with heaver leader for those pike. Weather was great by then, but we headed back home around that time, it had been a long weekend.

Memorial Day Quickie

After the weekend long events surrounding Bobby and Missy's wedding, I wanted to get out, even if it was just a local shot to Chartiers Creek.

On the water early, accompanied by Logan, Don, and Kevin who was weilding the 2 hander. To say the fishing was slow would be an understatement. We left the usual spot and tried an area behind the former Mayview Hospital. I landed one fat little smallie there and it was getting hot and humid. Don and I stopped at Danny's Hoagies on the way home. Good Decision.