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Outdoor Activities / Re: Kirk Hill Hike, SW MT (outside of Bozeman)

« on: August 16, 2016, 08:16:53 AM »

Yes, very beautiful - definitely need to do this hike again.  Hopefully I will encounter some wildlife worth photographing (just anything but bear, please). 

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / 8/15 pm - Middle Creek, MT - Go Big, or go small

« on: August 16, 2016, 08:13:38 AM »

I know this site sort of specializes in big game, but, like a lot of things in life, I think you should either go big or go small.  There is no in between.

So I went small yesterday evening.  A quick, two-minute walk from the place we’re staying in SW MT revealed a very small creek.  Average depth appeared to be about five inches.  It was so shallow, I didn’t think there would be anything there.



But there was.  And, although I didn’t land many fish, they were on the rise for small flies.  Not much room for but the smallest roll cast, and not much room to set the hook, so a lot got away.



Purple haze, followed an ant (both size 18), was the ticket.



I left with a big smile, and enjoyed the sunset. 

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Outdoor Activities / Kirk Hill Hike, SW MT (outside of Bozeman)

« on: August 15, 2016, 09:41:22 AM »

Went for a quick, two-mile hike near Hyalite Creek with the family yesterday.  It was a fairly easy hike, and resulted in some nice views from the top.  We didn’t see any wildlife to speak of (except birds and insects).  But in these parts, not seeing certain wildlife is actually a good thing (yes, my son brought bear spray).   






































There’s another mile or so long loop you can add to this hike.  Might check it out soon.  Thank you for viewing our hike. 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: My version of daddy daycare (8-11)

« on: August 12, 2016, 12:43:34 PM »

That's the way to do it.  Good work on the daddy day care.  Looks like they had a blast!

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.

« on: August 11, 2016, 03:17:12 PM »

Damn, you did some down and dirty fishing right there: SD River; skeeters; and thievin' rats! 

Just like my yewt in the swamps just no alligators, snapping turtles, poisonous water snakes, fire ants and many more biting/stinging flying creatures.

The Gatoraqde bottle was the standard lemon lime but those little 20 oz bottles are perfect sized to freeze blocks of ice for small chests. I have many in the freezer.

Jim

Ahh, I see.  Good call on reusing the bottle. 

Lemon lime is good too - classic taste. 

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Food & Recipe / Re: Dutch Oven Delight

« on: August 10, 2016, 12:56:08 PM »

Looks great.  Yeah, I'm a huge fan of dutch ovens and basically anything cast iron.  I do have a great chicken and dumplings recipe for the crock pot though.  Maybe I'll post it up one of these days.

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Food & Recipe / Re: Whole Hog

« on: August 10, 2016, 12:53:50 PM »

Right on, Tim, really enjoy your yearly swine roast posts. 

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.

« on: August 10, 2016, 12:47:45 PM »

Damn, you did some down and dirty fishing right there: SD River; skeeters; and thievin' rats!  Fish look great but what the rats missed out on is the Gatorade glacier cherry - love that stuff, and frost flavor too.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Big Dog Legal Halibut 8/3/16 AM Report in NC On The LC

« on: August 03, 2016, 06:08:22 PM »

Thank you, Joel, for this report.  Really nice catch.   

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Grumpy Hog Surf Calico AM Report 8/1/16 In NC

« on: August 03, 2016, 03:00:49 PM »

   Nice catches!

Funny, finding all those sunglasses, etc., ha, ha.

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Outdoor Activities / Re: Little Spokane River Area Hike

« on: July 29, 2016, 10:06:06 AM »

Hey Tom, yes, those moose are big MoFos for sure.  Keep in mind that in my pic above, he's standing in a marsh - so you can tack on another 6 feet or so to the overall height!

Glad I was able to give the board a bump.  If things are getting stale, I'll try to round up some redband rainbows while I'm here and post them up. 

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Outdoor Activities / Little Spokane River Area Hike

« on: July 28, 2016, 09:23:30 AM »

I like Tom’s board because he’s got a forum for just about everything.

I think this fits within the “Outdoor Activities” category as it pertains to hiking in the terrestrial world.

I spent some time with family in the Little Spokane River area near the Indian Painted Rocks in Eastern Washington.



This guy came around the corner - a little too close for comfort . . .

Unzoomed:



Zoomed:



Some other visitors:



I love seeing wildlife, big or small:



I had not done that hike in over 20 years, and was sure glad I did.  I’ve only seen moose a few times in my life, especially in such close proximity, so this was a nice treat.  I’ll take moose over bear or mountain lions in terms of threat level, but you still don’t want to make one of these guys mad!

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Black Sea Bass!! 6/3

« on: June 07, 2016, 11:31:20 AM »

 

OMG Sean, that's one nice fish!

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Teen 7 6/5/16

« on: June 07, 2016, 11:29:20 AM »

WMB - very nice. 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: First two grinners on the spinner! + 57" bat!

« on: May 29, 2016, 09:43:58 AM »

Sean, those are some oceanic beasties!  Congrats.