Hey all, had a nice weekend here. Beth and I put a tank of gas through the Focus looking at foliage. Lots of color in places, some areas not much. I'd say 50-60% was the average. Yesterday we ended up in Cooperstown. We tooled around, ate a nice tavern, and visited a cool brewery called Ommegang.

Not alot of good places to take many good pictures. But the beer tasteing was great!..

Today was church then breakfast. Then we headed down towards the Catskills. Better color down that way but no great places to stop for photos. Stopped at this school on the Willowemoc creek...

Headed home and after dinner we hopped on the 4-wheeler and went out through Tanks estate. Some beutifull trees and hillsides around. This tree was at the back edge of the property. This picture was not "shopped" or edited one bit. The sun was setting but still on the tree and this is exactly how it looked...



The view from up top. Camera light was not good but it was pretty...

Great shots pal!

Gees, you should have waved at me while I was on the lake!!! I might have been convinced to come off the lake since the fishing was v . . .e . . .r . . .y slow. 3 cold fronts and cold rain . . .not a good weekend to have a tournament. Plus I learned a valuble lesson Saturday on getting out of a boat with wet sneakers and stepping on the wheel well of the nonskid trailer surface. Actually learned it the second time an hour later!! So tonight, the trailer gets a little customizing with some grit tape. Great pics Jay. Oh yeah, decided to go to the docs yesterday to have the arm checked out . . . no bow hunting for a while as the cast won't let me straighten my arm . . . but I can hold a gun . . .heh, heh.

Oh Frank that sounds painful. How longs the cast on for?

D/C....CNY TIM
I have been doing good....The little Pihuulak and I put the walleye rods away and have been chasing muskies all summer....been doing pretty good too. We have boated 3 over 50 inches this year...the biggest pushing 53 inches.

Holy S... a 53" that's a monster. Talking to Jon and Paul out your way they fish for dem ski's too. Are they good eating

Hit Oneida last night. We fished from Lewis Point around to the Canal. Nothing, zilch, zip, nada. The south east corner was a dead zone. I marked fish from Gary’s to the Canal, but couldn't get anything to cooperate. We tried live bait, cranks, and twisters. I'll be out again this weekend.

Nothing in the canal last night either Aaron...

The water temp in the canal was 59 degrees. They should start coming in soon. I'll be hitting the lake hard this weekend. If I get into any fish I'll let you know how and where. If anyone's interested in a trip out let me know.

We need some more RAIN to bring the water level up the lake is low .Its only a matter of time now .Ice is just around the corner .

Tank and I hit the Salmon R the past two glorious days. We had a ball - lots of fish everywhere, spent some time with friends, and enjoyed two awesome days of weather. Thursday morning we fishd low and some fish were around, not lots but steady. We hooked lots and landed a bunch - all kings and Tank tangled with a big steelie. Things slowed down by noon so we headed up to the fly zones. Prety well packed with kings in all stages of the spawn. Some chrome up there as well. We played with a bunch of fish before exploring elsewhere. Hit our friends private spot on a small stream. It was flowing well and loaded with fish. Mostly kings but we did land 3 pretty cohos. This morning we started low again and it was quieter than the previous day, fish around but not lots. I did get to tangle with 3 steelies early on. Up to our santuary after that and it was constant fish for a few hours before heading home, kings and I got one super fresh coho.
Fall foliage up there now is awesome! Still green in places but that just makes the color stand out better.
Heres some picts...

As Timmy would say - "give em room Brodie"

This was the fish Tank was just fighting. I tailed it and he took the picture. BTW - salmon flavored handles are tasty!

The walk into the promised land. A fairly long walk but a beutifull piece of woods.

The small waters are not the same fun for fighting fish as the main river but its still quite fun and a neat experience. Big fish in a beutifull setting with not a soul around!

And the fish...

Big!

A coho - these are not as big as the kings but actually more fun. Spunky like a steelie and pretty!

This coho was super fresh and was a ball. He was in a deeper run where he could do his thing, but I won...

The last fish of the trip...


Baseball playoffs are rolling along which means the fall walleye bit should be under way real soon...

Nice fish guys wouldn't it be more fun if you used turkey loads on those mud sharks .Just kiddin good job guys I have only fished for them once.

Todd - I was thinking archery gear would be fun

Yeah the fall walleye bite seems to be right on the cusp of going on but still 60 deg. water temps on the main lake need some more cooling and a good hard rain. It will be soon. Saturday Todd, Tuzzy and I fished and we caught quite a few small perch. Let's just say for the exception of these two pictured we ran into small after small after small fish. Heard the west end was giving up some nice perch but we were on the east side. Oh well. Had a good time with the guys just the same and caught a nice slime rat as well. Today Grampa had some great chicken riggies from Karen's boyfriend and we had the baby, Cecelia all day it was great... MRI tomorrow at 3 p.m. still icing the knee as much as I can and taking anti flams.





Here's Granpa...



One more with Cecilia smiling.. Being a Granpa aint so bad..

The Browns win the Super Bowl! THe Browns win the Super Bowl!!! Oh wait all they did was beat the most overrated team in the NFL, the Giants.
Nice win Timmy...