Today and most every weekend or down time ,
I turn off the news. I try to share fun stuff and adventures along my stumbled path.
We kicked azz on stacking firewood while the frost was still on. Then I progressed to picking my jon boat up from my son 3 miles up the road. Fresh gas, new lower unit oil and the 9.9 Yamaha purrs nice. Modified an 8 foot with drop down gate trailer to precisely accommodate my 14 foot jon boat and motor.
Had a load of nice dirt and 2 full grown pear trees planted just past noon.
Helped neighbor bulldoze some fill .
The rains started. Did a campfire yard burn.
No pictures today but it was fun stuff hanging outside, no better place of rather be.
Hopefully some fish pictures tomorrow .
I want to catch a golden dorato. No Corona

Be well and have fun

GREAT Charlie- glad someone is fishing.

Loving that smile! Something good is a welcome sight right now! Be good and keep on having fun.

hot tuna
Right on fichy !!
There are some stripers and herring in the area now.
If you got free time and interest in island camping, your yak and tent would put you right on the island where we fished in Jon boat.
I don't know what's happening with me anymore. Work is a mess, marinas are a mess and daisy mae is a mess.
My season will probably be old school jon boat and island camping.
There is a prime area for the taking. It only gets used in summer

Keep the pictures and smiles coming brother

I was hoping that was the case!  I loved catching stripes in the jonboat, had an absolute blast. Have really wanted to camp on the island, too. I'm lit up, brother.  Thanks for making my day.

Mighta known --you two are the only ones fishing.
And CATCHING.
 
Good work.

I had all intentions of going today it was beautiful out. Farm work got in the way. I will go at least one day after work this week

By the way, getting out there doesn't mean I'm anywhere near other people. The barn is out in a field, the Hudson where I fished was 1/4  mile to the nearest dwelling or person. I spend much more time masked and fighting for distance in my endless rounds of medical procedures and appointments.  

We've had no hot days, 2 sunny spring days last Saturday and Sunday that's really it for our spring so far. Its snowed at least once a week the last 4. If. Its not snow, its usually gloomy.
From my short term browser it looks like heat wave gonna hit on Wednesday. Not mildly but hot and warm nights. Going from freezing to cooking is no fun. Bugs will be atrocious.
Finally abandoned the idea of putting my daisy mae into water this striper season. It's parked again where it winters over.
One last hurrah on my mighty muddy in next 7 days then pulling all stakes to that fishery.
Memorial weekend has always been a fun stuff at deer camp weekend. Atvs, big fires and some shenanigans.
Super scaled down this year. Me, 2 sons, granddaughter ( on her first hunt) and grandson. As trevor said before, it's not the harvest but the experience of being there.
I do miss the GREAT LAKE ONTARIO, I do miss the river fishing.
Maybe someday again in my lifetime

haha...ignorance of the law is no excuse, mr. retired law man!  :-)  heheheh...glad you didn't get pinched before you realized....and now you know.  
 
I rarely, if ever, fish for pelletheads here in PA but I buy the combo stamp in case I ever get the chance to get back to lake Erie and possibly catch a steelhead....

Fun stuff is when your building fires inside on May 12th, instead of outside.. ugh.
I try and understand and research the regulations for any place I intend to fish.. yup, some are quite strange and not understandable at times, especially the saltwater clamming as they can change frequently.
I'm to the point of just trying to do our best as outdoors folks and be respectful of our surroundings.
I'd take a ticket over respect for the game over a regulations if another seen it differently in their eyes.
Anyway, hopefully the fun stuff starts back up on Thursday when all these chilly winds blow away

A cold one tonight HT.  Supposed to get down to 29 in the Mid Hudson Region.

hot tuna
Thought about putting 10 more chicks out tonight but will wait .
Also thought about sneaking a day after work tomorrow but alas, 14 mph winds, I'll wait.
Thursday I hope things open up for the better.
Fichy , I hope your adventures also open up on the coast.
I have coworkers that resident on boats there and not able to get to them.
I haven't seen yet where non residents are allowed to buy a license or camp . I'm hoping for late June.
Red tides come into play a little but its mostly growing, management areas and harvest rates in the bays we frequent.

 
If you don't know, it must be impossible.  If you can't record it for the selfie-infested internet it can't and didn't happen.  Thanks for warning me off your home waters, I learned a valuable lesson. Next time I want to engage in a passive-aggressive pizzing match I'll stop by. 

Great photo Rich.
Things are not the same now and hopefully will someday return to  'normal'.
Till then gotta make the most of it.
Been living like a hermit and getting tired of it.
I see that Pulaski area has opened up a bit -albeit late for river fishing.
Perhaps in the Fall-----

So back to time warp where things should be. 3 days in the woods. Not shooting turkeys or catching fish but it was a heck of fun trying. On the hills and sticks where I play its strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand still. Masks are for villains ( not to say negative but). .
Life was good. Freeing my mind was helpful.
We met many people in the woods just loving the outdoors, doing what's right.
As I came back to a " civilized he!! " ( a POTR song,) things switched like a lightbulb. People in their open space yards wearing masks. People in cars wearing masks.. strange times indeed.
I don't know what lies ahead but I only wish more fun times as today we have a mass gathering of friends and family on our homestead.
To quote Bruce Wayne,
Let that be a lesson. In future, be more careful from who you accept free lemonade

Not so fun stuff. The world has gone crazy and things are getting even worse. Members of my family are police officers and fathers of families of their own. I fear for their safety far more than covid 19 itself.
That said :
At 1am Tuesday morning we had an attempted home invasion at my house. Believe me, I will take no prisoners and will defend my property and family at all costs.
While we were sleeping we were awoken by a loud banging on our front door as dogs went nuts barking. My wife went to the door to find a mid 20's woman on the porch asking for help and trying to push her way into our house. The wife yelled for me and I ran to the door and kicked it closed then ran to the locker for our home protection equipment. As I returned this person was still trying to get inside the house saying her boyfriend beat her and she needed help. We offered to call the police and we saw no physical injuries but could tell she was intoxicated. We told her to wait in the yard and we would call for help.
As my wife was calling the authorities, our fire whistle went off and the woman ran away. While on the phone with authorities they said they heard the siren and asked if it was the police. My wife explained it was fire alarm the authorities said they had a report of a car accident on our street and police are responding.
As it turned out, this woman was partying with so called protestors and stolen a car then crashed it followed by leaving the scene.
She was caught and sent to jail.
We also found out she has a long criminal history.

Be safe folks. Keep your doors locked and your powder dry