71GTO:  Missed you Wednesday night.  Caught over 10 trout last night.  Only kept the the ones that swallowed the hook..  Oh yeah, your buddy, the one eyed catfish, he is on the stringer with the four trout that I kept...  Sorry for your loss...

mossy oak
 
Did you stop at the bait shop in Everson?

SmallHook,
 
Nice fish! Couldn't make it last night, things going on at home. 
 
But we did make it tonight only to get shot at again.
 
 

Try an ultrasonic rodent repeler.

The rodent repellers work for so many feet in a circle around them.
Buy one at Walley World or Home Depot,when bats are close turn it on and see if they scatter.
It would be harder to tell if it works if you just went out with it on.
If they don't return it and get your money back.

My sisters attached garage and crawl space had mice and they dissapeard after putting one under the house.

222 and Smallhook,
 
222 Great meeting you to! Next time we will go to Greg's in between fishing!
 
Smallhook, and you told me that those bats won't bother us.....glad to hear that you did not get bit. Oh I bit the bullet today and picked up a fly rod and reel at Gander Mountain....tent sale. Now you, 222, and Mossy are going to have to train me....lol! Can an old dog learn new tricks?

we got all clothes at the Johnstown Gander Mountain but the fly rod sale was nice I got a 2 peice 9ft 8 wt  for $23 dollars well thats with my 20% discount on top of the sale price.... anyone need anything let me know. 

Was at smithton the other nite no luck few sauger.

U buy a nice, new fly set up and then you are raising superworms.  Oh the shame in it all.....
 
MO

I owe Mossy an apology as he showed up on the river last night and along with Smallhook, got the new fly rod going for me! Manage to catch my first walleye and white bass on it, and it appears I am hooked on fly fishing now. Many Thanks to you two, it is always fun fishing with you guys!

A few scrap metal prices in the July 31 Green Sheet:

100 Year Anniversary of the Darr Mine Disaster coming up Dec 19th
 

doc,
 
the pills didn't do much for me. Started using med. Selsun blue a few days ago. Seems to be helping better.
 
   The bat entered through the pipe flue in the chimney. Forgot to cover it up after moving the wood burnner. Gonna slate over the bricks & slate a wall & platform for the stove. I thought the bat was kinda cute
 
  Thanks, Crappy

Crappy,
glad to hear at least somethings working. What type of worms? Just curious.

Marty,
I personally dont know too much about leeks. In terms of medicinal properties there are what they have been used for like say by the indians. And then theres what research has found them to be active as. Two different things but I will say that unlike some I do put some weight on what plants have been used for. Especially if they have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years. Just because science hasn't looked at it or doesn't understand it certainly doesn't mean a plant has no activity. now obviously there are some examples of placebo effect but often if native/indigenous people have been using something for a very long time there is probably a reason. Native americans have had a history of leek use for such things as colds earaches and worms. I think garlic is a pretty common remedy for colds. Wether it works or not I dont know. I personally have my own secret (dont know that its really secret) remedy for colds. That would be ground rhizomes (fresh is better but dried work also) of Zingiber officinale made into a very strong tea. Works unbelievably well. Back to the leeks though In regards to some of the potentially active chemicals the chemicals responsible for their odor and taste are primarily sulfur containing organic molecules. Some of these have been looked at for the antithrombotic (anti clotting) effects as well as anti-fungal and antibacterial. Anything in particular you were looking for? Let me know I could probably get you more info. or some articles.

Yeah Marty I can relate. I've never had a leek before but I'm obsessed with garlic. Can't eat enough of it and I dont even care about the smell that comes out of my pores, does work well against the skeeters. Did you happen to see that story a couple of months back about all the poachers they were arresting in canada for poaching and running wild garlic? Dont think its the same as leeks but I could be wrong. I emailed the story to a buddy of mine, also a garlic fan, I'll have to see if I still have it. It was funny up in this one part of canada its practicaly like running drugs.

Here it is Marty. Yeah it is leeks! Crazy.


Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Canadian authorities aim to sniff out wild-garlic poachers
By Ingrid Peritz
Toronto Globe and Mail
PAPINEAUVILLE, Quebec — The thieves set out furtively in the predawn darkness. They often work in gangs, armed with cell phones, getaway cars and their weapons of choice — shovels. Officers say one thing gives them away, however:
They reek of garlic. Each spring, the pungent larcenists stalk Quebec's awakening forests. They're wild-garlic poachers, ready to break the law in pursuit of their tasty but forbidden loot. "It's a constant battle,'' says Guy Venne, a senior officer with the provincial wildlife protection service in Western Quebec. Wild garlic was declared a vulnerable species in Quebec in 1995 after over-picking threatened to turn it into the cod of the plant world. The province banned commercial sales and passed a law forbidding harvesting for more than personal consumption. That has created a lively black market for a plant that has long been a staple of Quebec kitchens. And it has prompted increasingly desperate tactics by poachers eager to satisfy the appetite for wild-garlic risottos and vinaigrettes. One day last week, wildlife officers in camouflage staked out a wild-garlic poacher for nearly an hour. The thief emerged from the forest, looked both ways and hopped into his car. "I put on my siren and pulled up in front of him to block his car,'' wildlife officer Eric Theriault said. He and partner Stephane Drouin seized a grocery bag full of garlic that weighed as much as a large bowling ball. Inside were 2,300 illegal bulbs. "He said he needed the garlic for his high blood pressure,'' said Theriault. "We hear it all.'' Wild garlic, also known as wild leeks or ramps, is among the first shoots of spring, so it's easy to spot with its vivid green leaves shaped like rabbit ears. The plant grows in Quebec maple forests, mostly on private land. Foragers in Quebec may legally pick no more than 50 bulbs a person, but officers say it's not uncommon to stop poachers hauling hockey bags stuffed with thousands. Wildlife officers in the Outaouais, the hot spot for garlic poaching along with the Quebec Eastern Townships, confiscated 90,000 bulbs and charged 75 people for poaching-related offenses last year. The year before, 50 people — found with 32,100 bulbs — were charged. A single picker last year was fined about $9,300 for being in possession of a mindboggling 7,829 bulbs. What drives the underground racket? In the Outaouais, it's the neighborhood. Officers say the region near Ottawa is a prime location for poaching because wild garlic can be taken across the boundary with Ontario, where it can be harvested and sold legally. Some of it winds up in Ottawa's popular Byward Market, Quebec officers say. Last week, wild garlic — origin unknown — was selling at the market for about 70 cents for four or five stalks. But Venne said that a full wild garlic stalk with the bulb and leaves can fetch 93 cents. So the lure of quick profit spurs the poachers, the vast majority of whom are never caught. They unload the contraband through underground networks, and it eventually finds its way to friends or flea markets, or ends up pickled in Quebec bars. It sounds like the kind of covert activity normally associated with the cocaine or opium trade. In some ways, the comparison isn't that far off. The humble Allium tricoccum has had its addicts for centuries. Wild garlic is only available for about three weeks a year, a surefire way of adding to its cachet among foodies and top chefs. In Quebec, it's even rarer. Normand Laprise of Toque, one of Montreal's top restaurants, receives enough wild garlic to offer it at his posh establishment for only two or three nights a year. He gets it from a legal supplier who sells him no more than the 50-bulb limit. Laprise feels more than a pinch of envy toward his fellow chefs in Ontario, who can avail themselves legally and abundantly of the treasured prize. "It's rue,'' Laprise said. "I find them very lucky.''