amazing sight at Twin Lakes

I don't just mean the pretty young girls that are out as of yesterday in thier shorts. Some people wait for the first Robin sighting, some of us don't. lol Seriously Mon. at the upper lake ,2 of my buds were watching a guy putting a trout on the metal stringer that he had in the water,when a "Great Horned Owl" swooped down, actualy brushing the guys head while latching on to a trout on the stringer. Then while the guy was screaming at it ,the owl was backing up to shore still trying for the trout. Finaly the guy kicked the Owl to get it to let go. Unfortunatly at least to my knowledge no one had a camera or cell.This was witnessed by a half dozen people. I guess that owl was C&r. sam

It was Spoonchuckers Spirit

That would have been so awesome. The girls in the shorts...the owl would have been cool too.


Tons of chix at twin, makes it all worth fishing there.

I never said I was hassled, just checked. I'm glad they're doing their jobs and would like to see it more. I'm not driving more than a half hour for stocked trout... Except steelbows.

Here's a stocked brown trout caught down there on the White 2 weeks ago.



You telling me you wouldn't drive more than 30 minutes for that bro?

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Here's a stocked brown trout caught down there on the White 2 weeks ago.



You telling me you wouldn't drive more than 30 minutes for that bro?

Is that you?

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Being checked is being hassled.

In your opinion maybe, not in others. I wouldn't want people without a license fishing.

Is that the only owl species around here?

No. There are also barn owls, short eared owls, long eared owls, barred owls, saw whet owls and screech owls. There are snowy owls here and there too, especially since there was a banner breading year in Canada recently making all the yearling males go south in search of their own territories. They're seeing snowy owls as far south as Mississippi this year!

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Being checked is being hassled.

In your opinion maybe, not in others. I wouldn't want people without a license fishing.

hassle - verb. to take time or effort; to bother, annoy, or harass.

I'll raise the same question to you:

Will you sign up for voluntary fingerprinting and DNA registry at your local police station next?

Do you think every driver should be stopped by police without cause, you know, to make sure people aren't driving without a license?

Here's another: why do 95% of states not require angels to wear their licenses externally?

Here's another: what happened to our spines?

I have already gotten fingerprinted to obtain a carry permit.One of the reasons to display a license is to lesson the chance of being stopped & checked.As far as having a spine, in my opinion that means standing up for what you believe, I believe that if the law says something you either obey it or do something to change it. I am proud to show people by displaying my license that I am helping to support our sport.I think that anyone that does buy a license is getting the shaft by those that don't buy one. As far as the Nazi pic.,we didn't like it so instead of crying about them we destroyed them. btw I have just read an article that stated that Barn Owls were very scarce around here for some reason. sam

Read all about it.

Pennsylvania Game Commission Confirms Barn Owl in Washington County - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pennsylvania-game-commission-confirms-barn-owl-in-washington-county-134033808.html

"Loss of habitats, changes in farming practices, and loss of nest sites are the main reasons for the drop in barn owl numbers," said Tammy Colt, Game Commission Regional Wildlife Diversity Biologist.

There are definitely owls in Westmoreland. I've seen a few. There are eagles too. I just read that the Game Commission has confirmed 2 bald eagles in Ligonier.

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hassle - verb. to take time or effort; to bother, annoy, or harass.

I'll raise the same question to you:

Will you sign up for voluntary fingerprinting and DNA registry at your local police station next?

Do you think every driver should be stopped by police without cause, you know, to make sure people aren't driving without a license?

Here's another: why do 95% of states not require angels to wear their licenses externally?

Here's another: what happened to our spines?

Congrats to you for copy and pasting a defintion. Per your definition one is making the effort to bother, annoy, or harass correct? If one doesn't feel that they are being bothered or harassed (me) and the person checking my license doesn't feel as if they're harassing me then your definition means nothing at all.

No I wouldn't sign up for voluntary fingerprinting for no reason at all. That and checking a license that I purchased are two completely different things.

If you're fishing here in PA display your license. It's that simple. I don't care what people do in other states. In WV they "play around" with their cousins. Do you care to do that as well?

BTW:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

I realize the Bill of Rights is no longer worth a ****, but just for kicks why don't you tell me what probable cause a fish cop has to search an angler's person when they are not visibly breaking any laws?

What is ridiculous about the comparison?

You pay for a fishing license and it's illegal to fish without one.

You pay for a driver's license and it's illegal to drive without one.

The only real difference is that the Bill of Rights still applies when driving.

In Delaware v. Prouse 440 U.S. 648 (1979), the Supreme Court stated that, absent articulable and reasonable suspicion that a motorist is unlicensed or that an automobile is not registered, or that either the vehicle or an occupant is otherwise subject to seizure for violation of law, stopping an automobile and detaining the driver in order to check his driver's license and the registration of the automobile are unreasonable.

For anglers, on the other hand, the Bill of Rights apparently doesn't apply, and people holding fishing poles are no longer innocent until proven guilty. Instead, you're assumed guilty in advance and forced to prove that you're not. Your person is searched by government agents who have no probable cause to do so. All this while you're engaged in a supposedly relaxing sport. Yes, I do have a problem with that. A very big one.