Charlie don't feel so bad... I live minutes from various tribs and you've probably spent more time on the tribs than me in the past two years!!! Lol. Have a great new years hike and enjoy your peace and solitude...

And you're right, as much as a pain it is working in the rain, it's very rewarding to see the results step by step on drainage projects. I was having such an issue that even when it didn't rain for days there would always be water seeving out of the base of this little decline of a hill just above my animal pens... not anymore though :)

32 degrees in my little piece of Penn's Woods with freezing rain advisories but the weather dude says, the temperature is to increase into the forties overnight.  Raining coming in bands, sometimes showers and other times downpours, with the wind out of the South at 20 MPH gusting to 35 and that dam Cherry Tree still hasn't fallen.
 
All the criks and rivers in my area are 'blown out' and the lakes, even if ya can find a place out of the wind, are getting high and muddy.

Looks like Wed. may be my next shot at some Steel.Depends on how much rain falls the next few hours.

Clint S
About 3 inches of snow and 1/4 inch of ice so far. It is freezing rain now

 
That's Steelhead fishing weather Clint,go get them!

Clint, North is gonna be rather windy... if you're gonna go out send me a message as I know of a spot that fishes well in this level that's much closer to home ;)

Kinda cool you guys get a bunch of time for Big Game . Not really sure how your seasons go but in NY southern zone - Archery season oct -1 through third sat in Nov. then it's Big Bang time for 3 weeks , back to archery - smoke pole for 2 weeks = over by second weekend in December .
Given this season, it was over before it started = to warm . 1 deer between 11 available tags on our 876 acre mountain .
Glad your getting the youngin out there . Alas when my 30 year run on that property is over so is my hunting . All things will switch to water instead of woods .
Remember , pop - pop, " we don't catch no fish because you always forget worms "
NOT this year !!!

Weather - Drive to the JOB was nasty !!! 45 min ride took 1:10 mins = Late
Shoulda expected as much with first winter weather of the season . Cars in ditches & 15 mph ridding the brakes , ugh.. I hate snow !!!!

I'm having the back problems as well. shooting pain where the lat meets the spine, takes about 1/2 day of casting for it to start.  I took about half the gear out of the vest, and that helped.  I have been concentrating on using less whole arm, but that is transferring stress to the rotator cuff.  Best thing has been doing stretches before I start, but I don't always remember.  I hate gyms, but I think I'll be going to the Y and working out on weight machines to attempt to improve my back, or switching back to bottom bouncing sacks.

Last day-
bucky is tearing it up again, but its the LAST DAY.
4 flatheads came in and I took one.
 
Now ??? do I wanna bow hunt through Jan
 No
Yes Tuna- we start in mid Sept with bow and can go till the end of Jan.
Rifle and Black powder bout 3 weeks each.
VERY decent population.

Don't know about your woods BTDT but up in the northern NY, we are looking a BELOW ZERO sunday & Monday nights.. That WILL make some hardwater and it will not melt away with low 30's day time highs..
It's almost time :)
 
Glad 2015 is history ..
Happy 2016

Good luck Tuna hope the weather holds for ya.  We are not looking at anything long term unless "Mother Nature" changes her mind and let's "Ole Man Winter" drop farther south.
 
Tight icy lines to ya in the new year.

Clint I'm sure it would've been more, just that the ground was saturated. Friday night over in a-town it was a solid 8 inches. Ground seems to be freezing up a little more now. I'm looking out my window right now at a dark grey mass over the lake. I think a good one is gonna come sweeping through tonight. Seems like whenever the temp got below freezing the past few days is when the heavier squalls came through... down to single digits tonight... I'm guessing white out... be safe in your travels for anyone visiting the area. I've seen a lot of nonsensical cars off the road since friday

If ya can rely on the Weather Channel clowns, future radar showing a band of snow starting across Lake Ontario dropping due south while spreading out to Lake Erie and eventually bringing snow to my area by 4:30 PM this evening.  Not a wide band but we all know, a slow moving swath of lake effect can pile up the snow in a hurry.
 
Temperatures will be back to the mid forties for me by midweek.  Guess I'm just gonna have to get the Fish Hawk outta bed a couple more times before spring.

Keep as much muup there as yinz like, I just need enough for a light coating to go chase Bambi's daddy tomorrow.
 
Awww crap, I'm getting some of the stupid white stuff now and when I went to check the radar this pops-up.
 
Issued by The National Weather ServicePittsburgh, PA12:25pm EST, Sun Jan 3
... LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 2 TO 4 INCHES... LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES IN WESTERN MERCER COUNTY
* SNOW BEGINNING... VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM.
* PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW... 2 AM TO 7 AM MONDAY IN A VERY HEAVY BAND THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TO WEST THROUGH THE AREA. SNOW SQUALLS ARE LIKELY.
* SNOW ENDING... 9 TO 11 AM MONDAY.
* IMPACTS... SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS PERSIST. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED.
* WINDS... NORTHWEST BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
 
 
Stupid "Lake Effect"...............

Jack atleast you had some action!

Snow : All work !!
Cold : All play , inside or out !!!

Safe travels Jack , keep dancing ..
Lucky here so far , no snow and it's starting to finally make ice .. Thought about taking the boat out again yesterday but to tired from dancing fri night . Lazy fisherman I am Even more so today , might be my New Years resolution :)
Back to the daily grind tomorrow and wait to see how next weekends weather plays out
I'm feeling fishy ..
NO SNOW !!!