Ramble

Excellent Post. I enjoy stories where people don't catch many fish nearly as much as posts where they hammer them. Don't count Quinte out yet...the hard water's coming. Tight lines -Ramble

They go into Torpor at night. There heart rate drops, blood pressure drops...it's mild state of hibernation. The hummingbird i had would go into it over night and come out of it in the morning. They are really slow and kinda dopey when they are in it.They do eat a lot to keep that metabolism going. Anotehr cool fact i learned is that most of them actually migrate across the Gulf of Mexico in the winter. They arn't exactly sure how they do it because when you crunch the numbers of how many calories they burn flying and how far they have to go...they should run out of juice before they make it to the other side. Ill upload and post some pictures when i have time. -Ramble

They go into Torpour at night. There heart rate drops, blood pressure drops...it's mild state of hibernation. The hummingbird i had would go into it over night and come out of it in the morning. They are really slow and kinda dopey when they are in it.They do eat a lot to keep that metabolism going. Anotehr cool fact i learned is that most of them actually migrate across the Gulf of Mexico in the winter. They arn't exactly sure how they do it because when you crunch the numbers of how many calories they burn flying and how far they have to go...they should run out of juice before they make it to the other side. Ill upload and post some pictures when i have time. -Ramble

Beautiful fish. Looks like you had an excellent season. -Ramble

They are some nice pictures. I found an injured hummingbird in September. I looked after her and called all kinds of places, turns out no one knows much about hummingbirds. Anyway after 10 days i let her go (she was flying again) into a field with a bunch of flowers still blooming in it. I hope she survived. They are incredable creatures. -Ramble

I was determined to get some photo's of some local deer, so i went out with my camera in full camo the Monday after rifle season closed and took these photos. i spent over half an hour with these deer it was great. -Ramble Hope you enjoyed them.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm glad I stired up some fond memories. Catching suckers with your bare hands is an absolute riot. When i was at Sir Sandford Fleming we used down to Jennings creek when they were runningin the spring with a six pack and spend a few hours chasing them around....it was so much fun lol -Ramble

Yeah Bunk he was with his wife. lol They have no idea how luckey they were that day. I think that i was the only person ever to head down into their after 4pm last year and I only went once lol. Those motors have definatly seen better days....im keeping my fingers crossed for new 4-strokes this year....or at least some new 2's. -Ramble

When I was a kid i can distinctly remember throwing rocks at a wasp nest that size......I don't reccomend it.

On those sunny spring days in late April before most of the seasons open and that urge to hit the water is driving me nuts I like head down to one of my favourite spots on the Moira River North of Belleville and dunk a few worms for red horse suckers. It's easy fishing, the fish have some size to them, and its only about a 15 minute drive from my house. I went down on a Wed night last April and caught about 6 in 45 minutes before the sun went down. It was a beautiful evening. On my way home I still had the better part of a dozen worms, and i was thinking about coming back the next day with my girl friend. She's just learning how to fish, and suckers are an excellent beginers species with no spines or teeth to really worry about. Plus the size is exciting and the tackle is simple. Stick a piece of a worm of 3/8th's jig to get down through the current, put the jig in front of the suckers face and you have the makings of a good afternoon...and what an afternoon it was. We started off under the bridge after scouting the fish from above. It wasn't long until we had our first fish of the day. The colours of these fish are never fail to impresse me. It wasn't long until Dominique had her 1st fish. Then she had another fish. A few fish later she decided she was ready to try and land and unhook her own fish. I watched the whole episode from the bridge. The fish came to shore. She put the pole down, and it flopped back into the water. She got it back to shore put the pole down and then it flopped back in to the river again. 3 more times she gets the fish either on shore or into her hands only to have it flop back into the river. At this point my sides are hurting from laughter as i watch her fight with this fish. Eventually I headed down to river edge to give her a hand. By this point the fish is worn out and she is holding it at the waters edge debating whether or not to try and pick it up again. I stepped in and held the fish while she made her 1st attempt ever at unhooking a fish. It went pretty well after a little verbal instruction. Here is picture of her with her fish. Then a few more fish and about 2 hours later we have caught over 10 suckers each and several fallfish (another of my spring favourites...but that's a different post) We're mentally getting ready to leave, but still fishing with purpose. She then hooks into the biggest sucker of the day. As far a suckers go he was a real trooper. He made 2 or three sucker style runs...she was so excited only once did I have to say "keep the tip up and let him take drag if he wants it" She did the rest herself. When the fish got to shore I picked it up handed it too her and took this photo. That was the last fish of the day and we had a riot. We werent even back to the car before she satrted giving me hard time for catching the biggest fish of the afternoon....I'm, pretty sure she's going to make a good fisherwoman one day lol. If anyone is looking for something to do early in the season on those sunny days in April, I highly reccomend taking a new person fishing for suckers...it beats the hell out of sun fish and you'll never forget it. -Ramble On

Thanks for the intro Bunk lol. Yeah T.J. I was their when you where you were. We chatted once or twice but i think i was pretty busy while you were in camp. There was someone else up their that i rescued late one afternoon when his motor died...i forget his name... but im pretty sure he was a member of the forum. Anyway Good to be here, thanks for the welcome. -Ramble

Nice Pic's...i especially liked the bridge shot.