Blackie the Fishing Chicken and Buffalo Lake

The day was warm and Josh wanted to fish with us so..... We hooked to Les's boat and kicked to Buffalo. Richard and I were to fish on our toon boats, Les and Josh were going to fish in Les's boat. While launching Les's boat he discovered one of his "wild" chickens sitting a nest in the bow of the boat. A small hunk of string and a sweatshirt contained the chicken while we fished. Les reported the chicken clucked all the way across the lake to the east cove.
Good thing other fisherman did not hear... We would be the joke  of Buffalo.
Richard said I cannot crow about my catches today after my blog entry on small fish a while back. Below are a few pics. Richard was disapointed with several hookups and no catches. He was fishing in a new boat with a BRAND new 5 wt rod.

No radio but some fishing

There was fishing and no catching today. Les had a goat ready to have a baby so he stayed home. Richard and I went to Elk's Lake north of Chanute. There was a breeze when we started on the south end and the breeze quickly turned into 20 mph winds. We fished along the west side for a while and rowed across the lake looking at the bottom on the sonar. The wind pushed us 2/3 of the way to the north end. We landed and walked most of the way back to the truck. Along came a fellow Elk and we got a tailgated ride part way... It was a fun day.

Windy Saturday

Richard got his new Hummingbird Fishin Buddy for his toon boat. We headed for Buffalo lake so he could try it out. The wind was out of the east and made fishing tough. I had a few bites and even had a small one hooked for a few seconds. I did not manage to land him though. it was a fun time in the sun. de Paul N0NBD

It has been a few days.

My new Case Trapper pattern knife came in the mail today.  A week or so ago I ordered a new Case Trapper knife. My friend Jeff at work traded/loaned me a nifty sheath for it. I will carry it tomorrow for the first time.
    The weekend was good but no pictures were taken.
Les came in Sunday and we went Geocacheing at Elsmore. We looked for a LONGGGGG time for the cache and never found it. Later in the day we found out the cache was missing in action and will have to be replaced. Oh well we will have another hunt there some day. We did find a cache at a cemetary west and south of the lake that was cool.
Here is a picture of my new knife. More later de Paul N0NBD