Category: Fishing
-
Fishing, Alligators, Golf Camp, and last day of school in DC
Ferriday, Louisiana pond supplied a bass weighting 3.5 pounds and another (pictured below) weighting 4 pounds in a total of three casts. Then no bites for the rest of the morning. As usual, the alligators were out in full force today. This is the Norwood, Louisiana Pond at sunrise. Golf Camp is in full swing.…
-
Pumpkins, Watermelon flower (finally) and sunrise
The green pumpkins are the smaller variety (15 pounds) and the yellow pumpkins are the larger variety. We have lost a few of the pumpkins to mold even though we put them on boards. We are still happy with the pumpkins we see. This is the second pumpkin patch. There is only one pumpkin flower…
-
HAPPY FATHER’s DAY
Ike and Preston fishing Clayton and Edward fishing Dr. Lee and Ella Clare, Camille, and Everett are relaxing in Lee’s Father’s Day gift, but Fishing is also planned. Fritz and Kennan at the Game; Kelly and Trip will meet them in Omaha. Geaux LSU! Gretchen, Andy, Eloise, and Caroline Hail still on ground when guys…
-
Bass Fishing, Crawfishing, and of course, Father’s Day
Robby, Craig and Bruce went crawfishing in Louisiana. Well, it looks like Robby went crawfishing and Craig and Bruce watched! The traps were baited yesterday and placed in the crawfish pond. The little boat Robby is pushing has a tray where the crawfish are dumped from the crawfish trap. Do you see the purple sack…
-
No Laughing Matter! And Baby Bluebirds have feathers (corn, pumpkins, flowers, goats and fishing.
Well, YES it IS a laughing matter or just call it Southern Engineering. That is exactly what it looks like. (You may have to enlarge the picture to see all the string.) We borrowed large poles from Jackie and Bobby and strung up the wind-blown corn with string. We only worked on the three worst…
-
More Saltwater Fishing, Big Blackberries, Raspberries, Possible Tornado, Watermelon and Goats
The second day of fishing at Grand Isle was even better than the first. Clayton’s fish is almost bigger than he is. Below is a slideshow of Grand Isle beach pictures including a group effort sand castle. Note the tiny crab that Gretchen is holding. Slideshow below: The bird netting at the farm worked and…
-
Pumpkins, Corn, Moles, Flowers, Fishing, and “Can goats learn”
Oh my heavens! Look how fast the pumpkins are growing. They have doubled in size in three days. Since size is hard to determine, I put my fist next to the pumpkins. In the second picture, the pumpkin was the size of a grapefruit (or the same size as the pumpkin in the first picture)…
-
Grand Isle (saltwater fishing), freshwater fishing in Ferriday and enjoying the wildlife
Fishing at the farm in Mississippi (below) brought in one healthy bass- who got to go back into the water to get bigger. “The Donut Shop” was closed in Natchez, MS at 5:30 am, but we did stop on the way back to the farm at 9 am and they were happy to serve us.…
-
Sunrise, pumpkins, berries, fishing, goats, bluebirds and more!
Sunrise over lake at Norwood, Louisiana on June 7, 2023 We have two varieties of pumpkins at the farm. One variety (with unbelievable care) can reach 2,000 pounds. These are called Dill’s Atlantic Giant. It takes 120 days to reach its full size. We are just hoping for a LARGE pumpkin as we are not…
-
Goats, Fishing, Flowers, Pumpkin pollination, and Bats
Fool seems to like wearing the Pit Vipers (sunglasses). The last slide is Quinn holding Camo (Ghost). Camo is still not crazy about being held. Bass fishing in Florida- all catch and release- Things got better as the trip progressed! Flip through the pictures below. The last one is 4.8 pounds. Flip through the pictures…