West Grand Lake Expedition Huge Success

As tends to be standard operating procedure, our annual spring fishing trip to West Grand Lake was hugely successful! Family and the infamous "Duckman" all packed the remote camps at the “Thoroughfare”. Despite outlandish story telling and a reckless amount of food and beverage, we even managed to find time to do a little fishing. I have posted photos but won’t be able to share the sorted stories of lost lunkers, swamp gas, mobile outhouses, dilly beans and the $200 dollars worth of rods, reels and lures that now rest on the bottom of the lake, until I manage to find a few hours to craft the tale. Trust me it will be worth the wait!!

Mt. Katahdin Picture

This photo, of Mt. Katahdin, was taken last week at the scenic turn out on Rt. 95 North shortly after the Medway exit. Note that she is still veiled in a dress of frozen ice and snow.

"Why is it among the most glacial mountain peaks I find the greatest warmth?" By: Ivan Granger

Turkey Hunt Gone Bad

So I try not to take it personally, that my turkey calling is apparently so bad that I manage to call in Canada geese but then again if you listen really carefully my cluck, cluck, cluck does kinds sound like honk, honk, honk. To my credit, later in the morning I putted, purred, clucked and yelped in 4 hens using nothing but my mouth . . . so I guess I am not as bad at this turkey hunting as these geese would have me believe!

All kidding aside, I had a great morning watching these two “strut” around the field and they were so polite and neighborly they even stopped by to say hello to my hen decoy. Animal behavior and interaction never ceases to amaze me and every trip into the woods is an educational adventure!