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I was at Broad Cove this afternoon and saw my first yellow-rumped warbler a=
s a returning spring migrant there. I also heard a few others vocalizing. =
I've been listening to my bird vocal cd's and have been trying to refresh =
myself on some calls. I guess I'm still rusty as happens every spring. I =
was trout fishing when I heard a few vocalizations that I could not place. =
The dower news is that the place I was fishing at,where I always catch fis=
h during the first part of the season and also see smaller fish which I eit=
her release or do not bother with. I've never gone to the place without ca=
tching at least a couple of trout and seeing many smaller trout which I sus=
pected would grow to the size acceptable for the frying pan. I do not take=
any fish under eight inches. I also do not pound the places that I fish, =
but go once during the season and then it is to other spots. =20
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A few years ago they clear cut and removed large tracts of trees along the =
brook and some siltation occured. As the years went on it was harder to fi=
nd trout and I had to trudge further. So the places I've gone to fish requ=
ire hip boots and bush wacking to access. Not an easy place for most peopl=
e to go. I'm puzzled as I did not see a single trout anywheres that I trad=
itionally go. No larger fish and also no smaller ones. The brook was the =
lowest I've seen it, so maybe it froze to the bottom and killed off all of =
the trout over the winter or maybe the ph level dropped to kill the fish as=
last year there were still a lot around. Maybe someone fished it out. I =
don't know. All I know is that I've gone out fishing to two of my best pl=
aces that never let me down and I've not seen a single fish. I've found th=
at it is now harder and harder to find trout in brooks and when I do I have=
to be careful that no one sees me or look out. The next thing one turns a=
round and there are tons of people fishing the places and before you know i=
t not a fish is left. Also, I'm seeing more and more productive brooks sil=
tated and destroyed. Brooks which once had trout in every nook and cranny =
now have none due to logging practices and weak legislation. Oh well until=
we get a responsible leader in there things will only get worse. Anyhow, =
thats my two cents and we'll see what the rest of the season brings. On th=
e plus side there were water striders and other insects about. On the down=
side, I heard my first mosquito. On the plus side, more leopard frogs sno=
ring and I saw one today.
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James R. Hirtle
Dublin Shore
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I was at Broad Cove this afternoon and saw my first yellow-rumped warbler a=
s a returning spring migrant there. I also heard a few others vocaliz=
ing. I've been listening to my bird vocal cd's and have been trying t=
o refresh myself on some calls. I guess I'm still rusty as happens ev=
ery spring. I was trout fishing when I heard a few vocalizations that=
I could not place. The dower news is that the place I was fishing at=
,where I always catch fish during the first part of the season and als=
o see smaller fish which I either release or do not bother with. I've=
never gone to the place without catching at least a couple of trout and se=
eing many smaller trout which I suspected would grow to the size acceptable=
for the frying pan. I do not take any fish under eight inches. =
I also do not pound the places that I fish, but go once during the season =
and then it is to other spots. <BR>
<BR>
A few years ago they clear cut and removed large tracts of trees along the =
brook and some siltation occured. As the years went on it was harder =
to find trout and I had to trudge further. So the places I've gone to=
fish require hip boots and bush wacking to access. Not an easy place=
for most people to go. I'm puzzled as I did not see a single trout a=
nywheres that I traditionally go. No larger fish and also no smaller =
ones. The brook was the lowest I've seen it, so maybe it froze to the=
bottom and killed off all of the trout over the winter or maybe the ph lev=
el dropped to kill the fish as last year there were still a lot around.&nbs=
p; Maybe someone fished it out. I don't know. All I =
know is that I've gone out fishing to two of my best places that never let =
me down and I've not seen a single fish. I've found that it is now ha=
rder and harder to find trout in brooks and when I do I have to be careful =
that no one sees me or look out. The next thing one turns around and =
there are tons of people fishing the places and before you know it not a fi=
sh is left. Also, I'm seeing more and more productive brooks siltated=
and destroyed. Brooks which once had trout in every nook and cranny =
now have none due to logging practices and weak legislation. Oh well =
until we get a responsible leader in there things will only get worse. =
; Anyhow, thats my two cents and we'll see what the rest of the season brin=
gs. On the plus side there were water striders and other insects abou=
t. On the down side, I heard my first mosquito. On the plus sid=
e, more leopard frogs snoring and I saw one today.<BR>
<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
Dublin Shore<BR><br /><hr />You could win $1000 a day, now until May 12th, =
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a55/211' target=3D'_new'>Check out SignInAndWIN.ca to learn more!</a></body=
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