One last picture of Salmon fishing!

My last post got cut off so I thought I would continue here. I fished three Saturdays in a row with my friend Scott (and his wife)on Lake Ontario. They were the first three Saturdays of September. We were downrigging Salmon. Anyway, the first weekend we were stumped, the second weekend we caught one nice salmon, and the third weekend we killed them. On the third weekend we caught six salmon and a brown in three hours. The salmon were very large (average 29 pounds). The brown was only about 5 pounds. Overall a great start to the tributary season. Can't wait to hunt with a bow, but we are heading to the Adirondacks to hunt for deer for a few days first coming next weekend. I'll let you know how we do. Keep in touch!
Joe

Hey Guys,
It's been way to long, but now it begins. Hunting Season!!! Well I guess I will catch you up with the end of summer fishing trips. Dad, Matt, Stryker and I floated the Genesee River in late August from Mt. Morris to Geneseo.

We did fairly well. Matt was the highlight of the trip with his 5 pound catfish and two dead birds with a BB gun. I caught a monster catfish that we had to net in a bucket because the net was in the canoe with Dad and Matt. Dad and Stryker both caught a few also. Overall a great day. Stryker got stuck on a submerged log at one point and went in after it. See the picture of when he hit the deep spot. Matt also achieved the amazing feat of losing a fishing rod and reel. No idea how it happened, but we know it was not a fish. We're floating down the river and Matt says, "Hey anybody seen my pole." and that was that. We searched the water for about 30 minutes to no avail, so we gave it up for lost. We also had the opportunity to see three bald eagles. Pretty amazing!

Hey all I am in Alaska right now and we got a moose. My friend Dave has the internet so here is a post for you. We went into the bush for about nine days and shot a pretty good bull (see pictures). Some camping nieghbors were gracious enough to pull it out of the swamp with thier Argo eight wheeler.I also shot at and missed two different black bears up on the mountain, I saw a bear every time I walked up there. One of them was the biggest one I have ever seen. Anyways I missed at approximately 200 to 300 yard ranges. We also shot quite a few Ptarmigan and Rabbits. We four wheelered in about 18 miles from the truck on a very muddy and difficult trail. Like driving a four wheeler through Prokop's swamp for twenty miles! Daves wife Kim had a little trouble and rolled it into a mud puddle (the picture of her was right after we made sure she did not break her leg or neck). Dave and Kim were charged by a less than legal bull (see blurred picture of moose standing). I will be home next week to start thinking about deer season. We had very good accomodations in Dave's wall tent with a small wood stove. I walked up into the mountains along a river and saw some Dall Sheep. One of which looked like it had a full curl. The season for sheep was open, only on problem though I did not have a tag!! I would have been off and running after him if I did have a tag. All in all it is awesome up here truly hunter's paradise.

God Bless

Shaun