Anticipation part 2

5 weeks old and exploring a new world.

Anticipation

 My next grouse and woodcock dog, after her first meal of puppy gruel.

A Morning along Licking Creek

Tried my favorite section of Licking Creek yesterday morning. It's about a half hour walk across old hayfields but it's worth it. I can fish for hours and hear nothing but nature.

I ran into a raccoon looking for breakfast, but he didn't hang around for many pics.

 

The fish weren't cooperating and if it wouldn't have been for this old Matriarch being fooled by my plastic crawfish it would have just been a walk along the stream.

 

18 inches of beautiful, healthy smallmouth my best fish from this stream, but why I couldn't catch any of her offspring is a mystery to me.