big carp

this is a old picture of my friend from the early 70's. we were fishing pennypack creek in philadelphia when my friend dean hooked this beast. after getting it close to the bank i jumped in and tried to net it, the fish was only half way in the net, and when i lifted it up the net tore open. i then grabed the fish and thru it on the bank. we grabbed a wagon and took it home, channel 6 tv did a small interview with my buddy. the carp was 37lbs and 37" long. i was told it was state record for that year.sorry the pic is in bad shape.

we went to paradise trout ponds in potter county on memorial weekend with the kids, it was a "flyrod only" weekend. the boys had a blast catching there first trout on a fly. some of the trout caught we so big my little trout net was to small. ill be heading back late summer. some say its cheating, i say its a good time. its good practice on the fly.

1st season trout

A few nice bows from branch valley club.

shad fishing delaware

i went fishing with friend/guide steve kollar on the delaware for shad, as you can see the weather was perfect. steve said the bite was on the day before, but that always changes, thats fishing. we went out for 4 hours and boated 5 and 1 smallie. overall it was great for me since i never caught a shad before. i brought my flyrod along incase we were killing them but that never happened. next trip stripers!

determination!

http://news.yahoo.com/video/sports-15749645/paralympic-archer-fires-arrows-with-teeth-28599860.html

trail cam

i put a trail camera to scout out a new prospect archery spot for deer. well after a few days it looks like there is some action at this spot, i hope it stays that way for next year!

Atv riding snow shoe pa.

a few of the crew from pennridge ATV club got together for a weekend and rode snow shoe rails to trails and  bloody skillet (sproul forest) last weekend. we found a house to rent just off the trail so we didn't have to trailer quad to trail, that was great. starting off Friday with a 35 mile night ride till 11pm in ssrt. Saturday we hooked up with more riders and did a 70 mile ride to bloody skillet. that was a long day for the sport quad crossing the creeks, especially if you fall in! mother nature gave us 4" fresh snow on Saturday to play inn, Sunday was not as nice. woke up to a breezy 0 degrees, that turned us back in. hope to get out again, maybe whiskey springs soon.