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The first big winter blast is here and it looks like the freeze is upon us for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 Part of me wants to say, \u201cbring it on\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Part of me wants to see that first skim of black ice over lake water and rustle up my ice fishing gear and get to fondling my Vexilar and organizing my boxes of jigs.<\/p>\n
But I\u2019m not quite there yet.\u00a0 I\u2019m not ready to pull my portable heaters from my hunting blinds just to move them to my portable fishing shanty.\u00a0 I\u2019m not ready to stash my camo pants and coats and orange hats.\u00a0 And as much as I\u2019m eager to pull a perch through the hard water, I\u2019m also not ready to add extra layers and thick bibs and winter coats to the back of my hunting and fishing buggy.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot of deer hunting left for me.\u00a0 I\u2019m still deerless.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a doe tag to fill here in Crawford County and another in Alpena County (which I hope to fill in the late antlerless season).\u00a0 And I am still hopeful that this cold weather will put a nicely antlered buck in my sights.\u00a0 You always have to be hopeful to be a Michigan outdoorsman.\u00a0 I shot my eight point last season during the fading minutes of the rifle season.\u00a0 Maybe this year I can do the same thing as muzzloader season wanes or on January first when bow season ends.\u00a0 I\u2019ve passed on a lot of small bucks and I hope, I hope . . .<\/p>\n
Fishing on the river\u2014well, you can have it.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure some folks will be out there but I won\u2019t see them.\u00a0 When the temperature is below thirty-two I simply don\u2019t go.\u00a0 This is the time for fly fishers to seek steelhead and maybe to try for the last of the Atlantic Salmon runs which have been very good on our Eastern Rivers.<\/p>\n
Grouse season is open until the end of December.\u00a0 But the DNR has found West Nile Virus in our birds ao maybe we should just leave them alone for the rest of this year.\u00a0 Pretty frightening.<\/p>\n
Winter\u2019s here and we\u2019ll be tying flies and telling last season\u2019s lies soon enough.<\/p>\n
Swing by the shop if you\u2019re in town\u2014we\u2019d love to see you.<\/p>\n
If you’re out of ideas for Christmas, our hottest seller has been gift certificates for guided fishing trips and lessons.\u00a0 At a certain age, we tend to be less concerned about “things” and more concerned about experiences.<\/p>\n
Thank you,<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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