March 23: Day off, what a great day it would turn out to be. I got to the Missouri River and saw a bald eagle flying up the river. I had just put my camera away when I saw it flying majestically, Murphy's Law. The river was like a sheet of glass which is totally surprising for a river. I wanted to kayak over to Goat Island and go for a hike.
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| Sand bars galore! |
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Goat Island introduction, used to actually have goats on it.
It is on the Nebraska side of the Missouri
River. |
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Passed the Smallest City Hall in America.
Maskell, Nebraska-population 54. |
After a three hour hike and many cuts, scratches, blood, and a possible tick I decided to hit up my old spot of Powder Creek Dam. Not one soul in site today. Decided to fish it up with a spinner, and a jig.
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| Finally caught something!!! |
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| Just drifting away again.... |
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Great day. Followed by a nice night. The two bright
lights are Venus and Jupiter. |
March 24: Loaded up the kayaking and drove a whopping five minutes to Crystal Cove Lake. Another picture perfect day, no wind! I had to work later so decided to stay close. I am not a huge fan of the Lake due to the amount of people around it and a couple of boats. I like my peace and quite- the feeling of having a place to your self is amazing. Decided to go with a spinner-jig today.
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| Crystal Cove |
I floated and fished for about four hours. I got a bobber and a Frisbee Disc. There is a disc golf course that goes around the lake. The loop is around two miles. Someone's disc must have gotten away from them!
March 25: Sunday Funday. The forecast said another beautiful day. I went to Powder Creek and it was about 50 degrees and cloudy. I was a little chilled-the forecast said 80, hopefully they weren't wrong, I didn't have warm clothes on me. About three hours into my adventure the clouds started to blow away and the bright yellow thing peaked out of the sky.
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| Finally coming out! |
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| As it warmed up the wildlife started to come out. |
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Stank wanted to try fishing. She decided to go
with worms, but she kept eating them! |
I got snagged and was totally upset since I had to paddle all the way back to my car for another hook. Note to self bring extras. As I was paddling back.....
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A fisherman made the same mistake as me,
a quick cut and had myself a new hook. |
I was on my way again minding my business when I got one!
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| First fish of the season |
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| Stank tried to eat the fish too! |
I threw him back and his buddy then came to visit me! I think my sizes are going in the wrong direction.
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| Nice tips. |
WOO! Good job on the fish! If you want my secret to catching lots of panfish... small and bigger ones too, buy some gulp maggots (plastics embedded with scent, come in a jar, last for years, don't have to worry about worms dying), use a size 6 or 8 hook, and get some thill shy bite floats. The only down side to this is that you won't catch bigger bass with the gulp maggots. Of course, I have lost some big fish that I never saw what they were. Those floats though will make you never miss a nibble though!
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