When mating season arrives for wild turkeys, harsh weather does little to halt their spring breeding activity.
When spring gobbler season opened in Pennsylvania April 29, I found myself huddled against a medium-sized white pine tree as the darkness of night was beginning to fade in the eastern sky. Rain was falling, and the gathered moisture on pine needles dropped heavily on my hat.
I recently witnessed a near-bloody social media war on picking wildflowers on public land. As a practitioner of the Leave No Trace school of outdoor recreation, I was stunned by the number of people who felt it was perfectly within their rights to pick wildflowers or dig up and transplant plants from public lands.
Chilled and hungry, we agreed we’d stay until 11 a.m. and then pack it up to go over to the main pavilion for lunch. With minutes to spare, we noticed a subtle bump in one of the rod tips, and then a steadier pulse, indicating a strong bite.
With the hook set, Foster started reeling in his fish just like the others, but it seemed to be taking more line. Suddenly, it jumped to the surface with an abrupt splash, and we both saw it was a much more sizable trout than the others.
Impacting angler attitudes and opportunities available for inland trout fishing this year is a public access verification project that will substantially reduce stocking areas, as well as places to fish, across the state. DEC regions were required to send letters to landowners asking for public access.
I was surprised to read an article recently that characterized the rainbow trout as an invasive species throughout much of the world. In my youth, local stocked streams received lots of both brook and rainbow trout. I don’t recall brown trout being a part of the mixture, although friends and I knew of some local small creeks that held wild brown trout, smaller flows that were not stocked.
As part of an effort to restore American shad in New York, DEC Fisheries staff, in collaboration with the PA Fish and Boat Commission, recently stocked 322,000 American shad fry into the Susquehanna River in Endicott.
As in previous stockings, fish were marked so if they are recaptured, DEC staff will be able to obtain useful information on fish growth, movement, and stocking success.
Many of us who regularly spend much time outdoors know it’s vital to a well-rounded life and well-being. Forest therapy takes that a step further and puts into practice various activities designed to enhance that overall sense of health and well-being.
This hidden gem is home to 229-acres of woods and wetlands, complete with six miles of nature trails, a 90-acre lake, one-mile boardwalk, and the remarkable Olewine Nature Center.
The buzzards returned in late February, and Steve Pollick says you can mark your calendar by these scavenger’s exploits.
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