Sometimes you just have to take time away from 'tectin to find other treasures!

[BarnacleBill]

Monster Pumpkinseed I couldn't even get my hand half way 'round to flatten the fins, to remove hook! Been wadin' all week, decided to take a break, take daughter fishin'. But yes I did scout areas where boats were beaching on sandbars.

BarnacleBill

 

[Tony (NC)]

My oldest daughter wouldn't get near that fish......but the little one would jerk your arm off to eat it!

 

[BarnacleBill]

Wicked sad part is, that we can't let the kids eat any freshwater fish in NH, since the mercury levels are so high from the mid-west coal power plants. Trust me when I say I'm no tree hugger, but I remember eatin' what I caught as a kid, and this really ticks me off. Have to release everything we catch! But at least they can say they caught'em.

At one point, in a past life I was on a mercury spill response team, where we would use copper powder to soak up the mercury and create an amalgam. Now the thought has crossed my mind about the copper coins I collect out of the lakes, has any mercury bonded to the corroded surface of the copper? Don't know, I'm not a chemist, but it does give me pause at times.

BarnacleBill

 

[mtdoramike]

because in what will seem like the blink of an eye this time will be gone. Your very lucky.

 

[Bill Ladd]

Man, too bad you can't eat those up there.....that is a biggie!