In the Spring and Summer months. Do you go for ground hogs or maybe go carping. Or do you do something else. I like to take a break and go fishing.

I like to fish as well.

I have a fondness for the Lower Laguna Madre.

Great fish Don!

I too like to fish in the spring and summer. Nothing beats hitting the streams with my best fishing partner, my son!

Action shot.

Results, a decent rainbow.

We give the groundhogs heck behind the house as well. The farmer loves to see us heading into the fields!

We do some camping, hiking, kayaking and of course a lot of bow shooting.

One of many things is metal detect. Here are some post civil to WWI things I have found.

Cool finds Jon!

What no pictures Frank? Always awesome passing it along to a son Jim. The smile says it all! Nice finds Jon. I just started getting into that a little bit.

3d

Fish. Mostly on Lake Michigan from my boat. I like to eat lake perch. The grandsons like to fish eat perch too.

Thanks Don. Being a dad and a husband are the two best things that ever happened in my life. My son is like me in many ways but he is his own person and I'm proud of him. He's turned into quite the stream fisherman and I imagine he'll be out fishing me this year. That's ok with me, sometimes I like to just sit on the bank and watch him fish.

Dnewer, yep, love flyfishing bluegills. That there is one hell of a bull gill !!!!

Right now we're getting ready to plant some peas. Taters are in the garden, and lots of plants we started from seed will be ready about mid May....no greenhouse.

Trout fishing with the old 1970's South Bend fly rod makes for a relaxing time, and I live right next to the woods so it's easy to get into a good roving session. All my kids are grown and grandkids too for that matter so it's me and the wife.

Today it's another day to check for Morels, found about a dozen black ones yesterday morning. They were gone right after supper. :) Sometimes I just sit and listen to the spring chorus in the woods, or watch some minnows in the little brook that runs through the SGL. Lots of beauty around the area where I live.

“Old Son”!!! Nice Blue Gill!;)

I like to fish, stump shoot, attend 3D shoots(that don't require me to keep score), some RV trailer camping. One of these days I hope my wife and I can travel the country for several weeks at a time with our camper in tow. I have a Bear TD mag riser that stays in the camper for any opportunities that arise.

I love to hunt groundhogs with my varmit rifle I shot 40 last year average 150-200 yard shots

Very nice looking fish posted. That gill has to be 10 to 12 inches. Huge fish. I also fish a little. Here is one of six 16 inch Brook trout I kept from last fall.

You guys are gonna make me break out the fishing gear! Nice fish!

Jon, biggest brookie I've ever caught was 13", I thought that was a nice one, lol!

That float tube looks like fun, maybe have to try that. Probably last time I was on a tube in the creek was in the 1960's.

Some beautiful fish!

Craig, great looking PA native brookie!

Here is a native brownie my son caught last year on a stream in Ligonier. I've fished that stream for over 40 years and never caught or heard of anyone catching a native brownie. It was his first cast of the day.

Yep- fishing, chasing turkeys and being outside. Great pics everyone!

Mostly shoot to answer the question, though. 3D and stumping.

care giver and stump shot with the Dog

When I lived on Long Island I spent most of my time surf fishing for Striped Bass, my favorite to-do. Living in Florida I haven't come up with anything. Sure there's fresh water stripers but it's not the same and I've never been a fresh water fisherman. Maybe I'll get into chasing pigs. Looks like fun. Frank

I mostly fly fish from my Ocean Predator 13 kayak from early May till fall.Turkey hunt mornings in May along with deer scouting for the fall.Ride the bicycle and motorcycle on/off road as much as I can.Shoot the bow's and noodle around with the banjo and bass year round.Also barbecue-camp fires with plenty of nice cold Pabst.

love shooting 3d, smallmouth bass fishing, carp bowfishing, also use high end airguns for groundhog/pigeon/starling pest control on local farms.

Catching Trout on a light Bamboo rod using my hand tied flies takes up most of my Spring. I used to do a lot of Turkey hunting but decided not to kill any more birds.

Springtime Smallies !

Steelhead in mich

I like to fish. I'm taking up painting with the wife and some of her friends.

These 2 take up a lot of my time.

Hey RiverWolf, You need to come to the U.P. Of Michigan for the big ones

Hmmm lets try again. This was a few weeks ago, and ice was about 1/3 gone. Got out on my friends small Bass Hound boat, shore launch.

Nice guys. I like to fish and hunt ground hogs too. I’m afraid now to shoot up my ammo for fear of not finding any. I mostly work around my house so I can get everything done before the end of September. I’m building a deck and a bar for my man cave. From September to to January I am bowhunting . Once I get all of this done I’m going to get back into fishing

It’s been an awesome spring here, getting out and scoping out potential ground blind / ambush spots for the whitetail’s later on , ice out crappies coming on soon, great action but only a few kept for meals, later on bluegills and river smallmouths on the mighty Mississippi, lots of firewood to cut split stack and always time for the recurves, you gotta love it!

Peco, are those Husky's or Mal's ?

Yotes wiped out all the groundhogs on farms around here so it's a little fishin and year around 3D.

babysaph, shoot .22's for those groundhogs if you got them. I can still find them around here and I'm not saving them for defense if it would come to that, better options.

Turkeys in W.PA. are really scarce, ( Yotes on poults I suppose ). My friend here is going to Nebraska to hunt Turkeys.

Hexx, they are Woolly Huskies. Darker one is 21 months, lighter one 15 months.

Good looking dog there Hexx, how do you keep it so clean?

Those are absolutely gorgeous dogs there PECO!!!!

Fish and shoot Trad 3Ds.

This year I am building my wanted all my life man cave/ workshop.

Usually I get in my kayak and fish for trout and flounder and take long trips with my wife on our harley, but due to physical issues I had to give up riding and kayaking.

here is my new workshop still under construction, us old guys aren't real fast anymore, but I am steady at it picking away. I built every thing here except the trusses and had a crane and crew install the trusses. 12ft vaulted ceiling made the trusses too top heavy to do it the old way.

Trout fish till may. June and July fish the lake for whatever bites. August start scouting for deer. Our season starts early Sept.

I may get out for steelhead if crowds aren’t too crazy, then I fish at our lake cottage for smallmouth and walleye, and wade small streams to fly fish for trout.

Not at all convinced that in order of priority, but....

Off-hand, I’d say gardening, mountain biking, fishing, sailing, sea kayaking, dancing with my wife, shooting down at the club, trying to be a decent father to my boys, and for the past several years there has been a backpacking trip in August with my older son and two or three of his buddies and their dads.

That and spending WAY TOO MANY hours parked in front of the computer paying the bills.

And this summer I have it on my list to beat myself into shape so that I can go Elk hunting this year. Just have to figure out how I’m going to sneak the hunt in around work, family vacation time and getting #1 Son off to college.....

And yet another bull Ass bluegill, steelhead fishing, you guys are driving me nuts!!! I got out steelheading once this spring, nothing went right, too many people, and 0 takes. But, I was still on the best river WI has to offer so not a total bust.

Gardening, carp shooting, canoeing, walleye fishing with my son, getting chores & projects finished before hunting season, and of course flinging arrows.

PECO, My Samoyed is turning five and he keeps himself clean, ( they don't like to get dirty ). I never saw a long haired Husky, very nice,

Nice photos guys. I am sure many of us share similar interests. I still shoot 3 - 4 days a week off-season to keep my eye in tune and to play with different bows. I am too cheap to shoot guns anymore, but do enjoy collecting traditional knives, mostly Case, Buck and a few GEC’s. I can’t afford big time tournament-style bass fishing, but do enjoy pond and stream fishing with my wife. Here lately, I have been buying and refurbishing Garcia Mitchell spinning reels when I run across them. Much like archery, the hunt is most of the fun.

I have a reel like that. I gave a bunch away. All I ever used when younger. Might start using it again. Can you find parts for em?

Shoot every day, search for arrowheads, stay in shape, and some fishing; but never caught a Michigan brookie as big as Jon Stewart's!

Parts are still available, or I pirate them off of another reel as needed. I got lucky on the one above; came with the box, spare spool and manual.

Shooting 3D mostly. If not I'm fly fishing using my vintage Fenwick flyrod. Of course my grandsons take priority over everything.

I forgot that I also metal detect for aluminum arrows under the azaleas...

In the spring and summer, I like to shoot my bows and slingshots and also bike and go for walks every day. I also have my scope out on clear nights.

Joe

ya I fish

I bow hunt and build bows/arrows/equipment only to pass time between fishing trips or fishing seasons. I've been a 150% fishing crackhead since I can remember, maybe 3-4 years old. Primarily fly fishing now, but started on spin fishing. Lakes, rivers, ocean or gulf, I'm in.

I start off hunting ground squirrels with the grandsons, then maybe go to turkeys and bear, or just more roving and small game through the summer. Sidebar: The boys got about 50 shots Sunday and a couple of squirrels each. I got six shots and was 0-6, which is the new normal. The younger one offered to point them for me, just like our dog.

I make bows and flintlocks and other woodworking projects. Right now I'm making cutting boards, rolling pins, ceramic knife sharpeners, and such. I do a lot of hunting for mushrooms and other edibles. I rove around the game lands with my selfbows sometimes and go fishing for hybrid stripers at night. I'm going to try fly fishing for them in the coming weeks, might go this weekend. Sometimes I catch snapping turtles or hunt groundhogs. Trying to get a small orchard going here. I also play guitar a little. Can't list it all. Too many things to get good at any of it ;^) More often though I'm playing handyman for family and friends.

I go LARGE mouth bass fishin!

Crack me up, Somedude! Somewhere I have a classic photo of a steelhead & flyrod laid on the grass.... and the steelhead in question was laid across my Hardy size 4 reel... and didn’t reach from rim to rim!

Great stuff, guys!

somedude, YOU'RE my inspiration!!!!

I fish too! When my mom turned 90, over a decade ago, I found out she had never gone fishing. So, I took her to the river where she proceeded to catch 7 crappies on 7 casts!

Joe

Fly fishing for smallimouth.

I enjoy poking fun at bass, bluegill and crappie too.

My best brookie to date

Most of our very long Winter in the U.P. I’m in the arrow shop tinkering

Flyfishing for Trout with old bamboo and SB glass rods.

Like a lot of you, I love fly fishing, but since we bought an older place out in the country, I'm usually working on projects, or spending time with our 5 grandchildren who live 2.5 miles away. Thankfully, I've got a wonderful wife. When hunting season opens she always tells me, "You work hard all year, this is your time, go hunting!"

Great stuff guys

Chase raccoons.......

Fly fish and coach baseball.

Rod & reel Flathead fishing.

Used to do a lot of whistle pig hunting but with the tremendous uptick in the number of fox and coyotes in the area, I don't see many anymore. Unless they're close to dwellings in which case they're off limits.

A little fishing, lots of playing my guitars, family stuff, archery shoots and of course, make knives!

Fishing, hiking, kayaking, boating, stumping, just enjoying nature and eating a lot of lobster of course!

I Bowhunt!! Spring Turkey Season right now.

Chris

Love seeing all the photos. My fishing is mostly flailing the water, scaring the fish off and snagging the brush, but I enjoy getting on the river in my kayak. A lot of firewood and other projects around the property. Hike 3-4 miles up and down the ridges every day with the wife and dogs.

Play all day, never grow up????

Life behind bars.

LOL, my wife wanted a slingshot to scare the deer out of her garden. So, I made her one. Somehow, she shot herself in the forehead? All I can figure is she had it turned crooked somehow and it hit the side and bounced back. I took it away from her.

My wife and I Camp and fish and tend to the flower garden one thing i want to do now is figure out where they are catching them big blue gills that were posted

Anyone else home brew?

Nothing better then watching the excitement in your Grandson’s eyes when he’s catching his first monster Bluegill!;)

Catch giant blue catfish, 6 cats Sunday, total weight 89 lb. Biggest 39 lb

He caught 7 beauty’s that day. And we all enjoyed a wonderful fish fry we will all remember. Thanks everyone for sharing all of those great pictures with us. Bow hunter’s really do have a lot in common. I still like using Mitchell Garcia reels too! That is a Sweet 300!

A little fishing, alot of scouting deer/bear, getting ready for my travel hunts, build knives, build bows, shoot guns, work out for upcoming hunts etc. I hate to watch tv. My wife, my dad and I were watching something on youtube where someone built something real involved...he turns to my wife and says "and you think he drives you nuts"...

My hobby list is long and varied. Played golf yesterday, looking forward to our trip to Lake Champlain in June for SM bass, Bass fish around MD, shoot 3-D, carve decoys, working on a flintlock I've had the parts lying around for decades.

Dang Reddogge... what did that one weigh??

Yes Pete, I’ve been home brewing for 6 years. Got my son into it. Now he Brews for Cypress Brewing in N.J.

Home brewing with my son. How do you like that flight Peco? I like dark beers too.

Mostly I work, and "wishin' I was fishin'"!

Any free time I do have I wander around my back fields shooting Judos at whatever.

This summer though, I have VOWED that I will do some flyfishing for smallies on the local river that I live about 10 minutes from. I guess we'll see!!!

Cabin life -- Fishing, Trap Shooting, maintaining and improving 45 acres for Hunting again this fall.

Peco, This is my son standing by the fermenting tanks at Cypress Brewing. He really loves what he’s doing. And to think it all started with a one gallon home brew kit for Christmas. We have made some really fine home brews together. I’m always looking forward to trying the next one. Good luck with your home brewing.

I love building things w/ stone!

I play with bees

That's beautiful stone work Bob.

Great Photos Everyone... I spend My Time Investing... #MemoryBank :)... ...4finger

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Spring is a good time to go fishing.

Cycling , fishing , shooting , camping, canoeing and sometimes I like to blow some s#!t up.

I’ve gone for turkey’s and carp in the Spring. But never went for ground hogs. Maybe I’ll give that a go this year.

Get out there and enjoy Spring! It will be gone before you know it...;)

I know it’s not easy stalking up on a ground Grizz Ralph. Tried it many times without a bow in hand . To practice stalking skills. Thanks for sharing the picture with us. That 66 F-100 had a 390 in it. One of the best trucks I ever owned.;)

Spring IceOff...is a Great time to Strip Streamers for Tiger- Trout...Son Justin caught and released this Dinosaur hahaha...4finger

I like finding old things.;)

Back in the mid 60s I was reeling in and drug in a section of rod with an old Garcia-Mitchel 300 on it. Ever since that's the only reel I use unless fishing for much larger fish. So we've caught a few bass, large mouth in ponds and smallmouth in mainly Scioto River every summer. So between scouting deer, groundhogs, shooting ,and outings with my 300 thats about it for summers. Spring and fall sometimes bear or turkey.

Shoot and build stuff for the upcoming season...

Dang Reddogge... what did that one weigh??

Longbow1968, 7.5#. Susquehanna Flats, MD. It was my PB.

I like to bike and kayak with my wife. So fish and play golf

Some more stone stuff I do

Another

30 yrs wrestling stone

Harleys....

Current ride....

Fast water walleyes....

Collect.....

Beekeeping. This hobby keeps you busy through the spring, summer, and fall.

I've got swarm traps out now trying to catch feral swarms. Caught the first one last Sunday.

Will Bill; I'm with you, have spent time behind bars as well. Keeps me in shape for backpacking.

Wow - fun thread! Tons of great stuff.

My son Eddie & myself spend the summer offshore fishing the bow gets very little use during the summer

Its all about the bow. I shoot, hunt groundhogs, attend trad weekend shoots, and shoot some more.

Its not what I do, its what I am.

Stone Carving

Knapping

Bows & Harley's

That Indian chief is awesome John.

Cut, Slipit & Stash Bodark

Did I mention stone carving

The other things i like to do are camping, fly fishing/fly tying, muzzleloading, making things with leather for muzzleloading, making powder horns, and hiking in the great outdoors and hunting!

My tent on left.

Thought I'd posted on this thread but.....I spy on my neighbors

Smokey

Bob

And Wiley

My daughter liked the deer antler rings I made. So I made her some.

Shoot almost daily, stumping and 3D .Lot of gardening and mowing along with cutting trails on the property. Live on a stream so some fishing as well. Keeping up with my dogs (beagle and lab) takes a fair amount of well spent time as well.

My PoP asked me to make him a sign. That had the words. “ A trout Fishermans paradise“ wood burned into it. I came up with this. It’s been to hot to shoot here. Working in the basement is cool.

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