Greybeards Gripes

I held off a bit,  until I was fairly sure it was true that the UAW would stoop to these levels.

What kind of an self serving, cowardly, underhanded organization,  throws thousands of it elders to the lions,  to save itself a small bit of comfort?  What kind of a government,  allows this type of deciet and dishonesty to flourish?   ANGRY RETIREE’S?  Yes I think so,    As far as I’m concerned,  the whole lot of them can,,,

Póg mo thóin !!!!!!!!!!

If you notice a 25ft SportCraft Fishmaster,  with the name,  “LATE HARVEST“,  look for a grey bearded pilot. 

I kicked around names for quite a while before finally picking “Late Harvest“.  I was leaning toward, “IASGAIR“,  pronounced “EE-UH-SKATH”  in Scot-Gaelic,  but considering that it would be my radio call sign,  and that very few people would recognize “ee-uh-skath”  as “Iasgair”,  I decided against it.  (By the way,  Iasgair,  means “fisherman”).

Back in late winter/early spring,  I posted about a pair of Foxes playing and hunting on the other side of the river.  I posted a couple of poor photo’s  and stated that I thought the female may have been pregnant,  and if so I’d try to get a photo of the kit’s.   The photo above was a perfect opportunity to follow up that statement.   It was about a week ago and we noticed a Kit,  playing on the seawall.  By the time I grabbed the camera,  and took the photo,  all I can really make out is the mother,  sitting in the grass near the center of the picture.    She sat there watchfully,  as the Kit’s were playing.  We actually got to watch the two Kit’s play a bit,  before I ran for the camera.   I’m not sure if the Kit’s are visible in this photo,  I’m thinking I may have missed them. 

Our Charter service has been down since last Thursday night.   We had a long holiday weekend without TV or Internet.   I don’t suppose it really hurt us any,  it was a good weekend.   

I suppose this is another effect of Political Correctness?

You can’t call a socialist,  a SOCIALIST!

It’s looking like the Walleye have pulled out of the river.  We’ve made two serious trolling runs (two different days), this week,  with no hits.   One little Pike was the only thing we found in the river proper.   The wind has been nasty!   The weather has warmed a bit,  but no let off from the wind.  Wave reports on the Bay have been 3 to 5,  sometimes up to 5 to 7 feet.   Sometimes there are short periods when it calms a bit,  but they don’t last long.

Last Saturday brought a couple of nice sized Bass off of the seawall,  but it took a lot of fishing to convince them to bite.

On other subjects:  My friend Jack up at Whitestone Trading post,  has turned in his Federal Firearms license.   Jack  has been there for years,  and is getting well up in age.  His reason for dropping the license,  was harassment by the authorities.  In my opinion,  this is a sad state of affairs!   WhiteStone Trading post is just a small store,  vending fishing gear,  and repairs,   (and he used to handle a couple of hunting guns, some ammo, and do gun cleanups and small repairs).  He usually doesn’t have the latest and greatest gear,  and he surely doesn’t qualify as a terrorist!  It’s just sad that our government is willing to target elder people like Jack,  an old fellow just waiting out his day’s, trying to make the most of his interaction with local fishermen and hunters.

If you make it up past Au Gres  going toward Tawas City on US-23,  a bit before the “Singing Bridge”,  at  763 N. Huron,  sit’s WhiteStone Trading Post.  A small white store on the west side of the road .  If the sign say’s “Open”,  maybe you’d get a bit of enjoyment by stopping in and saying Hi to Jack.  You might even find an old fishing lure you just have to have,   but you won’t find any old guns. 

WhiteStone Trading Post

763 N. Huron

AuGres, Mi.

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