Fishing opener.

Today was the opening day for fishing here in Minnesota and for most people that is a pretty big deal, think Christmas. I used to really get into it but as I got older and liked crowds less and less I tend to shy away from major holidays like this that tend to bring out the yahoo's.. So while everyone else was out on the lakes I headed to the little trout stream that I live on and proceeded to catch my limit of rainbow and brown trout. This was the first time in about four years I have been able to catch a limit in an afternoon and I had it all to myself while everyone else was jockeying for position at various boat landings all over Minnesota.

Have a great weekend.

A walk in the woods.

Spring in Minnesota is typically what I refer to as mud season which will usually keep me out of the woods till mushroom hunting starts. There is one spot on my property where I find morel mushrooms each spring. It's the time of year for the morels so I thought I would head out and see if I could find any.

The place where I find them is down in this gully that is constantly clogged with downfalls.

Even though the mushrooms haven't come up yet the moss is nice and lush.

It also started to rain while I was out.

Makes me wonder where this came from.