Boomers remember Easter Sunday as one of the special days of the year, ranking right up there with Christmas, Thanksgiving and your birthday. Today, not so much. On Easters past, nearly everyone went to church, dressed to the nines in their Sunday best. The girls wore new Easter dresses with crispy crinolines, the boys sported new suits and ties (clip-on, of course) and all the moms wore … [Read more...]
Saugeye Caught at Lake Anna
On March 12, Dyllon Kincer brought what looked to be a nice walleye to the Anna Point Marina scales. But it wasn’t a walleye. It was a saugeye. A saugeye is a hatchery-produced hybrid - a cross between a female walleye and a male sauger, and they are well suited for reservoirs such as Anna. Although saugeye are a cross between walleye and sauger, they often behave differently than walleye, … [Read more...]
Togs In The Bay
By Dr. Ken Neill, III Water temperatures have reached into the 50s inside the bay and she is waking up. Crabs are active and now that the potting season is open, getting crabs for tautog bait will be much easier. Tog have been caught on the ocean wrecks all winter long but have been rather dormant in the bay. That has now changed with the warmer waters and structures inside the bay … [Read more...]
Wooden Sun Spring Specials
A note from Wooden Sun – Charlottesville’s source for wood stoves, gas logs and great service. Spring is here, and we would like to extend an exclusive offer for chimney cleaning and gas maintenance! We're offering an 18% off-season discount on chimney cleaning and gas maintenance work from April 1st-August 31st. Our summer discounted price for chimney sweeps and inspections for one … [Read more...]
Coming Attractions
March 19: Appalachian Highlands Ruffed Grouse Society Banquet, Bristol March 19: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Shenandoah Valley March 19-20: Rappahannock River Waterfowl Show, Whitestone March 29-April 3: Mason Dixon Outdoor Writers Asso. Annual Conference, Hagerstown MD April 2: Trout Heritage Day, Graves Mountain Lodge, Madison Chapter Banquet, Augusta Expo April 2-3: … [Read more...]
VSGA VIP Cards
We golfers are among the greatest of procrastinators. Did you get us tee times yet? No, I forgot. But I will. Did you order your VSGA VIP card yet? No, not yet, but I will. For heavens sakes, the Master is right around the corner. Get your VSGA membership and start saving money right now on greens fees. In fact, the best deal in all of golf is a VSGA VIP Card. For an … [Read more...]
More Gardening Tips
Sherman Shifflett Crows can be devastating in a newly planted garden of corn. The best suggestion I have is to keep them out is to place a string 3-4" over the cornrows when you plant, using stakes at each end of the rows. Crows (grackles too) will not stick their heads under the string. I've never seen squirrels pull up corn and I have plenty of the "tree rats" around. One thing I … [Read more...]
Hooked On Chubs
Intro: My son Jimmie recently had an encounter with a set of treble hooks, so I suppose it runs in the family. As he described his hook-up, it reminded me of this old article I wrote – which unfortunately is true. It’s an oldie, but hopefully worth reading again. Sometimes a fisherman has a day he’d just as soon forget. I’ve had many of those days, but one in particular stands … [Read more...]
Easy Crème Brûlée
One of my all time favorite desserts is Crème Brûlée. Afterall, how can you go wrong with sugar, crème, vanilla and eggs in any combination? But Crème Brûlée is special. When Nancy and I get down to Nags Head, a must visit stop is at Basnights Lone Cedar Restaurant for a fried seafood platter and Crème Brûlée for dessert. Yumm!! I have made Crème Brûlée from scratch on several occasions, and … [Read more...]
Boomers Remember Liberace
When I was boy, about 10 or so, my mom and dad were active in the local country club and went to lots of dances and events on Saturday nights. A lady friend of the family, Burtell Turner, often did the baby-sitting chores for me and my younger siblings. The young ones went to bed early, but I was allowed to stay up and watch TV with Burtell. There were two things she loved to watch – wrestling and … [Read more...]
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