Hey, if you know where you can find some kids, I know a place to take them fishing. Lake Orange is having a Youth Fishing Day this Saturday from noon till 4 pm, enough time for them to get wet and muddy and maybe even catch a fish or two. Crappie and bluegills are near the shore now and a meal worm or a bit of earthworm on a small hook will trigger a bite. A chunk of chicken liver will entice a … [Read more...]
Trout Candy
Live shrimp are plentiful now along the Virginia Coast. Every fish that swims will eat a shrimp, but speckled trout love them. Fishermen call the live shrimp “Trout Candy.” As water temps cool, trout and puppy drum are moving well into the creeks and marshes – looking for shrimp. After the high winds and storms passed early this week, fishing picked right up. Some impressive flounder are … [Read more...]
Past Businesses of Charlottesville
Ken Johnson’s Cafeteria So many great businesses have come and gone since I first moved to Charlottesville in 1967. One of the first businesses I encountered was the Ken Johnson’s Cafeteria in the Barrack’s Road Shopping Center. I ate many meals there and I was always impressed with the quality of the food and their reasonable prices. Cafeterias are not usually known for their … [Read more...]
A White Sparrow
About once a year, I’ll see an albino or a leucistic bird in my yard. Last week, I saw a white sparrow. At least I’m pretty sure he was a sparrow because he was flying with a small flock of other sparrows. The flock of 7 or 8 flew to the fence at my garden, then something spooked them, and they flew off to the back hedge. I thought that maybe since they had found food and water, they’d stay a … [Read more...]
Decent ‘Maters
My garden did okay this year. Several weeks of 90 degree-plus weather and no rain sure slowed things down, but overall, my tomatoes were decent. If a back yard gardener can only get a few good tomatoes, all is not lost. Last year, my tomatoes were almost perfect, only 1 or 2 had end rot. I had a bumper crop, but I didn’t particularly care for the tomatoes. The skins were tough, and the inside … [Read more...]
Guns of My Life
A 410 Single Barrel Shotgun The week after Daddy took me squirrel hunting with my newly gifted 12-gauge single barrel shotgun that kicked like a mule on steroids, I set out on my own one afternoon when school let out. I put a handful of 12-gauge, hi-power shells in my pocket and walked to the nearest patch of woods. Suddenlly, I saw a squirrel, and my pulse raced, and my arms … [Read more...]
Pimento Cheese with “Soul”
It’s funny how tastes remain with you for long periods of time. It seems like just last week that I was on a church picnic at Beaver Creek Lake just outside Beckley, WV. I was 9 or 10. Boy, what a spread those Beckley Presbyterian Church ladies set before us. Fried chicken, ham biscuits, yeast rolls, homemade pies and cakes, but the one thing I remember to this day were the pimento cheese … [Read more...]
Catching a Virginia Bass Slam
By Dr. Peter Brookes I’m always up for a challenge and decided to try for a Virginia Bass Slam. The Bass Slam requires the angler to net three species of Virginia bass in a year. The eligible fish include the largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striped bass, and/or a hybrid striped bass. While a full year is allotted for completing the Virginia Bass Slam Challenge, netting three bass … [Read more...]
Italian Pork Chops
I found a recipe for pork loins that is so easy and so good, fellow cooks should keep it a secret. If our guests and family knew how little trouble this was to put together, we would lose all respect. So, keep this recipe for Italian Pork Chops under wraps. I bought a half pork lion because it was on sale. I figured at least 3 meals and got to work. I cut four ¾-inch loins for the two of us, … [Read more...]
Catching Ribbonfish
For the past 4 or 5 years, ribbonfish have been finding their way into more and more coolers. Once considered a trash fish (except for use as bait for king mackerel), anglers have discovered their value as a food fish. They are pretty fish as well - if you disregard their mouths full of sharp dentures. Their tiny scales are bright silver, almost reflective. They have … [Read more...]
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