Lake Orange will hold its annual Youth Fishing Day this Saturday, September 27 from 10 to 2 pm. It’s a free event for those between 2 and 16 and there will be lots of fun and prizes in store. This will be the last week that Angler’s Landing will be open for the year, but the fishing is wide open. Says Darryl Kennedy, “The water temperature is in the low 70s bass and crappie heading to the shallows … [Read more...]
Billfish Flags are Flying
When a blue water boat hoists up white flags with a blue fish it means that a blue marlin has been caught. Blue flags with a white fish indicate a white marlin. The upside-down flags show that a fish was caught and released and how many. Currently, boats coming back to Virginia Beach have lots of flags flapping in the breeze. The white marlin bite is red hot. This is prime time for billfish … [Read more...]
Affordable Housing
I know a thing or two about affordable housing. I lived in an aaffordable as a boy growing up in Beckley, WV. When Daddy got transferred to Beckley, we lived in rental houses for about three years before buying a new home on Jennings Street. It was a modest ranch style home with an arched roof. It had 2 bedrooms, a bath, a living room, a dining area and a small eat in kitchen on the first floor. … [Read more...]
Thistles: A Beautiful Weed
Travelling along our roads and highways, I have taken a serious interest in the many lovely wild plants we routinely see. Some are overwhelming in beauty, and none were planted. They are as wild as the wind. And the wind is responsible for planting many of them, most notably the thistles. Thistles include a wide range of plants known for their sharp spines and prickles. These beauties will hurt … [Read more...]
Brix and Columns Vineyard
There are now over 300 wineries in Virginia with a new one opening seemingly every week. The experts say that our Commonwealth has the perfect soil and climate for growing quality grapes. I’ll leave that to the pros since I thought Boone’s Farm was pretty good if you got it cold enough. But I do enjoy visiting Virginia’s wineries. It’s a good way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon, especially when … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Tenderloins
Here is another super-easy dish - Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Tenderloins. If you follow my recipes, they all are easy, otherwise why bother? It doesn’t have to be fancy to be good. I saw some really pretty chicken tenderloins at Aldi’s. They were about half the size of a regular chicken breast loin, and I saw this recipe calling for buttermilk and ranch dressing. You first marinate the loins (4 … [Read more...]
Cash Crops
I have often said that we grow small gardens not to save money, but to enjoy fresh vegetables. This year, I did both. Thanks to lots of heaven-sent rains and my kids who had my garden tilled and well-fertilized, I would have made money on several crops. Cherry tomatoes, for example. I planted one cherry tomato vine, a golden variety, and it has produced at least 600 tomatoes. I picked 100 just … [Read more...]
An After Labor Day Vacation
I have come to the conclusion that the very best time of all to take a vacation is the week after Labor Day. I first realized this about 15 years ago, when we went to Cherrystone Campground on the Eastern Shore. Our daughter, Laura, would be home from California that week and wanted to revisit the campground. Nancy and I arrived on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and it was a ghost town. Nobody … [Read more...]
It’s Bug Time for Smallmouth
They are not everywhere, but in certain spots the screech of cicadas is piercing the treetops and smallmouth bass are quick to notice, moving in along the banks, hoping for a big fat bug to fall near them. That’s why “bugs”, popping bugs, are doing a number on the river bronze backs. According to Alex McCrickard of the Division of Wildlife Resources, the annual cicadas in Virginia excite fly … [Read more...]
Drumming Up Business
If you were fishing on the Carolina coast last week, odds are you were “drumming” up business, as in catching or trying to catch drum. John Savides of Afton wrestled in a slot size drum from the beaches of Topsail, and anglers on the Outer Banks were caching these powerful fish from piers, from the surf and from nearshore and sound side boats. The best bait was finger mullet, which was flying off … [Read more...]
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