The 32ndAnnual Western Virginia Sport Show is coming up on Feb 22-24 at the Augusta Expo in Fishersville. For over 30 years, Mark Hangar and family have featured some of the best displays and the biggest names in the hunting and outdoor world. This year looks to be more of the same. From the heart of Montana’s secluded Yaak River Valley, Tom Oar has made a home for himself far removed from … [Read more...]
Trophy Yellow Perch
By Peter Brookes When February rolls around, most anglers have had about as much of being stuck indoors and away from their favorite fishing hole as they can stand. “Cabin fever” among anglers ranks right up there with the flu as an unwelcome winter illness. This year’s bone-chilling polar vortex only made it worse. But letting cabin fever get to you isn’t the answer. Instead, put … [Read more...]
A Foul Call
It was December 1972 and my close friend, Joe Davis, wanted me to join him as a referee for Little League basketball games. “We’ll call two games back-to-back, twice a week, and we can make $6 a game,” he offered, temptingly. While $24 a week wasn’t Warren Buffet money, it would be twenty-some bucks that I didn’t have before and I could spend it any way I liked. Fishing equipment, golf … [Read more...]
Seeds for Thought
This is a time of year I love and hate. I love it because it’s the time to plan the spring garden and buy seeds. I hate it because I have to make tough choices and I almost always buy twice as many seeds as I need and end up with way too many. I probably have more extra packs of seeds in my shed than Burpee has in their Harrisonburg warehouse. I have a small garden, which is probably a blessing … [Read more...]
Backyard Hawks
I had scattered seeds that morning and was surprised to look out the back window and see only squirrels where there had been literally a hundred birds just a few minutes before. I returned about 15 minutes later and still no birds. Lots of squirrels, but no songbirds. I decide to explore and sure enough, high in the tallest maple tree, was a hawk. And the birds knew it. This was a … [Read more...]
Neat Stuff – Spiral Ham Pieces
I was going to make some ham and cheese sliders. Certainly I didn’t need a whole ham and I’m not crazy about the sliced, preserved ham in packages. I saw a pack of ham from Kentucky Legend, neatly sliced, but it was about ten bucks, more than I wanted or needed. Then, I came across a package of Spiral Ham Pieces and Slices from Farmland. It was just $2.67 a pound, so I bought a small … [Read more...]
Fresh Salmon Cakes
When we were first married, a meal of salmon cakes was a staple at the Brewer house. We were on a limited budget to say the least, and salmon cakes were inexpensive, easy to cook and just plain good. We still cook salmon cakes made from canned salmon on occasion, but last week I decided to use fresh salmon instead of canned. It was also delicious. Here’s how. It was just me and … [Read more...]
Payton’s Grocery Fried Chicken
My old fishing and hunting buddy, Ed Dent, was the first to tell me how good the chicken was at Payton’s Grocery in Stanardsville. Ed worked at Swift Air Delivery at the time, a mile or so from the small Citgo/Grocery/Deli and made near daily lunchtime trips to get his chicken fix. “I’m addicted,” Ed said. “It’s the best fried chicken you’ve ever tasted.” The next time I passed … [Read more...]
Sea Bass, Bluefins, Tautogs
Virginia’s sea bass fishery is open. It’s a special one-month fishery, highly regulated and designed for data collection. A special, no-cost permit is required, reporting is mandatory, and you must tell VMRC when you are fishing so they have the opportunity to have a biologist meet you when you return. All this is due to efforts to collect data on this wintertime fishery that we … [Read more...]
Crappie Coming Soon
We are about one week of warm weather away from some good crappie fishing. For example, crappie at the Chickahominy Lake were on drop-offs and inchannels in the main lake, especially near wood cover. Some shouldbe up in creeks by this weekend if they are not run out by the cold front. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Tom Porter had 1 white perch, 2 pickerel, and 2 bass. The Pros at Greentop report … [Read more...]
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