Late Mornings and Fish

It’s 10 minutes past noon, on Monday— exactly 12 hours since Scout, Gallagher, and I joined a sleeping Mama. Later for me than usual, because I stayed up until the third CD of “Friday Night Lights” ended—with two more to watch of the run of the TV series that I had never seen. Like the “Tea Party” ladies who get hooked on daytime TV serials, I am now addicted to the trials and tribulations of all in a small Texas town, its high school and its football team.

The six bucks invested for the boxed set at the Patterson Flea Market a few Sundays ago has already paid me back in a multitude of investment bonuses, along with enriching my life. Perhaps, the most important, absorbing important advice already shared about growing up, mapping the route for a future, teaching the fundamentals needed to succeed and win football games, along with succeeding in learning to cope with fans, friends, and new acquaintances, all found under all the “Friday Night Lights” across these United States.

Oasis President Robert Hansen and I had prearranged a boat repair project for one of the Lake Gleneida v-bottom row boats today, August 20. As we arrived at the shoreline we met two other members, and son of one, now a prospective new club member candidate. Everyone pitched in to clean up our mooring area and do a great job on the leaking boat.

My oldest “Best Friend,” Mike Mc- Bride, from Lake Carmel, and I went up to Kent Town Hall yesterday and were induced to purchase our “lifetime” hunting licenses for 50 bucks each, which included antlerless deer tags and will include these tags each year in the future. They are currently 10 bucks each otherwise. Our DEP Hunting Tags have already been received so the two kids from Carmel High’s 1942 Kindergarten Class will be hunting partners in the fall of 2009. We are “Proof Positive” that indeed hunting, fishing, and trapping are lifetime sports, and someone around here has to write about it!

I had the kids’ July winners list under my thumb, but now can’t find it, but will list the adult winners.

Last time to honor my long time friend, Tony Monteiro, from Carmel, with the 5lb, 3 ½ oz, 21½-inch, smallmouth bass from Bog Brook Reservoir in Southeast. I think Tony has taken a cash prize in lots of the freshwater categories already this year now, waiting only for the “Best of Year” lottery in December.

Ed Licht, from North Salem, landed the heaviest brown trout ($50.00) from Lake Gilead, here in Carmel, a 9lb, 2 oz, 24-inch specimen. My old friend Wes Belfri, still up from Florida, deserves a runner-up mention with a 8lb, 2oz, brown from Croton Falls Reservoir.

Romoda Lemmo, from Neversink, got his 50 bucks for heaviest lake trout, a 7lb,14 oz, 28-inch beauty from Rondout Reservoir. There were no July entries for rainbow, brook trout, or landlocked salmon.

Albert Spence, from Grahamsville, got 25 bucks for his 1lb, 3 oz Beaverdam crappie; Richard Wagner also got 25 bucks for his 1lb,12 oz white perch out of Middle Branch Reservoir.

Fred Franczkiewicz of Carmel took fifty bucks with his 4lb, 9oz walleye out of Brewster’s Bog Brook Reservoir. Bernard Pease, from White Plains, got 50 bucks for his 5lb, 6oz, largemouth bass hooked in Kensico Reservoir. Thomas Raffel, from Brewster, got 50 bucks for his 13lb, 4oz striped bass holed in Long Island Sound.