Man them hornets would have to just go. I love me some figs. Mine come due around Independence Day, but it isn’t hornets that bother me….squirrels. They get in the tree and take a single bite out each one. Wouldn’t mind if they just ate the thing, but they seem to want to just ruin them for me. Saw many a good squirrel fall out of that tree. I suspect the branches are slick or something.

My brother had a hot tub on his porch and screened it in, only he forgot to add a screen door. Anyways flies would accumulate on the screen on the inside. Hornets would fly in, snatch a fly and fly away with them. Hornets also eat yellow jackets. Watched them snatching them off of fallen peaches. They would land on their backs, sever their heads and fly off with the writhing corpses.

Watched a video presentation where hornets were attacking a honeybee keepers nest. They placed little cameras inside so we could see. The hornets would fly up and snatch a bee and fly away. Well every so often a hornet would make his way inside and the bees would swarm it. Not to sting it to death, rather they would form a meatball around it and vibrate their wings. This caused the interior to heat up and the temperature was survivable by them, but not the hornet and he would die.



Anyways here are some under spins with the new deep dish Colorado blades.
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They are all excited because daddy is taking them fishing today. 1/8 ounce heads, size #1 EC hooks and Crappie Magnet Slab Curly bodies. My two most productive colors, even though some days they want something else. These stay kind of close to the boat.

I have plans to make more of these using the 1/0 Victory hooks. The fish were getting tagged by those hooks yesterday and only had two or three escape before being landed. I also noticed something else. Usually I lift the fish aboard and let them flop about on the deck and most times the hook pops out and I can quick recast before having to handle the devil. The Victory hooks don’t pop for some reason, rather remain lodged. Unsure why as the barb is actually smaller than the Eagle Claw sickles. Seems harder to remove as well. My guess is that the fact they are sharper than the EC hooks is at play here. Maybe a smaller sleeker hole. Something.

I had considered trying a different lake this morning but my crappie friend said we should stick with the current lake. He and his crappie cowboy friend who rides in the back of the boat caught only 50 some fish yesterday and complained, but figured it must have just been an odd day. I thought the weather was perfect, cloudy skies, slight breeze, not too terribly hot. I set out at O’Dark Hundred with my lights blazing and this boat comes straight up to me. I thought -you got to be kidding me, what a jerk. It was cowboy driving and they hollered at me. Wanted to know why I was up so early. I hollered back its only early for grumpy old men. Yes, they are about 80 years old these two guys. Their lures smell like Geritol. I suspect they fart a lot as they talk about all the fish they catch. I suspect they will tell me to follow along behind them again this morning. I did that for a while yesterday but wasn’t doing so hot so I jetted off and left them in search of……well mostly searching with a little catching mixed in.

Well time to get ready to go. Today is last somewhat calm day as far as winds the rest of the week. Windy days are fishable still, but I downsize to four rods as the boat spins and four lines to unwrap is my max.