Dark has a special eye for swans!:d
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Dark has a special eye for swans!:d
Pebbles and I were driving around today in somoco, scouting for Spring fishing locations, and in general looking to get out of the house. We had a serious case of cabin fever, and just needed to be out there.
Lo and behold, Pebbles spied an ostrich farm. :scared:
Of course we hadda take some pics.
These are dedicated to that grouchy basstard finchaser. :laugh: :moon: :kiss: :HappyWave:
I saw those swans the other day when I drove to Newark, they were right in the dirty water. lmao
First swans
then gulls
then plovers
Now ostrich
Dark is the true bird man uses the excuse he's looking for spring spots to fish. I have been fishing over 50 years and have yet to come across an ostrich near any of my spots.:huh:
Leave the birds alone spring is near and I'd bet you did zero maintance on your:fishing: tackle,but at least you are fine tuning your bird skills.
Where the heck do you find ostriches in Jersey? I wouldn't even know where to begin to look?:kooky: :huh:
Ya never know when the birds will do their good deed for the day. :d :HappyWave:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ry-game/page53
Steve, those ostriches were in the shark river area, a few miles up the road from Fin's neck of the woods. I knew when we spotted them we hadda stop and take a few shots. :laugh:
Pulleasse! Dark is the only one on this site actively seeking birds, finchaser is spot on. Though I did take the kids to the Navesink to see the swans when he first posted.http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ons/icon11.png
Bird man bird man up in the sky,
bird man bird man he wants to fly.:hippie:
The Obama story was a good one, I have to admit. Not every day you get to see birds crap on Obama's head.:clapping:
Freaking hilarious!
^^^Yeah for once in the history of the site, dark actually posted some cool bird pics.:thumbsup: I thought the buzzards in Pa were ok too, the rest of these are probably just a subtle plot to get us to join PETA.:ROFLMAO
Swans are everywhere....
1. Finchaser is out scouting for them...
2. Angelo called me yesterday to let me know that the swans are back in the Navesink by the Oceanic Bridge, about 40 of them. And he also said there were about 200 of the winter ducks, the black and white ones.
3. And today Speedy was out scouting, and sent me this swan pic.....
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You want swans and bird life?
We got them all here at www.stripersandanglers.com :ROFLMAO :moon:
Effumall....:cool:
How do they cook up, Speedy?
Do ya broil or roast em? ;) :HappyWave:
Ducks and swans - dark I took the family to see them yesterday. We brought some bread and fed them. The ducks I think were broadbills, there were hundreds of them, and about 50 swans. Thanks!
As to that ugly thing that speedy took a pic of, it doesn't look like a swan to me. More like a big ugly swan or ostrich!:eek: I think you would need a lot of bbq sauce to make that taste good.;)
they cook the legs
I never knew this.
Penguins
Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins
On the ice in Antarctica - where do they go ?
Wonder no more ! ! !
It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic
Bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life.
The penguin is very committed to its family and will
Mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of
Compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other
Members of the family and social circle have been
Known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial
Wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for
The dead bird to be rolled into and buried.
The male penguins then gather in a circle
Around the fresh grave and sing:
"Freeze a jolly good fellow"
"Freeze a jolly good fellow."
"Then they kick him in the ice hole."
You really didn't believe that I know anything about penguins, did you?
I don't see anything there about how after he's buried in the ice, the other penguins go to the local Anarctica deli and get some FRESH pork roll sammiches to eat in his honor. :laugh:
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Or they went to Asbury park, found Speedy's lathe :cool:, and spent the afternoon with BIG WOOD. :scared:
Or they went up to LI, dragged Surfstix out of his house, and took him to the go-go bar. . And picked up Monty and his cats to give the dancers the seal of approval....
On the way into the club, they saw Dogfish and Mick2360 coming back from a codfish trip smelling like cod, and Jonthepain coming back from a hunting trip, with Wile E Coyote strapped to his front bumper. :viking:They all went inside, proceeded to show the dancers their BIG WOOD, :bigeyes: and then had a blast talking about big fish stories and the one that got away. :fishing:
After the refreshing time ogling the strippers and the g-strings.....the mooks above ran into Rich Swiss at the back of RB. They called Killie and asked him to come down, but he said "dont bother calling me unless you're catching 20#ers!".
They then decided to all go down to SH (except for Killie :beatin:) did the long walk death march, (with Bababooey and Storminsteve following close behind with their notebooks and GPS plotters) :ROFLMAOand looked and looked for some fish, only to find none....the only souls on the beach was Wish4fish and GJB, throwing clams and bunker in the dirty cold water....;) :HappyWave: catching skate after skate...:drool:
After seeing all this effort for nothing!!!!! :huh: their exalted leader the Grouchy Basstard, said: " I can't believe you guys really fish here, ain't worth the walk, you guys are out of your minds to take this walk, the fishin really suxx up here.....:don't know why:
But they all had a good time, and on the walk home ran into the OldFartsFishinClub and Surfwalker, trying to avoid the internet fishing hordes...:cool:
And....on the walk home the 2 newest of the Penguin Phishing team, Rip and Cardoc, kept falling over the same log, prompting the Old Grouchy one to say: " Hey have you guys been drinking :plastered: or are you just 2 goofy googans....in my day when we came across stumps, we jumped over them like they were hurdles.....:argue: :cool: And when we caught a big fish, we didn't need to parade it
all around the internet either!!!! http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon8.png :headbang: :viking:
To be continued.......:d :fishing:
You're slackin off there, Old Grouchy. :moon: :HappyWave:
Can't we all just get along?
thats just nuts:laugh:but it dose some how sound right:laugh:
Hey I resent that I never follow anyone with a GPS plotter, that's what binocs are for!:laugh: Funny stuff guys! Good luck this season.
u r a nut rofl
Funny stuff guys, if you ever have a gathering like that include me in it!
Lunatics.:scared:
Anyone have a recipe for fish head stew? :ROFLMAO
Yeah where is dark in all of this, I was looking forward to a dark and the merry band of penguin surfcaster thread, pics and all. This one is ok, but next time maybe you can bring west wind walley into it. I'm bored as hell and could use some walley rants right about now, what do ya say dark?:HappyWave:
Y'all need to get away from the swans and the plovers and concentrate on the birds worth looking at:moon:
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...net+sensation/
Dark, here is an "almost" swan for you and your wife, took this pic last week in South Jersey.
Here we go with the swans again.....:kooky:
Thanks, for nothing...:moon: :laugh: :HappyWave:
^ Just wondering when you will be adding them to your scouting trips for 2012.:laugh::HappyWave:
Nice try, Skinner, but my scouting this Spring has been for bait, variations thereof, and structure changes......
I see you're out and about,,,,,good luck this season......:HappyWave:
In my scouting session before Sandy I found a good spot with some nice swans, but I think that spot is no-more.:waaah:
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:idea: If I could find them It might put me in the lead / top contender of king of dead stuff.:2flip:
That's a nice contrast vpass, the white swans in the twilight.
A member found some swans, sent me this pic....thanks for thinking of me.....:moon: :HappyWave:
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DS training his bird to catch fish for him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWT3fgImCDY
haha pretty cool. Now all you need is some stinky clams and dark should be on it!:HappyWave: