I tend to like roughing it when camping. My wife, not so much. So we stayed at one of the shelters at Absegami lake in Bass River this weekend (Friday evening to Sunday morn). Beautiful weather. I wish I took more pictures but most of day on Saturday was spend on the lake and I forgot my camera. Saw many turtles, mostly red bellies, I caught a painted turtle form the stern of the canoe. Saw a small snapping turtle also. A huge white egret and a host of song birds all over the place including a black and white warbler which was very cool. ONe thing that struck me was a tremendous number of crows that hung about the camp site.
WE saw two raccoons, one of which was absolutley Huge!!. This was the one that scared the hell out of my wife when she went to answer nature in the middle of the night.
As expected, I did alot of fishing. caught about 12 fish total. Most were very small except for two: a 21" and this guy below that measured in at a hair under 24". He is not the biggest I've caught but he gave me one of the best fights I've ever had!! Sorry the pic isn't better.
It was a very nice weekend.
Jeff
WE saw two raccoons, one of which was absolutley Huge!!. This was the one that scared the hell out of my wife when she went to answer nature in the middle of the night.
As expected, I did alot of fishing. caught about 12 fish total. Most were very small except for two: a 21" and this guy below that measured in at a hair under 24". He is not the biggest I've caught but he gave me one of the best fights I've ever had!! Sorry the pic isn't better.
It was a very nice weekend.
Jeff
