Day 5 5/7

A Monday morning without a case of the Mondays, one very bright side to Senior Project. I started my day with finalizing the taxidermy work from my turkey. Just laying out the tailfan, beard and spurs to dry. Then I loaded the truck with my fishing gear and headed to Stevens Brook in Warner NH to fish. This was another find from the Fish and Game stocking report. I first tried this large pool which looked fairly deep and was probably 40 yards wide. Plus being off the road I figure it would be the first place they stocked fish. But other boot marks on the bank lead me to believe that these fish have already had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at them, so I went up stream to other big pools of water. From my fishing last week, and just prior knowledge I have found there to be more fish in the pools of rivers and streams. Upon further online research this is one of a fishes favorite places to be. The water slows down enough so they can save energy but flows just enough to bring food right to them. Later on I teamed up with Finn and AJ to fish the Blackwater river and then the Cascade Brook. Finn caught a fish but I was too far away to identify it, then I caught a fish locally called a "fall fish" or " Chubbie". Looking forward to more fishing tomorrow when I can head to Warner NH and fish the Warner River.

Hours spent on project today: 6 hours

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