WEBVTT 00:00:01.540 --> 00:00:05.500 It's the Terriblet Fishing Radio Show on Gold 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:08.679 Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:17.039 host, Michael Raffino. Welcome back to Terriblet 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.800 Fishing everybody. Well, this week we have a 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.980 great event that's happening tomorrow and we 00:00:25.980 --> 00:00:29.440 are Well, I've got some news about me, and then 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.820 we'll also be covering stocking schedules because 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:36.740 we've got to follow the stocking schedules because 00:00:36.740 --> 00:00:39.579 that's the fun part of fishing. We get the big 00:00:39.579 --> 00:00:42.280 ones, we get the little ones, and we get the 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.359 excited little fishies in the lake. All right, 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:52.500 so news, news, news. Well, I'll give you, you 00:00:52.500 --> 00:00:55.929 know what? Good news or bad news first? We'll 00:00:55.929 --> 00:00:57.649 give you the bad news, and then we'll cheer you 00:00:57.649 --> 00:00:59.149 up with the good news. What do you think of that? 00:00:59.270 --> 00:01:04.049 It's usually what I like. So, bad news is my 00:01:04.049 --> 00:01:07.790 neurological illness is actually getting worse. 00:01:10.250 --> 00:01:12.829 Because of certain episodes that's been happening 00:01:12.829 --> 00:01:17.730 to me, I can't cry for a while. Not legally, 00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:24.890 anyway. So, I'm kind of grounded. I'll be It's 00:01:24.890 --> 00:01:29.049 kind of a hit -and -miss. I won't be going to 00:01:29.049 --> 00:01:35.590 Lake of the Woods not very often because that's 00:01:35.590 --> 00:01:39.989 a drive, but where I live is nice. I've got the 00:01:39.989 --> 00:01:43.290 Link River right out here. I've got Juana. I've 00:01:43.290 --> 00:01:47.750 got Klamath, Upper Klamath. I've got some fishing 00:01:47.750 --> 00:01:52.269 right outside the house and so that's kind of 00:01:52.269 --> 00:02:01.140 nice. and it'll make me focus on very local neighborhood 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:04.439 fishing. I'll be focusing on neighborhood fishing. 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:09.919 Now, we have an event coming up tomorrow and 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.539 there are two reasons why I picked Klamath Falls 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:18.819 to retire in and to die in. It was two things, 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.180 bird watching and fishing. Those are the two 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:28.310 things. And really, it was the people, too, in 00:02:28.310 --> 00:02:30.729 the end. It's always about the people. People 00:02:30.729 --> 00:02:35.849 make the place. And I love Klamath Falls residents. 00:02:36.050 --> 00:02:39.590 I really do. And you see that in me when you 00:02:39.590 --> 00:02:43.810 meet me. So, tomorrow at Veterans Park, they're 00:02:43.810 --> 00:02:48.150 having the 25th Annual Migratory Bird Festival. 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:53.539 That is a huge deal for me. I mean I will have 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:57.800 a booth there. So me and my my youngest daughter 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.500 Elizabeth will be there and we are going to be 00:03:01.500 --> 00:03:06.379 selling and helping. We'll be selling my art 00:03:06.379 --> 00:03:13.120 and my baits and unassorted sundries in our booth 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.819 and you can meet me. You could ask questions 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:19.810 about fishing. Even birds, I mean, I'm more of 00:03:19.810 --> 00:03:23.330 a songbird guy, songbirds and raptors, than I 00:03:23.330 --> 00:03:28.889 am a waterfowl. I'm not very good with waterfowl. 00:03:30.110 --> 00:03:32.370 In Fresno, we had a lot of waterfowl. You'd think 00:03:32.370 --> 00:03:34.550 I'd be good at it since I had the Wild Bird Center 00:03:34.550 --> 00:03:39.449 there. But tomorrow's going to be a fun day at 00:03:39.449 --> 00:03:42.289 the park. Weather's supposed to be pretty good, 00:03:42.889 --> 00:03:46.110 and it'll just be a nice thing for you guys to 00:03:46.110 --> 00:03:50.289 come down say hi to everybody and they're going 00:03:50.289 --> 00:03:56.509 to have music, birds, events and it's going to 00:03:56.509 --> 00:04:01.909 be a fun day at Veterans Park. So hopefully you 00:04:01.909 --> 00:04:06.210 can come down. I make not only arts and baits 00:04:06.210 --> 00:04:09.189 but I also make cribbage boards. I'm kind of 00:04:09.189 --> 00:04:15.199 addicted to making cribbage boards. I really 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:23.220 should see cribbage boards anonymous, CBE, if 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:30.300 such a thing exists. But I've been busy and you 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:33.899 will be seeing I've got a rack of baits right 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:38.180 next to me, soft and hard. Now I will tell you 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:42.949 too that the Because the water is warming up, 00:04:43.050 --> 00:04:45.730 I know it's been a weird week weather -wise for 00:04:45.730 --> 00:04:49.529 us. It's been sort of hit and miss. Last week 00:04:49.529 --> 00:04:52.370 we had really warm weather and then this week 00:04:52.370 --> 00:04:57.629 kind of cool and stormy a little bit. But I've 00:04:57.629 --> 00:05:02.230 got some really amazing suggestions for you to 00:05:02.230 --> 00:05:07.370 use out on the lake. Now, because I can't drive, 00:05:09.159 --> 00:05:16.160 It will limit my accessibility to certain species 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:22.100 of fish. But trout are hitting really good. In 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:24.180 fact, even the Link River is starting to hit. 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:29.000 So you're also seeing really good catches up 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.899 in Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes. And those 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:36.519 are very, very good. Very small spinners, even 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:41.170 flies. So if you're fly fisherman, go out there 00:05:41.170 --> 00:05:45.370 and work the flies. And they're just starting 00:05:45.370 --> 00:05:48.750 to get really exciting. And you can get some 00:05:48.750 --> 00:05:51.730 beautiful red -banded trout up in the upper lake. 00:05:52.949 --> 00:05:56.009 And the Williamson's River, the Woods River, 00:05:56.470 --> 00:06:02.819 big Browns in the Woods River. Just... I need 00:06:02.819 --> 00:06:05.420 a car. I need a driver's license. Well, I have 00:06:05.420 --> 00:06:10.060 a driver's license. I just can't use it. It's 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:13.120 very frustrating. You know, when I was a young 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:17.279 child, our mother, well, all of our mothers, 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.279 if you're a boomer, if you were punished, you 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.240 were on restriction, right? You were grounded. 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:26.680 And I've been grounded for life a couple times. 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.800 Mom got a little over excited about my activities. 00:06:33.460 --> 00:06:38.060 And we were kept indoors because there was no 00:06:38.060 --> 00:06:41.300 fun staying indoors. I mean, we wanted to go 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:43.660 outdoors and have fun. We wanted to go hiking 00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:49.779 and biking and go to the beach or whatever. We 00:06:49.779 --> 00:06:55.819 just wanted to have fun, you know. Yeah, I feel 00:06:55.819 --> 00:06:59.420 grounded. I feel grounded right now and it's 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:04.459 just not good. I'm 60 and it's like, I don't 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:09.500 want to be grounded. I ain't do nothing bad. 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:18.220 My brain's breaking. I've got many, many, many 00:07:18.220 --> 00:07:21.980 little issues and the brain is just causing my 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:33.290 body to do stupid things. Stupid things. Yeah, 00:07:33.569 --> 00:07:36.269 what can you do? Take more medicine. Hope we 00:07:36.269 --> 00:07:40.209 can figure it out. And in six months I can get 00:07:40.209 --> 00:07:43.629 back to driving in time for ice fishing season. 00:07:47.329 --> 00:07:50.689 So, we're thinking about... I'm thinking about 00:07:50.689 --> 00:07:55.009 some... Well, I've got to do some big lifestyle 00:07:55.009 --> 00:08:02.079 changes. So, enough of that. talk too much about 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:07.860 that. There's a soft bait that is an amazing 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:12.019 soft bait and the soft bait, if you ever look 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:16.139 it up, it's called Dancing Bones. Dancing Bones. 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:21.819 These are very expensive by the way. The plastic 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:28.850 I use is a really good Plastisol. It's very durable, 00:08:29.089 --> 00:08:33.529 but dancing bones are fairly fragile. It's got 00:08:33.529 --> 00:08:38.690 just appendages that wiggle like crazy. Coming 00:08:38.690 --> 00:08:41.070 to the spawn, which is what we're seeing right 00:08:41.070 --> 00:08:45.029 now, it is a great bait to just bounce off the 00:08:45.029 --> 00:08:49.850 bottom and crawl it. Dancing bones for the big 00:08:49.850 --> 00:08:56.330 fish is just a really good bait. You can you 00:08:56.330 --> 00:08:58.990 can buy them over at Lake of the Woods at the 00:08:58.990 --> 00:09:04.029 marina You know or just email me or stop by my 00:09:04.029 --> 00:09:08.110 booth. I think I have I have one package They're 00:09:08.110 --> 00:09:13.450 hard to make You know when you make baits, you 00:09:13.450 --> 00:09:16.190 know, especially soft baits you got a create 00:09:16.190 --> 00:09:20.769 the formulation and then you got to get it up 00:09:20.769 --> 00:09:23.669 to 350 degrees and then you're going to be mixing 00:09:23.669 --> 00:09:27.830 in your colorant and then you got to put it inside 00:09:27.830 --> 00:09:31.129 your little shooter tube, you know, injector 00:09:31.129 --> 00:09:35.129 and inject it into the mold and then break open 00:09:35.129 --> 00:09:37.850 the mold and do it again and again and again. 00:09:38.169 --> 00:09:42.830 So if you guys wonder why I charge so much, well, 00:09:42.830 --> 00:09:47.720 I don't charge a lot, but for hand -poured baits. 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:51.639 I have some beautiful 6 -inch swim baits, too. 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:57.259 And, again, big baits work in our area. You really 00:09:57.259 --> 00:10:00.659 got to try throwing a big bait, a 6 -inch, a 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:08.559 7 -inch, an 8 -inch. These are killer baits for 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:12.299 the lakes of our area. You know, Lake of the 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:17.299 Woods, I can't tell you how effective a big bait 00:10:17.299 --> 00:10:23.440 is in Lake of the Woods. The soft swim baits, 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:27.860 what you could do is I usually run an ADOT beast 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:32.320 hook in it and I skin hook it up on top. So as 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.659 the warmer water hits, I could toss it in the 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:42.350 middle of a weed bed or a lily pad area. pop 00:10:42.350 --> 00:10:45.529 it up on the lily pads and let it float down. 00:10:45.610 --> 00:10:48.909 Pop it up and let it float down. By doing that, 00:10:48.990 --> 00:10:52.629 it looks like, you know, a dying fish. And boom! 00:10:53.070 --> 00:10:56.389 You will get, you will get a hit. It's completely 00:10:56.389 --> 00:11:05.149 weedless too. I mean, it's fun. Those are fun. 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:09.039 So on these actually, you know, it's kind of 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:10.960 fun to play with different colors, you know, 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:16.279 red, white, green, pumpkin green, green pumpkin, 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.059 whatever you want to call, and then salmon color. 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:22.899 I'm a big lavender guy. I like lavender on my 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:27.460 baits. Lavenders have a high refractive quality 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:32.110 in the water, so they almost glow. and it really 00:11:32.110 --> 00:11:35.509 gets the fish's attention. And it sets up their 00:11:35.509 --> 00:11:39.049 alarm bells because they actually think it's 00:11:39.049 --> 00:11:42.210 a predator coming at them. And they just strike 00:11:42.210 --> 00:11:46.330 it out of instinct. They don't think twice. They 00:11:46.330 --> 00:11:51.370 don't have to be hungry. But that lavender is 00:11:51.370 --> 00:11:55.889 a great thing. Also, dark colors. Please, look 00:11:55.889 --> 00:12:00.419 at dark colors. Do not ignore black baits. I 00:12:00.419 --> 00:12:06.740 know there are certain lakes. Dark color works 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:11.360 better than other lakes. Stained water. When 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:17.779 you are in a lake like Upper Klamath or Agency, 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:23.240 using a dark color because it's stained water, 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.539 stain means there's no clarity to it practically. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:33.360 fish work off of profiles, not off of colors. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:39.179 And so when you use a dark, dark bait in the 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:42.679 stained waters, that's more effective. Think 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:46.919 about if you go five feet down in a stained water, 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:49.679 which only has like 18 inches of visibility, 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.960 what kind of light is down there at five feet 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:59.730 or eight feet? Not much! Not much at all. So, 00:12:59.870 --> 00:13:04.730 highly refractive baits or spinners, there's 00:13:04.730 --> 00:13:09.230 no light hitting it, so they're basically dead 00:13:09.230 --> 00:13:15.129 on arrival. You need light to hit these highly 00:13:15.129 --> 00:13:21.450 refractive qualities. So, lakes like Lake of 00:13:21.450 --> 00:13:24.909 the Woods has beautiful clarity, 12 to 15 feet 00:13:24.909 --> 00:13:28.840 of clarity. And you can just have a good old 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.460 time with brightly colored spinners, metals, 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.820 highly refractive colors in a clear lake, like 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:45.340 Lake of the Woods. So definitely think about 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:49.340 that. So dark baits in dark water, bright baits 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:53.759 in clear water. Now, dark baits always work. 00:13:56.460 --> 00:14:02.940 They just work better in dark water. I've used, 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:08.240 I mean, I'm a, I love black and blue. I like 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:14.159 deep purples in my baits and these things right 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:18.720 here just, they just work really, really well. 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:24.379 So now as for hard baits, You know right now 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:27.039 a jerk bait or a square bill bait would work 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:31.740 really really well and So I really focus this 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:36.379 time of year on square bills and jerk baits Also, 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:39.799 you may want to try a chatter bait. What's a 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.799 chatter bait? So chatter baits is basically a 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:47.200 jig with a little lip that chatters You put a 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:51.840 soft trailer on it so We're going to take a pause 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.580 right now and we're going to go into our next 00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:57.620 segment continuing some of this conversation, 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.279 but we'll also look at stocking schedules for 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:05.419 the next couple weeks. So stay tuned and thank 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:09.220 you so very much for joining me at Terrible at 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:22.559 Fishing. In the year 3047 on Space Station Delta 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.840 9, one man dared to launch a burger joint in 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.779 the void of space. I opened Galactic Grill. Flame 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:31.360 broiled Bliss and Zero Gravity. But nobody knows 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.379 we're here. 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Go country radio on Friday night. 00:16:46.250 --> 00:16:49.370 I'm terrible at fishing, but it feels just right. 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:53.250 Welcome back to terrible at fishing everybody. 00:16:54.750 --> 00:16:58.169 Well, continuing our conversation of fishing. 00:16:58.990 --> 00:17:03.809 Now, there's a very exciting, our next free fishing 00:17:03.809 --> 00:17:08.519 weekend is June 7th and 8th. June 7th and 8th. 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:11.599 Okay, remember that. But definitely June 7th 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.900 because at Lake of the Woods you'll be able to 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:19.759 meet me again there. It is the children's event. 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:25.079 This is probably the most wonderful event you 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:30.759 will ever participate or even observe. You have 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.740 no idea at how wonderful that event is unless 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:37.750 you've been there. So, what is the children's 00:17:37.750 --> 00:17:41.509 event on June 7th? Because 7th and 8th is free 00:17:41.509 --> 00:17:44.670 fishing for everybody, but what we do at Lake 00:17:44.670 --> 00:17:49.569 of the Woods is that we bring in a lot of trout. 00:17:49.990 --> 00:17:54.950 We have a large, like, stand -up pool. It's not 00:17:54.950 --> 00:17:57.069 really a pool, but it's sort of like a well. 00:17:57.250 --> 00:18:00.289 We'll call it a pool. And we put trophy -sized 00:18:00.289 --> 00:18:04.819 trout in there. And then we net off part of the 00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:08.180 marina, so it's basically an aquarium, and we 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:11.380 throw in a whole bunch of other trout. Now in 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:14.559 the pool, that's six and under, so children that 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:17.480 are six and under and with special needs are 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:22.039 going to be fishing in that pool. We supply basically 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.880 sticks with string on it and a hook, and they 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:31.940 can pull them up. And if you've ever seen Well, 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:36.079 I'm sure you have but You know little itty -bitty 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.099 two -year -olds three -year -olds catch a fish 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:47.859 or a child with special needs This is the happiest 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:53.940 moment I Think for me let alone for that child 00:18:53.940 --> 00:19:03.589 It's magical really is very very magical to see 00:19:03.589 --> 00:19:07.849 the wonderment, the awe, sometimes the fear. 00:19:10.210 --> 00:19:14.029 But we have lots of volunteers. Now, the cool 00:19:14.029 --> 00:19:17.869 thing, too, you know, the ones over six are going 00:19:17.869 --> 00:19:23.730 to the marina and catching fish. Then, what do 00:19:23.730 --> 00:19:25.859 you do with the fish? Well then you can take 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:27.960 it to the Boy Scouts over at the cleaning area. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.759 What they'll do is they'll clean the fish. Then 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:33.319 what do you do with it? Then you can take it 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:37.819 over and you can have it cooked. So basically 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:40.759 for the children, this is a great catch and cook 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:44.059 day where the ODFW is there, Smokey the Bear 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:48.519 is there, the fire department is there. It is 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:57.160 just, it's a big celebration. fishing and hopefully 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:01.960 get the children excited about fishing. And then, 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:06.180 you know, eat the fish. And this, you're wondering 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:10.319 how much does it cost? Nothing. This is a free 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.660 community event for Klamath Falls and the surrounding 00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:18.640 areas. You know, people from Medford and Ashland 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:21.380 and people from all over the state, but most 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:24.630 of it is southern state. come over to Lake of 00:20:24.630 --> 00:20:29.730 the Woods. We never run out of fish, by the way. 00:20:30.730 --> 00:20:33.150 After the children's event over, we just dump 00:20:33.150 --> 00:20:39.630 the fish into the lake. Sunday is a great fishing 00:20:39.630 --> 00:20:45.700 day. It's still free fishing, so you just bring 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:49.799 a pole and go fishing. So, 7th and 8th, but June 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:55.660 7th is the day of magic, or of wonderment, or 00:20:55.660 --> 00:21:03.680 of just happy faces, and some fearful. I mean, 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:07.460 sometimes a special needs kid gets a big fish 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:11.380 and they run. Oh my goodness, it is so cute. 00:21:11.630 --> 00:21:15.750 It is so cute. But there's lots of people there 00:21:15.750 --> 00:21:19.430 and we'll just have such a good time with the 00:21:19.430 --> 00:21:25.170 kids at Lake of the Woods. Again, tomorrow is 00:21:25.170 --> 00:21:31.150 the Wild, the Migratory Bird Festival and let 00:21:31.150 --> 00:21:36.549 me go over. ODFW has a recreation report and 00:21:36.549 --> 00:21:39.009 May 15th they put out their recreation report 00:21:39.009 --> 00:21:42.660 for this month. Again, they're reminding you 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:47.359 guys of free fishing on the 7th and 8th. I don't 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:50.680 see too much there about Lake of the Woods, but 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:54.279 now you know. Now, I will tell you too, this 00:21:54.279 --> 00:22:00.440 time of year is birds are nesting, baby birds 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:06.059 are hatching, eggs are hatching, and being a 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:09.569 wild bird guy, We used to have a store called 00:22:09.569 --> 00:22:13.609 the Wild Birds Center. People, what they would 00:22:13.609 --> 00:22:16.269 do is bring us baby birds that they find on the 00:22:16.269 --> 00:22:23.410 ground. Let me dispel a few myths about baby 00:22:23.410 --> 00:22:29.470 birds. One, songbirds, they have no sense of 00:22:29.470 --> 00:22:34.039 smell. None. the wife's tells that if you touch 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:36.960 it the parent the the mother the parent birds 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:41.039 will will reject it because they can smell you 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:45.059 no that's not true all right when it comes to 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:47.279 songbirds they have no sense of smell whatsoever 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:52.680 so if you do find a baby birdie you see the nest 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:54.420 you can get to you can just pick it up and put 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:58.500 it back in the nest yeah fine now some baby birds 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.220 are learning how to fly and so what they'll do 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:06.970 is they'll sort of fall out of their nest. Mommy 00:23:06.970 --> 00:23:10.650 is standing by. I will just tell you this that 00:23:10.650 --> 00:23:14.769 Mommy is standing by. They are not unattended 00:23:14.769 --> 00:23:19.509 birds. What's funny is watching them try to land. 00:23:20.869 --> 00:23:24.750 We used to have a nest of scrub jays in our backyard 00:23:24.750 --> 00:23:30.710 and every year four babies would follow mom over 00:23:30.710 --> 00:23:34.069 to the neighboring tree and they'd hit the branch 00:23:34.069 --> 00:23:39.210 and hang upside down and then fall. This time 00:23:39.210 --> 00:23:42.109 of year when it comes to bird watching is just, 00:23:42.130 --> 00:23:45.589 well, it's highly entertaining. You really need 00:23:45.589 --> 00:23:49.730 to come to the park tomorrow and understand what's 00:23:49.730 --> 00:23:52.910 going to happen. Now, when it comes, just leave 00:23:52.910 --> 00:23:58.710 baby's birds where they are. Mommy and Daddy 00:23:58.710 --> 00:24:03.710 are actually keeping track of their own young. 00:24:04.630 --> 00:24:08.509 So, don't worry about it. Just don't worry about 00:24:08.509 --> 00:24:13.609 it. It is just a fun time of year for bird watching 00:24:13.609 --> 00:24:19.109 because the spring is sprung and it's just beautiful 00:24:19.109 --> 00:24:24.069 to see not only the adult birds, but the baby 00:24:24.069 --> 00:24:28.619 birds. Now, eagles, here's a trivia question. 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:31.740 I think I've told you this before. The average 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:35.240 bald eagle's nest is about 3 ,000 pounds. I know, 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:38.980 3 ,000 pounds on average. And they, you know, 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:43.319 they could be two tons better on their nest. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:46.180 Bald eagle's nests, and we have a lot of bald 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:52.240 eagles in this area, as they mate for life and 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:58.059 they, well, they build the same nest. And they 00:24:58.059 --> 00:25:01.519 don't use itty -bitty branches. No, they use 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:06.039 big branches. And that tree can fall. It happens 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:11.019 a lot that bald eagles will fell trees just by 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:15.000 their nests. But what a beautiful sight. What 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.660 a beautiful sight. So let's go over some of the 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:24.170 stocking schedules for this Next two weeks. So 00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:27.809 let me pop in the dates here and We're going 00:25:27.809 --> 00:25:31.190 to cover this week and we're going to cover Let's 00:25:31.190 --> 00:25:35.230 go to the end of the month because why not? so 00:25:35.230 --> 00:25:50.190 Let's go to Lake of the woods All right Lake 00:25:50.190 --> 00:25:56.799 of the woods Well, I didn't pop anything up. 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:07.660 Oh, there it is. Okay, we're working on it. Come 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:22.140 on, Mike, where is it? We're just going to go 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:26.779 to our zone. This is what we're going to do. 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:35.359 Why did it do that? My computer is just acting 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:40.660 up right now. Just acting up. All right, Thompson 00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:47.380 Reservoir. Nothing this week, but we're going 00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:51.279 to just go through this list right here. Anna 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:55.759 Reservoir. It's got 2 ,400 legals being stocked. 00:26:56.180 --> 00:27:00.319 So check out Anna Phillips Reservoir. 9 ,500 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:06.380 legals. Oh my goodness! Lake of the Woods is 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:12.380 getting 1 ,600 legals, 600 trophies, 19th through 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:18.339 23rd. So that's Lake of the Woods. Now again, 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.299 there's going to be a big stock the following 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:22.380 week, of course, for the children's event, but 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:24.539 that will be held for the children and then released 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:27.819 into the lake, what isn't given to the children. 00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:32.920 So, but that is kind of what we're looking at. 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:38.140 So next week we will have, at Lake of the Woods, 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:41.480 1 ,600. That will be a great stocking, by the 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:48.710 way, really good stocking. Now let's Let's see, 00:27:50.190 --> 00:27:57.109 go to a different area. Alright, so Fish Lake 00:27:57.109 --> 00:28:02.109 has got, this week actually, they got 45 ,000, 00:28:02.250 --> 00:28:06.309 4500 Legals, 500 trophies. That's a ton of fish 00:28:06.309 --> 00:28:11.670 for a little lake. So 5 ,000 plants, just this 00:28:11.670 --> 00:28:14.829 week. So head up there and get some of those. 00:28:15.069 --> 00:28:18.390 Fish Lake next week is going to get 3 ,500 legals. 00:28:18.809 --> 00:28:21.329 So there are some, I mean Fish Lake is going 00:28:21.329 --> 00:28:25.130 to be a hot lake right now. Very easy to catch 00:28:25.130 --> 00:28:28.849 a trout there. Really easy. Use power bait, use 00:28:28.849 --> 00:28:32.809 spinners, just have fun grabbing it. Lost Creek 00:28:32.809 --> 00:28:38.609 Reservoir. Okay, this week they got, I almost 00:28:38.609 --> 00:28:45.750 said it, 11 ,500. So 10 ,000 legals and 1 ,500 00:28:45.750 --> 00:28:50.890 trophies at Lost Creek Reservoir. Again, it's 00:28:50.890 --> 00:28:54.910 a big reservoir, but it's a fantastic stocking. 00:28:55.269 --> 00:28:58.130 Applegate Reservoir, if you thought that was 00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:06.190 a lot, they got 15 ,000 legals and 500 trophies. 00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:11.789 Willow Lake, a small lake, 5 ,500 stocking. next 00:29:11.789 --> 00:29:20.990 week. 4 ,000 legals and 1 ,500 trophies. Howard 00:29:20.990 --> 00:29:28.829 Prairie next week is going to have 7 ,450 legals 00:29:28.829 --> 00:29:34.130 being planted. So, Hyatt Reservoir is going to 00:29:34.130 --> 00:29:40.170 also get 7 ,450. Med Copon great little pond. 00:29:40.210 --> 00:29:43.349 You guys got to check it out. 2 ,000 legals. 00:29:43.450 --> 00:29:45.769 I mean, what a great...I mean, you just pull 00:29:45.769 --> 00:29:51.069 them out. Ten Mile Lake, again, is going to be 00:29:51.069 --> 00:29:55.650 getting 3 ,000 legals. There are...I mean, you 00:29:55.650 --> 00:29:59.910 can't go wrong in the next couple weeks. Metcopond 00:29:59.910 --> 00:30:06.910 this week got 2 ,000 legals, so it is just...I 00:30:06.910 --> 00:30:13.940 mean, Was it Lake of the Woods? That's Lake in 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:18.759 the Woods. I think that's a misspelling. No, 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:23.200 Lake in the Woods is a different lake. Anyway, 00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:28.500 tons of stocking. ODFW is just dumping a ton 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:32.180 of fish in the lakes right now. Don't forget 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:35.519 the rivers. Again, Link River. I know it's the 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.819 shortest river in the United States. But, it's 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:41.319 got great water flow right now and the trout 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:45.119 are big in it. So that's a really good little, 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.099 you know, local spot I'll be heading. So you'll 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:52.759 probably see me out there. And then, you know, 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:56.500 the Williamsons, the woods, the Sprague, Lost 00:30:56.500 --> 00:31:02.539 Creek. It's just, oh my goodness. It's just, 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:06.750 we just got the best of fishing right now. and 00:31:06.750 --> 00:31:10.930 the trout and the cold water fish. Gerber, don't 00:31:10.930 --> 00:31:14.230 forget about Gerber for pan fishing. Willow Valley 00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:19.549 for big bass. There are some great lakes right 00:31:19.549 --> 00:31:22.329 now. If you aren't excited about the best fishing 00:31:22.329 --> 00:31:25.609 season we've ever seen, you should be, because 00:31:25.609 --> 00:31:28.890 this year is going to be the best fishing year 00:31:28.890 --> 00:31:32.170 we have ever seen, and I can't believe I can't 00:31:32.170 --> 00:31:36.079 drive. So, take care everybody. Tight lines to 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:39.079 you all. Have fun out there and please stop by 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:45.799 Veterans Park tomorrow at the Migrating Bird 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:49.680 Festival. I can't even say it. Take care everybody. 00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.960 That was Terrible at Fishing, the radio show 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:58.759 with fishing expert Michael Raffino. Check out 00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:01.940 Terrible at Fishing on YouTube. And tune in next 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:04.779 week for the next episode and more great fishing 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:09.700 tips. Terrible and Fishing, Fridays at 7pm on 00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.039 Gold Country Radio.