FoulHooked...(how'd that get there?)

Been a lot of talk about them recently. Clams in Lake George . Carp in the Mighty Miss (and it's surrounds ). Rock Snot...well, just about everywhere. It's understandable that there would be some " backlash " to all these stories...but let's keep it in perspective. The threats are real. Daily Finance (of all places) has 10 interesting invasive stories that have had negative effects on the US economy. It's important to remember that invasives have a real, measurable and direct cost to all of us, not just the ecosystems they can malign (though...really...these things are inseparable, which somewhere down the line we will finally be forced to face the harsh realities of...but thats another discussion altogether). Of course, if the scope of the article were a little broader, I'd be forced to point out a major offender they omitted: Humans. And no, I don't mean just our friends to the South. But again...another issue altogether . Except for the whole inter...

What did the the capital district trout angling zombie cry when he saw the streamflows? After a long-weekend in balmy Florida, the weather up here is downright refreshing. Still, streams are approaching record lows, temps are threatening record highs, and no significant rainfall is in sight. It's enough to make you go carping. OK, extra carping motivation isn't really needed. Free time and work-release would help. Ideally though, it would be nice if there was water in the streams for the next two months, and maybe even something left in them to catch, before the season closes. Oh...and something from the weekend... 2 kids + alligator = 1 kid? Nah

spotted, stalked, caught and released...