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Camping Safety for Beginners

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

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If you are a beginner camper or if you have not been camping for a few years, you may want to stay close to home and iron out any problem you may have. One way of doing that is too consider camping out in your very own backyard to find out if you are prepared as you really have need of being; as it seems like we always forget something the first or second time out. This may seem childish but it’s far better to solve any problem in your camping routine now and it’s a cheap way to find out if camping is right for you. Before you head out on your adventure, remember camping should be about fun and safety. I cannot stress how important it is to plan and plan some more. Make yourself familiar with the area you will be camping at. Check the short and long-term weather forecasts. Be sure to make a detailed list of things to bring with you. Be Prepared, here are a few items to get you started. Be ready for accidents and bring a fully stocked first aid kit with the know how to use it. A sleeping bag and ground cover or sleeping pad is needful to keep you cozy as well as a tent and basic camping tools. Unless you have had experience in setting and maintaining an open fire, consider using a camp stove or portable grill. Plan your trip so that you arrive early with plenty of daylight to choose your location and set up your camp. Be sure to inspect you campsite for trees with dead or diseased limbs. There is nothing worse than a tree limb crashing through your tent at two in the morning. Also, keep an eye out for insect nests, both on the ground, and in trees or brush. You may also want to spot and avoid poisonous plants and Stay away from any questionable areas.

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Breaking away from the Norm

Monday, July 4th, 2011

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I don’t know about you, but I thank God for the warm weather we have had for the past 2 1/2weeks! Before then it rained most every day with the temperature still in the high 30’s and low 40’s. Most of the streams and river reservoirs were at flood stage for quite some time! Because of that, there was a lot of sand bagging going on trying to keep the river in check from over running its bank on a large scale. A few weeks before that our newspaper had an article and a picture showing the water flowing over the top of the Warm Spring reservoir dam in south eastern Oregon. Of course, it has receded some now from the reports I have gathered from a number of friends who had fished there! Listening to Their stories though gave me the desire to go fishing somewhere, but there was so much water in most of the reservoirs and rivers in our part of the state that I decided to go to a private pond which would not break my gas budget to get there! The ponds name is Altnow and is located near Drewsey Oregon. In order to fish there you have to make a reservation and the second is, it cost $10.00 a pole. It is fed by warm and cold water springs so consequently produces some fairly good sized bluegill and bass. The size of the pond is about a ¼ of a mile across any way you look at it. It has excellent bedding grounds for both species with cattails around half of its perimeter. Most shore line’s start out at about 2 ft deep and others drop off in a hurry! The deepest spot I found with my anchor is about 23ft. But I have no doubt there are deeper places in there! Most people just fish from the bank and get a fair number of them along the dam with mainly bluegill being caught. Really it depends on the day if there is lot of overcast you may go home with a hundred or more. But if it is extremely warm and clear like the day I just went out, you would do best to have a boat or float tube and use flies or a small jig head with worm or just worm on a hook. Then place a small spinner about 16” above the hook and attaché a bobber 6 ft to 8 ft above the bait. If you can’t catch fish on a lure, give bait and a small spinner a try! A little flash at times can sure draw them to your bait in a hurry! Sometimes, we just have to break away from our norm if we want to take some fish home!

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