2026-2027 Preseason...

[Rick]

Rick are you seeing any ducks on your morning strolls with Call.
Are there any real cold fronts coming our way anytime soon?

Call and I have been taking advantage of the water a friend has put on his crawfish rice but not seen anything but woodie and black-belly overflights there. Haven't been in the marsh since teal season cleanup, but have seen more birds using what's left of ag land teal floods on my past couple trips to work on my boat and pour another generator slab at the camp.

"Other stuff" has kept us from making a marsh round, but I hope to do so this morning, while there's still enough water in the main trails to do so without tearing something up.

Re: the weather, that's Darren's department. I'm just thankful for our cooler early morning hours allowing Call and I some exercise without stewing.

[Darren]

re: weather

update for yall on my preseason thread, showing some promise on horizon

[Rick]

Well, Marsh Bear, I tried:


Might have to enlarge it to see any ducks, and there weren't many to begin with. Will also note that the motor apparently flooded in the crap where I stopped and refused to start again long enough to be, shall we say "disconcerting" so far from hard ground.

Did get to fool a few blue-wings by getting as high a I could on a mallard-reeded Deceiver I'd brought in case a mottled showed and distress scream two strings of black-bellies over us with the Montana Lite whistle after swapping out a faulty spinner rheostat at the blind. Which was as close to a bird fix as I've had since teal closed. That, and took this of the summer's pond-scaping:

[DComeaux]

Your second video is private.

[Rick]

Your second video is private.

Grrr... Was actually "public" but somehow managed to put it on a "schedule" to be published 10/11. Not much of a video, anyway.

[Darren]

Enjoyed the tour of the hole and a few birds, thanks!