$5.75 a gallon for diesel here, $6.20 a gallon for unleaded. 100# bottle of propane $209 with return bottle and $295 for a non-return bottle.

Came home a while ago from the High School Volleyball games. Two volleyball teams made it here today; McGrath and Holy Cross. Was a great start for the season of Volleyball here at Russian Mission. Weather permitting tomorrow two other teams are coming for the meet. Looking forward towards another day of volleyball action

These two crossed in front of the house yesterday morning
Took down our electric fence because it was touching snow drifts in a couple spots and a hour after we finished this sow showed up with her two cubs.

You sure take some nice pics bob, that's gota be a cold swim

got a good recipe for them bunnies? Love bowhunting them, so far I havent found a good way to cookem!!! Buddies got a hare dumpling recipe I've tried to get for years, so far no luck.

Nice pics!

I see you "tracked" him

27 degrees here this morning.
What a nice bull, UBob. Reminds me of the bulls we used to see hunting out of Illiamna.

You guys get any snow there in the last week? Was up at Kako Retreat Center with a bunch of guys from our church last week cutting fire wood & it was supposed to get nasty after we left Saturday morning. It was blowing pretty good when we left. Northern lights were sure nice Friday night.

Nope, that's what women are for..

Trapper Ron - isn't that how everyone does it?

The Yukon river here is running ice today...should be eels soon I hope.

well if you think of it...ask your woman for that recipe LOL! I'm fresh out of both!

lb ain't a kid no more....

27 at the house this morning. Mountains have a decent dump of snow on them. game on!

YukonJeff, how does eel taste? I assume you're eating them.

Yes we eat them and have a small comercial fishery for them at a buck a lb..they taste kind of like sardines (to me anyway)

They are very rich and oily and usualy cooked baked or fried.

you can try them yourself..they serve them smoked with a sweet sesame sauce in sushi bars or even at Carrs or safeway
in the sushi section also at Sagaya.

Saw the other day that Sportsman's was selling them in their bait freezer. They do make really good burbot bait the few times I've tried it in the past. It's been quite awhile since I've been able to get any and I don't think I'm willing to pay what they wanted for lampreys at SW. If I remember correctly they wanted 7.99 for less than a whole eel. I'm assuming these are from the Yukon as the company marketing them was based in Anchorage.

Man are we getting ripped off at a buck a pound!..lol

not sure where they are getting them but I have a freshwater permit and will sell them all they want.

It is usualy hit or miss we have to fish them right as the Yukon is freezing up during the running ice or right after it stops and freezes..its a short window when they go past here,and we cant travel to go find them since the ice is not safe yet.

The burbot or Lushfish (like we call them )are fat with Eels during the run so I imagine they would make good bait.

Always thought that eeling looked interesting. And wet and cold too at times I'm sure. What does the business end of the rake look like? I assume that's what you're using. Isn't it just spikes/nails punched through a piece of wood?

Yes it is very cold buisness but you get a work out swinging the eel stick so warm up fast,its hard work.

And yes if you look close you can see the nails..they are finishing nails with the heads clipped off at an angle and sharpend I made that stick myself my buddy is using it.

you swing the stick back and forth across the current and if you are in eels you will impale a couple every stroke or two.

For the comercial fishery we cant use the stick,we use dipnets, they tend to freeze up so we have to build a fire to thaw it from time to time we can get a half a dipnet full per dip when they are thick and get a pickup load in a few hours.