"Chech out west 2018"

[2Stater]

Wow!!! 

Banner day for pics, Chech. Those were phenomenal! I need to catch you up on some e-creds. 

[ricky023]

  , those pics were gorgeous and thanks so much Chechem. Have to surely give an ecred as 2 stated. RTR!

[bama57]

Beautiful pictures thanks for sharing

[Chechem]

Tuesday June 5th pics.
I slept in until 4:30.    
Too windy for fishing the lake again, so I went looking for critters.


Saw two elk bulls with growing antlers.  They refused to be photographed together.  


I got to the Yellowstone River by 8:00, where the Waipiti Pack hangs out.  As I set up my telescope I heard coyotes howling.  Within 30 minutes a single, black wolf appeared.  He was a mile away, but when he crossed the snow bank he was visible enough for a photo.


He seemed to like the snow, and stayed on it for 5 minutes.  It was just 55 degrees.


Soon after I spotted something moving left to right.  It was a grizzly bear and her 3 (THREE) cubs.  #3 was out of the photo.  Terrible pic; too far away.  But I wanted to document it.  Use your squinty eyes and imagination.


Know how sometimes you see the traffic completely backed up going the opposite way, but you have a freely moving lane?  It happened to me today.

[Chechem]

Tuesday afternoon:

I sat near Madison Campground and visited (mostly) with a couple from Greece.  We were on a hilltop watching a large herd of bison near the Gibbon River.  Numerous kids came by, and I let them look through my telescope.  It's amazing to effectively be among the bison with the telescope.  Fun afternoon.  I also watched a pair of Osprey at a nest and some birds along the Gibbon River.


Relaxing in the afternoon sunshine (it was 55-60 degrees).


Lactation time.


American Merganzers


Spotted Sandpiper


The Osprey snapping (on left) was incubating the eggs, and seems to have driven the other (flying) from the nest by squawking and striking.  Family dispute no doubt.


The other Osprey returned, and was driven away again. 
"GO FIND ME A FISH, OR DON'T COME BACK!!"

[2Stater]

Again, excellent pics!!! 

[ricky023]

Absolutely grand. RTR!

[Chechem]

Thanks, guys.  It was a nice, calm day; FISHING ON THE LAKE.  Best day yet.  I netted 15 trout, and one was the biggest Rainbow Trout this trip.

I know you guys tire of the same ole fish poses, so I hammed it up a bit.  Hey, I was the only one within 2 miles on the lake!!




The biggie!!


Prettiest one today.

[ricky023]

  gosh those are great pics. RTR!

[2Stater]

That big one is huge. Did he give you a good fight?

[Chechem]

That big one is huge. Did he give you a good fight?

Oh yeah.  The water is cold, so the fish never seem to tire.  They jump a dozen times, run all around the boat (sometimes under it), and do whatever they want for the first moments.

Yesterday I lost 3 rigs.  The first one broke off the line (maybe the line had been nicked by their teeth; it happens).  The next 2 ran under sunken logs and tangled.  No way to stop that or know where the logs are.  It's like fishing for grouper near oil rigs; they run for obstructions and break off. 
 

[Chechem]

Late Wednesday afternoon I drove along "Firehole Canyon".  Impressive power of the water.

[2Stater]

Beautiful!

[bama57]

 the most of the fisherman you meet practice catch and release and do you ever eat any of the trout

[ricky023]

Wow those water pics are extremely beautiful. RTR!

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