After Church we took 8 kids bowling at Bass Pro Shops to do something fun indoors to beat the heat... I realized quickly that if I had a bowling alley, the kid rate would be twice as expensive as the normal adult rate.... kids can do some damage and still manage gutter balls and such with bumpers, we had fun though....
Then after bowling me n Drake took a little nap. We are avoiding going outside for pretty much the first time in our lives, its hot out there and we sure aren't used to it this year....
So there's more going on right now than I can keep track of and my mind is working all day and all night; but I'm trying to just stay sane and slow things down a bit.... Noah turned 6 last week and Mae turns 8 this week... Drake keeps saying he is 5 so he can play soccer with them at the Christian Center... Anyhow just 14 more years and it will be all over as my kids will all be growed up and out the house....
So anyhow kids are back to school and it finally decides to get HOT out... should make for a good dove opener next weekend though... usually cold front pushes em out a day before season, but this year looks to be good. Here are some sunflower pics:
So anyhow below is perhaps one of the top ten boring pics ever posted on this fishing blog, but its a pretty important one. A Purina Mills caravan was touring places like John Deere and Caterpillar last week here in Illinois and they brought their tour bus to Norris and spent some time with me n Justin at our lake.... We will be taking our fish experimenting up a few notches by teaming up with them... Our goal is to grow 2 lb bluegills and 10 lb largemouth in 5 years on a regular basis.... we will do it, we are putting together all the pieces to the puzzle...
Alot of pond renovations are wrapping up this summer, now its time for some rain so we can stock some fish!!!
Speaking of fish stockings, we have alot of fish still available this fall! There has been a smallmouth bass shortage the last couple years, but I have a surplus of about 1000 smallmouth that need to find good homes this fall... Also we will have plenty of walleye, tiger muskie, northern pike, rainbow and brown trout, catfish, hybrid stripers, and we even will have quite a few BIG fish available as well... Big Largemouth Bass and Big Blue Catfish for sure.... Just send me an email to nate@hblakemanagement.com with as much detail about your lake or pond and I can help you nail down some fun bonus fish to stock in it this fall.... if the pond has no fish in it yet even better, let me help come up with a fun fish growing experiment for ya...
This week I will be traveling alot.. tomorrow going south to Flora and Carmi, Illinois... Tuesday Rushville, and Wednesday will start in Walnut and move south to Minonk, Gridley, and then Lexington... Thursday is Lewiston and Friday Im trying to leave open to kick off Labor Day weekend hopefully by noon......
I have alot of sunset pics lately so Im gonna just burn em all up here on the blog....
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