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| July 3, 2000 |
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| A large gap of unsurveyed river lies from west Charleston back to roughly Belle. I forged to the great east of Charleston, seeing familiar names again which made it feel more like home.
Thinking that it was about time to stop messing with infeeders, I chose a site along the Kanawha proper. Immediately after setting two nets in what seems to be a decent foraging area around an infeeder delta, a massive thunderstorm struck at 7:30 prompting a retreat to the nearest restaurant. A Dairy Queen east of Belle provided suitable cover, though I learned the hard way they charge for drink refills. Also, the new S'mores Parfait, while tasty, could have used a bit more marshmallow topping. Needless to say, the Queen won't be making our official sponsor list. |
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| Above: 12 meter net under canopy perpendicular to the great Kanawha River. It took about an hour to pick out all the debris after it blew over in the onslaught of wind, rain, and doom.
Left: The net that should have done something-- seen here set over the infeeder and also trail flyway under amongst heavy cover. Below: A local angler slips out for a bit of after work fishing and to watch the first wave of thunderstorms march in. In his words: "It don't get any better than this!" Hummm, fish surveys have got to be easier than dealing with these bats! |
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| The rain stopped promptly at 9:15 and I clambered out to set up a double high. Midway through that, the wind picked up from the opposite direction and proceeded to pummel me into a massive soaking. Yes, it just doesn't get any better than that. Fortunately the rain totally ended at 11:00 and ideal bat conditions set in. Despite this neither I nor Dave (back at tick heaven site 12) even saw any bats except for some very high (60+ feet) fliers. | ||||||
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