Sometime in the middle of August things begin to change outdoors the days are noticeably shorter, the nights cooler (thankfully) and water 
temperatures begin to fall. The eagle chicks are fledged and hanging around the nest sites hoping that one of the parents will stop by with a fish. Many of our summer birds begin to drift away in fact folks will frequently comment late in August about the lack of birds singing.
After all of the rain we have had all of our lakes and ponds are very high. Some like Seven Tree in Union are up feet rather than inches because of the river flow. 
In these conditions I like to fish the lakes higher up in their watersheds or on small watersheds that seem to suffer fewer effects.
Hard to believe that it is mid-October already, another season has flown by. This weekend was what I suspect will be the last family fishing trip of 2011. Fishing is not over for sure but families are much less likely to spend time on the water as the air gets cooler. I look forward to seeing this family each time; I’m not sure who has more fun on our trips.
