Gone Fishin’.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Outsmarting the fish.

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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35 Responses to Gone Fishin’.  #Wordless Wednesday  #Outsmarting the fish.

  1. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja says:
    June 7, 2023 at 6:09 am

    So wonderful photography.
    Where it’s ? I hope that’s Lake. Nice cought the 🐟 picture. Last one so cute picture with green Grass. I like, Linda!

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  2. Ally Bean's avatar Ally Bean says:
    June 7, 2023 at 9:39 am

    Welp, isn’t that one confident looking fisherman!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 7, 2023 at 7:52 pm

      I thought so too Ally. He is looking pretty proud of him/herself for catching that fish. It is a catch-and-release pond at Heritage Park so he was happy he could keep his fish unlike the humans.

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  3. Tofino Photography's avatar Tofino Photography says:
    June 7, 2023 at 11:20 am

    You are hunting for pictures just as well as the Heron is for fish Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 7, 2023 at 7:58 pm

      You are right Wayne! We both were lucky that day! I was about to leave and saw the Heron make a jerky movement with its head and then he speared that fish. Only one that day while I was watching, but he kept wading through Coan Lake (catch-and-release for humans) anyway.

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  4. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    June 7, 2023 at 3:28 pm

    It’s in their DNA to be fabulous fishers! Great shots, Linda!

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  5. Laurie's avatar Laurie says:
    June 7, 2023 at 7:38 pm

    Amazing heron photos! How did you get so close?

    Glad to see Harry was successful.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 7, 2023 at 8:03 pm

      Thanks Laurie. Well this time it wasn’t Harry who usually freaks out when he sees me. I was at Heritage Park at Coan Lake, a man-made lake which the City stocks with fish for catch-and-release fishing. The lucky Heron gets to keep his fish. I’ve been going to Heritage Park for many years and never saw a person or a Heron catch a fish, so this was quite a find. I was standing on the grass near the seawall so I was pretty close and using my digital compact camera.

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  6. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    June 8, 2023 at 10:37 pm

    Herons sure are good at what they do! Beautiful creatures! 😊 Great shots, Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 9, 2023 at 7:43 pm

      Thanks Tom! I was lucky to find this heron in a catch-and-release pond … humans can’t keep the fish but herons can! It is amazing to watch their techniques for spearing and grabbing a fish.

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  7. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    June 9, 2023 at 9:31 pm

    “Humans can’t keep the fish but herons can!”…. i love that! 😁

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  8. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    June 11, 2023 at 12:04 am

    Nice catch for both you and the heron. They are fascinating birds to watch.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 11, 2023 at 5:51 pm

      Thank you Rebecca. Yes they are fascinating to watch. This heron was in a man-made lake with catch-and-release fishing only, so I think he was feeling pretty lucky to get to keep his fish.

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  9. ruthsoaper's avatar ruthsoaper says:
    June 11, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    What a great series of photos you captured!

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  10. Shelley@QuaintRevival.com's avatar Shelley@QuaintRevival.com says:
    June 12, 2023 at 6:06 am

    Whenever I see them catch a fish I’m amazed at how they see down that long beak and into the water and come up with a prize! It’s so fun you were there to see it happen!

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      June 12, 2023 at 6:48 pm

      I wonder if they get cross-eyed looking down that long beak? I was at a dam here in Michigan at Huroc Park a few years ago. Just a small dam but the water comes rushing down and on one side was a steep brick slope. There was one heron standing there, water rushing around its long legs and nabbing fish, one after the other. He was having a good ol’ time. I must’ve taken 50 shots – was the highlight of the visit to that park. I always wanted to go and when I got there it was really just a walking track and a littl woodsy, but not dense, so that was lucky getting shots of him.

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  11. singlikewildflowers's avatar singlikewildflowers says:
    June 13, 2023 at 7:28 pm

    I’m impressed with how you find these perfect photo moments!!

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  12. J P's avatar J P says:
    June 15, 2023 at 5:31 am

    So far, no comments have mentioned the poor unlucky fish. Oh well, circle of life and all that.

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