Not actually trying to catch members of genus corvus, but a couple of fishing videos for Raven who seems to be up late these days as he’s convalescing. With my luck of picking videos tonight he’s probably seen these, but its the thought that counts, right…
First up a 3 year old catches a big (relative to her) catfish:
And here’s someone landing a very large (and very dangerous) alligator gar:
Patricia Kayden
There’s a photo of a huge river sturgeon (dubbed pig nosed) that was caught recently that will give you nightmares. It belongs on one of those River Monster shows.
redshirt
I have a family of Ravens and Crows living nearby.
They don’t intermingle and don’t seem to fight either.
Like, they leave the other completely alone.
From my perspective they’re sometimes hard to separate. From afar the only way to tell the difference is size, with Ravens generally larger than crows, though of course sometimes there’s some really big crows.
Major Major Major Major
@Patricia Kayden: Sturgeons are freaking terrifying.
trollhattan
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
The old man had great stories of upper Midwest fishing for pike and muskie and catfish. One that “got away” after hours of dragging his boat around was probably a paddlefish, but he never knew for sure. Salmon is as big as I’ve landed. Saw a sturgeon once in a nearby river and it might as well have been a small submarine.
danielx
From a kayak? There’s an optimist….
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: If it makes you feel any better, for those of us in the US it’s often tomorrow somewhere.
There’s a ripping good yarn called Pact: Devils and Details. It’s a web serial in the urban fantasy/demonology vein. One of the supernatural beasties is a spirit that goes by the name of Corvidae, who was long ago built/summoned/shaman’d up by the first peoples up round Toronto somewhere. He’s represented as a skinny, bony man with sharp eyes and straight, jet black hair, wearing mid-19th-century gentleman’s clothes that you nonetheless feel aren’t his. He’s happy to help you and comes whenever you summon him, but unless you’re a native, as his price he always steals something of yours and puts it somewhere that will turn out to bite you in the ass later on.
I don’t know why but this is like seared into my brain. Great character. I think he has like four lines.
trollhattan
@danielx:
No kidding. Basically a gator pu-pu platter.
?BillinGlendaleCA
I saw on the local news here last night that a bear has taken up residence in the Santa Monica mountains. First bear that’s been sighted there in 200 years.
redshirt
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Watch your bird feeders.
James E Powell
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
No doubt, he’s got a screenplay he’s been working on
?BillinGlendaleCA
Heh, there’s a river and a freeway between me and the mountains. Actually 3 freeways(405, 101, and 5) from where the bear was sighted.
Major Major Major Major
@James E Powell: It’s about a bear who’s new to town and wants to get his screenplay published, but life is hard around the Santa Monica mountains. The MFA bear schools are just churning out so many bear writers nowadays that the protagonist bear is having a hard time making an impression. He doesn’t have the refinement that these SoCal woodland types expect; he doesn’t catch the right references at parties or wear his fur in this year’s style; they see him as just some bear from the boonies. You know, he’s kind of lonely and he eats too much honey. It’s a little sad. It’s really more of a mood piece. The bear is hoping to run into Sofia Coppola.
trollhattan
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
In the Sierra foothill gold country is a town called Cool. Couple weeks ago a family there found a colt had been killed by a mountain lion in its paddock. Fish and Wildlife issued a permit to take the lion and a tracker was obtained. They left the carcass out to lure the lion so the tracker would I.D. the culprit. Only problem was during the night a bear stole it. The cat’s still out there.
Coincidentally the kid and I are rafting the river up there tomorrow. Far tastier folks will be around so I’m watching for poison oak.
redshirt
@James E Powell: LOL. Awesome!
seaboogie
The fishing is fun and I’ll share with my Dad who loves to fish, but basically hanging out for a bit before I head to bed to wait for Santa – ehrm – I mean Walter pics chez debit – in the am.
redshirt
@Major Major Major Major: I hope Adam Sandler is in it.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major:
The bear might be in luck there Sofia’s dad is a Bruin.
Major Major Major Major
@redshirt: I see we’ve hit the part of the night where you become nihilistic.
Bobby Thomson
Thanks. That clip reminds me of when my daughter went fishing in the pond behind my dad’s RV.
Miss Bianca
Pity…I mean, not about the content of the videos, or the fact that they are for Raven, but the concept of “fishing for ravens” is kind of awesome.
There’s an enormous raven (are they ever anything *but* enormous?) that has started to hang out up at the hunting kennels. His name is, of course, Edgar.
That is, I presume it’s a “he”. Does anyone know anything about sexing ravens?
evodevo
By golly that little girl is persistent ! Unusual in a 3-year-old. Most of them would be throwing down the pole and whining after a minute….