What to do?
Phil Taunton
Originally published 02:21 p.m., May 16, 2008
Updated 02:21 p.m., May 16, 2008
Move over Brewster and Blue, I’m in the dog house again!
I have so much to do this time of year with fishing getting better and the spring turkey season winding down that I haven’t had time to get my golf game in shape.
The lakes are warming to 60 degrees and conditions are getting better each day for spawning crappie to move to the banks. Aggressive, hard-fighting white bass also are ready to bite most anything cast their way.
I am in trouble because Wifeus has an itch to be in a golf tournament and I volunteered her services to drive a tractor during the Symphony in the Flint Hills event on June 14 near Council Grove.
Things do seem a bit cold around here.
Little did I know that on the same weekend as Symphony in the Flint Hills, Junction City and Milford Reservoir would be holding the 12th Annual Governor’s Golf and Fishing Classic. Rolling Meadows is one of her favorite golf courses and Milford Lake is one of my favorite fishing lakes. Just too much going on!
Symphony in the Flint Hills will be fun, entertaining and educational. I really enjoyed helping out last year and also wanted to get Wifeus involved. Hopefully I can weather this latest misunderstanding.
I did plant a tomato plant for her just this week. Wait a minute... if I remember right, Symphony in the Flint Hills also has a volunteer golf cart detail to shuttle people around, which might be more to her liking.
Foolish girl ... and she thought this was all about me!
For those of you who like to golf and fish, the Governor’s Classic on June 13-14 will be an opportunity to knock two birds in the head with one stone, or so the saying goes.
Those who participate might enjoy a round of golf on Friday, June 13. That same evening, all fishing classic participants must attend a brief meeting where guides will be paired with contestants and a barbecue dinner with live and silent auctions to follow.
On Saturday morning, those who have entered the fishing competition will compete for the Governor’s Cup. This prestigious award will be presented at a luncheon following the event.
Rules for this event are as follows:
• Teams will be limited to three contestants (including the guide) per boat and each member of the winning teams will receive a prize. Team prizes will be awarded in the following categories: first place, the Governor’s Cup and $1,500 in cash will be awarded the team with the heaviest stringer of walleye; second place and $1,000 in cash will be awarded the team with the heaviest stringer of wipers; and the team with the heaviest stringer of catfish will be awarded third place and $500 in cash. The team with the most fish of all species will be awarded fourth place and will win entries to the 2009 Governor’s Golf and Fishing Classic.
• Check-in on the lake for each category of the Fishing Classic will be at the South Boat Ramp Area of Milford Lake and boats may launch at 6 a.m.
• All state licenses and park permits must be secured and all other regulations will be in effect.
• Please contact the Kansas Wildscape Foundation at (785) 843-9453 by June 4 if you plan on participating. For more information, you can also e-mail Mary Lee Norris at marylee@sunflower.com or call (866) 655-4377.
Still time for turkey
It’s late in the season but still time left to bag a big gobbler. The turkey season runs until May 31.
I think, considering how inconsistent weather patterns have been this spring, from now until the end of the season turkey hunting can only get better.
By now, most of the hens should have been bred and are on the nest. This leaves lonely gobblers with fewer hens to mate.
Patience, little movement by the hunter and a well-placed hen decoy just might lead to a gobbler’s undoing. Calling should be done cautiously using low clucks.
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