HERPING COSTA RICA Costa Rica is a dream destination for wildlife enthusiasts of all kinds. It hosts incredible diversity in it's unspoiled rain forests. Birders flock there like hummingbirds in the winter to enjoy tropical species they can't find at home. The same can be said for the herper. While herping can be as simple as planning a trip to your local park, there are countless fascinating species that can't be found there. It is a trip of a lifetime to travel to the jungles and rain forest of a place like this and enjoy encounters with all the incredible species of reptile and amphibian found nowhere else! The numerous pit vipers in the underbrush and trees. Countless species of amphibians that include the beautiful but deadly poison dart frogs. Our crew even encountered several critically endangered species, including the Harlequin Frog! This was the trip of a lifetime to be sure. It resulted in so much footage that we will be presenting several videos from the trip. The first, Herping Costa Rica; The First Few Nights, can viewed by clicking the title, and be sure to watch part two below for our daylight trips into the rainforest! We would like to thank our hosts and guides from our Photo Wildlife Tour group. If you ever want to take a trip of your own, you can find information on them here sierpefrogs.com We highly recommend them! These guides are eagle eyed, and you'll see some of the amazing wildlife they help us spot in the video below!
FREE FISHING DAY!
Many states offer free fishing days when you can fish without a license. They are often during the nice summer weather, and they do this in hopes of getting people interested in fishing to sell more licenses. We previously filmed a video on a free fishing day in Maryland, you can see that by using this link. These events are not just for people who don't have a license. To provide a good experience and keep folks coming back, they often stock heavily in advance of the event! Mike and Dana decided to try and capitalize on this by heading up to the river to do some fishing on that day. They were not disappointed! Mike started out catching nice brown trout right at the crack of day, and the action just didn't stop! Dana also reeled in her fair share of fish too! Check the dates this summer and try your luck at free fishing!
SURF FISHING PANAMA CITY BEACH FLORIDA
Summer is a great time to head for the beach! People flock to beaches far and wide to enjoy the surf and sun. But we've never been the ones to lay on a blanket a get a burn. We try and avoid the midday sun by heading out at first light, or the tail end of the day to wet a line. Some of the trips we enjoyed were to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a much renowned surf fishing destination in itself. But when Dana won a trip from the radio station to Panama City Beach, Mike was more than eager to load up the surf rods and tag along! These two found the fishing off the bright white sand beaches very good indeed, catching a mix of species that call the Gulf home. While this was their first trip to the Gulf coast, we have a feeling it wont be their last! If you get to the beach this summer, try a little fishing yourselves!
SHELLCRACKER FISHING-THE REMATCH
This spring was coming to a close when Mike and Dana found a spawning school of shellcracker. These tasty pan fish are a member of the sunfish family, and though they resemble their cousin the bluegill, they often grow much larger. They are also really good eating! They found these fish after they returned to a fishing pier they had found while exploring this area last year. You can find the original video from that trip by clicking this link. They wanted to see if the fishing would be good here at a different time of the year, and were not disappointed! Dana had out fished Mike so badly in the first Shellcracker Video that he wanted a re-match. The video below was created then. Can he best Dana on the second try?
HERPING ARIZONA
We have not had a chance to catch up with Chris since we visited him last spring. That visit resulted in another video for our Herping Florida collection! But later last summer, we posted video of a trip he took out to the desert southwest. He encountered all sorts of interesting wildlife, including the endangered Gila Monster! Be sure to click below and check his video out. We hope he will have more for us soon!
JOIN US BELOW FOR A FEW OF OUR PAST ADVENTURES, MORE IS ON THEY WAY!!!
As summer sets in, sometimes the fishing can get a bit difficult. The heat tends to move the fish into the deep, cooler waters. So whats a bank fisherman to do? Grab the rods and a few night crawlers and go fishing of course! Panfish can provide great action on a hot summers evening, and also make great table fare! You can click below as Michael and Mike head lakeside to fill a stringer and share a recipe they enjoy to prepare with panfish. It's quick and easy, a great way to pass some time this summer!
Above we have a grand adventure to Costa Rica on a herping trip of a lifetime! In that caption, you'll find a link to a herping trip that was taken in our own backyard. Herping can lead you near and far, finding species both familiar, as well as ones never seen before. This trip was in between, to the Southeast US to see what kind of creatures that region had to offer. Click below and join us on a trip through the swamps of the bayous of Louisiana!
Mike and Dana headed out to a local lake this past spring to Search For Crappie. Spring crappie fishing is something they have enjoyed for years. They enjoy not only the chance to get out in the spring, and enjoy the early spawning runs and action that provides after a cold winter, but the tasty fillets they obtain as well. But on this trip, the crappie didn't cooperate. They ended up enjoying some great action for other species though, large fish that broke Mike's line and ended in a rematch!
Beside the link to this video, you see a herping trip. On the homepage, you find a link to a charter fishing trip. As it turns out, you don't have to plan a trip exclusively for one or the other! While the crew was in the southeast filming the video beside this one, they took a charter fishing trip as well. There is no end to the summer fun you can have on a road trip! Why not plan an adventure of your own today! Get out there and enjoy the outdoors!
Hunting and fishing is a lifestyle many enjoy. These
activities provide delicious, self renewing, non polluting
fish and game for the table. With that in mind, we created
ways to enjoy the spoils of all that work! We'll be adding
more videos with great ways to prepare our bounty for
the table as they pass our taste test! Click through and try a
few yourself! Be sure to click below for our video on making jerky! This tasty snack can be made at home with beef, venison, or any red meat, even if the meat has been frozen. Don't let that venison roast freezer burn! Get it out and make some really good snacks to have as you enjoy your outdoors adventures! Try It!
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