Friday, November 18, 2016

Sudbury River,Traps and Signs

The great November weather we've been enjoying in southern New England continued today with bright blue skies and temperatures near 60 degrees.  Fairhaven Bay looked stunning to this paddler.

Launching into a slough leading to the Sudbury River in Lincoln, MA I quickly encountered a floating Pepsi bottle...
 ...which was attached to a rope which in turn was attached to a circular wire trap.  Inside the trap was a can of cat food, a dead hornpout, and a still alive smaller fish.  My guess is the trap is being used to procure baitfish.

Came across two political signs.  This one may have been planted before the recent rise in river level...
Another similar sign was floating nearby.

I watched a red-tailed hawk who was watching me like a hawk...

A much smaller trash haul than yesterday's...

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