Devan S.

I'm fairly certain in Mo I've done the white bass, paddlefish, white crappie, goggle-eye, probably have a bluegill(never checked but have caught some toads), darn close to blue cat and channel cat, never caught a good flathead on rod and reel but certainly have it trot-lining. None have ever been submitted as its just a piece of paper. Arkansas seems to bit a tad bit tougher but their in groups and they send out pins for them so a little added bonus. They also remove the length and only go by weight which sometimes helps and sometimes hurts. I think in Arkansas I can find spots to get the Walleye and Smallmouth with enough time, effort, and luck. Catfish obviously anytime you have the Mississippi river you have lots of options. Trout is clearly a tailwater deal(pick your location). Striper could be BS or Beaver. Crappie may be tough at 2.5 lbs. Gar or paddlefish should be a reasonable find.

I have been looking at the Missouri and Arkansas Master Angler Awards. Got caught up specifically by the news of the Arkansas angler that now has them in all 8 categories which is pretty cool. Obviously you got to have some luck and lots of time invested but looking through the list which ones seem to be the easiest and where would specifically start if you were wanting to catch one? Looking through the MO list I have caught a couple that were darn close but never checked them 100% or submitted them.

We don't need dry. We need normal. According to the national weather service: Springfield is 10"+ ahead of normal. Joplin is 9" ahead of normal. Harrison is 8"+ ahead of normal. Fayetteville is 7.5"+ ahead of normal. We're not 50% through the year and in most cases we are 25-40% ahead of normal on precipitation. What we really need is a dry week with normal to above normal temperatures and some wind. Followed by a few light 1/2" rains throughout the week. This is go time for most of agriculture.

The last 2 days I have been just running points basically launching at Indian Creek and running to roughly the island off of Starkey. I have had several fish hooked and come off and landed 3 fish in the 5-6lb range all throwing a spook looking for deep to shallow transitions and top water activity. I have not hooked up with anything huge but I have been putting some fish in the boat and fishing in a way I enjoy.

Surely you are not implying no government meddling as it pertains to alcohol right?

I did the MR340 in a 17ft. aluminum canoe along the Mo. outside of a handful of spots I never felt overly concerned. Crossing the current seam from the Kaw river to the Mo with hundreds of other boats, a handful of barges, lisbon bottoms, and a lightning strike around Chamois that was too close for comfort all had me alert but I never felt in danger. Granted the river was cooking along and if I would have dumped it would have been a nightmare to get back in and going but I never really felt close to tipping. The most nerve racking thing by far was paddling at night and the boils but I don't think there was any inherent danger in them. Its kind of got me wanting to run back up and catfish thinking about it now. Like all water it can be dangerous but I've felt much more in danger paddling in class 3 whitewater.

Time shall tell but I know personally I am hanging onto about 18 calves I should have sold in the last 2 months. Market is down and so I'm hoping with the grass growing something breaks loose soon so I don't end up taking a bigger hit burning through pasture for calves that will likely sell poorly anyways. I'm certain I'm not the only person doing that either. Today its the processing/packers...tomorrow its the feedlots.....next week its the producers.

Concerning but it says they started noting the change in mid-March and its run from Europe to USA......Here it is early May so we can assume at least to some degree that most of the US is seeing this strain and not China's version? Does the infection rate line up between the sample sets? 6,000+ data points analyzed but yet 3.5+ Million reported cases? This is all claimed to be new and only "discovered" since January time frame. I wouldn't place much stock in "new" or any worse when they have only analyzed less than 2 tenths of a percent of the MEASURED infection rate. At this point, something like this only confirms we don't know jack squat about this....really.

Not really. I think that's the last thing we really want happening. Imagine the debacle that would be forced resignations by the executive branch. Would be like court appointees x10. It sounds great until it directly works against you when the pendulum swings the other way. Perfect example is the Republicans going nuclear on the SCOTUS appointees after the Democrats did it 4 years earlier. The real shame is that the American people get fixated on a figurehead (most often the President, Speaker, ect) and all but ignore voting for the masses of congress/senate as evidenced by the drop off in voter turnout on any election outside POTUS. I don't believe the President is the greatest character and personally and morally I have some strong agreements and disagreements with how he handles himself and the office of POTUS. However, I am certain there is Republican and Democrats in both the Senate and Congress that have done and will do things that both myself and the masses believe are objectively wrong. Unless they have some high ranking title and/or they commit something overly heinous, they have to endure 1-2 weeks of media backlash (if that) then all is forgotten. You all want to blame someone for American politics and there is really only one person to blame...the American people. When 40-50% don't vote for President, another 10-20% wont vote at midterms who else can you blame. You cant logically blame the people elected for abusing their powers when Americans(their boss) have a opportunity to solve the issues every couple of years with their votes. Think about your place of employment and if any shady, backroom, sweetheart deals go on or cover-ups that happen. If this kind of stuff goes on at work, do you think highly of your management? Probably not(unless your the manager). The political place of employment is no different.....we just have really crappy managers that refuse to FIRE bad employees. Term limits, political parties, lobbying, drain the swamp.....none of that matters if elected officials were held responsible by their constituents.

Agree both Big M and Eagle Rock are going to mean pretty good paddles to coves and likely crossing the lake. You could put in 86 bridge in Eagle rock over roaring river arm(not the big bridge over the lake). Lots of accessible water in that area. Viney is a good spot and will not have to cross the lake. I think there is a small boat ramp in rock creek on the Big M side but I'm not sure how to get there. Owl Creek has a boat ramp and would be protected. Another option would be the old sweetwater ramp on the kings side. Pretty good cove there and easy paddle to the next cove over.

Yeah I think I would/will pull all rods/reels and tackle. Trolling motors/graphs are easy on/off within reason. Its all reasonably mobile as my boat sits outside now. Lock the lockers so they can't steal my cheapie life jackets, anchor, hound dog without working for them a bit. Biggest concern was charging. I use a regular charger(not onboard) so it will be setting exposed but will probably take the boat cover along just to keep everything from being wet in the morning. If nothing else....out of sight/out of mind.

I know some of you guys travel with a boat around the area and/or country to fish various places. How do you guys handle charging? Obviously a resort or single cabin style I assume you just pull up and plug in but how do you handle motels, ect. if you are forced to stay there? Do you pull the batteries? Obviously pull all valuables and lock the lockers but what else do you or don't you do?

I don't know what rear end is in my 1/2 ton but I have a 2012 F150. My boat is smaller Xpress 17' so weight there isn't an issue. However its also my full time farm rig. Hauling calves in 16' bumper pull stock trailer, hauling 6-8 800lb round bales at a time when its time to move bales around. Is it the best scenario?...No....but pulling power is not the problem. The problem in both of my overloaded scenarios is stopping power and control. If/when things get to bouncing and moving around my truck just isn't really big enough to hold it back. That's where good functional trailer brakes make a world of difference. Edit to add: Most of my towing is between Cassville/Exeter/Golden. So I'm not exactly flat land towing either.

I've never understood this logic of all the add on features stuffed on everything for boats and vehicles. I agree 100% although I prefer a tin boat I also prefer my vehicle be the same way. Guess there's just not enough profit in the base model.

Zip ties, toilet paper/baby wipes, short section of wire to break up the mud dobber nest in the outlet hose on the water pump, Extra pair of cheap sunglasses, Instead of a helmet I use a pair of motorcross goggles, small tool kit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/coronavirus-outbreak-may-have-started-as-early-as-september-scientists-say/ar-BB12MPqU?li=BBnb7Kz Seems to be lots of conflicting ideas.....again mainstream media so take it with a grain of salt......FWIW we may never know.

wasn't Harter house in hollister visited by a positive person....maybe last week?

No world records in Table Rock for Crappie. A 15" table rock crappie will never have the shoulders/thickness to compete for a world record. You need a fish that is just incredibly thick to get up above the 5lb mark and its just not going to happen in Table Rock.

I dont know if its "closed" or not but there is trucks and trailers galore there everyday when I go by.

So you're wearing a mask, possibly incorrectly with gaping holes around the edges, you're coughing and sneezing, heck even breathing in a public place. Any responsibility to the people you infect? I'm not arguing you specifically but in general obviously. The assumption that I am gallivanting around town willie-nillie is incorrect. That is probably my fault. My point is I am vastly limiting my exposure. Besides work, home, and farm, TSC today was the first time in a 3 week period I have been out to "town". You can also bet your socks if I didn't have $3k in fertilizer sitting having to finish being spread I would have ordered the pins from amazon and never left the house to begin with. We order the bulk of our weekly needs via amazon. My wife gets the little bit of weekly food we need every 2 weeks in a quick in and out trip to the store. Today the closest I would have come to anyone would have been the lady at the register, had it not been for the lady coming directly too me, physically making contact with me. You mis-construed the thought process entirely. I saw in 1 single short trip multiple people all WITH masks wandering around appearing to be window shopping all clearly breaking the social distancing order. If that doesn't solely represent the whole I have a mask, I'm good theory then I don't know what does. The thought process probably stands that with or without masks those same people would have likely been out but you wont ever convince me a large population exists that thinks, " I add a mask, I can push the limits" Its just to prevalent in every other faucet of our society to think that way. If you want to play the limit the risk to yourself and everyone around you then batten down the hatches, quit your job(assuming your still working or solely work from home), don't think about going to any public place including a boat ramp, once you leave your house you take risks everyday that you might have to come in contact with someone even if it is accidental. Heck half of these "essential business" aren't remotely essential. Again my theory is unless you are taking EVERY SINGLE precaution, up to and including giving up borderline "essential" activities, then the mask isn't likely providing the protection you think it is. There is far to many people out and about doing activities that are not essential. It's nothing more than a dollar store bandaid on a cut that needs stitches. A lot of opinions on the mask/glove theory changed after the CDC change in guidance. Question is how many people actually wore them prior to the guidance changing and how many will continue to wear them through flu season next year? In addition how many people you think actually use them right?

I am not wearing gloves. I am also not wearing a mask in public. NOBODY is going to convince me that if you are coughing or breathing and releasing virus that anything short of a full blown respirator that seals around your face CORRECTLY is going to provide enough protection especially in enclosed spaces. It just doesn't add up. Its like trying to use reading glasses to keep dust out of your eyes. Sure you can say lessen your viral load but you can only use that excuse under true must take chances situations. I had to visit tractor supply as I have several thousand $ of fertilizer sitting on a buggy to be spread and a broke part. I had to go in to get some pins. A group of people standing around the chick pens, all wearing masks, looking at the chickens. Most of them rubbing shoulders. I went around 2 isles to avoid them. Got my pins and little old lady in mask and gloves comes up to me, touches me on the shoulder and says, "son you really should have a mask on, you don't know what you could be spreading" Masks and gloves are going to cause more problems then they solve by giving false security. Sure I can see it as a blanket of extra protection when all other precautions are taken but clearly at this point they are nothing more than a substitute for common sense.

Take solace in the fact that there is 320M people in the US and less than 1 million US cases. Also look up number test vs. number positive. Statistically speaking provided you have followed the guidance and haven't been told you've been directly in contact with someone who is positive, then the chances are good its something else. None the less do the right thing and quarantine and take care of them which you will.

I am seeing that but the article N9BOW posted says this: Treatment Worldwide 86% of covid-19 patients that go on a ventilator die. Seattle reporting 70%. Our hospital has had 5 deaths and one patient who was extubated. Extubation happens on day 10 per the Chinese and day 11 per Seattle. Plaquenil (hydroxy-chloroquine) which has weak ACE2 blockade doesn’t appear to be a savior of any kind in our patient population. Theoretically, it may have some prophylactic properties but so far it is difficult to see the benefit to our hospitalized patients, but we are using it and the studies will tell. With Plaquenil’s potential QT prolongation and liver toxic effects (both particularly problematic in covid 19 patients), I am not longer selectively prescribing this medication as I stated on a previous post. We are also using Azithromycin. Looks like they are using it too with not good results at least their not bragging about it saving every patient. Lot's of misguided information out there, seems to be.

FWIW I also use dry-shod. Dry-shod owner was previous owner of Muck boots prior to him selling out to corporate interest. His non-compete was up and he is back in the game. I much prefer my dry-shod over my mucks.

It may not drop to 12ft. Based on the operational plan from the COE, if the total % flood pool in use was 50% or greater you get a different regulating stage that incrementally moves that date back to May 15th and gives additional downstream capacity. Today based on the COE numbers the 4 lake system sets at 46% so it wont take much to push into that higher regulating stage. Still yet....it will probably be summer.