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I weighed it on my digital which seems pretty accurate at 3.10 lol

18.5..... all 3 were in the same range and HEAVY

Not in full swing yet but, some quality Blancos smoked my jerkbaits

Very nice!! When I get Spots 17 and over they are nice ones, I love those big Spots

Lower Meramec is frozen across here by me

That’s awesome man!!! I really hope you do get to hug the grandkids 😉 On this side of the state it’s not really going too well. Over 300,000 have registered in St Louis County and they have failed miserably in getting any numbers vaccinated. They actually said on the news St Louis County was getting another 30,000 doses, which is laughable if you have a brain and can add numbers. There are some dumb games being played with the distribution here. I know of Two pharmacies giving them to friends who were not in the age range we are currently in for distribution and not high risk. I’m 53 and had a chance to get one but, passed as I felt it was unethical with so many older people wanting it so desperately..... now I don’t think I will be getting any vaccine until the Summer I would assume the way St Louis County and the State is with how organized they are???

So awesome kudos to you

Not really here in St Louis County but, I just bought a piece of land on the Big that has a very nice open pole barn that could accommodate 4. 22 ft boats lol Gavin beat me to the draw on that Landau and I have been jealous as hell ever since. my SeaArk ran up and down the Lower Meramec this Fall Gavin. Gonna start taking it to Bull Shoals and Table Rock more often or sell to this catfish dude who wants it bad???

Sweet rig!!! 😉 too bad it’s just sitting out there all frozen like that. I have covered storage that would be a nice home for that lol

This is absolutely awesome!!! This is what fishing is all about to me 👍

Well I break them down like this..... actual craw Actual craw trailer actual craw) 1) you guys won’t like it but, because of our design we put in to the HD craw I like that one the best as it will never allow your jig to turn or roll but, some of you have complained about the thickness of that caw and I get that. 2) jewel baits finesse craw, you can cut off the end to your desired length and they work well. 3) Arizona Custom Baits limit out craws. Once again you can cut the end to your desired length, these look kinda pedestrian but the plastisol they used is awesome and the action shows on these 😉 4) wave worm Tiki Crawdude, these are a craw on a worm again but, you can cut it down to your size and they work killer. next group: actual finesse craw trailers 1) Conquistador Finesse Pro trailers. Great colors and contrast of colors but lots of salt which will make your trailers very weak. These are a great trailer though. 2) These could be the best trailers I use Xcite baits Raptortail Chunks. These are just an awesome finesse sized trailers just get some and see, they ROCK. 3)BizzBaits Killer Craw, people probably laugh at this one but, time in and time out these are great smaller trailers for me and I fish finesse jigs pretty often. 4) Lunker Hunt Finesse Craw, as usual you can cut them to size and they work really good. Champ these are some and I was being as honest as could without playing any favorites just which ones work the best in finesse jig situations. I hope you nail some hawgs and I would love to see the jig 😎 Here is the Two finesse jigs I use primarily and One is tied by MOsmallies from this forum and the other by Lawson Hibdon. Both are 5/16 and are different style heads but, both pair very very well with all the above mentioned craws and trailers and just flat out catch fish..... these are true fish catchers for over pressured fish 🙂 Unfortunately for me I only fish for fish that have beat up 7 ways to Sunday so I have to finesse most of the time.

Agreed 100% and this thread makes me laugh 😆 Too many little craws that suck!!! I’ve used them all and bought them all and I know what works for me and that’s all I need to know. Mitch and I have run the gamut on this one like 10 times over before and the equation has the same answers every time lol

In St Louis County you can only get it if you are front line personnel, 75 years old or if your Black they’ll give it to you. My age bracket won’t be getting called anytime soon so I could careless.

Wow!!! Very cool Seth and congrats bigtime my friend

Take more chances, fish during the week only, go to the sketchiest places I can and push the envelope as far as possible, fish with friends more and catch the biggest fish I can wherever I end up 😉

I have 3 short floats I do that all end at public ramps. My better half drops me off after I leave my truck at the ramp 🙂 I also paddle upstream for about Two miles or until my arms feel like they are gonna fall off and fish back to my truck. Honestly I am in need of a second participant with a truck willing to paddle in 40 degree water and wanting to catch fat Winter fish.

Sweet I’m glad you got out Dave. 🙂 I have been doing a bunch a shorter Winter floats quite often and some days They’re eating and some days their not. I have been fishing more than I have in a long time though and my attitude towards other people now has got a lot better lol

Wrong you had every right to be pissed..... if the shoe were on the other foot you would be getting hosed from the highest court on OAF. I agree with your first post and you have every right to feel that way.

This is a St Louis City park Dave, they left a giant tube blasting tap water into the lake for days hahaha They are the ones that wiped out the lake thru their ineptitude. We aren’t whining that something needs to be done, I think we are just in shock they could be this stupid with your lakes.

Exactly 😜

Exactly

What a friggin waste !!!! The city of St Louis employees at their finest. blasting tap water into the lake for days on end is ever so brilliant. Jim I haven’t talked with ya in a while and I hope you and your family are doing well??

Most of my family has had Covid and the worst case was a minor head cold like symptoms. Why would we get a vaccine when we already had it?? Mind you I’m married to a physician and have Two other ENT docs in the family and none of them really give me a straight answer on this. Why would you put the best synthetic version of a virus they could come up with that mutates in your body when you have already dealt with a natural one and recovered from what amounted to a whole lot of nothing??? Oh and by the way 2 of the 3 docs in my family are not getting the vaccine. The one that is has to because he is in a huge group with Mercy and he had to.

Well they can keep that MRNA vaccine I wouldn’t get that thing and neither will anyone in my family. We’ll wait for the Two others coming out that are a more classic attenuated vaccine and even then we’ll wait on that one for bit, if we get that one??

It’s the Tannins that give you the headache combined with any sugar you may have consumed with the alcohol.