David Unnerstall

So I am going back to Tackle Warehouse. Wow, this resolution lasted about a week.

I will cut the worm in half and I won't use a 5" worm.

OK, OK! I am going to give this a try. But this is the last bait I buy and not catch fish. Even if I find pre-Rapala warts, custom painted by Virgil Ward after eating hallucinogenic mushrooms for two bucks each I ain't buying them.

On New Years Day, after checking the roof for holes (it was like a war zone up here on the edge of the city limits) I was getting caught up on my reading. I read an article in Mother Earth News titled "Sourcing Truly High-Quality Garden Seeds." http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/high-quality-seeds-zm0z14djzsto.aspx?PageId=1#axzz3Nhqewhkx It is said in the article that seed companies have no knowledge of their seeds origin. And seeds should be bred for your region. Now there are some things I have success with (I might quit my day job and grow pole beans for a living) but others I have not. I am curious to know how much thought others have put into this.

I bought a bunch of shaky-heads last year and have hardly used them. Now I am going to the Fishing Show in Collinsville once I escape this cubicle and look to stock up on NED rigs. What will it be next year!

Thanks guys. These are all good ideas.

And we have a mallet around somewhere.....it's just that more people are telling me to go beat my meat, these days.

It was from the other end.

I won't use a marinade, then. Thanks for the ideas.

It does seem the majority of Amber Alerts are estranged spouses.

Chief, I fixed a couple of steaks the day I processed it. I DID use salt and pepper and cooked them fast in a bit of lard. The flavor was excellent but I had to cut each piece paper thin to chew it.

Thanks BeeDub. And here is a picture. I am dissapointed by the pictures taken in my carport.

This deer I shot is going to be one impressive mount but is really tough. I have the majority of it slated for ground venison and sausage. I need a way to make the steaks and chops a little more tender. And the next time I see a deer like this I am going to let it pass.

And so is Wrench. He should be up on my bookcase beside Patrick McManus.

Unless Chrysler starts making bass boats, again, I have bought my last bass boat.

I own one. My wife got it for me as a Christmas present a few years back. I take video's because I know I will want to watch them when I am 90 and can't do this anymore.

I fished January Wabash a couple of times last winter. I did not catch anything but that is a different subject. I have no problem but I live up here.

I wonder if they smell like trouts -- that would be bad.

Frisco flipped their eighth and ninth inning guys, this year. It was suggested by the press, earlier, that Neshek and Rosenthal switch their roles...I wish that happened and so does my stomach.

I have settled on one cigar the Oliva Serie V and although I prefer Scotch I do drink bourbon with a cigar. At last something I can talk, intelligently, about. I think you all are aware, by now, that I am an idiot when it comes to fishing. In fact, that is a picture of me with a cigar and irish whiskey at Marble Creek.

Troutnut, you know how to do this stuff.

It did not occur to me to clarify. The post is about panfish but I guess I am asking about both.

Thanks Mic that is good information.

OK so I am going with this fly fishing thing. But I am not near trout water. This property I bought is between the Black and St. Francis Rivers so I have to fish for smallmouth. This is excellent information on types of flies and I appreciate it. But is there any advice one can give on presentation and technique?

That outboard is going to overheat because none of it will be in the water.