Greasy B

Ain’t no such animal.

Good idea, happy hour or lunch. Happy hour will be a little harder once daylight savings kicks in.

That’s a good looking bait, I can’t wait to try them.

Bluegill are a big deal, this spring we spent our vacation fishing for them. Four days fishing the strip pits in southern Illinois and four days on Reelfoot. Southern Illinois is strictly fly fishing and Tennessee is slide bobbers and crickets. I enjoy Bluegill fishing as much, maybe more then any other fishing I’ve done.

Bass, and cigar, good catch.

I agree, It wouldn’t much effort to make the fish they do stock go a little further and maybe grow a little before being taken. What the river really needs is a high water year.

Yep, it’s the same level of stupidity, it will be a tragedy if the driver doesn’t lose his CDL.

Thanks Phil, I’ll see how it works this weekend.

I can’t argue with the need to increase revenues for roads given the poor condition of our highways and bridges as well as the declining revenues from the current tax. It seems to me 123M per year doesn’t buy much road or many bridges. I know even less about the MHP and their needs so I can’t comment.

Excellent fishing report, the forum always welcomes the contributions of new members.

Great fish Pete, way to go.

We’ve had some very good fishing floating from Bennett’s peak campground to treasure island but the water is super skinny in the fall. The stretch downstream from Saratoga has much more reliable water levels. If you don’t hire a guide will need the upper north Platte floaters map from the WGFD. Study it closely, you will find very little public land and accessable wading water below the National forest at Bennett. Take the trespassing warnings serious, the land owners are extremely hostile towards anyone touching their rocks. If the wind blows your boat to shore or if you put a foot down to steady a pontoon boat you will likely have someone screaming at you while speed dialing the sheriff. That said it’s one the longest freestone trout rivers in the west, a beautiful place with lots of wild trout.

Last weekend I watched a joy rider run the Meramec with a big jet, 200 HP or so. It didn’t appear the gentlemen made any attempt to read the river or select a path based on conditions, he simply ran straight down the middle and throttled up when he encountered shallow water. Judging from the chocolate water and the rocks shooting from the wake his boot and impeller got a good shine. We ran up the river in our 21ft glass river jon, 450lbs of fishermen, ~300lbs of gear and camping luxury powered by a 20HP jet and never ate a rock. You definitely don’t need big power as much as you need your eyes and a little sense.

From what I’ve heard it’s a fine motor. You and I are probably better off buying from a reputable dealer. Good luck.

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Do you think that our new friend skitch is a bot? I took the bait, been thinking about that motor, lately I'm a sucker for all things Tohatsu. I even clicked on the link, I wonder if i got a bug? Maybe my phone his been taken over by....... Should we hijack the thread and talk about what loathsome creatures Carp are?

I vote for less people. Welcome Nick.

That's not right.

Good lord, Why do they think a river needs to be fixed? Oh I guess it’s not a river at all but an amusement park.

Pucker time on the nade, Sorry for the hijack, 662 is much more interesting.

Awesome fish. That island has been a favorite for a long time, we would run up from the ramp at Buffalo City and make that our first stop as we floated back down.

Nice fish. It would break my heart and flip my world view on its head if fish that pretty are fresh from the hatchery. With lots of water, lots of food and an astonishing growth rate I always figured it took a couple of months to go from pellet pale to rainbow brilliant.

How big is your deck?

Yikes! Well that explains a lot…. Back in the day a shore lunch of Mineral Fork Longears was part of the routine. Last weekend the Longears were nipping at my Whopper Plopper hooks. I only stuck this first fish, I’m thinking it’s a Green/Longear hybrid? The second is a hybrid, Longear/Bluegill? It was caught in southern Illinois. Identifying hybrid sunfish is wonderfully confusing.

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