Daryk Campbell Sr

Count me in.

I really wanted to make the drive, but I have this cold/flu issue that I didn't want to bring down and pass along. Even today, I feel like I had a hard night of drinking last night, but I missed out on the alcohol. LOL. Thanks for the pictures and stories.

Everglades were mentioned. That is where I plan to go on a solo trip in a year or two. Just gonna drive in carrying my canoe. So many options, but any cichlids are gonna be desirable as well as a male Peacock bass. Then I plan to go to the saltwater and bank fish. This will be about a week trip.

By others stating it's a slow float, how long was it. I've been to the access at ColdWater and was curious about it. It's not terribly far from me, just a bit out of the way.

Those look great. I'm still trying to not crowd my heads, hers look amazing. That's really fun. Well done guys.

I will be rolling in Friday evening. I'll bring the smoker. If we use it, great. If not , that's fine as well.

All of it. Any excuse to get you there.

@Ryan Miloshewski can you help him out with some feathers? Know anyone who can? @JUNGLE JIM 1, I've been searching flr.the heads , and that explains why I cant find any. Do you still make them?

Since the article didn't show one, I decided to try to Google the Tampoon, this is what I found.

Solid plan.

I'm interested as well. I may have a couple of Dave's left. But it's been a while since I've fished ned.

Seems like it's read about this a while back. Deja vu maybe...?

I cannot turn against your gumbo.

Sounds like a variety of options are catching fish. I like that.

We are at about 2-3 inches of pure sleet here in Festus. It's blown around quite a bit. I'm not aware of any power outages around me. We have no outside responsibilities for a few days, and school was called off for tomorrow for my kids. Pantry and freezers are full, plenty of propane and charcoal. We have a room in the basement we can retreat to in case of power failure. It won't get to far below 50 degrees. We will be fine.

It's always interesting here in Jefferson County. About 15 miles from me. LOL As far as believing it or not, most around here would believe it. We've recently had chimpanzees on the loose. There is a home locally that rents them for parties. It's actually happend multiple times. We have a tiger sanctuary near here as well.

I wasn't fishing yet. I figured alot of you guys and gals may enjoy seeing some of the trends, and lures, along with prices. Not my video, just happened to come across this on YouTube. 2 minutes and 5 seconds he opens the catalog. Prior to that he rambles.

I was able to fish my local pond and got 4 crappie. I believe they are white crappie, although the bars are not extremely evident. They were all on a fly/jig given to me by @JUNGLE JIM 1 Good start to 2025. Interesting topic, Y2K was 25 years ago. This is the fly/jig, im honestly not sure what it would fall under. It's an ultra light weight jighead but tied in a fly fashion. He does good work.

A good new years day indeed. I was successful in connecting the fuel lines. I was able to pull start 'ol Frankenstein. HE'S ALIVE!! I did not connect the steering linkage, adn as seen in the video attached, i did not fill a barrel with water. I do have muffs, kinda forgot about buying them. It's been a journey, and I am satisfied so far. I caught fish today, and won a rechargeable aerator from Hydro Charge Fishing via Bassquatch90 YouTube/Facebook channel.

It has really high compression. I believe the starter is strong enough. I think it just needs to be cycled and get the pistons oiled. I wanted to do some work to it after my shift today, but we are going out tonight, and I don't want to smell like fuel. I believe I'm on the home stretch, just gotta tighten up the lines, and connect the steering linkage, adjust the carburetor and send it.

Got a new battery, it helped but still hard to cycle. The compression builds up and it is tough to turn. I took out the spark plugs and sprayed with fogging oil. Pulling a few times with the oil and no plugs it's really easy. I decided it was time to connect fuel over the weekend. I had problems with the fuel leaking from the pump, although I just rebuilt it. I could hear air leaking as I pumped my fuel siphon, as well as fuel leaking from the pump. I ordered one on Amazon, as it was significantly cheaper than the marine parts I've been ordering from. I still may get the OEM, but for now, I just want to get proof of it running before dumping alot more money. I decided to remove the pump from the block and try to pressurize it to see where the fuel was leaking. Then the next problem happened. My fuel tank internal fuel hose disconnected. It's an awfully old tank, so a new one was in the plans. I got a new tank this evening. I installed the new fuel pump, and pressurized the system. Before I installed the fuel lines I had a sneaky suspicion that I originally installed them backwards. Sure enough. I did, and i believe that may be why the internal fuel tank hose came off. I have a leak at the carburetor where the fuel line connects, I need to get some hose clamps instead of the zip ties I tried to use. I decided to try pulling the rope (as it is raining outside and I don't want to possibly short my battery), and it wasn't so hard. I went ahead and pulled a few more times and got a "pop" of ignition. Frankenstein started to moan..... I need to clamp the fuel lines, and fill up my trash can with water, before I try to start it all the way. But, I'm pretty excited.

Sounds like a really good deal for someone.

Yes I did. As well as I could interpret.

I've worked retail of some kind most all of my life. The management during orientation sternly explains to new employees not to interfere with people who are stealing. Doesn't matter how obvious it is that people are stealing, you don't approach. The common reason is it is cheaper than a lawsuit from the thief, and or workers comp for the employee. The "solution" to help prevent potential thieves is to "give them great customer service ". That was in the hopes of someone not being bold enough to want to steal in front of the associates. Meanwhile I made Kings Hawaiian Roll sliders. They were great as appetizers. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/216756/baked-ham-and-cheese-party-sandwiches/

3rd. No pressure Marty.