Daryk Campbell Sr

I'll bring chips, and green onions.

All who have posted anything productive over the years. I have read things on this site that have helped me spiritually, mentally, and especially with my fishing ability. Fishing is a great hobby, and produces amazing people. Many who have posted here. 1 time or many times, thank you for posting.

Marty, Excellent as always. Great pictures, and narration. Thank you for sharing this with us.

For me 10 fish landed is an excellent day. 50, that's what dreams are made of. Thanks for posting.

We had many, many frogs in neighborhood the first few years we lived there. Now, they are sometimes tough to find. A pay neighbor told me, per her exterminator, the chemicals used may kill the frogs. Now we get a periodical bug sprayer through the city. That has to have a detrimental effect to the small animals.

Can't be true. Of all the posts on here everyone knows that rig only catches dinks. We know it was a whopper plopper or an A-rig. Lol. Great post, and pic. Thanks for sharing.

Now you are just poking the bear with a hot poker.

I have never caught a grass carp. This was a different looking carp for me. It was long and slender, torpedo like, as mentioned earlier. It was caught on canned corn(no vanilla). I thought from being told by others, grass carp could not be caught with hook in the mouth. It did not fight as hard as I remember carp fighting either.

Took my 10 year old son to the local city stocked pond. Decided to give the creek a free day. And there was bad weather possible. I have had an itch to selectively fish for carp in this pond for quite a while. I pass this pond 2-5 times a day and it is very close to the road. In the evening, carp slurp the top of the water. The fishing water all around St Louis region is very dingy and you really just have to have faith that there are fish in the chocolate milk that you drop your hook into. That is another reason I wanted to fish for carp in this pond. I know they are there. My son really needs to go to the restroom, so I pointed to the tree close to us, but he had to sit down to do his business. I told him to go across the way to the restrooms and come right back. Well just before he returned, we had a fish on. It was on my pole, but I really wanted him to bring it in. He still wasn't back. I brought it in, netted it and measured it. Just about 18 inches. It unhooked itself in the net. I released it. Here came my boy, not even 2 minutes later. Nothing else until we left due to the rain.

I built one. They are great on flat hard ground. If you have sand and uneven area, it gets tricky. I also am toting close to 350 pounds boat and equipment.

Just make sure you have a spare area for the drop-ins.

Sorry to read this. Sounds like he got the second chance at the end, and used it well.

That was funny.

Cool pictures. Thanks for sharing. Would love to see some shark pictures. Good luck to you.

I agree with this, But minor in my thoughts also. Seems that the "heart" has an 'x' to indicate the reaction. Before you coukd hit "like" and move on. Now you have to choose how you want to like it.

I have wondered that for years.

John, how are you able to identify the fish? Is there a book, or pamphlet you could refer me to? Thanks, Daryk.

There are just too many options. 50 , even 30 years ago, you didn't have the "internet". You didn't have a tv in every room. You didn't have cell phones for everyone in your household. Cable tv had far less than the 99 available options the box was capable of. Sports were not as available then as they are now. Why is it that we don't think it's acceptable for a young child to be out on his/her own? Al mentioned being a kid and going to the river alone. I believe it's the media's fault to start. How many more children are taken nowadays vs 50 years ago? 1 is too many, but how badly are we hurting the children by restricting them? When is it ok for them to spread their wings? At that time, what are they prepared for? How did they prepare? Because of 'age' ? Sorry for the rant. I Grew up in South St Louis city, 4th of 5 kids. We roamed that city safely for many years without being killed, abducted, shot, etc. It just bothers me when kids are not allowed to be kids.

There is a product called "seal all". It is sold in parts stores and hardware stores. I believe it does work with polyethylene.

I work at a parts store. People want us to be mechanics( and we try to give helpful advise). I can't resist asking them to repeat the process and sounds multiple times.

I have a tiny skillet made for a single egg. Gonna try this with olive oil as I have no goose fat......

So if I bought a crispy chicken sandwich and gave it to Wrench, who's conservation # would have to be on the paper bag?

Just for arguments sake. If I have no fishing license, or claim not to have a license, then could the DMV officers still search with no probable cause? If I did not sign, then that excludes me from the validation of permission. I do have fishing and small game with trout stamp, was just using the reference.

I wear mine religiously while on the boat/canoe. Even while loading. I am teaching my kids to do the same. Sure, maybe nothing will happen, and look silly. But I also wear my seatbelt in the car and helmet while I bicycle and skateboard. Sure the generation before me was tougher, but a lot of them died early due to accidents. I have 3 kids to worry about.