fishinwrench

The crew at Coconut's is rapidly dwindling. Their favorite thing to do (in case you don't already know) is to show up at Tucker's, Gator's, F&L, and all the other party spots, wearing their Coconut's apparel and showing off how hard they can PARTY. They call it "industry night". 😏 Well...... in the last two weeks 3 have crashed their vehicles at 2:AM and been arrested, 1 has suffered a Molly overdose, and another got wasted and fell in a fire. Their attempt to show the rest of the lake how cool the Coconut's gang is....has left them grossly understaffed.

Just a personal beef here, but why does everything have to be "TROPICAL"???? Places in the Midwest attempting to be Tropical is like the lamest thing ever. If you want to experience a tropical atmosphere then go to the freakin' tropics. This is Hillbillyville....it ain't Margaritaville. We have white gravel, not white sand. Oaks and Hickory's....no palms. Stop being geographical posers and pimp what's REAL around here. You know the folks in tropical areas are going PFFFFFTT!

Lots of flip-flops and Coozies for sure. My neighbor found one of those Lilly Pad water mats. Them suckers aren't cheap!

I pulled out the A-rig and caught a few toads this evening in 18' along a channel bank. It was the only thing I caught keepers on. A wacky jighead caught a bunch of dinks suspended under docks. Haven't seen a Walleye since March.

If that punk wants to see a Ned rig...all he has to do is look between his legs.

Yeah I have several more that could use a good home now that I've settled on the ones I truly want to keep. Keeping them around for "loaners" is just stupid.

She Gone ! Thanks!

If you had posted this 2 days sooner I coulda hooked you right up. Found one adrift and contemplated towing it in, but didn't. I'm sure someone else has nabbed it by now.

Because you are a Whopper Plopper! That's why!

Awesome, thanks. Running water isn't a necessity for us, I just need access to 120v so I can recharge my TM batteries.

If Bass got as big as sharks would you go swimming ?

When the sun comes back out after a good rain there IS a certain smell around there that I've never noticed anywhere else. A friend from Mexico came down and brought his dirt bike and the first thing I noticed when I got close to that bike was That Smell. Gypsum) CaSO. 4· 2H2O Harold worked there during the hey-day when all the space launch pads and rocket tubes were being built, so I'd expect his nose to be so full of that dust that he smelled it regardless of where he was standing. 😉

"shark bite kit" confirmed it for me.

How's the tent camping there ? I wouldn't mind pitching camp there for a few days. Would need access to a plug-in for a battery charger though.

Do you mean the river below the outlet, or Lake Niangua ? I haven't fished either in quite awhile, but just curious which you're considering.

Here's what my dad did, and it has always worked great for me. While sitting in the back seat of the boat, pole it into a shallow area with a paddle until the skeg touches, then put a mark on the paddle that references that depth. Take it slow and use the paddle as a guide until you no longer need to (after a short time you'll just know by the looks of the water). You might bump the skeg occasionally after that, on a high rock or something, but you won't smack the gearcase or bust a prop very often if at all. I haven't trashed a single prop in over 15 years.

Hell, our instructors did it during training. One of them mimicked a healthy hole shot vs. a hole shot with detonation, and he did it so many times that it is engrained into my personality. When my wife flys off the handle about something and her comprehension has flaws.... I tell her that there is some detonation in her hole shot. 😉

Let them harrass you a bit and then have them busted for impersonating a police officer.

You're right Dave, it was Harold. Frank was the crazy plumber up there. I have a hilarious story about him too and I just have to share it..... We were re-plumbing one of the big old houses on Breckenridge, so all the water was shut off and the owners were staying somewhere else while we swapped out all the old plumbing. Frank said he had to poop and walked off upstairs. We assumed that he drove to Hardee's or somewhere to take care of his business, but about 2 minutes later here he came back down the basement stairs with a stupid looking grin on his face. I said, I thought you went to take a chit. He smiles even bigger and says, I did. So I said, well what did you do? Chit in the back yard? cuz you weren't gone long enough to go anywhere. He says, no it's even better than that. Up in the laundry room there's a cat litter box.....I chit in it and covered it up like a little pussy cat would. When they go to empty that sumbitch they are gonna think a goddam lion has been in there!! 😂

That reminds me of the guys that turn into outboard motors when trying to describe a problem they are having. I wish I could get some of that stuff on video.

That is a clinger mayfly nymph. He'll be pale yellow and about a size 16 when he hatches.

I hear guys talk about the horizontal lines on the sonar screen indicating that the fish are "moving up to feed", and I think they are full of it. Those lines are just fish coming up to look at your boat I think. Usually dink crappie, gar, or drum.

I bet the "Evergreen Police" are a real team of winners. 😀

Exactly! That's about as lucky as I'm likely to get tonight...... And I'm perfectly happy about it.

I've sat on my tailgate at the High bank hole doing bong hits with a local flyshop owner back when you couldn't get in trouble unless you were causing harm to someone. But those days are long gone.