fishinwrench

A Mercury or Yamaha lower units and Mercruiser outdrives can be removed in under 2 minutes and would be way easier to sell than a specific prop, so you might as well consider the prop a sacrificial lamb or keep it insured.

Everything I post is total BS, just in case you hadn't already figured that out.

Right. The dredgers seldom if ever take into account any after effects of their gravel removal, they choose only to pull it out where it is most convenient for them to get to. When they remove gravel all the way to bedrock it begins tearing the banks down resulting in wide shallow areas. And where those wide shallow areas neck back down it REALLY eats the banks away during high water. A heavily dredged stream will eventually become overly wide and overly shallow. If there's not enough deep water holes then the stream can't support a healthy population of gamefish. When water moves over a wide shallow bedrock stretch it warms up drastically under the Summer sun making the area for several miles below like a hot steamy sauna. Fish don't like that.

Until you have fish on your hands... you have SKUNK on your hands. A "good catch" means that you have to wipe your hands AND your sunglasses

What a pretty stretch of river. It screams Jon Boat!

Horseflies.... Viscous basturds! This is crazy but if a bunch of them get after you and you Hum (harmonize) at the same pitch that they do, they'll leave you alone. I "Hummed" until my throat was sore today. I think they are hatching out of my test tank.

You ever eat that Gawd-awful thorn tree sticking out of the high mud bank just above LM on the way back down ? It looks like a mimosa....but it ain't. It's a meat shredder.

I would have gone for an evening trip today but I was so tired of fighting sweat bees and horsefly in the shop all day that I just wanted to retire to the house. Looks like we might get a cooling shower here soon though, and that's bound to help everyones bite......and attitude

Yeah that's the issue I was having in a few spots above LM before the flood. Haven't been on it yet since, and I figured there would be some serious wood relocation issues. I tried poling the jon back down and that was a disaster. Some of those strainers are plenty strong enough to eat a 16' jon boat and they can be difficult to avoid. I'm surprised more folks don't get into serious trouble down there.

The way that the river divides onto 2, and sometimes 3, smaller channels between the ramp and Milldam run, it's always gonna be choked up with wood. Someday it might choke up to the point that the river cuts a whole new channel through there. I can't imagine being able to run it in a jet unless the water was 700cfs or more, just because of all the wood.

The Hoosier mentality is rampant during the Spring White bass run, but is considered "acceptable" then. When it falls upon a Smallmouth stream or blue ribbon trout creek is when it gets frowned upon....and admittedly does the worst damage.

You should hear what the hoosiers call the other groups. LOL

Doesn't appear to be the work of someone who has done it regularly....or has plans to do it again. If your supply hose is still long enough then yes you can just replace the quick-connect fitting. Buy two and always carry a spare because they fail (develop leaks or break) frequently.

Oh wow. The definition of a Hoosier is a bit more severe where you're from.

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Yeah that is an issue, but how can you deny anyone the progression of becoming a "caring" angler. None of us were born that way and all of us have done our stint being the "local hoosier".

I think it's safe to say that every piece of wood that makes it past the concrete ramp finds a place to anchor just below Jakes. That short stretch is Strainer central. How'bout those lilly pads though?

They'd be replacing that fence 5 times per year. LOL

I agree. Maybe that's the missing part of that rustling story up there ^^^

Classic! Cattle rustling: felony. Now that tops peeing on a tree ! Seriously though, I'm thinking you caught a landowner....telling stories. Lemme guess, he took his calf back and let them go without pressing charges.....yeah....right. Anti-river rights propaganda at its finest right there. Shame shame.

Atta boy! Had to ask though.

I'm the furthest thing from a grammer nazi, but I just refuse for anyone to say "drive UP to the river". Nothing is lower than the river, regardless of where ya live. If you're dead set on enough suckers to make a meal, and you're limited to the bank, then you should hit the lower stretch of Ho-Hum campgrounds property. Only costs a few bucks to park and it's always loaded with suckers below the old bridge pilings.

3-D shoots are a blast, I used to run all over the Northern half of the state to shoot the different club courses, then for some reason they stopped putting them on. If they start making a comeback I'll have to get back into it for sure. I'll never forget one we shot in Laurie during a bad ice storm. You'd study your target for a bit, decide on yardage and pick a flight path, draw your bow.....then your feet would start sliding. Next thing you knew you and your equipment were crashing downhill through the woods to the closest holler. It was pretty dangerous really and a few guys got hurt kinda bad, but it was absolutely hilarious, and we we're all beat, bruised and sore for weeks afterwards.

Wanna sell the jon boat?

Ah yes, the stackpiling of multiple charges all related to the same incident... The first step to pending plea offers. No trial, He gone for ten-sevens.