fishinwrench

No musky bites, or even sightings, this trip. Years ago during a high water period my partner and I each caught 1 and had another blow up right at the boat that didn't get hooked. Scared us both half to death😅 They were cruising the flooded grass and trees along the shoreline in the backend of Decker branch.

What ended up being the cause of the Shimano reels binding up issue ? Myself and plenty of others tore them completely down, cleaned, and studied the construction of them.......and none of us could ever figure out what the problem was. A single drop of water in the right place would totally put the reel out of service......but I never could figure out where that "RIGHT PLACE" was. 🤔. I finally just stopped using them entirely.

You like to eat carp for crying out loud ! Even the darkest meat on a catfish should be as tasty as anything on a dang carp, No? I cut the yellow meat that some catfish have on their shoulders out, that's it.

250k before travel expenses, insurance, wear & tear on vehicles, bills at home, taxes.....and then having a 45k withdrawal........Whew! He'd better win something big, real soon. The wolf is at the door 😳 95% of pro fishermen are good at pretending they are getting by just fine as they juggle loan payments and credit card balance transfers.

This phrase bothers me a little, and I'm pretty sick of hearing it. A couple years ago my wife made/declared some changes about how our family was gonna do things from that point going forward. In order to keep sharing the same bed and eating at the same table I abided by the whole peaceful transfer of power thing.....and it didn't work out very good for ANYONE. Luckily she got WOAHed, and I regained the position of final decision maker. Everything flows seamlessly again now, and everyone involved is happy and prosperous. 👍

I appreciate all the tips and feedback. Thanks 👍 However, I still got my butt handed to me. 😔 Started at Bolivar because after driving all the way around the lake that's where all the visible bait and noticable surface action was......But it was TOO MUCH. Blankets of dime sized shad bigger than my boat were everywhere, and I got the impression that even though the fish were gorging on them they weren't singling out individual bites. Appeared to me that they were herding the shad into tight balls.....then charging through them with their mouth open, gulping 8-10 shad at a time. Wore my arms out casting and stripping, while blowups were happening all around me....and barely even got any fish smell on my hands. Was a pleasant few days though. I sure do love spending time on a lake that isn't full of PWC's and Scarab's. Oh yeah....if you're headed to the Bolivar ramp WATCH OUT for that 2' deep sink hole in the middle of the road. Jesus Christ! Drop a wheel off in that sumbitch and you'll bust an axle! 😳

Intermittent ground fault. Clean & tighten battery terminals, and check all the connections (harness plugs & Amphenol connectors) under the cowling, under the helm (gauges), and at the key switch. A black wire SOMEWHERE is not making an uninterrupted or solid enough connection. System check @ key ON should only take 2-3 seconds. A sketchy ground connection will stop/reset and begin another system check......so yours is probably going through multiple system checks before initiating the "ALL IS WELL" signal.

Did some visual scouting from land yesterday and saw some activity in the Bolivar ramp area. We'll hit that this afternoon and see how it goes. These roads around here are something else. 😬 It is forecasted to be rather breezy today so I hope to be able to avoid the wide-open areas and still catch fish.

There's this single dad with three kids. One day, the circus comes to town. The guy says, "Come on, kids. Let's go to the circus." So they get there, and they sit in the front row. The elephants come out, the jugglers come out, and the clowns come out. One clown says in a funny voice, "Uh, can I have a volunteer from the audience?" The father says, "You know what? My kids would love this. Sure, clown, I'll be your volunteer." The father steps up to the center ring. The clown puts his arm around him and says, "Excuse me, sir, are you a horse?" "Well, no, I'm not a horse." "Are you a mule?" "Well, no, I'm not a mule." "Then you must be a jackass!" The crowd goes wild. Everyone is in tears laughing, except for the father, who is humiliated. After the circus is done, he says, "You know what? One of these days, I'm gonna get that clown back." The next day, the guy goes to the local community college and enrolls in a class in Putdowns, Insults, and Witty Retorts. Two years later, he earns his Associate's degree. However, he says, "No, I'm not done yet." He stays for three more years and earns his Bachelor's degree in Putdowns, Insults, and Witty Retorts. However, he says, "No, I'm not finished yet." He stays for two more years and earns his Master's degree in Putdowns, Insults, and Witty Retorts. By now, everyone's starting to really take notice of the guy. However, he says, "No, I'm not the best yet." He stays for two more years and earns his PhD in Putdowns, Insults, and Witty Retorts. He's the best mind that community had ever seen. He's written a definitive thesis on the subject. One day, the circus comes back to town. The guy says, "Come on, kids. Let's go to the circus." Now, these kids are all high school age now, so they don't wanna go to the circus, but the father is really adamant about it, so they go to the circus and sit in the front row. The elephants come out, the jugglers come out, and the clowns come out. One clown says in a funny voice, "Uh, can I have a volunteer from the audience?" The father says, "Sure, clown, I'll be your volunteer." The father steps up to the center ring. The clown puts his arm around him and says, "Excuse me, sir, are you a horse?" "No, I'm not a horse." "Are you a mule?" "No, I'm not a mule." "Then you must be a jackass!" Once again, the crowd goes tomatoes. The father waits for everything to die down before turning to the clown, sticking up the bird and saying, "Hey, F¥€ k you, clown!

Seems to me that the only way they'd know if they were mostly all males is if they intentionally planted them......which they have always denied.

Either someone is planting them, or they are screwing each other.

I'm taking him/her a bag of York peppermint patties. If I'm gonna get eaten by a bear I want it to have fresh breath. 🙂

Can't really call them "registers", they look like miniature robots.....but yeah they seemed to work ok yesterday. There's no cash drawer.🤔 I suppose everything is done digitally. If you pay for anything more than 20.00 with cash the attendant gets all pissed off because they have to dash into a back room to make change.

I haven't been on Pomme for over 15 years, and always pursued green bass when I fished there. But I need a flyrod White bass fix. My end of LO is currently blown out so we found a place to stay for a couple days and I have a milk-run mapped out for morning & evening Whites..... Am I on the right track, or am I likely to strike out ? One guy (local) told me to head further upstream......but He's a walleye troller that catches Whites by accident, and I'm looking for shad-ball chasers and occasional evening surface blitzes.

It has been drier than a popcorn fart all Spring-Summer.....Then out of nowhere we got 6.5" in 9 hours, and it just so happened to do it on a night when I left my Tahoe wide open. I awoke to Sugarbritches standing at the foot of the bed screaming at me and telling me what an idiot I am. 😳 And she was undeniably correct because I honestly could have stocked fish in the floorboard the next morning. The upper Gravois & Little Gravois are still a solid mat of floating debris.....So I'm headed to Pomme to chase White bass on the fly Sunday-Tuesday. We already have a cabin rented that the previous renters reported a bear encounter on both nights they were there. 😉 They had scheduled 4 nights, but left 2 days early because of the bear. Should be fun! 👍

If I ever get to the point where I can't do anything physical, I'm gonna write a book or two. My momma and two of my teachers from middle and High school (all devoted readers) always encouraged me to. They said I had writing skills. 🤔 One of my books might be an armchair psychological examination of simple-minded douchebags like Phil Robertson. 😅

Spent all of my life around ticks, and around people who get bit by ticks all the time....just like I do. And suddenly out of nowhere I start hearing about this new reaction that some are having to tick bites that prevents them from eating the meat of hoofed animals for the rest of their lives. 🙄 My guess is: It ain't the TICK BITE, and it ain't The MEAT. Give them a placebo and watch the alleged "condition" miraculously go away. Same with all these sudden Gluten allergy patients. ADD children, Munchausen by proxy mother's, borderline diabetic's, ect.ect.ect. Clogging up doctors offices to the point that someone with a GENUINE ailment can't even get an appointment. People are batpoop crazy, and just literally in line waiting to be "DIAGNOSED" with something.....and the more rare & unique the alleged condition, the better. It's like some twisted right of passage thing that started somewhere around Y2K. It's called hypochondria ! Get the hell over it ! 🙄

I'd have to look it over closer in order to make an offer. I'm not driving across the state, and he probably isn't willing to bring it here, so......🤷‍♂️ I'll go 350.00 plus shipping on the used CMC unit, and it's harness, if he wants to remove it, box it up, and send it to me......or bring it here and I'll remove it.....pay him 400.00 for it, and at that point I can inspect the motor and make an offer on that. Give him my contact info if he wants to haggle over it.

What's interesting? That he went buck wild middle-age partying and being an irresponsible idiot until he practically lost everything......Then miraculously "found god" ? Who hasn't ? I'd rather read YOUR book about doing the same. Get busy writing ! 👍

I do, but that one won't work for either of them. The layout is all wrong. Stick-steer configuration lovers are a rare breed. And converting that one would be a costly and time consuming project. I'd be interested in the motor & controls, and the CMC Tilt unit.....if by chance he gets an opportunity to sell boat/trailer/trolling motor. Title required of course. 👍

Key word...."possible". That casino will not happen, but multi-millions will be laundered in the alleged attempt to make it happen. I'm beginning to notice a pattern there. These tycoons are pretty clever.

These are not local hicks, they are college kids, working here thru summer break. Ya know, the future of our country. She, and her besties will be the ones in charge of all y'all's health care here in a few years. And prescribing your meds. Possibly a White House press secretary, or first lady one day.

As a follow-up.....cuz I know y'all are just dying to hear this.... The maxi-pad on the Mustang......I got to hear the "rest of the story" on that today. So her and the Mustang owner screwed while they were working, and she allegedly thought she had gotten prego. She told him and he stopped talking to her, which broke her heart. That was HER WAY of letting him know that she wasn't pregnant after all.....so he would take her out again. Classy move, hu? Genuine wife material! 😅 Wow! 🙄 I bet her daddy is so proud of himself for raising such an intelligent princess. 🤗

It isn't just people. BIRDS are acting this way too. I mean, how does a bird crap ON A VERTICAL WALL ? Mach3...... Hard Right.......DUMP THE LOAD! 🤔 Gross, but Pretty impressive! Nobody is safe anymore. 😳

It's supposed to be, but bartenders are there to make money, and when the place is packed they don't have time to do sobriety tests on everyone. The places have security officers hired, but all they do is search purses and break up fistfights. This is a real thing, no doubt. The law will hunt down, handcuff, and throw locals in jail for just about anything....... but "tourists/vacationers" from out of the area are treated like children because big-city folks with sizable bank accounts often have really good lawyers.