fishinwrench

I've followed alot of court cases and one thing I have learned is that your ending sentance is never worse for trying to run, and never better for just giving up peacefully. So if you have truly done something illegal and the cops get after you......You might as well run like hell and make them work for that arrest. Who knows you just MIGHT get away. When I was a young outlaw I knew that if I could just get to a gravel road I could dust it up so bad that they couldn't even see where the ditches were.....and get away. A vehicle discription wasn't good enough because everybody had a primered pickup truck in their yard. 😊

On one similar to that I convinced the guy that he needed a recessed pedal tray......just so I could cut a hole in the deck. 😁 You might consider that. 😊

Yep, that's the process sometimes.

I've only been shook down twice personally, but I watched LivePD and that's the way they always do it. On there you know they only show the incidents where someone had drugs or has truly done something illegal. There has to be 10x that edited out where the person was just minding their own business and they couldn't find anything to arrest them for.

It's a little tight, but there is room to do it. You'll cuss a bit and will probably drop a couple of washers/nuts, but you'll get it. There are rubber coated compression nuts you can use for places where you absolutely can not reach.... but don't use those unless you have to because they don't last long and won't take rough water very well.

That's impressive. I've floated every inch of the Salt River and 3 of it's tributaries, and about 1/2 of the Mississippi. All the other rivers I fish have stretches that I haven't seen yet. Even the Niangua.....which I'm almost ashamed to admit.

The most annoying part for me is when they ask you questions then verify each question to make sure you're not lying. Why bother asking if you're not going to believe anything I say ? Guess we just need that RFID chip so they can just scan you from 50ft. away and immediately know everything they think they need to know. Instead it goes like this: What's your name and date of birth? (......) Show me some ID. Do you have any weapons? (No) Raise your arms behind your head. Do you have any illegal substances on you? (No) Empty your pockets right here. Have you had anything to drink today? (Just sweet tea) Here blow in this. I mean we can at least get this over with in half the time if they just immediately started demanding things without the BS interrogation exam.

I don't like them messing with people unless there is reason to believe they have broken the law. To just randomly hassle someone is not cool. Most kind citizens say they don't mind because it doesn't happen to them very often....but if it happened every time you went fishing I guarantee you that crap would get old, whether all your ducks were in a row or not. The WP randomly checking folks is a sign that there are incentives for racking up as many citations as they can. And that's the crap that got Brandon Ellingson killed. Apparently they didn't learn anything from that after we (the taxpayers) paid $30,000,000.00+ to the Ellingson family. The officers that do that always get all pissy when you don't RESPECT THEM.... But bygod if they interrupt my day for no reason at all then WHO began the disrespect?

Let's clear up the difference between "tearing up the hull", and putting a little scratch on it. 😄 Is it a fishing boat or is it an investment being preserved for resale value? Pull that thing up on the concrete ramp long enough to park the truck and go fishing for crying out loud ! Use an old piece of carpet, piece of driftwood, or the floor mat from your truck if putting a little scuff on it bothers you. Not trying to be a jerk, but people that treat their boats better than they treat theirselves are not ENJOYING owning them. To them it is just another thing to worry about. It's a tool, use it. I see guys spend 400.00 getting a hull protector installed.....then they worry about scuffing the hull protector. I mean WTF? 😂

Yeah we had a pretty fine day of Froggin' the backends mid-day Friday after that cool rain. Some pretty fair quality fish were biting. Then we hit the flats for Whites in the evening and could have loaded the boat real good if we had gotten to them a few hours sooner. Pretty sure those Whites were biting good all day under that blustery sky. Here's Slothman with the FOD

They look good! This reminds me of the squirrel baiting thing I've been doing all Summer. Come Fall this mess of squirrels I'm planning to shoot will have cost me about 250.00 plus labor. 🤭 I could have bought way more of something alot better than squirrel to eat. But hey, I'm having fun and learning some things.

You might be onto something. Usually I flyfish for them with single hook flys, and they never blow crap all over the place then. It must be the Rattle Trap baits.

I didn't even handle them. I was netting them because I don't trust them when they have 2 treble hooks on their face. Unhooking them in the net with pliers and dumping them back in the lake. As soon as they come out of the water they loose their bowels.... forcefully. I don't think they are getting enough fiber in their diet.

Bird poop is white. 😊 White bass poop is actually dark gray, then turns white after it drys. It's pretty gross, smells like chum, and is easier to clean after it drys out.

Oh, I thought you were pissed because you had something to say but was afraid to. 😅

Your perception is all jacked up, bro. You're FREE to either shut up, or leave. Nowhere on earth are you free to just do/say whatever you might feel like doing/saying, no matter what, without consequences. I say things quite often, knowing full well that I could catch hell for saying it. And when I do I man up and accept it without thumping my chest about my "right" to free speech. Of all the rights you have, the right to run your mouth about whatever you feel like is the most insignificant one. So who cares? Until telling blatant lies becomes illegal then the right to speak freely has no merit.

Alright all you brilliant fisheries biologists.....What's with all the incontinence? Why don't you study these glutenous poop sprayers for awhile. 😊

The right to free speech is as intact as it ever was, but so is anyone's choice to not listen to it. Whether that means by leaving the area, turning up some music, or dictating the types of conversation that can be had at any given place. Start openly discussing genital mutilation at a restaurant and you're gonna get told to shut up or leave.

I think @slothman and I fished where that dude lives today.

What's an Ozark Howler? I've never heard of that one. Gotta pic?

As long as the majority of professional people hold a solid belief in invisible angels, demons that work to make us do bad things, and the power of praying about it..... I'll form my own opinions on what is good information and what isn't.

As long as they pay their bill with me it's none of my business. ☺️

Famous for getting too drunk to tip the bartender. 😂

That's the way it is with the ones around here. They can drive company trucks also, but aren't allowed to own one. The way I interpret it, it is kinda like a "don't feed the revenue system" kinda thing. The kids go to public school but take their lunch, don't participate in any after school activities or sports, and NEVER are involved in any mischief or disruptions of any kind. I was speeding once and passed a trooper that spun around in the road and came after me. I pulled into an Amish home driveway because there was no shoulder and I knew he was gonna pull me over, the trooper caught up and pulled in behind me.... and here came "Papa" right quick to run that trooper off his property IMMEDIATELY. Saved me from getting a ticket 😊

I saw a Mennonite gal at Leadmine ramp with Whopper Ploppers. 😲