fishinwrench

My daughter and her group of misfits floated the Elk a couple weeks ago and from what I gather via her accounting of THAT river the Niangua is pretty PG-rated by comparison.

Yikes! What is MRSA? and what are its symptoms? If general laziness and just wanting to lay around are a symptom then I've had that since I was about 12 years old. Hell, you seem to get out and do more than I ever feel like doing

What effect do you think lightning/thunder has on fish location?

The 90° crossflow was/still is a BEAST! I absolutely love them so I'm not gonna split hairs with ya, but I suspect your tach might be off a tad or you are slightly underpropped They are extremely forgiving as far as fuel and your 1983 should have the brown crankshaft seals that will not die an early death from.alcohol exposure. Most go down from overheat or plugged carb jets caused by the OIL turning to sludge in the carb bowl.....totally not a fuel formula issue. NO work at all? Please replace the water pump this year and replace the primer valve. There is also a service bulletin advising that the "pee hose" be re- routed up and over the starboard cylinder head so that the water chamber fills completely at idle....otherwise you are running with one dry thermostat. Just FYI. (Ever notice that you have to rev it up before it 'pee's" ?)

There is nothing special about the XRI that would demand higher octane fuel than what you burn in your truck, as a matter of fact I believe that system is equipped with a detonation sensor so even if you ran sub-standard fuel the ECM would sort it all out. Again, do you guys realize that you're paying BIG BUCKS for high tech SMART ENGINES and then worrying yourself sick about how delicate and stupid they are ? If you don't have faith in your "colors", and the R&D designers of them then I'm at a loss. They are all good motors, even the ones I don't personally like are way better than I give them credit for. No production engine designer is going to mass produce (and hope to sell) a series of outboards that their owners have to get a Phd in fuel formulas in order to operate and enjoy them.....its just the opposite. Sure, someday it's gonna break (Thank Dog!) but it won't be your fault for not being on top of the quality of fuel you are able to buy near your home. If you wanna sweat something then worry about that cranking battery, because I see more high dollar ignition/charging system failures due to failing batterys or dirty & loose terminal connections than I do "poor fuel" caused issues, X10.

I suspect that over the years I have been periodically under the influence of a bad tick bite because I can remember feeling real lethargic/puny for a period of time (as much as a month or a little more) with muscle and joint aches similar to what I hear described by folks diagnosed with Lymes or whatever that other one is you hear about all the time. I'm one of these guys that never goes to the doctor though unless I break a bone or need stitches so all I know is that whatever I had I got over it on my own....or at least I feel like I did. What are the alleged risks of just letting the crap run its course and allowing your body fight it on its own? I just really have little faith in the medical field, which is kinda odd since both my parents were in it. Just seems that if you take two guys with the same problem...One goes to the doctor and gets prescribed something, and the other just tuffs it out.....They both are completely over the illness at the same time. I have a cousin that goes to the doctor everytime he sneezes, he's been "diagnosed" with just about every illness under the sun and has taken more meds in his life than I even wanna think about. Ain't nothin' ever been wrong with that boy, but if one doctor says he can't find anything wrong with him he'll keep changing doctors until someone gives his "illness" a name and prescribes him something. I guess I'm just curious to see if I outlive the ol' hypochondriac.

Heading into Fall is the best fishing period by far IMO, the fish aren't "moved" by any thing other than feeding opportunities. No spawning urges, ect. The only thing that complicates the act of getting fish to bite, I think, is the abundance of bite sized prey fish in impoundments during that period. But in ponds that do not have shad most of the forage has grown to a size that challenges all but the real Hawgs, so the average sized gamefish are usually an easy sell. Instability in the weather always presents a challenge for an angler, but on any given day on ANY body of water SOMEONE will always figure out a way to load the boat. So if you're fishing hard and haven't had a bite in 20 minutes take a short break and change your MO

Not always bro, if I knew I could easily avoid them they wouldn't make my butt pucker just looking at one when there's a current seam between where I am and where I wanna be. I'm always a bit nervous on a float that hasn't been scouted in awhile. Just 2 weeks ago I was practicing the fine art of "poling" a jon boat and got surprised twice.

I have a few flys in my box that I don't think will ever "get it". At first I blamed it on the eztaz, but I'm not so sure now.

I don't know how much longer it's gonna take for folks to get over the whole 87 octane/E10-15 - outboard scare propaganda.....but whenever you do I just want to be on record (for the last 2+years) of telling you that it's BS. Yes yes I've seen the split open primer bulbs sitting on marina counters all over the country,.... but here's the deal ; Go buy some 87% fuel that you wouldn't dare burn in your outboard because of what you've read, been told, or been shown by others in the industry, then go buy the cheapest primer bulb on the market (like a Tempo from Wal-mart) or even one that's been in your garage trash can for three months and go soak that rascal in that "poison fuel" and see if you can make it look like that one you saw displayed wherever you get your boat worked on, using nothing but that fuel. After you fail to see that rubber turn to mushy goo try again, but this time add some Stabil, Seafoam, Carbon guard, 24C, or one of those other "recommended" additives that you hear everyone praise so highly, and see if you have better success melting rubber.

True that, Joe. I'd rather die from a bullet to the head than to be sucked into a strainer. That's some scary business and many of us flirt with it repeatedly.

Having 5ft. of fiberglass pole vertically fore and aft would hinder my sidearm casting and sidesweep hooksets. I'd invariably bust a rod on it.

Al, If it were to make a difference and actually result in a noticeably cleaner world I'd be all for it. But it wouldn't. It'd be just like the Lake Ozark Watershed Alliance. Many pockets are getting lined with cash yet the sour water output of any septic system whether commercial or residential has not changed for the better one little bit. That's all I know. Take it for what it's worth. Oh, and none of that cash or funds is going towards cleaning anything up, it's just feeding lawyers.

Can you link us to the last murder that happened there?

Additional quick question... Is there no law against putting up "Private-Keep Off" signs in areas that aren't ? If not then there should be.

This.... ...is both bulls#!t and unhelpful propaganda. First off, the gravel bars below the high water mark are NOT private property. And I've never once seen any private "picnic tables" on them, so wherever he supposedly saw this fornicating going on was obviously somewhere else....not on a river gravel bar. I never, ever, EVER see floaters leaving the highwater area bushwhacking through the briar thickets to pee, poop, or screw on someones PRIVATE property. Not saying it hasn't happened but c'mon, be fo'real ! I've been to and thru Redbeards area plenty, they don't seem to have a problem with massive piles of horse s#it everywhere on "their" gravel bars.

Exactly my POV 100%

Hi, Big Ed ! Glad to see you on here and hope you stick around.

Aren't they all? I've had similar confrontations and I think the best way to handle it is to politely agree to go back to your truck and await the deputy or MDC agent. On 2 occasions that I know of the person attempting to run people off wasn't even a landowner/caretaker at all. If you feel that you're in the right, but leave because "someone unofficial" tells you to then you have pretty much agreed that you are in the wrong and therefore can NEVER come back. Stick around and deal with it, and if nobody from the county shows up in a reasonable amount of time then go back to fishing or call the county yourself and corner someone into making an official decision. If small river anglers just keep tucking their tails and allowing themelves to be shooed away all the time then they might as well just stay in the big lakes/rivers and crowded trout parks..... or take up golf.

Oh gee, thanks for making me search and read through all of that BALONEY ! Appears to me that the real initiative there wasn't to... "help keep the soil and water free from coal ash contamination"... but rather to create a few high paying (yet meaningless) "inspector" careers for someones otherwise dead beat son inlaw.

I can spare a hunnerd er two, shall we pass a hat?

Just a bunch of dinks so far. It doesn't have enough YELLOW to keep my confidence level up between bites. Everytime I switch back to ol' Yeller-tech the water explodes, so I have to force myself to throw anything else.

They look awesome! I'm a huge fan of the cupped face but I've had problems with marabou for popper tailings. I switched to silicone for my bigger LM poppers and never went back. I still like the of fashioned hackle tails for smallies though. Length and bulk on the tails is a guessing game, I had a habit for a long time of not tying them full enough and came to the conclusion that there's no such thing as "too full". If I can fit another set of hackles on the tail then I slap them on there....cuz when they're wet they seem to loose the bulk that they had on the vise.

Looks like you could easily aquire access for awhile..... just tell the real estate agent you need to spend a few afternoons "looking around" before you can make an offer. http://www.unitedcountry.com/Ranches/Missouri/Eldridge%20Missouri-24048-10102.htm

I fished the "upper Lower" then I guess. T'was a rather slow bite up there all weekend.