fishinwrench

It's a good idea to change it periodically even if you have low actual running hours on it since 4-stroke outboards CAN get water/fuel/pollen in the oil. Besides, once a year (every Fall ) whether it needs it or not should give you some peace of mind. Do the gearcase at the same time.

Here's a design that I have been playing with for over a month now, and at first you might think its just another version of a "blockhead", but it kicks a blockheads butt bigtime which gives me great pleasure because I can't stand Tim Holshlag (I think he's a douchebag) It casts great,and lands with a sexy "slap". You can control the volume and disturbance of the 'blooop' by how hard you pop it. And on a long steady strip...if you just pretend that your stripping a streamer instead of fishing a popper.... it gurgles like a buzzbait and if tied on with a no-slip loop knot it wiggles side to side like a TWM leaving a trail of bubble behind it. I've always been a 'Cupped and Slotted Cork' kinda guy, but this bad boy here does triple duty. It is just 3 layers of craft foam laminated using 3M Super 77 and then cut into 5/8" wide by 1 3/4" long strips, poke it on after dressing the tail, loc-tite gel that baby and fold it over, then do a cinching wrap a little bit behind center and slap on some googly eyes (sorry Ronnie Moore) The really cool part is that after it gets chewed on a bunch it may begin to come "unlaminated" at the face which causes it to make even more racket, and more bubbles....but a little less wiggle. Pretty cool!

All of the central Mo. and most of the Northern Mo. Creeks and rivers have stretches where the bottom and banks are not just mud and clay, and you'll even find some bluff holes, gravel bars and rock gardens on those streams. Those stretches serve as a home range to whatever Smallmouth might be in the stream. If you concentrate your time only in those stretches you'll be surprised how many smallies there are in "yucky streams" like the Loutre, Cuiver, Boeff, Auxvasse, the Salt tribs, ect. They certainly deserve mote attention than they get.

Not meant for flyrods? Malarkey! Only if you load it down with so many "accessories" that you have no place to drop some line. My flats jon has no seats, cleats, latches, or foot controls to constantly be grabbing my line. All I have to be mindful of is my stupid FEET....and I'd remove those irritating basturds if I could.

Only when canned or frozen kernels. But if you eat it directly off the cob things work like they're supposed to.

Did you talk different before you bought that Toyota?

That Lowe is a sweet ride. If you're biting off a brand new rig I would want to switch out the Opti for an E-tec if possible. Also look at a few Lunds before you pull the trigger.

Area 51 right there. That's awesome!

Yeah I know. Just tape a shim to the bottom of trigger. If you have a compartment separator from an old tackle box they are the perfect thickness.

I'm admittedly jealous, you look way better in them than I would.

Put a little dab of grease around the button and forget the rubber cap. It does a better job of holding moisture in than it does keeping it out.

I had to hunt this up... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFpr-qAWHo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Boy I dunno. A day without meat of any kind.... I think I'd go into a seizure or something.

Well hell, If you'd stop sleeping in it, and kiss HER when you get home from work....she'd prolly ease up a bit.

Oh wait.....I thought you we're asking ME if MINE we're the yellow ones. I'm not sure if the ones Danger Close is looking for are the same.

The flyfishing flats rig (Lowe Olympic MV1652) The river beater (Lowe 1636)

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This isn't the one? http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/Applications/MOATLAS/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=6701

In a 1/2 acre pond I would hope that there was no crappie in it. Is there any cover at all? (Cattails, Wood or brush) and is it shaded at all by shoreline trees? I'm trying to remember any small pond (acre or less) that had both a healthy catfish population AND a good bass population ....and I can't recall a single one. It's always been one way or the other. Now, Cats and big bull bluegill ? I have seen that alot.

Bass? Yeah. Redear? Check. Wait.....Hybrid Stripers?!!! Wonder when it was last stocked? They'll be a hard sell if it's real clear though. Might be awesome immediately after a frog strangler. Is it a strip pit or a dammed holler? (Is it "hollow" or "holler"? I'm a hick )

That looks/sounds outstanding! I think I actually caught a whiff of it.

Here's method #2 Set out a bag of FROZEN white bass and thaw just to the point where the fillets can be separated but are still partially frozen. Put the oven on 400, throw a slug of butter in a pie tin and pop it in the oven to melt before the oven totally pre-heats. Pull the pie tin of melted butter out and let it cool until the butter starts to get creamy again, then lay the fillets into the pan and slop some of that butter up over any dry spots. sprinkle a healthy dose of Lemon pepper over the fillets and cover the pan with foil. Bake covered for 35-40 minutes, then take out, remove one side of the foil and drain all the butter/juice out. Remove the foil, turn the oven off and stick the uncovered pan back in the oven while you whip up a batch of Minute Rice. When the rice is done add some butter to it....not too much, but some, and lay some baked fillets over a bed of rice and salt/pepper to taste. For this you need wine. Preferably a mediocre chardonnay. A side dish of steamed broccoli or carrots....or BOTH will have you in fine shape. A bit of warning here.....THIS meal is an incredible aphrodisiac and will boost your potency, so if you don't want any more kids you'd better have a monkey boot or two in the house.

LD, They ain't fit to eat, throw'em back. No, here's the deal... First off, Zatarain's is for Yuppies. Secondly...Some folks that dig Crappie and Walleye truly can't appreciate the flavor of FISH like Salmon, Catfish, White bass, ect. To me Crappie and Walleye only taste as good as the crap you roll them in....cuz with clear white fish flesh the breading is all you actually taste. But if you ever choose to try them again I'll offer up my method(s) of cooking them for you to try if you want. Here goes: Fillet and trim out only the dark lateral line of red meat, no need to try and shave every little bit of pink colored flesh from the fillet. Soak fillets in salt water for an hour or so. In a big ziplock bag throw in one cylinder of Ritz crackers, about 3/4 cup of corn meal, 1/4 cup of flour, and some fresh ground black pepper. Get all the air out of the bag, seal it, and beat the piss out of it with a rolling pin or whatever's handy, until all the crackers are no longer crackers. Crack 3 eggs in a bowl, add a splash of milk, and beat the piss outa them too. Rinse the saltwater off the fillets, pat them dry with a paper towel and throw them in the bowl of egg business. Throw them from the bowl into the bag and shake the piss out of them. Fry them golden brown...but not too fast in grease that's too hot or else the thicker chunks wont get done. Now here's the REAL SECRET PART.... Dump the remaining cracker business into the bowl of egg business, throw some butter in a coffee cup and nuke it until its creamy and dump it into the cracker/egg business. Open up a can of corn and slop some corn and corn juice in there too. If you like some "heat" chop up a handful of jalapenos and chuck them in there too. Stir that all up and either add flour or milk to get a consistency where you could turn the bowl upside down without any s#it falling out. Spoon those delicious HUSHPUPPIES into your nasty old fish grease at a temp a bit above what you cooked the fish at. Crack open a cold beer NOW, and when the HP's are dark brown on both sides it'll be time to sit down and say... "Oh S#!t, Wrench this is AMAZING!"

Let's not go all overboard here!