fishinwrench

Two things came to mind today and prompted me to resurrect this thread from a year ago.... 1. I am on the lake every day and haven't seen a single zebra mussel on anything all season (Where'd they go? ). 2. Saw a contributor to this thread below Bagnell today... How would you rate that water quality, Jack? Just curious.

What do they call the old dairy farm now, didn't MDC take that over? Used to be HUGE bluegill in there. Ditto with McCreedy outside of Kingdom city.

I fish what is considered to be "fast" rods, and what I gain from lines like Grand and GPX is the ability to shoot further. If shortening you load-up strokes is more desirable to you than being able to pick up a long cast or doing lengthy mends then I believe you'll benefit from Grand/GPX quite a bit. To have the best of both worlds would be to have a heavier line in the air...but a lighter line once it hits the water.

Do I know that Lil'Yammie?

OMG, Have you lost your mind?!!!!! Never ask Chuckles about crap like that unless you've recently been fed and have nothing in mind to do for the rest of the day.

The hillbilly capri's took Chief right over the edge. LMAO!

Pretty. Fish?

Don't leave the Smokies without your Yallerhammers and Tellico's. The flys that scream Ozarks to me are the Crackleback, Mohair leech, and anything Whitlock.

No zoo for me, thanks. I'm petrified of monkeys.

Uhm yeah, how far is that from the corner of Hwy.5 and Twin bays rd. ? LOL Considering the milage I get in the wrenchwagon it'd prolly be cheaper to mail myself there.

I wonder how much longer before someone seeing one isn't front page news anymore. I saw my first one in 92-93 and have seen one other big tan cat and a big black long tailed panther type sucker prior to 99, and now everyone and their dog has seen at least one. They are here, and I think just about everyone is done being excited or freaked out about it. What I wanna see is a gator or an elephant. Maybe a python....now that'd be cool !

Nice job! The vid was cool

Seasonal shift front moving in. Somehow they know before the meteorologist do, and for some reason it shuts them down before anything actually effects them....or so it seems.

Have you ever noticed that gar are everywhere....Until you head out specifically to catch some?

Ever do any chip skippin'?

Looks like a teeny tiny blue cobra taking a poop ?

Outstanding! !!!

So.... Flyrodable? Sweet!

Now that's inspiring! Any clue how deep the bites were?

In lieu of trailer hooks I use Zoom split tail trailers on all my spinner/buzzbaits and misses are never an issue. The legendary Tom Mann, along with Ricky Green, did a lengthy experiment years ago (back when spinnerbaits and buzzbaits all had really crappy hooks) and determined that a soft plastic trailer that covered the hook totally cancels out any need for a trailer hook. Seems to work great for me, and has for many years. Newer buzzbait/spinnetbait skirts are built with "trailing strands"....which I cut off before I even get'em wet and glue on the old reliable "white fork". I guess it causes them to eat the hook instead of just head banging the mass of the commotion. I'll add that the straight fork trailers are way better (IMO) than any "action trailer" like curled tail grubs and such.

There's a somewhat similar case beginning here close to home, where a female attorney from KC has recently been arrested in connection with her wealthy father and his g/f's murder here at a lakehouse 2 years ago. If she is guilty of it you know darn well that she covered her tracks quite well, and it'll be a case where heresay may be their only evidence. I'm not even sure what grounds they arrested her on.

To hell with the grenade, it's even harder to find those red striped socks. That was some quality s#!t wasn't it? That red dye hadn't faded one iota, and the elastic even still looked good.

Yeah, I've heard how compliant they try to be.... Always wanting to please.

Can't imagine what would keep them from it. Planning a trip to Pomme?

Wonder what he caught it on, crankbait, jigging spoon ? What are the odds that he only disposed of One? Are they gonna examine the sock for DNA (doubt it was a new one) and scour the lake floor for more ?