Terrierman

One of them was me. Rumor has it that my Yamaha has maybe non-original jets. Totally a rumor, not confirmed or denied. Excellent point about where you are on Taneycomo. I would not want to be in that rig above Fall Creek, anywhere near or below the landing, would be fine. No standing up though.

We hit creeks Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Started at the mouth and fished our way up. Had something like 60 out of this little creek Thursday in about 2 hours. Went as far up them as we could get. Fish were everywhere. Lane caught this 22" bow right under that rock Tyler is standing on. Friday we went back to Jenkins creek first thing and caught them again. After we wore that spot out, we went to Ham's secret spot. Did right well there too. Tyler had a really big rainbow on but lost it on a jump. Had somewhere around 100 on Friday. Saturday, Rob, Lane and I started in Ham's secret spot. The river was down about 2' and the fish had pretty well left that spot. Went further downriver to the next little creek and went as far up it as we could go. It was a deep hole and was full of fish. Rob, Lane and I took maybe 40 or so out of that creek. Once they got tired of us there, we ran all the way back up to Jenkins creek again. Fish cooperated again there. I caught a beautiful 20" fish and we all had several each. Heard Norfork was fishing good, so we picked up and headed there. The reports were true, we were on them pretty good again. Rob was tearing them up on a peach colored 3/16 jig. Called it a day about 4:00 and headed in for the night. As everyone has said, it was a great jigfest. The high water made it challenging for sure, so I just took the easy way out and hid from it. And was lucky enough to find fish in my hiding spots. Truly great to see everyone, eat like kings and drink like pirates. There was a lot of memorable food, from pulled pork, through cheesecake, some of the best ceviche I've ever had, a great fish fry, Griz's famous cowboy caviar and his stuffed mushrooms. Glad everyone liked the venison for breakfast and also the chili dogs were pretty welcome too. Lovey's upside down cake disappeared too. And for me, the best part was spending a great weekend with the grandsons and all my friends. You're a special group, and I do not exaggerate one bit when I say I love you all like brothers.

There's a rumor stuffed mushrooms and cowboy caviar will make a guest appearance Thursday during appetizer time. A well sourced rumor too.

6 or 630 is my normal eating time. Later only means more cocktail hour. So whenever.

Warm days are a good way to get a puddle of cheese in the bottom of the smoker. We will not starve.

If you go to hell for killing raccoons I'm in big trouble. I've had weekends in Iowa hunting barns and old houses with terriers where we killed 200 of them. They may not be the single most destructive animal on the planet, but they are top five. You should see what they can do to a barn or an abandoned house they find their way into.

Sriricha is my favorite hot sauce.🙂

Lovey made us some dessert too.

It's four pounds of bison ground with one pound of bacon. And a pound of breakfast sausage. Seasoned with 1/3 cup chili powder. The chili proper has a load of other spices and stuff in it. It's fully assembled now and melding on the egg.

I'm bringing venison polish with cheese and Nathan's all beef hotdogs so we can make chili dogs. Don't have any buns or fritos or shredded cheese or sour cream or onion to dice or any hot sauce. I do have a jar of pickled jalapenos.

Jigfest Chili stage one

My wife was totally freaked out on the first jigfest. I told her I was going to go to Arkansas for a couple of days fishing and stay in a house down by the river with a bunch of guys I met on the internet. She had visions of me getting drugged, mugged, beaten, kidnapped and left for dead. Needless to say, now that she knows better, she's almost as enthusiastic as I am about me going and taking grandsons and good friends to meet and fellowship with some of the best people this world has to offer. And I'm just one small example of what this site promotes. Thanks Phil for all you do and support. God Bless and keep you.

SIR! Those were .50 caliber Browning MA2 . A serious machine gun if there ever was one.

This jigfest may be more about food and fellowship than great fishing. And I am fine with that.

Hell or High Water really is a very good movie.

Glad this got posted. I always buy the full year permits and would have lost $50 on a bet mine were still good. Well, they weren't but they are now!

I have a goose breast cubed (roughly 1" cubes) and marinating in soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sugar right now. A lot of garlic and ginger and enough sugar to taste salty/sweet. Will flour and flash fry the cubes. They will then go into cream of mushroom soup for a half hour or so, then on some brown rice. Italian green beans for the side. An old favorite from my waterfowling days. Reprised thanks to grandson Tyler who with his buddies had a great day in the blind yesterday.

Beautiful fish. One a day like that will keep a man coming back.

I've been called lots of names too.🙃

Gandalf the Gray. Even has a pointy hat.

Ice won't be an issue. According to NWS, wind looks favorable too.

Positively delightful.

I take it you haven't been to Steel Magnolias.

I am now me plus 3. Room for me plus 2 in my boat.

There is always a difference between bad and worse. Wishing all the best to you and yours.