Terrierman

I noticed that. Not really my type.

I doubt the veracity of that report is exactly my point.

If this were my site, you would be out of here permanently.

You have to be joking.

Have you ever done any electro fishing? I have. And in my experience, electrofishing in the middle of the river is a waste of time. And that was most certainly not how we did the job.

Fished them with my uncle on Hunnewell Lake in the early 60's. And cleaned a bunch of bass too.

You should smell my grandson when he gets home from work. But since he's a summer intern he probably doesn't count. And you should have seen the excitement in his face when he was telling me about searching for endangered species of milkweed - and finding four of them! - when he got to spend the day in the field with one of the do nothing biologists. And came home muddy, chigger bit, tick ridden and poison ivied - just like most days for him. Your rants suck. Because they are wrong.

Got the seasoning there. I threw that reference in just for you. Figured you had been there once or twenty times. Yeah the Amish thing is interesting. There's a pack of Amish families that are regulars at the Springfield farmers market. Nice people and a couple of those families have some good genetics going - some amazingly beautiful young women. And you know they are not strangers to hard work.

Perfect is the natural enemy of good.

Nice job on the steak. The whole fresh ravioli thing intrigues me. Also do tell on the nice red. Full disclosure, I had 2012 Simi Valley Russian Reserve Chardonnay with the beer can chicken tonight. It's a high rated wine that I found on major sale. Honestly I prefer Kendall Jackson Reserve though at about half the price.

You will be cutting off your nose to spite your face. MDC is the worst state conservation agency except for all the rest of them. Keep politics out of their funding and support the conservation sales tax.

Somebody else needs to post how we get rid of about half the people that go to the river.

Somebody needs to post some Smallmouth Chowder recipes.

You make me wish for time to pass faster. Colorado for me is next summer, three weeks in July, my first big trip after I retire. Until then, vicariously will just have to do....

Last night I made O pasta. O stands for orgasmic. Super simple and so good. Angel Hair pasta, fresh mozzarella, plenty of tomatoes, plenty of fresh basil, quality EVOO and salt. Good ingredients make it. Strictly a summertime dish when the tomatoes are in. And strictly requires fresh mozzarella.

An oldie but still a goodie. Heavily rubbed with tequila lime seasoning from Planters Seed Company in KC. I just ate one of the wings. Tasty. It will go on the plate with a sliced yellow tomato from Maple Grove farm, just outside Nevada. Dessert will be watermelon from the same source. It's an Amish place. I was there on Thursday. The thermometer in the truck said it was 101. Just around the corner from the market there was a huge load of hay coming in pulled by a four horse team. It had been cut, raked and baled by horsepower and stacked on the wagon by manpower. You have to admire a belief system strong enough to forego the modern world to the point that those people surely do.

The only way I would ever want a drift boat is if it came with a GPS controlled programmable automatic rowing machine.

Not the first time I've bitten on well placed bait.

Somehow, this thread title had me thinking in another direction.

What Ham said about the Alberto. I finally figured it out and it's a very good knot. Not that bad to tie either after the first ten or fifteen times. Takes two hands and a mouth though, there's a lot going on there.

Those are the days that make a kid's life a good one. Great job Daryk

Killjoy.

I'm willing to fish while you row. I don't know anything about rowing, but if it will help, I can complain bitterly when you don't put me and keep me where I want to be.

That's a great hat.

I've said it before and here I go again. It's bad form to run over any boat at any time no matter what size boat or what the conditions are. If you can't see a boat in time to avoid it, including kayaks and small jon boats, you're running too fast for conditions.