Terrierman

Good plan Ness. Except you should get at least one tat. Everybody needs at least one.

I'm 63 and hunted and fished all my life in all kinds of places and had exactly one problem where someone broke the window on a crappy old Datsun B-210 that I parked at a ramp on the Niangua and left it for 3 days. They got a $50 cassette player. I sure hope it's not time for my number to come up again. I'm just a big dummy. Folks don't tend to mess with me. Lovey and I were at a Springfield Cardinals game a couple of weeks ago. Walked out the gate and I said something like "How you guys doing?" to a couple of guys just around the corner from the gate. The answer was "Fine sir, how about you?" I was fine too. When we got to the truck Lovey asked me, did you see that guy open his knife when we walked around the corner? I was all about nope. I'm not the victim type and maybe it shows or maybe I'm just lucky. Either way, I promise you all the so called bad people in the world all added up won't keep me from having the good times I know and love.

I was down there one April a few years back. Fished the lake a day and the tailwater a day from the North bank. Lost some big jigs and caught one about 30 off the bank. That will make you OK with a few jigs. Fished the lake with live shad with a guide. When it was on it was incredible as in fast. Nothing really big though, 5 to maybe 15. But when you have 30 or 40 of those in a day you think, "heck of a lake".

If it was me, it would be for big stripers. That is one heck of a lake.

Thanks. It is kind of a cool old house place. Proud to have been able to save it. Original construction was in 1900. By a lot of standards, that's not really all that old. But it does have a certain character that you don't find everywhere. We went pretty far out of our way to try and keep it that way.

Nothing to add other than good thread.

Asking price is $269 K. Your $250 K will probably get it bought.

This is what I used until I got hold of some of Dave's heads. His are better but these work too. Those jigheads are common as dirt. You do need to trim the weedguard a little bit. It's really more about technique, having the right weight head, right sized hook and the elaztech if you ask me.

And then I got busy with kids and grandkids and forgot to take anymore pictures. Sorry

LINE FIGHT!!

That does it. I'm getting me a Royals hat. TODAY.

It's a good morning to catch up on your laundry.

Well then. Nuff' said. Other than glad you had one heck of a trip.

OK, thanks. You are forgiven for the polenta v. grits thingie.

Sounds kind of like shark or spoonbill. More meaty than fishy at least when it comes to texture.

Semper Fi bud. Nice job.

They are pretty skinny. Makes sense. Lots of rough fish are the same way. A 10 lb carp might have two or three pounds of decent meat, buffalo much the same. A 50 pound spoonie might dress to maybe 10 or 15. Only the white meat is worth the effort.

Well, I can tell you for an absolute fact that if you ever get checked and have any doves or ducks in the freezer, it will go better for you if they are labeled. I do have deer tags in freezer now and don't keep over my personal possession limit on anything that is not labeled. Go ahead and roll your eyes, it won't hurt a thing until the local agent knocks on the back door.

I love cooking what some people throw away. That gar recipe sounds wonderful.

Isn't risotto pasta?

So you need to bake the gar after it's fried nice and brown? I've done shark before and never like that but it sounds interesting to say the least.

I have tin snips.

How do you clean the gar? Are they anything like pike but maybe a little tougher to fillet?

Hatch chili peppers are a great find.

Sounds like that post storm bite was on. Good job Dave.