Terrierman

Went down to Rim Shoals and spent about the nicest 4th of July weekend I can remember. Remarkable weather!! Cabin at Rim Shoals Resort was immaculate, very comfortable and walking distance to the ramp. 100% recommendation on them from me. Friday the water was running about 2000 CFS or so and fishing was very good. Fished morning and afternoon with Ham. He's a heck of a fisherman and really knows that river. We boated somewhere between 40 and 50 fish on Friday, mostly rainbows. First fish or the day for me was a nice Cutthroat and Ham caught a couple of nice browns along with the rainbows. He also caught a really colored up cutthroat. They're really pretty fish. Saturday the generation was down and so was the fishing. Caught a few in the morning, took a long break and a nap and met Ham and Richard Cross, AKA Zig Jig Master at Cotter. Generation was still very low and fishing was tough for me, but not too bad for Mr. Cross or Ham. The river started rising this morning around 7:30 or so. I was only out for a couple of hours, caught one nice brown and an 18 1/2 rainbow that was super fat. Maybe boated another dozen or so. Great trip, great weather, no craziness, time with friends, time with the wife, some good food. Awesomeness all the way around. That White River really is a heck of a resource. Oh, also met John Berry Friday AM at the ramp, he was the second one there after me. Seems to be a super nice fellow.

Semper Fidelis Corporal Ploetz.

Good thought and right back at you. Safe and happy 4th to all.

By streamer do you mean a 6" gold CD Rapala? Fished about 6' to 10' deep when the water is running? Around/above Point Lookout?

You just skin them from the ankles forward. Parboil until tender and grill to put a little bark on here and there with some of your favorite sauce. Better than any squirrel you ever ate.

You are a bad mammajama. When are you going to go to the White River again?

LF 6'6" Clarus is a really good rod. Phil Lilley also has some that he is fond of at his shop. Reels? I have grown to like the Lew's Speed Spins. Better IMHO than Shimano Sahara for roughly the same money. Daiwa Exceller is another choice in the similar price range, No complaints there either.

Very nice. Very nice indeed.

Smart move. I've had the somewhat simpler Chicago Cutlery version for about 20 years. People frequently comment on how sharp my knives always are. I use mine on everything from kitchen knives to Benchmade folders. I used to do Arkansas stones and can get knives razor sharp there too, but the electric is a matter of a few seconds, no matter what condition the blade is in.

Dexter Russell. The best. Also use a Gerber. Sharpen with a Chicago cutlery diamond double wheel that puts a perfect hollow ground razor edge on any knife that's not serrated in seconds.

I am a big fan of 4 lb Maxima on my spinning rigs.

Any normal person would. Guys like this and that fellow who kidnapped and killed the little girl a while back in Springfield have something missing. I do not think there is any hope for rehab ever for those types. Death is too easy. I am cruel and would put him in a small solitary confinement room forever and the last day he would see the sun would be the day he went in. No books, no TV, no visitors, no nothing ever but food and water for the rest of his life.

I've got a Pescador 12 and I'm perfectly happy with it. You can spend a lot of money on a Kayak, but they're all basically river transportation to me. Day tripping transportation. When I river camp, it's the canoe or Shawnee. More into comfort with about a ton of gear than the lightweight mode.

It will catch rock bass and smallmouth in moving water pretty good too. I made the first several of mine with a regular strike king worm cut in half, not the elaztech. Use a regular ball head jig with the monofilament brush guard with about half of the filaments trimmed out and length trimmed to just barely protect the point of the hook. I have to admit the super glue idea was new to me and it's the nuts. I did learn that regular worms will destroy the elaztech in a few days.

I used to take three days from just below Montauk to Baptist Camp. A nice relaxing pace is what I am all about.

Nothing heavier than 2 lb test line!

Nice fish. Lesson learned about that boat. I learned it a few years back, that's one that will stick with you.

Ned is not going to be happy about this.

Party boyz have screwed up the whole world.

Verlander got boo'd in Detroit. How awesome is that?

I have a good piece of advice for everyone: Have a good time but try to get out alive.

Get busy.

Boiling springs campground, near Dixon on the Gasconade. Not Boiling Springs Resort on Big Piney.

Actually we all own the lake. Whatever happened to the principle of your freedom ends where it starts to infringe on mine?

I don't even know what a wakeboat is. And something tells me I don't want to know either.