Terrierman

Rod and reel or set lines?

For me at least the follow ons after Lonesome Dove sent me down a deep rabbit hole. Late night reading at its best.

If I didn't love you guys already, I'd hate you. Wow that looks like a great time and some more or less OK food. Nice!!

A favorite of mine. But. When it comes to Western reading, nobody beats Larry McMurtry.

After that I'll take "True Grit". Way too many memorable lines and scenes in that movie to do anything other than watch it again..

My vote for best Wayne western is "The Searchers". His character in that one is a little complicated, which he did well.

My parents split up when I was 6. Saw my dad one time after they divorced which was a doozy. He's always been a mystery to me, one that I'll die with.

Bad speller.😈

Will do.

Mitch and Wrench, it doesn't appear we have a contract. Please behave anyway.

$ 73,000,000.00 for a good defensive back in the NFL. Fishermen's paydays are weak.

Gosh, thanks.

I figure you'd like to see me not be a moderator in the future either so I included you in the offer.

Hey Mitch have I got a deal for you. You and Wrench behave for six months - not one moderator action on anything you two post - and I'll resign from my moderator duties. Offer is good for the next 24 hours. If you two really think I'm a problem, I'm offering you a solution.

Low maybe but not dry you goofy old man

Where are the marshmallows and Hershey bars?

This happened a while ago- back when people sent out Christmas cards and you always got samples of cards to buy. One year I took one of the sample cards, crossed out the message and wrote: "Things were a little tough this year so we're working on cutting back on Christmas expenses. But it's the thought that counts, so Merry Christmas." Mailed it to my brother in-law at his office address with no postage and his home address as return address. Worked perfect too, had to pay his own postage for our Christmas card that year.😈 To me it's funny but maybe you had to be there....

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You can target them in June in the big rivers. Throw lines near brush or rip rap with current. Sunfish or carp minnows work great. By minnow I mean a 5 to 6 inch fish, hooked under the dorsal fin. Bring an honest to goodness big net and maybe even a gaff. For really big fish, the gaff is the deal. We always shot for going in the dark of the moon in June and did pretty good after we figured our system out. An aerated bait tank is a must. I made mine out of a plastic 55 gallon barrel with a pvc spray bar and a bilge pump. Worked great to change the water when we wanted and kept everything alive for days.

I knew the people that ran the Mountain Springs trout farm. They had the great idea to feed all the fish guts, dead fish and such to their pigs. Bad idea, the meat had a definite fishy taste. But what they fed was not processed into commercial feed, it was just the raw waste.

I was not aware that set lines in the right place baited with live bait is now illegal.

The best catfish I've ever had didn't know what corn was. Best catfish there is = belly meat from a big flathead. That and cheeks.

Fish that eat their natural food are much better tasting than any farm raised fish fed purina fish chow. Fresh water or salt water. Farmed oysters are fine though, they don't get fed anything artificial, just provided a good substrate to live on in what is normally a great place for oysters to live.