Terrierman

Well. I learned something today. If you have never brined sweet corn with salt and sugar brine, you should. A difference maker for sure.

The precip forecast shows us getting 1.16 inches over the next few days. Camdenton is supposed to get 0.15 inches. You folks up there are just not living right.

That's one long dry spell.

Glad to see your report Pete. Hope you and the familia are all doing well.

Your username is a dead giveaway on your USMC time. Semper Fi brother and welcome aboard.

Sure it wasn't a Caribou? Both are equally likely to appear at/near Bennett Spring.

Last time I did a pork butt there were some nice leftovers that went in the vacuum sealer. Tonight is Philly style pulled pork on a baguette. The peppers are those multi color baby sweet ones and the onion is a Vidalia, cheese should be white American but all I could find was shredded Colby. It will do. The sauce shall be Carolina style mustard/vinegar base sauce. All to be done on the Blackstone.

Seems like there are more crane flies this year than I remember ever seeing. And some really big ones too. Is it a local thing or are others noticing this too?

That's up to you.

Broke!

The 2 pound test line sure doesn't hurt the story any. Cool deal.

If you get a chance, The Fish House in Key Largo is a great place to eat. Whatever the best fish they have when you are there done Matecumbe is something I don't think you'll ever forget. I had hogfish done that way. Incredible is the right word.

This thread: Words fail me...

Great post John and all your fellow Folly's.

I got a divorce a few years ago. Was in touch with my lawyer prior to getting it going. His advice which was sterling was to wait for a day when she is gone, take everything you hold dear with you and do not go back home under any circumstances. Divorce is tough but a good lawyer can make a lot of difference. Good luck getting paid for your gear, my bet is you never see any of it again.

May is about as early as tomatoes do well outdoors. They do not like cold feet.

Drive down to Isla Morada while you are close. Perry Scuderi is the guide to get if you can.

If I thought I might be going to a gunfight, I'd go someplace else.

There are not as many in my neighborhood as ten years ago - but still not scarce.

Milo Marty strikes again! Glad everything turned out right for you.

What do you do with the shad you catch?

As much as I hate to admit it, the world needs rice more than trout. BTW, I love your straight up reporting posts and photos. Maybe someday we can share a boat.

What, that is has liver in it or the casing is natural?

I didn't have a car, a motorcycle, trouble with the law or a pregnant girlfriend. All I knew at the time was College wasn't ready for me and vice versa, and I needed to get out of the town where I lived and away from the people I was hanging out with. This was in 1970 when there was a draft. I didn't want to go to Leonard Wood, then Fort Hood and then be the FNG in an Army platoon in the jungle either. So a two year enlistment in USMC sounded a little like a lark and when I got out there would be GI bill for college and so on. It wasn't a lark but it wasn't all that bad either. Got to see and do a lot of things before I turned 21. I'm a Viet Nam veteran who never set foot in country, I did my time there on ship. Closest I got to shore was about a thousand yards in a Landing Craft, but we were only practicing. The rest is history. No interventions, no rehab, did do college on the GI bill though, which was really the only option for me as my family was not what anybody would call well off. I'm glad I did it with no regrets. I've never said one thing to anyone who didn't go. And when anybody says thank you for your service to me, my response is always "no problem, it was my honor". Which in retrospect it truly was. So there.

Nice fish that one.