Terrierman

You have that river so dialed in. Nice fishing trips.

If it wasn't for that crack pipe those everywhere else places wouldn't ever get anything done. I know it's true because you told us so.🎯

Heck I had to keep track of every firearm, mortar, machine gun, bayonet, kabar, piece of night vision equipment and every piece of ammunition for a Company of Marines (a few of them with sticky fingers) that only wanted to get released from the Company area so they could go get drunk. And I never lost a thing. But, I was motivated to pay attention because I wanted to go to the NCO club too. It seems to me less a matter of how to take care of this stuff and more a matter of everyone involved being properly motivated.

Ducks seemed to want to work better when it was snowing too. Rain, not so much.

The same flooding problems affect everything. We're working on it but it's expensive and not popular with most of the voting public.

Wow! Nice ones.

Blue point is a fine oyster if you ask me. Oyster farming is becoming a deal too. But as far as I know, they're not artificially fed, just provided optimal substrate they can be harvested from when ready. I will not knowingly eat tilapia. If a menu doesn't specify what fish I'm getting, I ask.

We have three small dogs that do not like to wade snow to potty. And I have a wife who doesn't like to wade snow for anything. So this. Sidewalks cleared and a path to the shop where the truck and jeep are. And to the chicken pen and a cleared area for them to roam in too. Don't need or use the snowblower very often but it is sure nice when I do. The chicken pen has chain link fence panels on top. The snow completely bridged the openings and there is/was no snow in the pen, all still up on the fence panels.

Four or five inches here in Ozark. Enough to get out the snowblower later.

For shell fish - I want somebody else to do all the work. These are not in order of preference - just how I typed it out. They are all top shelf in my book. So: Boiled, peeled and iced fresh shrimp with my cocktail sauce. Fresh raw oysters opened in front of me. Fried oysters done the right way. Shrimp cocktail at a good Mexican restaurant. Crawfish etoufee. Again, done right. Etoufee is especially sensitive to needing a cook who knows what's what in the kitchen. Really meaty Maryland crab cakes. Lobster Roll done the right way. Lobster bisque with lobster bits. Crab, shrimp and scallop enchiladas. Crab dip - the kind served warm with spiced cream cheese. So long as there are plenty of Frito's Scoops.

Hey wait just a dadburn minute there. Are you sure those were Pool Cues and not Pot Passers?

Sheepshead. 👍 Did I miss something or is redfish missing from all the lists?

Did you duct tape washers to the cue for line guides?

Your first three are all sunfish unless I've made a mistake. AND I note the complete absence of any saltwater fish. Whatsamatter you hey?

No one that I can remember has mentioned Pollock. It's a lot like Cod. Very good for the table.

Well, back before there was a Truman Lake and way before anybody could afford a boat, my best friend Butch, his dad and another buddy and I went to Warsaw a few times to snag spoonbill from the bank. It was a lot of fun for a bunch of redneck high school kids and a dad. His rod had a bathroom plunger for a cushion on the butt of the rod. I didn't know from BOO! about what made good or not so good fish fry back then. We were young and always hungry.

The fish and chips places I went to in SW England let you order what kind of fish you wanted. I just always got cod. And it was for sure good.

No it's snagging. You can see the fish and give a weighted hook a yank. If you're good at it you can get a nice mess of fish.

I just respooled a Daiwa 1500 Exceller / 6'6" ML Falcon original with 8 lb. Suffix. Not fancy but serves me well enough. Pretty much my idea of what a medium set up should more or less be. I've also got a 6'6" ML St. Croix Premier with a President on it, also 8 lb. I'm boring. Predictably so.

Nixa still has Sucker Days but they don't cook all that many suckers anymore. Grabbing is still kind of a deal down here. Finley, James, Bull Creek, Swan Creek and Beaver all have a lot of suckers and I've seen people grabbing.

I always wanted one.

Those were BIG drum.

Thing is, I like buffalo wings. But not shark, swordfish, tilapia and most swai.

Now that's ^^ a fishing trip! I want to catch a goggle eye so big nobody will believe me until I get it DNA tested. And then nine more for supper.

It's not that hard to make the most of a trip to Rim, weather notwithstanding. Lovey and I are both comfortable there and so are the dogs. We were the only people there so especially easy to deal with the dogs. There have been tougher times for sure.😉 I know you are not a drinker but if you have not eaten at Rapp's, you should give it a try. It's outstanding.