ColdWaterFshr

Sierra Ferrell

I'm getting TackleMax ads constantly. Not even as pop-ups. They're embedded in the content. 🤣🤣

Hoffman. Just about everything he bought up, he's now trying to sell or has already sold. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/hoffmanns-selling-spree-in-augusta-comes-as-the-company-refocuses-on-wine/article_74735a32-7db9-11ee-88d7-d32da8713ddc.html

Thanks, Marjorie. You know, . . . it could very well be another a jewish space laser that took the bridge out.🤣🤣 Anyway, I have given up on the ink cartridge sales biz and taken up Bible sales here in holy week with Lee Greenwood and that other guy who's name must not be mentioned. Some good money in it. Bundle a crappy song with everyone's favorite book, and a swindling presidential candidate set for a porn-star-hush money trial in a couple weeks. Ironically, April 15th is a weekday in Manhattan. Thanks for the reminder Marjorie, I mean, Mitch. We could all use a little cash, redemption, and yes, Manhattans! Cheers! 🤣🤣🤣

The largest container ship in the world, in 1972, when the Francis Scott Key bridge was built . . . was only 1/3rd the size of this ship that hit it today. Take a look at those 50 year old pilings compared to the size of that ship. Like a floating brick adrift against some matchsticks.

Huh? Are you saying the structure wasn't fastened to the piers? Just sitting on top by its own weight? Is this deduced by your own forensic arm-chair videographer examination from grainy late night footage shot 2 miles away, . . . . or by looking at the actual plans of the bridge construction?

A ship that carries +9,000 40' containers and has complete loss of power, is quite a bit of mass plunging into a piling/pier. Not surprised that it could do that damage to the bridge and cause the superstructure to come unpinned. A ship this size is quite a bit larger than a Mississippi river barge. As these mega container ships keep getting bigger and bigger, and this one is mid-sized, maybe its time safety protocols caught up. Like what happened in the Suez canal, the one that went aground due to high winds and set off an economic crisis due to the bottleneck of blocked traffic in a major shipping lane. Yes - tugboat guidance and higher regulation particularly through tricky passages and where loss of life could've been much greater. Also redundant/auxiliary power supplies, inspections and accountability. Ship like that shouldn't lose power or control in those locations, ever. The people who whine and complain about government regulation are the same ones who look for conspiracy crap when stuff like this happens.

Not trying to be argumentative. It just seems that his mastery is more of the technology, and not so much the skillset that I think of in a masterful fisherman. He very well could be both. But certainly having an unlimited budget to have the newest gear, as you mentioned, has helped him greatly. Maybe this is an extension of him missing his former life as a surgeon, where he undoubtedly had access to the best technology and this helped him (as it should) to the maximum benefit of doing his job at the highest level. I'm sure he worked his toukus off too and on some level he misses the grind. I guess it comes down to what you really want to see in his posed picture. If it is just a # . . . 8.1 lbs, and a 7 lb'er the week before, then great. If we were looking at these pictures alone vs. your story of how he caught them, well it colors it in a different light, doesn't it? Different strokes for different folks. Carry on!

Helluva nice fish and good to see that TR is still holding many giants. Thats about the only positive I see here. Though your buddies face is full of pride, this is like doing a photo shoot on the peak of Mount Everest, when a helicopter dropped you off 50 yards from the summit. I'm enjoying pickleball too. Been playing a couple years now, but not as often as I would like. There are 75 year old ladies wearing knee braces that can mop the floor with me. Great game and a surprisingly good work out.

https://www.bigchiefstl.com Good eats here. Historic place.

Speaking of unforgiving . . . Came across this last night in the parking lot of Big Chief.

Yeah, I hope he's doing alright. Got to night fish with him below the dam a few years back. Pine Squirrel nymph or bugger . . that was his fly if I recall. Nice guy.

Hella game. Even if the FBI or DOJ was involved in the final score. 🤣🤣

Wrong on # 1, partly Wrong on # 2 Wrong on #3, Correct on #4, with help from George Soros. 🤪

Better subject matter. . . . 1) Chiefs by 7, but it will be back and forth lead changes. 2) Kelce scores 1 TD, but is held to only 3 catches for 47 yards. Pacheco is MVP and rushes for over 150 yards. 3) A controversial penalty in the 4th quarter that takes 17 minutes of review to resolve. 4) My hickory smoked cajun dry-rub wings exceed all expectations and I enter the bar-b-cue hall of fame.

Hopeless. You change the argument at every turn. And you're not a very good fisherman, and I don't think your soft plastics deserve all the hype. 🤣 But I wish you well. Go Chiefs. Go Taylor and go Bud Light.

Still hung up on the inauguration I see. That beautiful, peaceful transfer of power that almost didn't happen, darn it, . . . .still has a burr in your saddle. Maybe you remember as fondly as I do, Josh Hawley running scared for his life down the hallways of the capitol just a few days earlier. . . . . 🤣

Prager U has given you a well trained eye to spot even the most well-concealed commie. I've been hiding in the shadows, but now you have outed me. Thank you Mitch McCarthy. The country will forever be indebted to your service. Now that I'm outed, maybe I should seek to interview Vladmir and share with the world his point of view which Wrench seems to admire. Oh wait, that has already been done, by the guy who is now on the shortlist to be a VP, instead of, you know, that last guy who was almost put on a gallows on the capitol steps for not caving to a madman. American Midnight, by Adam Hochschild. Read it.

People are so triggered these days, even by the slightest thing. We should all get together and have a couple beers.

Oh thank god. Respectable folk.

Wait . . . snake study. This is the creek with the cottonmouth problem right? I can handle all assortment and variety of methheads, 400 rod portages over logjams . . sketchy county roads, flat tires, and tragic out-of-beer situations. I've been sucker punched in the face, lost teeth, and spent many overnights a jail cell bunk. Tried soberly arguements with a magistrate judge the next morning about Blue Ribbon anglers rights and jurisprudence to no avail. All pleasant situations compared to poison ivy, ticks, and . . . .cottonmouths, this is where I draw the line. Tell me more about the herp guys and what they found . . . .

Solid floaters . . . .🤣 Its not far from Wilson Creek sewage treatment facility, is it?

On paper, yeah, it certainly looks it. But you haven't seen it, and from what I can tell, no one else here has either. Thats the old man in you talking. Flysmallie of 20 years ago wouldn't shy away from an adventure. That lower stretch could be an absolute gem. By god, I'm going to float it before the ides of March. Who's with me?

Uhhhh . . . .traumatized or scared? I was the only one encouraging exactly the opposite. Exploration. You're the one that brought up the section being "well below Blue Ribbon area" and some degree of apprehension with landowners and "strange county roads". 🤣