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Al I don't know for certain, but I think that Robert is working with the same illustrator, Justin Sipiorski, that worked with him on The Fishes of Nebraska.

I don't think that you could convince me to eat braised old squirrels or wild turkey legs. You're going to have to come out here and prove me wrong buddy!😝

Well we cooked indoors tonight. Wife made Salisbury steaks. The "steak" had some French onion soup, bread crumbs, worchestershire sauce, chopped onions. Seared the patties on both sides then cooked in a sauce container the rest of the French onion soup, worchestershire sauce, ketchup, and cracked pepper.

How many Liliputions does it take to screw in a lightbulb?! Two!!! 😉

How many rednecks does it take to eat an opossum? Three. One to eat the opossum while the other two watch for cars🤣.

Here's a couple of classic books. "Under the Grandstands" by Seymour Butz. "The Yellow River" by I. P. Freely

I know that Scott Leysath on the cooking show "Dead Meat" has cooked up coot. I would be interested to try them.

Nice @Quillback! We get a lot of loons here in the winter. Surprisingly large birds. I have never seen them in their summer plumage. May next summer if we get to New Hampshire or Vermont.

Timmy Dunn was 16 when he had left Ireland for America, never to be heard from again. Many years later his worried mother discovered that Mike O'Malley was leaving for America and she asked Mike to look for Timmy and tell him to write to her. Well Mike looked for Timmy everywhere he went. Not knowing what he would look like after all these years he asked every man that he met whether he was Timmy Dunn, but to no avail. Then one day in a men's room, a man walked out of the stall. Mike asked him, "Are you Dunn?" The gentleman said, "Yes." Mike replied, "Well, why don't you write to your mother?!"

A little boy is sitting in the park with his mother. He tells his mom that the kids at school have been talking about dark humor and how funny it is but he doesn't understand what they are talking about. His mother says "Son go over that man over by the pond that has no arms and ask to shake his hand." "But mom you know that I am blind." As his mom chuckles "And that son is dark humor !"

And Jesus said to Peter "Come forth and you shall have everlasting life." But Peter came fifth and just won a toaster😅.

Looks more fungal/bacterial than viral. Not a pathologist.

I'm out again this year. A lot going on in Dec and will use the finances for some local trips. Hope that you guys have a great time!

Nice catching! Spend as much time with your dad as you can. Time passes so quickly.

@Al Agnew Do you know Robert? Are you a NANFA member?

Al I love the guide style books as well. Maybe a little too well🙄.. I have the following: 2nd edition of Pflieger's Fishes of MO. I believe that there are a few copies for sale online. I know an OAF member picked up a copy recently within the last year. The new Fishes of Nebraska A pdf copy of the Fishes of Tennessee (which you can get free online) A pdf of a Pocket guide to Kansas stream fish which is free online. The Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas,, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware A really old copy of Peterson's field guide to Freshwater Fishes My kids got me A field guide to Coastal Fishes last Xmas. They did release the 2nd edition of The Fishes of Arkansas which I do not have but know one OAF member that has a copy. It's on my to buy list. I have had limited contact with the author of that guide about yellow perch in Arkansas and a few other fish species. So if books are your thing lots of those are available as well.

I actually don't know if it will be a third edition to Pflieger's or a new book. Since it is funded by the MDC it may be a 3rd edition. I am in fairly regular contact with the author and can ask. He did work with some others on The Fishes of Nebraska book released a couple of years ago.

Livie made a new twist on potato pancakes. This recipe included mozzarella cheese within the potato mixture. The potato mixture had some sweet rice flour to bind and a little sugar. Fried in a little oil and topped with sour cream.

A friend of our inherited some items from her grandmother. One was a picture of Jesus that "looks" at you where ever you are in the room. Our friend was creeped out by it as a kid and not sure why she kept it now.

For those guys that like myself like to catch a variety of species there are a number of great resources that I have found to check on species identifications or distributions to confirm what you have caught. If you don't already know, I am fairly targeted on specific fish species each year. To be successful in those endeavors I prefer to find locations within the target species distribution ranges and head out there and fish for that particular species. (sorry won't be able to make these sites as hyperlinks) One of the best resources that I have found to help me to target those fish is www.fishmap.org. This site is maintained by the North America Native Fish Association (NANFA) and covers freshwater species and some brackish species. You are able to select by Genus or by common name/species name. Once you select the species you will be brought into that species distribution ranges. The site shows historical and introduced ranges typically by watershed. The data points/collections on this site pull data from a number of different organizations data, including some that I mention below e.g., INaturalist and NANFA. The data points can be opened and you can see who collected the fish or observation as well as the date that it was collected. The INaturalist entries will typically have a photo or photos of the fish. Just recently I joined and have been fairly active on www. inaturalist.org site. This is a site where members can post and support identifications of all kinds of flora and fauna. These observations get reviewed by other members from across the country. Data from these observations feed into various projects across the country as well. I know that my entries for fish caught in Maryland will feed into the Maryland Biodiversity Project (www.marylandbiodiversity.com). Also fish from Arkansas can feed into the Biodiversity Project of Arkansas which is a group on the INaturalist site. I have only posted a couple of fish (whitetail shiner and strawberry darter) so far for Arkansas and both were pulled into the Biodiversity project. I will admit that these next two sites I have had issues becoming a member so I tend just to lurk. I still use their information for species identification which includes photos and locations. I have mentioned NANFA (www.nanfa.org) already. I hope to resolve my issues and become a member soon. I know a few folks that are active with this organization. The other site www.roughfish.com is a bigger issue and I continue to have issues trying to become a member of this organization and likely will not become one in the future. I can however look through their species listings, photos, collections, etc. I just cannot interact with others on that site. Some other states and organizations exist out there that have great information. With my travels into NC, SC, and GA I found www.ncfishes.com and this site has great photos and descriptions of freshwater and marine fish as well as invertebrates. They also compare to similar species and describe their ranges. I often use this site and the fishmap site to evaluate new species in the southeast. The state of Utah has a poster series that describe and illustrate the native species in their primary watersheds (can't upload) Some posters exist for other species like bullheads and other species. Lots of information out there for us crazy folks that track and try to catch many different species and work to build our lifelists .

Where I worked in FL the property had an ultraclear and deep pond. I tossed in a couple of Xmas trees one year and had sunfish and even 4 to 5 lb bass around them within a day or two. Once the needles fell off and they lost branches the number of fish around them dropped of dramatically. Just means that you have to keep refreshing those spots over time. Looking forward to seeing more fish more from your lake. Live and learn from those flippin' mistakes !

Great looking spot to fish. Congrats on the crappie and good luck getting that big bass!

Hey Pete - she's looking at you!

Found out that one of the fawns was next to the porch eating the last of our tomato plants. So just 20 feet from our living room. Going to have to shoot a bolt soon😉!

We have a small plastic doll that we call the creepy doll. We will hide it around the house. Usually in a spot where she will stare at you. Once you find it then you get to hide her. Who knows where she will end up. Once she was taped to the lid of the toilet and I laughed very loudly when I "found" her. Ok we are a weird family 🤪