Johnsfolly

It's all ball bearings these days...😂

Great looking trout! Congrats! Seth and DJ are likely to wish that they were down there this week. Who am I kidding, they would love to be down there everyweek😁!

Simple breakfast today. Folly farm fresh eggs with garden basil. Topped with hot ham and Swiss.

Man that sucks Mitch! Hopefully you get adequate compensation.

We have a small local pond that have four or five 4 to 6 lb Koi. Very spooky fish since it's likely that most folks are throwing something at them. I personally have not really tried for them. The common carp yes, but not the koi. Now if you were in SW MO there's a guy that might be able to hook you up with a koi outing.

Cool catches, but a dilemma on whether to release them back into the pond. I have only caught one goldfish between 9 and 10 inches, which was in Hickory Creek in Neosho MO. Caught it on a similar size jig with a white chenille body. I did release that fish back into the creek.

I looked and found a couple of online (grain of salt) references that state that auto manufacturers are obligated to supply parts through the length of the longest warranty period. If that is the case here then 7 years from now parts manufacturing could be discontinued as well.

I seem to recall a conversation where a similar situation was discussed and particularly the length of time that a certain manufacturer was obligated to maintain a supply of parts. It seemed to me that time frame was based upon the time that the equipment would become obsolete or no longer than 5 or 10 yrs whichever came first. I certainly would not expect in f here circumstances that parts would be available indefinitely.

My wife has been using the Griswold to make Dutch baby pancakes. Topped them with a little powdered sugar and strawberry slices. Like a thicker crepe.

I'll have to check around here. Here is what we found two summers ago. Too dry last spring/summer. This year has been wet. Just for perspective the large fan in the middle was over 8 inches across. Delicious. Love Don's chuckwagon beer batter and cocktail sauce on these guys which learned from the master himself !

Bear meat is delicious. I think that it is a sweeter meat than beef. Do need to cook it well done since they still can carry trichinosis.

@BilletHead would call that the killing field😉. Looks like squirrel and dumplings to me.

Oh and I would recommend leather work gloves when handling a full cage. Especially when the critters knock off the plate below the trap handle. Or if they pull the handle off and you have to hold the front of the cage to carry it.

We had a big feral cat problem many years ago. I started trapping them back then. Used the dog food and always placed the bait well in the back of the trap. Would position the cage front in a spot where they usually walked. Often would block the back to keep them from digging behind the cage.. Caught lots of those darn cats actually 22 in about 18 months. Raccoons were an issue with our chickens. To catch them only I would take some wire and make a spiral that I would smear with peanut butter and twist the wire.to the top of the trap again behind the trigger plate. Caught nine raccoons while trapping those cats. Using dog food also caught seven opossums. They are nasty critters. Stink and full of worms. The raccoons and opossums would take along ride and I released them live. The coons would snarl and hiss a lot but always ran straight away once let go. Stopped trapping for a year or so until a raccoon killed my silkie hen. At that time MDC allowed lethal control on raccoons affecting our chickens. I would set the trap on Thurs since Friday was our trash pick up. Caught another seven raccoons before we left for MD. Good luck on catching a few.

A couple more soaks with the oven cleaner got rid of the last bit of carbon off the no name #7 skillet. Seasoned with four coats of vegetable shortening. Now we just need to use it and build its seasoning for years to come.

We hope that folks are enjoying the one bass challenge so far. As Pete pointed out, we really need to be able to see those markings. Also fish from any of the border lakes are eligible regardless of what side of the lake you are fishing.. Good luck and keep sending in photos.

Still sounds like a good trip. Getting that thump on the line is addictive. Thanks for the report.

Congrats Jim! Nice fish. We found some spotty redears locally. Also using microjigs. They weren't at the spots that we caught them previously.

As always a great report and a couple of fists of crappie. Congrats! Jealous of the gar😉!

Even with the googans sounds like a great time. Congrats on a fine guided trip buddy!

Looks delicious RPS!

That looks great! Bet that it tasted as good as it looks.

A couple of healthy looking stripers buddy! Congrats on packing a couple for the fridge. Sorry about the cut. I hate it when the fish get back at us. Still we seem to end up on the better end of the deal.

Speaking of water snakes. Here's a triple from this afternoon's fishing trip. A fourth small male hit the water before the photo op.

You have the luxury to be able to do just that. Many in this country cannot afford to sit and wait. Some of us may be in the high risk group do to genetics and life-style choices, but still have to go to work nearly everyday and have been doing so throughout the pandemic. We also have to manage our teams to remain productive while setting up processes that allow our workers to be as safe as possible.