Johnsfolly

@FlysmallieJust saw your next post with the episode that I was thinking about.

I think that you're right. I've watched a lot of those shows.

I remember a show about making caviar, maybe a dirty jobs show. I just looked up a Hank Shaw recipe to make steelhead caviar. Seems easy to do but not simple. Have to separate the eggs from the membranes and cure them in a brine. How to separate them from the membranes is tricky. The dirty jobs show used a sieve. Also the saltiness of and the time in the brine can be tricky as well. I have had flying fish and salmon caviar. Not bad. Never paddlefish ot sturgeon.

Welcome to the forum. Lots of information given freely. Only need you to reciprocate with posts of your trips and photos of your catches.

@Dock-in-it congrats! Definitely some fine bass.

Very nice video. Better to be out on the water fishing than doing much of anything else.

If you can throw a weighted egg pattern especially a tan pellet colored egg with 2# line with your spin gear that should work well. As well as white microjigs. I have never fished opening day in any trout park. Have fished RR at other times and besides weighted eggs have done well with white, white/pink, olive, and tan maribou jigs and white, cream, or olive microjigs. I like to see the fish respond to the bait. Once the fish even looks like it is going to strike I will set the hook. Usually they will follow the bait on the drop and a slight flare of the gills before they inhale then exhale the bait. Good luck! Can't wait to see your report and photos!

I enjoy seeing them. We had only one in our yard once when living in Columbia. At least that we know about. Have one running around behind our house here in Maryland. Seen one a few times and also tracks in the snow. That's a bigger concern since we now have our chickens. I won't move them into the yard until I can build a predator fence for their coop. Foxes are good climbers and diggers. Makes it a challenge keeping the ladies safe.

Wrestling - the sport were men with no pants fight for a belt😁!

Will miss seeing you Rick. didn't get a chance to meet up with you at the last get together. Have always enjoyed fishing, cooking, BS'ing with you. Get well buddy. Try to catch up with you the next time I am in town.

Had thin pork loin pieces. Wanted to make moo shu pork. Not great Asian markets near us and could not find wood ear mushrooms. So went with a moo shu inspired dish with rice. Julienned pork, shredded napa cabbage, minced garlic, minced fresh ginger, thinly sliced baby portabella mushrooms, sliced bamboo shoots, and lightly beat three Folly farm eggs. I added oil to a pan and put a quick cook on the pork. Removed the pork and then did a slight scramble on the eggs and removed the eggs as well. I added a little more oil to the pan and cooked the ginger, garlic, and the mushrooms. Cooked a couple of mins then added the cabbage and bamboo shoots. Once the cabbage got a little wilted, I added about half cup of hoisin sauce and half cup of plum sauce. Salt and pepper then added the meat and eggs into the pan to warm and mix the flavors. Served over rice.

That was a great time! We caught a lot of fish even without having to resort to bait at least for the two of us spincasters.

They probably fish out of a kayak when they aren't in the trout parks !

When I went to fish western MD for brook trout last March, I must have hit the prime hook-up spot. There had to have been 20 or so condoms. Now I will pick up fishing line, empty cans/bottles, but there is a limit.. just saying as well .

I can hardly imagine how much fishing line is below the dams where I have fished. Lost that Doty special due to old line and that tailwater area here in Maryland is much much smaller than the below Truman dam .

I think that you meant to say that is only good after a certain period of time.. like 10 to 12 years!

I do hate seeing worm containers or empty jars of powerbait on the banks. I even see that in blue ribbon streams.

Or better yet their indicators and leaders end up dangling in the trees above the creek!

with no guarantee of a pay out. Talk about pressure to be successful!

That's because all of the fly rodders are out in chest deep water flogging away and their trash just gets dumped in the creek !

That's the gateway to booking Spa days for deep tissue messages or with a chiropractor ! Of course you'll take off work time for the messages so that you don't affect you weekend time on the water.

That was the time that my dad and I began our golfer PED discussions.

Used to discuss with my dad why golfers could consider taking testosterone or some other PED. I felt that if they could recover faster then there was an advantage to be gained. Not saying that Rick C is taking PEDs. The argument would apply to any sport where there is a physical and mental grind over several days. Any one ever suspect PED usage in fishing tournaments?

@Lance34 Listen to BilletHead in keeping it simple with half of that walleye. Will let you appreciate how walleye is different from those crappie. You had a great multispecies trip under tough conditions. Congrats!

Native American mixed with old English. There was a Kent Fort in a nearby town by us that dates back to 1631 when they kicked out the indigenous folks.