Johnsfolly

BRUHAHAHA!!!

They have a pretty big mouth for a small fish. You never know you just might catch a double like my daughter did last year . and they were two different species .

Ronnie great photos and an honest report. Glad to know that I am not the only one that sometimes puts off preparation prior to a trip and does the scramble to get stuff to fish😌. Congrats on catching some fall beauties!

I've replaced one already using the warranty. No questions asked. I was able to get the warranty on the replacement.

Congrats! Those are a few nice bass!

@Rootman that's sounds like a great bunch of crappie! Congrats on figuring them out! Good luck when you get out again.

Congrats Dan! Looked like a great day to be on the water and you caught some nice fish!

The first installment of Thanksgiving leftovers ! This morning was a southwest turkey hash. Started with my new favorite way to prepare breakfast potatoes. I begin the cooking in the microwave until they start to get soft and then slice them. The potatoes went into a skillet with some oil and bacon fat to brown. Cut red onion and green peppers as well as some of the turkey breast. Those went into the skillet followed by a large clove of garlic that was minced. Cooked until the peppers softened. Added garlic powder, cumin, and a Kickin' chicken spice blend. Served with an over easy egg and hot sauce.

I have both the 6' 6" and 7' Airstream rods. The 7' has more spine and the one that I prefer between the two. Helps with hooksets on jig bites.

Very nice european mount. Hreat looking buck. Tell your wife Congrats!

Little late Thanksgiving meal. Sorry some of the photos are not good, but the meal was very good. We made a sausage, tarragon, thyme and oyster cornbread stuffing. My Betterhalf made the corn bread on Weds. Browned mild Italian sausage in browned butter. Cooked in chopped onions, celery, fresh thyme, salt and pepper. Cubed about 2/3 of a 13 X 9 inch pan of corn bread that was dried at 325 deg for about 20 minutes. Added 3/4 cup of chicken stock to the sausage mixture. In a separate bowl beat two eggs with chopped fresh tarragon, and 3/4 cup of chicken stock. Slowly mixed the gg mixture into the sausage mixture, then added to the corn bread in a casserole dish. Also chopped up some oysters and mixed those into the corn bread along with the liquor from the oysters. Baked at 350 for 40 minutes. The turkey was a half of Livie's first turkey that she shot back in 2017 (was well wrapped prior to freezing.). I mixed warm butter with minced garlic and chopped fresh sage leaves and put that under the skin of the turkey. Rubbed more butter over the skin and coated the turkey with a mixture of smoked paprika, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Set the turkey in a roasting pan with onion, carrots, celery, and a cup of chicken stock. Cooked at 350 deg. Basted with red wine, butter and the remaining rub spice mixture. My Betterhalf made the traditional green bean casserole. She also made a killer sweet potato casserole with pecan topping. No steps since I did not make that one. Livie made a couple of different cookie recipes. Got pictures of her chocolate and pecan pinwheels.

Glad that you took her with you. Sure that she will have great memories to share with others!

I'm a big fan of the rubberized netting. Before I had one I would end up cutting my jerkbaits free of the net. Even with pinched down barbs spent lots of time removing the hooks from netting. No issues with ta gling with the rubberized netting.

Definitely the windiest creek I have ever fished !

Nice meal Marty! I'll post our meal photos tomorrow. Too full to do it now 😌. Saw 8 deer this morning in the yard. This evening had a parade. First a fawn followed by a 1 1/2 year old 5 pt. 10 mins later two big does came by followed a large mature 8 pt. Then another doe and fawn. Did get permission to hunt in the woodlot with my bow. Will hunt it after getting back to Maryland in Dec.

Nice thanksgiving slabs! Congrats!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the OAF members. It has been a tough for our family but lots to be thankful for this year. A big part was still being involved with the guys on this forum😁. Hope each of you and yours have a great day!

Great looking bird! What a mahogany color. Great job.

Nice looking flies. I aslo wished that I lived closer.

I've done the offal cooked and blended into the gravy or removed after they flavored the gravy. None of that this year since we are cooking the remianing half of Livie's turkey.

We're going a more traditional route with a half a turkey, sweet potato and green bean casseroles plus a cornbread oyster/sausage dressing. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Looking forward to seeing some meal photos.

Heard a lot about folks using hot dogs for catfish. Sure that those vienna's would work on cats 😁. An old girlfriend of mine caught plenty of bass in Florida on hot dogs as well. So you may want to keep a tin or two in your tackle box😁.

Congrats on a nice deer! Some of the best eating venison is a young buck. Known to be a young age and more meat than you typically get from a doe. Those steaks in the last photo look great!

We tend to do steak or if I have them a venison loin meal on Xmas Eve, then we would decorate the tree after dinner. this would usually include a glass of red wine or two.....

@Smallie Seeker that is an awesome buck with some serious tine length. Congrats on a great deer!