Johnsfolly

Wish that I had the time to make it down there on this Missouri trip. Love to get on some of those fish if they want to feed😉.

QB Nice to get out and catch a couple. Still haven't wet a line yet this year. Definitely champing at the bit to catch a fish.

Have had some grief for keeping bass under the slot. Eventually found lakes with good bluegill numbers and size and didn't keep as many bass from that lake. Also a private lake that they wanted us to keep most bass less than 16 inches.

Ok here is a true story. We had a well stocked bar in my room at our fraternity that I shared with two other guys. My one roommate would walk through levels of drunkenness. If he ended with tequila it meant that he would be hugging a trash can later. So my girlfriend at the time (she's now my wife) and I were hanging out by the fire in our room when Mike came in and told us how horny he was. He grabbed a beer and said he wasn't coming back until he had a girl to take to bed. We didn't see him for 30 to 45 min later. He walked in much more intoxicated with three guys. I turned to Sue and said if he makes a move towards the stairs to his loft that I would tackle him and she should kick the guys out. Instead they had tequila shots and we put Mike to bed with the trash can😌.

I used to be able to figure out how much alcohol was involved the night before by looking at the woman I woke up with. If she was not real attractive I must have had a lot to drink! If she was a knock out she must have had a lot to drink😂! If it was a dude well I did live in a fraternity😌.

I can't recall the name of the researcher. I believe that he was in Minnesota. He had 15 to 20 years of mercury research destroyed by some protesters. That work began looking at the propagation of mercury through aquatic food webs on nervous system effects on animals like mink and otters due to mercury toxicity. Set that research back a decade or more. If you are looking at sources of mercury in your house just look at any fluorescent lights. Each have millihram amounts of mercury.. So don't just throw them out in regular trash.

Not if they keep those below the slot 12 to 15" limit where posted. Used to keep a number of 11 inch bass from a local impoundment near us when we weren't catching crappie or bluegill. More meat than a crappie.

Looks like a great hunt with the yellow dog! Even if only a few birds were harvested those photos show what your memories will be of this hunt.

Thankfully the stonerollers and chubs are doing well 😁.

I think that you should. If nothing more than the challenge of that tight space fishing. However I know that you don't like fishing those naturalized rainbows 😜.

I would agree with the turtle. Used to have snappers and soft shell eat our stringered fish. Often just left the heads. Always clean cuts.

Looks like a post spawn fish. Congrats on a great trip! A lot better than my trip there in Dec.

Won't be able to attend. Can't wait to see some photos😁.

That would be on the What's cooking thread!

Duane - nice brown buddy! Jerkbait fish? You look different than when I saw you back in 2018. Maybe it's the hat 😁.

More like first fish fry of 2019😁! Congrats on some nice crappie.

That horseradish cream snd mushroom gravy look fantastic! Oh and a great looking steak😁.

Been working down the leftovers from Xmas and New Years before our trip. Only new thing was we revisited a PA Dutch classic - fried scrapple. I cut thin quarter inch slices and pan fried in some bacon fat (made bacon if the scrapple was crap-ple😌). Served with some scrambled eggs. The scrapple was fine. Crispy outside kind of mealy and greasy inside. Probably not going out of the way to get more and eat it often. Though I may get some from the Amish market to try a different recipe. Though not sure how different a recipe there is to grind pork offal, season, and mix with some sort of grain and steam into a loaf.

We don't need any more details buddy😌. This isn't that kind of a forum😁.

Looks like a great hunt. I'm sure that your retriever needs a little more than just an extra biscuit😌.

Sounds like a great time. Just getting lunch in Terra Haute and are about 2 to 3 hours from the show. Won't likely get there before it closes.

Nice smallie. Congrats!

@Jeff Polys see if @Seth can help you. I know that he has fished for white suckers in Taney.

Sounds like a great time. Nice trout. Where were you fishing?

QB Got one more than I do 😌. Nice healthy looking bass!