Johnsfolly

That sounds like a plan!.

Great job Dan! Congrats on getting those 'Rock 'eyes! Looks like you guys had a great time.

I'm referring to more of this fish. I've never made it before but it was good to say the least!

Thats a fish worth catching! darn tasty as well. Called the poor man's lobster. Ness can keep his Dangs I would like to get some more! The way my boat trips have gone I may not catch a marine sculpin big enough to eat. Though it's still on the "to do" list😁!

Haven't found any good mushroom hunting spots. I've found these mushrooms in Missouri. So at least I know what to look for. Monkfish may be a bit harder to come by😌.

When you are cooking for one, meals don't seem as expensive. I picked up a fillet of monkfish, locally cultured/raised lion's mane mushrooms and corn. I cut the fillet in half and dredged it with some flour seasoned with Old Bay. Put the thicker piece into olive oil with a bat of butter and let that cook a bit then added the thinner piece to the pan. Slice the mushrooms and put them aside. Once the fish was cooked, I put that on a plate to rest and added the mushrooms into the pan and added a little more butter, salt & pepper, and a little garlic powder. While the mushrooms cooked the corn was cooking as well. Sliced the fish and seasoned the corn with salt&pepper and Old Bay (seems like a recuing theme - but I am in Maryland). Probably should have picked up green beans from the market as well.

Looks like a keeper! congrats!

If a proper scientist, you would know that there is a hierarchy in the scientific community. Someone that just minored in biology would have their opinion considered only slightly above the person that took biology as an elective . Whereas if you held a Bachelors of Science or better yet a doctorate then your opinion would hold much more weight. Here's a taxonomy example that I would give to interns when I was in grad school. An intern would see a novel organism, they would look at the keys and pronounce that "I think that this organism is Pimephales promelas." A master's student would see the same organism and pronounce that "I am certain that this is Pimephales promelas." A man of letters again faced with this very same organism would proclaim that "I call that Pimephales promelas!" I do not profess that I have a doctorate and as such would defer to those of higher degree than myself on the topic of whether salt and pepper can be used on fruit. In this case made a fine seasoning on fresh cantaloupe with two eggs over easy and Applewood smoked bacon.

As a scientist I can confirm that there is a heavy consensus that salt on fruit especially granny smith apples and melons as wel as salt and Pepper on tomatoes and even melons is an approved methodology to enjoy those fruits!

Congrats to all of you! Glad that you all had a good time. Can't wait to see the bass photos!

I'm assuming that you are tying these yourself. Are they commercially available for those of us that are not tiers?

I'm a bad man! May have even jay walked a few times. I don't care! I follow my own path!😔

Jimi would fish a spinning reel with the reel on top and using his right hand to reel😂!

Glad that you guys had cooperative trout. Very nice! Would love to have some photos to go with your report. Regardless congrats on your success! I will concur that I was put off a bit with the mix of fish from many regions all itogether in some of the big tanks. I think that I really liked the smaller regional tanks like the South American fish area better just because they were true to that region.

Congrats on your White river browns! That's an impressive total of quality fish on a pretty heavily fished section of river! I tend to throw jerkbaits for browns, but have considered a mouse if I could fish at night. Had a trip fall through this last spring where I was planning to fish some traditional big fish holes at night. I hope to see some more of your big browns. Keep posting.

Yes there are at least 20 species of dogfish (Squalus) species. The one that I would like to catch is the spiny dogfish.

I never verified this, but an old friend said that his dad and buddies would take small cats and fish for tiger sharks in the Gulf of Mexico off of Texas coast.

That is a beast of a brown trout! Congrats! I have thought about using a mouse fly on the Current at night. One of the guys here in Maryland caught a 30 inch brown on a mouse fly. I also knew a guy that would tie a hook to a live mouse, put it on a Styrofoam raft and send it out for bass. Once it got out far enough he would jerk the mouse off of the raft. Not sure how legal that was at the time. Certainly would not be a PETA approved bait. Don't ask me about cats .

I'll let her know! It was very good👍!

Great Striper! Congrats!

Let's just hope that the Mrs. doesn't read this thread before you guys head west. Someone we know may be hanging out with Sadie !

Ok this is the last meal that I felt was OAF worthy. My Betterhalf was cleaning out the freezer some more and pulled chicken thighs and legs. She was going to make soup. I gave her some thoughts on an Italian Hunter stew - chicken cacciatore. She browned the chicken in olive oil in a dutch oven. she removed the chicken and then sauted diced onion, green and red peppers, and sliced garlic in the oil. One the onions were translucent and the peppers softened a bit, she added slices of chanterelle mushrooms. She put the chicken back in the dutch oven, added crushed tomatoes, and sauce, basil and oregano, then about 1/2 cup of chardonnay. Simmered for about 30 minutes till the meat fell on the bone. Served over rice.

I have got to see this. Let me know when you are going to make this happen.

That is an awesome example of a naturalized McCloud river rainbow! Just shows that there is new recruitment even with the droughts the last couple of summers. Now that is a great fish. A southern redbelly dace! Thanks for posting some great photos! Wish I could get back to Crane! See any pickerel?

Have three at least three and maybe a fourth at Folly farm😁. Packed the bow for the move. Most likely safe from two legged predators.