Johnsfolly

And how can you spy on your neighbors? Through the plumbing?

Congrats on some nice fish! Not a style of fishing that I get out and do. So no fear for those fish from a guy like me. Looking forward to more posts.

I think you're right. Found some images of large ones and a couple look like yours. Its a great fish.

I was thinking that it may have some bluegill genetics. Maybe its a pure one and just never saw one that big. Congrats!

Check out my post from our trip last night. I can say that they are out as well. Now I need to get some chuck wagon batter mix !

My last bachelor meal in Maryland before heading back to Missouri. Marinated pork medallions in a commercial Caribbean jerk sauce overnight. picked up zucchini and more patty pan squash at the farmer's market earlier in the week. last ear of sweet corn. I browned the pork. Sauted the squash, added a little garlic powder and white button mushrooms. Corn got the Eastern shore treatment with salt, pepper, and Old Bay. Haven't made any real noteworthy meals in MO so far. Got some chants so have to think about what to make with them .

Pretty strange recipe for bloody Mary's !

Pretty sure that before blackened redfish became a national dish, the redfish were thought of as a less than desirable species as well. I have been reading up about black drum on the eastern seaboard. They're gaining in popularity as well because they can get really BIG.

We got out for a couple of hours hunting mushrooms last night. The rest of the time been indoors.

Next showing will be at the Cinema St Louis 2018 festival (www.cinemastlouis.org) Friday night July 20th at 9:30 as part of the short dramas. They are trying to get it into several more film festivals.

That's definitely a hybrid !

The last one that I caught was my personal best and I was fishing the Current River with @Ham. I'm sure that I didn't smile when I caught that fish either ! I sight fished that one. So knew what it was.

We had a great time. Very proud of my daughter though she didn't want much to do with us at times. She made the marquee poster (she's the one with the box). This short film is based upon a true story about a woman (Pearl Lusk - the character that my daughter played) that unwittingly shot another woman - Olga Rocco with a shotgun that she thought was a camera. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1953/08/08/the-perils-of-pearl-and-olga

Congrats QB. Nice bunch of fish, even the drum!

We got into a couple of patches last night. Not like a couple of years ago when we found over 10 lbs in this spot. But certainly enough to say that we got a few for some meals. Also found a stand of starry campion wildflowers and boletes that we weren't able to identify yet.

I have been using 6# nanofil with a fluorocarbon leader on a pfleuger and ozuma spinning reels for fishing jigs and some hard baits. I use 2 and 4# PLine for small jig fishing for trout and stream fish.

Definitely some chunks! Congrats on another great day of fishing!

Very nice brown! Congrats on encouraging your grandaughter to fish! I really don't know how anyone couldn't get hooked on fishing while holding a brown trout like that one.

I agree with JHK on tbe report and catching those southern briney species. I can get tbe beer pretty easily. Good luck

We love avocados and this technique will definitely get tried out at the Folly household. Thanks for a great idea Chief!

Would you think the hellgrammite would work best in real clear water or doesn't make a difference? I can't recall if @Hog Wally was fishing these guys and having the same success in the Meramec.

We will all agree that this is a bit of an understatement by a humble man. I really hope to be able to make it back for Jigfest 2018 (I would suggest the weekend of the 7th of Dec)!

Great looking fish guys! Maybe not so much on the selfies (sorry Smallibigs couldn't help myself)! Looks like that hellgrammite was what they wanted. Thanks for posting. Now if I could find some big smallmouth waters in Maryland. Know some in PA, but have to figure out how far I am willing to travel.

Congrats on getting bit and landing the fish that you did. They wanted your baits. I tend to agree that your drag is still likely to be set a bit too light. Just a suggestion, but when I am fishing a rapala, roostertail, etc., I like to use a longer UL like a 7" browning airstream or 6'6' or 7' Light action BPS microlite (both fish like a medium Light rod) or a medium light rod and not a short ultralight or light rod just to get that hook set. I would also use #4 line and not #2 line with those baits as well. With flies (under a float or weighted flies) or jigs, a light or UL rod with #2 line works great. Of course the longer rods works well for the jigs as well . Good Luck

I have only hung out with Duane at jigfest and have to agree with most of the compliments being paid to him. I would love to actually fish with in the future and get to confirm the other compliments😁.