Johnsfolly

Got a question. Would any of you go after rabbits this early in the season? Went out on the 30th to hunt bushytails and bumped at keast three rabbits. I have always went after rabbits after the first hard frost and often not until after deer season. If I were to drop one, what should I be looking for in terms of possible disease? Spotted liver?

She loves catching just about anything. What's worse is that she often wants to keeo it☺ Had to tell her to put down a couple box tortoises on our last hike in the woods.

Congrats on a great day fishing! Sounds like a really good time!

Tonight my Betterhalf made a pasta primavera. She used cooked sliced onions, carrots, green peas, and artichoke hearts. Also cooked with garlic and added parmesan cheese and served over pasta.

Our favorite here in Columbia has both authentic chinese cuisine and some kicked up American chinese food. The owners also have an Asian market. They. Owned yhe market for many years and started the restaurant because they felt that there wasn't good authentic chinese food in town. Between the restaurant and market we can satisfy most of our cravings for Asian food. We also have three decent sushi places and a decent Thai place as well☺!

Sorrry that you got trout parked down at Taney. Sounds like some nice fish. Jealousy from those stuck midstate going over 2018 budgets!

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I know a guy that likes to catch them on hook and line . Agree that they would be a bad live bait candidate.

I still do. Though it takes a while to get enough tails to cover the shipping charges. Still it's fun getting them and we like to eat those bushytails.

Sounds like a successful trip !

Even if they didn't get much the feeling of being violated takes a long time to get over at least it did for us when we had the soft top of our convertible cut so they could get in and try and steal the radio. I hope that you do get the opportunity to get you stuff back or at least find out who might have taken your stuff.

Good luck to you and your son. It's great that you will get to spend that time together. I hope that you two do well.

I'm glad that you had pictures of fish and game associated with you comment ! Definitely a nice stringer of fish. I still personally have no confidence that I have cooked suckers the right way in the past. Still had lots of bones. Willing to try them again. Or just catch and release !

Ness - Before I saw your fruitcake, I had the theory that fruitcake was neither made nor lost and that every existing fruitcake was just re-gifted through the ages !

Those are a couple of slabs! Hopefully you know where he caught those Crappie!

I know that I have at least one copy of the smallmouth waters. I haven't used that one as often as the trout maps. I was obsessed with trying the naturalized trout streams, which were more likely to be able to wade fish. I'll see if I have a second copy for the SMB.

I've seen quite a few trip reports from Table Rock and LOZ where they didn't do as well as you did on your trip for the 5 or so hours that you fished. Never apologize for having a good day fishing, be it based upon numbers of fish or just pure enjoyment on lippin' a few.

It's a decent program in Texas. You can't spend the money on this type of program without being selective on the species. So what does this program look like in Missouri, river smallmouth, northern largemouth bass, walleye...? I would not advocate further stocking of Florida strain largemouth bass just to build trophy waters across the state. I would rather see this cover a species that is native to Missouri and develop the genetics within the state. I would also imagine that this would be a rather expensive program in order for it to be successful. That would require sponsorship. Texas probably has Toyota cornered for their program. I don't see this being viable just upon a fishing fee. Maybe set up a trophy goldeye fishery!

What a great multispecies trip! You guys just caught them that day! Comgrats! That's the kind of day that I dream about. You caught a few species that I would love to catch. A bit jealous. Thanks for posting. Also for showing guys some of the issues with multispecies trips in terms of the different rods and gear you needed to bring to be successful.

Inspired with the jerk seasoning, my Betterhalf coated a pork roast with the jerk seasoning. She seared the roast and cooked it for about an hour and a half at 350 deg. Once done she served it with cooked rice and green peas . She also made a crock pot pumpkin pudding. Served it with a bit of whipped cream.

I've been in contact with Oneshot over the last couple of years but never met him. Maybe one day I'll meet up with him on the Niangua☺.

Have to agree with Wrench that the parks can be considered a target rich environment. You a can learn a great deal by casting to and seeing the reactions of the fish in these creeks. It will definitely prepare you for the time you are fishing one of the wild trout streams and you only encounter a few fish all day. You can make that experience count on that first cast. In terms of the people you meet, that's a different story. Always good to be away from the crowds☺.

Congrats on a great TN bass! Great job!

We had some chicken, legs and breasts, in-house. I boned the chicken pieces while my Betterhalf mixed up a double batch of jerk seasoning. We took half of the mixture and added it to olive oil and marinaded the chicken for a couple of hours. I sliced a red onion and a green pepper and cooked with in a little goose fat (thanks BH). Near the end of the cooking, I added some of the jerk spice. I removed the vegetables and put them on a plate. Added more goose fat into the pan and then cooked the chicken on medium high heat. Just before the meat was done, I squeezed the juice of half of a lime. Served the chicken on tortillas with a little sour cream and sliced avocado and drizzled with hot sauce. Maybe more like a fajita, but really tasty .

I have been on a reboot kick lately. Been watching the originial and the reboots. Watched the Hitch Hiker and maybe becuse it was the 50's was not as good as The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer. (Won't discuss the reboot of the reboot). In my opinion the first Total Recall had a much better plot and back story than the reboot. Corporate greed and oppressive power pretty believable premise. Trying to displace and destroy your workforce made no sense. I'll probably get some grief on this one, but I liked both versions of the Longest Yard.