Johnsfolly

I live to catch those bait stealers! Keep the reports coming buddy. I hope that you get into a big shark from the beach. That would be awesome! I hope that your girls are getting into some fishing while you guys are down there.

Tonight was chicken thighs that I made into a chicken korma. Served it over jasmine infused basmati rice. Side was curried japanese eggplant with onion and minced garlic.

Since I am most likely to pair them wirh a fine white wine or an aged silver sake they would be steamed with asian microgreens☺!

Great looking bass and hybrids in your early post! Besides the hybrids I am most excited about your other fish. One man's bait is another's tropht☺! Are you catching these shad and skipjacks from the bank?

I like the Billethead's gooseberry jam☺!

Hoping to get out somewhere this weekend. We have had a couple of good rains hopefully can find some interesting mushrooms and maybe some for the table☺. I'll post any interesting photos.

Also they are ounce for ounce one of the strongest fighting fish out there☺! Next time I catch a couple (hundred) I'll let you know how they taste☺!

Nice looking fish Oneshot! Have you been having any luck on redhorse recently? Or have you been plagued again this year with trout bites☺?

I don't complain about a good thing☺! Enjoy your trip Marty!

Is it too early to get excited about only having 50 to 60 beetles in our trap today? I haven't had an over flowing trap in several days. Hopefully we are nearing the end of the beetles☺.

RPS Sounds like a bad time. Sorry to hear about the lab trials. I am no longer a bachelor which meams that I did not have to cook tonight. My betterhalf and oldest daughter picked up tuna steaks, zucchini, summer squash, and a mix of fingerling potatoes. Tuna was encrusted with panko, roasted pine nuts and sesame seeds that were chopped, S&P and mixed with the panko.

Phil here I thought you were trying get a bunch of crusty fisherman to get in touch with their sensitive sides☺. It was either that or a way to engage our kids with this forum in response to reading through the kids don't get out much thread.

That looks really good RPS! A nice summer dish.

Stripers, white and yellow bass are true basses. Also darters are in the perch family. Like that is a surprise that I know that☺!

That is a pig. I wonder if it was there all along or got dumped in by the flooding. I thought that I had seen browns outside the hatchery runs in the overflow areas. JHK would love to have an encounter with that kind of fish the next time we fish Taney☺. Couldn't imagine what kind of fight that would be at night.

My wife gets them from the Amish. She gets 5 to 6 lbs for $3! Love them pickled or just cooked with S&P☺.

BH With his caprese salad got me hankerin for a similar salad☺. Unfortunately the tomatoes that I wanted to use just haven't ripened yet. Had to use our ripe cherries. For dinner was pork chop amd beets. Have the second for tomorrow's lunch☺.

Why does that Carly Simon song keep going through my head when I look at this grapefruit sized tomatoes? "Annticipaation. Is makin' me late. It's keepin' me waitin'." How long does a man have to wait for a mater sammich?

Throughout the video I kept waiting to here about their special bait that went to 11☺! Great video. Commentary was very much like Spinal Tap.

QB The worse bunch of fish innards, heads, and fins I've seen around a boat ramp was during paddlefish season. Had to have been 30 to 40 fish "cleaned" around the ramp we fished from last season. Pretty gross.

The creek that I fished on Sat could easily get overfished. I don't dislike folks keeping fish for the table. Need to get more folks to change their mindset that you don't need to keep more fish than you can eat in a meal. No reason to keep a cooler full of fish each time they go out. Sure everyone wants the credit of catching your limit, but you don't need to keep them all. I really am an advocate of the In-Fisherman idea of selective harvest. Keep what you can eat in a meal and keep those that are the mid sized fish. Let the big ones go to continue to breed and populate the system you are fishing.

We'll have to see what we can do. Planning on a trip through Arkansas in two weeks. Hope to fish a couple of times during that trip. May be Sept to get to Taney maybe sooner.

JHK Too bad that you couldn't hit the water on your trip. Would have like to see you put a notch in another state on your "trout" quest. Like you said at least there was good food☺!

BH It's not about whether you are accustomed to the smell. It is about the Mrs being accustomed to the smell and appreciating your efforts to catch that skunk or 'dillo near the house!

If the Cardinals were at .500 they would be 2.5 or 3 games out of first place in the Central division.