Johnsfolly

So yesterday was and Indian chicken dish. I braised whole chicken legs in chicken stock, garlic powder, and galena spices until the meat fell off the bone. I tore the meat off the bone and cooked it in a prepared sauce to make hyderabadi korma chicken (a Kitchens of India cashew and cumin cooking sauce). Served this over basmati rice that was cooked using the remaining chicken stock. Label stated that the sauce was mild, but there was a bit of heat to it.

We're praying for you and your dad here in Columbia. John

Went out again with Livie trying to get into some more crappie. Still staying with the go to jig and float. I was fishing green and black jig. Livie fished several colors, shite/chartreuse, black and yellow, purple and pink. The crappie bite was really slow. Water is still fairly cold. I landed only three ranging from 8.5 to 11" in length. I did catch 30 bluegill and two more golden shiners. Livie used new fishing rod and she caught three golden shiners and eleven bluegill. Sorry no pictures. LIvie went to a sleep over and she had some photos on her phone. I will post any that she might have later.

Wrench that is a great bunch of bass! Congrats on your personal best five fish total!

This opened up a proverbial can of worms. She must have queried "bad jokes" I saw a woman walking towards the door. So I opened it for her, but instead of thanking me she screamed. So did the rest of the people on the plane. Why are ghosts bad at lying? Because you can see right through them!

A few from my daughter: Two paddlefish are swimming upstream and one of them runs into a concrete wall. It turns to the other and says "Dam what was that!" What did Batman Say to Robin right before they got into the Batmobile? "Get in the car!" Have you heard about the invention of the shovel? It was ground breaking!

Dan - you are putting them in the boat! It is obvious that you continue to put in the time to find and catch fish. You're out there when a lot of us are sitting at home posting on the internet. Great job! Stump Bumper - nice striper and pretty awesome to catch a couple at one time on your a-rig! Vinsott - Great bass! I'd be happy with one or two of those.

That's a great looking bass! Congrats on a fine fish on a Ned rig!

With the nice day, I had my betterhalf drop off my daughter at my work so that we could fish our small pond on the property. I wanted Livie to catch one of the stocked green/bluegill sunfish hybrids. Maybe the luck of the Irish would be upon us. We were fishing the same jigs and float combination that we have been catching crappie, a 1/64 oz beveled jig head and black/yellow or black/green bodies. I caught the first fish, a nice hybrid sunfish. Livie caught the next fish, a nice chunky green bass. Her first largemouth of our new fishing season. I caught another hybrid that looked like it had a checkerboard pattern. Livie had a couple more savage strikes on a white/chartreuse jig and actually had one break off her lure, but still no hybrids. There was a long time between fish. Livie did catch another nice bass. I finally caught a largemouth and then another one. One on a pink/white body and the other with a black/green body. One my last cast of the evening I caught a feisty channel catfish on the same black/green jig. Livie never did catch a hybrid. It was a nice night and we both caught some fish. We will have to try it again after some more warm days have a chance to heat up the pond and before the weeds overgrow the bank.

Tonight it is the American-Irish favorite corned beef and cabbage with a cold Guiness. The bottled Guiness is not as good as having a pint in The Anchor, a pub in Portstewart! Of course they don't really eat corned beef and cabbage, but do have a lot of lamb shepard's pie. Sitting now and watching "The Quiet Man".

Sounds like a great trip! Nice McCloud photos!

At this point in time I still just paint by hand an only do small batches of lures. So here's some floating Rapalas that I painted with the before and after photos.

That is a great looking brown trout! Great job on the PB!

Since we were the ones to screwed up their rivers and prevented them from having the ability for natural spawning, we at least should keep the species going.

Nope I resemble this remark as well .

Here's the photo that I posted last Oct.

Preachin' to the choir on this one. I love to catch minnows and darters as well as large trout, bass, or any other fish I can get on my line. I'll fish a drainage ditch (and have on many occasions) to catch a number of fish or a different species. What's even worse is that I will set up goals to go and find those fish. Drives my wife crazy. Oh well!

Smallieguy87 - You and me both. I cam close when I lived in Pennsylvania, but the largest in any MO waters was 18.4". I did post about that one. Sorry!

Seth I appreciate your posts. I may not get to fish bigger rivers like the Gasconade or Osage that often, but still find value in techniques that you guy post. Kind of tough to fish those water from the bank or even wade fishing. Though the last time I did fish the Gasconade, I was wade fishing upstream from the 63 bridge. I caught four smallmouth using a baby bass colored fluke. I caught on the first cast the only made 8 or 9 casts until the water was too deep to wade and the bank too steep to fish.

Seth Great job on getting to the fish and landing some great ones! That is pretty cool that you landed a couple of tagged fish! I would be interested to find out their history from the MDC. I have never gone snagging, but I definitely want to hold that unique fish. The only other species of paddlefish is/was found in China and its likely to be extinct, possibly leaving the North American paddlefish as the only one of its kind. So I am a bit jealous.

Great find DWS! We definitely need rain and some warmer weather here in mid Missouri before we will find morels. Still you got me thinking about taking some strolls in the woods.

Muddy and Quill You guys are catching some great fish from the bank! Seems like there have been a lot more bass being caught in shallow water than I have seen from the boat fisherman. Great job and an inspiration to bank and wade fishermen like myself!

Great job getting her and her sibling into fishing! That is a nice crappie and she should be proud! I often share the responses from the gals/guys from the forum with my kids and wife so that they get to see the admiration when they make good while fishing or hunting. I would love to see her face when she hooks into a big and feisty white bass! Keep us posted if you find some.

Bret Enjoyed the clip of your son! Would love to see your show. Keep up the good work!

I wonder if the river is the original collection site of the Tippecanoe darter, Etheostoma tippecanoe. It is definitely a fish that I would love to catch someday. OTF - Thanks for the photos!