Johnsfolly

As Yogi Berra would say "That restaurant is so crowded that no one goes there anymore."🤣 Seriously I have no horse in this race either, but I would think that if a spot had the conditions, forage base, etc, and was able to produce large fish that a reduction of pressure to me would mean that that area should rebound within a decade.

I always think of maggots for hard water aka ice fishing situations or European style fishing catapult chumming situations. Most times a big gob of worms works wonders 🤣

I fish a lot of challenging species and locations. I sure like a few dumb fish fishing trips thrown in ever so often 🤣

Can you take me Mitch, please? I haven't caught a 20" smallie and I have my own whopper ploppers 😉.

Love that holder buddy. Is that just a dish holder or is it specifically for skillets?

Looks delicious. Used to call that a Salisbury Steak.

If I pull out the fish from our Florida trip I'm at 69 species for the year which was the total I reached last year. FL is just such a great multispecies destination. Even without targetting nonnatives and exotics. Just so many freshwater and saltwater species.

You know that's right Pete. I posted a few this evening on the Push for 100 thread 😉.

JF #100!!! Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Caught this guy on the nursery side of the jetty. Small but it will click 😅 Saw that there was going to be a decent tide and took off at 3 pm and headed down to the saltier part of the bay.

Livie #79 Lifer (#140) Atlantic Stingray. Caught it on a piece of fresh spot. Was a great fight. I had a chance but could get a hook set.

JF #99 Lifer Striped Killifish, Fundulus majalis. Been trying to find some of these guys for a couple of years and lucked into this male 😁. Livie spotted it and let the old man take the Tanago. Looked and never saw another one.

Livie #78 Atlantic Silverside aka @BilletHead clouser 😉

I don't know about others on here, but I don't consider myself one of your haters and don't have you on the ignore list. I find that about 2/3 of your posts are informative or entertaining. I don't read all of your posts either or simply decide not to respond to others.

Have you thought about painting the back panel? I left the plastic on mine and liked the way the photos showed the contrast to the fish.

Phil is that 18 inches high? The one I built was 24 X 12 X 6. Yours is definitely taller. I like the handle.

An engineer walks through a construction site and sees a couple of managers and foremen standing in front of a flag pole. They are trying to calculate the height of the pole. The one tries to estimate by using his thumbs. The other measures it's shadow and uses trigonometry. The third one sees the engineer is looking at them with a smirk on his face. They all turn and ask him to calculate the pole's height. He walks over to the pole, undoes the pin and lowers the pole to the ground. He then proceeds to measure the pole. He writes down the measurement and hands it to the project manager. The manager looks at the answer and scoffs. "That's just like an engineer, we asked for the height of the pole and he gives us it's length🤣

Pretty sure I knew that 😅

Actually didn't need too. Darters really aren't that slimy 😅!

I get my photo tanks at Hobby Lobby. Of course I do get looks from the cashier as I am buying three or four packs of little girl lip gloss 😅. Throw out the lip gloss and you're good to go. Still have the fogging issue but with a little care you can get good photos like these. Won't hold a trout though. I did build one using 1/4 inch plexiglass and silicone caulk which did not hold together due to the weight of the water. did get a couple of nice drum photos before it split. here's the drum out of the water to give a perspective of tank size.

And to think I was just getting able to sleep again... Not now maybe not forever😅

A good man with the right prioroities right here 👍😁

I have to get on board with some skipjack. Can't let @Ham and @FishnDave have all the fun. Found some INat spots for these guys on the Ohio river about 5 to 6 hours from us. They were caught in Oct. So a fall trip will likely be in order. Also that would be when I would try for sauger again in those same areas, i.e., below locks on Monongahela and Ohio rivers in WV.

Congrats!

I had access to a 32 acre wooded lot. The landowner not only gave me written permission but also laminated it. I kept that in my glove compartment. Probably still in there. Land was sold so it no longer applies anyway.

A woman goes into the kitchen and sees her husband stalking flies with a flyswatter. She asks the great fly hunter how is is doing and if he has killed any flies. "Yes three males and two female flies so far", he replied. She asks how he knows the flies genders. " Three were on the beer can and two were on the phone."🤣