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It was winter. So I agree that it was likely going for the brains. Not a whole lot of fatty tissue anywhere else on a bluegill.

They do a lot of clean up duty here. Anytime that you see a bald eagle out in a field or woodlot on the ground there is likely a deer carcass nearby. If there are several you know that it still ahs some eat on the bone.

I really like that movie. We saw the lions in the Chicago Field Museum. Gave you chills looking into their eyes.

No photo, but I caught a smallmouth bass on my honeymoon while fishing with my wife that was about a 1/4 to 3/8" longer than the Mepps spinner that I was fishing. She caught more fish, but I always tell her that I caught a bass !

Jealous of that snook. Oh and the cobia as well. That is got to be the smallest barracuda that I have ever seen.

I have only seen them eat fish. Watched one in a strip pit lake in Columbia. It would dive and catch bluegill, eat their heads only, and go dive for another one.

Hoping to catch one here locally in Maryland in the next couple of weeks or sooner 👍

Con Air was a funny decent watch if you don't think about all of the plot holes. Only John Malkovitch movies that I like him in were Red, Red 2, and Dangerous Liaisons (but what was there not to like about that last one). He was a despicable character in in the Line of Fire, which like in Con Air he does well. I remember seeing Valley Girl, but really don't remember it very well except he had weird chest hair. A guilty pleasure for me was The Rock, but that had Neil Harris and Sean Connery in it as well . I also really liked him in another guilty pleasure movie - Moonstruck. Again had Cher, Danny Aiello and Olympia Dukakis.

"We got to get that Hy!" "Take that diaper off of your head and put it back on your sister " I love when Hy hits Glenn and then you see that Glenn is about 10 to 12 feet away after being punched. My opinion the best Nicolas Cage movie.

My stepfather always likes to buy cheap boats and work on them himself. Often they don't work great all of the time. It wasn't as bad as this video, but we were in near that part of the inlet when the engine died and wouldn't start for several attempts. Made for many white knuckle moments with not only the waves but also being swept out into the ocean. That was the last time that I ever went on one of his boats.

No we were in Jupiter and went out of Jupiter inlet. I think Haulover is in Miami which is about 90 miles south of Jupiter.

Couple of photos from when we lived in FL. Been looking for them for a few years. Finally found the right box of photos a couple of months ago😁.Still my largest gag grouper. This wahoo was caught on a live herring about 4 miles out of Jupiter inlet. Still my largest fish.

I only work remote once or twice a month now but more so early on. In my division we have been about 85 to 90 % staffed on-site through this whole pandemic. Only a few can work effectively offsite but none are permanently remote workers.

I usually stopped fishing for smallmouth by the end of Oct. But was bank fishing small rivers and large creeks. Oct to April was my standard trout season. This was always my time to hit the Current river to fish for brown trout. I would go on Weds and most times have 3 to 4 river miles to myself especially on colder days. Last few years I would take at least a couple of trips to Bennett Springs for the C&R season and would also fish the Niangua below the park.

Nah - You still have plenty of years ahead of you to drag around gear. Fishing does wear you down a bit, but not like teenage daughter years which you may soon be traversing.

@Daryk Campbell Sr I don't have a boat, but when Livie is on her own in a few years, I will likely need someone to carry my rods when @JestersHK isn't available .

I miss having a good Asian market nearby. The poor one in town is now a Mexican market 😒

Nice memory Dave. I graduated two years ahead of you. I moved to NC from Connecticut after my graduation. Did a lot of spearfishing that summer 🙂

You going to tell us about carp fishing 🤔😉!

Emphasis on trying 🤣🤣!

Kept it simple. Meatball parm subs. Homemade meatballs that were browned and into spaghetti sauce. Split some local sub rolls and toasted in oven then added and melted provolone cheese. Once melted added meatballs and sauce into the rolls. Served with Ceasars salad.

Looks delicious. That octopus looks tender.

JF 1) Bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Knocking the stink off in 2021 😉

Livie 1) Bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus.

Fishing rods have the same labels. Can't image eating a fishing rod🙄. But as you mentioned its driven by CA lawmakers.