Johnsfolly

Maryland and Delaware both have waived license renewals through the middle of April. Maryland is an annual from the date of purchase (mine is due for renewal April 4th) and Delaware is from Jan1 to Dec 31st only (I already have that purchased). I believe that most states will follow suit if they have not already.

I knew that but was too late seeing this post to respond before you gave up the answer 😌!

looks like they had fun. Sure beats Video games at the house!

@Dock-in-it those are some fat fish. Congrats on a great day of pre-spawners! Surprised that the spot wasn't dumping eggs or tossing up shad with that belly.

A wealthy blonde woman walks into a New York city bank and asked for a $5000 short term loan. When asked what she wanted the loan for she replied that she was going to be travelling for two weeks and needed the money. The banker asked her how she would secure the loan. She said that she would use her $120K Mercedes as collateral. The banker agreed and said that they would need to impound the car until she repaid the loan and its interest. They completed the transaction. Two weeks later the woman returned to the bank and repaid the loan plus the $120 of interest. The banker laughed and said that she is a blonde and how dumb it was for her to pay $120 to borrow $5K for two weeks. Nonplussed the woman stated where else could she park her car in NY city for two weeks and only pay $120!

A DEA officer showed up at a ranch that they suspected that there might be some illegal crops being grown. The rancher met the officer and said that the could look over the entire ranch if he wanted. The rancher pointed to a fenced off field a stated that the officer could not go into that field. The officer shoved his badge into the ranchers faced and shouted "You see this badge! I can and will go where ever I want with this badge and you or no one else can stop me!" The rancher said that he could search wherever he needed to and that he had nothing to hide. Then he went back to work as the officer began his inspection. About a half hour later the rancher saw the officer in the fenced off field running and screaming. He was being chased by a very large and very angry bull. The rancher went to the fence and shouted "Show him your badge! Show him your badge!"

Saw a Buddy Hackett video with a few old farmer jokes he did on the tonight show. Here's my favorite. A hunter was duck hunting near a farm. Some ducks come flying over and he shoots one. The bird crumples and falls onto the barn and onto the ground. He runs over to get the duck. The farmer stops him and says that the duck is on his property and it's his duck. The hunter argues that he shot the duck and it's his. The farmer tells the hinter that they will settle this by the farm code. The hunter asks what that is and the farmer says that they will take turns kicking each other in the groin. Then the last man standing gets to keep the duck. The hunter reluctantly agreed to the contest. Since the duck was on his property the farmer says that he would go first. The farmer was a large strong man. He kicked tbe hunter with all that he could muster. The hunter crumpled to the ground and rolled around in significant pain. After a bit he was able to gain his composure and weakly get to his feet. As he stood up he said my turn and got ready to kick the farmer. Before he could go the farmer says "you win! You can keep the duck!" 😂 The video is hilarious and a must see.

Thought that is the whole point of fly fishing😀. Especially when fishing stockers.

Striper would be fine. Can't wait to try some snakehead 😀. Hear that they are better than stripers.

Agree to disagree😌. BGL has a better texture IMO than crappie.

@Daryk Campbell Sr I can grow a decent beard. My wife hates it. Makes me look too much like my brother and that's not a good thing for her😌. Last real beard was my playoff beard when the Penguins last won the Stanley Cup s few years ago. I know that it was my beard that helped them win👍

@Quillback you got me thinking of fresh fish. After work I took Livie to a small pond near us. Hoping to catch a few bluegill and crappie. Livie had the bluegill mojo landing about a half dozen quickly but didn't catch any bluegill over 8 inches to keep. Livie caught a couple of golden shiners and a largemouth as well as two crappie. One was 10 inches her largest caught in MD. I only caught black crappie all 8 to 10 inches using a white and chartreuse trout magnet under a float. Kept a few for a dinner this weekend. Not a @Lance34 hand full of crappie but enough for us three😀.

When we have grown snap or snow peas they never made it into a dish. Kids would eat them off of the stalks. Can't complain if they eat a variety of vegetables.

We used to catch bay scallops (the little guys) from the intercoastal in NC. Lots of good meals. Never tried the ceviche approach. Should work.

Bluegill are one of my favorite freshwater fish to eat . i like them better than crappie. Nice bunch of hybrid filets! Clean the red meat and you're good to go .

I can't wait for the day to be able to say this! I have been stuck doing accounting clean up for the last couple of days that should have been done 4 to 5 months ago and by someone else. Oh and merit, which this year is like squeezing blood from a turnip. I have been getting on OAF as a release to keep from screaming at the walls. A bunch of our clients have settled into their working from home deal. So our email traffic jumped considerably since Weds. So I got that going for me as well . I will say that having my staff on rotating schedules for working in the office and at home sure makes it quiet. Enough of a rant. Keep us posted on what's going on by you Jeff. Also post photos if you do fish and hang a striper. I am going to try fishing again this evening and try to bring home some crappie and/or bluegill just to feel more prepared.

I remember a couple of years ago, a member (Norm M) from Illinois was fishing around park grills, swing sets, benches and catching a bunch of smallmouth. Loved reading about how many fish were stacked up under a park bench.

Scallops are another protein that is usually overcooked as well . Nothing like eating a fish flavored eraser.

We have venison in the freezer. They haven't closed down our fishing ops. Maybe bringing more fish home in the near future. There is a closed season for the stinkin bass until June. They would make good fish tacos.

We do like tuna melts on toasted English muffins. Even before COVID we would have tuna casserole a couple times a month.

Sounds delicious buddy.

@ness we liked Kerrygold back in ours days in Ireland. Hard to find around here. Of course most everything is hard to find nowadays 😌.

Sticking with a Irish/British theme made beer battered fish using the remaining drum filets. Also hand cut chips. Sprinkled with malt vinegar and homemade tartar sauce.

Blessed are the big noses!