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They look great.

That all looks delicious! Definitely good eats!

Good luck guys. Looking forward to some tall tales!

Poor fish handling especially in warm water or below freezing air temp is in my opinion the number one killer of any fish. There was a report in MD that striper mortality due to catch and release could account for up to 46% of the annual harvest quota for the bay.

Congrats on a great hunt and getting a banded bird! Did you find out where it was banded?

Al I don't have much time since I'm headed to work. I want to present your argument from a different point if view. I understand with the vastness of the universe that the math would indicate that there are other planets that support sentient life forms. That should not diminish that as we currently know we are the only fully sentient beings in our solar system. That in itself should be considered significant. I will get back to this later today.

When I fished for the first time on Missouri this year back in March, I fished Bennett Springs. That trip was on the back end of Jigfest. The temperature was in the 20's. I caught seven fish on the 3rd and 20+ fish on the 4th. Hardly anyone was out. Well it's the 22nd of Dec and I am back in Missouri for work then the holidays with family. Again I am fishing Bennett Springs. This time during the C&R season. Again very few folks fishing. Big difference was the weather. Today was sunny and warm for December. Water was running clear. Lots of fish were stacked up in the usual places. I did get to the park later than I hoped and it was close to 9:30 before I started fishing. I started with a John deere microjig. Though I had a few trout chase on each cast, it took a few casts to hook and land my first rainbow. I soon caught another before moving to a spot where I could access some deeper water. I did catch a few obligatory Ozark sculpin from the rip rap. Did my daughter proud with this guy. In case you are ever down at the park and see a guy fishing like this guy (photo from a few weeks ago with a fellow OAFer), they are likely catching sculpin ! I do wish that I brought a net. I had to find shallow spots to bank larger fish. Caught this guy on a 1/32 oz tri-olive Zig jig. I fished spots from close to the spring down to the confluence of the Niangua. Only for about five and a half hours. I caught two dozen rainbows ranging from about 10 inches to about 17 inches. Most were caught on the John Deere and the 1/32 oz tri-olive Zig jig. Only caught a half dozen sculpin and a single striped shiner. All in all a good book end for my trips to Missouri this year. I hope that all OAF members have tight lines. I wish you all a Happy Holidays!

Lots of misdirection with this post. Just where were you fishing? We may never know.. Well played my friend. Well played😀.

Looks good. Going to try that with white perch this spring.

Looking at the background of this photo pretty sure it was caught from a bass boat😀. Could be wrong. Nice report Jeff.

Congrats on a tough day.! This looks delicious!

I am currently looking at fishing the Kaskasia River below Carlyle since it will be on our way back to MD next weekend. Shelbyville is not too far off out of the way either. I have looked at Clear Lake and Okoboji Lake over the last few years to try to ice fish for yellow bass, but never put together the time or convinced my daughter to go with me.

I want to catch some yellow bass to complete my goal to catch all of the temperate bass species in the US. I saw on some blogs with some guys having success catching yellow bass on flies and crappie jigs. Since these fish are found in the midwest I would like to find a way to limit my having to lug bait around as I travel. So any ideas on what baits may be good for this species would be appreciated. Also best times of year etc if you are wiling to share. I have plans to try a tailwater in Illinois the weekend after Xmas and planning on soaking some worms.Maybe I will get to put them on the list then.

So the last that I saw on this thread this morning was something like 8 pages ago. Must not have been a productive day at any OAF member workplaces 😌.

Probably didn't want to end up like Epstein. Press the Clinton's too hard and you end up having a mysterious death or disappearance. Also couldn't care less anymore on what Stern has to do or say about anything. After getting out of high school his antics didn't hold much interest or appeal.

Shouldn't be too challenging at all. I always like the first longear of the season. Then they can and do get in the way of catching different species. Though catching colorful spawning males does make them interesting other than just catching numbers.

I still have a few days to try a spot or two to possibly catch some fish that would be goals in 2020. So may be a week or two before I commit to 2020 goals. I do know that panfish especially odd sunfish, e.g., fliers, banded sunfish, dollar sunfish, etc., will be on the list again. Also still want more sharks wither from a boat or beach or both.

Lifers are any new species caught and added to a life list.

I should sell you guys crabs next summer! Of course folks are welcome to visit and come catch them before making the crab cakes 😀.

Well I caught two new darters species - brook darter and a strawberry darter. Missed out on tessellated darter this year. Will try again next year. I did not yet catch a pike or musky. Didn't really get after them. Did catch a couple of proclaimed swamp muskies 😀. I missed the american shad run. Did catch hickory shad. Also got my daughter on her first walleye while shad fishing. No sharks this year either. Couldn't get a shark charter due to travelling for work. Did catch skates in the surf. Have to try again next year. I tried hard for bantam and dollar sunfish in southeast MO but caught none. Did catch my first warmouth and several red spotted sunfish down that way. Both were new species for me. Fishing the Texas bayous with @HamHe figured out where those redspotted hang out and called many of his shots on that species. I did not catch a creek chubsucker but did see one. No new sculpin. I did catch naked gobies. On the White in March I got to fish with @Quillback and got to net a bunch of his fish😌. Also fished with @LittleRedFisherman. Almost caught a brown trout with him and @JestersHK Also fished with @grizwilson on a cold blustery day when the fish just didn't want to play. I got to fish with an old friend @BilletHeadover the summer at Bennett's. Had a great Texas trip with @Ham. We also caught a lot of fish on the White when we got back into Arkansas. Both of us just missed a slam by not landing a brown. But did meet up with @snagged in outlet 3 up by the dam on that trip. My daughter did not get her fishing goals this year. Not sure how much I helped him other than being a cheerleader, but was with @Ham when he caught his last two species, ozark sculpin and northern rock bass, to achieve his goal of catching 60 species in 2019. There are still a few days left in 2019. So I won't go over the number of lifers or total species yet or the number of total fish caught this year. Those totals are currently the highest that I have ever achieved in a single year. More to come.

You think that you hate it now, wait until you drive it!

Of course we are headed back to Maryland on the 29th . Going to have to pass on that weekend. Unfortunately due to timing, this will be another get together that I will have to live vicariously through your posts. Will feed the drive to get back out that way! I am currently pushing my wife on a Taney or White/Norfolk river trip in March.

congrats @Bluecollarfishin on some nice winter bass! Welcome to the forum! We like posts with photos or at least I do.

Last weekend we picked up a bunch of thick beef shortribs at the Farmer's market in Allentown PA. We made them on Weds. Dredged them on flour seasoned with garlic and curry powders. Braised them for close to 4 hours in Modelo dark beer and beef stock with garlic, celery, carrots, and mushrooms. Served fork tender and were delicious. Sat morning I decided on shortrib hash. I cooked some large chunks of onion until translucent them set aside. Microwaved some potatoes until slightly soft then sliced then cooked in a skillet with olive oil until browned and crispy. Set those aside. I browned the shortrib meat then added the onions back then minced garlic. S&P then put in potatoes. Topped with some sharp cheddar cheese and served with over easy eggs.

Congrats Lance3r. Great looking crappie and report! Always look forward to hearing how you do on Beaver. A great fishery for sure!