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They don't just catch trout. Right Marty @BilletHead?

We do! That picture was taken when Livie and I were actually trying to catch needlefish with a white and chartreuse trout magnet jig body on a unweighted hook. I caught one needlefish and she kept catching these baby stripers. Good luck with the microfishing! Post your results and photos!

Found a bunch of blue/purple mushrooms. Was hoping that they may have been blewits. Unfortunately the cinnamon/rust colored spore print confirmed that they were not blewits. looking deeper they appear to be viscid violet corts (Cortinarius iodes) They're edible, but not recommended due to closely resembling a slightly toxic species.

With our move to Maryland opened a whole new mushrooming experience. Where we live has been getting consistent rains since May. There have been literally hundreds of mushrooms seen in our yard and woodlot behind our house. It seems like I am out almost daily trying to find some that I can confirm as edible or better yet choice edibles. I have found clumps of rimless honey and honey mushrooms, but almost always well after their prime time for edibility. We have had many, many boletes in the yard with predominantly bitter boletes, little brown boletes (possiblySuillus pinorigidus), and old man of the woods. Found lots of Russulas, Amanitas, Lactarius, but again very few that would be considered choice edibles. I have been hounding Marty with new possibles at least every couple of days. Getting a bit frustrated until last night when Livie and I found this log in the woodlot. The larger shelfs are as big as your hand. These chicken mushrooms are at there peak in terms of size and texture. We harvested approximately a 1/3 of them, which is likely to make us two solid meals.

What are you using for the clam sauce. Fresh, frozen, or canned clams?

We're just figuring out the tidal creeks and bays here in MD. Bank fishing for us has not been as productive for larger stripers. Catching small stripers. And I mean small 😌.

Great bass Dan! Can't wait to see some more bass and stripers from Beaver!

Welcome to the forum!

Very cool. Pygmy rattlesnakes are one of my favorite snakes.

Pretty McCloud. Congrats buddy!

Congrats to that saint of a woman that let's you run and fish even more so than my Betterhalf!

It's becoming a habit! Not a bad one since she stills goes out with me😁.

I was reminded of an old joke. An 80 year old man gets a call from the IRS. the agent tells him that they are concerned about his bank account since there are large swings of money going into and out of his account. So they want to have the old man come in and discuss this situation and the agent tells him that they may have to a full blown audit. They agree to meet Monday morning at 9 am. The old man thinks that this may be a bit serious so he contacts his lawyer to go with him on Monday. On Monday morning the old man and his lawyer are in the agent's office at 9 am. The agent tells both men that the reason that they are concerned is that there are large deposits and withdrawals from the old man's account. The agent asks the old man what he thinks is going on. The old man says "Well i like to gamble a bit and these are winning and losses." The agent says that some of these transactions are tens of thousands of dollars. The old man replies that in his old age, he isn't that concerned about the money and wants some excitement before he lays down and dies. The agent asks him what types of bets could he have that would result in these kinds of winnings and losses. The old man say I'll bet you $5000 that I can bite my own eye! The agent accepts the bet. The old man pulls out a glass eye and goes ahead and bites his own eye. The agent can't believe that he lost that bet. The old man says don't worry I'll will let you win your money back and more. I'll bet you $7500 that I can bite my other eye! Now the agent looks at the old man and decides that he doesn't look blind. so he can't have two glass eyes. The agent takes the bet. The old man pulls out his dentures and bites his other eye. The old man immediately says that he has one more bet for double or nothing. He says go ahead and put you trash can next to the wall behind your desk and I will bet that I can pee over your desk into the trash can and not get a drop on you desk. The agent can't believe that his old man would be able to pee that far. So he sees this as a way to keep his money and accepts the bet. The old man pulls down his pants and pees all over the agent's desk wetting down everything on his desk. the agent shouts with glee that he told the man that he couldn't get to the trash can. At that time the Lawyer groans and puts his head in his hands. The agent asked the lawyer what was wrong. The lawyer told him that the old man bet the lawyer $100 thousand dollars that he could pee all over the agent's desk and the agent would be happy to have him do that!

I have been between Missouri and Maryland and have not fished since the 18th of August. So I was champing at the bit to get out and wet a line. Better yet catch some fish ! I took off a couple of hours from work on Weds and took Livie out to the small tidal bay near our house. I picked up a bag of bloodworms. It was going to be low tide, which is not the best time to fish these tidal waters. When we pulled in there was a large school of minnows near the boat ramp and another near the dock. I was not planning on targeting any real micros on this trip. We were rigged for perch or stripers, etc. Livie had a single hook and sinker rig and I baited up a double hook rig. I cast out the double hook rig and picked up another rod with a small blade bait. Livie caught the first fish, a surprise, a redear sunfish! this was Livie's first ever redear and her 46th fish species of the year! She followed that up with a nice bluegill! This is a brackish water system and I did not expect bluegill in this bay. I was on the board with a 7 inch striper. I set up the bait rod along the dock railing and was fishing a blade bait. Something hit the bait hard and pulled the rod off the railing and almost into the water. I put done the rod that i was fishing and grabbed the bait rod and set the hook. Fish on! As I was reeling this fish in Livie's rod took a serious bend and shed landed the largest redear of the night. I landed my striper and it did not live up to the strike . I think that her sunfish might have been able to eat my striper. In fact the Atlantic silverside that she caught was almost as long as that small striper! Having caught several bluegill and redear sunfish, she felt bad for her dad and let me fish the single hook rod and she fished the double rig. Now I had caught close to half a dozen small stripers. The school of stripers were across the channel under the bridge. Her line extended across the channel and a boat was coming into the channel. Livie started reeling in the line and got bit. So as the guys were passing us they saw her reel in a double on stripers. Of course that led to one of the guys saying that she needs to teach dad about fishing. She schooled me by catching another double later on as I landed just a couple of sunfish. We left as it got dark. Was a great time even though being schooled by my daughter. I kept thinking about those schools of minnows. Sure looked like a mix of silversides, mummichogs, and sheepshead minnows. Livie had never caught a mummichog or a sheepshead minnow. So when I got home on the 4th it was leftovers and out to the bay. It was overcast when we got to the boat ramp where I had caught sheephead minnows previously. Livie felt bad on my beat down the night before and let me fish the microrig first. I caught a mummichog and handed her the rod. She caught her first mummichog, number 47th different species of the year! Due to the darkness it was hard to see the fish and after she caught another mummichog that swallowed the hook, we stopped microfishing and went for the macros. Same rigs as the night before, she started with the single hook rig and caught a couple of decent white perch. We also caught a number of the cookie cutter stripers. Only a couple of bluegill tonight and no redears. Got dark too soon and we headed home after another fun fishing trip! I have no idea what to expect going into winter. So will fish it when we can this October and will have to make plans for next spring/summer.

A bit of surf and turf dinner tonight. Steaks were thick ribeyes coated with montreal seasoning and garlic powder. Grilled them in my new grill pan (my 20 yr work anniversary gift - no grill at the Maryland house yet). Cooked medium rare. Dry sauted white mushrooms (don't ask about any wild mushrooms - finding literally hundreds of poisonous or ones not recommended for eating ) and yellow onions. Clams were steamed with salted water and served with browned butter. The butternut squash is where I put in some thought. I diced the butternut squash and cooked at high in the microwave for 5 minutes. Then into hot skillet with a little light oil. Browned the pieces, then salt and pepper. Cooked a little more then in went sliced yellow onion. A little more S&P and Chinese five spice. Once the onions were translucent, I added sliced black mission figs. Cooked until the squash was tender and the figs were cooked through. Just a little more S&P, a light drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar and about a tablespoon of brown butter. Cook through and served it with the steak and clams.

From Bob Uecher: Two ball players decide to try duck hunting. They get all the gear and head out to the swamp at O dark thirty. They are out there all day. No shots fired and no ducks. As they are getting ready to leave the one turns to the other and asks why didn't we get any ducks? The other says I don't know. Maybe we aren't throwing the dog high enough.

May have to keep that in mind! First idea was to hunt up in north MO on a friends farm but that may be getting sketchy due to my son's work schedule. May PM you if that plan falls through.

They sound really cool. Looked like one was fossilized bone. Thanks for the details.

Congrats @CLoyd on some nice trout! You guys, @JestersHK, @fshndoug, @duckydoty are starting to give me the idea that instead of trying for a fall turley that I should make the run down to Taney instead!

Duane what are those handles made out of? Look like old bone.

Sounds like a great time! Congrats on a great trip catching fish and spending time with family! All this post needed was a couple of photos😁.

Agreed!

That's a chunk! Great way to break in the kayak!

I'd call that economical ingenuity😁! Kayak looks like it belongs on that hatchback and ready to find new waters.

The horror of catching and putting minnows in a bucket😢. They need to be set free! Free the Minnows!