Johnsfolly

Followed Chief's example and had wild turkey pot pie!

Wish that I could bring the chicken mushrooms. I'm already paying to bring my rods. So can't bring a cooler of mushrooms as well. @BilletHead I'll have to pick up Don's when I get there as well. I have not found that batter mix here.. yet. I hope that some store around here sells that brand.

Thats why you leave the head and fins on. Crispy chip like fins and crunchy eyes. Can't confuse that with a mushroom. So we'll be good 😂.

Dan - I like the photo change on your profile ! He looks pretty comfortable up there.

I can see if the Asian market in Columbia has those oyster mushrooms again and do fried mushrooms on Friday along with the sculpin fry.

I really want to try one of those big guys. I'm also tempted to catch some on Friday and have them in the fish fry !

You know that's right! One of her favorite fish to catch. Can't wait to get up to Maine or out to California to have her try for a really big one!

Marty - save me a couple please since my plans changed and i won't be able to get down there until late Friday morning at the earliest. Don't want to miss out on any BH especiales. Jeff - So I will be getting down Friday and staying through Sunday.

Livie keeps looking at the deer in the yard and can't wait for me to drop one so that I can prepare that Hank Shaw heart recipe again ! It will have to wait until after Jigfest. A man has to have his priorities (also the non-resident license would eat into my bankroll for jigs )

Awesome Photo buddy! Can't wait to see her with her trophy shot of her first deer or turkey!

She did and it swam away. Probably eaten by a trout. Trout love sculpin !

BRUHAHAHA!!!

They have a pretty big mouth for a small fish. You never know you just might catch a double like my daughter did last year . and they were two different species .

Ronnie great photos and an honest report. Glad to know that I am not the only one that sometimes puts off preparation prior to a trip and does the scramble to get stuff to fish😌. Congrats on catching some fall beauties!

I've replaced one already using the warranty. No questions asked. I was able to get the warranty on the replacement.

Congrats! Those are a few nice bass!

@Rootman that's sounds like a great bunch of crappie! Congrats on figuring them out! Good luck when you get out again.

Congrats Dan! Looked like a great day to be on the water and you caught some nice fish!

The first installment of Thanksgiving leftovers ! This morning was a southwest turkey hash. Started with my new favorite way to prepare breakfast potatoes. I begin the cooking in the microwave until they start to get soft and then slice them. The potatoes went into a skillet with some oil and bacon fat to brown. Cut red onion and green peppers as well as some of the turkey breast. Those went into the skillet followed by a large clove of garlic that was minced. Cooked until the peppers softened. Added garlic powder, cumin, and a Kickin' chicken spice blend. Served with an over easy egg and hot sauce.

I have both the 6' 6" and 7' Airstream rods. The 7' has more spine and the one that I prefer between the two. Helps with hooksets on jig bites.

Very nice european mount. Hreat looking buck. Tell your wife Congrats!

Little late Thanksgiving meal. Sorry some of the photos are not good, but the meal was very good. We made a sausage, tarragon, thyme and oyster cornbread stuffing. My Betterhalf made the corn bread on Weds. Browned mild Italian sausage in browned butter. Cooked in chopped onions, celery, fresh thyme, salt and pepper. Cubed about 2/3 of a 13 X 9 inch pan of corn bread that was dried at 325 deg for about 20 minutes. Added 3/4 cup of chicken stock to the sausage mixture. In a separate bowl beat two eggs with chopped fresh tarragon, and 3/4 cup of chicken stock. Slowly mixed the gg mixture into the sausage mixture, then added to the corn bread in a casserole dish. Also chopped up some oysters and mixed those into the corn bread along with the liquor from the oysters. Baked at 350 for 40 minutes. The turkey was a half of Livie's first turkey that she shot back in 2017 (was well wrapped prior to freezing.). I mixed warm butter with minced garlic and chopped fresh sage leaves and put that under the skin of the turkey. Rubbed more butter over the skin and coated the turkey with a mixture of smoked paprika, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Set the turkey in a roasting pan with onion, carrots, celery, and a cup of chicken stock. Cooked at 350 deg. Basted with red wine, butter and the remaining rub spice mixture. My Betterhalf made the traditional green bean casserole. She also made a killer sweet potato casserole with pecan topping. No steps since I did not make that one. Livie made a couple of different cookie recipes. Got pictures of her chocolate and pecan pinwheels.

Glad that you took her with you. Sure that she will have great memories to share with others!

I'm a big fan of the rubberized netting. Before I had one I would end up cutting my jerkbaits free of the net. Even with pinched down barbs spent lots of time removing the hooks from netting. No issues with ta gling with the rubberized netting.

Definitely the windiest creek I have ever fished !