Johnsfolly

Why does this always end with a threat of carp regulations? Like we are all going to stop fishing ir enjoying life because Texas or some other state wants to put in carp regulations. Most on here don't care other than they if asked by the MDC or AR game folks they would say no to regulations.

Congrats. Wish I had the money. That is a sweet boat and deal.

A little jealousy here in MD . Congrats DJ.

Hey you know that I love to hear myself talk😁

1. Local regulations are set by evaluation of the opinions of the people within that location. I do not know if the regulation put in place for CT were based upon a declining population of a fish that they intended to conserve. Based upon those regulations, it seems that they were put in place to develop a trophy management system and not for strict conservation purposes (e.g. maintaining the species). I would not advocate creating a trophy system for carp in Missouri. 2. I personally am not affected by these regulations, e.g., do not live in CT, do not bow fish for or consume common carp. I would avoid using terms like "fair" when describing management strategies. 3. My idea of conservation is the protection of the natural environment and proper utilization of potential resources without adversely affecting the continuation of those resources. In this case you are discussing common carp that are outside of their native range, e.g., introduced species. In my opinion this would not be a species of concern from a conservation stand point. Also the creation of a "trophy" system for carp would not be considered a necessity to conserve this species. I have not personally seen a significant abundance of capturing carp. They seem to be doing quite well over the last 140 years in maintaining their populations without the need of regulation. 4. 1 - I would not advocate for carp regulations in Missouri from a conservation standpoint. 5. 1 - The regulations in CT do not affect me. I enjoy catching carp, but I would not advocate for carp regulations in Missouri from a conservation standpoint.

Liphunter - we are a close second though !

Awesome buddy! I think that I need to head across the bay and up into some oak forests to find some hens.

Yes everyone coming out to Maryland are here now. There are definitely good and not so good crab cakes. Glad you found some that you liked.

I have been thinking quite a lot about going after some more briny species before the "true" fall (i.e., temps less than 75 deg during the day) sets in. So we headed down to Ocean City to fish the inlet pier. The tide would be coming in and would be high tide around 7 pm. So we had a favorable tide to fish. We were going to fish mainly for bottom fish with bloodworms or Fish bites artificial baits with blood worm scent. Livie started with a single rig with a smaller hook. As I was getting the double rig rod baited, Livie got a solid bite and landed the first fish of the afternoon/evening. She was ecstaic landing a northern puffer! Which immediately started to puff up as soon as she began trying to remove the hook. She could not stop giggling while holding this fish. It was her 48th species of the year. Now I wanted to catch one! so she took over the double rig rod while I fished the single rig rod. I started my day by catching the smallest fish of the day, a baby black sea bass! I ended up catching one sea bass after another. Livie's first "fish" seemed to drag alone the bottom. It was a horseshoe crab. Livie continued her luck fishing by catching a double on some nice spots. As the tide kept coming in more spot and sea bass were caught. We would switch between rods and I caught a pinfish, which was a first for me landing one on hook and line! Then Livie started catching pinfish which was her 49th species of the year. Folks around us that were fishing minnows were catching snapper bluefish and a couple of speckled trout. We had a great evening. I even ended up catching my own puffer! Looking forward to heading get back down to the inlet again.

In case some missed my post on the edible mushrooms, we found a fresh bunch of chicken of the woods mushrooms. Below are the bunch that we harvested this evening. Several bags of cleaned mushrooms went into the freezer. I foresee some fried mushrooms coated with Don's Chuck Wagon batter ! So tonight we followed a recipe (Chicken with rosemary and garlic) from the Missouri's Wild Mushrooms book, put out by the MDC. Slice chicken mushrooms, sliced medium onion, and minced three garlic cloves. Sauted the mushrooms in a little light oil for about 8 min. Added the onions and garlic and cooked. Added two tablespoons of butter, almost a third cup of sherry, a sprig of rosemary, and salt & pepper. Cooked until the liquid evaporated then added a tablespoon of capers. Seved over wild brown rice.

We have access to good fresh clams, but I'm not sure that unless I get large quahog clams that there would be enough "clam juice" from the fresh ones. Your description is pretty close to what I have made before.

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.