Johnsfolly

Ok tell me if you know this movie line. "White, white, white, it's the color of our carpets." If you know the line then you should have an idea why I brought this up now.

I would rather have a Karmman ghia (carmen ghia?)!

I agree that a trophy is what each person sets in their mind. For me a trophy in Taneycomo may be that first brown trout that I catch to finish one of my life goals. After that It would have to be over 6 lbs for me to consider it a trophy. If that was the same fish then all the better! I have seen plenty caught down there that well exceed that size.

My wife picked up some beets and we had a pork roast in-house. I like pairing apricots with chanterelles (you’ve heard this before). I decided dinner was going to be a pork roast with fruit and mushroom with the beets and mashed potatoes. I made a rub consisting of smoked paprika, chili powder, granulated garlic, salt, pepper, and brown sugar. I rubbed the roast and seared all sides in the dutch oven. Once seared, I added onion and peeled garlic. The braising liquid was vegetable stock infused with dried porcini mushrooms and two cans of local cream ale (Bur Oak – Frank’s Cream Ale). I felt that the slight sweetness of the cream ale would go well with the rest of the flavors. We braised the meat at 275 for about 3 hours (wife took care of this while I was at work). My daughter and I chopped onions, chanterelles, dried apricots and cranberries. Sauted everything and then added the pulled meat from the roast. I cooked the sliced beets and just as they were tender, poured off the liquid and added a splash of white wine vinegar, S&P, and fresh ground nutmeg. Served it all with mashed potatoes.

Great video! I do appreciate you showing your fly. Gives me an idea on what I could use to catch those fish. Of course I would need a kayak, a good fishing hole, and the ability to make those casts without spooking the carp ☺!

If I fish peas in the Kansas river may catch a Ness☺! I always heard that buffalo had a preference for meat.

I need to find a location to catch buffalo (any of the three or all three will do). The lakes near me don't have any that I know about. Need to stop focusing on the little guys and need to find some big rough fish!

Great post! Sounds like a great time. Glad that the kids got into fish. Looking forward to a LA post in the near future☺.

Guessing on a quillback - Missouri

Mirror carp (not sure if this is now considered a subspecies of the common carp or just a common mutation) - Europe

bigmouth buffalo - Missouri

Might be a smallmouth buffalo - Missouri

Common carp - originally from Europe - now a global species

Bighead carp - originally from Asia now throughout the larger river systems of the US

Silver carp - originally from Asia now throughout the larger river systems of the US

Probably a shorthead redhorse sucker - Missouri

Leaning towards Guadalupe bass from Texas

Northern Hog sucker - Missouri

Suwqnnee River bass - likely Florida

I know that you were targeting walleye, but I would certainly be happy with those crappie. You're getting to know that lake. I'm certain that you will find a walleye honey hole.

My friend was telling me that the blue cats in his pond cruise along picking off the beetles that drop to the water. He may begin putting up hangers above the water and cut out the bottom of the trap to let them fall into the water. Instant fish feeder. BH have you heard of anyone using Japanese beetle flies at Bennett's? Thought that you and the Mrs did well last year using those flies.

I think that they might already be hitting the hickory nuts. Usually they hit them last week of Aug first week of Sept. Will have to start stalking the shagbarks!

I took the day off on Weds to get outdoors in the morning and to get some work done around the house. I headed out to a local piece of national forest land. I had hunted this property and always seem to find the squirrels. One thing that was certain was that the multiflora roses were definitely in full force. If I hunt here later this fall may have to bring the machete and cut back a bunch of these roses. There were also a bunch of black raspberry bushes each with a fair number of red and ripe black berries. I wasn't on a foraging trip, but did keep my eyes open for any interesting mushrooms. I hit several of the spots that I would normally see squirrels, but the woods were quiet. The only noise or game seen was a couple of turkeys that I bumped a couple of times. This area is criss-crossed with deep dry creeks. Once I saw this it became a mushroom hunt from that point forward. Since we haven't had a good rain in several days the mushrooms were a little dry. But still plentiful. Called my wife to see if she wanted to get out again and look for more mushrooms. Headed home and then we were both back out looking. We found plenty of chanterelles in some of our old haunts. Also found plenty of berries to keep thing interesting. No new mushrooms and we only bumped one squirrel on our foraging trip (no shot). So even though the squirrel hunting was a bust, we had a good time foraging the MO forests. Though I do need some protein to go with these mushrooms .

Good looking recipe. I have the wild mushrooms, just need the squirrels. May get out later this week to get a few. Don't know if you saw my post about the sichaun squirrel dish on the cooking thread. That Is a great tasting meal as well. Glad to see that BH and I aren't the only ones that love the bushytails!

We made the mistake of trying to save our grapes and put out bag traps on the edges of our yard. We have been committed to keeping them up. We have been emptying both traps twice a day for almost 10 days now. Each time there must be 1 to 2 lbs of beetles in the traps. Most of the time we could not add another beetle to the bag. Worse year ever for the beetles around us. However our birch and mock crabapple trees both still have leaves unlike others in the neighborhood. Even the grapes still have a few leaves.