Johnsfolly

Sounds great Jeff!

I agree with this statement. Also no shame in getting beat by your significant partner if it means that you get to fish more often😁. That works for me and I get to fish a lot😅

Looks like a great trip making memories. I'm sure that he is going to remember the trip where he lost 6 roostertail baits😉

Jeff nice bunch of healthy smallies. Congrats Buddy!

right back at you @Daryk Campbell Sr A dad went and picked up his son from school. Knowing that his son had auditioned for a part in the school play and that the part assignments were out today, he asked his son if he got a part. "Yeah I did get a part dad. I am going to play a man that has been married for 20 years!" "That's great son! Keep up the good work and in future plays you may get a speaking role!"🤣

So if you raise the age to 21 shouldn't we also raise the age to vote, or serve in the military, etc.?

My wife and I went to a popular restaurant that we hadn't been to in a while. The host said, "I'm sorry but we are so busy tonight. Would you mind waiting for a bit?" I looked at my wife and we both agreed that wouldn't be a problem. "Great! Now take these drinks to table 7!"🤣

So I won $1 million in the lottery! I immediately gave a quarter of it to charity and put $999,999.75 in the bank!🤣

"Dad I have been dating Barbara our neighbor's daughter and I am falling in love with her." "No! You can't date her. Don't tell anyone this, especially your mother, but Barbara is your sister!" The son is heartborken, but breaks up with Barbara. A couple months later: "Dad, I have been dating Angela, the girl down the street and we are in love! Aren't you happy for us?" "Son not sure how to say this, but you can't date Angela either. She is also your sister!" This happens a couple of more times. Finally the dejected son is talking to his mom. "Son why are you so sad?" "Well dad has been sleeping with the neighbors all over the neighborhood and all the girls that I really like are my sister!" "Don't feel so bad son. You can date any girl that you like in the neighborhood. He is not your dad!" 🤣

No photos 😒 Sue and Livie caught enough crabs (6) for our first crab dinner of 2022. Also had fried black sea bass and new red potatoes.

Looks delicious! You know I love a good braise😁! I have venison shanks and a curry recipe that I want to try. Just been doing a lot of travel for fishing and haven't made the time for a 3 hour braise meal.

@rps sounds like a great time. Still had some good photos of nice trout. Can't beat that.

Think of them as high protein fruits😉

You get great bird art on your car if you park near trees with ripe mulberries😅 Picked a few on Sat. We enjoy both purple and white varieties.

@snagged in outlet 3 just catching up. You caught some nice fish. Sounds like you are having a great time working remotely😉😁

Hey @snagged in outlet 3 So here is the story that lead me to microfishing. Back in 2009 I read an article in Bassmaster that detailed how a couple of guys set out to catch all of the black bass species within a certain period of time (maybe 2 weeks or a month - I can't remember). I have always consider myself a multispecies angler first and foremost. As @Ham stated I have always wanted to catch and experience many fish species. So I used to keep a list of fish that I caught in an old guide book. It wasn't a stretch to think about trying to catch all of the bass species at that time (either 8 or 9). At that time I had already caught northern largemouth, Florida Largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass. We were going to visit my dad in Georgia. Turns out that most of the black bass species at the time could be found in GA. I found spots to go for redeye bass, shoal bass, and suwannee. Before I left Missouri I caught smallmouth and northern largemouth bass all on a hand baited Excalibur Spit N Image. So in GA I caught shoal bass and redeye bass on that same lure. I ended up losing that lure while fishing for another shoal bass. Later in that trip we were south of Tallahassee FL fishing a spring fed river. I lost two suwannees fishing a fluke. I couldn't get a bite on anything else, but kept losing them on the larger baits. Since that time they described seven or eight more bass species and I still am working on that goal. I have caught Neosho smallmouth in case you are wondering. In 2013, I set a target to catch a trout in every designated trout stream in Missouri. So I fished every white, red, and blue section of every creek and river in the state. I finished that quest in Oct of 2015 while fishing the North Fork of the White River below Patrick Bridge. After the GA trip and completing my version of the MO trout slam, I pushed to catch different species within the same genus. It started with targetting all of the rock bass or as I completed last year all of the temperate bass. On OAF I did find another multispecies angler with access to shadow bass. It took a lot to finally meet up with him, but Ham and I finally fished together in 2016. WE did catch shadow bass and I caught my PB drum on that trip. So what does that have to do with microfish? All of this was to demonstrate how obsessive I can be 😁. In April of 2015, I was fishing Bonne Femme Creek in Columbia. I caught common shiners and some large creek chubs. Then I found a pool that held orangethroat darters and everything changed. I had to figure out how to catch these guys. I bought the smallest hooks (#20 long shank dry fly hooks) that I could find at the Bass Pro shop in town. It wasn't really easy, but we caught a few and our microfishing career started. I realized right then that by microfishing I could fish almost any and every creek, slough, ditch, etc. It opened up my ability to greatly expand my lifelist. I found even smaller hook options and caught more species. At that time that I was developing techniques on how to catch these guys and many other species, I didn't even realize that there was a whole world of microfisherman. I still am just getting started with meeting and talking with other microfisherman in the country. Of note, Livie and I introduced others to microfishing including @Daryk Campbell Sr. Daryk talked to me about wanting to catch the colorful fish that he used to see in the St Francis river (he can correct if I am wrong). So we met at a river and we went fishing. We all caught micro and larger fish. Daryk even caught a couple of different darter species, fantail and rainbow darters. My lifelist currently sits at a total of 222 different species. Probably a third of those were likely considered as micros. it has been a great ride so far and I look forward to continuing microfishing and sharing with others when I can. Sorry that this is so wordy, but at least there are photos😅.

Livie has been doing the same thing to me. But as you said, I would rather she get them than myself. I will get them eventually.

yes😉

Finally got a tip on a checkered sculpin here in Maryland. Thought about trying for a new species since the potomac sculpin have been kicking my butt. Livie and I caught a couple on Saturday making me very happy😉! This was my second sculpin of 2022 and met that goal😁! Key features Coloration in a block like pattern Three pelvic fin rays A single median pore on the chin without mottles or dark coloration of the chin.

Great job on those Frankenfish👍! Your research paid off.

Pete believe it or not but it was an article in Bassmaster.😉. Been fishing and busy addressing work issues. Haven't been online much other than to post on INaturalist some new species we caught on Sat. I'll finish this story later when I have more time.

It's getting a lot more attention across the US. An article from Texas about microfishing. Put article here since this is the first article that has some discussion about assessing impact of microfishing. Also goes into the details of the use of catch records posted on INaturalist which I use and contribute to frequently. https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/microfishing-texas-trend/

Trout are not the brightest fish species in the water. So I typically only go with bait under catch and keep situations. Even then it's pretty easy to remove gut hooks... when I fillet them 😅. The rest of time when trout fishing it would be some sort of artificial.

Jeff my wife is going to make that same face when I tell this one to her 😉😁

Trout do love liver. I have only used it for bait in the catch&keep portions of the urban trout program. They would grab the bait and just swim off with it. Out fished the guys with the dough baits.