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Ugh... one day I hopen to be as lucky as you to have that in your backyard. Very jelly as im cooped up working here outside STL... Very nice as usual!

Official Corona Guidelines are finally here! We're all saved! 🤨 About sums up the daily briefings... 1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can. 2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well. 3. Stores are closed, except those that are open. 4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick. 5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster. 6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help. 7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it's important to GO OUT. 8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes. 9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects. 10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there… 11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my.. 12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no… 13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old). 14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication. 15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy. 16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too? 17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with "I don't want to trigger panic, but…" 18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver. 19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof. 20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance. 21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily. 22. The virus stays in the air - well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe. 23. We count the number of deaths but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were "almost dead" to find out if that's what they will die of… 24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications). 25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates… but we must no longer be locked up for that?

Bret my friend that is simply awesome. Your son seems to be that good luck charm all the time. Glad you were able to get out and fish and make those memories. Happy birthday too buddy!

Negatives I'm stuck at home with 4 women in my household lol. Kids can drive me bonkers. Noisy when we're all online in meetings and virtual classrooms... Dishwasher liquid was my one supply prep I was lacking. Miss fishing and having a beer with friends. Canceled family vacation this year with our parents. Miss hanging out with pops... he's high risk so being extra careful. Positives Great family time spent with my girls. We always spent quite a bit of time together, now so even more... They're learning math now the right way taught by me... We're all exercising everyday. I needed it and we no longer have any excuses not to do it. Gonna be shredded by the end of this lol Saving a ton on gas and I'm not driving in traffic everyday. I can drink beer and work! Lots of house upgrades getting done. Start finishing out my basement next week.

Man those are some tanks! Nice job as always.

So our family church friend I posted about earlier tested positive and got his official results back... Good news is that he was out of town in Nebraska working (yes I know this wasn't smart, he's just tying to keep things afloat, I'm not going to judge him as he's got a wife and 6 kids to feed...) so he's been away from his family since he came home and immediately quarantined. 2nd good news is that despite 2 trips to the ER for trouble breathing, he never went on vent and is now back at his friends empty house he's using as his quarantine shelter. He's still got a mild fever, but we believe he's turned the corner and is on the mend lord willing. He's 50 years old and in good shape for his age, non drinker, non smoker, so he had the odds in his favor. He still said it whooped his butt like nothing else. With church shut down we're haven't personally been in contact with them thankfully yet sadly... One of my wife's girlfriends she went to nursing school with works in the STL area. She talked to her yesterday and she said beds at her hospital are only about half full. She said that they do not believe we have peaked yet and they are expecting a rush in the coming weeks... Take care everyone, and don't touch your face.

I have family down south who are all off the grid red necks... they are my woods people and my blood. 2500 acres that back up to national forest. I highly doubt we get to that point. I pray that society doesn't get to a point where it gets ugly for my children's sake. Good luck to your and the wife. If mine was still practicing nursing I'd of done the same. Take care man.

Good luck wherever you end up buddy! Bring the right net too 😛

Awesome! Love the smiles, and looks like some great memories were made. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for that. I think it's just from having my 3 girls. I've adjusted to life on 4 hours of sleep for my usual schedule and even sleeping in I can never sleep more than 6 or 7. That and I'm not too smart and skip sleeping altogether when fishing gets in the way and I'll run up to that 40 hour mark allot with no sleep... I'll usually crash after that for a while though. It's a blessing and a curse

Yeah I'm just repeating what they are telling me. Even with there info its hard to gauge the seriousness of it all... Myself and my family are taking it seriously. I'm prepped for a while, just trying to figure out at what point do we bug out south...

Guys I'll tell you one thing. I trust nothing the media has said or done... I have multiple friends and family in the health care and first responders in my family and circle of friends who I rely on for most of my "facts". That and what I hear from the hospital system I'm employed at. Here's their opinions and you guys can take that for what it's worth. My nephew is a paramedic and his fiance is a nurse who handles organ transplants. Both are still working and both have said it's business as usual. They secured sooner if their own PPE and we worry about his fiance as she is still having to fly for transplants. They both said it's worse than the flu but not the apocalypse they media wants you to believe. Nephew said it's even quiet in some hospitals. A friend of mine works dispatch and she said the calls are up, but nothing over dramatic. Lots of people refusing 911 and refusing to go to hospital which for some of the frequent flier type hypochondriacs or druggies looking for a free ride that's a good thing. As for my employer or hospitals are busy and we do have confirmed patients who are being treated. Have another Co worker awaiting test results too. We still are pushing tele medicine hard and pushing out herds of new iPads and mobile devices for remote screenings. Still locking down our Network as we still have people poking around where they shouldn't be... Had a good family friend from church had to go to ER yesterday. He's 50yo, had fever and trouble breathing. They chest x-rayed him and sent him home but he's at an empty friends house under isolation from his wife and 6 kids. I think we're going to see some rough couple of days here for the next few weeks... That's just my opinion, and I'm basing that off the deaths that are being reported. Even if they are 50 percent right we're in for a bumpy ride especially in densely populated areas. Be safe out there guys and don't touch your face. For those with small businesses follow Phil's example and grab those loans as I believe they are first come first serve and won't last forever...

You know me and my sleep patterns or lack there of lol... I'd much rather be fishing than slammed working on this hot mess of a pandemic...

Nice job man! You deserve a weekend like that as I know you've had some tough ones before this trip. Glad you found a consistent jerk bait bite. I'm sure the lack of pressure and them not seeing lures chucked at them day in and day out likely makes them more eager to bite. Going to be some great fishing when all this crud is over with... Thanks for the report.

Did they give them any scripts for treatment? Z packs or the hydro? I've read they are not bagging folks in the hospital as fluids are actually hurting versus helping... Vitamin C and anything else to give the immune system a fighting chance should be taken. Hope they can turn the corner...

Back at it with work today... We're still buried up to our eyeballs trying to get telemedicine setup for all the hospitals. They ordered a whole new fleet of iPads for the docs as well. Seems like my workplace is in this for the long haul. We're still in the beginning stages from what I'm hearing here in MO. At this point though I'm not sure what to believe. I do know me and my family are practicing social distancing, and any thing that comes in from outside gets a full DECON in the garage before it comes in the house... Might be Overkill but middle kiddo has asthma, epilepsy, and is prone to get pneumonia since she's had it a few times. Not taking any chances there. @ColdWaterFshr I hope your in laws recover and pray that do not need to go to the hospital. Eric I'm rocking this mask off I'm going out in the masses... Gonna have to shave the quarantine beard first though. Stay safe out there guys.

Beautiful spots!

Eric I'm glad you are prepared buddy. Everyone take note here... I've been slammed with work trying to get remote patient screening apps on iPads and networks shored up for the hospitals but figured I'd give you all an update. At first I was a bit skeptical about all this, then I started seeing the panic and fear on the folks at work. Then we're all sent home as they took over our conference rooms for doctors and medical staff and we had a sick team member get tested which I'm still awaiting to hear the results on. I've watched the run on TP, food, guns, ammo, cleaning supplies and worry about the just in time supply chain. My friends a Captain in the Guard and the calls have started going out at his level. There's no orders yet but he feels it's inevitable before his troops get mobilized. I still believe we are just getting started with this thing and the outcomes could likely get real ugly. Please take care out there everyone. If you have to go out wear whatever PPE you have and DECON yourself when you get home. Lots of good info on this in the web. Do this for our hospital staff and workers, do it for our first responders like my poor nephew whose a paramedic, please practice common sense and wash your hands.

I've been away for a bit buried in work and prep but here's my insight to my fishing friends... I recently switched to a job in the healthcare sector as some of you who know me personally know. Working now for a major hospital Network in Missouri. This has given me some insight into the healthcare workspace and what were about to face. I watched my place of business go from zero to pants on fire crisis in 2 weeks time. I write this message here from my house which we are all now working from home indefinitely. In the midst of trying to prep a hospital for the coming pandemic we were hacked and seeing attacks on our networks prompting a lock down and corrective action. Who the heck attacks a hospital during a crisis... Before I left they were stripping our IT building down of all furniture and setting up reading rooms for doctors and hospital staff. It's simple math really there are not enough beds or space if this truly turns into the outbreak that the media is fear mongering it to be. I for one have never feared the virus, I do fear the strain all of this panic is placing on our economy and the supply chain system for meds and food. I'm fortunate in that I'm well prepped for this and could afford to go out and top off all our preps. Many folks will struggle trying to get food from the stripped bare bstores here outside saint Louis. I feel we are just seeing the beginning of all this, the shutdown will escalate. Interstate travel will be the next thing shut down as I've already seen the letters coming out for the DHS and travel passes. Won't be long before a shelter in place order is in effect and the guard would likely need to enforce that to keep people contained to their homes. I am not panicked, I'm not a doomer. I'm actually quite calm as I am however prepared when most of the rest of society is not, and you should keep your eyes on the bigger picture if they start locking us down to our homes. Please take care out there friends. I hope to see you guys soon if that's still a possibility. Everything is so fluid right now I think we'll know more in a few weeks.

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy seeing the results every year. I had heard a rumour they shocked up a big brown, but guess it was just a rumour...

Those are some great looking jigs! Very nice

The paint on these had held up remarkably well. Teeth do a number on all baits. I also bang these on the bottom quite a bit too. This is one of my first ones that I ever threw... I'll def be sad if I ever lose it, but it's a fish catching machine.

I just had similar conversation with Duane on Saturday. I have some 2018s that are beat to death and I still throw them. In my opinion his lures are made to be fished. I think I've broken off one and broke the bill on another. I did retire my lone sculpin 606 that I caught my big brown on... Yes they are artwork, but they were made to give you that shot at a big one so use them accordingly. They won't last forever but I have a 5 series that I'm wearing most of the paint off that had probably close to 100 fish on it. I do get pissy when the Walters decide to eat it as it really tears up that awesome paint job. Sling em if ya got em is my motto. It's what they are made for.

Holy cow that's awesome. I believe Daryk found one on the banks one morning too. Pretty soon they will start popping up on eBay. One of the local guys is going to clean up when or if they ever shut the water off down there lol

How was the fishing Eric? I was this close to calling you as I got a free pass for Saturday. Ended up doing a quick Taney run. I'd of headed to Arkansas of most of our fishable time wasn't in the dark... Hope you got into them.