Ryan Miloshewski

1) Diseases evolve 2) Medical understanding of diseases evolves 3) Deer herd exponentially growing in the last 50 years (main vector of transmission) The media blitz is ridiculous, though. If you spent any time in the outdoors your whole life, you've had ticks. Just take precautions and if you get bit, so it goes. The fear mongering is exhausting. If I get alpga-gal then I'll just eat ducks. I'll miss ribeyes. Might just have to get an epipen and eat one once a quarter and jab myself.

Successfully? I'm not sold on it. But, they certainly go through the motions to the full extent.

You missed the spawn fishing on Stockton. That started middle of February this year. March 12th seemed to be the night they were all spawning. Saw fish in 1-3 fow almost everywhere around the dam area that night and not many after. They are mostly post-spawn right now, so I would focus on flats and channel edges. Or, against your preference, go to Smithville at night. You'll have to fish in twilight or dark to have success with the spawn bite anywhere. They'll stage deeper and won't move up until later in the day.

Hey all! I’ve been doing a ton to get this new Delta Waterfowl chapter started over the last year. We have our first banquet 4/9 in Harrisonville at The Davis. Would love to see you! All proceeds are going to a youth hunt on public land in the area AND ice eaters for the ADA blinds at the duck parks. We have a lot of good trips to auction off, including a Taneycomo trip with Blake Wilson. Feel free to text me at 314-799-8421 if interested. I’ll say, I volunteer with a lot of orgs. Delta is the best. We know where your money is going. https://deltawaterfowl.org/shop/kc-metro-chapter/

One of the hunting camps I go to has a percolator from the 1950s. Best coffee I've ever had!

I just used a bag of Louisiana Cajun Fry. Chips I sliced and soaked in cold water until it ran clear. Dried, sat in the fridge for an hour or so, then fried. Those were killer.

Sorry, Phil. He was a great dog and I will miss seeing him.

Only thing I’ve taken a picture of lately is fresh walleye and homemade chips. Simple, but delicious.

This rain should make things mighty fun here soon. I will be down off and on this week and over the weekend. It's been three years since we've had good water in the Little Sac. I'm excited (which means we'll get 1" of rain). Got checked my the agent Friday and he was cool.

@dpitt maybe we can take a look if Phil allows it? Seems like a backend issue to me.

Trout Fishing Lake Taneycomo has over 11,000 members. I know you post fishing reports on there from time to time. Could be correlated to it. The server time and refresh could be off, too, garnering incorrect numbers. Does it run on a nightly cycle?

Great time as always. I laugh so much my sides hurt. Fishing was fantastic and the food even better. Kevin, Seth and I went out Friday afternoon and I caught them good on jerkbaits and they did well on jigs. 17-inch brown was the biggest, and I could hardly hold it. Seth and I fished Saturday morning when it was 9 degrees. With the sun and the biting fish, we didn't even notice the cold. We whacked them on jerkbaits and jigs. Fish were puking up shad, scales, and shad paste as Marty called it. I don't know how they were still hungry, but it sure was fun! Pulling the boats out Sunday, Cody mentioned his gas tank was low. Seth said "oh I have a 5-gal tank up at the cabin." "Nah, I'll be ok." I was taking Seth's boat down to the ramp and thought to myself "I will stay behind Cody in case he runs out." Well, he didn't make it past Cooper Creek and I saw him start to slow. Milo to the rescue! Some food pics. Everything was fantastic, per usual.

It's a long weekend, Marty. We will likely starve...

Spent the afternoon cooking in the negative temps. Put some duck legs in the crockpot with some stock, rosemary, and Slap Ya Mama and let them go for a few hours until they were fall apart. Kept the skin on so the fat rendered out. Made homemade ramen with the meat. Phenomenal. While I was waiting for the duck legs to be done, I made a big pot of deer chili.

Looking to get a final head count so we can plan the most important part, meals, accordingly. Me, Big Hands Rob, DJ (Saturday), Kev, Dustin, Seth, Cody, Ray, Marty, Pat, Phil, my buddy Cheyne and his wife (Friday), Jeff (?), Les (?), and Bill and Becky. Anybody else confirmed coming?