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The bread came from a Fresh Market.

Low country red rice with sausage.

Sometimes, the names for foods change from one region to another. I discovered this as a young man, when I ordered a chocolate milkshake, and when it arrived, it had no ice cream. New Englanders are weird. An example you may know: Are they cokes, sodas, or soft drinks? Tonight I made sandwiches. Depending on where you are, they are called hoagies, grinders, or subs. Good and soft rolls, toasted, thin coating of mayo on the bottom, deli meats, swiss or provolone cheese, toasted again, tomato, lettuce, black olives, s & p, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Easy, tasty, all you basic food groups, and little clean up.

The wife and I gave up Kindles. We use I-pads with the Kindle app. Text size and background very adjustable. Plus the I-pad does more than be a reader.

Never been shot at, but had one pointed at me when I a vehemently explained cutting my trolling line was bad form. Boats are entirely too shallow. Best story: Shortly after "A River Runs Through It" came out, a craze for fly fishing occurred. Gentlemen came to the White River with Orvis or Bean waders, birch net, hats, and clippers on retractable spools on their vests. In those days Rim Shoals, our favorite area to fish with rental boats, was not C and R. We would fish Redbud Shoals and then head down to Rim and below. If the water was down, in those days there was no minimum flow, the channel was very narrow. The same gentlemen would be standing in the channel flailing with their wands. We would shout, "Coming through", and then suffer the slings and arrows of scorn. When they fell over trying to get out of our way and filled their waders, we would call out, "sorry."

Years ago, I read an article about fishing for walleye with the elder Fletcher. His name escapes me, but Jeff is his son. Anyway, the article said his preferred Spring bait was a pink road runner tipped with a small minnow. Greenwood, the man who owns the wooded pontoon house, uses a small white swim bait, but often tips it as well.

A blast from the past. Smothered Steak.

Valentine's meal for the wife. Crab cakes with saffron aioli, rice, and sauteed garlic spinach.

Yes. 2 feet lower and courtesy docks become iffy. 4 feet lower and bring a buddy at HI or Big M to idle up to the main dock. At 904, stay in the channel!

That date should tell my fellow fishermen about the spawn season. AGFC wants fish full of eggs, the easiest way possible.

This is the time of year the walleye meat fishermen are out. Fortunately not all know what they are doing and are there because they heard they were biting. Unfortunately, several guides are taking clients out and keeping limits for every person in the boat. I hope they catch trout.

Not mine. I used a single hook rig.

Spawn is not solely controlled by water temp. Yes, it matters, but lunar phase comes into play as well.

Just a home cooked meal.

The Purina Trout Chow taste lingers until the color on the sides is flaming and the flesh is bright orange. Other wise, cold smoke it.

Baked cod, buttered orzo, and pan roasted asparagus.

I fished that lake many times between 1972 and 1985. Classic highland artificial lake with clear water. I never fished for crappie on that lake, so I cannot help you. March was/is wiggle wart/rockcrawler time. If all you are catching are buck bass males, move out to the staging water, 20 to 40 feet, and fish a very slow finesse jig and creature. Drag it down the point, not jump it. Also try a slow jerk bait or a slow rolled spinner bait on a timbered point edge like those in Bee Creek. With what I learned fishing Table Rock, Broken Bow shallow is 25 feet or less. Two further comments: First, the largest spot I ever caught came from there . 4+ pounds. Second, fish the J shaped point just as you come out of the marina cove. The little bowl where it turns is a sweet spot.

A little pizza.

Tomato hummus soup the wife's superb bread.

Bobby, you can do this yourself with a book, a coffee cup, a razor blade and a video from Mudhole. You need a guide, some thread, and some epoxy. Were my eyes and fingers younger, I would do it myself.

Clam linguine Florentine.

Felt poorly today. Fixed a chicken soup with spinach and dumplings. I love the fact we have a giant pan-Asian market in Tulsa!

Chicken chasseur, also known as hunter's chicken, over rice.

Lamb popsicle on toasted naan with carrots and tomato slices.

Started a New York Times recipe tonight. After the first several steps, I decided the recipe would not work for Nancy and I. I washed the shrimp and started over with a simple sauted peppers and shrimp over rice.