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As it turned out, I threw a knuckle ball. At the last minute I added miso and turmeric. That explains why the soup is yellow and semi opaque. The wife loved it. Yes, working gets in the way. Or at least it once did for me.

Walleye -> Moonshine beach area -> this time of years find where the flat points and inside bends fall off into the channel. Target 20 to 30 feet deep at night and 25 to 40 feet day time. Lindy rig a crawler and slow drag, or jig a white spoon. Third alternative is long line trolling 800 series reef runners on 10# braid at 2.5 mph.

The mire poix included sweet bell pepper as well as the french traditional. The little white pellets are pearl cous cous. Good stuff.

Big M Marina is on the North side of the White River arm, downstream from Eagle Rock. Eagle Rock sits at the point where 86 highway crosses the lake at the West end of the lake. You reach the marina by turning off 86 at M, before you reach Eagle Rock. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Big+M+Marina/@36.5530824,-93.7594109,12.81z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe4a9749738ddcb24!8m2!3d36.5592811!4d-93.6779589

16 ingredients shown and 1 off camera. For the respect of those who follow this thread, be the first to name the ingredients and the end product.

Arugula, cilantro, radicchio salad with shredded chicken, green onions, cucumber, and goat cheese, with a sesame lime dressing.

Highway 69.

Eufaula covers the juncture of the Canadian River and the North Canadian River. The North flows through Oklahoma City. The main branch runs down around Norman.The rivers originate and flow through red dirt country. Much of the time they are near empty. Other times they try their best to put all that red dirt into the lake. It is a typical flatland, muddy colored lake and was a prolific bass producer during the 80's. Bright colors and sound were/are the key to catching bass on that lake. It remains a great crappie and white bass lake. I would bet some who know it well still catch good bass. I have not fished it since the 80's and see no reason to go back.

We garden in containers on one of our patios. Our cherry tomato plant is producing well. Small fruits on our Roma. The Bushsteak and the patio version of Early Girl are both full of green fruit with no signs of ripening. The weather has driven us nuts trying to regulate water and we have leaf curl as a result. Had to buy ladybugs to control the aphids. Bush cuke is beginning to produce, but the eggplant has only flowered. We are weeks away from fruit on it.

Bought the brats at Whole Foods. I won't make that mistake again.

Some years ago, I encountered a difficulty trolling for large walleye. I had multiple hits where I did not hook up. I had more where they were on for 2 to 10 seconds. Frustrated, I asked for comments and advice. The advice I received was the equivalent of what your buddy, Bill Beck, said about hook sets. Don't set the hook, keep reeling. In terms of set up this meant stepping down in power and action of the rod. I changed from MH with fast action to Medium with Mod Fast action. Hits became hook ups and hook ups became fish in the boat. I would try a 7'6" rod with a medium to medium heavy power and a Mod Fast action. Once you become accustomed, you can launch cranks into the next time zone. The rod may flex more on the crank, but from mid on down, you will have the power to crank. On a related note, now that you are fishing for yourself, why not upgrade you own stuff to Deathtraps and Gamakatsu G Finesse. It is not like you are buying baits for clients. You earned it.

I whizzed the tomatoes in a food processor. I used a fine screen sieve to separate the skin and seeds from the rest. I added balsamic and put the the mixture over low heat and reduced it to the coat the spoon stage and then salted and peppered. The taste was cooked fresh tomato with a sweet sour backside. Think ketchup with a very fresh taste.

Pan fried chicken cutlet, cheesy spinach polenta, tomato balsamic coulis made from our patio cherry tomatoes.

Just one keeper, huh? You do realize many people have never caught a 19 inch sm?

We had guests for dinner last night. I set up a "build your own salad" station.

Forgot to post, from earlier this week, sesame noodle salad.

You are right. The second brown was 2 inches longer than the first.

I have caught two walleye on topwaters. One, a cigar, swiped at a Spook Jr. The other hit a Chug Bug I had thrown in some pole timber as I let it sit for the rings to subside. It too was small.

100 years ago, when I was a boy, there was an old mulberry tree on the banks of a creek that is now a concrete conduit to the Arkansas river. I would stand on the earth embankment and eat berries until I was sick. Memories, especially taste and smell stay with you forever.

NEVER underestimate the stupidity of our fellow boaters.

I could have posed. Larry did not know how, so the guide did. I told the guide I did not do long arms. He seemed disappointed. Long arms are great pictures. I told him to just hold the fish gentle and I would take a picture. When we got back, Don Cranor was disappointed. I think he really wanted a picture of the bow for his web page. This sounds way more snobbish than I intend, but I don't need a posed picture to remember the good fish.

Those fish have been eating well!

lamb shanks with polenta

Rivertown Redds Fly and Tackle?