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Would not be the same, and would not reduce hook damage. However, requiring true circle hooks (not the offset variety) would certainly reduce the gut hook kills. As a brown trout bait fisherman who practices catch and release, I would support that regulation.

Far out! Right on!

Try it as your rub on smoked pork butt or brisket.

Surgically removed followed by radiation treatment to assure remission.

Boooo!

Cavenders is made in Harrison, Arkansas. Some say it is the only thing coming from Harrison that is worth anything. Just what I heard.

These type of things baffle and hurt me. I hope their families know how many people feel for them.

Way up lake, Big M and above all the way to Houseman, is never as bad. From the dam, you are talking 50 or 60 river miles. Trust me, the upper end holds good fish (perhaps not as many SM). Stay in crazy Eureka, launch at Holiday Island (they sometimes have nightly slips with power), and enjoy.

I learned to fish in Oklahoma. Except for Spavinaw and Tenkiller, most of the lakes look like that six months a year, even Grand. All the farm ponds do. Chartreuse spinner baits with large Colorado blades, chartreuse rattling Big O's, and 10 or 12 inch Jelly worms (purple or black) with a fire tail. When I moved to Arkansas, it took me two years or more to adjust.

Almost from scratch beanie weenie.

I have not posted lately. Boring food here. I do have a couple of pictures even though I have posted similar before.

Just an observation. I always found that by August, I caught more keepers on trolled cranks or vertical jigs and spoons. I ascribed it to bait speed and impulse bites as opposed to feeding bites. If I was using a harness, every minute or so, I would take the rod and pull it back until the tip was behind my head. Then I would let it drop back down on a slack line. I caught any number of hot water fish on the drop.

You are talking my language. Did you even use the big motor?

Bad day today. We had to put down the 15 year old boy Corgi, Sol, this morning. Didn't even try to fix dinner. Bought some grocery store sushi. Yak. It may have been a culinary adventure, but not one I will take again.

We all are.

Orzo vegetable stew.

Yes!

Retirement: Other than the wife, you don't need to listen to anyone or do what they want. Simply look them in the eye and say, "I'm retired." You can wear comfortable clothes. Dress up is optional and only required when you want. You can even wear sneakers at funerals. You can shop when everyone else is at work. People underestimate you. You can stand to one side and say, "In my day ..." Senior Discounts! You finally have a defense for forgetting something. Smile sheepishly and say. "Senior moment." Late night owl? Enjoy. Chime in if you want.

After about 55 or 60, you need reasons to keep working. A dear friend of mine is working at 80. Drinking days and 3 divorces leave him no choice. Another friend goes to the office every day, clean shaven and polished shoes. He loves what he does. Most are marking time. I am thankful, very thankful, I found a way to become a one of the keep working group because I loved it . I may have retired too early at 70.

Really? Never fished there. 😁

I love big bull gills. I can taste a fried batch in my mouth.

I know your feelings. So does my wife. By 2000, I disliked being a professional $$$hole. Same year, wife became tired of superiors who did not know what they were doing and were killing the company for whom they worked. (BTW, they were successful. The company filed for bankruptcy less than a year after she left.) That is when we decided to run away to Arkansas. To explain the state I had reached, I found eighth graders easier to deal with than lawyers.

Eureka Springs has a whole colony of piebald squirrels.

I, and several I know, are glad they stock all those little trout. Walleye and bass love them.

Senior moment.