Flysmallie

The biggest complaint I have heard is the amount of tax. It’s still early for them but they should have done it more like Cali or Washington. Because Tait done affect me so I don’t really care.

Or California, Nevada, Washington. Heard Illinois is still struggling to figure it out.

Me either.

I have no need for those either. i wasn’t looking for a pistol for protection. I have zero need for that. I just happened across a 1911 22LR and thought it would be a fun toy.

Yes I have one. But I don’t carry. Have no need to.

Well the cheapie I was looking at probably isn’t very accurate. But it still looks like fun. I’m not looking for protection, just some plinking.

I’m sitting here thinking about buying a pistol. 😷

Except for the ignorant war on drugs.

I don't have a problem doing it if needed. People always say it's our duty to vote for a bunch of lying a$$holes but nobody wants to do the other part which is jury duty. Most every workday is swamped with stuff that is a waste of time as far as I'm concerned.

911 would be a good place to start.

I did jury duty one time. We sat around all morning waiting to actually do something. This was way before smartphones so we all just sat there quietly. Around lunchtime they took us into a room and brought us lunch. There was a TV in there and pretty soon we were all watching this movie. It wasn't a great movie and I don't even remember what it was. But we had nothing else to do so we all watched. About the time it was getting to the climatic ending some dude walks in, shuts off the TV and tells everybody to go home. Probably never been a bigger group of potential jurors being so upset about being able to leave.

I have seen bass boats all the way up to the 215 bridge by Morrisville. You don’t have to pass an IQ test to buy a boat.

Been there, done that. LOL.

We really gotta get you into a physics class.

As long as you keep it up on plane it will!!

I thought you guys were discussing river levels.

870 is way too much.

Looks like dad has effectively shut down the country. NBA suspends season. Was listening to some of the businesses in Austin that are in trouble because of SXSW cancelling. This is going to hurt.

It’s been around 15 years or so but I spent several consecutive weekends down there chasing one fish. I had located a monster smallmouth and just kept going back trying to get it to take my offering. It would follow, chase, or take a swipe at times but I never got a solid hookup. I’d usually get there at sunrise and leave around 9am when people started showing up. So one morning I get there and I’m working that fish and there isn’t another person around. No cars. No people. Just a beautiful morning. So I’m standing in the same spot on this big gravel bar just casting away. All of a sudden that quiet tranquil morning is destroyed by the sound of a shotgun pumping one in the chamber. And it was close. I turn around and there was a guy, with a shotgun, about 20 feet behind me. I asked him what the F he thought he was doing and he told me his kid has lost his shoes down there the day before and he came down to look for them. I chewed his butt pretty good for being a douchebag. In hindsight that probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do since he was the one holding the gun but what do you expect when you sneak up on someone and do that?? He apologized and disappeared back into the brush but I gave up chasing that particular fish that day. It’s been a pretty screwed up place ever since.

Well I’m this particular spot there was always law enforcement around. Last few times I was there they would be there too. I even had one stop me and my youngest daughter from going further down river because of what was going on. He was just waiting on backup. Not much use going down there to write tickets for underage drinking when it was 100% older people causing the issues. Law enforcement did put a lot of pressure on it at times and that did run off most of the kids but the adults took over and made it way worse. But it was a private road on private land and the landowners just got sick of the BS and trash everywhere.

It was really turning bad down there. Too many people doing too many bad things. Been going down there since 1986. Pisses me off that the idiots have ruined another great access around Springfield,

Caplinger is below Stockton. You need to look above. Taylor, Orleans, Frisco Trail, and 215 are the spots on the Lil Sac you need to be looking at. Going to be a lot closer to Springfield. You also have the James River close to Table Rock and Beaver Creek close to Bull Shoals for the spring run of Whites.

If you want a good smallmouth spot go somewhere else. I love the Sac and Lil Sac and Turnback creek but there are better places for smallmouth in about the same driving distance. it’s weird really because Stockton is such a good smallmouth lake. But up the rivers it’s a bunch of small spotted bass. Fun, but not what you are after.

Yeah I read all up on it when it first happened. That's the physics nerd in me. It was a horrible patch job to keep up with competition. People should hang.

Yeah but sometimes the weather changes on ya and you have no choice. That boat could be running 20 mph in those shots.