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It is burned in my head! LOL!

Dang. We caught a lot of fish yesterday. And that was after crappie fishing.

This is what I did while you guys were sitting inside arguing on your computers. All caught on 3/32 oz. brown and orange marabou jigs with orange heads fishing an ultra light strung with 4 lb. P-Line from a boat. Most were caught within 25 feet of the bank under bright sunny conditions in 10-15 mph winds on Lake Taneycomo in front of the landing. Cast jig to bank, let sink and slowly bounce it back in. Set hook when you feel the tug. Released another 45-50 of them. They are not there most of the time. I was just in the right place at the right time today. Fished there many other times in the last couple of weeks and the most I have caught has been 3. Probably caught 15 or 20 trout there today also.

Cant really tell for sure if they are Harleys or Indians, but they look like either 45 cubic inch or 80 cubic inch flat head motors. Springer front ends, suicide shifters The HD 45 cubic inch flat head was used during WW2. It was the WLA model. After the war they were very cheap and easy to get.

Sound fantastic Scott. Made my mouth water.

Nice job Doug. How is ol' Stubby?

Really cool pictures Marty. The bike is definitely 1940's era. I had a 1947 flathead that looked real similar.

That same thing happens to me a lot after a hunt……Maybe I should have……:-)

Way to go BilletHeads!

Sometimes you just gotta shoot something! LOL!

That is one pig of a cheetos stuff goose!

Thanks for your support JohnP

Thanks for your support Michael Kyle in making the first raffle ticket purchase! Its going for a great cause.

Tri-Lakes Ducks Unlimited has teamed with Mid Way Shooting Systems and are sponsoring a Raffle to support the Crane, MO High School Trap Team.....Tickets are $30 each and with each ticket purchase you get a set of "Our Family Legacy" Browning pocket knives in a commemorative tin depicting Potterfield family hunting scenes. Once all 300 tickets are sold, one ticket will be drawn for a matching set of adult and youth model custom Browning A-Bolt rifles chambered in .257 Roberts. These are absolutely beautiful guns, and a great way to help our local kids in our own local community. These are the set of knives that you get with the purchase of every ticket for the raffle. You do not have to be present to win, and we are going to try and have the drawing at our Annual Tri-Lakes Ducks Unlimited Banquet on March 29th at Big Cedar Lodge if all tickets have been sold by that date. If you would like to purchase a raffle ticket for this drawing, please get ahold of me at 417-294-8672

Great report! Welcome to the forum.

Not dead yet. Now the EPA has to make the decision on whether or not to enforce their findings and even then, I guess that decision can be overridden.

Thanks Waterman. Yes I am just a part timer up there…LOL!

Oh, Im getting excited!

I have nothing against mining personally. The problem is, this area is not geologically sound. It is known as the ring of fire. There are 27 active volcanoes surrounding this area and several earth quakes weekly in the region. The waste containment ponds/lakes are to be made with earthen dams. They say that a spill or accident is unlikely, but they can not guarantee a spill will not happen. The EPA has said we would absolutely loose up to 94 miles of salmon and trout spawning habitat….can we really afford to loose anymore? Most of the people that work and live in the Bristol Bay area are against it and they are very vocal about it up there. You can not go anywhere with out seeing the no Pebble stuff. Most of the people make their living off the salmon fisheries in some manner. It is a 1.5 billion dollar a year renewable resource for ever, or until we destroy it. I believe the last I heard, the Pebble Mine was estimated to be a 50-100 billion dollar low grade deposit. I don't really know what that means, but it is my understanding that less than 1 % of the rock dirt and soil would actually have andy valuable material in it. Lots of stuff to sift through to get to it in my opinion. It is a beautiful country up there. It would be a shame to destroy it for some gold and copper. Maybe in the future, mining companies can come up with a safer way to get their bounty. Or they could just haul all that low grade material out of there and sift though it in their own back yards…..that would be ok with me too.

EPA releases Bristol Bay Assessment describing potential impacts to salmon and water from copper, gold mining Release Date: 01/15/2014 Contact Information: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, kader.hanady@epa.gov Agency launched study after requests for action to protect Bristol Bay watershed from large-scale mining (Seattle - Jan. 15, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its final Bristol Bay Assessment describing potential impacts to salmon and ecological resources from proposed large-scale copper and gold mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The report, titled "An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska," concludes that large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed poses risks to salmon and Alaska Native cultures. Bristol Bay supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world, producing nearly 50 percent of the world’s wild sockeye salmon with runs averaging 37.5 million fish each year. "Over three years, EPA compiled the best, most current science on the Bristol Bay watershed to understand how large-scale mining could impact salmon and water in this unique area of unparalleled natural resources," said Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10. "Our report concludes that large-scale mining poses risks to salmon and the tribal communities that have depended on them for thousands of years. The assessment is a technical resource for governments, tribes and the public as we consider how to address the challenges of large-scale mining and ecological protection in the Bristol Bay watershed." To assess potential mining impacts to salmon resources, EPA considered realistic mine scenarios based on a preliminary plan that was published by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EPA also considered mining industry references and consulted mining experts. Numerous risks associated with large-scale mining are detailed in the assessment: Risks from Routine Operation Mine Footprint: Depending on the size of the mine, EPA estimates 24 to 94 miles of salmon-supporting streams and 1,300 to 5,350 acres of wetlands, ponds, and lakes would be destroyed. EPA estimates an additional 9 to 33 miles of salmon-supporting streams would experience altered streamflows likely to affect ecosystem structure and function. Waste and Wastewater Management: Extensive quantities of mine waste, leachates, and wastewater would have to be collected, stored, treated and managed during mining and long after mining concludes. Consistent with the recent record of similar mines operating in the United States, polluted water from the mine site could enter streams through uncollected leachate or runoff, in spite of modern mining practices. Under routine operations, EPA estimates adverse direct and indirect effects on fish in 13 to 51 miles of streams. Risks from Accidents and Failures Wastewater Treatment Plant: Short and long-term water collection and treatment failures are possible. Depending on the size of the mine, EPA estimates adverse direct and indirect effects on fish in 48 to 62 miles of streams under a wastewater treatment failure scenario. Transportation Corridor: A transportation corridor to Cook Inlet would cross wetlands and approximately 64 streams and rivers in the Kvichak River watershed, 55 of which are known or likely to support salmon. Culvert failures, runoff, and spills of chemicals would put salmon spawning areas in and near Iliamna Lake at risk. Pipeline: Consistent with the recent record of petroleum pipelines and of similar mines operating in North and South America, pipeline failures along the transportation corridor could release toxic copper concentrate or diesel fuel into salmon-supporting streams or wetlands. Tailings Dam: Failure of a tailings storage facility dam that released only a partial volume of the stored tailings would result in catastrophic effects on fishery resources. The assessment found that the Bristol Bay ecosystem generated $480 million in economic activity in 2009 and provided employment for over 14,000 full and part-time workers. The region supports all five species of Pacific salmon found in North America: sockeye, coho, Chinook, chum and pink. In addition, it is home to more than 20 other fish species, 190 bird species, and more than 40 terrestrial mammal species, including bears, moose and caribou. In 2010, several Bristol Bay Alaska Native tribes requested that EPA take action under the Clean Water Act to protect the Bristol Bay watershed and salmon resources from development of the proposed Pebble Mine, a copper, gold and molybdenum mining venture backed by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Other tribes asked EPA to wait for a mine permitting process to begin before taking action on the potential environmental issues Pebble Mine presents. Before responding to these requests, EPA identified a need for a scientific assessment to better inform the agency and others. EPA and other scientists with expertise in Alaska fisheries, mining, geochemistry, anthropology, risk assessment, and other disciplines reviewed information compiled by federal resource agencies, tribes, the mining industry, the State of Alaska, and scientific institutions from around the world. EPA focused on the Nushagak and Kvichak River watersheds, which support approximately half of the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon runs. EPA maintained an open public process, reviewing and considering all comments and scientific data submitted during two separate public comment periods. The agency received approximately 233,000 comments on the first draft of the assessment and 890,000 comments on the second draft. EPA held eight public meetings attended by approximately 2,000 people. EPA consulted with federally recognized tribal governments and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act village and regional corporations. The study has been independently peer reviewed for its scientific quality by 12 scientists with expertise in mine engineering, salmon fisheries biology, aquatic ecology, aquatic toxicology, hydrology, wildlife ecology, and Alaska Native cultures. The agency reviewed information about the copper deposit at the Pebble site and used data submitted by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the document titled "Preliminary Assessment of the Pebble Project, Southwest, Alaska," which provides detailed descriptions of three mine development cases representing 25, 45 and 78 years of open pit mining. The 45-year development scenario was presented as the reference case in the Northern Dynasty report. Over the course of the assessment, EPA met with tribes, Alaska Native corporations, mining company representatives, state and local governments, tribal councils, fishing industry representatives, jewelry companies, seafood processors, restaurant owners, chefs, conservation organizations, members of the faith community, and members of Congress. EPA produced the report with its authority to perform scientific assessments under Clean Water Act section 104. As a scientific report, this study does not recommend policy or regulatory decisions.

Good video. Enjoyed watching it. Thanks

When I first got into duck hunting, all these nicknames were really confusing. I thought there we're hundreds of different ducks that I needed to be able to identify while flying. Im telling you, it was very intimidating.

Brother Dave, a buddy of mine and I were hunting Truman a couple of weeks ago and had 300-400 mallards tornadoing on us. We had to blow on the calls non-stop till we were blue in the face to keep them working. If we let off, they would start to peal away. Start calling again and they would come back and start circling again getting lower and lower with every pass. On each pass, 2-8 of them would set down in the decoys. This went on for well over 20 minutes and we had several chances to shoot the whole time. The only shot that was fired was after none of us could even gasp another breath of air and blow into the calls. I was seeing stars from calling for so long and could not keep my cheeks from puffing out while trying to call. The shot that was taken was at a single mallard just hovering right over our heads for 30 seconds or more. It fell right into our laps and we just watched the 50-60 birds that were in our decoys lift up and take off with the other couple of hundred that were still in the air. It was an awesome sight that was absolutely mesmerizing. I would not trade that for a pile of any kind of birds ever.

Yes he did. That was kind of a cool deal. He tried getting ahold of Jim Johnson at Naknek River Camp (the place I started guiding in Alaska) and Jim got ahold of Phil Lilley, then Phil forward the contact information for Jeff to me. We passed a few emails back and forth and I ended up giving him about 3 pages of stuff for hunting Table Rock. My understanding is most of it is going in the book they are collectively writing. Pretty cool deal. Thanks for sending him my way Chris.

Well said Marty. Posting about a bad day of duck hunting is just parr of duck hunting. We all have slow days. I have more than my fair share for sure.I think most people do not get the numbers of opportunities as I do to go duck hunting. I will probably have at least 10 days a year where I never even get to fire a shot. Its got to be more than the pile to keep me putting up with that kind of abuse. Hope of cupped wings are the motivator in my book. Many times I have been too enthralled in watching working birds that I have not shot when provided ample opportunity. I do enjoy helping others on this forum that ask for help. I have sent them pinpointed maps of my hunting spots and have even taken them out to spots to hunt with them. I do not mind sharing the information especially if I have found some little trick that has worked for me under certain situations. For the most part, the commarodary on this forum is fantastic.