Quillback

Yep - I didn't want to end up dealing with that. ^^

You can't use the excuse that you don't have enough time to exercise. I walk an hour a day, do some stretching, some weight work. If you want to fish when you are getting up there in years, you need to keep yourself functional.

With last night's loss to Cleveland, they are now 4.5 games out of the last wild card spot, not to mention they have 3 teams in front of them. They aren't mathematically eliminated, but with 13 or 14 games to go, it is unlikely they'll get the last spot. Barring injuries, they look to be set for next year.

As I was leaving Big M today, I passed the park attendant in his golf cart. The parrot had a little perch on the side of the cart that it was standing on, and it was a real bird. Found a top water bite today, only problem was I found it a little late and it didn't last long. Also took me a bit to find out what topwater they wanted, which was the 90 size Plopper. I think a 75 size would've been better as they were eating little one inch shad but did not have one on hand. Caught a half dozen on top, which doesn't sound too good, but several swings and misses and several long distance releases. Mostly spots, but there were some good fish out there. Caught a handful on the jig early. Things went dead at 0930. I fished until 1130. If I have time, I'll see if they are there Monday. I'll be ready for them if they are. Had a gull go after the Plopper - it snuck in from behind me and went straight for the plopper. I had to reel it in as fast as I could to keep that dang bird from grabbing the plopper. I learned that yelling at those things does not scare them off. One of his buddies showed up and I had two of them chasing my plopper. Had to stop casting for a bit until they left. WT 78

May have to look for those gills next week.

Nice colors on that brook trout!

I have seen black squirrels, they are fairly common in New England, but never have seen one of those piebald dudes.

I didn't know the guy myself, but if they did, those are some traveling chipmunks.

I can't say that I miss working. Not so much that it was a bad job, but working 40-60 hour weeks puts a big dent in fishing time. Oh, and welcome to the ranks of the retired Ham. Once it cools down you'll have to come over here and fish for some redears, I have not gotten around to fishing for them and the bluegill this year, but I have been told there can be some good fall fishing for them.

I've got some stuff to do Saturday or I might have wandered over there.

There was a guy here in Bella Vista that live trapped chipmunks. He would trap them and take them to MO somewhere and release them. They kept showing up at his house and he thought they were coming back from MO. So he started spray painting them orange so he could ID them if they came back.

Used to buy blank cassettes and then make my personal version of a greatest hits cassette.

I have not done much trot lining, the only advice I have is to use green perch as bait if you can catch some. Here's a link to a good read about trot lining: 24 Fascinating Photos of Catfish Trotlining, a Dying Art in the South

Never have eaten boiled peanuts, it doesn't sound good, but if I ever see any, I'll have to try them.

I don't know how far Roaring River is from you, but Nov. 1 starts the catch and release season. Tim's Fly Shop is somewhere near there and I'm sure you could get tips on what to use from them.

I have a few glide baits, never throw them. Looks like I should.

It's not a bad idea...

Mailbox was full, got it emptied. I'm Jeff BTW.

Beet juice and magnesium - sounds tasty! (Not). Great to see ya'll had a good time!

Have not been out on the lake for a while. Nice cool morning so it was time to give it a shot. Cool, heck - it was COLD early. 54 degrees, but my body is still adjusted for 94. September on this lake has always been a tough month for me. It wasn't bad today, but I had to work for my fish. I caught 13 bass, 2 were keepers. About an even split between catching them on a jig and on the c-rig. I beat the banks, my deepest fish might have been 15 feet. I did not go out deep and look for electronic fish, I'm sure there are some out there. Very little bass top water activity, lots of carp and gar flopping around, but few bass. There are little half inch shad everywhere. Rec boats are gone, at least today. Not a lot of fishermen either. I hear there are some Facebook reports of quite a few walleyes being caught. Surface water temp is 78.

I used to be OK with peanuts, I could eat them, but would not go out of my way to get them. Lately I have become addicted to the roasted ones in the shell. Can't stop eating them until the bag is empty.

I have only fished the trout section a couple of times when I had an aluminum boat and could get it up past the shoals below the bridge. Caught a few trout but never got a bunch.