Quillback

I haven't had frog legs in a long time. NW Arkansas is just not a good environment for bullfrogs.

That dog is living well. Love the springtime greenery!

It's on my to do list.

Harvested the first one today, probably could've let it grow for another day or two, but I have a dozen plants so I need to do some eating. going to stir fry it in butter.

Yeah I don't know myself, not something I can verify in my lab. 😀 I wouldn't say that they don't know jack squat about it either. I'd say "we" don't know jack squat, but there are people who are knowledgeable.

I know you asked Bill, but since I knew where, I'll post the link: https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Maxima_Ultragreen_Line/descpage-MUG.html

New strain of COVID? this is worrisome. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/a-mutant-coronavirus-has-emerged-even-more-contagious-than-the-original-study-says/ar-BB13CHNP?ocid=spartandhp

Yeah we're now under a tornado watch, I can see the storm line setting up on radar. Grrrr…..

If you don't like white bass then you probably won't like stripers.

You forgot African Killer Bees, that will be a fight to see, African Killer Bees vs Asian Murder Hornets.

Dang goggle eye, I have yet to catch one on Table Rock. I'm assuming they are good to eat?

My mom had three of those Bradford pears in her yard, storm came through and took them all out. They are a nice looking tree, but they don't last too many years before they get fragile. I'll never plant one myself. No damage here today, some heavy rain and a bit of hail and now it is sunny and windy. Weatherman says we have another round coming this evening.

That's great, sure is a lot of fun when they are biting like that!

It is here in Bella Vista, sky is really dark, rain just starting to fall, lightning and thunder.

Thanks JF for a good explanation.

The have shown up in Washington state. Another wonderful import from Asia. "Giant hornets of this species apparently enter a "slaughter phase" during which they decapitate honeybees and destroy entire hives in the span of a few hours, according to the department."

Yeah I don't fish there, Big M marina was not open as of last Friday, but maybe with the re-opening of everything it is now open.

I agree with these guys, get a pencil popper that you can throw a mile and chase top water fish. If they aren't on top, throw a 3.8 or 4.3 Keitech at them. I haven't been out on Beaver in a few weeks so I can't tell you where to fish, but they should be showing up in good numbers near the dam soon.

I have grown broccoli several times and it does well. Frost resistant so I plant it in early to mid-March and usually it will be ready mid-May. It's only good for 2 or 3 weeks, then it gets too hot and it starts going to seed. First time with the brussels, should start to produce early June.

How many times do I have to warn you guys - Do not make Vernon angry! Severe thunderstorm warning just issued for the Kimberling City area.

That's an issue for me too. I can either be an early morning fisherman or a night fisherman, but not both at the same time.

Only thing worse than seeing a pontoon on the water is seeing one at the ramp. Friday I got to the launch at noon, parking lot was full which doesn't leave much room for loading/unloading. Fortunately no one was launching or pulling out when I got to the ramp, so I got my boat on the trailer and pulled away to get it tied down. A guy towing a bass boat came in, stopped short of the ramp and started getting ready to launch. Just then, into the lot comes a guy trailering a pontoon. The pontooner pulls past the guy getting his boat ready and positions himself in front of the ramp and then starts the process of loading the toon with coolers, kids, and all the other stuff needed for a day of puttering around in a pontoon. It's a 2 lane ramp, and as I left, the poor guy towing the bass boat was jackknifing around the pontoon trying to back into the water. If I had come in 10 minutes later I would have been a participant in that mess. One of the reasons I like to go at the crack of dawn is that at least you can launch without having to deal with the circus. Getting out can be a bit dicey, but seems like if I can get out just before noon it usually isn't too bad. It is going to be a long summer, I am seriously thinking of becoming a night fisherman.

Must have been Zappa. Listened to a lot of music back in the day, but never was a Zappa fan.

You are looking like you are in great shape, as the others have said, hang in there and look forward to that time that you'll have a new shoulder that is feeling good.

Heard this song on the radio the other day, I think I'll get the CD.