Quillback

Couple of flakes falling right now, but it won't amount to anything in this area.

I have eaten the freeze dried meals on hiking trips, it beats canned Army C-rations, but it's not something I would want to live on unless necessary. Better than nothing. No I haven't bought any of it (yet).

Map from John Hopkins showing virus locations. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

Just filled up today, $2.05 which was a drop of 3 cents/gallon the last time I filled up. I think big oil is just messing with our minds. 😃

They look interesting as they have a weedguard . Only available in 1/8 oz however. https://jewelbait.com/shop/details/gem-series/gem-shad-20-3-pack

Thanks - weather report looks pretty good for early next week. Seems like we're in a pattern where we get a couple of nice days, then a front comes in and we have a few bad days, then repeats.

If it is clear right now wherever you live, if you look off to the southwest, there's a bright crescent moon with the planet Venus (also very bright) just a few degrees above it. Neat sight in the sky.

Launched out of Big M today around 0915. I started later today as the forecast called for fog and cold and I hate fishing in ice fog. Well when I got to Big M it was still right around freezing and still foggy. Fortunately the sun burned though and it warmed and really did feel like spring out there once the afternoon rolled around. Had to work for them today, caught 13 total, 3 keepers, biggest being a smallmouth that was a crawdad short of weighing 4 lbs. Fish were scattered, almost all my bites came in 20-30 FOW of points, steep rocky banks, and run out rocky ledges on a couple of cove mouths. Fishing the Ned rig really slow, as a matter of fact had several bites on the bottom below the trolling motor - I think those bass are just swimming along, following the bait and when I stop it, and just shake it a little, for 10-15 seconds they'll pick it up. Been fishing a new Ned type bait called a "Sukoshi Bug", it's in the pic with the largemouth. So far it hasn't fished any better that the traditional cut Zinker, but it does catch fish and it is something different to show them. Water is still a stained green color, maybe 5 feet of viz. Forgot to check the WT, but I'd guess 47 or so.

Heck no, It's great info, I like having it on here just in case the day comes that I decide to get serious about walleye fishing.

Another Riley's fan here. They rent boats and also can guide you. I'd look at getting a reservation in soon if you're coming in spring/summer.

Very nice! Wish I would've seen this before I went out today, LOL. Should've thrown a Keitech...

It's $2.08 down here, we're getting ripped off!

Interesting how the oil and gas markets are reacting. Gas futures for February are down 6 cents/gallon. I guess people are seeing a potential for a decrease in travel and therefore less demand for petroleum products near term.

That's a tank! Congrats!

Scary stuff. I saw a news blurb where they were constructing 2 new 1,000 room hospitals in Wuhan. One of the strains of flu going ad here right now is pretty nasty too. My buddies wife has it and she is really sick. Latest flu shot doesn't cover that strain either.

I can't tell how much clearer it is on the lower end, but definitely more viz up there. A person I talk to who is a regular has fished both ends lately, and he nailed them down on the lower end. He also had some bad days there. Seems to be if you can find those big schools and of course fish them the right way, you can do really well as we're seeing. And something else, his keeper ratio to shorts was much better on the lower end.

Upper end is sure been fishing different this year, and that's not been just my experience. Pre-spawn approaching, I'm interested to see what we'll have then.

Didn't realize it was 2 big fish, thought it was two pic of the same one. Well, congrats again! I hate those mystery fish, big ones that you have on that get off before you get a chance to at least identify them.

Nice one!

Sorry you guys are offended. You call somebody a "Suzy" and some folks will respond in a negative way. You've in effect called them out. This is a public forum, all of us need to act in the same way we would in public. If you tick somebody off with your comments, you can delete them yourself once you realize that you caused offence, might help to send an apology to them too. But people won't do that, so someone has to do it for them. I realize what Wrench said was said in jest, but it didn't appear that way to the other member. The whole conversation had to go. You think that Phil likes that kind of stuff? He doesn't, he's considered shutting down the board entirely because of stuff like this.

Would be good to see Reid and the Chiefs win the SB. Interesting game, I think that it comes down to the Chiefs being able to score on the Niners. Niner offense isn't capable of playing catch up in my opinion. Mahomes is slippery and he will need to be because that Niner front 4 are going to be after him.

Lot of trees and a tiny bit of snow. About 100 yards back in those trees sits a bulldozer, and some of those trees will be gone as they are going to put in a house. I don't see too many deer there, they are out there, but that isn't one of the places they hang out.

Wrench you are over reacting. Think it over, this forum is too big a part of your life for you to leave. Just be a little more thoughtful on calling people names, not everyone is in tune with your sense of humor. We can't have people calling each other out.