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Have not seen one here so far this year. That would be no fun if riding a motorcycle.

Love those colors!

Nice rib diagram on this link. A lot of what seems to be rib bone is cartilage. The pop could have been the sound of cartilage separating from bone. Rib Cartilage Injury - Masnad Health Clinic

Never have busted one. Probably depends on the severity of the break. And do you know that it is a bone fracture? Based on how you injured it, it sounds more like some kind of rib cartilage damage.

Article states he had $20 from the robbery and he left his pistol and hat at the scene. He was found guilty at the inquest, no trial as he was lynched after the inquest.

Royals need another bat in the lineup for sure.

That's pretty neat. I need to go see a Northwest Arkansas Naturals game one of these days. They are the Royals AA team.

There was a double murder in Shell Knob in 1869. The book mentions it but says nothing about the murderer. He was found guilty, and the next day taken out of the jail by the locals and hanged outside the Courthouse in Cassville. Here's a link to the story: Jackson Carney's Murder, Barry Co., MO

Just got my copy of Buried by Table Rock Lake by Tom Koob, a little history from the book: Shell Knob was first established as a homestead in 1835 by Henry and Elizabeth Schell, near the base of Shell Knob Mountain. When a Post Office was established in 1872, the "C" was dropped from the name.

That's some good fishing, congrats!

Launched about 0545 and fished until 1030. Real busy at the launch early, stripers are in the area and folks are showing up to chase them. Had a good early topwater bite, caught some smallmouth and a small striper. Missed a couple of big striper blowups, I forgot to remind myself to not set the hook until you feel them grab it. I pulled it away from a couple of them. Top water bite ended soon, the shad were up early, and the bass were chasing them, but about an hour of daylight put the shad down and away went the top water bite. There was a bright full moon and that may have had something to do with it. Broke out the little jig and picked up some smallmouth here and there until about 9 AM and then they just shut down, Only caught one between 0900 and 1030 and decided it was time to hit the road. WT 68

I miss playing hoops, knee replacement put the kibosh on that. Glad you folks had a good time!

We fished from 6 AM until noon, we caught a lot of smallmouth - they are biting. Keitechs for the most part and a few on the little jig. Also, a handful of white bass and one striper. Some of the smallmouth are moving off the bank a little, but most are in the 5-15 FOW range. WT 66 Stripers are in the lower lake, not a lot on top, but some are. Caught this one first thing in the morning, it was chasing shad close enough to the boat that I could get a top water to him.

I caught one a few weeks ago on a Keitech that went about 5-6 lbs. Might be worth a shot at night, fish a Keitech slowly near the bottom. If you can get some shad, that would be a great bait. Keitechs have some scent built in, but if I was targeting cats I'd spray them with garlic scent.

Dutch forgot to mention the green perch bite is on fire! 😀

Local Walmart sells an apple variety called Envy. I'm riding the diet train so I'm eating a lot of fruit and vegetables. Had a lot of apples lately and the Envy ones are pretty darn good. They are a sweet apple, so if you like tart apples you probably would not like this variety. Anyway, I like them and will be getting more.

Fatties! Are they eating shad?

Suh-weet!

Way to go Marty and Pat! Did you do a raffle this year?

Way to go Pete! I am jealous.

Those fish are funny, I got bites on the Ned but could not hook them. The few that I caught on it were little males guarding nests. They whacked that 2.8 however.

Had some wind, few limbs down, but nothing major. Power stayed on here, but a couple of miles away the Walmart and the businesses around it lost power, don't know for how long.

They are showing some damage in Gravette AR, looks like it might have been a tornado, but no word yet.

Great trip for sure!