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Yeah, this guy and his driver. Paul Castellano - Wikipedia

I was working on a project in NYC, were really busy and for a quick lunch the local guys said let's go get some dirty water dogs and get back to work. I figured those guys ate them all the time and were still alive, so I got a couple. I ate at some famous steakhouse in NYC but I can't remember the name. Fortunately it was on the customer's dime because it was expensive. I'm not worth what it would take to pay me to live there.

The annual walleye project at C.B. “Charlie” Craig Fish Hatchery in Centerton boasted a great year for production of these river-loving members of the perch family. Fish borrowed from the Kings River produced an impressive 799,235 walleye that were stocked in Lake Fort Smith, Beaver, Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes.

The state record is 9 ounces.

Next time you are in New York City, be sure and get a Dirty Water Dog from one of the street vendors.

Good for sore knees, right?

The "jelly" is the best part. I open a can of Vienny's, take out the sausages and toss them, and then eat the jelly with a spoon.

Tom W and his wife were fishing the Kings today and they caught 5 of these dudes. He asked me what I thought it was and I believe it is a yellow bass. Main identifier I see is the two dorsal fins being connected. Seems like we had a discussion on here before about yellers and some folks say that have caught them in TR, but I may be remembering wrong. Anyway, what do you think, yeller or not?

Did not know that about flatheads. One of my high schools buddies had a Portuguese grandad. His grandad and his buddies would fish for eels in the Charles river at night. They kept them, and I believe it was a Portuguese tradition to have eel as part of Christmas dinner. I have eaten eel at Japanese restaurants, and it is pretty good.

Congrats on the new boat, i don't see any fishing possibilities for myself in the near future. Tomorrow looks decent, but I have stuff to do. After that....❄️

When living in Mass. as a kid, you could go to any of the local lakes or ponds in the late evening, toss a crawler out, and it may make it a minute or two before a bullhead would eat it. And you could keep doing that until you got tired of catching them. No one fished for them, and I didn't know anyone that ate them, I certainly did not. Rumor had it they were good to eat.

Did you check to see if they were walking catfish? 😄 I remember years ago the walking catfish were on the march in Florida and everyone was afraid they would take over all the lakes and rivers there. Haven't heard one word about those things in years. I assume they are still there,

I use fluoro all the time, braid to fluoro leader and just about all my bottom dragging c-rig, jig and t-rig stuff. It's no more maintenance than mono. I use Seaguar. No drama at all. Palomar knots are easy to tie. I'll use mono for top water and moving baits. I like Maxima. I have tried straight braid with jigs and ned rigs, it catches fish, but that is the one line I have abrasion problems with fishing rocky lakes like TR and Beaver. Because of that, I have gone to fluoro leaders. I know that others have been able to fish straight braid on dragging techniques on these lakes, but it had not worked for me.

Speaking of cold - have you guys seen the forecast for next week? We may be ice fishing.

I read the book mentioned in the article. People are crazy for those things.

Or head to Florida! Your timing is good.

Got out for a few hours today, fishing was slower than it was last time I was out there with Dutch. I caught 6 bass, one was a 3 lb. smallmouth. Ned rigs were my best bait. WT 48 Some weather on the way, may be a while before I can get out again.

Easter bunny suit - Vern, you may have something there.

It has been at least a dozen years since I fished for them, but I'd go over in late September/early October. I'd net some shad for bait, and then slowly drag either a whole shad, or a chunk on the bottom. Limit was 10, and If things were right, I would limit. 2-3 lb. blues with a channel cat every now and then. Depth finder would show them on the bottom almost continuously. Only negative was the rec boats after about 9 AM. Even in October there is a bunch of them.

I have a buddy that lives not too far away from Grand, we keep talking about chasing the blues, but have not yet done it. Excellent eating fish too.

I bet they would be good bait for the blue cats in Grand.

There's always one around my house, could be more I guess, but I only see one at a time. Someone told me a chipmunk ate all the insulation off the wiring in their car, so since hearing that, I don't trust them.

I have heard of the extra perks. It is crazy the amount of money being thrown around college football.

Can you buy something like a full body spacesuit that is heated? For $99? That's what I would've needed the other day.

Heard of a guy here in Bella Vista that live trapped them around his house and released them somewhere up in MO. He'd trap one and a few days later another would show up. He started painting their backs with orange spray paint as he was convinced they were migrating back to his house from where he released them miles away. Needless to say, none of the orange ones ever came back.