jdmidwest

My buddy caught the bass Sunday off a timber point near the camp. There was a tourney boat fishing in front of us as we rounded it. Big tourney out of Rockaway beach was what we were told. Just 3.5 lbs

Fished later at Taney and only caught one trout. Moss was floating everywhere and making it hard to fish. Leaves and debris kept choking up the jet pump. Missed Phil at the shop, he was out fishing. Place looking nice, best on the river. Pulled out on Monday morning and headed back to Current River. Caught this nice little walleye that afternoon. Ended up with 45 assorted bass and goggle eyes on Tuesday on a nice fishing day. Most were short fish, but lots of fun. Had the river to ourselves. Nice camping weather this trip. Enjoyed the ride.

The rest of the story. That camper glowed till the late hours of the nite. He spent extra for the track lites along each edge of the camper that moved in a light show and the flood light package. Probably cost him a few extra thousand on his 144 easy payments at the dealership. But a few Cobra Scares Beers and I was able to sleep. Tried to launch the next morning at the Table Rock State Park ramp. It was closed for some Bass Pro Function. Took a little cussing, but they let me put in, had to drop trailer off at campsite and park rig at Marina. Cloudy, cooling off, misting rain, and front rolling thru. Few bass were landed around the points. Best came behind a tourney fisher on a tube. Not mine, none for me in the back of the boat.

Cut down the oak trees and make some fire wood. Plant some pines back there.

Check the regs, some areas are closed during upcoming waterfowl migration. Duck Creek Main Pool closes soon or is already closed. Stanley Creek open I think, but not sure. The wilderness, paddle in area has crappie and bass along with all of the usual swamp fishes. Interesting area. Been kind of dry lately in the area, water may be low. I have not been on the area fishing for about 12 years.

That makes a roid look like fun. Made it all the way thru the intestines. Wonder if the plastic dissolved.

Sweet ride. Current River will be getting good soon and you owe me a boat ride.

He cut the line before the popper came out today on Current River

Neighbor is afraid of dark. Fking light show over there.

Nope, but have a new thumper toy. Thats what the ad caption calls it....

Day one, Current River from Doniphan till 1, then the Trump caravan came down river. Had a nice little walleye and several bass on tubes an a drop shot worm. Looked at upper North Fork and Theodosia arm. High water whacked that area good and all looked closed. Camped at Table Rock State Park for next few days

Plenty of water this year, but it's swifter too. Might get dangerous.

Looks better a few miles from your place. Table Rock State Park for the next few days for me. Ads are back. Popping good on my hotspot and tablet. Page loads good

Firefox and no ads. Most of the banners and everything else gone.

Its Bright. But smooth.

Sitting in my house getting ready for work. Watching FOX News. Thinking that was one big little private plane to make that hole. Then the second hit and I called the office. Loaded up a few extra things in the truck and went into town.. Cancelled a trip to a customer next to a Nuclear site near Paducah that day. Gathered up the family scattered about. By that afternoon, there was that weird sound, silence. Traffic off the streets, no airplanes in the air. Surreal. The weeks following it were a very different time in life for sure. Nothing like the Covid scare.

Can't work close enough to get their jobs done. Have to social distance.

Pop a turtle with the sidearm next to the offending boat gets there attention every time....

I had a pet Praying Mantis years ago hanging out on the Hummingbird Feeder. I think it was trying to catch one. I kept it fed in the afternoons with grasshoppers and tomato horn worms off the garden, by hand. It would be there the same time after I got off work. It seemed to have a sense of reason. I have almost domesticated them. They have a sense of trust. Bees, they have a sense of reason. They have an inherited sense of reason. Black will get you stung because of bears and skunks. They remember a white suit for a few days also and will attack. But they don't come after me wearing anything else.

Stripers it is. Been wanting to catch a bigger one since I hooked one on the TN below Pickwick this spring. Buddies are all fired up too.

One of my best smallmouth runs on the Tn River has a Water Turkey Rookery on it. Stinks really bad drifting thru there, easy to scare off so they don't crap on you. But we always catch bass there.

They were scientists, not outdoorsman.

Mike and Wendy at Hufstedlers would be the one. https://www.hufstedlers.com/

So you are thinking that a 86 year old woman may be as tough of meat as your dog? Probably less upkeep.

Wow, so much trash on a workday after a 3 day weekend. Water is low on NFOW but stripers are running up it because of the high flows?? I can stop at Spring River on the way and pick up some dink trout and use them for Striper bait as long as I say I am OK? Koolaid hands is still PO'd that Trump is getting a second term. Trip is laid in stone now. Yaks on first day, unknown river in SE Mo. Then Tecumseh and over to Taney. Anything that bites a hook fair game. Goofy weather pattern, big cold front up north and lots of moisture down south. Looks like the best route for time alloted. Subject to change with some revisions.