jdmidwest

Kinda like peeling shrimp, shucking crawdads, or cracking crab legs. You have to do some work for the good stuff.

I have the same set at farm. Porter Cable is just a DeWalt in different paint. Handy set of tools.

Main question. Does anyone know if a fly-fisher has ever been ticketed for a fly with materials in question? I have never been aproached in a trout park by any agent and asked in 30 years.

The land owner thing has been abused. Many that own 5 acres have killed deer elsewhere and tagged them as land owner. Seriously, how many deer can you kill on a 5 acre property without shooting a neighbor???? Creating a landowner registry is BS. They have one already, its called the tax registry. People pay taxes on the property they own. Well, they don't really own property, they pay the government annually for it. And there is a record.

Missouri spends alot of money trying to promote tourism, as do other states. Right now, TN out of state license tops them all, over $100 for all species with trout. Arkansas is pretty steep too. Il is cheap considering what everything else is in that state. You would think sporting fees would be kept lower to encourage tourism, but all of the "natural states" seem to think along my lines.

Bluegill are about the only fish I fillet and eat. If I get into a run of white bass, they will hit the cooler too. Sometimes a stray catfish goes in too.

Technically, it is a gray area that does not seem to matter. But since nobody seems to care if you use powerbait in fly areas unless you complain, it is an approved material. As long as it is on a single hook and at the end of a spin rod setup.....

??? Where did you learn history. Patton was on the German Attack, invaded thru Italy and France.

I have been looking.

Is it a boat ramp to launch a boat or just a weir to sit and drink beer and make meth on?? I was tempted to run by last time in the area but was afraid of a big let down. I have not been out there since the draw down. I was still fighting the radiation and did not have the strength to do battle for the town hall meet.

My new favorite boat is a Bass Pro Panfish 17 with a 60/40 jet on it. Pulls easy. Open design. Semi v to cut waves. Easy on the gas, Merc 4 stroke. The only drawback is that some rivers and lakes require 25 hp or 10 hp. If those did not exist, the boat would be the only one needed for fishing. The jet is really the way to go for all around fishing. We run rivers, dodge stumps on Reelfoot, and took it up Normandy Lake a few weeks back to the river source and wet waded from there. It has plenty of power, runs faster than we normally need to go, trolls good, and is a good stable fishing platform. The stick steer helps retrieve lures that snag quick. Someone is always sitting where you can run the boat and fish at the same time.

I've seen it done, pretty simple. Warm it up and press to form.

The pic is from the game cam down by the bees. I was going thru the game cam pics last night when I posted, and saw the pic. Life is getting back to normal. 2 doctor appts a year does not eat up much of my vacation time. Medical bills will go back down. I can make plans more than a month at a time again.

Sometimes the Pitot tubes don't kick up. If you back them into a stump, they break at the mount and become worthless. Then you buy a replacement and it has a different bolt pattern, you give up because you don't want to drill more holes in a perfectly good boat and rely on your GPS. I use the GPS when trolling and it seems to work well at the 1-2 mph range.

2 years ago today, I finished a 6 week radiation treatment therapy that left me with a third less of my body weight and many sores. They promised a 90 percent chance of a cure. They consider the 2 year mark without any new tumors a success. Here I am, this hurdle is past and behind me. 3 more years and we can consider this done. I am out to 6 month cycles to the doctor. Life is good.

With the threat of CWD, my doctor buddy does not recommend eating deer. But the hunting needs to continue to lesson the threat of overpopulation. Deer have really exceeded the carrying capacity of most of the lands in MO. And population density is spreading the disease. We have manipulated the nature of things too much. Again....

I like the Lews spin reels. Best bang for money. Shimanos have been dropping like flies lately. I can get them in a few trips with what they put out for less than $75 bucks. But that Lews has been going strong this season.

It's still a rough fish. Invasive species. Good target for wanton waste...... Give me a drum any day, they hit a lure like a bass.

Not really.... A bass is a sport fish.

How can you cheat at killing roughfish?

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That white face sticks out like a sore thumb. Anyone could have spotter that one unless you were high on nail polish.

So, was it a game violation this time or trespassing?? Nobody seems to pay any attention to the op. Grey Bear had a run in with the agents and he has not fessed up to what they were looking for. Then someone got off on the 4 stroke thingy.

He he.

So when is your court date?