jdmidwest

I remember a cold winter day, late in the afternoon, I used that old pit toilet. Unknown to me, the door was messed up, swelled from rust. I went in and closed it with a sound like a bank vault closing on me. On the way out, it would not open. I kicked the crap out of it and finally it busted free. I thought I was going to spend the cold night in that thing. I was stripped down to just jeans and a shirt going in.

Looks like they are mowing things down to increase traffic flow on upper river. Not good. River is too small for float traffic up there. They should keep it down stream. I wonder if they will "improve" the worthless handicap access they spent alot of coin on several years back.

Third week of April would be a nice time to see spring at its best. Watch stream gauges and weather reports, its flood season. In April, the whole river should be floatable. A kayak or canoe would be best to see the sights and fish. It would be money well spent if water is running clear and normal. Fishing and floating makes for an enjoyable spring day. You can cover more water and get away from accesses that all can walk around and fish. Wade fishing would be best in upper stretches. Lower river below Alley Spring has deeper holes. Plenty of side trips in the area if water is high. The entire area of the Ozarks will be in its finest colors.

That place is a bear with a 4 mile wind. Yesterday, I think it clocked in around 45 mph in the afternoon. Flat land and not much breaks. I always look at the wind when I head down there. Its best when glassed over or a gentle breeze. Otherwise, you can hi center a stump and end up in a hard spot. I have duck hunted it in the middle of the main pool with about a 10 inch swell holding on to a cypress tree. Shooting sucked. It does not take much of a wind to stir up the waves on it. But you did what was needed. Check wind direction and fish off the side the wind is blowing. Deep lane around East, West, and South side. It was worth a shot. I would have bailed out and fished Stanley Creek down and Mingo. Its an option if wind is puffing.

Where do you find those plastic slabs? I hate drilling into the boat.

You may want to check with an agent before you get around one of their nests. There may be a law against disturbing a Federal Bird.

Its been there a while. Or some local lost it last week bait fishing for lunkers. Could have been Erics. He must have hooked a stocker and it swam upstream towards the hatchery with it.

Good luck. Just trying to keep you from fouling our drinking water down south here. Don't believe all you see on the internet.

Is Aquatic event a new term for swimming lessons in waders?

A kayak is designed to be light and lean to paddle. The least amount of weight in the boat should let you glide upstream against most currents. Hull design comes into play too and that may be dragging you down with a paddle. The boat has a weight rating sticker somewhere on it. Unless you are a stick man, I would say the accessories installed may be reaching the max for the hull design. I have seen the Missouri River on a few crossings. Actually went to downtown riverside St Charles for the first time last Sat. Neat place. That river looks like bigger boat and motor territory. How does the rig hold up to barge wake?

Pvc. The backyard engineer's wonder material. Just a thought. If you take all of that crap off of the kayak, it should be light enough to paddle upstream easily. Where is the battery for the trolling motor?

Buy a little outdoor fireplace or fire pit and burn them a little at a time. Enjoy a nice little fire all summer long.

Spring is coming too fast. It needs to slow down some or a big frost will brown things up pretty bad. Things are a few weeks ahead. I have maple leaves coming out here. People are mowing yards. Willows are green. I bet there is still a winter bite coming.

Looks like its almost on. Cold front chilling things down around here. Frost this weekend. Bradford pears just bloomed today and bees are hauling pollen and nectar in a major flow. Frost will put an end to it.

Its artificial lures and flies only in the Blue Ribbon areas. No bait or soft plastics. NO Rules against trebles on artificial lures. Unless you get him on fish over limits, he does show 2 fish on 2 stringers, could be his and someone else. Claiming lunkers on something caught out of park may be fraud since he gets a patch as a reward may be against the law.

Electronics are out of date. And I just bought an 08 Tracker that had only been on water 2 times. Nice Boat.

At this rate, Turkeys will be done before youth season this year. Last year they were peaked at youth season weekend and mainly done for after first week of regular season. Looks like it will be full green by the time turkey season gets here.

I got the same ad. Went to the store Sat. and did not find anything on the ad I went to buy. Walked out empty handed. Ended up finding most of the stuff at Gander Mtn. Bass Pro had sent me a $25 card ad for looking at a boat. All I had to do was find someone to show me a boat. Get back to the Boat Center and they were having a dog show. No boat helpers around in sight. Went in there before Christmas and the Boat Center was full of Christmas crap and Santa Claus. I begin to wonder if they actually want to sell anything at a store any more.

If I were a morel, I would be turtleheading right now. Warm rainy weekend and a bright sunny 71 this morn. Underbrush greening up. I could swear I saw a mayapple patch Fri.

Take her to Barnes. Siteman is the best. Same thing I had on the tongue, they cut it out and all's well so far. I will pray for the same for her. Best of luck.

I think all the spores took a boat ride around here today. Ground is saturated, but most went south.

Buy a good drone to scout ahead for logpiles.

Did it have the new style transducer or the old. I see they are clearing out the old ones cheaply.

We still need some sun to warm the ground. Not much of that around here lately since the last cold spell. But things are greening up. Willows turning green, magnolias blooming, bradford pears forming blooms. Bees bringing in pollen from something. Lots of little purple ground cover and dandelions starting. Duck and geese heading north, see them every morning jumping off ponds on way to work.

I was looking at the forecast this week too and thinking the same thing. A week of avg temp in 50's would be magic in April. Doubt if it will produce any, too early. What will probably happen is the warm spell will start the grass and by the time shrooms kick in, they will all be hidden.