jdmidwest

Been taking the boat out quite a bit here lately. I put in to Lake Girardeau about 10 today and headed to my honey hole. Everytime the clouds broke and gave me some sun, the bite was on. 2 nice redear and 15 big ole male bluegills today. Memorial day we pulled 30 out between the 2 of us. Sunday before I boated 18 of the pigs. Boat is finally lined out and ready to go.

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Get the one with the scale built in and kill 2 birds with one stone.

We were always taught to unload the gun before coming into the house. By unload, we simply remove the chambered round and stored it in the house. Magazines were still full and all that was required to load was to cycle the action. Safe guns are fully unloaded and wiped down or cleaned before putting under lock and key. Transported guns are also unloaded or magazines stored separate with the exception of the daily carry. The only fully loaded and chambered weapon is the daily carry. It is a double action first shot, semi auto with a thumb safety Smith 6906. It requires a pretty strong trigger pull and rests in a holster at my side. No catlike reflexes needed to control it. Like others, children are taught that all guns are loaded and to treat them with respect. None are laying around in corners or behind doors. None are under a bed or a pillow. I intentionally locate the night defense gun away from the bed so it will require a conscience effort to get it and avoid any dreams or accidents. All others are in multiple safes under lock and key. A few are in wall racks, out of reach of young children.

Looks like a Kentucky Bass. Hard to tell from the photo, but the tooth patch gives it away.

They are money well spent. I fish 3 Hook Rapalas alot, and they tend to get one stuck further back. Holding them at arms length and removing hooks with pliers gives you a great advantage. And it is easier on the fish as well. Anything to lessen the time you spend unhooking them greatly improves their survival.

In the words of Ron White you can find much wisdom. "You Can't Fix Stupid".

Yep. Quail and rabbit too.

Missouri Landscapes, a Travel Thru Time. Geologic Wonders and Curiousities of Mo. Springs of MO. Fossils of Mo. University of MO, Rolla has many publications. The Missouri Miner was a monthly I used to get. Missouri Natural Resource Magazine published quarterly. The Geologic Column that was ended about 2008, still some archives.

I like the stick steer. My buddy has a Panfish 16 with a 25 jet on it that we have fished out of for years. He decked out the boat with diamond tread aluminum and had the transom built up for the jet. It is great until you hit a rock and the thin hull gives way. The stick steer works great, especially if you fish alone. You are up front and can see what is coming. Your weight in the boat helps to trim it out some. The layout lets you walk around and is very stable in the water.

Dam Ness, you may as well wait for the Poleece to show up. Loaded weapon within reach at all times and under my control. Several others mag loaded with empty chambers at main entry points and bedroom. All out of reach of young children. Older children know how to respect and use firearms. Younger ones realize that they are danger and off limits. I do have a very limited household, just the two of us with a 4 year old a few times a week. Different situations require different plans. When in doubt, lock it up. Put the keys in your pocket.

I like the stick steer of the Panfish 16. A 9.9 should work on it. You just have to plan on taking a little longer to get there. It probably won't come up on plane much, but it will run it. The Pro 17 I just bought came from the factory with a 9.9 and was changed out to a 35. It weights more than the 16 and is wider in the back. There was a guy come by on the lake with a Pro 17 and a 9.9 on it. It was a 2012 model. I see you are in IL. They have that funny rule that if the lake says 10 horse limit, you can not run any gas motor above 10 hp or get a ticket. In MO, you can run larger motors at no wake speeds.

New meaning to the sport of cow tippin. Thats just funny.

Found and fixed the problem. Checked the polarity on the jack at the front of the boat. Somewhere between the battery and the jack, the polarity is reversed. Switched the wires around on the motor and things should work fine now.

I have found that a Lippa Grip or some kind of fish gripping device is quite valuable in a yak. I keep one handy in mine and have avoided the spare trebles that always seem to be swinging around when I land a fish. My buddy laughed at me when I asked him to pick one up for me that was on sale at Bass Pro. The next trip out, the temps were in the 40's and my hands were dry and warm when landing fish. He bought one too.

I always like that section later on in the fall. I usually break it up, Mounts to Terre Du Lac one day and down to Leadwood the next. That stretch thru the cattle farm is pretty gruesome most of the time.

I will check the motor and see if there is any water. Did not see any grooves in the shaft and the bearing seems tight. There was a plastic washer on the shaft that kept the line from working into the bearing. By noise I meant the mount clanking around every time I engage the trolling motor. Any way to tighten it up to make it quieter? I hope that turning the thrust in the right direction will give it more power.

My lines are experiencing some problems this year. Seems like the drought last year created some settling and they sunk in one spot. When it rehydrated, there is a little seeping. I have had to haul in some fill dirt to plug the leak. The lines are about 15 years old now and worked well so far even with the clay loess we have here. The article did not seem to point at any source. LOZ has been because of overdevelopment and poor septic. Local issues around here have been livestock or geese. Last year was bad due to low volumes of flow not really flushing out normal systems.

After spending years of fishing in a boat where you do not stand unless you really need to, like when you need to adjust the guys, I have finally bought a boat that you can stand in and walk around in. You don't have to paddle it unless a major failure occurs. And it is nice to get up and air things out on a nice steamy day. But reading Al's posts, If I ever get in a canoe again with another person, I hope it is him. He seems to know how to paddle a boat.

That would probably explain my issues. Clipping and rewiring tomorrow. Dang IL guys, they get everything backwards.

Jeeze Al, did not read the complete book you posted, but gathered enough from the title to compose a response. I normally wear the swimming trunk shorts while fishing out of a boat that allows me to wade fish. They have that mesh netting that leaves little imprints in my butt and starts pulling hairs. I have to stand and re adjust from time to time to be comfy. It really has nothing to do with paddling, I would never do that while standing.

You know, I bought a new to me boat. Been working out great. Bringing limits of crappie and bluegill the last few trips out. But, the trolling motor has been obnoxious. Noisy, jerky, slower than hell. First trip out it spun the prop off into the bottom of Perry Co lake and ended a trip that day. I blamed it on the mass of 17lb test stren that was wadded up under the prop by previous owner. Today, when I pulled it up out of the water to run shallow and retrieve a lure, I noticed something. It seems to be wired backwards. At least, backward from the way I normally wire trolling motors. Instead of the prop pushing forward toward the torpedo end ot the trolling motor, it is actually pulling the other way. Which way should it normally go? I have always wired where the torpedo end is in front, then the shaft and fin, and the prop is in back pushing.

I have see scientific reports that say glaciers came down to about the Missouri River and covered most of Illinois. I am sure the armadillos were farther south back then.

That was kinda limp. He could not even squeeze out a Fox News jab or anything!

It must be the heeler in her. That brings out some agression. We have had a heeler in the past that was kid tolerant, but not kid loving. Never had a problem with collies.