jdmidwest

When I buy a rod or have one built, I look for a Light Action rod. Ultra Light is too limber and Medium is too heavy. I usually toss 1/4 to 1/6 ounce lures with 4 or 6 lb test when spin fishing. I have had some built with St Croix Blanks and really like them. 5 1/2 to 6 foot lengths are preferred as most of my fishing is done from a kayak or canoe.

Obama caused the oil spill! He was trying to pollute the Heron wintering grounds so they will not stab the smallies!

Mine is doing good also. Picking 2 qts of strawberries a day off a 6x6 patch. Lettuce has been plentiful. Corn is looking good. Squash and tomatoes have been slow, too cool. Replanted last week and beans, okra, more squash, cucumbers all starting to come up fine. It needs the warm weekend we are about to get.

There was a nice bar 2 summers ago a few holes down from Riverton where we spent the night. If you are running a jet, you should have no problems finding it from Riverton. Of course, why not just camp at Riverton? Mike only charges a few bucks and supplies slab wood and a shower. As far as Smallies, I would run up to Halls Bay and fish down from there. I pick up alot of smallies in the stretch. I have only been thru from Riverton to the Narrows one time many years ago. That stretch of the river is better to run the jet on. The access at 142 is a bad place to leave a shuttle car with anything in it. I think the HP limit is from the State line up, as is the Smallmouth management area.

There was a big rattlesnake on the Whitewater last year during spawning season, maybe we should start gigging rattlesnakes.

I have seen fish with holes in them in May and June in a few of the local streams. There are usually a few frogs with legs missing laying in the holes also. Of course, it is before the official start of frog season, so I have no doubt that a frog poacher may attempt to gig a game fish also. Of course, I do scare off a heron from time to time, do they only eat the frog legs and spit the rest out? We can only assume based on observations....

Good deal, can't wait till the weekend.

A few pictures may help sell this item....

Frog season is almost upon us again, you should start seeing a large number of smallies with gig marks on them again. Funny how it coincides with the blue heron migration in the spring.

Float season kicks off this weekend with the annual pre-Memorial Day Float on the Spring River. Anybody been lately????

In small streams, even wading near smallmouth beds will spook off the guardian fish and minnows or longear sunfish rush in and dine on the eggs. I have observed this and target longear sunfish specifically on their beds in response to the brutal onslaught of a prime gamefish. That, and the redbelly's taste good too. Thus, I turn the balance of nature in favor of the smallies by controlling the longears.

My Dad did not fish! They were so bad they would eat all of the leaves off the trees, so he sprayed them one year. Before, all you had to do was climb up, shake a limb, and pick up a gallon jug of the worms, then go fishing, with my Uncle.

Here in MO, your tow is insured for liability only if it is attached to an insured vehicle. If you want replacement or Comp, otherwise known as "full coverage" on the towed item, you need to purchase separate policy. There are some states that are starting to require a liability policy while the boat is floating on the lake I believe. Once again, if you are going to operate a Motorized boat in another state, you need to check the ON THE WATER RULES for operating a boat. That would be available on the States Water Patrol site or Dept. Of Revenue. And, it has to be licensed, titled, and stickered in at least some state in a current year for operation. Same applies to the motor, trailer, and possibly the trolling motor in some instances.

I run across some on the Castor River last summer. We sprayed our trees one year at the farm and have not had a problem with them since. I have one coming along nice here too, I need to find some moths to get it cultured. They are great trees, the ones at the farm have been there for 60 years or better. Mine was one that sprouted up in a flower bed at the farm. The main tree at the house on the farm is mostly hollow and home to squirrels and a screech owl from time to time. I believe they were transplanted from Arkansas along with a Mimosa tree that died out many years ago.

Crickets worked great last Sunday at a local lake, we caught a nice mess of Redear, a few Bluegills and one Channel Cat. Heading back tomorrow if the weather holds out.

Looks like most caves will be closed again this season for fear of the White Nose Disease. That is a bummer for those who like to explore the caves, something I have never really gotten into. But they are an interesting ecology that is a part of our MO outdoors that many enjoy. Over the past few years, I have seen alot of Bat Boxes go up in public places. I wonder if there is any connection between the two or it is just an observation? Caves Closed

Boating laws should be the same, but you could check the KY waterpatrol website or the KY Dept of Revenue to find more details. Registration should be good, years ago, KY did not even license trailers.

Buy high and sell low, no, wait a minute, buy low and sell high.

I had read that they were affected by the West Nile Virus, along with crows and blue jays. The crows and blue jays are still plentiful around here. And Ness, I really think it may have been the aerial dropping of the rattlesnakes, since they nest on the ground. Catalpa worms still exist, I found several trees last year infested with them while floating. But, since I rarely fish with bait, I don't chase after them as much as I did when I was a kid. I used to freeze them, they work just as good dead.

I have yet to hear one this year. There used to be several at the farm, but I can't remember the last time I heard or saw a bird. You used to see them on back roads of a night driving around, again, no more. I used to hear them turkey hunting, none in Wayne, Iron, Washington, Cape, Bollinger, or Ste. Gen. counties where I hunted this year. No major habitat changes around those parts lately. Maybe this summer camping in the Ozarks.

I have noticed my evenings and mornings the last few years have been silent of the song of the Whip Poor Will. Where have the little birds gone? Turkeys used to start pouring on the gobbles about the time the Whippoorwill decided to call it a night. Twilight in the evening usually started up the songs for the night. It was always a game to identify the distinct calls of different birds. Some stuttered, some called with even cadence, some had their own style, we would always comment about them. Now they are gone. It has been at least 2 years since I have heard one. One of the best sounds of the night have gone. Was it the West Nile Virus?

They use the info for market studies, I don't think they use it for telemarketing purposes. Since I pay extra for an unlisted number and am on the NO-CALL List, I always give them my x-wife or make one up. It was always funny when the kid or the girlfriend would hear me give out the number and hear them say "Dad, that is not our number is it?". There is no law that I know of stating you have to give them a real phone number, they just ask for a phone number.

While floating the St. Francois one summer, it popped up a bad storm. Dime size hail was pelting us so bad we dived out of the canoes and floated along side of them in the water to keep from getting hammered. Our heads took a beating. Actually, lightening was the least of our worries.

That fish is going to be very DRY when you cook it.

Doodlebug, doodlebug, your house is on fire!