jdmidwest

Fried okra should be green inside. Chicken nuggets should not be green inside.

The whole lake is open for fishing. Snow goose does not affect the fishing. No hunters on lake or refuge boundries. As far as boats, you need to call their office and see what they have to offer. I think they still have paddle boats, but not sure. I don't really pay any attention to that part as I drive by. Most of the time I put in on the east side and don't even come close to the boat dock. Fishing should be ok. Bass and Pickerel should be biting. Probably crappie too. Too early for redear or bluegill.

It looks so peaceful in the off season. Soon to change....

I just assume he was a posting about the expansion of the almighty government. Not much to go by there.

That shad kill happens every year. Something with the temps in the winter and low oxygen I assume. They put those in to feed the stripers. But they have to aerate the lake in the summer to keep things going. All of the dead timber and gunk coming in the upper end combined with the depth must be killing the oxygen levels in the lake.

Makes a good anvil too. Farm auctions are a good place to look.

Cutting Torch, Railroad Track??? I have seen sections of track that have been replaced laying alongside tracks in places from time to time. Maybe stop one of the RR repair guys and ask for a section.

You can bring a bass boat if you want. Lots of stumps. Kayak or canoe is great unless wind kicks up. Open area that is pretty shallow. Catches alot of wind.

Jonquils are blooming in TN. Water temp on Pickwick was 49 this weekend. Air temp was 70 when I left.

Call Wilderness System and they will ship you some patch material. Looks like weedeater string and you put it on with a small torch or heat gun. Just like welding sort of. Look for a hairline crack under the seat on bottom. That is where my Pamlico cracked. I buddy did it rocking back and forth on a log.

Not if you use the cheap Always Save stuff. Its tough as nails.

Only a good fly fisher can chunk a piece of power bait and not have it fall off the hook....

Powerbait and heavy split shot.

Mark, they usually stock the same months that trout parks are open in Missouri streams. March thru Oct., once a month. Maybe extra stockings if they have a surplus of fish. Some streams will not get a stocking in July or August due to warm stream temps. 11 pt has gotten a special stocking in the past in Dec., but I don't know for sure if that still happens.

It is shallow and warms up quicker than any other area lake. Can't help you with a spawn date, I don't fish it for crappie. But I catch some nice ones fishing for bass.

Good at stabbing them. But they had poor eyesight. They had to wait to the pull out to id and cull them out.

For several years, Super Bowl Sunday was a trip to 11pt fishing for trout. We would listen to the game on the way home and watch the finish. This year was the most boring game in a while. No big effort on either team to score, lousy half time, and a lackluster commercial performance. I think the Superbowl has jumped the Shark.

I think they strain and chop the solids out before it gets to lagoons and outlet pipes. That part is probably still working.

How can you be broke with a $20 an hour income and no debt?

After my little Jolt in November, I have already had all of those thoughts. Now with my second chance, realizing that I am 52 and not bulletproof and waiting quarterly for the next 5 years for some feller to verify that his cuts got all of the cancer, life has a new perspective. Keep doing what I was doing. Exactly what I was doing with one little exception. I now realize there is no need to sweat the little stuff. I am the luckiest man in the world, how can I do better than that? I have my health again, my family and friends, and I can still do everything that I did before. I don't need anything more than that.

Was it a brown jersey with 5 fingers. I lost one of them and don't know where it is....

Maybe some skid marks left over on the banks..... Use some corn to match the hatch... What are all the complaints about? I have to drink the crap down here when I stop to eat in Cape Girardeau.

They used to call it a Montauk special. Add a marabou tail to it and you have a woolly bugger streamer. There are several catapillers that float on the water film when they fall in. A dry woolly worm would make a good imitation. Cracklebacks were originally designed to fish dry or stripped as a wet fly.

Irish Wilderness portion will have jet boat traffic, nut no worry. You have to worry more about flood water that time of year. Turkey flocks are fewer in that area, no crop land to support them. Just natural mast and bugs. Should be a good hunt.

It will flush out soon in the next big rain.