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Wool, Fleece, or Polypropolene fingerless gloves that retain warmth when wet. If you dunk one, squeeze the water out and you are back in business. Stay away from cotton, they will just make you cold.

Buying up the narrows would make a great new trout park. Build a new hatchery, pour some concrete, clear out some trees, make some roads and its a trout park. There is a pretty good stretch of spring fed stream there.

How is the campground. I had heard that the NPS had let it grow up.

Figured it. Other side of state from me.

Where are you located? I would give $25 just to have the mounting brackets for mine.

Jets suck everything up, leaves, moss, sand, gravel, and rocks. You will learn to spend time cleaning them out. But they are handy and will get you on water that props can't go. Props are more efficient for running and quieter. But some of the new jets are just as quiet running. I have never run into trouble loading a jet, they seem to load the same as all other boats.

Then you are pretty open to anywhere. Not any big game hunting going on, so anywhere along either river should be a nice camp. The crowds should be pretty light everywhere now.

Two Rivers is good, good float camp for both Jacks or the Current. Akers, other misc camps at Eminence are good too with showers. If you are roughing it, many more options. I think we are staying at 2 Rivers in a couple of weeks for 3 days. Not many campsites, but a good float provider.

I started breaking my funk in August. I got out and started fishing, something I did not have a chance for all spring and most of the summer because of weather and other things. I have had 3 trips to Montauk for trout, 4 trips to TN for smallies and trout, heading to Ark. Spring River this weekend, and have a trip in the middle of the month to Jack's Fork and Current. Probably finish out Oct fishing for trout at Montauk and upper Current River. May sneak in another weekend trip or 2 with the family in the off weeks. Fishing has been great. Several trout over 2 lbs at Montauk, 18 and 19 in fat smallies and a 100 trout day in TN. A nice fat 3lb largemouth while fishing for smallies in TN, my buddy caught a 5lb largemouth the same day, on a river, not a lake. I was able to fish some new waters, Center Hill Lake and tailwater (Caney Fork) too. Just a little bonus, sure beats beating the water to a froth on a lake or stream I have fished alot before. Going back to TN before the year is over to try another lake and tailwater down near Chatanooga. Top it all off, nice weather for camping.

I love cooking on a Wok, but they are way overpriced. I can get pretty good performance out of a good teflon skillet. I have never tried a holey wok like you have, I like to cook food in juices. Looks like it may leak thru yours.

Since MDC put bounty tags on the smallies a few years back, the Castor is no longer "fulla them". There are probably more campsites on that little river now than on the Current. In past few years 3 new large RV trailer parks have sprung up. Too many people on that small river.

I found out that Super Rooster Tails make a nice smallie bait and invested $50 bucks on an assortment of them. Trying some new waters next week, heading out past Nashville to fish the Caney Fork Tailwater for trout for a few days and then trying a new stretch of the Buffalo River.

Nice paint job

We have remembered and honored those that lost it all. And we have stopped them from doing it again for 14 years. I do think we have accomplished something from all of it.

http://www.bobcatboats.com/products_details_PIROGUE12.php.htm They are not that expensive compared to kayaks lately. $775 + shipping.

Last year I bought a new layout boat. Paddles like a 12' sit inside kayak, but is flat and stable enough to sit on rails and paddle. I can stock it with a couple of bags of decoys and still paddle. I posted a review on here with pics.

Following birds shifts weight and you will rock if free floating in open water. Works best if you can push it up into weeds or muck to stabilize. I doubt if poles will help much. We use them to tie off to in wind. The pamlico is a 12 foot boat like yours but still has side to side rocking. You can still kill birds but have to compensate for the extra movement. Second shot is worse.

I have done it for years from a sit inside 12 foot Wilderness System Pamlico. I buy a sheet of leafy camo from Wally World and cut a split out in center for the cockpit. I poke the handles in front and back thru it and pull it the sides into the boat when paddling so it does not drag. A few more pieces of burlap covers up the rest and me. The shotgun sits in front of me and I usually carry a few doz decoys strapped to the back. It does get kinda squirrely shooting from it, and you will miss a few ducks because of it.

Its hit and miss there. Spring is good for crappie and bluegill. August is good for cats off the points. Never really did much good with bass, just small ones. Trolling deep in the middle should have gotten a striper, but they are few and far between.

Are you planning to float the whole way in one weekend? River is flowing good and you will move along fast. But I don't think I would plan on the whole float in 2 days. When fishing, I would break that trip into 3 days or more.

Poor year for tomatoes here. Not much to speak for hear. Squash and cucumbers came and went with the black fungus. Lots of fungus, so we this year and humid. Pole beans made great vines, but did not produce a bean. Honey crop was a dud too. 2 hives out of 14 produced a surplus. What they made was too high in moisture content and has to be refrigerated to keep from fermenting.

I have a mint condition Kel Tec PM 9, pre Ruger that I would trade you even for that Winchester Shotgun. It is the original compact 9 that Ruger copied to make the LC 9, it has a factory belt slide clip and spare mag, I will even toss in a holster or two along with the factory box and some vintage 9mm brass casing fired from the pistol.

I like a hot sunny day when they are near the top. Cast in front or to the side, they will attack most of the time with a sidewards sweeping motion.

Dropshotting is more precise than just jigging. Your bait is suspended at the depth you tie it on the line above the weight. The weight is on the bottom, the bait is suspended above at the same distance all of the time. You are putting it in the zone that the fish are suspended based on your graph, and keeping it there. Jigging is just guesswork unless you are tapping the bottom and jerking up x amount of distance, consistantly.

Acting played a big part in both of his careers.....