Seth

Maybe I need to take up pickleball. I chipped my humerus up by the shoulder playing softball two weeks ago. Me and another guy were going for a fly ball, got there at the same time, he went low and I tried to jump over him and clipped him, tilted forward while airborn, tried breaking my fall with left arm and it got me. First time I've ever fractured anything. Last year I tweaked my other shoulder diving in to a base. Things are starting to hurt the closer I get to 40 (currently 37). I'm still able to run really well so I'm learning to not go 100% all the time the hard way. 😁

We were pier fishing by Fort Morgan our last day of the trip and a guy was throw netting mullet to eat. Said he loves them deep fried.

I went to Gulf Shores earlier this year for my first time. We caught some vermillion snapper, trigger fish and pompano. The vermillion snapper were about like white bass. Pompano and trigger fish were VERY good with trigger fish being my favorite by a small margin. I grew up eating small drum that we'd catch on the Gasconade and Missouri River. They were delicious!

The only time I've used SI on Taneycomo was for when I was trolling. I went through and graphed the big trees and then made waypoints so I could avoid them. That's it though. Never messed with it on the Gascoande.

My SI ducer stays flipped up and I run the console graph at times for the mapping after a big flood event. My Livescope setup has been sitting in the shop collecting dust since May. It'll get used again this winter though when I get after the crappie. I am curious about using the FFS in some of the wintering holes on the river though. That'll be the only time I ever mess with that stuff on rivers.

I like this uber for deer idea. Dragging deer SUCKS! 😁

Lots of guys swear by nose hooking a fluke,which essentially all a banjo minnow is. Lose more baits, but get better action and hook up ratio.

I'm not sure why your waypoints would be off that much. I do run an external GPS mounted back near my transducer on my Humminbird SI unit at the console so that my waypoints are more accurate. Even if it were mounted at the console, you SHOULD only be off by about 10'. You'd just have to make sure you come towards the waypoint at the same angle that you marked it or else it will be off to the side instead of in front or behind the boat. Prior to owning FFS, I'd mark the brush on SI, turn around, switch to 2D, drive over brush and toss out the buoy as soon as it started to show on the graph.

That's how I am with bass. I enjoy fishing the river bass tournaments, but I RARELY fun fish for them. There are several other species I'd rather chase if I am fun fishing. People act like using bow moutned sonar to target fish is something relatively new. People have been drop shotting on fish for a LONG time using 2D sonar. The difference now is instead of having to be on top of them you can see them out front and can throw at them. IMO, the biggest advantage of FFS is being able to visibly target the bigger fish verus just hoping the big one bites. I bought a Livescope setup last spring and used it for crappie and snagging paddlefish a few times. Snagging with it is almost unfair once you get it figured out. As for crappie, it really shines when fish are deep and/or in open water. A lot of my friends and family arent' able to dock shoot so I'm looking forward to being able to put them on some open water crappie that they can effectively fish for. FFS is a nice addition, but it's not even close to being as much of a game changer for me as going from 2D to SI was. I'd give up FFS in a heart beat if I had to choose between it and SI. SI finds the cover and fish while FFS just helps me make the perfect presentation.

I never bought any Banjoy Minnows, but a buddy did and we caught a lot of fish on them. There are several guys that I know that swear by a nose hooked fluke, which is essentially what the Banjo Minnow is. Dad bought me three of the "TV" lures when i was younger as presents. They were the Helicopter Lure, Flying Lure and I believe the Swimming Image. The only one that really didn't work for me was the helicopter lure. It got bites but I could never hook the fish. Probably wasn't using proper tackle. The Flying lure caught a lot of fish for me. IMO it was just a backwards rigged tube anyways. The swimming image came with a hard swimbait/wakebait and a bunch of soft plastic bodies. The soft plastics didn't do much for me, but I hammered fish on that hard swimbait until it fell apart.

There was a beef cake of a rainbow hanging out across from the boat ramp between Fall and Short Creek last Saturday. I saw it cruising by while idling the boat. I spot locked just above it, had dad throw his rods out towards it and he caught his big brown 10 minutes later. I'd guess that bow in that 8-10# range. It was visibly bigger than the 5.3# brown he caught.

Dad caught this one on Taneycomo this past Saturday shortly after noon. A bit over 23" and 5.32lbs.

I have a 150 first gen and am in the same boat. My dealers last true Etec guy moved on and I don't trust the new guys. My motor has been great, but if I don't have anybody I can trust to work on it then I may have to bite the bullet and move over to one of those black things simply because every dealer has somebody who can work on those.

I enjoy fishing bass tournaments. Outside of a tournament, I'm going after trout, crappie, hybrids, whites, catfish, pretty much anything besides a bass. Maybe it's because I REALLY like to eat fish and I'd rather eat all of those over a bass. Don't get me wrong though. A mess of 12" largemouth or spots out of cold water in the winter/early spring is pretty darn good!

The only thing overrated about fish/fishing is chasing the same fish all the time IMO. I like variety.

Yes. Search weedless ned on Tacklewarehouse and you'll see quite a few show up. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&prevsearch=flatland&searchtext=weedless+ned

That's a friggin unit!

I wreck smallies on a Zman Big TRD paired up with an EWG weedless ned style jighead. I'm assuming it resembles a hellgramite. One thing I know for sure is that there isn't another bait out there that will outlast a ZMAN product, which is my favorite quality about them. Basically lasts until I break it off. Buy jigheads and baits at a 1:1 ratio.

I'm going to try my darndest to make the Lookout Cookout event next month. Only getting to fish Taney a few times in the winter months aint cuttin it! I need a fix!

I'm right there with you. I only follow a few outdoor groups on FB these days for the same reason. Too many idiots out there. Hunting groups seem to be worse than the fishing groups.

That's a good bird! We've had a good turkey season so far. During the youth season, Dad and I each got our nephews on gobblers. Dad shot a gobbler Monday morning on the opener and my brother and I both got ours yesterday morning. There are still several gobblers around too so chances of filling both tags is actually looking good this year. The gobbler numbers have been low on the properties that we hunt the past three years and it has made for some tough turkey hunting. I've only managed to harvest one bird over the past two seasons. I had filled both tags for a decade straight prior to that. Lots of fried turkey breast, carnitas and pot pies in our future!

I would see them fairly regularly on the Gasconade in the fall/winter while gigging around Vienna. I've not gigged much the past few years so I haven't seen any recently.

I sent your wife my venmo/paypal deets on the Facebook. Thanks brotha!

Missouri Disabled Sportsmen is holding a raffle to help raise funds to help offset the costs of an upcoming fishing trip that they are putting on for mobility-impaired anglers. If you would like to purchase tickets or have questions, please let me know. I have Venmo and Paypal available for accepting payments. Check out their Facebook to see what opportunities they provide for mobility-impaired and youth outdoorsmen. They do several events throughout the year so be sure to follow them if you know somebody who might be eligible to participate. https://www.facebook.com/missouridisabledsportsmen

Running on plane at lower speeds is a big reason I want one. I'd probably start fishing the Meramec again if I had a small rig that did that.