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That's when you know someboyd is an grade A d**che. I understand that it happens in tournaments to coanglers when you're paired up with random boaters, but to do that to somebody while fun fishing is a real Richard move. The only exception is if you have the other guy fishing right besides you. Some people aren't comfortable doing that though. I tell everybody in my boat to get in my pocket on whichever side they are able to cast from. I taught myself to cast from the left or right side so I can do whatever to make things easier for them.

It's just their name for PBJ. Yamamota's equivalent would probably be cinnamon black and purple fleck.

I have a pile of these in a ziploc bag laying in the shed. For whatever reason, I just quit using them a few years ago. Cinnamon purple jelly was always my favorite color. It seemed to work in dingy and clear water. Maybe I'll dig them out and give them another try this year.

I miss 3d shoots. I'm sure there are some still going on, but I don't hear much about them. Since crossbows were legalized and the fact you can buy one fully setup for quite a bit less than a compound, it's hard to justify to somebody to get a vertical bow if they just want to deer hunt. Several people I know that struggled to kill deer with a vertical bow have no problems with a crossbow since it's basically like using a gun anyways. Some of the elitists feel this isn't right, but I would rather see somebody make a clean kill on a deer than constantly cripple them for "sport".

Definitely gotta have tracking skills to bow hunt. If you drop one with the bow, you hit high and likely had to shoot again. It’s so satisfying to zip one with a bow and arrow and watch it tip over in sight though.

All this talk about breakfast food has me craving pancakes. I sure do love pancakes!

I took this guy with a .243 in Nov 2011. In fact, I think it may be the last deer I have taken with a .243 as I bought a new .270 the following year and started using it. The bullet entered just behind the shoulder and exited the back lung/liver area on the side facing the camera. The deer made it about 50 yards and piled up. He's not a small deer by any means either. A .243 with a 100gr bullet is hell on whitetails as long as you don't have to worry about hitting brush. It doesn't take much to deflect a bullet like that.

Sounds like you may rush your tracking jobs. Honestly, rifle hit deer rarely last long though. If you hit lung or liver area with a high powered rifle, they will be donzo in a hurry. There's a lot more going on that can lead to a less than perfect shot with bow hunting and that's where knowing when to back out and let a deer have time to die really pays off. There are a bunch of deer lost each year to this. I was guilty of doing it when I was younger myself. It's just one of those things that you develop (or hopefully develop) as you gain more experience.

People act like thin skinned deer are tough to kill. No, no they are not. If you want tough, go elk or moose hunting. I am thinking about picking up a .308 and a .350 legend. Those are two varieties of ammo that always seem to he available. The .350 is really popular with youth hunters too.

If you’re having trouble putting deer down with a .243 or 6.5 CM then you are a terrible shot. Any rifle with bullets in the 100-140gr will work fine on deer if you do your part.

but did he even boat flip it?

Josh Jones weighing in Share a Lunker sized fish every other week isn't helping it either. People are paying him 2k/day to take them out fishing now. He said people have offered up to 5k! It blows my mind that people would throw that kind of money towards catching a stinkin bass.

I was going to mention that Christie ended up winning that final day with old school dock fishing and that is had zero to do with Livescope but that would have been incorrect. Livescope told him right away that the fish had left so he knew to move on to something else. Not seeing fish can be just as helpful as seeing them. I've not thought about it from that standpoint.

If I can buy somebodies sloppy seconds for a good enough price, I may have to hop on the FFS bus myself.

Would this be somewhere in between? I grew up eating this stuff. Haven't had it in years but kind of want some now.

99% of those big fish are being caught by guys using forward facing sonar and A-rigs. If you don't have it or know how to use it then you will not come close to the results that those guys are having.

I swear my 998 has done that since day 1. The power button quit working on it recently as well so I have to disconnect power manually to turn it off. The sonar and everything still seem to work well though. Thankfully I found a good deal on a Helix 9 g2n mega si unit a few months back so I'm going to retire it or possibly move it to the trolling motor.

I feel the opposite. This forum is more on topic and not nearly as toxic as just about any other forum or social media group that I frequent. If you want toxic, go hang out on a deer hunting forum. Bowhunting groups in particular are the worst. They constantly fight over whether deer were old enough to shoot and the choice of weapons used for hunting them. Case in point would be the Missouri Whitetails forum. I think I've finally had my fill of that place. Most of the posts are just old guys crying about turkey populations and politics. It's a far cry from what it once was.

You complain about lack of fishing reports and never post any yourself even though you fish more than most. Ain't that the pot calling the kettle black? Oh and gosh we better not forget the golden rule of not posting anything regarding a stream smallmouth or else we might ruin the entire fishery. Everything else is OK though! I'm headed to the river to fish. Sorry I can't post a report and give up any of my secrets but I expect everybody else to post reports. Could you be more hypocritical? I probably most more actual fishing content than most (if not THE most) on this forum so you can miss me with that crap about not posting fishing related content...... Anyways, I hope you crack em. You're the only guy I know who can consistently catch big hybrids and I'm envious!

If the Ivermectin is prescribed by a doctor I don't see why it's a big deal. They are the experts that went to school for many years to learn how to treat us as patients so let them use all the tools necessary for results and not just the ones that make big pharma the most money.

I haven't gone the past two years. My urge to go on opening day has dwindled since I started doing the winter trout tournaments on Taneycomo. I'm taking some high schoolers down for a field trip on March 24. I'm not sure if I will mess with going down before then or not.

Yep those are crappie. They have been setup like that for a month now.

You would have been close to getting a check with just those two fish alone. Just under 8 took 4th. My big bow was probably 21" but needed a few cheese burgers. It only weighed 3.49. I added the time stamps in the upper right to show how long it actually took for us to catch our fish. Our morning bite was pretty well trash until we talked to Toby and started dragging scuds like them. Once the water dropped down to 2 units, the bluff side jig bite really picked up. The big one my buddy broke off and the big bow I landed were the only two quality bites we had on the shallow side all day. Our total fish count for the day was 18 and 13 of those came after noon.

I'll make it down for the Lazy Valley tournament one of these days. I usually skip the following weekend after a trip so I can get caught up on things around the house. Lilley's is talking about moving the Elfrink up one week in the future. If they do that, I should be able to make it for the Lazy Valley tourney since that will give me a week in between tournaments. Congrats on the strong finishes!

Not sure why the display picture is so blurry on that one. I guess I used the wrong resolution in photoshop when making it.