eric1978

Yeah, you guys are right. He's a psycho.

Yeah, I would. Any smallie over 13-14 inches is gonna be a tough time on 4 pound test, and those are the ones you're after anyway. Not saying you can't do it, but they're gonna break you off more times than not. You could even use 8 or 10 pound test, but 4 is just too light. You could have some fun with that UL and some goggle eye, though.

I'm pretty sure Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson could have drawn a crowd any time in Branson, but they spent most of their time in Nashville.

Maybe if they put Band-Aids on their faces for no reason the kids would be more interested in them.

Pat was kind enough to invite me to his secret honey hole tonight to relieve me of a little stress from the newborn baby blues. Note: Pat is NOT a maniac despite his eyes in the pic. Just a little red-eye. My camera is junk.

And the cats have the opposite problem...overharvest. Whoever is in charge of the regs for that lake needs to do some research. Here are the regs for a private lake a fellow forum member lives near: SPECIES SEASON DAILY LIMIT SIZE Crappie all year 15 10" minimum Channel Cat all year 10 15"minimum Bass all year 2 over 15" Bass closed 0 12" to 15" Bass all year no limit under 12" Redear all year 10 no limit Bluegill all year no limit no limit Bullfrogs closed Green Sunfish all year keep all, do not return to lake I'd say those are about perfect for almost any pond or small lake as an all-around fishery. I'd change the bass slot to 12-18, but that's about it.

If the regs there are C&R only under 18 inches, that's probably why you haven't caught any over 18 inches.

Somewhere between 1978 and 1982, and by the mid-eighties it was in complete free-fall.

I'd say it was a pretty benign joke, even for OAF standards...at least I think so. Guess we'll see.

Sorry Thom, didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. I was just saying there IS a difference between the quality of the material made back then and made now. I have this argument with my buddies all the time...is music purely a matter of opinion and totally subjective, or can it be measured somehow and is some objectively better than others? Compare, say, Mozart with, hmmm, let's see...MC Hammer. I think there's a pretty strong argument to make that one is objectively better than the other. Now apply that to more similar comparisons. You can pretty much call this thread a wrap, because Terry just nailed it. That's EXACTLY what it's all about, plain and simple. If there's money to be made, anything goes, including Branson's "family values."

I'd bring along some Viagra and smut, too. Yeah, all that stuff is there, and is potentially dangerous. But none of them look like the things in Tremors and swim up your ding dong. Vomiting and diarrhea sounds like a pretty good time considering the alternative. And leeches are nasty, sure. I had one on me last summer at the Bourbeuse. Just picked him off. I don't think they're dangerous, just gross. Yep.

Nope, that didn't work either. I'm as bad at teaching as you are posting pics.

No doubt those PVC contraptions attract fish, but I hate the idea of sinking plastic junk to the bottom of lakes. I'd stick with cedars and rocks if I planned on dropping brush. You probably don't need to use galvanized wire, either...by the time regular wire rusts away, the tree will be plenty waterlogged and not going anywhere.

I didn't want to be the one to say it, but he's right. It looks like a hellgrammite, but if it ain't on the bottom of the stream, it's probably not gonna do you much good. Looks nice, though. Just try some different materials.

Yeah, I've heard about that for years, and I always thought it was urban...er, uh...jungle legend. Maybe, maybe not. Either way, there's plenty of other stuff swimming in the Amazon to keep me out of it, and if I'm ever lucky enough to get down there to catch some Peacocks, I'll be packing a case of Trojans. That River Monsters is a pretty cool show, but Jeremy Wade is a weirdo.

I've backpacked around Sam A. Baker, but have never fished there. From what I remember, the river was very shallow at the campground (could have just been a long riffle, I didn't pay that close of attention), and I don't know where any other accesses are. The river looked really neat from atop the bluff we hiked along the second day of our trip. I'd be interested in what you find...report back afterward if you can.

That's precisely the culture I assert they are lacking. I was raised on that music, and most of it was made before I was born. It's still what I listen to now. I was also exposed to classical music and Rat Pack kind of stuff, which I choose to no longer listen to except on rare occasions. There's a world of difference between the artistic and musical revolution that occurred in the 60s and 70s and the crap they produce now. Just because both were frowned upon by an older generation doesn't mean one isn't objectively better than another. Oh, and the Beatles didn't debut in the U.S. until '64.

Nice! Wish I could get out as much as you do. What are you doing to those photos to make them so blurry? Try this: Go to imageshack and upload them on the "message board" size, then copy the "direct link" here. Use the little icon below the sizes arrow in the tool box..."Insert image"

I don't think it's white guilt as much as pure, unrestrained stupidity. They actually like the garbage because no one has ever taught them otherwise. A throng of red-eyed, empty-headed zombies will enter the venue with sagging pants and money in hand, and they'll leave the place with empty pockets and even less class than with which they arrived. Their parents fed them zero culture, and now they're reaping what was sowed and paying the price. They are our future. God help us.

Solid report and some pretty fish.

I do eat fish. I'm just selective about which ones are better to eat and which ones are better to catch, which ones are more abundant and which ones are more elusive, which ones grow quickly and which ones take forever, etc. Yeah, to each his own, unfortunately. Sigh.

Warning: Anyone who doesn't want to hear my opinion should stop reading this post now. Yep, it's your legal right. It's also one less hard-fighting smallie to catch the next time you're on that river, or for the guy who fishes after you. It all (of course) depends on what's more important to each individual. It's just too bad that what's important to me helps make dinner for you, and what's important to you helps...make dinner for you.

I would assume that's your choice, not his. Once you reach your limit for the day, you're done keeping...not because your guide says, but because the law says. That sounds pretty nasty. You should relax.

Nelly was a big deal around here several years ago because he's from St. Louis. I can't stand his "music," and I don't pay attention to what he does, but I wouldn't doubt he could draw 6,000 stupid kids to a concert if it was advertised well.

Classic.