Weekend ideas

[45acp]

57 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Hang in there.  WFH gets better as you get used to it

Yep.  I'm an IT guy so I've pretty much always got one laptop with me at home so I can take care of emergent issues.

But one little screen isn't enough to be efficient at all day every day stuff.

Now I'm set with three laptops, one desktop, and three big monitor screens.

It's a 15 minute drive from her to the data center in the event I need to lay hands on something that's bad broke.

So I'm good.  Except for my office chair.  The seats in my boat are more comfortable than this thing.

[snagged in outlet 3]

My VPN is slow and choppy.  But they got us direct access to email and our main system so that made it better.  Sure wish the rivers weren't blown out.  I'd love to get the jet out this weekend.

[top_dollar]

3 hours ago, JUNGLE JIM 1 said:

I got out yesterday and had a 5 acre county park lake to myself. Fishing was slow, water was murky from the rain but did catch four bass on a suspending jerk bait and a couple gills on jigs. About 11 am a guy with a dog shows up walks up and informs me that he talked to a cop and there is no fishing allowed, only dog walking. I told him he's breaking the rules of social distancing and he's full of s**t since the golf course down the street is open and allowing foursomes. Four people can golf in a group but I'm not allowed to fish by myself. He walked back to his car and left. Didn't see another person the whole time I was there.

Good work.  Stick baits have not been working for me lately.  Seems like the only bites I can get the last few months have been crappie jigs.  With the exception of this drum on a wart.  

[top_dollar]

I hate how almost every drum I catch on a hard bait pins its mouth closed by just sucking in the back treble hook.  

[45acp]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My VPN is slow and choppy.  But they got us direct access to email and our main system so that made it better.  Sure wish the rivers weren't blown out.  I'd love to get the jet out this weekend.

Our VPN is good.  Weak link for me is the DSL connection to ISP isn't super fast, but it's fast enough.

I was hoping maybe to hit the Osage below Bagnell this weekend, but they've been running 36kcfs, and it doesn't look like there will be much of a let-up in that any time soon.

Truman tailwater is twice the drive for me but might be a better bet.  Gasconade is <1hr but it's a wreck right now.

The only part of LOz I've ever fished is the upper 15-20 miles.  Maybe it's time to start learning about the lower part of the lake?

[snagged in outlet 3]

Just now, 45acp said:

Our VPN is good.  Weak link for me is the DSL connection to ISP isn't super fast, but it's fast enough.

I was hoping maybe to hit the Osage below Bagnell this weekend, but they've been running 36kcfs, and it doesn't look like there will be much of a let-up in that any time soon.

Truman tailwater is twice the drive for me but might be a better bet.  Gasconade is <1hr but it's a wreck right now.

The only part of LOz I've ever fished is the upper 15-20 miles.  Maybe it's time to start learning about the lower part of the lake?

I thought about Osage last week but now everything is blown out.  Probably sneak into a golf course around here with my pond prowler.  My buddy used to be the greens keeper at my favorite golf course for fishing but he went to another course and the new guy isn't having it...

[fishinwrench]

[snagged in outlet 3]

I found a dead one last week too!!!  Big sucker too.

[Smalliebigs]

5 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

My VPN is slow and choppy.  But they got us direct access to email and our main system so that made it better.  Sure wish the rivers weren't blown out.  I'd love to get the jet out this weekend.

My VPN is running quite well but, who gives crap about that stupid stuff??? let's go, the river is still high though.....I have been in this house since the 13th and everybody is fine and dandy. The hybrids were just starting before the high water events.....please message me and lets go

[fishinwrench]

41 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I found a dead one last week too!!!  Big sucker too.

What's killing all the beavers?

 

All the women in the house were having a bitching session last night, obviously succumbing to the quarantine, and I was tying flys and minding my own business (staying out of it), the two oldest ones were teamed up against the youngest and mom.   After a 20 minute constant barrage of insults and blaming one stomped out of the room in a snit and there was a brief moment of silence.....so I calmly looked up and said "There's a dead beaver at the ramp". 

Everyone suddenly came together and simultaneously said "Awe!"  😂 

Now it's a running joke.  I ran down there and took a pic of it, so the next time they start screaming at each other I'll just do a group text.  😅