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[BilletHead]

                        Just got an Email from our friend in inner city Chicago.   Here is what he had to say,

    

Thanks so much for the Christmas card!

Hope you both are doing well! 

 

Been experimenting with a new pursuit, 

Rat fishing. 

 

Micro jigs with cheese on an ultralight makes for some fun.   

   I will attach a couple pictures.

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[fishinwrench]

How are we dispatching these lip caught rodents ?  

[BilletHead]

48 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

How are we dispatching these lip caught rodents ?  

              Good question.  If you look at the one he is showing off it's back has some goofy looking hair. It is kinda flat there also. I would say one of those ducked taped boots stomped it. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I follow a guy on YouTube who uses small jigs and fly lures on a rod and reel setup to catch frogs.  Frog jigging.  Looks like alot of fun.  

[Al Agnew]

Many years ago I had a friend who was my dad's age, a sniper in WWII and a true Ozarker from Piedmont, MO.  He told the tale of his family moving to Chicago during the Great Depression because they couldn't survive in the Ozark hills, and living all together in a 2nd story apartment.  Their only real recreation was exactly this; fishing for rats from their window to the alley below.  He was a great storyteller, and I wish I could remember the way he told the tale, but it was hilarious.

He worked as a fishing guide on Current River when I knew him, and I helped him and my other friend who ran the guide business one summer.  His stories around the campfire at night (usually around Cardareva Bluff, as their usual float was two days from Powdermill to Van Buren) were usually the highlight of the trip.  But my most memorable evening with him was when we were running a trip with clients who, I remember, were close relatives of Tammy Wynet, the country singer.  Most of the people were okay (I had two teenage girls in the 19 foot square stern canoe both days, and they were a lot of fun to guide), but one woman was annoying, complaining constantly, squeamish about just about everything.  We had just set up camp for the night, and my friend was brewing coffee.  The woman came up to him and said, "I hope you didn't get the water for that coffee from the river."  

Actually, he had.  But he knew that wouldn't set well with her, so he said, "No, ma'am, that water came straight from town."

"Well, it's a good thing...I would never drink water from the river."

By this time, he was kinda fed up with her, so he said, "Well, ma'am, I guess it's a good thing I don't live in Neelyville, then."

I'm sure she had no idea where Neelyville was, but apparently it was a town that residents of Piedmont looked down upon.  She asked, "Why is that?"

He just shook his head, and said, "You see, Neelyville gets their water from a well in the middle of town.  And they keep an old b**ch dog tied up to that well all the time."

"Why in the world would they do that?"

"So that, when they get a drink of that water, they can kiss that dog's a** to get the taste out of their mouth."

She stalked off in outrage.  The rest of us were rolling on the gravel bar laughing.

[Mitch f]

Yep, they had Karen’s back then. One was my aunt. Sounds a lot like the gal in your story. 

[Mitch f]

7 hours ago, BilletHead said:

                        Just got an Email from our friend in inner city Chicago.   Here is what he had to say,

    

Thanks so much for the Christmas card!

Hope you both are doing well! 

 

Been experimenting with a new pursuit, 

Rat fishing. 

 

Micro jigs with cheese on an ultralight makes for some fun.   

   I will attach a couple pictures.

About Me – Scattered Thoughts Cartoons

Don’t let @Ham see this. Another pursuit for him. He will be looking up rat species.

[fishinwrench]

There's a house & shed 200 yards from the edge of my property that has always had a rat problem.  A buddy lived there for 15 years and was always complaining about rats in his boat, rats in his car and truck, and rats in the shed......even though he kept the place clean and there was absolutely nothing in there for them to eat (short of rat poison).  Never in the actual house....but just the shed and surrounding property.   

I have never seen a single rat here at my place in the entire 25 years that I've been here.  

Some new folks moved into that place year before last, and while talking to them last Spring they mentioned having problems with rats.   They also are clean living types and always keep the place nice and neat.    

Just makes me wonder what it is about that property that obviously appeals to rats ????  And why they've never attempted to move in on ME ?    I mean there are always boats and stuff sitting here that you'd think rats would just LOVE to occupy, but they never have.   Maybe I have enough black snakes and feral cats to keep them away. 🤷‍♂️

[MOPanfisher]

I am waiting foe the rat recipies.

[snagged in outlet 3]

10 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said:

I am waiting foe the rat recipies.

I’ll guarantee it’s starts with “you just haven’t had them prepared right”.  😆