Interesting week

Lets add some fried Rainbow trout and Okeechobee Bluegill to it too! )

Oh..my God...this isn't fair....shouldn't show pics like this unless your willing to share !!!

airshot said:

Oh..my God...this isn't fair....shouldn't show pics like this unless your willing to share !!!

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We share! Here is some fish chowder for you I made!! )

Wayne Roberts said:

We share! Here is some fish chowder for you I made!! )

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After licking my screen...it needs some salt !!

airshot said:

After licking my screen...it needs some salt !!

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Well if your short on salt you can use gunpowder like the pioneers did! )

Wayne Roberts said:

Well if your short on salt you can use gunpowder like the pioneers did! )

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Seriously, they did that? You know one of the key ingredients is saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and it is a diuretic. It will make you pee like racehorse.
Not to mention that the charcoal and sulphur doesn’t taste that great.

I guess it’s all relative to what you are eating. Gunpowder might go a long way to improve the taste of unrefrigerated decaying meat (road kill) that you shot a few days ago.

Still Afloat said:

Seriously, they did that? You know one of the key ingredients is saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and it is a diuretic. It will make you pee like racehorse.
Not to mention that the charcoal and sulphur doesn’t taste that great.

I guess it’s all relative to what you are eating. Gunpowder might go a long way to improve the taste of unrefrigerated decaying meat (road kill) that you shot a few days ago.

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You'll wonder where you went last night, when you brush your teeth with dynamite.

Still Afloat said:

Seriously, they did that? You know one of the key ingredients is saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and it is a diuretic. It will make you pee like racehorse.
Not to mention that the charcoal and sulphur doesn’t taste that great.

I guess it’s all relative to what you are eating. Gunpowder might go a long way to improve the taste of unrefrigerated decaying meat (road kill) that you shot a few days ago.

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Well written history says they did anyway. John James Audubon talks of that in one of his journals and a Dr. in Napoleon's Army writes of using it to season a stew he made.

Got a couple more 17-18" smallmouth yesterday and missed a couple more. Something is very strange this year for these fish to be this active so early. The 2nd fish had all kinds of food coming out of its mouth when I netted it. All the fish I caught/saw yesterday were in 3' or less of water since the river is pretty low already.

JL8Jeff said:

Got a couple more 17-18" smallmouth yesterday and missed a couple more. Something is very strange this year for these fish to be this active so early. The 2nd fish had all kinds of food coming out of its mouth when I netted it. All the fish I caught/saw yesterday were in 3' or less of water since the river is pretty low already.

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Did your river temps rise sooner this year? Our June was more like some Julys.

FuzzyGrub said:

Did your river temps rise sooner this year? Our June was more like some Julys.

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June was warmer but April/May still had some high water that seemed to be cooler like normal. I remember years ago swimming on May 7th with the river being low and warm but there was no fish action like this. There have also been quite a few years with a high river and so cold you couldn't swim on the 4th of July. Last year, April was low and clear but there was no fish action. Then May we got hit with a lot of rain and it was high/muddy for a month with cooler temps and no fish action. Something gives me the feeling the fish are predicting something bad like a major flood and are eating now while they can. I hope I'm wrong.

JL8Jeff said:

Got a couple more 17-18" smallmouth yesterday and missed a couple more. Something is very strange this year for these fish to be this active so early. The 2nd fish had all kinds of food coming out of its mouth when I netted it. All the fish I caught/saw yesterday were in 3' or less of water since the river is pretty low already.

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If it’s been raining a lot they could be feeding heavily on terrestrials like worms and bugs that are washing into the river.