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[alan1]

Ha, ha...
Sorry about the duplication. I've been having some problems with my connection lately, too.

Every once in awhile I will have a double post like that--usually I get the message that it is a duplicate and the second one doesn't go through, but not every single time. If I notice it happened, I just delete one of them, but I'm sure I missed some along the way too.

I think most of us have double posted at one time or another.

I never do that. (Sometimes)

 

[Big Black Dog]

Well good news and bad news. I got my cast off! They took out the stitches, then they put another cast on. The cast is now pink, it was blue. Doctor says I'm doing well. Sure hate this cast though. I am feeling better than I was when I got home. It's frustrating not to be able to do anything for yourself though and my husband is the worlds worst cook. Of course, I'll probably lose weight this weight, again, good news/bad news. Hope everyone is doing well.

I have broken my left ankle 4 times over the course of my life. I feel your pain. I hate having to wear a cast but sadly, it's better to have the cast than to not have the cast. If you were nearby, I would like to sign your cast! Do people still do that? When I was a kid, and somebody broke his arm or leg and had a cast, everybody used to sign the cast.

 

[alan1]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Bears are very uncommon in my neck of the woods. Several weeks ago a black bear was sighted in Winnabago County and then in several other nearby locations. Well, today, this black bear is up in my neighbor's tree and has been there all day. This neighbor lives about a mile from my house. Local news has been going nuts covering this on their news broadcasts. If that bear makes his way to my house I plan on grinning him to death just like Davey Crockett did!

Can I have the bearskin rug?

 

[Big Black Dog]

The new camper is in the yard. Mrs. BBD has been busy for the last couple of hours putting her stuff in it. Reminds me of a hen fixing up her nest! It will take me about 10 minutes to put my stuff in it.

The first trip with the new RV is already planned out, RV camping spot reserved, and tickets to a show Mrs. BBD wants to see called "Half-Stitched". It's about a widowed Amish lady who has a collection of misfits show up to take sewing lessons. Where is this place we are headed to you ask? Going to go to Shipshewana, IN. It's supposed to be a great place for quilters to visit so I'm taking Mrs. BBD up there. Leaving on July 5th. Would go sooner but have to march in the 4th of July parade with the American Legion gang.

 

[Jughead]

You realize I am gonna rep for you that, right?!?!


I love catfish, trout, pike and above all, Salmon.

SALMON!!!


Now, we need to think of a good sauce to go with that. Tartar Sauce is just so 2013, you know.

With catfish, you can't go wrong with a Cajun sauce. OLD BAY seasoning will work.

Cajun sauce:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon OLD BAY® Seasoning
1 teaspoon McCormick® Thyme Leaves
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Garlic Powder

Mix the following in a medium bowl ... mayo, milk, OLD BAY, thyme, honey and garlic powder until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Catfish is good and that sounds like a good sauce.
Here's a good recipe for trout.

Go camping.
Catch some trout.
Clean the trout at the lake or river and throw the guts in the water for the turtles or crayfish. Alternatively, if you have a crayfish trap, you can put the guts in that so you can eat crayfish later.
Start a campfire and let it build up a good base of coals.
OK, now that we have the hard part out of the way, time to prepare the fish.

Dice a yellow onion.
Lay out a piece of foil large enough to wrap the fish in.
Place two or three large pats of real butter on the foil.
Sprinkle garlic powder, black pepper, fresh or dried dill and light salt over the butter.
Squeeze half a lemon on top of the butter and spices.
Put a couple slivers of real butter in the fishes cavity and stuff the rest of the cavity with the diced onion.
Lay the fish on top of the butter, spices and lemon juice.
Place two or three large pats of real butter on the fish.
Sprinkle garlic powder, black pepper, fresh or dried dill and light salt over the fish.
Squeeze half a lemon on top of everything, taking care not to wash the spices off of the fish.
Fold the foil over the fish into a pouch keeping the excess foil on the topside.
Lay down another piece of foil and place the foil heavy side of the wrapped fish on the bottom and wrap the new foil heavy side up. Alternatively, you can wrap two fish in the second piece of foil.
Cook the fish over the campfire. This is the tricky part. It depends upon how hot the coals are, how far from the coals the fish is (primitive camping, the foil wrapped fish is laid directly on the coal bed) and how thick the fish is.

I can't tell you how long to cook the fish. After many years of cooking trout over campfires both with and without a grill, I've just learned to master the skill based upon experience. In general, for a trout about 1.5 inches thick, 1 to 1.5 minutes per side if laid directly on top of the coals and 2 to 3 minutes per side if the grill is 3 to 4 inches above the coals. But it still depends upon how hot the coals are.

For side dishes, I recommend corn on the cob roasted over the campfire then slathered with real butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper, and pork & beans heated in the can over the campfire. Add your favorite beer as a drink but I suggest a quality pale ale like Sierra Nevada.

That trout recipe sounds real good. We also use butter and lemon when cooking trout, or sea bass. Sometimes we also add white wine. Your method would come in real handy when camping or on a fishing trip. Assuming the trout are biting.

 

[Jughead]

Well good news and bad news. I got my cast off! They took out the stitches, then they put another cast on. The cast is now pink, it was blue. Doctor says I'm doing well. Sure hate this cast though. I am feeling better than I was when I got home. It's frustrating not to be able to do anything for yourself though and my husband is the worlds worst cook. Of course, I'll probably lose weight this weight, again, good news/bad news. Hope everyone is doing well.

If the doc says that you're doing well, that's great news. Hopefully you won't have to keep the new cast on for too long. Now's a good time to catch up on TV shows or movies that you missed in the past.

 

[alan1]

That trout recipe sounds real good. We also use butter and lemon when cooking trout, or sea bass. Sometimes we also add white wine. Your method would come in real handy when camping or on a fishing trip. Assuming the trout are biting.

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

 

[Mr. H.]

I forgot about what a nice place this is just to come and read.

 

[Jughead]

That trout recipe sounds real good. We also use butter and lemon when cooking trout, or sea bass. Sometimes we also add white wine. Your method would come in real handy when camping or on a fishing trip. Assuming the trout are biting.

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

 

[Hossfly]

That trout recipe sounds real good. We also use butter and lemon when cooking trout, or sea bass. Sometimes we also add white wine. Your method would come in real handy when camping or on a fishing trip. Assuming the trout are biting.

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

The best bait I know of is a hand grenade. Works every time.

 

[Sarah G]

The new camper is in the yard. Mrs. BBD has been busy for the last couple of hours putting her stuff in it. Reminds me of a hen fixing up her nest! It will take me about 10 minutes to put my stuff in it.

The first trip with the new RV is already planned out, RV camping spot reserved, and tickets to a show Mrs. BBD wants to see called "Half-Stitched". It's about a widowed Amish lady who has a collection of misfits show up to take sewing lessons. Where is this place we are headed to you ask? Going to go to Shipshewana, IN. It's supposed to be a great place for quilters to visit so I'm taking Mrs. BBD up there. Leaving on July 5th. Would go sooner but have to march in the 4th of July parade with the American Legion gang.

That's a great trip right there. Shipshewana is fun, I've been there.

 

[Sarah G]

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

The best bait I know of is a hand grenade. Works every time.

 

[Sherry]

 

[Mr. H.]

My best friend's dad passed away Friday. They lived a few houses down from us when we were growing up. We've known each other over 50 years now. He's an only child and he lost his mother just two years ago. I went over to his parents' house and spent the night. We were invited over to a neighbor's house that evening and we all got stinking drunk and had a hoot. He really needed that.

Anyhow his dad was 90 and served in the Navy way back when. At the internment there were military honors and those gentlemen did it with such poise and professionalism. Just before it concluded out of nowhere comes a Naval officer in full uniform. He slowly saluted the casket then turned and slowly saluted my friend, knelt, and stated the "On behalf of the President of the United States..." I've been to military burials before but this one just left me in awe.

I reminded him that he's not alone and that my family is his family. Here it is Wednesday and he's still over there tying up estate stuff and other loose ends. After the funeral, a few of us took him out to the local sportsman's club and we let the lead fly.

It was strange, six grown men carrying that casket and when we first lifted it, it was light as a feather but the closer we got to the hearse it was the heaviest thing.

Ahhh... on a happier note.... Mrs. H. just got hired on full-time. It's been three years since she's held a decent paying job. And it couldn't have come at a better time since the kid goes off to college in August.

 

[JakeStarkey]

My best friend's dad passed away Friday. They lived a few houses down from us when we were growing up. We've known each other over 50 years now. He's an only child and he lost his mother just two years ago. I went over to his parents' house and spent the night. We were invited over to a neighbor's house that evening and we all got stinking drunk and had a hoot. He really needed that.

Anyhow his dad was 90 and served in the Navy way back when. At the internment there were military honors and those gentlemen did it with such poise and professionalism. Just before it concluded out of nowhere comes a Naval officer in full uniform. He slowly saluted the casket then turned and slowly saluted my friend, knelt, and stated the "On behalf of the President of the United States..." I've been to military burials before but this one just left me in awe.

I reminded him that he's not alone and that my family is his family. Here it is Wednesday and he's still over there tying up estate stuff and other loose ends. After the funeral, a few of us took him out to the local sportsman's club and we let the lead fly.

It was strange, six grown men carrying that casket and when we first lifted it, it was light as a feather but the closer we got to the hearse it was the heaviest thing.

Ahhh... on a happier note.... Mrs. H. just got hired on full-time. It's been three years since she's held a decent paying job. And it couldn't have come at a better time since the kid goes off to college in August.

Thanks for sharing. That is neat.

 

[alan1]

That trout recipe sounds real good. We also use butter and lemon when cooking trout, or sea bass. Sometimes we also add white wine. Your method would come in real handy when camping or on a fishing trip. Assuming the trout are biting.

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

Some of the places I fish don't allow live bait or dead bait or treble hooks.
When they say 'single hook artificial lure only', I know they mean fly fishing, but I've swapped hooks on a rooster tail or spoon to meet the requirements.

 

[SFC Ollie]

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

The best bait I know of is a hand grenade. Works every time.

We used to do pretty good with a TA312 and 50 ft of bare wire.

 

[SFC Ollie]

My best friend's dad passed away Friday. They lived a few houses down from us when we were growing up. We've known each other over 50 years now. He's an only child and he lost his mother just two years ago. I went over to his parents' house and spent the night. We were invited over to a neighbor's house that evening and we all got stinking drunk and had a hoot. He really needed that.

Anyhow his dad was 90 and served in the Navy way back when. At the internment there were military honors and those gentlemen did it with such poise and professionalism. Just before it concluded out of nowhere comes a Naval officer in full uniform. He slowly saluted the casket then turned and slowly saluted my friend, knelt, and stated the "On behalf of the President of the United States..." I've been to military burials before but this one just left me in awe.

I reminded him that he's not alone and that my family is his family. Here it is Wednesday and he's still over there tying up estate stuff and other loose ends. After the funeral, a few of us took him out to the local sportsman's club and we let the lead fly.

It was strange, six grown men carrying that casket and when we first lifted it, it was light as a feather but the closer we got to the hearse it was the heaviest thing.

Ahhh... on a happier note.... Mrs. H. just got hired on full-time. It's been three years since she's held a decent paying job. And it couldn't have come at a better time since the kid goes off to college in August.

As Commander of an American Legion Post it has fallen on me to give that little speech,
On behalf of the President of the United state, American Legion post 247 and a grateful nation........I almost always tear up going through it...

 

[SFC Ollie]

 

[Spoonman]

The trout are always biting. One just has to figure out what they are biting on.
Trout are fickle, one hour it may be a dardevle spoon, the next hour it may be live bait like a worm or the next hour a rooster tail or bumblebee fly. I have friends that like to stick with their "tried and true lures" for hours on end as they catch nothing. I'll switch up my lures and try live bait quite quickly until I find what's working for the moment. When I find the right thing and start reeling them in, my buddies always ask, "What are they biting on?" I love to reply with the sentence from the movie A River Runs Through It, "The end of my line".
We do share what works though. Sometimes their 'tried and true' are what works for the hour or day.

Most of the time I just stick with worms. They're easy to acquire. Prior to going fishing, just give a section of the back yard lawn a real good soaking. The worms will start flocking up. I have some lures as well, but usually had better results with the worms.

Some of the places I fish don't allow live bait or dead bait or treble hooks.
When they say 'single hook artificial lure only', I know they mean fly fishing, but I've swapped hooks on a rooster tail or spoon to meet the requirements.

a few places I fish require barbless hooks.