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Sheesh, the first half of Alabama games are giving me an ulcer this season. Glad to to see the offense step up and play like the defense. I wish LSU's Daniels hadn't gotten hurt, would have been better to win with him in. Playoff hopes still alive but this isn't our year. Feeling really good...

I was thinking the same thing. Those look like post-bonk pupils.

Never heard the term "fat wood" until this thread. Well, in the outdoors context anyway... Growing up in sweet home Alabama with our limited red neck imaginations, we called it "starter". Collecting it or marking likely pine stumps was standard practice when out hunting or scouting future...

Last night in the Tacoma Dome... Tool!

My reaction to this was similar to most everyone else's: #1 & 2, not going to do much over current state but yeah, OK. #3 & 4, hell no, that's the same ol' stupidity However, I had a different, maybe more literal reading of #3. I read that as closing specific sections of the 14(?) rivers...

Sturdy kitchen shears on the raft for cutting gills to bleed the fish, usually a few minutes in the net, then lift by the tail and some gentle downward pressure to push most of the remaining blood out. Shears are safer than knives on an unstable surface and serve other purposes too. Once bled...

^^ This. I try to get a sine wave in the braid as I drop the rod tip. I feel the tip drop is as or more important than the lift.

Pretty sure that's the place on the right as you approach the road to the Campbell Tree Farm. Tourons line up on the road in fall to photography the red maples along the drive. I've driven by it a jillion times as a long time tree farm passholder but never seen the house as it's set too far...

Yes, on a relative basis for this part of the country, not unusual at all. Our place was a good bit less, but still felt awfully expensive when I signed the papers - 5 acres and about 500' of frontage but high bank forest and doesn't have a great fishing hole on the property (neighbors on both...

Several folks have asked me to keep an eye out for cool river properties on the OP. Just saw this property came on the market. Nowhere near cheap but would be an amazing buy for someone interested in fishing and other outdoor activities on the North OP. Great salmon fishing right out back and...

This is probably a joke but when I was doing a lot of deep technical diving, wrecks and such in a dry suit, we used pee-valves and 'Texas catheters'. They went on OK but were agony to get off. And there were the occasional kinked hoses that result in a peesplosion, usually in the first 15min of...

Rechargeable electric hand warmer was a $35 game changer for me last winter. I didn't use it for my hands, usually held it inside my waders for general warmth. Depending on how high you set it, lasts up to 6 hours of so on a charge. And always bibs if it's an option.

Especially in coyote country which is pretty much everywhere except downtown these days. One sat just outside my fence this weekend and watched me mow half my yard before trotting off. Probably to go eat the neighbor's Bichon or cat that they let wander around... Agreed on the other posts. I...

Thalweg - arguably the most important part of the river. Or if a B-name is key - Bergschrund.

Effin awesome post. Those kids will remember that day for sure. I’m 58 and I remember freezing my ass off on a rainy day trolling for ‘hybrids’ (white/striped bass) in Lk Hartwell South Carolina at about that same age. Every time my dad and PawPaw would turn toward the launch I’d scream and...

Ha! Someone is watching this forum... Just hit my inbox. Stoked! Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife September 26, 2023 Quillayute system reopens to fishing beginning Oct. 1 Action: Reopens fishing in the Quillayute system under permanent rules. Effective date...

The Quilleute and tributaries have been closed to all fishing since mid-July. Sea-run fishing can be really fun this time of year in that system, especially lower down. Combo coho/sea-run floats are a favorite of mine. Hoping for enough rain to get to do that this year. Last year we were...

We’re on track for a normal Sept rainfall total on the WA north coast with a bit more coming this week. Still, with the record low flows as a baseline, I think we’re going to need a good bit more to get the Quill system open. Before this rain, the Sol Duc was literally shin deep (or less) all...

Unless there is a drastic change from the last couple weeks, our former OC and DC now at Ole Miss are going to whip our asses this weekend. Lane and Pete are lickin' their chops I'm sure. Roll Tide (even when we stink)!