Outdoorsman Thread

[Dinadan]

Temps forecasted to be in the low 80's starting on Monday....so I figured I better take advantage of the 74 temp today.
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I felt the same way last night. I made a little fire in my chiminea and cooked some beef and mushroom shish kebab over the flames. Very old school, like in Homer.

[RobesonsRme.com]

That river reminds me of the Perdido.

I think tannin (?sp) and the sandy bottoms cause the color of what we call "black water" down here.

Charlie Noyes

[FRJ]

Mel, I have a kayak similar to yours.
Haven't used mine lately.

[Dinadan]

That river reminds me of the Perdido.

I think tannin (?sp) and the sandy bottoms cause the color of what we call "black water" down here.

Charlie Noyes

Charlie - I am "down here" also. The Escatawpa River runs partly through Mobile County, Alabama, and partly through Mississippi. I was in the Mississippi part this time. I think you are right about the tannin giving the water the color- I call it tea colored. The Escatawpa River was the first river I ever boated on, swam in, camped on and fished on. Because it was the first it is the river that I always compared other rivers to in my mind. Not too many have ever measured up!

Escatawpa River in Mississippi

Mel, I have a kayak similar to yours.
Haven't used mine lately.

Joe - I see that yours is even the same brand, Heritage. Looks top of the line! I have two kayaks, one twelve footer and one ten footer. I prefer the smaller one because it only weighs forty pounds. I love paddling, maybe because I grew up doing it. If they had only made kayaks like ours back then! When my dad and I first fished that river we used a home made boat and Dad gave me some tough love experience with a paddle, boat, and fast flowing river. Compared to those early boats, my kayaks are like a dream come true, and sometimes I do indeed dream about rivers and canoes and kayaks.

[FRJ]

Thank, Mel.
Mine is very comfortable, but it needs to be smaller.

[TripleF]

While at oldest grandsons baseball game yesterday I snapped a couple pics (now that my awareness and respect for birds is on a higher alert....thanks Garry & Phil) of an Osprey nest. In all 3 pics you can see one in flight.....

[jmh58]

Nice Osprey pics Scott!!! KOOL!!! John

[Dinadan]

Good osprey photos, Scott. Look like a beautiful day for a gaime.

[Quick Steel]

Good shots Scott. How far are you from the coast or some other substantial body of water?

[TripleF]

Good shots Scott. How far are you from the coast or some other substantial body of water?

Well, dang close actually.....probably 5 miles. If you have my address you can google map it.
The location of these birds was close to a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, as I am about 5 miles from the same body of water.

[TripleF]

Caught this little bucket mouth yesterday with the younger grandson!

[jmh58]

NICE LMB there Scott.. That smile says it all!!! KOOL!!! John

[garddogg56]

man now these boys are sporting..nice Bass

[Colonel26]

Very cool bass there Scott. Did a lesson in fish cleaning follow shortly thereafter?

[TripleF]

Very cool bass there Scott. Did a lesson in fish cleaning follow shortly thereafter?

No sir.....mostly catch and release here, unless I tag a Crappie!!!

[tjmurphy]

I'm wit chu, Scott Crappie is the only fresh water fish to eat

[carrmillus]

...bluegill is right up there, too, t. j.,and I have eaten a lot of bigmouth bass, too, they're all good to me!!!.......... .......................

[Dinadan]

Scott - I bet that boy remembers that day for a while! I agree with Carrmillus about the bass and bluegills - excellent when fried!

[carrmillus]

Scott - I bet that boy remembers that day for a while! I agree with Carrmillus about the bass and bluegills - excellent when fried!

...they're all good!!!.especially if you eat 'em along with JOHN WAYNE hushpuppies(reg. hushpuppies loaded with diced jalapeno's)!!!!.................. .....................

[Dinadan]

Scott - I bet that boy remembers that day for a while! I agree with Carrmillus about the bass and bluegills - excellent when fried!

...they're all good!!!.especially if you eat 'em along with JOHN WAYNE hushpuppies(reg. hushpuppies loaded with diced jalapeno's)!!!!.................. .....................

I am a hushpuppy fan too! But while I can fry fish I have never mastered the art of making hushpuppies. Regarding the fish, if there is any freshwater fish native to my area that is not good when fried, I have never had it. Pickerel and gar I have never tried, but I like every species of sunfish and catfish, even the lowly and despised Bullhead Catfish.

[carrmillus]

..........best way to eat GRINNELL is salt and pepper it, bake it on an oak board at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, then throw it away and eat the board!!!!!.............. ....................

[bighomer]

Well fellers if'fin you ain't never et sauger you don't know what you've missed, best tasting fish I ever ate period. Yore milage may vary

[carrmillus]

.......I have a neighbor who fishes for sauger up at pickwick dam. he brought me some a while back, and they were very good!!!........... ............

[bighomer]

Pickwick use to be a hotspot for them although I never had a great deal of luck there. I limited out at Cheatham dam several times though. I always thought the reason they were so good was because they came out of real cold water. We fished for them on the coldest days we could, one time we went through Ashland City and the bank sign said it was 16 deg and it was was spitting snow. The three of us limited out before noon and we culled several smaller ones.

[treefarmer]

Some years the woods are too wet to burn after hunting season and by the time they dry out the vegetation is then too green to get a good healthy burn. This year it has worked out pretty good. A late burn is not good as some birds will be nesting.
Burning every two or three years keeps the threat of wildfire at bay and helps the pine timber by eliminating some hard woods that compete for nutrients.
Controlled burns also keep the browse more palatable for the deer. So it's a win win all around.
We try to keep our burns small enough to manage if something goes wrong. We cut fire lanes with a disk and then start the fire burning into the wind away from the fire break. By the time we get the down wind side burning we usually go to the up wind side and let the two fires run together.
Within a couple of weeks there will be fresh green browse showing all over the burn.
Here a few pictures of what's been going on.
Treefarmer

Yesterdays work

Part of today's fire

Today's fire about to run into a pond and die out

Lookin' east down a fire break, yesterday on right and today's fire on the left.

Burning next to the grandson's food plot.