RichardR

Howdy from Ripley! Welcome to TGO!

That is a very smart ramp to ramp system ya got there Riverrat, unfortunately there isn't enough access points on the Hatchie, at least not down this way or I'd try to do something like that myself! I think there is a golf-cart place in Covington, so the next time I am in Covington I will stop in and ask them about buying a battery, I really would like to have a two batteries on-hand anyway so that if one goes down I can just grab and go with the other with no downtime involved. I probably won't be carrying a whole lot of fuel around, maybe two gallons at a time since that 4 hp 4 stroke I bought sips on it real gentle like (nothing like my much thirstier 9.9 & 15 two strokes that I used to own), of course I am still breaking it in and not out fighting a current while pushing a fully loaded boat upstream yet either, but I wanted about 5 days of fuel onhand so I can just grab and go in the mornings. And yea I got a bit of "sticker shock" when I started looking into new instead of used outboards, jeesh the first thought that popped into my head was that I could buy a pretty decent used truck for the cost of a new 9.9hp! But I figured going new I would have a lot less downtime, all of my other outboards were bought used and abused and it seemed like I spent more time working on them than I did running them out on the water. Anyway if I start making some money, I will probably invest in another larger flatbottom, I would really love to have something like a Beavertail 2072 monster jon or something for running hoopnets or maybe even gill nets out in the Mississippi, but since the Hatchie gets real tight and real shallow in some places so I figured a 1432 and slatboxes would work better on it, plus be cheaper to get started with and at the very least get me some commercial experience under my belt before I risked life and limb out on "da bigga ribba" guess I will find out for sure here soon, since I am almost ready to start running those slatbaskets, trotlines and yo-yo's along the lower stretch of the Hatchie, well the section inbetween Ripley & the Lower Hatchie Wildlife Refuge anyway. If you have any advice for selling off any or all of my daily catch I would really appreciate some pointers, one of the ladies here in the neighborhood told me yesterday that the local university used to buy commercially caught turtles for their biology labs, I have my commercial turtle license but I wasn't planning on running any turtle specific traps, I just didn't want ones caught on my other gear to go to waste, which is why I asked the TWRA for one. I haven't contacted the university yet, but it is definitely on my "todo" list.

It was a trick question, the canidates on ballots are almost aways a choice between the lesser of two "evils".

I have owned mine for about 20 years or so, it is a semi-crude copy of CZ's BRNO, as awful as they look they are extremely accurate, I have taken countless squirrels and rabbits with mine, I have even shot it in local low-budget, small-bore matches and took more than my fair share of pots with it. Heck of a good shooting rifle for the money IMHO.

Everyone should ask themselves 3 simple questions prior to casting their ballot. 1.) Is there such a thing as "good" &/or "evil"? 2.) Is X,Y or Z canidate's policy or position "good" or is it "evil"? 3.) Would you rather have a "good man" or an "evil man" ruling over you & your family? Tada! You are now prepared to choose whom shall sit in the Oval Office at the start of the upcoming zombie apocalypse.

Well I couldn't find any golf-cart batteries anywhere around here so I went with the DC29, which I actually was able to find locally at our little Walmart, I also snagged a Minnkota Endura C2 40, a 15lbs river anchor, 10 gallons of fuel, 6 cinder blocks, new numbering, a spare drain plug, a dozen more I-bolts, a large dry box and a smart/speed charger. All in all I have spent a total of $4339.81 thus far getting equiped, licensed, etc. I really hope at the very least, that I can make the majority of my money back, of course it would be nice if I could turn a little profit in the process, if nothing else I'll be eating really good though!

I blame both George Romero & George Sorros, combine their byproducts and in a nuttshell you basically get the whole "zombie" thing.

Golf cart battery eh? Never thought about using one of those, thanks for the heads up Riverrat! I went down to Nylon Net company in Memphis and picked up 6 slatbaskets, a 300ft spool of rope, 50 gear tags, mesh baitbags, a couple of knives, skinning pinchers, a dozen yo-yos, some terminal tackle and 40 lbs of cheese bait. I still need to make more anchors and finish painting my fish market sign, but I am slowly but surely getting this endevour off of the ground and in the water. My sonar/gps should arrive in the next day or two, the DSI technology will probably take some getting used to, the only other "fish finders" I have ever used displayed little cartoon fishies and I ignored all of the other scribbles (structures) on it because guessing was about as good as I was ever able to get trying to read those things. But hopefully the DSI should help me see the bottom without having to guess what is what, this gear is to expensive to have it get tangled in dead falls or lost in the swift river current. I am just wondering how much gear (or fish) I am going to loose to theft and/or intentional sabotage though, there are more than a few recreational anglers who think commercial fishing is da debil! And I am quite sure a few of them would go out of their way to screw with my gear or catch.

You were told wrong, if your rifle has a .223 chamber only feed it .223 cartridges.

I don't always plug into the power grid, but when I do I prefer 110v AC. No but seriously it would be disasterous if we had a wide spread grid failure, not only would there be rioting and looting everywhere, but all of the icecream in my freezer would melt!

Amen to that Riverrat! At leat I'd finally get a chance to see New Orleans though LOL I just ordered a sonar/gps combo (Lowrance Elite-4 DSI) tonight, I will probably pick up some (at least 6, maybe as many as 10) slatbaskets this next week, and I am going to hit Walmart in th next day or two for a Minnkota C2 Endura 50lb motor along with an EverStart DC-29 to power everything. That, along with everything else that I have either buit or bought should get me off to a pretty good start.

I never got the chance to test the stabilizers, I caught a decent deal on a 2008 Fisher 1432 w/trailstar trailer, both in like new condition & then I ordered a 2012 4 hp 4-stroke Nissan outboard to push it around, which should be arriving some time today.

Lower end of the Hatchie to start with, I am going to hold off fishing on the Mississippi until I get a bigger boat, the stabilizers I added to the canoe should help some but I haven't had the chance to test them to see how much they help yet.

Congrats?

I don't fit very well into my mom's Corolla but then again I am used to driving a full-sized Silverado, her Corolla is definately better than her Lexus but it still feels cramped to me (I am 6'1" 185lbs).

Well I am making stabilizers/outrigging for the canoe and that will help a great deal, but I will still eventually buy or trade for a flatbottom, I figure if I wait until the weather gets colder I might catch myself a pretty good deal on a nice one.

I made a massive pot of chili today, tried using ground turkey instead of ground beef and it actually turned out extremely well and was most definitely healthier.

I like anchovies on my pizza, not everyone likes anchovies but I don't care, it doesn't bother me at all what pizza toppings folks like or dislike on their pizza's. So long as those folks are not demanding that because they don't like anchovies, I shouldn't be allowed to like them either, nor would I ever feel compelled to tell anyone else that because I like anchovies that they also must like anchovies. Wait, what? Oh yea I like cheese too.

I pocket carry my LCP all of the time, always in a holster though.

Thanks again guys, I got a little excited and went ahead and got my commercial fishing license Friday, so about 6 months earlier than I originally planned, so I have been busy making trotlines all weekend. I will probably wait on making my slatbaskets &/or hoop nets until I get all of my trotlines made and out in the water, since I can run trotlines by myself and from my canoe, not ideal I know but still doable, a flatbottom Johnboat would definately make my life easier, especially if I am going to do slatbaskets and hoopnets by myself, so I am probably going to have to buy or trade for one here shortly.

The earth periodically goes through glacial and interglacial cycles, during which the earth is either warming or cooling, this whole "global warming" stuff is just political propaganda, as it most certainly is not based on actual science.

I ride, but I also live on the far west side of the state.

No offense 10ring but I would suggest not getting involved in domestic situations as described above unless you know all of the facts, my experiences have shown me that these sorts of things are not quite as "cut & dried" as they appear on the surface and that 3rd parties who get involved are often done so under false pretenses. My oldest daughter and my grandchildern from her are a prime example, unfortunately after a bit of investigation on my part, the "story" was a bit different than what I was being told, granted I love my daughter and my grandchildren but before you jump on one side or another make sure that you have all of the facts before doing so, sometimes emotions get the best of all of us.....

I bought a new 4q fryer today, can't wait to slap a few pounds of catfish in it this weekend and see how it does compared to my old fry daddy, of course I would rather be steaming up some blue crab but I will happily gourge myself on fried cat in the absense of fresh blue crab.

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