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CatchYourLimit, would pick on you for having too much time on your hands, but guess my posting 8 pics of bugs in my yard sets me up for the same ribbing

bman and tom, many thanks for the feedback. Bman, I'm 100% confident in the leaf cutter bee identification. Found another site that shows good pics of the leaf tube, leaving zero doubt... http://www.insectpix.net/Leafcutter_bees.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Tom, did g...

Had a BIG old water oak fall to the ground this past month, and as with MOST big old water oaks it was almost completely rotten inside. The hollow section of the tree had been serving as home for many creatures -- more roaches than I would care to count -- but one object in particular caught my atte...

Never used a pinfish trap but used freshwater minnow traps growing up and also Flint River Pirate's ultralight method. Not that the results necessarily mirror, but with minnow traps it seemed it took 2 to 24 hours for a few to work up the courage to quit flirting with the trap and actually enter but...

Carolina Casters, didn't see your reply until I shared ol' USMC memories with What a mess. Glad you enjoyed and all, but are you sure that the sunscreen wasn't Sun Protection Factor 1/64 ? Can't believe it was even a measley 2 due to the blisters that are itching like mad right now :smt011 Somehow b...

What a mess, regarding that PPPPPPPPPPPPPFC remark, been there and done that! PI style!!! :smt070 :smt093 Was actually a 29 year old college grad when I went in, with my own home, a professional engineering career, and a wife halfway through med-school... enlisted as I wanted to be a reserve tank cr...

This past week the Carolina Casters, aka John Robbins and his son Jacob Robbins from Union SC, came down to the big bend area for some summer fishing. I was sweating the visit a bit as the last trip they had made I was lucky enough to put them on trout, reds, cobia, and even a few keeper nearshore g...

And anybody remember last year during the tournaments when cobia was picked as the mystery fish about three times in a row and NOBODY was catching them... this year sure seems to be the year of the cobia. Don't know if littoral or any other scientific types will read this reply, but if so, sure woul...

Think I've used the words awesome and mogan in other posts where they were deserved, but need some new words for that MONSTER! MANY thanks for sharing

Don't know how many folks on the board have heard Dave Ramsey's radio show, but imagine many may have. If you haven't he is a radio host who focuses on helping folks use discipline and hard work to get out of debt and to enjoy freedoms associated with savings. His show does not normally focus on pol...

AWESOME report

bump... c'mon fellas, know Bocephus and I aren't the only two folks using aerators ... and I doubt everyone is using 3 or 4 junk ones a year Anybody else out there got a good manufacturer they can recommend???

ANY live baitfish... over last year have had them hit pins, grunts, porgies, and this past week even a lizardfish!!! :smt107 If they are cruising around and hungry they'll take a live bait right quick like. Have also caught a good many on dead cigar minnows offshore while trying to catch grouper. No...

Need to hold them big ol' reds a little LESS close to the camera and a bit closer to the chest, as they almost look TOO nice ;-) Just joking a bit, as they look perfectly legal in the group photo... but without that group photo, that last pic makes that red look HUGE!!! :-D Quick friendly suggestion...

Bman, for what it's worth here's my humble opinion... for really shallow water as well as clear water, I always aim to be throwing lures/baits out as early/late as possible, regardless of the tides, and definitely have had many more shallow water topwater blowups between sunrise and 10:00am versus m...