bersaguy

I can promise you the last thing I would be doing on New Years day is Weed eating. They say what you do on New years Day you will be stuck doing all year long so I am very careful what I do. The only thing I did other than normal stuff is drive down to the lake and make about 10 casts out into the water so I can be fishing more this summer coming than I have been............ :up:

I think they are Beef and Turkey company and no pork............ :shrug:

Thought I would add a few more pictures of a truly abused mutt according to my friends.............They say I am abusing her with Love!! [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Kasey%20and%20Girl%20Dog/Picture%20098_zpsbuegji19.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Kasey%20and%20Girl%20Dog/Picture%20129_zpsdjakskyc.jpg.html][/URL] That bed she is laying on is a twin size Memory Foam Mattress with that quilt is her favorite and she has had those toys since she was a puppy and still plays with them in the middle of the night and wakes me up squeaky them................. :rofl:

Welcome to the site. Glad to see another member from Gallatin on board............. :up:

Just so you know Coon Hounds of all breeds always get their ears in their food if they are full blooded. Red Bones, Blue Ticks, Basset Hounds, Blood Hounds and some Beagles all are noted for their ears............ :up:   Thank you very much for what you and Reefer have done for her. My son would have loved her if not for the distance. I spoke with him yesterday and he said between him and his oldest son they have 8 Blue Ticks and two Red Bones. Oldest grand son does hunt coons so he uses many of them but my son just likes having them around. They all stay at his place in the country.  :up:

Nope on the site, He is just a good friend of mine that use to have a Fishing Guide Service as did I we both but quite doing it about 10 years ago. Got to much like work. I did one trip with a Client but it paid to good to pass up. About 2011 I had a lady Pro angler contact me about guiding her on Old Hickory Lake for a week as she had a tournament coming up in a month here. I accepted the trip and learned one thing after it was all over. Some women just can't listen and comprehend what they are taught. I spent a week putting her on a pattern that would win here the tournament. She made the cut to the 2nd day and was leading on first day. Do you think she would run that same pattern 2 days in a row like I told her to? Of course not!!! She got talking with other angler friends at supper that night and next day changed her pattern and caught one small fish and dropped from 1st to 14th over all. I was on the water the second day to watch her and when she didn't show up at the first spot she should have I knew she messed up. At the weigh in she told me what she did and that she messed up big time but would learn from it. Below is the type of fish I had her on for the winning pattern. [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Janet%20Parker/DSCF0068.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Janet%20Parker/DSCF0079.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Janet%20Parker/DSCF0078.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Janet%20Parker/DSCF0076.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/Janet%20Parker/DSCF0084.jpg.html][/URL] She did learn by her mistake here and went to Red River in Louisiana and led the tournament wire to wire and won it. She still orders baits from me.

If they can't obey company policy then they should not bitch when they get fired or quit. I am proud to see the company stand firm on their policies and not be intimidated by their religion............jmho

Yea, he does catch some hawgs on the flies. He has official Float-N-Fly rods that I think are about 10 feet long and an adventure to learn to cast but once you have it down it's easy. I guess I might have about 40 pictures of him with huge Spots and Small mouths from Dale Hollow. He is watching the water temps but he won't fish till they get in the upper 40's or very low 50's.

I resolve to live to see 2017 and fish more this year than I did the past year and make a trip to the range at least once each month and most important,  quit smoking and put that money into healthy stuff................. :ugh: 

I thought since we are showing off some big smallies I would add some a friend of mine catches on Dale Hollow using my Floating Flies we make in winter time. He uses 8 lb Braid with a 4 lb fluorocarbon 8 foot leader on FNF rods. [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/B%20T%20Fish/004.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/B%20T%20Fish/003-1.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/B%20T%20Fish/100_2111.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s218.photobucket.com/user/softbaitmaker/media/B%20T%20Fish/100_0014.jpg.html][/URL] He is waiting and hoping that the cold weather will drop the lake temps as he is ready to go again this winter.

I have seen the advertisement for the movie several times and I think it is going to be a good movie to watch but not from the viewpoint of the loss of lives that the movie is based on. Will be a good action film..........jmho

Link Speaks for itself!!!!!   http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/12/29/police-may-confiscate-guns-without-notice-owner-starting-january-1/

I don't care what your status is in the public eye. No one has the right to do what he is accused of. If he is guilty he deserves everything any other person would receive. If Cosby was seeking female companionship out side of his marriage, with his money I am quite sure he could have found it without raping non consenting females................jmho

Back when I spoke up I was just saying if it was not so far my son would take her because he has a soft spot for Blue Ticks but he lives about 100 miles west of me and I am about 200 miles from K Town. I am thrilled that she is going to have a great life soon and Praise to all involved , and three Cheers :cheers:  for both Mrs Monkey and Reefer for taking the steps necessary to make sure she is safe and will have a good future...... :up:

If it wasn't so far I know my son would take her. He has a soft spot for Blue Tick hounds even if they don't hunt. They make great pets and will let you know if someone is poking around after dark that shouldn't be..................... :up:

Glad to hear your back up and operational again. Never good to have a 4X4 that does not work when you need it............ :up:

Those were sure some chunks. Fat Spots for sure and old bucket mouth was nice also but that Bronzeback was my favorite. I would rather catch those than any of the bass family. They are challenge to get in the boat from the second you set the hook in one till they are in the net. My favorite lake to fish for Bronzebacks  Smallies is Tims Ford........................ :up: :up:

I also have friends that got hit with wage cuts and lay offs in the oil fields and the big oil companies could care less. They know that if they have to hire anyone if things change they won't have any problem finding new or rehiring old employees. I think Big Oil was trying to do just what you said. Using up all the OPEC reserves while sitting on their own. Now they have about made OPEC eat crow over that embargo back in the 70's but with the unstable middle east I don't agree with exporting any of our oil yet. I think it is to soon to completely rub their noses in the sand.    I do have one friend that was smart and he has no worries. He went to work for Exxon right after graduating Diesel College as an offshore rig mechanic. He made $85,000.00 a year but was smart enough to squirrel back money for his and his family's future. When they cut his wages he continued to work because he was already more than comfortable after making big bucks for 23 years. I spoke with him last week and he is getting ready to retire and his pension checks each month will be more the most middle class people make in 3 months and he will get one every month. Problem with most folks that get as lucky as he did, they think it will last forever and don't save like he did.............jmho

The Video was pretty short so hard to actually get a real good idea. Let me ask you this. I'm sure the boat has a speedometer in it that is power driven by water pressure. If that hose has separated which it connects to the motor in that area it could be the issue and pumping water into cowling because it has come loose from the lower unit. Also if you have a water pressure gauge in the dash you also have a water line that runs pretty much in same location and if it has come loose from motor it can also allow water to come out of cowling. To have that much water coming from the engine block itself such as head gasket or cracked head or block motor would not run well at all. I always like to begin with the simple stuff first and that is the things I would look at first and go from there. Reason I say this is I have a Yamaha and I experienced both of those issues and they were simple to fix and cost about 5 bucks. If you can, take the boat down to a boat ramp and remove cowling and start motor and look for water leaks. Just back the boat far enough to get motor totally submerged. You should be able to do that without taking it off the trailer. Another way you can check it at home is to purchase a pair of Muffs that fit over water pick up on lower unit. Hook to hose pipe at house and remove cowling turn on water to muffs with cowling off start motor once you have water at lower unit and watch for water leaks from anywhere other than pee hole. If it is a water pressure gauge it should have a leak on the engine block at a water port and could be a broken rubber hose. If it is not actually leaking water into cowling but in the area in the video my guess is the Speedometer hose is leaking. The pick up for that is located in a small hole in the foot of the lower unit in front side. It will not leak while on muffs or on trailer because it requires pressure from lake water as you are moving forward. If you have any questions feel free to PM me and I will send you my phone number and you can call me.................. :up:

Link speaks for itself       http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/Economy/obama-guns-background-checks-firearms/2015/12/28/id/707325/?ns_mail_uid=39319797&ns_mail_job=1647715_12282015&s=al&dkt_nbr=pf2l8kyi

Just thought I would ask how many Bass anglers may be on TGO? Reason I am asking is I have a hobby that includes making an assortment of Hand poured soft plastic baits and I sell them to anglers to help cover the cost of materials so I can make more. I use to do a lot more of it than I do now but just wanted to let folks know that if they are interested in using some great soft plastic Bass Catching Magnets I make some. I also make  Bass Jigs and Floatin Flies. If anyone maybe interested you can PM me for more information.        bersayguy

I really would like to see just how many times you would see them out in public if they lose their armed protection. I bet they would not leave the house. Most of them are not like Trump who has his own security. He was offered secret service protection for him and Carson a while back but only after he had to ask for it. Trump just said that he will use his own security and just bill the Federal Government each month for his security. Kind of sounds like Trump might not trust the Secret Service huh?......................... :up: ...............jmho

Does that mean if you carry open you don't need to have a permit?........................ :shrug: All I saw it said was gun owners in Texas will be able to open carry.......... :ugh: 

This is a big game of Russian Roulette being played by both the American oil companies and the OPEC nations. Back in the 1970's when OPEC put the Embargo in place and brought our country to it's knees there were no options on the table but to pay the price. Well it's payback time and now we are an Energy Independent Country and don't have to depend on OPEC and now it is them sucking the dry teats. You can bet that OPEC would love to see our fracking businesses fail but because they have the backing or our big major oil companies they will never shut down but just slow down and remain vigil in case OPEC tries to run new games.   For those of ya'll that are not aware of it the oil that is in the franking fields was discovered back in the early 1950's. It was decided that because they at the time could buy oil from OPEC for 10.00 a barrel than they could extract it that they would just set on it till a later date and continue buying from OPEC.   Now as to why the American Oil companies waited till 5 or 6 years ago to go after that oil, I have no idea. They knew where it was and how big it was. It was said to have a lake of oil larger than all of Saudi Arabia and several other OPEC nations combined. My only guess is the American oil companies were enjoying the very large record profits during all those years of high oil prices. I do know that we need to not get to comfortable with this because I don't look for it to last.      Someone is going to burst the bubble, it is just a matter of when....................jmho

This works for sure. Back when I was growing up I had Beagle hounds and so did a buddy of mine. If it got dark and one of our dogs was out of hearing distance of our whistles if it was his dog he would take off his teen shirt and hang it  near a tree base and every time we went back the next morning the dog would be laying on the shirt or very close by and would come running to us. We use that trick for years and to this day he still hunts with beagles and he has still had to use that trick a few times.................... :up: