Fishing Rhino

Good luck, and have fun with her. You are correct about choosing new electronics over replacing the seats. I would suggest duct tape (it's available in colors) to patch up the damage on the seats. Those are very efficient at grabbing the line when you move rods around. And, Murphy's Law being what it is, it will happen at the most inopportune time.

I searched white sucker spawning colors and came up with this. The third fish down is very close, except for the dark back. Most of the back was the golden/yellow color without the reddish tint. But it has the distinct, very dark line along its flank. The top fish also has the same dark line, but not as plainly seen as the third fish down. I'm guessing, based on this photo that flyfisher is correct.

Not a river chub. Just checked it out. The mouth is wrong, and the fish is too small. Tate caught one in the same pond a couple of years ago. Except for the color, the body and mouth is the same. I'd say his is a white sucker. The one I caught had vivid coloration.

You're telling me. Been over four months.

I was incorrect. I came into Counce via route 57 for the last road trip. That is the "business district. There is a "supermarket" only minutes from the camp on route 57. There are also several places that sell bait and tackle in the vicinity.

Chicken!

There is a restaurant at the park inn that opens for breakfast at 7:00. Pack a lunch for the boat. There are places nearby where you can get the basics. There must be a supermarket in the area, but I don't know where. Maybe "downtown" Counce. It's not far from the park. If you're sharing a cabin, you can keep enough "fixins" in the fridge to make lunches. The cabins are equipped with a full kitchen so if you want a really early start you can whip up some eggs, bacon or whatever. This will answer some of your questions. http://www.bassresource.com/pickwick/pickwick-lake-points-of-interest.html

I kid you not. That's what it says on the MSN home page. It did provoke a chuckle. http://wonderwall.msn.com/music/justin-biebers-monkey-quarantined-in-germany-1742796.story

I felt a bump, bump and when I set the hook, I ended up snagging it at the mouth. It fought all the way to the boat, and I used the net to land it when I got it to the boat. Wanted to take a good look at it. When I first saw it flash, I thought it was a largemouth because of the stripe. Water temps are still pretty cool around here. At 45 degrees the bass are still pretty sluggish. We caught about twenty, and not a one of them tried to jump. They wanted to stay deep. This fish fought pretty much the same way.

The shape is right. But there was no reddish hues on the fish. The belly was whitish, all the way to the dark lateral line, and the golden/yellow above the line. It was a stunning fish as far as coloration.

It's some type of sucker. It's more streamlined, not as full bodied as a carp.

The body shape, yes. The coloration, no. The dark stripe is very distinctive, like those on a striped bass. Above the stripe, which was about 3/4" wide it was a golden, yellow color, very vivid, almost fluorescent.

Congrats, and enjoy.

Yesterday, I caught a sucker of some type. Its coloration was brilliant. It had a dark brown or possibly black lateral line that ran through it's eye. Above the line it was a fluorescent/neon golden yellow. The belly was whitish. It was about eighteen inches long and weighed two to three pounds. It is a sucker of some type, but definitely not the white sucker that is found in many ponds around the Cape. The following photo is the closest I could get to the vivid coloration, and the mouth of the fish in the photo is not on the bottom of its snout. But it comes as close as any image I could find in any sucker category. The fish in the photo below is a Northern Redbelly Dace (female) If it did not have the red on the belly it would be a very close approximation of the coloring on the fish I caught.

More can always be done. If there was a known, better way, to make the cars safer, why would they not do it? NASCAR doesn't want their stars, who draw the fans on the sidelines. Then there are the freak accidents. I was a Lee Speedway in Epping NH, several years ago watching a Super Modified race that was part of the show. There was a crash in turn one. It wasn't bad as crashes go, but a piece of sheet metal sliced open the drivers neck, killing him. The only race cars I watch are stock cars, and from time to time drag racing. An F1, and an Indy car are truly marvels of technology. F1 has an avid fan base, but not in this country. The only Indy race that is well attended and gets good tv ratings is the Indy 500. A safer barrier on the wall Hamlin hit, might have prevented or reduced the injury Hamlin sustained. If you look at the crash testing done on cars, their main goal is to absorb the energy while maintaining the integrity of the passenger compartment. I think the current tests are done at 30 or 35 mph. I don't know how fast Hamlin was travelling, but it was significantly faster than that of crash tests.

Guaranteed, if NASCAR did all that, their audience, both tv and at the track, would nosedive. They took a hit with the car of tomorrow which provided more space between the driver and the roll cage. Fans grumbled that they may as well run IROC cars. In the last few years of its existence IROC didn't draw flies. Go monocoque, make them mid-engine, and make 'em weigh 1300 pounds. Bye bye factory participation. Bye bye fans. Bye bye sponsorships. Bye bye NASCAR. They'll be as popular as the Indy cars. That's my opinion, for what it's worth.

Thank goodness. I've been waking in a cold sweat worrying about how this would all come out. I'm looking forward to a good sleep tonight.

The wisdom of age. http://www.likeablequotes.com/blog/10-best-quotes-by-the-old-man-from-pawn-stars/

Yuck it up kiddos. Your day will come, if you're lucky.

Glad you got it squared away.

OK. It works for me. My calendar is now full. Long Mike, Pro Crafter and Bassin is Addicting fill my dance card along with RW and Ghoti. Heh, heh, heh. Five victims all in a row.

I've got two open days on my boat, depending on what Long Mike wants. If you want to claim one of those open days, speak up, and you've got it. If need be, we can fish three from my boat. Two on the bow and one on the stern.

I am booked for Wednesday and Friday. Long Michael has dibs on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday. I'll have a seat available for two days. When LM makes up his mind, I'll know which two days it is.

Only the remote outskirts of Atlanta might come close to being the backwoods. And that's an area extending about thirty miles from the center of Atlanta. You have to get past Douglasville heading west on I-20 before you enter the backwoods of GA. I know, because our younger daughter lives in Temple. Even then, when you get off of I-20 at exit 24 you find a mini metropolis with a Walmart, Home Depot, CVS, Walgreens, Right Aid, motels and a variety of many smaller businesses. The BPS on I-85 is a good twenty miles or more north of downtown Atlanta. South and east of Atlanta not quite so much, but still not backwoods. Next time we head that way I'll have to hitch a ride in that Bullet(t). Been to West Point, Varner, East Antioch in Rocky Mountain State Park. I really liked Antioch. Fished it in late March. Looking forward to going back there this fall.

I'm glad you're dad is doing better, and I'm glad there was nothing in all of the tests that would prompt a visit by a cardiologist. Had there been anything outside of "normal" parameters, then they would have brought in a cardiologist. Because he didn't see the cardiologist, it doesn't mean the tests weren't seen by a cardiologist. I had a stress test done several years ago. At one point during the test, my primary care physician called a cardiologist because my heart switched from a sinus rhythm to a junctional rhythm, whatever that means. Anyway, he answered a few questions from the cardiologist after which it was determined that there was nothing to be concerned about. Health care is always between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they are accused of doing unnecessary tests or unnecessary procedures in order to pad the bill. On the other hand there are times when patients or families feel they didn't do enough.