3 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

You think they'd encourage people to take a walk in the woods as to distance themselves from others. But no, they want people closed up in tight, boring places.

 

(I'm going a little stir crazy here - there's only so many times you can re-arrange your tackle bags)

That was the problem. Everybody thought it was a good place to get away from people and they had 30,000 visitors yesterday.

1 minute ago, Crappiebasser said:

That was the problem. Everybody thought it was a good place to get away from people and they had 30,000 visitors yesterday.

It was almost as full as Kroger haha

Well, the good news is the spam calls have stopped for me.

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

I heard a story on the news last night about how dogs are enjoying this more than anyone else because all of their owners are so happy they are at home with them all time now.

 

Things can get a lot worse in a hurry like they are in Italy or some of the other European countries that have imposed a complete lockdown.  Be grateful for what you have at this time.

 

 

The pet stores in the area had a 70% off sale on all dogs and cats to sell them all before closing shop. 
 

Our friends have a brand new puppy to help them through the shelter in place.

1 hour ago, Glenn said:

Well, the good news is the spam calls have stopped for me.

I havent, I'm even getting a new one .

In as previous thread I recently shared that our Governor from Maine, Janet mills an avid angler, waived the need for a fishing license... She said, "get out and fish".  She is so, very cool.

 

I just got this notice:

 

Governor Janet Mills today directed Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso to allow boaters to operate without a current 2020 registration and milfoil sticker until April 30, 2020. Boat registrations normally expire at the end of each calendar year. 

We did some paddling sunset trips the last two evenings to cope with the Covid 

Social distancing here, nothing new for us. 
 

Missouri waived the need for fishing licenses until everything clears up. I'm just working and fishing, so pretty much everything is business as usual for me.

My son and I came down to Bluffton this weekend to see family and while here my dad now has to back in the hospital (not Coronavirus). My stepmother is not doing well so it looks like we’re going to have to stay here a while.

 

I do get to fish some, though. But I’ve seen male bass guarding beds and the fishing has been poor. At least I can get out. I also have a new, really good gator story that I will get to later this weekend. 

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

On 3/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

a dead possum

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

2 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

I pulled one out from under a house for a single mother at Christmas. She didn’t want to see it, but she did look at the picture. I got a rodent exclusion job out of it too...

You nervous for some reason, Mike? You're stuttering.

8 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

You nervous for some reason, Mike? You're stuttering.

I was thinking “Groundhog Day”.

I fished a Missouri Conservation lake on Monday and so did several other people . Nobody got close to each other .I hope they let it remain open .

Thanks for stories....wishing you all the best....I be grounded!!!

We've got this guys! Its not us vs. the virus... Its the virus vs. US!

I found something to do for the next couple of weeks besides fishing. 

Do you guys know what that is ?

6 minutes ago, Bird said:

I found something to do for the next couple of weeks besides fishing. 

Do you guys know what that is ?

Looks like a morel mushroom - good eating...but make sure because there are some others that look similar that are slightly poisonous.

17 minutes ago, Bird said:

I found something to do for the next couple of weeks besides fishing. 

Do you guys know what that is ?

Expensive little buggers in Michigan. 

My friends have been finding morels recently. I like eating mushrooms but white bass are easier For me to find and a lot meatier

The sun is out, the temps are almost perfect, spring is in the air, I have the radio cranked, the window down a tad, and listening to some good tunes. I’m going to make the best of the hand I’m dealt today. 
 

 

My only problem is that my only choice is A.  I hate hearing that there arena lot facing a lot more on hear.  My heart goes out to you all.

By golly guys, these are strange times we are living in I am 65 years old and have never seen anything like this in the entirety of my life. I live in NY and can still fish so I went out 4x in March/April and got the skunk trophy each time. I know we all have our opinions about what is going on. I know I do. But I guess in the long run my opinion is worth about as much as the few copper pennies I have in my pocket. I am concerned for the many businesses ( even those in the sporting/fishing industry) who are being so adversely impacted by the shut down of societies that recovery for some may never happen. There may be some very far reaching unhappy consequences through all this that go above and beyond infection control. If you can and desire to, go out and fish. I can think of no sport that incorporates social distancing quite like fishing does. Stay safe and stay sane.

Hmm...

 

The shirt term effects are terrible, but in a few months we will be fine,

 

With the lakes, state parks, baseball fields, baseball training facilities, hiking trails, biking trails, and just about everything except grocery stores and gas stations closed down there's less and less to do around here. But today I sorted through some scrap wood in my garage and decided to start making a stand to hold my fishing rods.

 

The wood I have is junk, so it won't be an indoor furniture piece but it will be functional garage unit. I have some decent wood I can repurpose from my son's old bed frame that I might be able to build something else with as well. I just need to figure out what I should build. The only problem is my router dies and that kind of limits what I can do.