Thread: My DIY Projects and Great Adventures

We got into making Crappie cakes much like one would make a crab cake.

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I should have got a weather forecasters job. Only job you can be consistently wrong at and still maintain employment

We experienced some stormy weather early this morning. The radar showed the clouds well away and nothing local to me- Gainesville. So I set about launching and motoring out into the lake.




Then I saw a bright flash and heard a big boom. A really big boom. Checked the radar and this is what I saw.



A long finger reaching up to ruin my day. It just appeared out of no where. The lake looked beautiful and the rain really isn’t a huge issue, especially when it is hot, but lightning is a problem. I promised her I would never so I headed back to the ramp without so much as a cast.

On the way back in I spied the rare albino alligator.



So I slowed down and motored over kind of quiet like. He never moved and let me get real close for the really good pictures.










STINK……..

Man he smelled horrible. I did not see any obvious signs of trauma. Been dead a few days as he was bloated from the gases of decomposition. Looked to be close to 8 feet, possibly seven. Big enough I tell you that.

So I came home and the rain poured harder and harder. There were a dozen boats floating about out there and no fish is worth dying for. There was a small break in the rain and I watched two men launch. They must not have radar on their phones. Came home and the wife was leaving for work. Quick kiss and been fiddling around in the garage ever since. The rain stopped, the storms stopped, but I have an appointment in a little while so I didn’t go back. High winds tomorrow so I might try a smaller lake and see if I can manage.

Making some new jigs. Using the #2 Do-It Whacky hooks in the Bat Jig mold. I had a horrible experience with the #6 Whacky hooks as fish were coming unpinned before landing. More than half if I remember right. The larger hook may make a difference. If I see fish popping off these hooks, I will know to toss the new jigs quick. I am playing around trying to find a favorite. I like long lining the 1/16th oz size for standard duty, and the 3/16th directly behind the boat for the big fish.

My boat does not scare the fish in shallow water like I surmised it would. The big fish jigs are twenty feet back at most, straight behind the boat and about a foot deep. Again my bigger fish come on these two jigs and I don’t know why.

That critter had to be ripe in this heat.
Can't believe another gator hasn't made a meal of that

S T I N K


That thing stinks.

Been around a few. They do get especially fragrant

In 1918, we had a major flu epidemic in this nation.

WWI was winding down and the doughboys were starting to come home. With them came the virus and it began its deadly assault on our people. Called the Spanish Flu because the newspapers in the other countries withheld bad news for war moral purposes, Spanish papers did not and reported on it. This gave the appearance that it started in Spain. 500 million caught the flu and 50 million died from it. In fact, more Americans died from the flu the soldiers brought back with them than died in the war itself.

That flu was somewhat mild when it first struck, with symptoms we all recognize today. There were four waves of the virus though and the next one was deadly and began killing 20-40 year old people. Babies and elderly have always been hardest hit, but the ages of this flu victims was concerning. It caused their bodies to over react and filled their lungs with fluid. Back then they ordered masks, social distancing, no public gatherings, etc and it did not work. Personal hygiene was an issue, no antibiotics was another and many died from secondary bacterial infections.

There was a shortage of doctors due to the war, and they prescribed a new medicine on the scene- aspirin. Bayer got a patent and was selling it. Doctors were prescribing it in high dosages, something now known to cause pulmonary edema ( fluid in the lungs ), something that was contributed to the flu, and it was a while before they stopped prescribing high dosages. No one really knows how many died from the treatment, that might have survived the flu without help.

This current flu is also a novel virus, as was the 1918 Spanish flu. The government has instituted the exact same actions to prevent the spread, and while they are limiting the spread, they cannot stop it. 100 years ago medicine is not what it is today, so many will be saved that would have died 100 years ago.

My doctor told me to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Told me it doesn’t keep you from getting sick, it keeps you from dying. If you haven’t already done so, get the vaccine. Many of those that are dying today avoided it because it was the mark of the beast, or worried it would change their DNA, whatever. They are paying a heavy toll today for this thinking. Those getting really sick and dying now are not vaccinated. Yes, some who were vaccinated have gotten sick, but the vast majority have not.

My best friend’s wife, 51, died Sunday. They each thought the vaccine was dumb and refused it. They each got sick and she collapsed Saturday and died in the ICU early Sunday morning. He told me, in between tears, that he has been vaccinated with his first shot now. Seems silly to him now I guess, that such a simple thing could have kept her here, with sniffles and such, and instead is dead. Our local hospitals are flooded with victims, their morgues are packed and they are desperate for funeral directors to come take them away. The funeral homes are packed beyond capacity and the death certificate processing system has become overwhelmed and has been crashing. This means victims are not being cremated quickly enough and their facilities are overwhelmed.

Folks this is just the second wave, with more to come later. It isn’t going to just go away. The government is still not telling us the truth about any of this. Personally, I believe this is a designer virus, created in a laboratory and unleashed upon us on purpose. While it is possible that it is natural and just happened, the odds are in my favor. We will see more deaths with this second wave than the first. In my area that is easily the case. Fat people, old people, people in poor health are not surviving the virus. It isn’t that it kills them, their own bodies reaction to the virus is what is killing them. They over respond.



Me…..I am going fishing today. Gonna troll around and look for live gators and big fat slob croppy. If you haven’t been vaccinated yet……. you should not go fishing, rather hustle your but down to get the free vaccine.

Ever had a day you wished you had just stayed home and laid in bed and cried ?


Today there was no storms and I went fishing and then there were storms. The winds began to absolutely howl. So much so my rods were bowed over and the lines began to wrap up. I headed back in but lost a rod over the side during the melee. Landed boat and headed home. Got home and discovered another rod had bounced out of the boat because I hadn’t secured everything properly. Also discovered that sonar unit was on again.


Gonna try again tomorrow.