Shoot the bull thread

[RetiredRR]

I'm not getting antsy about February yet, but am looking forward to the trip and fellowship. Felt the need to let you'all know I won't be bringing 5 lbs. of fillets next year due to not having any to bring. My freezer is full of veggies and no room for fillets. I'm hoping Toledo Town has a freezer full of french fries cause that is what I plan on bringing. Thinking about bringing some corn meal coated okra to fry up and maybe a bag of pintos to cook up in the cabin. Pork & beans are fine, but pintos have more protein.

Hope we catch a bunch of crappies for the fish fry too.

["D"]

Love me some pinto's. If you can't be in Texas to eat them, next best is have a Texan cook them.

[prefers shiners]

Here are two vintage casting reels that I snagged off ebay the other day. The one on left is a J.C. Higgins and one on right is a Shakespeare.....both are stainless steel.

I have spent many a day fishing with a Higgins like that....had a braided line on it....and a fiberglass rod.....fished the Pearl river for catfish around Jackson (on the Natchez Trace) before they built the dam for the Barnett reservoir....we would buy a package of frozen shrimp for bait....put it in the edge of the river to thaw......put a big weight on and throw out and fish the bottom....if we didn't have $ for shrimp we would dig mussles out of the sandbars for bait...thanks dad for the memories......

thanks "G" for sharing.....

[jig rig]

Hey PS,
Thanks for the history.
I'm to young for pre Barnet but got to enjoy the REZ growing up close to the Pearl. One of my favorite spots washttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_Jail_Lake

Got to fish it many times as a adult. Dad was friends with one of the owners.

["G"]

Not vintage baits but the crankbaits I crappie fish with hooks on no kids in house.....Christmas tree....

[prefers shiners]

Hey PS,
Thanks for the history.
I'm to young for pre Barnet but got to enjoy the REZ growing up close to the Pearl. One of my favorite spots washttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_Jail_Lake

Got to fish it many times as a adult. Dad was friends with one of the owners.

I see it on google earth but never knew it existed.....

[Cappy]

WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! its in the 70's this morning. Feels Fallish

["G"]

Its cold in MS....Fall crappie camp

["G"]

Windy and rough water too

[Cappy]

Where yall at Grenada??