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[Ricky Spanish]

In 5th grade our school hired a drama professor to teach 5th grade I was in her class.
She made us read Julius Caesar.
Shakespeare in 5th grade?
Yup.
She made a huge fuss and used a $200-word to describe how a clock striking three in Rome ...1500 years before anyone had clock with chimes...lol
Ana-something...lol

So what he's dead

[Ricky Spanish]

Krispy Krunchy Louisiana fried chicken.
Oh yeah.
Ides of march chicken.
That's good chit man.

[Anotherone]

I wish I could mail you a 3 piece fried chicken from Southern Chicks. You’d be dancing in the streets. Good eating.

[Ricky Spanish]

I wish I could mail you a 3 piece fried chicken from Southern Chicks. You’d be dancing in the streets. Good eating.

Had to settle for a woa nelly.
Nobody wanted to cook yesterday an I was hungry.

[Anotherone]

Hell yeah! Whoa Nelly is the answer!
Tilling the garden rows yet?

[Ricky Spanish]

Hell yeah! Whoa Nelly is the answer!
Tilling the garden rows yet?

Hell no its going to be icy again and it's muddy today.
One day it'll be right kind of clouds and ...it will be in late April.

Want to see video of a northern beekeeper that's going bonkers with cabin fever?
The Canadian guy is losing it...lol

When going thru my seeds I finally figured out what went wrong last year. I found two varieties that I never grow mixed in. Them oddball plants last year were either better boy or another variety. Got mixed up.
Tossed the oddball seeds.
The watermelon seeds have to wait until may which sucks. Means my melons won't happen until.august.

The green ones are Roma.

[Ricky Spanish]

Soon I'll plant seeds right on top. Cover with potting soil.
That way I can cheat and grow some greens before I start the maters.

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That brushy crap on the fence is fall clematis.
It's actually beautiful in the fall. Pure white blossoms.
My neighbor was about to chop it all down and I stopped her by saying, "remember how pretty that is in the fall".
If I'd just told her no she'd have redoubled her effort.

[Ricky Spanish]

Triggered again...
The border crisis isn't a crisis at all to a certain group.
Haitians. Ask yourself right now "how do Haitian refugees get to the US border?".
I've asked it myself and had to just make up an answer and this is what my mind came up with.
Remember that time where the Clinton's swooped down to Haiti after a disaster to "help"?
I suspect that they trafficked a shitload of Haitians to central America, gave them welfare checks, and kept them like pets.
Upon command the pets relocated to our border and strutted right in.
Now ask yourselves again..."what motivates large groups of people to just migrate"?
I'll say it clear....they quit getting them checks and to survive they had to move closer to the source of that money.

Anyone else see it that way?
The border crisis IS human trafficking and..

I'll ask you to try and remember what the last thing Obama did was. It was of tantamount importance that they quickly re-write the laws concerning human trafficking which they did right before Obama left office.
My what a coincidence.

[Ricky Spanish]

This should be on every braided line package.

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[Ricky Spanish]

Sangchris is a good lake to fish and hunt both.
Cast and blast is completely possible the first week or two of duck season.
Nice camp ground too. Two of them.


How long before you toss captain bly out of his boat?
He thinks his buddy is his "net-boy".


The first thing I'll throw at Clinton or Sangchris is one of these. Says FAT FREE GUPPY on the side.
A bloody shad is good too.

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All I need is warm weather and ice cold beer

[PorkChop]

That is the knot I always use.

I started using braided line in the early 90s when it first came out for freshwater fishing. I believe Stren came out with that Kevlar stuff. I used powerpro but then it disappeared for a long time. It is back on the market now but I believe it seems to be thicker or maybe more course. Of course back then it was mostly bass fishing and using bait casters. Never really worked on spinning reels. Now all I use is Berkeley fire line. I use the 6 pound test which is I believe rated up to 30 pounds. Never have a problem with a northern pike or walleye snapping it. when I get snags my hook will typically straighten out before the line breaks. When it comes to fishing the thinner the better. And nowadays I use that line on my spinning reels.

[Deltaman]

This should be on every braided line package.

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Yessir, good old palomar knot for braid. Most other knots will simply pull through when you put pressure on it. Also, when you spool it, be sure to use a small piece of tape over your knot on the spool. Otherwise, the line will slip too. Another thing, that 15 lb test braid will cut you quick, so be careful with it when you get snagged and try to pull it free. That stuff will cut into the creases on your fingers if your are not careful.......ask me how I know

[Ricky Spanish]

This should be on every braided line package.

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Yessir, good old palomar knot for braid. Most other knots will simply pull through when you put pressure on it. Also, when you spool it, be sure to use a small piece of tape over your knot on the spool. Otherwise, the line will slip too. Another thing, that 15 lb test braid will cut you quick, so be careful with it when you get snagged and try to pull it free. That stuff will cut into the creases on your fingers if your are not careful.......ask me how I know

The 20# is like a saw.
I learned very fast about keeping fingers off the line.

[Ricky Spanish]

Salisbury steak recipe is online.
That walmart skillet gets a workout around here.

I bought it because I forgot the other one. It's lighter and the second handle is sweet.

[Ricky Spanish]

If you're hunting the line and some random guy sort of just wanders up from off the refuge you're supposed to shun him and run him off.
There are guys who hunt ducks that simply wander around in the woods trying to jump them. Eventually one sneaks up on you while you're in your blind.
I always say " you're lucky I didn't shoot you by accident".
I doubt the private land guys have these kind of occurrences but i do. There are about ten guys at big lake that hunt by wandering around aimlessly.
We have no choice but to tolerate it.
It's not illegal.
Dangerous yes.

[Anotherone]

They wander private swamps around here, figuring that they won’t run into anyone. I seen a genius duck hunter carrying an orange Home Depot bucket and a shotgun once, he probably crossed 5 or 6 different landowners during his trek. He didn’t have any ducks in his bucket though.

[Ricky Spanish]

They wander private swamps around here, figuring that they won’t run into anyone. I seen a genius duck hunter carrying an orange Home Depot bucket and a shotgun once, he probably crossed 5 or 6 different landowners during his trek. He didn’t have any ducks in his bucket though.

Had one aiming at my decoys until I shouted "those aren't real ducks".
He skeedaddled back to his boat.
After first split you won't see a soul it's too deep.
First split...there are wandering deer hunters along with the wandering duck hunters.
Nobody talks about it tho.
The wanderers use the north woods.
Once I started using the south woods I never saw anybody out wandering around.
The oozers tend to use the north because us south woods guys stress them out bad. Parking is a pita if you're not ready for it.

[Ricky Spanish]

If you aren't subbed to WF ...the why files.
This week's episode is way out there but is interesting as heck.
Apparently we humans have the ability to reverse-speak? Yup
What's weird is how liars rat themselves out in reverse.
The Kennedy stuff ...woa.
It'll open your eyes.
The end where hecklefish tries to talk backwards is hilarious. Stupid fish...

[Ricky Spanish]

Woa.
My bees are inside their boxes because it's wet and cold.
This guy is a good 6 weeks ahead or more.
I can wait because we get extreme pollen days too.
It's a comin.

He's having fun but his bees are trying to kill his gopro.

[Anotherone]

It’s been raining pigs and donkeys here this morning. I have a duck hole in the front yard past the trees, near the road. Maybe I’ll throw a few dekes out and see if the Mexican squealers are around.

[PorkChop]

It’s been raining pigs and donkeys here this morning. I have a duck hole in the front yard past the trees, near the road. Maybe I’ll throw a few dekes out and see if the Mexican squealers are around.

Great looking yard! Lots of trees for a drunk Irish guy to pee on!!

[Anotherone]

It’s for sale too! We are about to build a new home on a small lot, we’re tired of dealing with 2 acres and the trees.

[Ricky Spanish]

When I saw this I had to laugh.

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Can totally relate.
My old dog Milo has developed a taste for old quail shit.
Need to clean it up cuz it gives him the chits.
Spring thaw and he's eating bird chit.
The cat died or it'd be cat chit.


Millet will eat the dirt where the smoker drips.
Milo does too. Damn dogs

[Anotherone]

Hell, I’ll eat the dirt where a smoker drips.

[Ricky Spanish]

These two high school kids are a heck of a team.

The building at the end is where you draw for a blind site during duck season. I've never been there when it wasn't duck season yet. It's a nice place...in Illinois? Yeah I know. Hard to believe.

[Ricky Spanish]

Aw fuck.

My wife the cancer survivor got bad news. Routine blood work. It's looking like another round of chemo is in our future. Damn.

[PorkChop]

Aw fuck.

My wife the cancer survivor got bad news. Routine blood work. It's looking like another round of chemo is in our future. Damn.

Uggg sorry to read this! Will keep her in my prayers! I lost one of my sisters to cancer.

[Duck Engr]

Very sorry to hear that AB! Hope they got it early and she has the smoothest route possible to remission.

[5 stand]

I feel like the above posts... Hang in there buddy.

[OGblackcloud]

Sending some prayers