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Brookies, browns, Atlantic salmon running by the house.

Geo, that was a fine mess of river fish. There is nothing like a meal of mixed wild fish; I've always enjoyed eating different species of fish in the same meal.

I went turkey hunting a few weeks back with a guy who owns property near the Little Ohoopee River. He has a pretty pond that's 10 acres or so and he recently had to drain it to repair the dam. When it was time to restock the fish, he said that he didn't want any "government bream." I had never heard that term before; it must be a south GA thing, but I know what he meant. He went to the river and caught wild fish and stocked the pond with them. It will be interesting to see how that works out.

any o yall ketch any snakefish lately?

an as fur "government bream"...

well in va, we call erm "gubmint brims"...

jes sayin...

Thanks Coosa. Government Bream are just bluegills and redeared sunfish supplied by the state for stocking. They grow up to be regular copperheads and shellcrackers. Could be your friend wanted red bellies in his pond. That won't work; I've tried it.

Far back as I know about, my family settled in the forks of the Ohoopee. I ought to go over there to the courthouse and trace back where they were...Geo

Your lucky you can go fishing. I haven't been in over a month and it doesn't bode well for the future. Devastating flooding all over NE Oklahoma......it may be weeks before it returns to a semblance of normality. Lot's of folks hurting.

Ken, hope you and yours faired well in the terrible tornadoes and storms that have hit some of the midwestern states.
A terrible thing, my heart goes out to all involved.

Yes sir. Brian Wynn at Bull and Briar Leather. He makes the stuff for Kevins. A lot cheaper though

Amen to staying out of the sun and that mess of fish. Good job!

David, I've had two tornadoes pass directly over my house in less than a week. No damage other than lots of tree limbs down. Thank God for his protection.

In the late 1970s, I had a tornado pass directly over my house. It came out of the southwest & there is a high hill directly behind my house, the West. It laid a long line of timber down behind me & also to the east of me. It swooped down just enough incoming over that hill to get my roof, but no other damage. It was amazing to look at those roof shingles though. There would be shingles Gone Completely, tabs & all, with the shingle on top of it un-ruffled, as if something had grasped the lower part of the shingle & snatched it through the nails without disturbing the one over its upper portion.

For a distance of probably a half mile or so every tree that was down was pointing in a northeasterly direction "Except" for four. These four all stood in front of my Dad's house about a 100 yards north of me & on the opposite side of the road, not as closely snuggled against the hillside. These four were in a north to the south line in front of his house. At least three of them would have gone onto his house had they followed the line of the others. These four all fell toward the north or at a near right angle to the others. On the south side of his house were two trees a large maple & a Pear tree. These could both have hit t his house had they fell ion the pattern of those in front, But they went back to the easterly line like all those others so none hit his house at all. His house had an older metal roof which also suffered damage & he had to re-roof also. We were both fortunate to have come out as well as we did.