Quick Tip Number 1...

Stinky, nasty three or four or five day old suckers.

An Update on Zack's Gimped Finger....

Earlier this year, Zack had gotten smoked by some of those notorious catfish barbs when he tried to huck a fish back into the river... And if you remember my little story about it, you know that Zack did not believe our warnings about the whole catfish barb deal... Well. this is how his finger looked that night when it left the river...

And this is what he he was startin' to pull outta his finger almost three months after it all happened. This is only one of seven or eight that he's gotten out, and there are still more in there. I really wish I had a picture of what his finger looked like before they started comin' out, cause it sure was all lumpy and gnarly lookin' for a while there.
The moral of the story, I don't know, maybe believe somebody when they tell you to be careful with the catfish "stingers"...

Tips on Balancing Fishing and Parental Duties....

To anyone out there who says you can't bring a baby out for a night on the river, Brandon has got somethin' to say to y'all. If you actually think that you can't fish and spend time with your little ones, well just take a good long look at this here picture...

We took this picture of Brandon and his little one right after a bottle and a burp.....

Beauty Pagent Finalists...

Contestant N0. 1

Here we have contestants 2 and 3, and as you can see, the competition is fierce...

Contestant No. 4 is a real looker....It's really hard to choose, huh?

No. 5, my personal favorite...

And last but certainly not least, our final two contestants, that's No. 6 on the left and No. 7 on the right. It is going to be awfully close.

Cast your vote....Who do you think has got that winning look...

I Love The Fall.....

Like I said, I really love the fall, and here's just a few reasons why...

This time I broke out the trusty Zebco De-Liar and we actually weighed and measured these pigs. All of 'em were fat as could be, just gettin' ready for the long cold winter. This one that Andy hooked was 18" long with a 10" girth and weighed in at just over three pounds.

Brandon was the big weiner for the night, His pig was 30" x 18" and tipped the scales at 12 lbs.

I think this one here is the second biggest channel for me this season at 26" long with a 13" girth, it weiged in at a solid 8 lbs. I had one other one that when stacked up against the rest of the nights' catch proved not to be all that picture worthy.

23" x 12" x 5 3/4 lbs..... What?

Cap the whole evening off with a nice little fire, and it don't git no better than this...