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Oct 16, 2020 15:26:40   #
eanderson Loc: Amelia island, FL
 
it is a bowfin or mudfish

fresh to brackish waters

from what I know they are fair at best to eat

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Oct 16, 2020 15:46:06   #
Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA
 
Robert J Samples wrote:
Years ago, before I-10 was completed between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, drivers would have to depart the interstate section and drive on the older highway for stretches, and these often were bordered by bayous where often people would be fishing.

Once i was one of the switch overs, had to stop for a traffic light and there was an elderly black woman fishing in the bayou beside the road, seated on a folding chair and using a long cane pole. She suddenly got a bite, and upon hooking this bowfin, or grinnell, she jerked it so hard the fish flew up in the air and in an arc over her head by at least 10 feet, and then lands as far back on the bank as it had been in the water in front of her. I almost died laughing, honked my horn and gave her a "thumbs up" sign. That bowfin never knew what hit it. Just Sayin...RJS
Years ago, before I-10 was completed between Baton... (show quote)


Your story reminds me of when I used to regularly go for catfish out at the Sutter Bypass - a couple of irrigation/flood control canals just west of the Feather River. On a warm summer night there would always be a host of fisher folk out there sitting in their lawn chairs, generally with their poles held in the "Y" of a forked stick, sipping a beer or coca-cola, waitin for a catfish to give their pole a jerk. Don't recall seeing any cane poles, but I know that ol woman well and she is mighty fine company. Just don't try to horn in on her fishin spot.

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Oct 16, 2020 15:56:09   #
FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana
 
Spiritof27 wrote:
Your story reminds me of when I used to regularly go for catfish out at the Sutter Bypass - a couple of irrigation/flood control canals just west of the Feather River. On a warm summer night there would always be a host of fisher folk out there sitting in their lawn chairs, generally with their poles held in the "Y" of a forked stick, sipping a beer or coca-cola, waitin for a catfish to give their pole a jerk. Don't recall seeing any cane poles, but I know that ol woman well and she is mighty fine company. Just don't try to horn in on her fishin spot.
Your story reminds me of when I used to regularly ... (show quote)


Seen it many a time. How’s your back coming along?

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Oct 16, 2020 16:10:42   #
Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA
 
My back is doing really well. I'm still kinda sore - I did after all have a chunk of titanium inserted into my spine a couple of weeks ago. I'm healing nicely and I believe this is gonna turn out to be a huge improvement for me. I do mean huge. I couldn't be happier with the results. Kathe and I went out yesterday to go fishing but everywhere we went the water was so low that it would have been a difficult scramble down to the lake, and just didn't feel up to risking it. We did stop to have a picnic lunch at a nice roadside spot on the Yuba River and I could have gotten to the river pretty easily, but there were a bunch of young folks and they were smelling of skunk and skinny dippin so I didn't think they would have appreciated me casting a fly or whatever into their midst. There will be other days. We still had a nice time. Thanks for askin Four.

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Oct 16, 2020 16:14:08   #
FourchonLa. Loc: Fourchon Louisiana, South Louisiana
 
Spiritof27 wrote:
My back is doing really well. I'm still kinda sore - I did after all have a chunk of titanium inserted into my spine a couple of weeks ago. I'm healing nicely and I believe this is gonna turn out to be a huge improvement for me. I do mean huge. I couldn't be happier with the results. Kathe and I went out yesterday to go fishing but everywhere we went the water was so low that it would have been a difficult scramble down to the lake, and just didn't feel up to risking it. We did stop to have a picnic lunch at a nice roadside spot on the Yuba River and I could have gotten to the river pretty easily, but there were a bunch of young folks and they were smelling of skunk and skinny dippin so I didn't think they would have appreciated me casting a fly or whatever into their midst. There will be other days. We still had a nice time. Thanks for askin Four.
My back is doing really well. I'm still kinda sor... (show quote)


Glad to hear it and yes don’t rush or chance a slip and fall. Hope Kathe is feeling better too.

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Oct 16, 2020 16:19:28   #
Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA
 
FourchonLa. wrote:
Glad to hear it and yes don’t rush or chance a slip and fall. Hope Kathe is feeling better too.


Well, not sure she's any better, but she's for sure no worse, so that's something. Thanks.

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Oct 16, 2020 16:24:14   #
Fred Hardy
 
We call them grindle here.

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Oct 16, 2020 16:24:32   #
Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas
 
Yes, it was painful jumping back and forth. you would have been better to stay on 90 all the way, but they had parts of 10 open. Just Sayin...RJS

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Oct 16, 2020 16:29:50   #
hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas
 
Spiritof27 wrote:
My back is doing really well. I'm still kinda sore - I did after all have a chunk of titanium inserted into my spine a couple of weeks ago. I'm healing nicely and I believe this is gonna turn out to be a huge improvement for me. I do mean huge. I couldn't be happier with the results. Kathe and I went out yesterday to go fishing but everywhere we went the water was so low that it would have been a difficult scramble down to the lake, and just didn't feel up to risking it. We did stop to have a picnic lunch at a nice roadside spot on the Yuba River and I could have gotten to the river pretty easily, but there were a bunch of young folks and they were smelling of skunk and skinny dippin so I didn't think they would have appreciated me casting a fly or whatever into their midst. There will be other days. We still had a nice time. Thanks for askin Four.
My back is doing really well. I'm still kinda sor... (show quote)


Spirit, as a guy who’s been in pain for almost three years from spine surgeries, I can’t express enough to not take any chances of any kind until the doctor releases you. Even then, there are some easy exercises to do that will help the muscle tissue re-strengthen. Don’t do any BLT. Bending, lifting, or turning your back until it’s completely healed. That might take as long as a year but it’s worth it to not have any pain, or at the least, mild pain. I didn’t do all the things I mentioned and I’m paying for it. As I’m aging, it’s getting worse. I’m just now feeling like I can begin fishing but I know I have to be careful. Please, take it easy. Don’t lift anything heavy and don’t bend over until you get the ok. My situation may be because I had two surgeries two months apart because the surgeon screwed up the first time. I was just beginning to feel good and healing well until one morning when I woke up I was hurting very badly. I went back to the doctor and everything he had put in me had come out. This was only two weeks after surgery. So, he had to do it twice and the second time he went in through my stomach. Well, it’s just my wife and I and we had some problems here at home and I had to fix them because our kids are too far away. That took a toll on me and I’m paying for it. Sorry for the rant but I don’t want you to go through what I’m still going through. Nuff said.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

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Oct 16, 2020 16:32:22   #
Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas
 
Spirit27; We may have to change your handle to Titanium, or the Bionic Fisherman, or something like that. Just Sayin...RJs

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Oct 16, 2020 16:50:54   #
Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA
 
RJS I wish I felt like the Bionic Fisherman. I did just buy that digital Shimano reel. Does that count?
I hear you Hack. This was a totally new procedure, and much easier on me than yours was on you. My problem was stenosis which is something which until just recently there really wasn't much that could be done for other than pain meds. This vertiflex device they put in me holds the spine in a certain position and relieves the pressure on the nerves going down your legs. Just a small incision to get it in there. Day surgery and you go home. Almost immediate relief. Doc says about 6 weeks or so for the inflammation to subside and for the spine to adjust to the intrusion. No BLT til then. It's kinda hard because I feel SO much better than before. But I'm very careful - I like feeling like this and don't want to go in reverse. Appreciate the advice and concern, I really do.

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Oct 16, 2020 17:02:16   #
hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas
 
Spiritof27 wrote:
RJS I wish I felt like the Bionic Fisherman. I did just buy that digital Shimano reel. Does that count?
I hear you Hack. This was a totally new procedure, and much easier on me than yours was on you. My problem was stenosis which is something which until just recently there really wasn't much that could be done for other than pain meds. This vertiflex device they put in me holds the spine in a certain position and relieves the pressure on the nerves going down your legs. Just a small incision to get it in there. Day surgery and you go home. Almost immediate relief. Doc says about 6 weeks or so for the inflammation to subside and for the spine to adjust to the intrusion. No BLT til then. It's kinda hard because I feel SO much better than before. But I'm very careful - I like feeling like this and don't want to go in reverse. Appreciate the advice and concern, I really do.
RJS I wish I felt like the Bionic Fisherman. I di... (show quote)


That’s what I had Spirit. Spinal stenosis. But, I have all of my medical done at the VA. My L-4 and L-5 had the stenosis and disks were bone on bone so he did a spinal fusion. I’m so glad to hear yours is a success and you’re doing well and feeling better than before. Your younger than me so that helps too. Just don’t let it get like this. God Bless Brother.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺



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Oct 16, 2020 17:05:58   #
Sterba43 Loc: Hickory Grove, SC
 
FourchonLa. wrote:
Choupique or Bowfin. Have caught on artificial worms in freshwater and yes I have eaten them. We make fish patties and pan fry them.


Choupique! Sounds Cajun to me!

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Oct 16, 2020 17:06:27   #
bpicinc Loc: Zwolle, LA. Toledo Bend
 
Yet another name for them is Grinnel.

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Oct 16, 2020 17:09:12   #
hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas
 
bpicinc wrote:
Yet another name for them is Grinnel.


Yep, that’s what we call them.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

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