Fishing in NC

Lake Jordon
Last week we took a little trip to Liberty, NC, to visit Monk and Lucy. They lived in the apartment next to us when I was in school at NC State back in 1961-3. We have kept in touch through the years and try to get together at least once per year. When we do get together it usually involves some sort of fishing.

We fished Lake Jordon 2 days last week. In total we caught 51 crappie keepers, and were fortunate to do that with the weather situation. Even though we only had 51 keepers, I would have to say that I have never caught more fish in such a short time period in my entire life. Often we would have 4-6 crappie on our lines at the same time. I would guess we caught a total of about 200 fish per day, but they were under the size limit of 10 inches. The limit is 20 fish per person per day. Here’s a few pictures… 

Here’s Monk at the front of his boat. We were trolling 14 rods and picking up lots of fish. See the storm clouds that drove us off the lake on Tuesday.
Monk and I show Monday’s catch of 29 keepers. We had a very enjoyable day and caught loads of fish.
Here’s a picture of Lucy and Monk on the front porch of their home. Their hospitality is unequaled.

Monk has always been a great fisherman. A few years ago he started a new business using his fishing expertise. He and Lucy developed and now operate MonksCrappie.com. It is a web site that specializes in fishing tackle for the crappie fisherman. You probably know that I had a close look at some of the latest tackle while we were visiting, and I brought back some new baits that I hope to try in Tennessee in the next couple of weeks.

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
Take a young boy or girl fishing.
It’s a nice thing to do.

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Quote of the Day
When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

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Joke of the Day

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other & said, "Now don't get mad at me. I know we've been friends a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is."

Her friend glared at her for at least three minutes; she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"

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Saint Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2009 
You are supposed to wear a little green today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.  I have to admit that I don’t know a lot about this “holiday”, but we could learn a little from the following links:

• Wikipedia, On St. Patrick’s Day
• History of St. Patrick’s Day
• Customs of St. Patrick’s Day
  

The Air Traffic Flow
Have you every wondered how many flights were in the air during a day, and what the flow of air traffic looked like. Well, even if you haven’t, you’ll be amazed at this 72 second video that shows all the air traffic in a typical 24 hour time period. Each yellow dot represents an airplane.

After watching that, you may wonder how air travel is the safest way to travel. But isn’t that a a great visual method of showing lots of data in a meaningful graphical manner!?

Gone Fishing
I called Swann’s Marina yesterday and heard a good fishing report. So I decided that today might be a good day to head back to Douglas Lake for some fat crappie. The weather looks accommodating with mostly sunny skies, high around 70, with light winds. I’ll let you know tomorrow if we do any good.

A bad day of fishing is better
than a good day of work.

 

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
Be the first to smile at people you see today.
You’ll get repaid with a nice smile in return, I bet.

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Quote of the Day
Be not angry that you cannot make others
as you wish them to be, since you cannot
make yourself as you wish to be. 
~Thomas à Kempis

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Joke of the Day

Doctor Bloomfield, who was known for extraordinary treatment of arthritis, had a waiting room full of people when a little old lady, almost bent over in half, shuffled in slowly, leaning on her cane.

When her turn came, she went into the doctor's office, and, amazingly, emerged within 5 minutes walking completely erect with her head held high.

A woman in the waiting room who had seen all this rushed up to the little old lady and said, "It's a miracle! You walked in bent in half and now you're walking erect. What did that doctor do?"

"Gave me a longer cane."

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Thinking Fishing

Douglas Crappie
Warm weather is coming and I’m thinking about getting on the lake and doing a little fishing for some of those nice fat crappie.

I worked on my fishing tackle yesterday. I put new fishing line on 16 reels, and got the reels rigged on each rod, and I have a jig-head attached to most of the rods and reels. I also went through my plastic baits and organized them.  I hope to clean the boat tomorrow. I’m getting ready to a fishing!

Just so you will know what it’s like, here’s a short video I put together last year, showing my two fishing buddies catching a crappie on Douglas Lake.
 

I hope we have some days like that in 2009!

 

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
What are the “drivers” in your life?
Could it be pleasure, popularity, occupation,
guilt, bitterness, money? 
…Or are you driven by God’s purpose for your life?

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Quote of the Day

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. 
~Frank A. Clark

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Joke of the Day

“If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday school class.

"NO!" the children all answered.

"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into heaven?"

Once more they all answered, "NO!"

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children and loved my wife, would that get me into heaven?" I asked them again.

Once more they all answered, "NO!"

"Well," I continued, thinking they were a good bit more theologically sophisticated than I had given them credit for, "Then how can I get into heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out, "YOU GOTTA BE DEAD!"

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