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[pepperj]

Morning ARC

 

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[bill from lachine]

Good morning to the RCT crew.

 

[ToddsPoint]

The ocean is beautiful but dangerous. Jim Hoft says "Nothing good comes from the water." It would take a 1000 mi. Tsunami to get me here in IL. Gary

 

[WannaDig3687]

Good morning pirates and piratesses and our rum saturated Cap’n.

 

[pepperj]

The ocean is beautiful but dangerous. Jim Hoft says "Nothing good comes from the water." It would take a 1000 mi. Tsunami to get me here in IL. Gary

Morning Gary

You have a great point on not getting hit by a Tsunami in your area. Maybe a creek gets out of control, maybe in the spring would be an extreme. Interesting page on your area on the early history-fell down a little Rabbit hole.
The History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois

 

[Rookster]

Good morning

 

[pepperj]

Probably a few of the pirates can relate to Dave's miss.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/general-discussion/653614-things-i-miss-most.html

Cig. butts along the road in front of our place lately. Like WTF! Pi$$es me off to no end to see these littering the lane/road between the house and shop.
Ya I know public property but still, put it out and stick it in a container-oh that would take a brain cell to figure it out.
I guess I was taught not to litter-and the few times I threw something out the window I actually feel guilty in doing so to this day.

Anyways that rant is out.....

Had our little bubble couple over for the BD dinner yesterday (farm food drop/pick up) so justified under the lockdown rules.
Tenderloin/ribs/blueberry cheese cake-many little dishes of snacking pre/post dinner.
Walk/play max & 3yr old.
Great company best of times one could expect.

Did something i haven't done in over 30 yrs-went out to catch night crawlers.
After the big clean up of left overs/dishes I said to the Mrs I was going to the field.
It was 10pm-jumped on the ATV-drove over and got off-turned on the flashlight looked around the grassy field between the new growth coming up.
Nothing hitch-wait what was that-ah nothing-thought I saw the grass move-nope nothing. Walked over to the berry patch fence line where it was bare earth-there's one-no there "was" one, there is-was-OK either those worms have gotten faster over the past 30yrs or I'm getting slower.
So it was a relearning curve-turn light down-most faster Jim-faster-still missing more than grabbing-Ok the end result/outcome in walking around the 800ft of outside fencing.
Got the slower ones-missed the shy ones-and the 750Mil yogurt container was pretty full so i dumped it into the ice cream bucket-added clover/grass to keep them happy for the chickens treat this morning.
The Mrs wants to go out tonight-she's faster on the draw I know that.
So I need to step up my grabbing.
Need a red light lens maybe?
Any suggestions from all you night crawler catchers?
Strangest thing-walking back through the grass-they were everywhere I shone the light-but they're quick-quick.

 

[bill from lachine]

Jim,

Glad you managed some treats for the chicks. A couple of things might help is do the berry picking trick and tie the container around you waste with twine of some sort to free up your hands.

Then you could use one of those headlamps both hands are free now and can just squat down and concentrate on the night crawlers.

 

[Fat]

GMorn everbody, I’m late to the party but reading about crawlers, light will make the disappear too.
Mid 70 today and snow again tomorrow.
Prime Rib on the menu today. Got it on traeger smoker now..
Have a great day!

 

[Sheperdess]

Good morning plunderers!
Now that's the way to spend an evening PJ!
I did a little picking yesterday. I went to hang out with my donkey. I took a different route home . There was a trailer hitch with a ball on it in the middle of the road. Needless to say I stopped and grabbed that thing up and threw it on my floorboard of my Camry. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. But I was tickled with my plunder anyway. I love finding things.

 

[releventchair]

Probably a few of the pirates can relate to Dave's miss.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/general-discussion/653614-things-i-miss-most.html

Cig. butts along the road in front of our place lately. Like WTF! Pi$$es me off to no end to see these littering the lane/road between the house and shop.
Ya I know public property but still, put it out and stick it in a container-oh that would take a brain cell to figure it out.
I guess I was taught not to litter-and the few times I threw something out the window I actually feel guilty in doing so to this day.

Anyways that rant is out.....

Had our little bubble couple over for the BD dinner yesterday (farm food drop/pick up) so justified under the lockdown rules.
Tenderloin/ribs/blueberry cheese cake-many little dishes of snacking pre/post dinner.
Walk/play max & 3yr old.
Great company best of times one could expect.

Did something i haven't done in over 30 yrs-went out to catch night crawlers.
After the big clean up of left overs/dishes I said to the Mrs I was going to the field.
It was 10pm-jumped on the ATV-drove over and got off-turned on the flashlight looked around the grassy field between the new growth coming up.
Nothing hitch-wait what was that-ah nothing-thought I saw the grass move-nope nothing. Walked over to the berry patch fence line where it was bare earth-there's one-no there "was" one, there is-was-OK either those worms have gotten faster over the past 30yrs or I'm getting slower.
So it was a relearning curve-turn light down-most faster Jim-faster-still missing more than grabbing-Ok the end result/outcome in walking around the 800ft of outside fencing.
Got the slower ones-missed the shy ones-and the 750Mil yogurt container was pretty full so i dumped it into the ice cream bucket-added clover/grass to keep them happy for the chickens treat this morning.
The Mrs wants to go out tonight-she's faster on the draw I know that.
So I need to step up my grabbing.
Need a red light lens maybe?
Any suggestions from all you night crawler catchers?
Strangest thing-walking back through the grass-they were everywhere I shone the light-but they're quick-quick.

Mornin all.

Catchin crawlers....

Firstly , walk very gently. Vibrations are a warning to them. No heel clomping.
Secondly , locate crawlers on the outer edge of your light beam. Just enough to see them vs shining light directly.

A pounce will send one retreating. Sidle near , bend toward the target till in arms reach ,then think mongoose strike...
If you grab ahold and it's heading underground you risk a break. And a broken crawler is the bad apple that can ruin the rest in your container...
When crawlers area abundant , I let a retreating one caught hold of go.
If scarce , just keep firm but gentle traction on it and wait for it to relax. If it gets to be a long wait , it has just used it's grip to hold the sides of the hole and will stay that was longer than you'll want to wait.. By giving it an instant of slack it has to reposition it's grip (note the "bristles" on a crawlers sides , they grip) to try to retreat farther. When it shifts upon being given slack there is an instant (right away) when most can be slid out with traction.
Almost as if it needs to go forward to reverse in a brief instant.

Keep them in a shallow depth of bedding. Too deep and they don't get enough air.
Storage temp matters. From near dormant above freezing , to very active.
Too much water is not good. Nor too dry.

Crawlers can be "conditioned" before fishing. Some folks put them on ice to clean them out , but that's a stress on them. Not conditioning them , but reduces black stuff coming out of them on boat carpet.

To condition I use a small plastic tub. (Couple pound of butter capacity maybe for a dozen crawlers). An ice cream tub can work , or about any other.
Put lots of vent holes in the lid. I like using a rotary leather punch on about the second smallest hole size.
Only the healthiest crawlers get used.
Torn up brown paper towel , poplar leaf size is fine , slightly dampened or wrung out after wetting with cold water gets an inch layer. Then a couple crawlers ,then another layer ,then more crawlers till full. Alternatively , just dump crawlers on top of the container full of bedding.
Loose bedding is the goal to start with flaky or looser layers. But a firm/full house result.

Put in refrigerator. Top shelves are usually warmest. With lower shelves then coldest.
Depending on fridge temps , middle shelf is fine.
Check crawlers daily.
Just peek in and if any are ill get them out.
Don't be fooled by a couple on top where it's warmest. Touch them and if they take off , they're alright.

What happens is the crawlers get cleaned out. But the confined area makes the work harder to get around.
They will be more drownproof , lively , and powerful vs fresh picked.

They can be fed. Cornmeal ,coffee grounds, or commercial food.
Just a little sprinkled on top of bedding. Residual food can generate heat and or bacteria. Not good.

I used to keep spring picked crawlers in a cool basement and fishing often , had bait past mid summer , sometimes more ;sometimes less.

 

[RustyRelics]

I'm back! And deaf in one ear.


I got my first Shotgun turkey at 8:00 this morning. I got him at over 45 yards away. I knocked myself down on my backside (I was crouching), and then tried to dive out of the hunting blind to make sure he didn't go anywhere, and ended up getting caught on the blind by the tip of my boot, and took the blind, chair, calls, phone and everything tumbling down the hill. 8 in. beard, and nub spurs for some odd reason. He'll eat good!

By the way, that was the first time I ever shot a shotgun.


In other news, I confronted a small gang of trespassing dirt bikers, and not only did I step out in front of one as he was trying to pass me, but I used my boot to stop him by planting it into his tire. Let's just say several un-printable bombs were dropped, and they left in a hurry. Who rides around on dirt bikes, during prime time of opening day of turkey season??

I also got a German Instagram models number. Holy smokes, I literally remember almost nothing of the conversation we had, but whatever I said must of worked, eh?




So in short, I talked to a girl, cussed out trespassers unarmed, and used a shotgun to kill a turkey. Did someone put rum in my coffee?

 

[Noah_D]

Sounds like you've had a pretty interesting weekend Rusty... I just was stuck doing yardwork haha, planted like 50 small trees yesterday. I did have a nice warm slice of apple pie afterwards though so I guess it wasn't so bad.

 

[bill from lachine]

Sheperdess,

Must be an offshoot of metal detecting because I'm continually picking up stuff on my daily walks. Everything from toys which I give to the neighbours kids, baseball hats, pocket change, etc....

Good morning plunderers!
Now that's the way to spend an evening PJ!
I did a little picking yesterday. I went to hang out with my donkey. I took a different route home . There was a trailer hitch with a ball on it in the middle of the road. Needless to say I stopped and grabbed that thing up and threw it on my floorboard of my Camry. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. But I was tickled with my plunder anyway. I love finding things.

 

[GB1]

Rusty, It sounds like you had a full day.

 

[releventchair]

Leaks under the new sink are stopped.
Nobody touch nothin!

 

[RustyRelics]

Rusty, It sounds like you had a full day.

Weekend... Yeah, you could say that.

 

[bill from lachine]

GB,

we were wondering where you've been. What you been up to?

Rusty, It sounds like you had a full day.

 

[bill from lachine]

An interesting video about cob houses.

 

[GB1]

not much, hunting pigs. ain't got none yet. Haven't done much detecting. working on my truck and my motorcycle.