What did you accomplish today?

[DarkWeb]

I’m all about costco. Have always been.

i’ve been on a few dates where i tell them I’ll cook for you at home. Costco spinach and Mozzarella ravioli makes the panties drop everytime

Gonna have to try that ravioli on Momma soon.

Nowhere near here

 

[shnkrmn]

Gonna have to try that ravioli on Momma soon.

It's lush

 

[Sativied]

Taught a young guy looking barely 18 to start his newly purchased car. So this guy walks up to me and my wife while I park my car, asking me if I got jumping cables. I tell him I have, but I can't use my car for that (for irrelevant reasons..), but we can push him to start the car. While we walk to his small car, he thanks me and tells me he knows nothing about cars. I know a thing or two but also bought plenty of cars with weak batteries this time of year, they don't always make it home. Which is nerving no matter the price of the car. He goes in his car, I ask him if he did this before. He hadn't. So I give him instructions and we start pushing. Car won't roll. You still got your handbrake on I ask. He checks, lowers it completely, we try again. Roll a few yards, he releases clutch, way too soon. He says his steering wheel won't move anymore and I'm like ok, I see what's going on. I get in the car, turn the ignition key completely, unlock the steering wheel and start the car. Guy happy but surprised it started so easily, so he asks what I did. I ask him, kid, how long do you have your driver's license? He laughs and replies: "1 week sir". We shake hands and he drives off, without his headlights on till I stopped him again.

Best thing is I was wearing my red hoodie with white lining which combined with my silver beard makes me look like an urban Santa on his night off.

 

[farmingfisherman]

I was gonna pm you this but
How far by boat is the Bonneville Dam from you?
Bucket list is a picture of a huge oversize sturgeon with buddies in the water.

The Dam is 40 miles from Portland. Big fish however can be caught in downtown Portland all the way up to the Columbia into Canada. My best from the bank is a little over 7 foot, caught it on a squid. The Willamette has some big fish in it from time to time but landing them from the bank can be tough. All up and down the river there are old pillars from when there was real waterfront warehouses, you hook a big fish and they go down and wrap around those or whatever else they can find if your not careful. I've lost some really big ones even fishing off of docks that are thirty or so feet from the bank. My favorite is fishing with a heavy canon ball out of my inflatable kayak you hook them and go for a ride!

 

[farmingfisherman]

Oh yes indeed! Yes, you bring back some memories. The beautiful CRG. I know that gorge hwy well. Traveled it many times stoned out of my mind. One time I was going from one job in the Dalles trying to get to another gig in Wenatchee and I missed my turn . I was so mesmerized by driving along the River road stoned like over 50 miles out
Of the way before i realized there was no turn right out over the mountains on over to Yakima and to Wenatchee. So like 100 extra miles that day. 5 hours planned went to like 8 hours driving.

Try riding through it on a bicycle tripping, watching the sun go down on the cliffs till its dark and you have to find a spot to pitch a tent still high. Spent more than a night or two on the bike watching bats come to the bugs attracted by my lights. Love the gorge.. One of the many reasons why Oregon is home.

 

[Aeroknow]

The Dam is 40 miles from Portland. Big fish however can be caught in downtown Portland all the way up to the Columbia into Canada. My best from the bank is a little over 7 foot, caught it on a squid. The Willamette has some big fish in it from time to time but landing them from the bank can be tough. All up and down the river there are old pillars from when there was real waterfront warehouses, you hook a big fish and they go down and wrap around those or whatever else they can find if your not careful. I've lost some really big ones even fishing off of docks that are thirty or so feet from the bank. My favorite is fishing with a heavy canon ball out of my inflatable kayak you hook them and go for a ride!

Nice! Yeah, i’ve caught allot of sturgeon. But like I said, not a super huge oversize, or at least i know. I’ve hooked some beasts that could never bring in. You see pics of a few dudes in the water holding up a 2-250+ lber. That’s what i want. I just always hear about right beneath the dam, during oversize/c&r season.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Nice! Yeah, i’ve caught allot of sturgeon. But like I said, not a super huge oversize, or at least i know. I’ve hooked some beasts that could never bring in. You see pics of a few dudes in the water holding up a 2-250+ lber. That’s what i want. I just always hear about right beneath the dam, during oversize/c&r season.

Yeah the guides use full size shad, pretty much nothing but the big guys can bite on those.

 

[Aeroknow]

Yeah the guides use full size shad, pretty much nothing but the big guys can bite on those.

You guys use some pretty big baits for the dbacks up there. And they hit pretty hard, or rather suck up the bait pretty hard. Down here I use rod balancers to see the small pump. The same sturgeon down here in our delta would be scared of your big offerings. Definitely no shad tacos working down here. For some reason the dbacks are more timid down here. I remember someone explaining why in an article online but i cant remember.

 

[farmingfisherman]

You guys use some pretty big baits for the dbacks up there. And they hit pretty hard, or rather suck up the bait pretty hard. Down here I use rod balancers to see the small pump. The same sturgeon down here in our delta would be scared of your big offerings. Definitely no shad tacos working down here. For some reason the dbacks are more timid down here. I remember someone explaining why in an article online but i cant remember.

Water temp plays a huge part in how they bite, in winter I often fish with a lighter rod with a more sensitive tip in order to see the nibble, as the water warms the bites get more and more aggressive. One day I nearly lost my rode and reel, the strike was so sudden and hard. I had barely set the pole down and its started dancing, only thing that saved me was a pretty high railing I had the pole leaned against. Now I loosen the drag and engage the clicker pretty much always.

 

[farmingfisherman]

True PNW soaker today.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

Try riding through it on a bicycle tripping, watching the sun go down on the cliffs till its dark and you have to find a spot to pitch a tent still high. Spent more than a night or two on the bike watching bats come to the bugs attracted by my lights. Love the gorge.. One of the many reasons why Oregon is home.

Bats are very creepy. Living in Tucson Arizona we had a batch of bats as nightly feeders at my feeder for them. A couple times when I sat out there at night, unknowingly of course, one would fly by me and touch me with its wings. So creepy I would get back inside after cloaking myself like Dracula would. Lol. That sounds odd but it’s true.

 

[farmingfisherman]

I created new life from seed and loaded the work rig for tomorrow's venture into the wild otherwise the weekend was pretty tame.

 

[TerryTeacosy]

'Spent several hours today driving around & around & around in circles, beating the 3ft-tall grass & weeds into dominant submission with rotating blades, whips, chains & a leather riding-crop. After no sleep last night, I wasn't about to get 5M up a precarious ladder to drill holes & drive Tek-Screws into the house frame.

About half-way done......


And now we have an incoming thunderstorm & I can't be arsed covering the mower, as I want to use it again tomorrow for the rest......

 

[ANC]

Just came back from a school function. My daughter came first in her grade and won a cash prize for mathematics...

She is just as far on the spectrum as I am, if not worse.... but still high functioning as fuck.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Finally finished putting the main garden to bed after work tonight.

 

[manfredo]

Another beautiful day here.....65 and sunny! Going to either walk or bike later.

Colder temps coming.....I'm prepared. Went grocery shopping yesterday and bought chili ingredients, as well as meatloaf!! I think I'll make the meatloaf tonight maybe.

Gotta start planning Thanksgiving....It's 2 weeks from today!

 

[farmingfisherman]

Finally finished putting the main garden to bed after work tonight.

@manfredo Why so sad?

 

[manfredo]

@manfredo Why so sad?

It's a long time til spring....A little sad to see the gardens die and the trees shed their leaves.

 

[farmingfisherman]

It's a long time til spring....A little sad to see the gardens die and the trees shed their leaves.

I hear you. I did take the leaves from our dogwood tree and buried them under the soil we had piled for the squash and cucumbers. We bought fava beans and clover seed for cover crops but I'm not sure whether they will germinate now or not.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

I hear you. I did take the leaves from our dogwood tree and buried them under the soil we had piled for the squash and cucumbers. We bought fava beans and clover seed for cover crops but I'm not sure whether they will germinate now or not.

Fava beans you say?