TOPIC: opening day...

them fish sure look good TN.....river is still up here..but the heat wave breaks today...rain and a major cold front coming through today...hooray....

well it happened this morning...3 weeks late but we got our first killing frost...oct. was a wash out..sure screwed up my fishing.all the rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds are bank full and muddy....

Merry Christmas ... Chief, Woodsrunner.. and others.

Hope you all have a great one.

I have gotten into hickory nuts this fall.. shagbark, shellbark and mockernut varieties.. are very flavorful... similar to pecan... a little like a walnut.. very good in baked goods... or fresh.

Found these yesterday Dec 23.

Here is what a ShagBark hickory nut looks like split, and with the nut meat extracted...

i have found 8 nice shagbark hickory trees so far this fall and early winter... next October I will harvest the nuts in October soon after they fall.

Here on my place I have only found 1 shag and it is a little young... but I have several mockernut trees here. Mockers taste great but they do not crack out as well as Shag or Shell. Once I find enough Shag and Shell... I may not harvest any more mockers.

Anyway... you guys know what it is like to get out in the woods and hunt for something Hickory nuts is another way to spend some time doing that and you can have some wonderful nuts to eat for months and months.. I have hundreds that I have collected this fall... will be eating hickory nuts until sometime next summer.

the nut season was not great here,guess it was the weather..all husk and very little meat......you and yours have a great holiday TN

today is aug. first wont be long it will be time to dig root.ive been busy putting up sweet co

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some good looking corn...lets eat!

Love some good corn on the cob. Those look really good! I'm looking forward to fall, and some cooler weather. I can see those gold tops in my mind right now.. The heat here this summer has been unreal!, but have had some good rain so should be a good season.

44 hope it cools down for you,dwood the corn and green beans have been really good this year...i removed this from my pond 2 weeks ago.i kept him in a live tank and changed the water on him every 4 days to clean him out.i dressed him out last sunday.going to eat some of him tonight..

i will have some corn with him to.