No doubt! MS has 1 week of spring and 1 week of fall! It's blistering hot is August! But the top water action in morning and evening is killer.Originally Posted by EdD
Tig, try Jackson, MS in August and you'll appreciate your 18" of snow.
It's all what you're used to.
Ed
Yeah, but it's a damp heat! But put on some Deet and be on the water when the sun come up or goes down and it's awesome. A stainless steel .22 revolver (at a minimum) with some shotshells are a good idea too. Move the boat by the pond very carefully, especially if its turned upside down.
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For those who think the pistol is for the mosquitos, it isn't. It's for the snakes, especially the cottonmouths. Even a large johnboat can eventually sink from a .22 caliber bullet hole. If you shoot into the boat, warn everybody and have eye protection. Even size 11 shot are going to ricochet and there are about half a jillion of them in a CCI round. It is preferable to shoot poisonous snakes before they join you in the boat.
Ed
I always found mosquitos to be a challenging target even with a shotshell. If there is a boat the pistol is for the snake under the boat who will be lying there when you move it. Cottonmouths are one of two main reasons the boat lying by the pond rarely gets used.
My wife's aunt has a small pond on her farm. Several years ago I went down and slowly eased the boat up and there she lay. I ran to the house and got a single barrel shotgun and two shell (just in case). I underestimated the power of a 16 gauge, there was about 4 inches of the tail and several live babies on the ground. I fed the babies to the bass in the pond.
Last edited by Uncle Jesse; 01-29-2013 at 07:41 PM.
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I've seen some of the biggest snakes EVER on small isolated ponds in MS. They can get real bad if you are fishing around cypress trees and get hung up. Watch out above for snakes on limbs...they LOVE to drop in a boat!
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a
precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think,
to enjoy, to love.
- Marcus Aurelius
Would it be unkind for me to point out that I used the A/C in my car last night?
Ed
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