**** 2-2-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** Man can y'all beleive dis weather for Feb. anytime it gets in da mid 70's in Feb. you know da fishin is gonna be good, high water, good and calm and warm weather, can't beat dat for fishin. i'am still wonderin what happened to Jan. it was like a blur to me, i mean it passed me by like a freight train. another huntin season has come and gone all so and i never could really get caught up in da season dis year, my knee hunt me pretty steady for da 1st. 2 weeks along with my lower back so i couldn't walk or sit for long. i got screwed up for youth season with my lil grand-son and missed openin weekend and dat pretty much was it for him and me, made a few more hunts and saw a couple of nice bucks a few times and he never could get da deer in da scope, 3 times dat happened, 2 times on nice bucks and once on a big doe. he was up set with his self cuz he got to watch one of dem nice bucks walk away from us at about 35 yards broad side, now i know i could have hit dat one with out a problem. i told him we gonna do much better next year. i all ready marked da youth season down for 2012, i all so need to make a weekend or 2 before so we can scout out a couple of good places. well it rain pretty good down here yesterday evenin while i was tryin to pressure wash da house and i kept a goin cuz i new if i stopped it was all over, i done about half and my shoulders and back was startin to bother me so i new i had to finish it, beside dat dey had an old tree back dare i removed last year but didn't put nothin in da hole and YES, of course i stepped right in it while lookin up while i was pressure washin and of course it was da knee dats been hurtin me, knot good. man let me told y'all gettin old is for da birds, you can't beat youth and you can't beat good health. my Bride has me a nice Lil Honey Do list for me and i all ready got one of da big tings done. she asked me if i saw how green da back da house was and i told her No and i told her if she didn't go back dare she wouldn't see da Green either, NO dat didn't work and Yes i pressure washed da house like she wanted. she's tellin me now its knot to late to start on another one so i guess i got to get off dis here machine. OK, i comein. Da Rippulator

** 1-29-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** Please, I would still like everybody to e-mail me twice times because of all da junk mail i'am bein flooded with, if i don't answer y'all with in 24 hours please try me again or call me at 504-689-2665, Thanks. ** Can y'all beleive dat another Deer season has passed us by and i still have lots of hunts left in me, i didn't get to hunt much when da season started so i'am tinkin about callin and tell da Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries and tell dem just dat and see if dey left me run my season till mid Febuary, i tink dat would be da right ting for dem to do for me and i'am sure dey gonna want to take a vote on it but dats OK. we was half off on our camp books with our Deer kill dis year, dem deer just didn't play fair with us dis season. we had so many acorns in da woods and beleive it or knot last week when i was up dare dey still was fallin pretty good in some places along a few of our creeks and dats where i seen da most sign and still dey was hittin dem acorns way after dark. in da start of da season our camera was catchin plenty pictures between 7 pm and 10 pm den dey went to 11 pm to 3 am dem dudes are slick. i taught i might be able to make da last couple of days but dat ain't gonna happen for me. guess y'all know we ain't been on da water much dis year so far and hope tings are better dis year for everybody, i know our fishin trips was down a lil from 2009, now 2010 was pretty much stopped after May 22nd. for us cuz of da BP Earl spill but dats all behind us now. from what i saw down here on da bayou everybody was down on dare fishin trips, just like deer season last years fishin season is History to. now we are takein Bookins for our 2012 Fishin Season so don't let your fishin days get picked by somebody else, call now and get on da books. gotta run for now but will talk to y'all soon and don't forget if y'all don't here from me in 24 hours please e-mail us again or call us at 504-689-2665. Thanks, Da Rippulator

** 1-18-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** Well in Mississippi today is da last day of reel rifle season and tomorrow we start back with our muzzle loaders till Jan. 31st. but we all know dat da muzzle loaders dey let us use now dares knot much difference. da one shot don't make much difference to me cuz most of da time i use a single shot rifle anyway. stop what you doin for a minute and picture dis, its da second mornin at 26 degrees with a heavy heavy frost and calm, no wind at all just chrisp cold air. walkin to da stand you sound like a bull dozer goin thur da woods, let me told y'all i'am like a frickin Ninji when i'am sneakin thur da woods headed for my stand cuz i could sneak up on anyting i want to and i couldn't be quite at all, dem leaves was 4 inches tick covered in a heavy frost as dey lay on da ground. now from da edge of da woods to my stand i done da best i could do. now dis was da 3rd. hunt in dis stand and da 1st. 2 hunts i saw nothin, after da 1st. mornin hunt i walked around some and was really surprised at how much fresh sign i saw so i cut my walk about short, i now have made up my mind i was comein right back here on my evenin hunt. i wanted to get in da stand a lil earlier to just in case dey wanted to walk a lil earlier, i got on my stand at straight up 2 o'clock, No knot in da mornin, i give dat up a few years back even doe sometime it seems like a good ting to do but dats another hole story in itself. everyting was on da move in da woods but deer and at 4:15 it was over for me. i never saw any other wildlife or heard anyting after 4:15. OK, i done made up my mind while sittin on stand dat i was gonna give it one more shot in da mornin cuz dat was gonna be my last hunt for a few days, just couldn't see knot goin back dare with all da fresh sign. once again i walked in right at day break, i'am knot a walk in da dark mornin hunter, never was. i like to sneak in right at day break so i don't have to use a light, everybody has dare own way of huntin. after i got to my stand and got set up like i like to do i started to see a few squirrles runnin around den i saw one coon and a couple of turkeys matter of fact i heard dem turkeys fly down off dare roost and about 10 minutes after dat i heard what i taught to be a deer jump da fence, now i'am on high speed scan mode in da direction i heard da noise and i saw just his horns movein back and forth as he was allso scanin da woods, dat coon had just walked right in front of where he jumped da fence so i'am tinkin he got a wift of dat coon, now it seemed like forever dat he was standin dare still and i mean still and all i could see was his horns and sometime a ear twich, dat started to make me a lil nervous cuz dem horns looked pretty nice and i didn't know which direction he was gonna move, if he would have went back over da fence da way he came i would knot get a shot on him, i gave one lil grunt on my call and i see his head pop up and turn towards me den he started a slow slow walk towards my direction, man dat ting was nice from what i could see and it was grownin all da time. he walked up about 65 yards and i new it was time to lay him down, he never had a clue i was in da world, i had a perfect neck shot and when i hit him with dat 308 he hit da ground like a ton of bricks and never moved again till i started to pull on him. now he stopped dat bullet from goin wide open to a dead stop in about 14 inches, da bullet never came out and i retreived it when i skinned him. he was a pretty nice buck and he weighed in at 205 pounds and he was run down, he was givein dem girls hell. man i would have liked to kill dat ting a month and a half ago. he was poor and really run down and was still on da prowl when i killed it. we seem to tink it was 4 1/2 years old, he was scarred up pretty good on his back, his side, his back end and even had a broke brow tine. i drug him to da fence line den walked to get da truck but once i got da truck to da deer i couldn't load it by myself. gettin old ain't no fun, like y'all know i been havein some lower back problems and knee problems plus my big truck has a cover on it and once you have da deer by da horns you can't back up with it cuz of da cover, you would have to pick it straight up and lay it down on da tail gate and by myself with a 205 pound deer, i couldn't close da deal, maybe a few years back i could have done it. i tried all kind of ways till i hurt my back and knee once again den like a smart man i called for help. i will have me one of dem racks dat goes in da receiver hitch for next deer season or maybe before dat. once again it was another good trip for me. like all ways i hate to see da season come and go so fast but it is what it is. see y'all later. Ripp

** 1-12-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** Y'all don't forget what i told y'all, if you send me and e-mail and you don't here back from me in 24 hours Please send it again cuz i'am still gettin 400 hundred to 550 e-mails per day, Thanks with dat help. Looks like its tryin to get a lil chill in da air once again. its tryin to dry out all so, ground pretty wet around here, been rainin for 2 1/2 days. our pond is tryin to fill up and look like a pond once again and knot a mud hole. it really looks big when filled and looks like dare is a lot more surface area, pretty sure da fish like it to. our deer is still pretty much locked down, did a good bit of walkin yesterday and jumped one deer, seen zero on stand, now dis mornin i did see 2 small deer and all i could tink about is how Tender dey would be on da smoker and over a lil pile rice and grave-v but i let dem walk to grow a lil more. da wind right now is blowin about 25 miles per hour out of da North most-lee. suppose to be clear and in da low low 20's tonight. dat will put a lil chill on your ass if you knot dressed for it cuz da wind is blowin 25 mile per hour with higher gust, now dats January weather for ya. just finish pickin and puttin pine straw on top of my water pipes and water meter so da freeze don't get it. dat pine straw works wonders. most of all da pipes in da yard are a couple of feet down so dey pretty safe. now let me told y'all about dis here travelin machine of mine, dats right i'am talkin about dis here lap top and it works pretty good when i'am away from da house cuz i booked a couple of trips yesterday and today. my lap top man got it fixed dat when i type someting on dis here machine at da Huntin camp dat when i get home its allready on my big machine, dats pretty smart right dare. well i got to run for now cuz its time to get dressed for another round of tree sittin, might have to sit on da ground in one of many of our Forts dis evein cuz dem trees is swingin back and forth pretty good, da fall won't hurt near as much either cuz in da chair you only about 2 feet from da ground. hope y'all knock one or 2 down dis evenin. Da Rippulator

** 1-10-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** Well my knee and back seem be doin better after da drainin and da Shot so i'am able to get out and Hunt a lil bit but now its HOT and da Fog, lets just say you can cut it with a knife its so tick plus its been rainin here for a day and a half off and on and on top of dat da Deer is Locked Down, i mean Locked Down tight over here but dats all right cuz now if dey don't come to me i can go to dem, i can walk dem down and with da Leaves all wet i can sneak right up on dem. you can spin da tires all you want in 4 wheel drive right now, i had to wash da truck down a couple of times cuz what happens here dat mud will stay on da truck till i pull up in da drive way den it slids right off in da drive way den all da kids step in it and bring it inside and den Maw-Maw get on Paw-Paw for dat mess, well Maw-Maw i'am sure dey could step around or over da Mud, yea right. now with all dat Fog da Deer wouldn't be hard to hit if you saw one cuz like yesterday i could see about 35 yards at da most and when it gets late evenin its even worst. now i didn't go dis mornin cuz its been rainin since 1:30 am so i'am still at da house, da Fog is knot as bad dis mornin cuz of da rain and da temperature went down a few degrees so maybe dis evenin i might be able to get out. ** OK now on a Workin note we are now Bookin for da 2012 Fishin season so come on and get on da books early while your date of choice is still Open. i got a few tings to do around da Drinkin Shed like hang a few Cajun tings for Looks and Entertainment so dis mornin might be a good mornin to catch up on dat. gotta go for now. Da Rippulator

** 1-8-2012 ** ****** REEL FISHIN ADVENTURES BY Ripp ****** I want to wish everybody a Safe and Happy New Year and Thank everybody dat fished with us in 2011 and everybody dat reads my Fishin Reports. Please if y'all send me an e-mail and i don't answer it in a couple of days Please send it again cuz for some reason right now i'am gettin 400 to 550 spam e-mails a day and i can't go thur each and every one of dem. we all so spent Thanksgivein up here with da crew and YES, da Ladies did make dare shoppin trip again dis year but dey started at 12 midnight for Black Friday dis year and never came back till late evenin, now dats a lot of Shoppin right dare. i taught dey was gonna have to leave somebody behind till da next trip, dem cars was packed to da max. Man can y'all beleive dat another year has passed us by and dat means Deer season is all most gone all so, now dat sucks. we fished yesterday and day before but i haven't been puttin up any reports but i guess y'all know dat. i have knot hunted near as much as i normally do, been have some knee problems and Lower back problems and just ain't been able to walk around to good and couldn't sit in a stand for long at all. ain't been in da woods but about 2 1/2 times to walk around and both dem trips was cut short cuz my knee was hurtin. now some days was better den others but da good days was when i was home fishin. now after about 3 long months of PAIN and limpin around i went last Thursdsay and got it drained and he all so gave me one of dem court-a-zone shots and dat made tings a lot better for me. dat needle he drained my knee with was da same needle you inject a turkey with, dats right a big mother, from what i could see it looked like i had about a pint of fluid in my knee and behind it, dats why i couldn't hard-lee bend it, oh yea Doc loved seein me in pain while he was on da other end of da needle, i tink it could have been done a lot faster but he draged it on. he was tellin his nurse some shit i do him when he's fishin with me so i'am pretty sure dats why he draged my pain on. stuck dat big needle in my knee den went to turein it in a circle and had da frickin nerve to ask me if it hurt with a big smile on his face, dats all right cuz i'am gonna deduck my pain and sufferin from his invoice. now my Buddy Big Craig went got his shoulder cut on Jan. 3rd. or 4th. by da same Doctor so he's out of da action for a while. now he been sufferin with dat for a while all so but right now he said he can do more all ready den he could do before. our hole gang spent New Year's up by da Farm House again dis year and let me told y'all we passed a good time once again. everyting was smooth dis go around cuz Nobody got sick other den a few Big Heads but dat was self inflected, i had a couple of good Yeast infections, Oh Yea, once again i was way over served but i wasn't feelin No Pain in my Knee. i want toThank Ron K. Domnick, Lil Domnick & Kevin for fishin with us for 2 days, i'am pretty sure dey all live in Florida right now. Lil Domnick & Kevin was on dare 1st. trip down to da bayou to fish and pass a good time with us. now dey hit 2 great days of fishin for early Jan. both days ended right around 68 degrees. now dat NATS got to dem one day dey stuck it out like men, Shit Lil Domnick had shorts on all day long. sent dem to see Miss Brooke at Des Families with dare cleaned fish for supper and dey told me it was Great but i new it was gonna be. Miss Brooke is all ways on top of everyting when it comes to service. now i got to go and check some e-mails so i will see y'all a lil later. hope all y'all have a Great New Year. Da Rippulat