triple_duece
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Official TOO Catch Thread
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Keep that banana hammock too yourself!!!!
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
Got to go fishing with a great guy today. Rick was my Dad's best friend. They hunted a fished together almost as much as Dad and I, maybe more once I got my own family. Since Dad passed, Rick pretty much quit it all. Finally this year he drug his boat out and started fishing again. We were finally able to hook up and fish. Although we had maybe my slowest day for keepers all year, we caught tons of fish and just caught up. Ended the day with 6 keeper eyes and a crappie. We did boat the biggest eye of the year for the boat, a 24.5" toad. That's a big big saugeye. We laughed alot and remembered old stories nearly forgotten. Just a great way to end my Indian Lake season
the Lackster
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Had a freaking blast saturday night. Took my wife and daughter to run some jugs on Clark Hill and had a great night. We rolled up on the annual firework show which the little one loved. Little over 3 hour soak and we boated 19 cats and 2 gar. Great mess of fish for a short night. Blueback herring was the bait of choice. Had a cookout for the family, smoked some for dip, and froze 15 lbs of fillets. All in all a wonderful night of making memories.
A friend of mine has been telling me for a while about a pond close to him with supersized sunfish. Mostly the green/bluegill hybrids. I'm a sucker for a big sunfish and finally got to fish the place with him on Saturday morning. It didn't disappoint.
I was fishing this fly a lot, sort of a large dragonfly nymph pattern I came up with. I caught several big tank sunfish on it, saw a sunfish take a bug off the surface and made a long cast towards it with this fly. I could see the fly, gave it a couple little strips, and this guy came up and took a swipe.
I was fishing this fly a lot, sort of a large dragonfly nymph pattern I came up with. I caught several big tank sunfish on it, saw a sunfish take a bug off the surface and made a long cast towards it with this fly. I could see the fly, gave it a couple little strips, and this guy came up and took a swipe.
OO2
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Creamer inspired me to bust out the fly rod. I’ll be the first one to say I am very much a novice as I only get it out enough to get frustrated then go back to other methods. Caught a couple bluegill, one tiny volunteer bass, and a tree!!
Still was fun to try to get the cast where I wanted to get it to.
Still was fun to try to get the cast where I wanted to get it to.
Makes sense. I have been fishing longer than any other outdoor activity and only recently have I heard the term. But, step south of the Mason Dixon and people call bluegill, brim...looked at that fella like wtf u say?
OO2
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That’s what it has meant to me as well. I didn’t really plan to catch one but did.
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I am good for one or two bluegill feast a year. Mason and I went over to a neighbors pond tonight to get a few. That didn’t take long so we fished for bass a bit too. I once again had the most, he the biggest. I didn’t measure it but it weighed close to four pounds
I know a guy in Florida where they call bluegill "bream," hybrid stripers are "sunshine bass," and crappie are "speckled perch." I think they call redears "shellcrackers," too.
I catch volunteer bluegill, catfish, sauger, walleye, gar, Rock Bass, and the always fun too catch volunteer sheep head
Lol, I wasn't trying to be a smart ass, I really didn't know if it truly meant something. To me I'm fishing, it bites, I catch it.
Aren't all caught fish volunteers?
Aren't all caught fish volunteers?
If I was a philosopher I’d have to agree with thatLol, I wasn't trying to be a smart ass, I really didn't know if it truly meant something. To me I'm fishing, it bites, I catch it.
Aren't all caught fish volunteers?
What if you aren’t just fishing but you’re bass fishing?Lol, I wasn't trying to be a smart ass, I really didn't know if it truly meant something. To me I'm fishing, it bites, I catch it.
Aren't all caught fish volunteers?
I don't know Dave. Maybe poppa bass told the smaller bass to bite, therefore he didn't volunteer, he did as he was told.
I also think bass fishing is a type of fishing, therefore you can't just be bass fishing without fishing......the things that make ya go hmmmmmm
I also think bass fishing is a type of fishing, therefore you can't just be bass fishing without fishing......the things that make ya go hmmmmmm