Fishing

[bushmaster06]

Took a couple of the kids fishing in the Deep Fork behind the house and the 5 year old caught first fish. All I had to do was take it off the hook and show him how hold it, he did the rest.

Today is a good day.

 

[dennishoddy]

Took a couple of the kids fishing in the Deep Fork behind the house and the 5 year old caught first fish. All I had to do was take it off the hook and show him how hold it, he did the rest.

Today is a good day.

Thats a whole lot of awesomeness there!

 

[bushmaster06]

Thats a whole lot of awesomeness there!

It was pretty cool. I wasn't expecting any bites, especially with the patience of a 5 year old.

 

[bushmaster06]

The bass were hitting the green crank bait pretty good yesterday at the wife's grandmother's pond. Little guys, so I will probably put in a bunch of minnows and little blue gill for them to munch on.

 

[bushmaster06]

Pulled my traps from that pond, just one bluegill. I'll drop them in the Deep Fork this week. Hopefully I'll catch something besides bluegill, minnows, and a dead water snake. I set a trap all last spring and summer and not one crawdad or catfish. I set up a trot line once, but the stupid turtles wrecked it and I had to throw it away it was so tangled in hooks.

 

[dennishoddy]

Pulled my traps from that pond, just one bluegill. I'll drop them in the Deep Fork this week. Hopefully I'll catch something besides bluegill, minnows, and a dead water snake. I set a trap all last spring and summer and not one crawdad or catfish. I set up a trot line once, but the stupid turtles wrecked it and I had to throw it away it was so tangled in hooks.

Keep in mind that the ODW pond management services recommend removing so many bass per year depending on the size of the pond. They can quickly overfeed on the available food sources and stunt the bass's growth.

 

[bushmaster06]

Keep in mind that the ODW pond management services recommend removing so many bass per year depending on the size of the pond. They can quickly overfeed on the available food sources and stunt the bass's growth.

The pond is about an acre, her grandfather dug it out 30 or 40 years ago. I have no idea what the stock level is though.

 

[dennishoddy]

The pond is about an acre, her grandfather dug it out 30 or 40 years ago. I have no idea what the stock level is though.

Buddy had a pond about that size. We could easily catch 50, 6" bass from it every day. We studied pond management and started taking a bunch out and introducing perch and many pounds of minnows as well as bringing in big bass from other ponds/lakes because we felt they were severely inbred.
We still take out the smaller fish but return the bigger bass to the pond so there is a food chain. We've caught some 4+ pounders from it.

 

[bushmaster06]

Buddy had a pond about that size. We could easily catch 50, 6" bass from it every day. We studied pond management and started taking a bunch out and introducing perch and many pounds of minnows as well as bringing in big bass from other ponds/lakes because we felt they were severely inbred.
We still take out the smaller fish but return the bigger bass to the pond so there is a food chain. We've caught some 4+ pounders from it.

That's kind of what I want to work on this year. Unfortunately, her grandmother is 94 and won't be with us much longer and I don't think there are plans to keep the property in the family once she passes.

 

[Hangfire]

I've had hooks go in past the barb three times in my life (two in the head and one in my hand) but this had to be especially painful.....be careful out there fellas.