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Post by featherduster on Sept 29, 2020 16:02:05 GMT -5
There is nothing more exciting then doing battle with one of those in open waters.
Some darn good eating there.
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Post by esshup on Sept 29, 2020 19:56:09 GMT -5
Good going on the steelhead!!! When is the smoke going to roll? I know you are kinda busy now.....
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Post by deadeer on Sept 29, 2020 20:11:55 GMT -5
Good going on the steelhead!!! When is the smoke going to roll? I know you are kinda busy now..... Smoked him same night. Regular rub, no brine. Turned out great! |
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Post by esshup on Sept 29, 2020 22:04:53 GMT -5
Great!!!!
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Post by deadeer on Oct 4, 2020 7:27:06 GMT -5
A couple more my boy caught recently.    [url He had a big chinook follow his spinner right up to the shore, and he about had a heart attack. Lol. Maybe 15-20#. We saw a big one come upstream and into the hole we were working, so I presume it was the one. |
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Post by treetop on Oct 4, 2020 8:12:50 GMT -5
He’s a fishing machine for sure should work out good for you for awhile
You can fill one side of the freezer with deer he can fill the other with fish
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Post by deadeer on Oct 4, 2020 8:57:54 GMT -5
He’s a fishing machine for sure should work out good for you for awhile You can fill one side of the freezer with deer he can fill the other with fish Thats about right. My passion is deer, his is fish. He gets that from my dad. |
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Post by esshup on Oct 4, 2020 11:55:11 GMT -5
Hey, if any of the fish have eggs, save them and I can brine them for you for bait.
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Post by duff on Oct 4, 2020 16:35:07 GMT -5
Hit Monroe yesterday. Pulled jigs with crawlers, crankbaits and crawler harnesses
Caught an 11.5" crappie and a few nice gills and a few yellow bass. The walleye are still avoiding me!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 4, 2020 18:36:05 GMT -5
Hit Monroe yesterday. Pulled jigs with crawlers, crankbaits and crawler harnesses Caught an 11.5" crappie and a few nice gills and a few yellow bass. The walleye are still avoiding me! Nice out there now isn’t it. Very few boats out there from what I saw from the causeway and Hardin ridge. Ours is still in the shop or I’d be out there as well. |
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Post by duff on Oct 4, 2020 20:42:24 GMT -5
Hit Monroe yesterday. Pulled jigs with crawlers, crankbaits and crawler harnesses Caught an 11.5" crappie and a few nice gills and a few yellow bass. The walleye are still avoiding me! Nice out there now isn’t it. Very few boats out there from what I saw from the causeway and Hardin ridge. Ours is still in the shop or I’d be out there as well. Huge difference....so nice |
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Post by vikings on Oct 9, 2020 8:35:18 GMT -5
After a certain buffalo at indy lakes in indianapolis he is worth right at fifteen thousand five hundred dollars good luck to all.
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Post by ukwil on Oct 9, 2020 10:45:49 GMT -5
Kids wanted to take the boat out last night sonwe did. Latest ive ever fished, but we caught a bunch. Had crappies up to around 12".
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 10, 2020 16:33:04 GMT -5
Got the crossbow out today. Shooting high adjusted and back in the sweet spot. Just really hard to think about deer when it’s so warm out. Big bluegills are still hitting. Off all week so it will be fishing or getting a doe for freezer. Smoked a couple racks of ribs today for supper.  |
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Post by esshup on Oct 17, 2020 18:44:36 GMT -5
Deadeer came over and brought his son to fish in the pond. I stayed with his son, and he headed to the woods to see about getting some squirrels. The Hybrid Stripers were sure being picky today. VERY light bites, only hitting the tail hook on a suspending Husky Jerk when it paused. Here's the one I got, his son got one too when I tied this lure on his line. I lost 2-3 others that came unbuttoned, and he lost about the same amount. The one he caught came off the hook in the net. I don't care about the dirt on them, as they are getting yanked out of the pond, water is over 6' low and I am concerned about too much biomass in the remaining water. I'm estimating they are about 5#-6#, that's a 11.5 EEEE in the picture.....  Here's what the pond looks like now. At full pool the post on the end of the pier, closest to the camera is below the top of the pier.  |
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Post by bullseye69 on Oct 17, 2020 18:59:26 GMT -5
Wow it low!
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 17, 2020 19:33:28 GMT -5
Wow!! Mines down just couple feet. What’s the water coming in to the pond?
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Post by esshup on Oct 17, 2020 23:51:50 GMT -5
The water that is coming out of the pipe is coming from the pond. There is a 1 hp IIRC 10,000gpm pump on the pier that pumps pond water through 3 holding tanks then back to the pond - my pond is my filter.
The last time the pond was this low was when I renovated it and that was 2008. It was this low as it was filling up.
If this continues next year I will end up having to drop a well in just to keep the pond full. Plans are in the works to drop a well and have the well feed raceway fish holding tanks and the water will then go to the pond. Trying to figure out how to economically hold fish for retail sales, and only be open on one day during the weekend for pick-ups on an appointment basis, or only be open for "X" amount of hours. Nothing like that up here, aside from the fish trucks that stop once a month at the local feed stores.
Just have to figure out $$ to build, how big to build; I spent a day with the fish farmers in Arkansas picking their brains on what they have learned over the past 50-80 years of doing it, what worked, what didn't, etc., etc.
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Post by deadeer on Oct 18, 2020 8:33:12 GMT -5
Here is another view of how far down esshup's pond is. Its unbelievable!  Another pic to show those hybrids compared to a 5 gal bucket. They are awesome fighters! Right on the money weight wise, bigger was 5.56#.  url picture uploaderThanks again for letting Luke enjoy the awesome fishing experience there. He is so hooked! |
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Post by treetop on Oct 18, 2020 11:42:45 GMT -5
Deadeer came over and brought his son to fish in the pond. I stayed with his son, and he headed to the woods to see about getting some squirrels. The Hybrid Stripers were sure being picky today. VERY light bites, only hitting the tail hook on a suspending Husky Jerk when it paused. Here's the one I got, his son got one too when I tied this lure on his line. I lost 2-3 others that came unbuttoned, and he lost about the same amount. The one he caught came off the hook in the net. I don't care about the dirt on them, as they are getting yanked out of the pond, water is over 6' low and I am concerned about too much biomass in the remaining water. I'm estimating they are about 5#-6#, that's a 11.5 EEEE in the picture..... Here's what the pond looks like now. At full pool the post on the end of the pier, closest to the camera is below the top of the pier. That’s not even a pond anymore I thought my pond was down |
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