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Post by featherduster on Mar 5, 2023 18:34:08 GMT -5
20 some years ago the famous crappie fishing team of Capps and Coleman set a tournament weight record on Lake Monroe while the lake was at flood stage. I recall there was only 1 maybe 2 boat ramps that you could launch from and the entire lake was nothing but floating debris.
Capps and Coleman motored to a feeder creek got into a canoe worked their way up that creek to a flooded blueberry farm then they got out with waders on and walked and jigged around the bushes.
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Post by budd on Mar 7, 2023 13:53:19 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 7, 2023 14:13:05 GMT -5
Super nice smallies!
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Post by esshup on Mar 7, 2023 14:48:48 GMT -5
Dang, those are some beautiful Smallies!! Heck of a day fishing!!
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Post by featherduster on Mar 7, 2023 15:45:02 GMT -5
After 13 +/- Years of fishing the Quetico park I must say that those small mouth are excellent fighting and fantastic table fare. By far my favorite fish.
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Post by esshup on Mar 7, 2023 17:01:35 GMT -5
Hopefully I will be able to offer them on a consistent basis starting in 2024. I continually have a hard time getting fingerling fish, and even when I am told that fish are available they aren't there when I show up to pick them up. Last year I drove all the way out to within a stones throw of Loveland, Colorado to pick up 500 fish and only came away with 128. Needless to say that was a write-off. I have 28 that I kept for growing out to be brood stock, and they are genetically tested to ensure that they are the pure Northern Strain of Smallmouth, not the Neosho strain which are sold by the majority of fish farms. So, fingers are crossed.
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Post by budd on Mar 7, 2023 17:17:29 GMT -5
After 13 +/- Years of fishing the Quetico park I must say that those small mouth are excellent fighting and fantastic table fare. By far my favorite fish. Most up here treat small and large mouth bass as trash fish. I seldom see locals targeting them. I like catching and eating them. Season is closed otherwise I would have brought a limit home.
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Post by esshup on Mar 7, 2023 18:05:47 GMT -5
After 13 +/- Years of fishing the Quetico park I must say that those small mouth are excellent fighting and fantastic table fare. By far my favorite fish. Most up here treat small and large mouth bass as trash fish. I seldom see locals targeting them. I like catching and eating them. Season is closed otherwise I would have brought a limit home. I caught a 19" long, 19" around 6# Smallie the weekend after Labor Day weekend in Northern Wi a few years ago. That one is on the wall, and I had an even larger one follow the crankbait to to pier later that day. There's a tremendous amount of Rusty Crayfish in that particular lake and the Smallmouth have exploded size wise. Most of the weed beds are gone due to the crayfish, so the Walleye and Muskie fishing has suffered.
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Post by treetop on Mar 8, 2023 5:31:09 GMT -5
Hopefully I will be able to offer them on a consistent basis starting in 2024. I continually have a hard time getting fingerling fish, and even when I am told that fish are available they aren't there when I show up to pick them up. Last year I drove all the way out to within a stones throw of Loveland, Colorado to pick up 500 fish and only came away with 128. Needless to say that was a write-off. I have 28 that I kept for growing out to be brood stock, and they are genetically tested to ensure that they are the pure Northern Strain of Smallmouth, not the Neosho strain which are sold by the majority of fish farms. So, fingers are crossed. Bring me a 100 I’ll let them breed in my pond for ya
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Post by esshup on Mar 8, 2023 10:07:44 GMT -5
Hopefully I will be able to offer them on a consistent basis starting in 2024. I continually have a hard time getting fingerling fish, and even when I am told that fish are available they aren't there when I show up to pick them up. Last year I drove all the way out to within a stones throw of Loveland, Colorado to pick up 500 fish and only came away with 128. Needless to say that was a write-off. I have 28 that I kept for growing out to be brood stock, and they are genetically tested to ensure that they are the pure Northern Strain of Smallmouth, not the Neosho strain which are sold by the majority of fish farms. So, fingers are crossed. Bring me a 100 I’ll let them breed in my pond for ya I have them in a 1/10 acre pond that only has Coppernose Bluegills that are supposed to be able to survive under the ice, a strain of Yellow Perch that are supposed to grow to 19" in length and a bunch of Fathead and Golden Shiner Minnows. Hopefully in a few years I will have fish available that nobody else in the Midwest has. Yellow Perch experts in Ohio are saying BS on the 19" claim, they have never seen proof (of a fish on a yardstick or on a certified scale) of a Yellow Perch bigger than 16 1/8" long. Here is that fish - it would be a new Indiana state record, but they don't allow fish from managed ponds in the record book. That Yellow Perch in the picture is 16.25" and 2 lb 13 oz on a certified scale. Since it was caught early in the season, she would have been 3# or a bit more if her eggs were fully developed. The otolith was cracked and read, the fish was 6 or 7 years old. In managed ponds, 14"-15" perch in 4 to 6 years is very doable.
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Post by treetop on Mar 8, 2023 11:27:49 GMT -5
Bring me a 100 I’ll let them breed in my pond for ya I have them in a 1/10 acre pond that only has Coppernose Bluegills that are supposed to be able to survive under the ice, a strain of Yellow Perch that are supposed to grow to 19" in length and a bunch of Fathead and Golden Shiner Minnows. Hopefully in a few years I will have fish available that nobody else in the Midwest has. Yellow Perch experts in Ohio are saying BS on the 19" claim, they have never seen proof (of a fish on a yardstick or on a certified scale) of a Yellow Perch bigger than 16 1/8" long. Here is that fish - it would be a new Indiana state record, but they don't allow fish from managed ponds in the record book. Holy smokes
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Post by treetop on Mar 8, 2023 11:32:53 GMT -5
That thing would fed a family of five. I’ve caught tons of perch in my lifetime some have been very big but that brings new meaning to Thing was a hog
BTW I’ll dig another pond if you bring them for me to raise
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Post by deadeer on Mar 8, 2023 13:22:35 GMT -5
That thing would fed a family of five. I’ve caught tons of perch in my lifetime some have been very big but that brings new meaning to Thing was a hog BTW I’ll dig another pond if you bring them for me to raise We will bring shovels!
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Post by jman46151 on Mar 8, 2023 14:05:52 GMT -5
20 some years ago the famous crappie fishing team of Capps and Coleman set a tournament weight record on Lake Monroe while the lake was at flood stage. I recall there was only 1 maybe 2 boat ramps that you could launch from and the entire lake was nothing but floating debris. Capps and Coleman motored to a feeder creek got into a canoe worked their way up that creek to a flooded blueberry farm then they got out with waders on and walked and jigged around the bushes. I figured you were going to say they moved up onto the flooded areas somewhere. A few years ago I was motoring beside some flooded weeds with my poles hanging over the edge and minnows barely in the water and caught a few small crappie on accident.
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Post by onebentarrow on Mar 8, 2023 18:07:27 GMT -5
[/quote]I have them in a 1/10 acre pond that only has Coppernose Bluegills that are supposed to be able to survive under the ice, a strain of Yellow Perch that are supposed to grow to 19" in length and a bunch of Fathead and Golden Shiner Minnows. Hopefully in a few years I will have fish available that nobody else in the Midwest has. Yellow Perch experts in Ohio are saying BS on the 19" claim, they have never seen proof (of a fish on a yardstick or on a certified scale) of a Yellow Perch bigger than 16 1/8" long. Here is that fish - it would be a new Indiana state record, but they don't allow fish from managed ponds in the record book. [/quote] Are those perch related to the ones in the UK? I have seen some utube vedios of guys catching 3+ lb perch there. They look just like that one.
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Post by esshup on Mar 8, 2023 23:21:56 GMT -5
I have them in a 1/10 acre pond that only has Coppernose Bluegills that are supposed to be able to survive under the ice, a strain of Yellow Perch that are supposed to grow to 19" in length and a bunch of Fathead and Golden Shiner Minnows. Hopefully in a few years I will have fish available that nobody else in the Midwest has. Yellow Perch experts in Ohio are saying BS on the 19" claim, they have never seen proof (of a fish on a yardstick or on a certified scale) of a Yellow Perch bigger than 16 1/8" long. Here is that fish - it would be a new Indiana state record, but they don't allow fish from managed ponds in the record book. [/quote] Are those perch related to the ones in the UK? I have seen some utube vedios of guys catching 3+ lb perch there. They look just like that one.[/quote] Nope. Are you thinking of the fish in the UK that are called Zander? www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/fish/zanderThat Yellow Perch in the picture is 16.25" and 2 lb 13 oz on a certified scale. Since it was caught early in the season, she would have been 3# or a bit more if her eggs were fully developed. The otolith was cracked and read, the fish was 6 or 7 years old. In managed ponds, 14"-15" perch in 4 to 6 years is very doable.
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Post by esshup on Mar 8, 2023 23:23:57 GMT -5
That thing would fed a family of five. I’ve caught tons of perch in my lifetime some have been very big but that brings new meaning to Thing was a hog BTW I’ll dig another pond if you bring them for me to raise LOL. How accessible is the excavator?
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Post by treetop on Mar 9, 2023 5:24:24 GMT -5
That thing would fed a family of five. I’ve caught tons of perch in my lifetime some have been very big but that brings new meaning to Thing was a hog BTW I’ll dig another pond if you bring them for me to raise LOL. How accessible is the excavator? His number is in my phone
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Post by esshup on Mar 9, 2023 23:30:41 GMT -5
1/4 acre, 7'-8' deep max, shaped like a paint tray, the steep sides 3:1 slope, shallow side 6:1 slope. No trees or bushes around the edges of the pond, preferably to have the water come up to the 6" to 12" below ground level.
That makes it easy to seine.
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Post by treetop on Mar 10, 2023 15:43:15 GMT -5
1/4 acre, 7'-8' deep max, shaped like a paint tray, the steep sides 3:1 slope, shallow side 6:1 slope. No trees or bushes around the edges of the pond, preferably to have the water come up to the 6" to 12" below ground level. That makes it easy to seine. Thinking real hard about forwarding theses directions to him I believe I gave you his name when you were looking for a guy up this way for a pond Dozer Works is his company name he normally bench’s my lots and does rough grade for me. He does do basements and ponds also
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