Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 11337915)

Next weekend we're going on a bender of building fish structure to set out on the ice.

We'll be doing a bunch of the pvc/plastic trees/pineapples that I like, and some structures built of pallets and stuffed with cedar trees.


I'm excited for my pond this coming summer. In the first year, the bass went from fingerlings to averaging over 13". I fed the cats all summer, and the bluegill came up alot to feed also. The pan fish are definitely eating size now.

I've been putting a few gallons of minnows in twice/year, and installed a new gadget I'm working on as well as a solar bug zapper in a long pole to drop bugs in all night.
I'm considering fixing a small pond I had drained and using it for minnows only, and trapping them to sell/dump into ponds I fish or am stocking in my area.

Hopefully I'll actually have time to fish this year between work, farm stuff and kids summer sports.

Originally Posted by stumppy (Post 11337878)

There's got to be someone on here thats been fishing lately. Come on, I got the fever bad.
Lets hear about your latest attempt to drown some worms.

Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 11337915)

Next weekend we're going on a bender of building fish structure to set out on the ice.

We'll be doing a bunch of the pvc/plastic trees/pineapples that I like, and some structures built of pallets and stuffed with cedar trees.


I'm excited for my pond this coming summer. In the first year, the bass went from fingerlings to averaging over 13". I fed the cats all summer, and the bluegill came up alot to feed also. The pan fish are definitely eating size now.

I've been putting a few gallons of minnows in twice/year, and installed a new gadget I'm working on as well as a solar bug zapper in a long pole to drop bugs in all night.
I'm considering fixing a small pond I had drained and using it for minnows only, and trapping them to sell/dump into ponds I fish or am stocking in my area.

Hopefully I'll actually have time to fish this year between work, farm stuff and kids summer sports.

Originally Posted by R8RFAN (Post 11337930)

Lets post some pics of some of your best fishing days

On this day, every fish I caught was big

http://thumbnails111.imagebam.com/39...a391740331.jpg

Originally Posted by R8RFAN (Post 11337930)

Lets post some pics of some of your best fishing days

On this day, every fish I caught was big

http://thumbnails111.imagebam.com/39...a391740331.jpg

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11337945)

Fry those up, then put some potato salad, baked beans and sliced onion on the plate... one of the finest meals known to man.

Originally Posted by stumppy (Post 11337948)

Those are some big ass crappie. The biggest one I've ever seen was an 18.5 " one caught in a pond in Dade County, Mo. I'd give my left nut to still have access to that pond.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11337960)

Hush puppies and fries will also do the trick.

Originally Posted by R8RFAN (Post 11337972)

I caught those at Lake Lucas close to Asheboro NC Our state record crappie came from the lake at 4 lbs 15 oz.. in 1980

It has a 15hp limit

Originally Posted by stumppy (Post 11338055)

That is a big ass crappie.

Several years ago I was fishing on Table Rock Lake here in Mo. Middle of a hot summer day and fishing was slow so I started trolling crank baits. I hooked about and had a hell of a fight on my hands. Finally landed the biggest white bass I had ever seen. It was almost 8 lbs. After me and my buddy stowed our gear I went hauling ass back to the marina. You couldn't have slapped the smile off my face.
About 3/4 of the way back a word popped into my mind. Hybrid. It seemed like I'd heard or read something about hybrids being released into Table Rock. So I stopped the boat and pulled my state record fish out of the live well to look him over again. Sure enough, my white bass just didn't look quite right.
Damn it damn it damn it. I'm just glad I didn't go running into the marina hollering about my state record white bass.

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 11401075)

Record paddlefish caught yesterday at Table Rock Lake.

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