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So instead I found a duck decoy floating loose on the channel at the lake of the ozarks last weekend and I'm going to use it. So the next question is....how the hell do I run a trot line? I was thinking of just tying a 5 lb weight to a rope, tying about 5 treble hooks to the weight and throwing some catfish crud on each one, then tie the rope to the duck and throw it in the water. Is there anything more complicated than that?
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I see no real benefit to going all 'circle of life' here, but why the hell does it matter? Moving things out of the top of the pool allows you to keep the population below it stronger. Having monsters for the sake of having monsters serves no purpose.
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If you want to trot line and eat trophy catfish, knock yourself out.. I'm not going to stop you. But i don't agree with it. Having a fish like this live for the sake of it being a monster makes perfect sense, because if it is truly 135lbs, it's 12 lbs bigger than the world record rod and reel flattie. |
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Would you prefer it just wash up on shore as a carcass? This isn't a 50 lb fish that still has a ton runway in front of it. I can see some frustration in things like that. We have a tendency to pass on good bucks when hunting in the hopes of them turning into great bucks. Putting a 70 lb fish back in the water may make some sense there. But that fish IS that great buck. And it's almost certainly near the end of its useful life. 20+ years and it's not been caught; that's plenty of time for one of those rod and reelers to have gotten it. Now it's pretty much on the way out either way so why you'd have a preference for it ending up hooked over just keeling over and washing up onshore somewhere is a bit of a mystery to me.
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Like i said, I'm not going to tell you what to do with your fish. I just don't agree with eating trophies. |
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TV shows have at least something to do with it IMO |
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When i got back to where i was parked, i was the only car with Kansas tags. There are tons of people from Missouri who fish these spots. I assume off tips from those groups. |
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Because I can't think of a better thread, here's what I got to watch over lunch this afternoon...
We have a pair of bald eagles that have nested about a 1/2 mile away and they seem to have decided that my back yard is a hell of a fishing hole. On Sunday he came down right at the water's edge next to that little bush in the bottom left of the picture) and snagged a little bass. Today about 3 minutes after this picture he went up that right into that cove in the back, snagged another one and took off to the west with it (out of the right side of the frame). I'm really hoping that they've recently set up shop and this will become a common occurrence. I've seen at least 1 of them the last 3 days and this afternoon both of them were zipping about. Pretty cool shit. Edit: Ugh...file-size limits; I had to compress that to the point of not being all that interesting. I wonder if a photobucket or something would work better. He's damn sharp lookin'...
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Never said. At least to my knowledge.
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Heh, yea. It died. Same with the last two record blue cats, one was 135 lbs caught a few years ago and the latest one was 142.
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There is an asterisk next to that record because though it was caught by fishing rod and reel it was snagged. See, the guy that caught it was fishing for crappie in the Elk City Reservoir when he saw a huge flathead floating near the top and struggling. So he threw his jig across it's back, snagged it and brought it close enough to shore for him to wade out and bring it in.
He tried selling it to places like Bass Pro but it died so he donated it to the KDWP. They did an autopsy and found that the reason it was struggling is because it was having troubles digesting a 6 lb. carp. Elk City Reservoir is about 40 miles from my house so I heard all about it.
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