Ham
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I try to be kinda choosy about where I go and when I go so that I generally avoid frustrating trips. I can promise you that I am not going to slam my head in a car door repeatedly at a fishing spot that fails to produce. Too many good choices fairly close.
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I'm sure it depends on a lot of factors (water temp, method used to capture fish, barbless vs barbed, etc), but I'd love to see the studies that say a 10% mortality rate for immediately released fish is normal. I would guess that it is much less than that, but that is a guess.
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AGFC District 2 Fisheries 2015 Second Quarter Newsletter
Ham replied to mojorig's topic in Lower Bull Shoals
More and more and more Redears please. -
You SHOULD assume that the information you provide IS going to lead to "X" number of bass being caught and kept. I helped a guy on Bull Shoals. He was CLULESS. after his trip, He called me so excited about the fish he caught and that he kept and ate two (2) 19 inch smallmouth. I was freaking sick about it. Maybe they really weren't 19 inch fish, but they were two really nice fish that would still be swimming if I had not over shared. I made it very clear how unhappy I was and now I tend to give him tips on walleye and crappie and be really vague on bass.
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I'm a Ginger guy always have been and always will be.
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The number of people that take and take and take without contributing concerns me. You are certainly free to do as you please with your information going forward. I do believe you would be doing yourself a favor to add people that are OBVIOUSLY trolling the catch and release folks with photos of fish that they are keeping would be to add them to your ignore list. Very nice feature. We can hope that after trolling for a while that they will find something better to do with their time, but even if they do not, you will be blissfully unaware of their silliness.
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It helps in current to point the rear end of the trailer downstream a little bit as well. I prefer a little bit of bunk in the water. My little 20 HP jet needs a little help. I love my BassCat, but the BassCat folks build their trailers different from every other trailer that I have ever used. It has been a difficult transition for me. I've been driving boats on boat trailers for over 4 decades and the BassCat made me look like a rookie. I think I have it now though.
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Ahhh but the current seam at the mouth of the creeks.
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I'd love to have easily access to some lakes with a 12 inch minimum on LMB. I'd much rather keep 12-14 inch fish and release the larger ones to see how large they can get.
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I am a little confised by the fish photos on the dock though. Illegal to possess Brown Trout under 24 inches.
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Nah, I saw that one and it was not about bass fishing.
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John Wayne made a movie about bass fishing? Dang I missed it.
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Drum have a spawn. That may be going on right now. I would think it foolhardy to think fish populations are out of balance based on the results of a few fishing trips.
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That's great! I appreciate you spending time with your son. It is most def doe/twins season. I have seen a lot of does with twins running beside them the last few weeks.
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I have a rubber net that is round. Baits can't hang in it. I'd have to measure it, but I think it has about a 28 inch diameter. I have a smaller rubberized mesh that has measuring marks on it to get a quick and dirty guess at length. They make that one in various sizes so you could get a big one if desired. The one I have would handle a 30 inch fish.
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I've just seen too many times where well intentioned sportsmen get group think about species interaction and decide to tip the scales in favor of their preferred animal.for example, "Kill the Road Runners, they're killing our quail" when it's often a habitat issue.
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I'm a relative newcomer to the area, but I tend to agree with Al that the heavily spring fed systems don't impede growth, but rather enhance it. The fish get to eat more year round than the feast of summer and fast of winter fish in flows without majority spring fed. Even the White River with its significantly cooler water fosters better quality. EVERY smallmouth I catch on the White is fat and Happy. NOT everyone is long, but every one is a thick burger. Not at all the long and lean look you see in the Buffalo or Crooked Creek.
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Lol
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Trip Report - 3/29 And 3/30 And An Armed Confrontation With Landowners
Ham replied to hoglaw's topic in Crooked Creek
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It looks like good eats to me.
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Thanks for the intell. Getting crazy high, again.
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I looked for that bite and never found it, but it may have just been the wrong day or the wrong creek. Sure sounds like fun though.
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Excellent work my man! I'm jealous.
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I've got a bunch of DD22's I need to sell and some 20+'s. I dont think I ever bought any of the 30+'s.
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