Daryk Campbell Sr

Lots of info on the Ned Rig on here. Lots. It' very simple, yet effective.

Be ready for many snags, and much retying. Bring your own pole, but expect not to fish ;-). I have an 8 year old daughter and 11 year old son. We go a few times a year and have since very young. I would recommend a bobber with a piece of nightcrawler. Or a Ned rig. (Dont bring alot of tackle) both can be casted fairly easy, and they produce. Expect her to lose interest fairly quickly, and bring snacks, and drinks. Show her the plants and tell her stories, you both will have a great time.

I often watch videos with the sound off, do to possible bad language and having kids around, but this time I'm glad I had the sound on. LOL

This is.a sensitive subject, and I don't have the answer. But, I do have a question. How is it with less people keeping fish in general, we have fewer "big" fish? I read/hear about the fish of yesteryear, but have to realize most people then were catching for dinner, without any restrictions of method of catching. They also had less management of water quality, fish habitat, etc. Maybe there is a benefit to removing more fish, and letting the strong survive. Just trying to think outside of the box.

Smooth transaction. Thank you.

Smooth transaction. Thank you.

That's funny!

Advance Auto Parts has a display of it. Buy 1 get one 50%off.

With fire showing in the picture. .hmm....??

I sent you some pictures in your message box. Having trouble uploading them on here.

This is the first time I heard of this place. How long of a hike? Also better prepared how? May be going myself.

1 7/8 ball. I will get a few pics this evening.

I can this evening.

We put potatoes in our smoker at camp. No pre work done. Just smoke long and slow. They were flat amazing. Gonna have to try the pickles next outing.

$1,400.00. Motor 7-1/2 hp Ted Williams from 1971. Trailer 2017 less than 500 miles Ironton brand. All titled in my name.

Looking forward to the updates again JD. I am glad that you are back in business.

Be the ball, be the lure.

Very, very cool.

I remember very well. We will be visiting it soon.

Looking at the picture, it does clearly look like a spot. Especially since you pointed out the lateral lines and the spotted belly. But yesterday in the sunlight is sure look to be a bronze / gold color and that red I really got me excited. Is it common for them to have a red eye even when the not Smallie / goggle-eye?

What is the approx waist size? Guess I could look it up. *interested.

I can promise the eye was red. The area we were at is not known for smallies at all, but like I say, it had the red eyes burning in the light. I don't see the spot resemblance. I know you know smallies, not trying to deny what you see.

My son and I were invited to join my neighbor to go fishing. We met up on the spot and proceeed to fish. My son brought our minnow trap. He is very interesed in it, and wanted to catch something. I was throwing the Ned. He was using a popper. We seen a couple of beds. I explained to him what they were, and how they are made. He tried to catch the fish protecting one nest, but no takes. We left that area and caught up with our neighbor. He was pulling in a drum as we walked up. I continued to throw the Ned and had a couple takes, and while reeling in, they let go. Sunfish. Then I got a real good taker, and was fighting with very light line, but it stayed deep. It was a decent fight, but then it let go. Never got to see it. Could have been anything in this hole, from a turtle to catfish to a white bass to a walleye. My boy checked his trap, had a few baby blue gills. I told him that he could use one for a big catfish, he was interested. He got one hooked, all by himself. Casted out and thought he had another snag. My neighbor calls out, you have a Fish!, my son acts like nothing going on. He pulls in his first smallmouth.

Yes, we met on two weekends ago. It was raining and he ducked under our fly for cover. While bs-ing into the evening, we found out we attended the same high school. He is one year ahead of me. We talked again this weekend. He is a genuinely good guy. Most people in scouting organizations, are great people. I have been around it most of my life. This is the first in a long time of triple weekend campouts. Very long time. I'm wore out.

So, as the title states, I have camped out with Boy scouts for the last 3 weekends. We did get to fish last weekend in a private stocked pond. Snag city. Many of the boys never casted a pole before. I had many rods/reels donated a few years back from a customer of mine. I have slowly reworked each one and salvaged what I could. 3 fish were caught, 1 crappie and 2 catfish. Nothing huge for any of them, but ok size for the boys. This weekend we cleaned and filleted them. The boys got their hands dirty, and learned some fish anatomy. They also learned how the meat they buy is processed. I will fry them up tomorrow for our meeting.