My youngest Brett got him a surprise this weekend when he thought he was fishing for Bluegill!! haha. With his little 4 foot rod and a lot of OMG's!!! lol he finally got this nice 14 inch HSB in the net! It was awesome to see my son working that rod and reel! I think this one got him hooked on fishing now!
RC
Last edited by RC51; 04/24/1709:28 AM.
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
Thanks Snake! I even caught some RES this weekend but cant seem to find my big ones. All I ever catch is 3 and 4 inchers... The RES is a fish I guess I just don't quite understand as of yet... lol
RC
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
My youngest Brett got him a surprise this weekend when he thought he was fishing for Bluegill!! haha. With his little 4 foot rod and a lot of OMG's!!! lol he finally got this nice 14 inch HSB in the net! It was awesome to see my son working that rod and reel! I think this one got him hooked on fishing now!
RC
Congrats! It's great to see a kid really catch the fishing bug...
Hey! Some of us still haven't caught our first HSB! Ha, one of these days.. Thats a nice fish. My 6-8" have been in 18 months. Hoping they are getting near that size.. Are they good to eat? Fillet them similar to a LMB, or YP?
Cool to see your son so happy.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
Hey! Some of us still haven't caught our first HSB! Ha, one of these days.. Thats a nice fish. My 6-8" have been in 18 months. Hoping they are getting near that size.. Are they good to eat? Fillet them similar to a LMB, or YP?
Cool to see your son so happy.
I'm sure RC has some back story. I made the comment because all of my HSB experience shows them as essentially easy to hook into, but not always so easy to land.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
Hey thanks guys! Yeah my son has been a bit scared of landing the big one!! But he likes to BG fish! Well he got him a big one on that day weather he liked it or not!! Now he wants more!! lol.
Yes they are very good to eat! I just cooked up a 6 1/2 pounder I caught on Easter Sunday and it was awesome!! You just have to make sure you get rid of the red meat and they are good! I would rate them better than a LMB but not quite as good as a big BG. And yes clean them just the way you would a LMB easy to clean and easy to eat!
RC
Last edited by RC51; 04/25/1703:45 PM.
The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!
I'm sure RC has some back story. I made the comment because all of my HSB experience shows them as essentially easy to hook into, but not always so easy to land.
I was poking a little fun at myself. I didn't have a lot of experience at fishing for anything besides trout, out West, on dry flies, in the month of August, before I built my pond. I had hooked a million BG with my kids through the years with bobbers and crickets, off the dock, on trips to the Lake (Ozarks or TableRock) but they always "somehow" managed to get away. I fished a few farm ponds 30-40 years ago with my FIL up around Chillicothe Mo. We were always out there before light, and hammered them top water. Almost a fish on every cast. Besides that, I've had zero freshwater experience. The only YP I have ever caught was in my own pond. The only SMB and RES I've ever caught have been in my own pond. The same will be true with my HSB, when I do catch one! I've caught over one hundred YP now, but I'm still not particularly good at it. But much better than I was! Ha I'm really looking forward to catching a HSB. With 25 in a small pond, I have to hook, AND bring one in, one of these days.
Last edited by SetterGuy; 04/26/1711:56 AM.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
I'm sure RC has some back story. I made the comment because all of my HSB experience shows them as essentially easy to hook into, but not always so easy to land.
I was poking a little fun at myself. I didn't have a lot of experience at fishing for anything besides trout, out West, on dry flies, in the month of August, before I built my pond. I had hooked a million BG with my kids through the years with bobbers and crickets, off the dock, on trips to the Lake (Ozarks or TableRock) but they always "somehow" managed to get away. I fished a few farm ponds 30-40 years ago with my FIL up around Chillicothe Mo. We were always out there before light, and hammered them top water. Almost a fish on every cast. Besides that, I've had zero freshwater experience. The only YP I have ever caught was in my own pond. The only SMB and RES I've ever caught have been in my own pond. The same will be true with my HSB, when I do catch one! I've caught over one hundred YP now, but I'm still not particularly good at it. But much better than I was! Ha I'm really looking forward to catching a HSB. With 25 in a small pond, I have to hook, AND bring one in, one of these days.
SetterGuy, If you would get one of those 12 foot light action Mr Crappie brand rods, and put a very small spinning reel on it with six pound test mono, you could really have fun with those HSB. I caught about a five pound CC in my pond on a rod like that last fall.
I'm in. I'll look for one. I've got very light line on an ultralight now. I can cast very small jigs half way across the pond. I've been told to try chicken liver on the HSB. That's going to happen in the next month or so. I will catch one. It's bound to happen sometime. Thx. Hopefully I'll catch one as nice as RC's son!
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
SetterGuy, I suspect your BG would hit that dry fly just fine. If you're not catching some on a fly rod you're missing out on a good thing. I put 25 HSB in my pond last week and I'm wondering if they will hit flies.