I Promise.... It really happened!!!! - 03/22/13 02:58 AM
Last week, I was invited to go fishing at a fellow pond boss's pond. He has the most beautiful 20 acre pond which is a dammed canyon with many fingers.
We were keeping any bass under 14 inches as the goal is to rid the beautiful lake of the numerous smaller fish.
As the day approached the end, my friend caught a small 8 inch bass. We had a conversation about "disabling" the fish and allow a bigger bass to eat well tonight. I learned from the pondboss conference that there are many disabling techniques, but often if you remove a fin, you can impair them enough to become a meal.
We "disabled" the fish, and let him swim off, although not too effectively.
5 minutes later, I had a hit, and low and behold, i caught the SAME darn fish again, even disabled..... it was absolutely Crazy. I don't guess he was as disabled as I thought..and obviously didn't seem to concerned about our presence.
Cheers
Dustin
We were keeping any bass under 14 inches as the goal is to rid the beautiful lake of the numerous smaller fish.
As the day approached the end, my friend caught a small 8 inch bass. We had a conversation about "disabling" the fish and allow a bigger bass to eat well tonight. I learned from the pondboss conference that there are many disabling techniques, but often if you remove a fin, you can impair them enough to become a meal.
We "disabled" the fish, and let him swim off, although not too effectively.
5 minutes later, I had a hit, and low and behold, i caught the SAME darn fish again, even disabled..... it was absolutely Crazy. I don't guess he was as disabled as I thought..and obviously didn't seem to concerned about our presence.
Cheers
Dustin