Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations The Sincerest Form of Flattery(wrt Bruce Condello)

That looks like a CPUE of 22.5 fish/hour.

Easily past Condello standards, and that's with the water still pretty cold. It will only get better and better and better.

Good job, Grasshopper.

What the heck is CPUE???
Do you smoke it or drink it?

IIRC, it's something like "Catches Per Unit Effort".

A real Condello would know for sure.

It's "biologist speak" for Catch Per Unit Effort.

Okay, I've caught 75 - 100 BG, about 20 LMB, 1 RES, and 1 CC with this rig now. [NOTE: One (1) BG has been badly hooked, all the rest of the fish were lip hooked.] I have not caught any of my (surviving number unknown) HSB in this period; I think I would probably have caught a couple with the same amount of fishing if I had been suspending a worm under a bobber, based on last Fall's fishing results.

I want to reopen discussion on the concern george so astutely raised (Be a Stute; the world needs more Stutes). Question: Just how likely are HSB to take a small piece of worm on a small jighead, jerking along just off the bottom within 50 feet or less of the shore? With my limited knowledge of HSB, it seems they would be much more likely to be looking for fish out in the middle of the pond, in my limited experience, they DO take small worms, but only higher up in the water column.

So, george and Bruce and everyone else with HSB experience, how likely do you think it is that they will really hit small earthworms at the bottom?

P.S. A great big BG broke my 4 pound test line Friday night! I had landed a 3 lbs LMB a little earlier, and a 3lbs 15 oz LMB a week before, with the drag on the same setting. Of course, the line could have been nicked or what not, but that big BG really fought harder than either bass. SInce he got away, I feel compelled to mention that he was a least as big as the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket!

Hey Guys, I really don’t have anything against earthworms – SCOUT’S HONOR – I am an equal opportunity angler - I am not an earthworm bigot – HONEST...

I fish strictly for sport and the challenge.

I only fish with artificials – I gave up fishing with earthworms more than 75 years ago…..

I am forever shamed and ask for your forgiveness...

george, I thought you raised a valid concern. No forgiveness is required. Unless JHAP starts up some Worm Anti-Defamation Defense for Lepomis Enthusiasts (WADDLE).

I do read, however, that you won't have much info on HSB taking worms.

I don't know if this is good news or bad news...

But Hybrid Striped Bass are very likely to hit the nightcrawler. The bigger the piece of crawler the more likely it is to get hit. I don't think there is any fish that will swallow the crawler more quickly. That's why I don't like to use this method when there is any breeze at all. When it's windy you can easily lose contact with the presentation and that's when the problems can happen. If you were to gut hook a HSB you could just immediately cut the hook off and hope for the best. I've fished with several friends who wanted to use this method and watched them bring in a gut hooked HSB. It's still just a fish to me, but it's kinda hard to watch.

Warning Taken

I'd add RBT to this list and second the LMB, WE, and BG so far THIS YEAR, since deciding to give it a shot and see what all the hype was about. It offers so much versatility to the angler so he can make adjustments as needed. Very fun and involved way of catching fish.