Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site Quarry Contest 2010

just for the losers, of which i usually am, hence the empathy here, can't you feel it?....

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thanks, DIED. Cant believe I missed your acceptance speech and photos of jigs. I followed this thread with baited breath. I beat JHAP and Yolkie, so all is good. It's amazing how they tied, down to the 1/16 point. The karma here is amazing. Serendipity, baby! Hey, a trophy is a trophy, regardless if it's a mudcat, gre...oops, perch, trout, or what. Good work.
Actually, when you said "I thought I had a large weedbed" my mind raced with, yep, 14-16 inch bullhead. Now I guess we'll have to put up with the MCA, Mud Cat Association.

Omaha! Just sent in your donation to Jesse West Foundation.

Congratulations. You're helping fisheries students that have great ideas to help us manage our precious waters.

Great to hear Bruce! Thanks!

Thank both of you guys. I know the SDSU students are benefiting from the efforts. I think a Neb. study is ongoing now by them.

An "early" tidbit for 2010. The Jesse West endowment proceeds were used to buy a dissolved oxygen meter. The state agency biologists down in Nebraska agreed to help electrofish a couple of lakes at night so we can throw out markers on bluegill spawning colonies. Then the two students will come back during daytime and measure depth, substrate, vegetation, DO, etc., etc. I'm really looking forward to the results, and we'll be sure to report the results to our Pond Boss faithful. Training good students and learning new things -- what could be better?

P.S. I have NO IDEA how I spotted this under "Quarry Contest."

Evidently there's some decent fish in the Quarry.

Dang!

So what's the story on that hog?

20"-21" inches Bruce?

Close. Maybe a tad more.

I'm not as good at estimating the size of bluegill management devices.

She was definitely a post-spawn fish. Maybe six pounds if loaded with eggs? Her head was really big. I'd guess that she wasn't very young.

Fishing for bluegill with a 1/64 ounce jig and a little chunk of nightcrawler. Was with my Dad when this little bugger hit. It was a nice fight however. Released her to go back to her bluegill management chores.


Did not weigh or measure.

....and I made sure to wear my Pond Boss shirt!

1/64 oz jig? That's half as much as you usually toss. Great fish, Bruce. Was it a LR for the quarry?

Bluegill Management Device.............I love it!! That's new one for me that I will have to use.

Yeah, I think it's safe to say there are some quality fish in that BOW.

Dr. Bruce is sharp. I like BMD (bluegill management devices) as well. When we were at Richmond Mill, he called the LMB our "non-target species." That was a good one, too. When a 5 pound non-target species with a Wr of 120 hits your ultralight, you know it.