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Well why didn't you say it would take a team? One from Texas ought to pull like a tug boat messing with a battleship.


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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I also have to figure out how to make a harness big enough to fit them. And, I have to figure out how to make them wear it; the big ones are pretty mean.

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Yeah, we had harness problems too so I gave up on them pulling a load. You're going about it the wrong way. I recruited my 10 year old Grandson. I figured it was about time he got into Bronc Stompin. I penned a couple of them and he climbed up on the Hurricane Deck, grabbed one by the opercular flaps and we opened the gate. When they tried to get narrow minded, he raked their guts with some small rowels. In no time at all, he had them pretty well trained to push.

The biggest problem we faced was when they started sunfishing, they would try to turn and bite. Had to pull their front teeth and start feeding them on some kind of runty fishes like yellow perch and brown trout. At first, their gums were kinda tender but we applied copious amounts of native BS and they healed up just fine.

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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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 Originally Posted By: Dave Davidson1
... we applied copious amounts of native BS ...

You obviously have no shortage of that, DD.


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I think there's some exaggeration in this account.

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Who, me?


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

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The part about pulling their front teeth. Bluegill don't have teeth.

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DD pulled them all.


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Doesn't that constitute bluegill abuse? Some sort of authorities should be notified. The Anti-Bluegill Abuse League?

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You're mixing that up with the GSF Anti Defamation League.


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

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Oh, right, sorry. Had my sunfish advocacy groups confused. Hate it when that happens.

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I wonder if that could be a cross between the GGxBG?

Do you happen to have any more updates for us, it has been a while.

Thanks

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