Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss Friday, Oct. 22 '10 Somerset PA Gathering

Very good points Esshup! And make sure the .40 ...

Dang, wish I was there.

I'm all loaded up on Peroni, Deer Pastrami, and some kind of Pig Knuckle type thing.

Changed to a fresh O2 tank....we all looked at the fish together....and fortunately I ran out of fuel AT the pump!

It was a great evening. We all arrived about the same time. I was a little worried about being in a $45 per night motel. It isnt bad.
Rex made it on fumes. He had to point the truck downhill using the starter motor to make it to the diesel pump.
I brought about three pounds of venison pastrmi and a pound of jellied pigs knuckles. The jellied pigs knuckels were completely consumed. Two of the three pieces of the venison pastrami were consumed.
In the morning we hope to get enough bullhead for a great fish fry.
If you arent here you dont know what you are missing.

Hey Dave. You just can't imagine what you are missing. We each enjoyed a cold one in your honor this evening.

Wish you were here. You missed some really good eatn' and the best is still to come.

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Jellied pig knuckles? Never even heard of that.

My wife's side of the family on her dad's side is Slovock. The wife says her grandmother always had a jar of pigs feet in the frig when they visited.

To heck with the pickled pigs feet - where are the pics ?

You know, we really make a lot of jokes about catmandoo and his proclivity to cook any kind of creature, and we should continue to do so.

But, dude is a master!

I just got home and have to get with the family, but here's the only pic I have of Todd w/ a smallie:



Ken and Todd have quite a few photos but won't be home for a little bit.

More later. Good times.

9:06 p.m. Eastern Time Where's the pics!!!????

More photos!!!

Gang, just got home from the farm. I got there around 6:00 and all the fish were looking good! Temped them and released with my family and a couple of other friend families with their kids all present. All the fish swam off well except for a couple of BG that were pretty sluggish and may or may not make it.

We spent an evening of fellowship around a campfire and I just rolled in to check the forum. Too tired to post any of my pics tonight, but promise to do so this weekend.

All in all, what a great night and day it was with Sunil, Rex, and Ken! We had an absolute blast! Sunil's pond is awesome and we caught some darn nice fish today! He and I took his boat out and in a span of probably 30 minutes, which included stocking about 50 pounds of shiners, caught probably 7 LMB, the smallest of which was probably two pounds! We were just sharing one of my poles with a gold/bronze double willow leaf spinner bait and the fish were going for it again and again. The last one was an absolute hawg that I could have easily fit my fist into his mouth and it wouldn't have touched the sides! Right as I was pulling it up, the line snapped, so we lost both the fish and my freaking lure!

I caught my first ever striper - an absolute beauty - on my ultra light rig and had a heck of a fun time landing it. Ken has that picture and I absolutely can't wait to see it again! I caught that SMB later in the day, and of course had a number of LMB, so I hit for the cycle! We caught a bunch of yellow perch, too, which was cool for me as I'd never caught one previously. Ken whipped up an awesome fish fry for us, including fresh made french fries.

Of course, we spent some time burning a bunch of rounds through my AR-15 and Sunil's and Rex's .40 cals, too. It was pretty much a perfect time - beer, guns, fishing, and fried food!

I'll get my pics up tomorrow and hopefully Ken will get his posted. Wish you guys could have been there!

And thanks again, Sunil! You rocked as the event host, bro!

How can we turn down such a request?

Fishstock 2010 was a great success. Sunil's property and pond are fantastic. He's got a wonderful fishery.

Rex was the first to pull out a nice LMB. Four pounds and 1 oz.


Todd didn't do bad either.




When fishing got slow, the temptation of a PVC bucket hanging from a tree became just way too much for some.



Sometimes things didn't go quite like we wanted.


Before we left, I did fillet, skin, and cook a couple of buckets of various LMB, yellow perch, and bluegill. Sunil has some beautiful perch in the pond. He was also culling all LMB under 14 inches. Interestingly, all of the perch, maybe 10-12, were filled with eggs.





All in all, it was a really great relaxing day.


Lastly, jellied pig knuckles aren't pickled pigs feet. It is more like pig Jello. It is coarsely chopped pig hocks in a spiced jell made from bones.

Nobody even got in trouble, and a great time was had by all.

I saved this one. It may come in handy sometime in the future.



It looks like everyone had a great time. It sure beat what I did all day long! Sorry I missed it.

Todd, I'm suprised you didn't break out the .50 to show the boys what a big caliber gun is like.

Sunil, those are some nice looking fish that are coming from the pond!

Water temps were about 52 degrees in 10" of water. We didn't even see one bullhead.

I'm not sure the air temps ever really got over 50 degrees. It was one of those days where you're never really warm, but not frozen either.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!! Great looking fish. Sunil the lake is beautiful.
As Todd said "beer, guns, fishing & fried food" - you just can't beat that.....

Man, that AR15 is really something!

Todd has a lot of good pictures also.

Looks like you guys had lots of fun.

I just had to save the Sunil with an AR photo. Somehow, someday that is bound to come in handy.

Killer photos, boys! I love seeing Sunil with a gimmee cap, a smile and an assault rifle.

I think Todd has a picture of each of us with the AR.

But, "I have no recollection of that, Senator."

great pics and story guys.

It was great fun at Sunil's!!! What a way to cap a 4200 mile, 2 week run!

Sunil, thanks for being such a great host!

Ken, Thanks for all the great food!

Todd, Thanks for the, now extra loud, tinnitis from the AR-15!!!

Thanks for the pics and update. Glad there were no ricochets.