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the stick #316758 01/07/13 06:40 PM
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Good work D! Loved the WE photo - that's very encouraging to see.


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Another 12" Walleye caught last night. It is beginning to look like quite a few of the new WE survived.

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Your crappie population seems to be healthy and not stunted, or at least not too stunted.


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Some of them have eggs already.


Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Back on the pond today. Kept 14 crappie, 2 sunnies, and 1 perch. Released 15 LMB, 2 WE, and a 36" NP. Pictures forth coming.


Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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you boys better start eating them bass....18 predators to 17 forage items is not a good recipe, especially through the ice.....

one thing that is very encouraging is that your predators are active this late into the winter, means they are happy and not stressed!!!


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More LMB and less YP than other years. All the LMB look very healthy to me, although we did catch one today that looked like it tangled with one of the NP sometime in it's life.


Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Man them crappie would look real good fried between some white bread..


I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease..

BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.

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Here is the thing to keep in mind, even though the largemouth bass look healthy you have to always look a couple years out and be proactive as much as possible. The largemouth bass may always look healthy, but even healthy bass will have a huge dramatic impact on your entire population of fish....

If you were catching 100 bluegill/perch for every 15 bass I wouldnt be nearly as concerned, but when your catching 3 bluegill/perch per 15 bass during the winter I would be thinking about a new game plan....you will never run out of bass in that lake, so the catch and release thing for them is actually your biggest enemy towards the future....

It is virtually impossible to hold onto a perch population in a pond that has an abundance of largemouth bass. I havent seen it yet. Has anyone out there seen a 10 acre or less body of water hold onto a high perch population consistently along with a high bass population???


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n8ly, your comments should be a good wake-up call for the Bremers! Great analysis.

I have a sustaining YP population with an abundance of LMB. Don't know how it happens, but it does in my pond. Not 10 acres though.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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Here is Mike's 36" Northern Pike. She is one member of my pond management team.



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Ironically, she's one member who cares not for your goals!

Probably chowing down on BG, YP, and a certain size of LMB.

Of course, if she's eating your smallies, we'll have to kill her!


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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Are you catching those crappie on the same thing that you caught the walleye on? ""Walleye was on a red Frostee with a #6 hook and a two inch minnow.""

Also do you catch very many smaller crappie than those in the pictures? For the smaller crappie, do you C&R them or remove them?

And can we assume that the crappie are more abundant in the pond compared to the YP and BG based on harvested fish in the picture?

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Pretty much stick with a Frostee Jig in glow red, chartreuse, or blue. I keep all the crappie, there were two small ones that did not make the picture. I am not sure about the numbers, if you go to a tiny jig and waxworm, you can catch one bluegill after the other. Perch seem to be lacking numbers this year, but I have been fishing structure piles. I get the feeling when I move off the structure and fish the main basin of the pond the perch will show up.

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Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Stick - Very interesting information about catching success and fish location. Can I assume that the pike are not caught on the small Frostee jig?
Do you catch more perch on jig minnow or jig waxworm? Thanks.

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Keep us in the loop RE the YP. I would like to know location, qty and size of fish if you don't mind sharing. If you are noticing a drop in catch frequency, I'd also like to know. This may help me understand YP location and population fluctuations in my fishery, too. I can't seem to find them regularly...


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Yes, 90% of what we have down the hole are the Frostee Jig, with #6 hook in glow red, blue, or chartreuse. We use direct sunlight or a million candle power spotlight to "charge" them when rebaiting or if action slows. The YP like these with the normal 2" minnow. The BG like the waxworms on small jigs. This is typical of pond fishing in these parts. If you want BG, use the waxworm on a small jig 3 to 36 inches off the bottom jigged slowly and slightly. I will keep you posted on the YP. Bill, we get our NP on the Frostee and 4 lb line. I think it is a case of curiosity kills the cat on why these large NP hit our tiny jigs. Either that or Dwight trains them to do so.

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Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Stick -Very informative info and advice - thanks. I too see bluegill catch rate much better with waxworms and perch catching best on minnows 1.2"-2.5" long. I've found that yellow perch will readily bite a larger lure compared to bluegill which is probably due to mouth size and general feeding habits of esp the larger perch who frequently eat minnows. The light attracts zooplankton and crappie love and thrive on zooplankton during winter - neat trick. Hooking onto one of those northern pike with 4lb test line would be similar to hooking onto a lawn tractor underwater. That can be exciting. I am suprised that the big pike are not cutting the line more often. Pike are much better at cutting nylon line compared to walleye who rarely cut your line due to differences in the teeth configuration between pike and walleye.

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2 guys in the ice fishing house - live cell update - catching a few.....



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Final Score for Saturday afternoon/evening: 61 Crappie 4 Bluegill 2 Walleye 11 Bass.

Crappie to be cleaned...


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Wow nicely done Dwight! You have a strong population in there, and they look very healthy. No YP?

Any size on the WE? When did you stock them and at what size?


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Dwight - how big were the egg sacs in the crappie from MN this time of year?


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No, we did not see a perch all day. Do you think they could be dwindling as the preferred prey for the NP, LMB, SMB, and WE? We measured both WE, 14" & 8".
The egg sacs in the crappie are about the size of a dime.
There is a thread by Dwight called "additive fish" on the forum, pictures too, about the stocking of the WE and SMB

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