Ice status on my ponds? Don't know 'cause it's too cold out there!
The wind is howling out there and my driveway is drifted shut.
At least ya got those big females to mount and keep ya busy!
I have ladies that pay me to mount their .... They really like my work too. Many come back again and again. One lady said, "I don't remember it being that big."
All true!
Note: In case someone gets offended I'm a fish taxidermist.
I hope my friend I can call on you to mount that first fish from my pond when I have my wife finally wet a line next summer.... I am hoping we can do one of those cool mounts with a chunk of drift wood and the fish in an attack mode.....Sure hope it's not a FHM!
Me too. Hard to skin out a fathead minnow!
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
IIRC some intelligent lady once pulled in Cecil's drive and told him she just wanted to see the "beautiful Stork" in his pond. If she had only known that at that time Cecil had a federal permit to blast that beautiful GBH and for the right price would have mounted it for her. I gotta wonder if it wasn't that same lady that "didn't remember it being so big"
Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.
3.5" off the dock in the HBG pond this morning. Made an inch in 24 hours.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Oh great, now I need to find a FHM rod! ...and I thought trout hooks were small.
FHM can be caught on hook and line. Picture below, caught in the mouth.
Tried to think of some clever line to add as a caption. Never came up with anything.
After doing some searches on the internet (back when I caught this last year) , learned there is a group of people that concentrate on micro fishing. Targeting very small varieties of fish.
That's the plan. Reminds me, need to dig out the spud bar.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Was still at 3" last night, hoping for 4" this evening so I can get the ATV on the ice to plow off for skating. I would prefer 5", but the snow is slowing things down.
Always makes me nervous getting the ATV on the ice with me plus plow. I don't like the idea of it sitting on the bottom since I use it for maintaining my driveway too. However I am anxious to be working on my backwards skating for hockey, since I stink at it. I am being embarrassed by the ladies on the team.
IIRC some intelligent lady once pulled in Cecil's drive and told him she just wanted to see the "beautiful Stork" in his pond. If she had only known that at that time Cecil had a federal permit to blast that beautiful GBH and for the right price would have mounted it for her. I gotta wonder if it wasn't that same lady that "didn't remember it being so big"
Wow Bob! I've got to be careful what I tell ya! You've got a memory like an elephant. Very true story! But just to keep me legal the birds I was allowed to kill could not be mounted. They had to be destroyed.
Yeah the lady thought GBH's were "storks" and were wonderful!
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
Had a tad over 3 yesterday around noon....it hasn't gotten above 15 degrees since then so I'm hoping for 4 or a bit better by tomorrow AM when we break out the auger and tip-ups.
Dale
"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." - anonymous
Oh great, now I need to find a FHM rod! ...and I thought trout hooks were small.
Most important thing is the rod you choose if you are going to go after FHM. I use an old Lunker Stik. I find it gives that back bone I need from a rod when horsing a big FHM out of the weeds.
Cecil, my memory isn't the only thing that I have that's like an elephants!!!!! I've got unusually large ears. They got all stretched when I was a teenager.
Do nature a favor, spay/neuter your pets and any weird friends or relatives.
6" was the thinnest I measured today.. Spent several hours on the pond this afternoon scooping, playing and fishing.. Caught 15 BG in probably 30 minutes after boys got cold and went in house.. Was a good day..
Sounds good Sean. I found 3.5" of grey ice on the big pond, so stepped lightly. Very tough bite, could mark fish on the bottom but they would not rise to the bait. I did manage a few that came in 3-4' off the bottom, and those fish were willing to participate. But they were traveling and tough to pin down...especially when my movements topside were limited.
Probably hit it again tomorrow.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Broke through with the ATV this morning. Luckily I was moving at a good clip and popped back out. I was trying to plow off the 7 inches of snow we had last night and apparently the ice thinned up under the snow.
Broke through with the ATV this morning. Luckily I was moving at a good clip and popped back out. I was trying to plow off the 7 inches of snow we had last night and apparently the ice thinned up under the snow.
Not cool. You be more careful up there, hear?
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Went out to the the trophy pond for a about an hour and half this evening. Ice is 4 inches. As cold as it's been I thought it would be thicker. I'm sure it's due to the 3 inches of snow that was on the ice, which has now partly blown off.
Here's my 2 man pop up with the top down.
Here it is with the top up. A lantern keeps it really cozy inside!
Caught and released 5 perch up to 13 inches and one bluegill that was about 9 3/4 inches. Egg development isn't very significant yet with the perch, which is par for the course in my pond.
If I didn't know better I'd swear this one is a male. I did add about 20 yellow perch late spring and went by the urogential orifices. Really looked textbook. May have been a mistake! I had another 80 that put in another pond as they didn't look textbook.
Here's the bluegill. I had the flash on with this one which washed it out. Not this light at all.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
Fabulous fish Cecil! Three to three and a half inches down here today. Sketchy too. Fish tight to the bottom, reluctant to rise. Managed a few anyway.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.