Forums36
Topics41,384
Posts562,944
Members18,757
|
Most Online3,612 Jan 10th, 2023
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
|
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971 |
Heck, here I thought you were able to cross an apple with a rabbit that would allow you to keep it on the tree during the winter. The fur would keep it warm.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,435
Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
|
Ambassador Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,435 |
I am but a humble pawn from S MS, but even I see the solution - 2 shots of rum!!!
Just do it...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 16,217 Likes: 316
Moderator Lunker
|
Moderator Lunker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 16,217 Likes: 316 |
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.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6,692
Hall of Fame 2015 Lunker
|
Hall of Fame 2015 Lunker
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 6,692 |
I was taking my Dad out to lunch last Sunday, and while he was getting ready I was working on a program. He's ready to go and I say hold on a minute, I need to find 2 bits. He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a quarter. Got me
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15
Ambassador Lunker
|
Ambassador Lunker
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15 |
State-of-the-art in 1914...1 horsepower, 230 lbs. State-of-the-art in 2015...6.5 horsepower, maybe 50 lbs.
"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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15
Ambassador Lunker
|
Ambassador Lunker
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15 |
The great maggot migration of 2015 is underway. Okay, so maybe this particular herald of the approaching winter isn't likely to stir the soul in quite the same manner as watching a formation of geese winging their way southward would, but it's significant nonetheless. For several years now, I have marveled at the lowly maggot's ability to not only discern the passage of seasons, but to acknowledge the need to come together in regiments of a thousand individuals, act in unison to spin a ziplock cocoon, and insert themselves into a cardboard container addressed to some hayseed in Indiana. It's their single-minded dedication that intrigues me. They don't ponder the merits of CNBG vs. northern strain, or argue the case for pond dye over a planktonic bloom. Discussions about founding fathers, EPA mandates, whitetail management, the effect of 862,256,234,471 Gizzard Shad in some Indiana Lake, and how the Amish see to read at night never take place. Instead they simply heed the call. That powerful compulsion that drives them to migrate south, from Wisconsin to Indiana, in order to complete their life cycle. In short, they have come here to die. Such is nature. Harsh, unrelenting, sharp and pointy, cold and wet. Glorious. It's almost here boys. Sharpen the augers, charge the Vex, spool up with some fresh 1 lb line, and don't forget your picks. Stay topside, and stay on 'em.
"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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 6,088 Likes: 96 |
What does the medical industry have in common with fishing?
They both use leaches and maggots.
The medical profession uses leaches to remove excess blood from wounds, maggots to eat dead flesh more accurately than a surgeon can remove it. Learned this from my diving buddy that happens to be a nurse. Call it leach therapy and maggot therapy.
Weird. I probably don't have to explain what they are used for in fishing.
John
I subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,970 Likes: 191
|
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 3,970 Likes: 191 |
Think you left out politicians..... He he he
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
.... For several years now, I have marveled at the lowly maggot's ability to not only discern the passage of seasons, but to acknowledge the need to come together in regiments of a thousand individuals, act in unison to spin a ziplock cocoon, and insert themselves into a cardboard container addressed to some hayseed in Indiana.
.... Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me on how her creatures evolve. Seems like it was jus a few years ago that maggot's cocoons had twist ties!
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15
Ambassador Lunker
|
Ambassador Lunker
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15 |
Yes, I remember those crudely primitive cocoons as well. Maggots must surely be on an evolutionary fast track. Can opposable thumbs be that far off?
"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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,255
Lunker
|
Lunker
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,255 |
The great maggot migration of 2015 is underway. It's their single-minded dedication that intrigues me. They don't ponder the merits of CNBG vs. northern strain, or argue the case for pond dye over a planktonic bloom. Discussions about founding fathers, EPA mandates, whitetail management, the effect of 862,256,234,471 Gizzard Shad in some Indiana Lake, and how the Amish see to read at night never take place Undoubtedly true, and an appropriate homage to their perspicacity, or perhaps admirable lack thereof. However, I suspect that every maggot polled would be strongly against winter feeding.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15
Ambassador Lunker
|
Ambassador Lunker
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,980 Likes: 15 |
However, I suspect that every maggot polled would be strongly against winter feeding.
Alas, I fear the strength of such resolute conviction even when on so united a front, will be no match for the tungsten bodied, laser sharpened eventuality that awaits. "I live, I love, I slay, and I am content"
"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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,405 Likes: 343
Moderator
|
Moderator
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,405 Likes: 343 |
State-of-the-art in 1914...1 horsepower, 230 lbs. Tony, that's pretty cool. There's this senior fellow that sells course ground corn meal at Canton every month, and he has a trailer with some kind of ancient portable gristmill on it. He sits and babies it all day long, and it's actually pretty cool to watch. Very little power, but lots of inertia. He wasn't at Canton last month, and I'm hoping he's still around. He's keeping a small bit of history alive.
Last edited by FireIsHot; 11/21/15 07:07 AM.
AL
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36
Lunker
|
Lunker
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,596 Likes: 36 |
Last edited by Shorty; 12/11/15 11:54 AM.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 605 Likes: 13
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 605 Likes: 13 |
^ I've now seen everything. Thanks for the share Shorty
Forced to work born to Fish
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,012
Hall of Fame
Junior Member
|
Hall of Fame
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,012 |
WOW!. Can a LMB expand it's belly that much? If so, I guess that explains how a 14" LMB can eat a 10" LMB.
1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,058 Likes: 7
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,058 Likes: 7 |
Shorty saw that on the Chive this morning. Wondered how that fish would live.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
FWIW I got curious so I read up on that catfish species. Common name is Gulp catfish (can't imagine why!). It's from South America and has a lower jaw like a trap door. The site I was reading stated it can eat fish nearly twice its own size!
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,511
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,511 |
Crazy cool!
What could those other fish possibly had been thinking when the larger one was taken in??? You could almost see an expression of "holy _ _ _ _" !
Or "pssst, I think you're next!"
Keith - Still Lovin Livin https://youtu.be/o-R41Rfx0k0(a short video tribute to the PB members we met on our 5 week fishing adventure) Formerly: 2ac LMB,HSB,BG,HBG,RES
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,511
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,511 |
Keith - Still Lovin Livin https://youtu.be/o-R41Rfx0k0(a short video tribute to the PB members we met on our 5 week fishing adventure) Formerly: 2ac LMB,HSB,BG,HBG,RES
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,668 Likes: 58
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,668 Likes: 58 |
Lovelivin, thanks for this morning laugh Tracy
Do not judge me by the politicians in my City, State or Federal Government.
Tracy
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,936 Likes: 127
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,936 Likes: 127 |
Hilarious!! Wish I thought that fast.. Ha
10 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (decreasing), SMB, and HSB (only two have been seen in 5 yrs) I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
|
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
|
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,918 Likes: 971 |
Maybe post this to keep people from fishing in your pond?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
Yes, recent test results on my pond showed an extremely high concentration!
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57
Koi
by PAfarmPondPGH69, October 22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|