What are you hunting/fishing?
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Over the weekend I was practicing my fly-casting (beginner). Every cast I’d catch bluegill like this one and slightly bigger from my pond. No trophies here but at least I was catching something. I now know I have a thick breeding population of bluegill with no predatory fish in my pond. It’s a small pond so it’s going to be tough to manage but I think a handful of bass would do it some good.
Matt W.
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Over the weekend I was practicing my fly-casting (beginner). Every cast I’d catch bluegill like this one and slightly bigger from my pond. No trophies here but at least I was catching something. I now know I have a thick breeding population of bluegill with no predatory fish in my pond. It’s a small pond so it’s going to be tough to manage but I think a handful of bass would do it some good.
RafterW The bass might help with the smaller bluegill but then they will move up to bigger ones unless you supply them with smaller fish.
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Over the weekend I was practicing my fly-casting (beginner). Every cast I’d catch bluegill like this one and slightly bigger from my pond. No trophies here but at least I was catching something. I now know I have a thick breeding population of bluegill with no predatory fish in my pond. It’s a small pond so it’s going to be tough to manage but I think a handful of bass would do it some good.
RafterW maybe you should check with those professionals a few miles down the road from you.
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Over the weekend I was practicing my fly-casting (beginner). Every cast I’d catch bluegill like this one and slightly bigger from my pond. No trophies here but at least I was catching something. I now know I have a thick breeding population of bluegill with no predatory fish in my pond. It’s a small pond so it’s going to be tough to manage but I think a handful of bass would do it some good.
RafterW some decent sized crappie would take care of the smaller bluegills.
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Week and a half before the deer opener in MN, getting things ready to go. My wife said I was like a kid at Christmas and I can’t disagree. Get together with my brothers and this year a brother in law and nephew. Brothers have been hunting together for 50 years, every once and a while something got in the way for one of us, but now we all make it.
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Week and a half before the deer opener in MN, getting things ready to go. My wife said I was like a kid at Christmas and I can’t disagree. Get together with my brothers and this year a brother in law and nephew. Brothers have been hunting together for 50 years, every once and a while something got in the way for one of us, but now we all make it.
bocephus Know the feeling. Heading for some pig’s and such with my brothers. Looking forward to spending time together. Maybe next year we can have another couple be able to join us. Schedules always getting in the way during the fall, fishing in the spring seems to work out better. It is great getting together and now adding a kid or two as things progress, making memories.
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cdavis yeah, I’d love some crappie. The problem with white and black crappie is that they are very prolific. They would eat really well for a bit and over breed, which stunts their growth. It would be the same problem I’m having with the bluegill. There is a hybrid variety that can be found at certain fish farms, which are mostly sterile. About 40 of them in my pond would be perfect. The problem is that the closest farm to me that I’ve been able to find them at is not close at all…Little Rock, AR.
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Over the weekend I was practicing my fly-casting (beginner). Every cast I’d catch bluegill like this one and slightly bigger from my pond. No trophies here but at least I was catching something. I now know I have a thick breeding population of bluegill with no predatory fish in my pond. It’s a small pond so it’s going to be tough to manage but I think a handful of bass would do it some good.
RafterW But, then you might end up with just one big Bass, for a while…
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calldoctoday very true. fisheries management is a delicate dance, especially with a small pond. As a fun project, I might have 6 rainbow trout stocked in it this fall and try to catch them through the spring. The water will eventually warm to the point that they won’t survive, even being spring fed, but it would be something different to try to catch for around our part of the world.
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Week and a half before the deer opener in MN, getting things ready to go. My wife said I was like a kid at Christmas and I can’t disagree. Get together with my brothers and this year a brother in law and nephew. Brothers have been hunting together for 50 years, every once and a while something got in the way for one of us, but now we all make it.
bocephus hunting with family is great
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cdavis Thanks, as we get older it has become more important to us. We are lucky that all of our wives are very understanding because we are gone for two to three weeks.
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cdavis Thanks, as we get older it has become more important to us. We are lucky that all of our wives are very understanding because we are gone for two to three weeks.
bocephus understanding wives understand family. Sounds like yall have good ones. Congrats and good luck
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bocephus understanding wives understand family. Sounds like yall have good ones. Congrats and good luck
cdavis Wouldn’t have married my wife if she didn’t understand from the beginning.
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when I was still working before retirement driving truck cross country I would be gone sometimes 6 weeks ,home a week and gone again
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when I was still working before retirement driving truck cross country I would be gone sometimes 6 weeks ,home a week and gone again
craigrice I think my longest on assignment stints were three months, but there may have been one or two longer. Most averaged around a month. I am slowing down a lot, but still at it. Most of them are more like a day or so now, with just a few week or more. I understand.
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Gents it may be that they enjoy the few weeks away from us sometimes. Maybe not, but maybe.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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Gents it may be that they enjoy the few weeks away from us sometimes. Maybe not, but maybe.
GWG8541 after being retired my wife and I still love each other and still like are time for ourselves
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Gents it may be that they enjoy the few weeks away from us sometimes. Maybe not, but maybe.
GWG8541 I wondered about that a few times!
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GWG8541 after being retired my wife and I still love each other and still like are time for ourselves
craigrice same here. My occupation had a rather high divorce rate. Im one of those weird guys that enjoyed spending time with my wife and family. She is a Saint for putting up with me for over 3 decades.
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