Hunting And Fishing Thread!?!

[Buckeye1]

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Most pike are eating machines. Not uncommon have one bite your lure off and you catch it later with lure still in mouth.

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

You have timber rattlers in PA, I know not near as deadly as this one.

Yeah we do, but not in my area thankfully! I did see and kill one on a camping trip to northern PA a few years ago, but nothing that big!

 

[in. pred]

thats a cool looking pike for sure!. i caught a blue one one time. just got bit off day before yesterday by a pike. youll have that jiggin for crappie. no telling what will eat your jig. the crappie have been on feeding binge last few days. vertical jigging them in tree tops.

something thats helped me know whether to go or mow. lol a very helpful bp map i found. https://zoom.earth/maps/pressure/#view=43.519,-87.565,6z/model=icon/date=2024-07-06,17:00,-4
i been watching this and it seems to hold true to the bite. lots more on that site also.

 

[in. pred]

id be wearing snake boots anytime in the woods there! yikes!

 

[ajbert]

Saw a beautiful sight today driving into town today. A six point bull elk in the middle of the road with a five point close behind. Both in velvet and the antlers are still growing. Sorry, no pics as I never have my cell phone in my hands when I'm driving. Truth be told I normally always leave the house without it. The wife made me take it today, though. She can get pretty damn persuasive once in a while that I feel it is best to do what obey.

 

[in. pred]

you guys catch these where you fish?

i catch several a year on one body of water. never more than 12 - 13 inches though. id love to mount a 16+"er.

 

[in. pred]

i was laying it to them this week! the BP stayed around 30 and rain was minimal. lots of 12-13" crappie with a couple bonus hogs each morning. i took 2 friends and sent them home with 30-40 fish each.

 

[ajbert]

Looks like a large mouth bass to me? If not, I have no clue what it is. If you are keeping the little ones start releasing them. Best way to get bigger fish in a body of water. If it is a large mouth, I'll be brutally honest with you. A 16 incher is pretty small to mount on the wall.

Edit, just noticed you posted up while I was replying. I take back everything above. A 16 inch crappie is well worth mounting, and eating!

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

That is a very nice crappie! We don’t have them much around here though, more sunfish and bluegill.

 

[jkraft]

Looks like a large mouth bass to me? If not, I have no clue what it is. If you are keeping the little ones start releasing them. Best way to get bigger fish in a body of water. If it is a large mouth, I'll be brutally honest with you. A 16 incher is pretty small to mount on the wall.

Edit, just noticed you posted up while I was replying. I take back everything above. A 16 inch crappie is well worth mounting, and eating!

Really? A largemouth? You can't be serious

 

[ajbert]

I was born and raised in Colorado and only fished for trout growing up. I've been around the country and have fished for many species over the years, to include fishing in a few foreign countries. I moved back to Colorado after retiring for the Navy and fish for trout only. So excuse me for not recognizing a crappie from the backside as I have never fished for them, let alone caught one.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Really? A largemouth? You can't be serious

Calm down, and I'm serious!

Ryan

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

Went bow fishing for catfish on the Susquehanna River with a few other guys on Wednesday evening.

Nothing big, two 9 pounders and some smaller stuff, still a blast!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

you guys catch these where you fish?
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i catch several a year on one body of water. never more than 12 - 13 inches though. id love to mount a 16+"er.

Growing up, crappie and bream (bluegill) were all we fished for. We didn't measure the length, but my dad would weigh the big ones. Biggest I ever caught was 2lbs. 15oz. and it got cleaned and fried. Always said that if I caught one over 3lbs. I'd mount it. Now I very rarely have the opportunity to fish for them...

 

[912smoker]

Yep same here Charles.
Grew up with our backyard pond and pan fish was my dad's main target. He fed them bread from the "day old" store twice a day along with pellets.
Best times for the speckled perch was the nastiest weather

Keith