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Pond bluegills
Endlss
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Well I'm still moving into the apartment slowly but got a few times to go with bobbers and worms to the pond. Damn good bluegill spot. The bass are there but just won't bite, had a few hits on a frog but they never took it whole. Had a kid the land owner lets shoot groundhogs come by and he shot two snapping turtles in a half hour. I took the Ruger Super blackhawk down and tried to hit one but shot under it, I think the wake and noise would of killed the turtle[:D]. They want all the turtles gone and we saw at least 4 in an hour. I only kept two big gills as they got hooked deep and no use in wasting them.
I'll get my computer up the apt soon and then dial-up will kill me... see ya's.
I'll get my computer up the apt soon and then dial-up will kill me... see ya's.
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Hook em through the belt and toss em in the water and hang on tight [:D]
I've managed to catch big bass with them when all else failed.
Get your self a flash light and a can and when it gets dark check the lawn out for some of those big nightcrawlers, bass love them more than the garden varity of worms.
Hook em through the belt and toss em in the water and hang on tight [:D]
I've managed to catch big bass with them when all else failed.
I used to flood an area of our yard in order to do this. Got be to quick to catch those boogers [:)]
take and drive a wood stake w/notches in the sides, into the ground. Then you take the blade on an axe, and rake it up and down the stake, over the nothces; which "vibrates" the ground...and up come the worms!
...only kidding[:D]...I read that somewhere...I think a flashlight and/or water would be much easier...[;)]
[brI read that somewhere...
so it was a joke......[:D]
Just drive a wooden stake in the ground and rub across the top of it with a large rough rock to set up a vibration. Worms come right out of the ground. I think they called it 'fiddlin'.
Thanks---Peabo
Little Johnny got a chemistry set for his birthday.
Several days later his father looked out the window where Johnny had been playing with his chemistry set, and there was little johnny with a hammer driving something into the ground. He went out and ask him what he was doing. Johnny said "I'm driving these worms back into the ground. I spilt something I had been mixing with my chemistry set and these worms came up out of the ground and then got very stiff, so I decided to drive them back into the ground"
His father said 'Son give me some of that stuff and if it does what I hope it will, I'll buy you a new a new BB gun"
A couple of days later little Johnny found a new tricycle in the garage. He asked his dad 'What is that for?" His Dad said, 'Remember what I told you the other day about your chemistry set and the mixture you gave me?" 'Yeah , but you promised me a new BB gun'> I know son, and here it is. The Tricycle is from your mother."[:0]
Thanks---Peabo
Drive two steel stakes into the ground about 4 foot across from each other after it has been hosed down enough to be good and damp, and then hook up your jumper cables to it and to your truck battery, and fire up the motor, and watch em pop up like little Johnnys dad did [:D]
...and DaBow...susposedly works...I just think it would be easier with a light, or whatever....rather than goin thru all the drama of sticks, axes, and such...to do it "the old" way...That, is what I was kidding about...[;)]
OK now how about this one-
Drive two steel stakes into the ground about 4 foot across from each other after it has been hosed down enough to be good and damp, and then hook up your jumper cables to it and to your truck battery, and fire up the motor, and watch em pop up like little Johnnys dad did [:D]
My Mothers husband used to do that, except he would use AC. It seemed to work well.
Snappers like to wait on the bottom for prey animals. They will likely be where they don't have to move far to get food or air. They rarely swim, and never bask.
You are probably seeing sliders and/or map turtles, handsome creatures that enhance the natural beauty of a pond, and pose no danger to the fish population.
...Sliders? Map? The ones at the ranch lake...a LOT of redear(?) the ones you used to be able to buy at the dime store, they were like 2" across. Green shell, w/yellow stripes thru it and a yellow belly, and a red "ear".
I thought all turtles ate fish eggs?
mmmmm....snapper...
Ben
I can't authoritatively state that turtles don't hurt fish populations by eating fish eggs, but I have observed that most bodies of water of any size have both fish and turtles. The small lake I fished a few days ago is teeming with bass and bluegill, and also has a nice population of turtles and snakes.
One reason the snapper has such a long neck is so that it can lie on the bottom in shallow water, and extend its nose above the surface to get air without having to actually move. The turtles I see around here are mostly red ears. There are snappers, mud turtles, musk turtles and softshells, but they generally stay below the surface.
I used to shoot turtles, but I don't do it anymore. Turtles are cool, and shooting into the water is dangerous.
I used to shoot turtles, but I don't do it anymore. Turtles are cool, and shooting into the water is dangerous.
I agree. Also, a healthy amphibian population is a good indication of a healthy pond. Visa Versa, if you lose your amphibians, chances are you have a polution problem.
Ben
Turtles are reptiles. Frogs are amphibians.
d'oh. yep. correct. [:I]
Ben