Looks like home to some monsters. What all have you caught there?
I usually catch bass out of the pond. I’ve seen some massive carp but I’ve never been lucky enough to tie into one of those. The bayou is connected to it and that’s where I catch most of my other fish
I have only ever caught carp while snagging with huge treble hooks. Biggest one was 25". Hooked into one though that was much, much bigger, but it nearly pulled me into the deep had it not been for a root that caught my heel on the way down the mound I was standing on. I wasn't expecting to hook into something that big and when it hit, it immediately took off down a deep hole and I leaned back and my feet slipped out from under me. Down the hill I went. I would hate to hook into something like that in a kayak
I haven’t got any gar much bigger than a foot out there but at the river we’ve caught some that are well over 4’ long. You don’t want to land one that bigI have only ever caught carp while snagging with huge treble hooks. Biggest one was 25". Hooked into one though that was much, much bigger, but it nearly pulled me into the deep had it not been for a root that I caught my heel on the way down the mound I was standing on. I wasn't expecting to hook into something that big and when it hit, it immediately took off down a deep hole and I leaned back and my feet slipped out from under me. Down the hill I went. I would hate to hook into something like that in a kayak
You guys have some big alligator gar there. That was what I was meaning by monsters
Landing implies the hard, challenging task is done. I believe what you mean is not hooking up to something that large.....in a kayak!I haven’t got any gar much bigger than a foot out there but at the river we’ve caught some that are well over 4’ long. You don’t want to land one that big
Biggest thing we have here are flathead catfish and spoonbill, though spoonbill have possibly gone the way of the dodo here. But I have seen flatheads pulling a 14' John boat around. We used to use the big river poles with huge open faced reels in an area on the Wabash river called catfish alley. The catfish there lay in front of a really old log jam in water that was about 40' deep.I haven’t got any gar much bigger than a foot out there but at the river we’ve caught some that are well over 4’ long. You don’t want to land one that big
I've always wanted to catch a Sturgeon using my kayak but after rolling it a couple years ago in cold water,
now I've always wanted to catch a Sturgeon using my pontoon.
No we hooked those guys from the bank. With them the battle only begins once you get them ashore. I’m not sure what the average temp would be for me it’s either warm enough to fish or too cold to fishLanding implies the hard, challenging task is done. I believe what you mean is not hooking up to something that large.....in a kayak!
What's the average water temp there, right now?
I want to tangle with a flathead terrible bad I’m planning on learning to catch them this year
Best bait we used for flatheads was night crawlers or fish guts. For big channel cats - chicken liver. That's the only thing that will bite on liver here. They are both fun to catch in strong river current from a boat.No we hooked those guys from the bank. With them the battle only begins once you get them ashore. I’m not sure what the average temp would be for me it’s either warm enough to fish or too cold to fish
I want to tangle with a flathead terrible bad I’m planning on learning to catch them this year
Be a man.....noodling!
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Yeah... no way you would get me doing that. Local fisherman here is missing a finger from doing that craziness and tangled with a snapping turtle. He pulled in a 65lb flathead noodling though. He had a picture of it hanging in his bait shop with huge scrapes all over his arm from the fight.Be a man.....noodling!
Seriously though, no way in h3ll I would stick my arm into a hole under water!
I'll just watch her do it
I’ve caught small catfish by hand while seining does that countBe a man.....noodling!
Seriously though, no way in h3ll I would stick my arm into a hole under water!
I'll just watch her do it
Only if you're actually the size of a GI Joe dollI’ve caught small catfish by hand while seining does that count
....that does not have the kung fu grip!Only if you're actually the size of a GI Joe doll
Yeah, I can see how that would be cheating.
