Any Freeper Fishermen/Fisherladies Out There?

3-3-03 | sonofatpatcher2

[sonofatpatcher2]

Any Freeper Fishermen/Fisherladies Out There?

Corsicana, Texas - As the weather slowly gets warmer, my fishing blood begins to warm, simmer then boil. I was wondering if anyone was like me in that they love to fish almost (or more) than talk Good Republican Politics.

Well, if so and if they are in North Texas, perhaps we can gather and wet hooks while raking the DemoRATS over the coals.

[CollegeRepublican]

Try the Potomac River. It is supposed to be one of the best bass fisheries in these parts. Also holds good catfish. Western Maryland has some good trout streams, but you have to search for them. The Shenandoah River also has some good holes. As for the Chesapeake, it is a matter of knowing what is in the bay at the particular time of year and what they like to eat. Stripers usually run from late Spring until late Fall. Also have blues, spanish mackerel, drum in the lower bay, perch, bass, some sharks in the lower bay, and an occasional manatee named Chessie.

[Bluntpoint]

Plays hell with the plastic props on my trolling motor.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: My favorite fishing is for lake trout or salmon, either shore fishing or from a boat, on Lake Superior. Gut and gill the fish (and remove the head too)then charcoal grill over a Weber with a few hickory chips in the fire. Cut up a couple of oranges or lemon and squeeze over the fish. Flip the guy over at 20 minutes and apply orange juice or lemon again.
Serve with wild rice and a cold Leinenkugles.

Checking my bus schedules. BTW, will Lone Star Draft do?

[sonofatpatcher2]

The Dallas Morning Snooze weather report says high of 67 on Tuesday leans me towards wetting some hooks on Tuesday at Fishermans Point inlets on Richland-Chambers. The Solar Tables gives the noontime hour as the major for the PM.

Think I'll try some minnows under corks in the three inlets at RC. If no luck, may try Fairfield for tilapia with some hominy. Hey, anyone know if cumming with corn meal would do any good on tilapia.

Anyone wants to go, let me know or meet me there. I'll be in the blue Camery.

[Crowcreek]

Try dropping your anchor. You'll get some real casting distance on that ice.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: Many of my bass appear to have concussions.

Well, you still got to clean 'em!

[Bluntpoint]

Last time I cleaned fish, more than half died during the rinse cycle, none survived the dryer.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Last time I cleaned fish, more than half died during the rinse cycle, none survived the dryer."

Bwahahaha! Thanks...I needed that.

[Bluntpoint]

"Hey, anyone know if cumming with corn meal would do any good on tilapia."

Yuck!!!

Porn fishing!!!!

Did you mean chumming?

[Quilla]

My husband and I fish Lake Eufaula fairly regularly for crappie, brim, and bass as we live about 30 minutes to the south. He likes Lake Seminole as well, but after seeing numerous alligators nearly as long as our boat, I'm not comfortable enough to go anymore.

Around 20 years ago, I fished Lake West Point a few times. I believe the lake hadn't been there very long. On one occasion, the water was down several feet and we had to navigate around the many trees that had been topped. On my next visit the water was up and those stumps were no longer visable but still present around a foot under the water line. Not a place I'd want to dive in to.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Say, she got a free weekend any time soon?"

Bwahaha. The only bad thing about taking her is the rare occasion she catches more than me.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: Last time I cleaned fish, more than half died during the rinse cycle, none survived the dryer.

Just use toilet paper next time, Blount. More will live that way.

[Vigilantcitizen]

West Point is definately not a skiing lake. It is full of standing timber, good for fishing, bad for skiing.

What's really hairy is navigating West Point at night.

[Bluntpoint]

"Just use toilet paper next time, Blount. More will live that way."

So you want me to wipe my "bass" with toliet paper?

[Mr. Mulliner]

I don't know if this really counts, but we recently bought a place in rural Tennessee with a small pond stocked with bluegill and, allegedly, catfish. I haven't been fishing much since I was a kid, but recently my 10-year-old daughter and I have been fishing frequently in that pond and almost always can get a little bluegill within minutes. We're still waiting for our first catfish.

I'm blessed to be living just down the road from a guy who runs The Catfish Supply Company so I get all my fishing gear from him and he gives out free advice. It's been fun and I'm looking forward to more fishing.

I'm thinking of either expanding that pond or putting in a second pond. I have a lot to learn about this sort of thing. I did add a few grass carp and about 10 little catfish to the one pond we've got which is about 1500 to 2000 sq. ft. on the surface. Does anyone have a good source of information on these ponds?

[Bluntpoint]

http://pondboss.com/

Great source about ponds. Read "Ask the Pond Boss forum."

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "Hey, anyone know if cumming with corn meal would do any good on tilapia."
Yuck!!!
Porn fishing!!!!
Did you mean chumming?

ROITFL... You got me good, Blount! Who says typos cain't be fun?

...and, NO, that was not a Freuden Slip! Ay least I hope not!!!!!

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: So you want me to wipe my "bass" with toliet paper?

Yes, unless you have a corncobb handy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We've lived at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri for the past couple of years so its been a while since I had the "north shore treat." I like the striper bass stocked in this lake and I have developed a taste for crappies caught from our dock. Sadly, no Leiney's down here.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Just got an e-mail from a buddie of mine. I've posted it here if any of you have comments:

This is to my "...interested fishing buddies of mine from Missouri to Texas who are concerned as well about the future of their favorite species, the muskie and striper. The subject of introducing supplement forage bases for their particular specie with the long-term hope of developing a trophy fishery has long been a question in all of our minds.

What do you know about blueback herring? We know they are in the Alosid family with alewife, hickory and American shad. I also know they have been accidentally introduced into some southern tier reservoirs with good, measurable results on certain species and not so good on others.

We're in a off and on again debate here in Texas about bringing Lake Texoma (approx. 90,000 surface acres of water) back to trophy (striper) status and what it would take to get it there and maintain it. As you may already know, stripers spawn successfully in Texoma due to the high salinity in the Red River.

Consequently, there are several kazillion small stripers and no minimum length limit. However, there is an upper length limit of 20"; that is of the 10-fish per person per day limit, only two of those fish can be 20" or over. Their main forage are threadfin and gizzard shad.

We were hoping to find someone like yourself from the eastern U.S. who might have had some exposure to studies that have been done using Alosids as forage and the pluses/minuses associated with it. We know they are not only plankton eaters but fish egg eaters as well but their spawning cycle is at a different time than the esox (muskellunge) and striper (morone?), so that may not present a problem like occurs with the northern pike and muskellunge spawning cycles being so close together.

Texoma does have a population of largemouth bass and the smallmouth fishery is coming of age. Blue catfish and white bass are abundant as well. Walleyes were stocked many, many years ago but never really established themselves. I was curious to get an eastern opinion on the blueback specifically. Studies that I've read concerning the trophy striper fishery on the Colorado River (Lake Mohave) indicate their main forage is carp (high protein) and ideal 53-58 degree water temps. Those kind of temps are hard to find on Texoma during the months of July thru September. We were curious and since I had your e-mail address anyway, I thought I'd ask. I don't know if Bernie Dowler might shed some light or not or if maybe you might have a good contact in the Maryland to South Carolina corridor or not.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide in that direction.

Best Regards, Jim"

Anyone who has comments, I will forward on to Jim.