Wow, I never caught one that big. I know he fought. I used to know some beaver ponds in the mountains of Montana that I fished and got really nice fat 10-12 inchers. They fed on a freshwater shrimp that makes their meat bright pink. So, tasty to eat as well.
I still have to get my bearings where I live now. I have some beaver ponds scouted out in the mountains and hope they’re brookies that I saw my first time there. Haven’t been back to fish them yet. They were in that size range.
Where do you catch them that size? A lake?
edtit: Ahh, I see you got in a stream. that must have been fun.
Well, don’t know precisely, never weighed any, but once they were spent enough to bring alongside the boat we would get a rough measurement of length, many were 6 feet plus.
Their weight was likely around 200 lbs.
This approach (in a boat on a large body of water) was the only way I could ever land the big ones. After sunset in the deeper channels around Key West was the easiest way to hook up the big ones.
I would hook many smaller, landlocked Tarpon in the canals and ponds in Broward County with my medium bass outfits, but I lost every one of ‘em.
Going up to Lake Okeechobee rim canal this coming Friday to catch some Crappie on 2lb ultralight gear with beetle spins. Smoking some bowls and tangling with these fish is more fun than a barrel of monkeys…great sport and great eating.
Perch? Dude, that gives away where you are from! Most places call them sunfish. That’s what the locals call them here, regional differences crack me up.
We put those on jug lines for bait. My. Wife caught a 40+ pound flashed here a couple weeks ago. Jug lining, lazy fishing, yup.
Crappies are a bit on the bland side but people like that, I prefer Gillies then northerns myself.
We got nice gills round here, nothing to limit out on them 8,9, 10" fish.
Only takes 7 fish for me and the wife, along with the fixens.
Limits 20 per license.
My first experiences smoking weed were while out fishing with my buddies as a kid. Probably why I enjoy it and have such fond memories of fishing trips.
I don’t pay much (any?) attention to the science, techniques, etc,. of catching fish…
but, it’s still one of my favorite things to do.
No better way to pass the day. Watching nature, listening to birds, and staring at a string in the water
Around here, it’s almost all crappies (papermouth bass, we called them when I was a kid), but occasionally you catch a nice largemouth, or a pickerel.
Since farm pond fishing, I have not caught many bullheads. I know of a pond about 4.5 hours from here I could catch a bunch in. I just don’t see them much. I will keep that in mind. Sunfish work pretty well in the lakes I fish. You have to find the right spots though. Flathead is excellent eating.
I was shocked at just how good it was. Especially being that big.
Great thing is that fishing with my wife, my jug lines are all organized, counted, and in order. Before I hauled several around that were not in fishing shape
