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treemansbuds

treemansbuds

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MaiNiaK420 said:
3 years ago when we lived in town I had bud worms (I belive they are larvae from moths). Since we moved up to our new place on the mountain, we haven't had a 1.
Not sure why. Maybe elevation, but I doubt it. Where we lived before was around 500ft, we are only at 1600ft now, so I can't belive elevation has anything to do with it.

Whatever the difference is, I'll take it. I hate bud worms...!!
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What's the bat population like where your at now?
Bats are my best weapon vs. moths / bud worms.
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slow drawl

slow drawl

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thumper60 said:
ya got some golden shiner,good trout bait I wouldn't put them any where near the plants critters be looking for the smell
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I thought those looked like shiners, as a kid in Oklahoma we would get 3 dozen small shiners for a buck.
Killed the crappie with them.
Moved to Oregon in 1975, went to a GI Joe's (sporting goods store) and asked were the shiners were. The guy gave me an isle number, well I'm back there looking for a live well...wtf. So I go get him, show me the shiners. Takes me to the isle and shows me some pickled looking shiners in a jar...WTF again.
He tells me no live bait in Oregon...haven't seen a shiner since them.
 
thumper60

thumper60

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Smidge34 said:
We kill the crappie on KY Lake @slow drawl, mostly on minnow tipped crappie jigs by vertical spider rigging several poles fanned out across the front. I'm only good for two poles unless the third is in my hand. The bites are real subtle sometimes and my eyes and brain can handle two, but three I need to use another sense.
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I think crappie is the best eating fresh water fish there is,eat crappie or bass before trout,we are loaded with crappie up this way any thing over a foot is huge up here,i ice fish for them in winter cookem as ya catchem:bigjoint:i use jig pole to catchem under ice
 
Smidge34

Smidge34

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It used to be bluegill/redear, then crappie for me until I got into a February sauger run with a guide on Percy Priest Lake in Nashville several years ago and they moved to the head of the pack. A couple years after that I went fishing in May in central Wisconsin and caught and ate my first walleye and moved them to the front haha. Shit though, there ain't a lot of difference as far as the good shit to eat factor goes between any of those fish. After that I guess it's white bass, then other bass, then flathead cat, then channel, then blues.

I have to give a shout out to a fish that gets a bad rap. My grandma could fix freshwater carp into patties that tasted like a mackerel/salmon mix. Pretty damn good if you know how to clean the meat up right after dressing, just like catfish.
 
slow drawl

slow drawl

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Smidge34 said:
We kill the crappie on KY Lake @slow drawl, mostly on minnow tipped crappie jigs by vertical spider rigging several poles fanned out across the front. I'm only good for two poles unless the third is in my hand. The bites are real subtle sometimes and my eyes and brain can handle two, but three I need to use another sense.
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That's pretty cool, never seen that before. I've been segregated from good crappie fishing since I moved to Oregon. We have em here, but not anything like back there.
 
slow drawl

slow drawl

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thumper60 said:
I think crappie is the best eating fresh water fish there is,eat crappie or bass before trout,we are loaded with crappie up this way any thing over a foot is huge up here,i ice fish for them in winter cookem as ya catchem:bigjoint:i use jig pole to catchem under ice
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I totally agree with you. Since I can't get my crappie fix my go to replacement are the pink fin surfperch we have here along the coast. Fun to catch and delicious.
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