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my PB for trout was 20lbs (according to the lenght/girth ratio put out by the Co. dept of wildlife for mysis shrimp fed tailwaters). Could have possibly been the state record if I pursued! SIGHT FISHED TO THIS SPECIFIC FISH, CAUGHT HIM ON A SIZE 18 RED COPPER JOHN ON 6LB TIPPET IN THE TAYLOR RIVER IN COLORADO.

YOU BET HE IS GOING ON THE WALL! He will have several relatives whom he did not have a chance to meet with him there as well. I am still in La La land!

with my amatuer scoring he green scored 172. I went out on the second weekend of the season and it was not great weather conditions. We hunted Saturday and called it due to the weather being in the 90's. I pulled the trail cam card and he had not been around as much. Our weather dropped 30 degrees basically overnight and I decided that Thursday would be the best chance I had to catch him on the hoof due to two things: 1.) the temps had dropped for the first time this year and he would feel the need to eat more 2.) I was thinking I only had another week or so and he would be off his lazy (patternable) summer pattern. So I headed out by my lonesome. Was in the stand by 3:30 in the afternoon and was seeing deer all evening. He came out just before dark and presented me wth a broadside at 25 yards and I took it. He ran into this little stand of woods to my right and to my ear he was still in there. I climbed down, check where the shot was taken, found blood and quietly walked out back to my truck (1 mile away due the path I had to take to get into the stand with minimal scent issues). Once at the truck I began calling all my bros for something to do while I waited the obligitory hour. After about an hour and half I drove my truck closer and walked up there. I immediatly found my arrow - the blood looked like paunch and I got a sick feeling in my stomach and went back to my truck to wait another hour. after another hour I went back up and 'looped' into the little wood lot where I thought he was and he was there!!!! Great day! Thanks for the replies, I am still quite happy.

172 If you need to find me look up because I am walking on air today!

Well we had a cold snap the last couple days. Played hooky from work yesterday and GOT HIM! YeeeeeeHAaaaaaa!

I think this is a genetic thing on this ranch. I took another non-typ off the ranch 4 years ago that was even bigger - not as much junk but had some stickers AND had the same dip in his left antler. If I had the will power and if I new he would survive (neighbors hunt as well) I would not shoot him- - yea right! There is absolutely no way I could hold back even if no one else hunted in the entire county! I don't think the flash has much of an effect. I used to think so but this flash is totally silent. Plus I have the camera on 'burst' mode and there are tons and tons of pictures of deer milling about at all hours of the night- that hang around for many pictures. so now I don't think it messes with them too much. I want to get to him early if possible before he starts fighting and may break some of the stickers off! I am going out to see what I have since Tuesday this Saturday morn. If there is anything noteworthy I will let you know. Gman- archery doesn't open till Oct. 1 HydrillaGorilla - the 'to be' BMOC killa

Hey Matt, I switched to Stealth cam this year because of cost and the 3 shot burst feature. I love the three shot burst. It has captured images I don't think I would have had otherwise. They are good on batteries compared to the leaf river brand I used to have. They have a better and almost totally silent flash. They are very easy to use and figure out. On these I just go out and pull the flash card out and put in the new one (and batteries if I need to) and move on. The model i purchased was the I390 3.0 megapixel. I think they were just under $200.00 each. The stealth cam does not have great 'trigger' speed after an animal has passed within it's detection system. I recommend setting it up so you the animal will be in the frame for as long as possible after it triggers it. I do this by aiming it down a trail instead of across it. I also put out some of those licking rocks and spread corn around the area all in an attempt to keep the critters around so I can capture the shot. We have a lotta of fun with the cameras. Almost as fun as hunting (just kidding) but we have been getting quite the kick of it. Our archery season opens Oct 1 - I don't typically go until later in October but if I cont to catch this guy farting around my stand in the evening - I will be there! Rifle opens November 29th this year (alomost a week earlier than normal) so rifle hunters may catch the back of the rut! I only get on antlered tag and I hunt archery. I wish we could carry the tag and hunt rifle during rifle season like many other states get to enjoy. I am guessing this buck at 4.5 years of age what do you think? Good luck this season!

I went out after work and retrieved my flash cards from two of my trail cams in Eastern Kansas last night. I liked what I found! We had over 200 triggers on two cams in 7 days. The cams are set to have 3 picture bursts (every 3 seconds after triggering) so we have over 600 pictures to sort through (I was up till 1:30 am looking and sorting). I saw this buck last year and didn't get an opportunity but I am hoping things will change this year! Last year we named him BMOC (big man on campus) Problem is I will more than likely let bucks walk that I would have taken before I saw these pics! This is almost as fun as hunting them. Note - on the middle picture you can make out my tree stand in the background. side note - the first picture in velvet was taken earlier enjoy! you can see my treestand in the backgound if you look hard in this picture from the back side here is another nice buck I hadn't seen before. aka WILLY - - you can see my stand better in this picture We had a ton of other deer and some additional very nice (shooter) bucks. I thought this doe fight picture was cool I will keep you posted on the next batch and my luck durning the archery season!

F&I, those oppisite sholder crosswinds are lethal! My buddy and I use to practice casting with our oppisite hand so when we were in that position we could merely switch hands and the wind would then be blowing the size 2 tarpon fly away from our heads instead of into them :-/! It took a couple of months but he and I (not like him) got it down good enough that HE could cast his entire line with either hand.

Here is my PB for trout. Caught in the Taylor River in Colorado. It could have possibly been the state record. 34"X24" -estimated around 20lbs. This fish was raised from childhood in the river. NOTE: you like my smile! I was pumped! Sight fished in about 5 foot of water. He took a size 18 red copper john. Man what a great afternoon!

I am a "retired" fly fishing guide. I probably have 20 rods in my basement (well two in a bag fore I just returned from CO.). For some reason I cannot get excited about fly rodding for bass. I have mostly used them all for guiding and fishing when I lived in Colorado or trips to the salt. I feel they are the absolute best tool for fishing in rivers. I think if used properly you can outfish bait at least 2 to 1 (trout in a stream). I also used to take clients to Mexico, Bahamas, keys and Belize in search of the saltwater Pescas. To be honest: I cannot comment on them for Bass fishing. I could compare it to large streamers or perhaps chucking sinking lines in a channel for Tarpon. large rods with a bunch of weight require a different motion then throwing a dry fly or little nymph rig on a 4 or 5 weight. I think a crucial skill to be able to fish for bass would be knowing how to "double haul" the line. This is paramont with the larger rods and heavier bugs. When you get it down you should be able to throw the entire line 2 to 3 false casts with decent accuracy (each cast being a two count (back and forward). When using them with floating lines you must remember that each strip will bump the bug in an upward motion and several in succesion will pull the fly towards the surface; this can be good if bumping a crawfish of the bottom or bad if trying to keep a minnow in the stricke zone. A good sink tip while harder to throw and even harder to do it accurately keeps the bug down in the zone during most of the retreive. As far as the best choice of rods I guess it depends on what you are looking to find. If you are in big fish country I would gear up for big fish like an 8 or 9 (for bass). If you are chasing bluegill then you would definitly want to get down to the 4 wt or so area. sorry about the rambling, I love casting a fly rod - I still go out back and practice my double hauls when I am hankering to get out west or the salt. When you stick a great cast with a fly rod it has the same feel as when you flush a golf ball with a iron. But for bass: I will stick with my baitcaster and spin reel - maybe it's because I haven't used one for 11 years while living in the West or maybe it is because I know it is the best tool for the job. Who knows: maybe someday i will only use a fly rod for bass?? LOL

She looks sweet! Many big bass left to catch from her! good luck and enjoy!

Ditto the above unless the boat was $400.00 and you are looking forward to a lot of work. For that kind of money you could do waaaaay better. Check out e-bay.

Like above, face the rear of the boat. You want to pull the oars to you not push away. The first couple of strokes are the most difficult to get the boat moving, then you want to 'maintain' that speed and the strokes can get a little softer. Make sure you are getting the paddle all the way in the water, sometimes this requires a little higher hand position. Use the left oar to go right and the right oar to go left, if you need to turn even tighter use the oppisite oar to push, this can spin you on a dime (if not moving). Hope this helps, keep at it gets easier.

Welcome Broncoboxer - great post! this is a feel good thread. Don't hesitate to ask questions: You know the old saying - the only stupid question is the one not asked! Great group of fellas here who truly love the sport and want to help in any way they can!

Ditto the above posts. I don't think you can say..."central Texas craws are orange and black" it depends on their surrondings. If you can't catch any (out of the lake and area you want to fish) then I would go off the bottom color. FYI- we used to catch craws all the time. Take a chicken neck or any meat that will hold together and throw it out in a likely area. Come back in an hour or three and slowly pull it up. There should be some specimans hanging on. Good luck

I used to tube fish all the time. Still do on occasion. I have also owned a pontoon - kick boat similar to yours. It was ripped off the top of car going to Montana and a lagre semi finished it off. My fault - I noticed it was poroposing on the roof and just hadn't pulled over yet and then........ well I already told you. I like the new pontoon boats better than my tube 'cause they get you arse out of the water. The one thing I want to do when I someday get another is add a place to stand up and a leaning pole so you can get better vision and leverage on the fishes. I saw where one company had already thought of this and was producing a single like that. A few of my trout buddies run the double pontoon with a oarsman in the rear. They are very quiet and sneaky! I agree - - - Pontoons are a good vessel. Lots of +'s!

For what it is worth. I have seen very nice glass hulls for sale without engines. For one reason or another the engine had been removed. In older boats say 80's and 90's you can pick up just the hull very reasonable. Then add your little gas tiller or high power TM and you have yourself a great - engine restricted- vessel. I see these on E-bay all the time.

I have a boat that's battery was doing the same thing. THANK YOU WAY 2 SLOW!!!!!!!!! SOLID ANSWER!

When we move fish we use a cabelas product that is a fiberglass elongated round white tub with a split top (so you can open at either end) that an aerator sits in the middle of. The tops are padded and held close with a velcro closure. I went to the Cabelas website and couldn't find them?? We have quite a few of these. We can move about 20 - 25 fish each system depending on size of fish.

Nice work JOE! WELCOME!

We do it all the time. Although we are moving fish from private to private.

I love this tire jack - cheap and easy! http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=9071&hvarDept=200&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=4&hvarSubCode=4&hvarTarget=browse

My Grandfather was pitt fisherman in Pittsburg, KS. All he did was carry around a 5 gal bucket full of worms and two spinning rods (mitchell 300's I beleive). He would sit on the bucket and work the worms very slowly. He caught his share, I can tell you. I did some schooling in the same town but I didn't fish the pitts - always went W. and fished ponds and resivoirs. Hope that helps. Hydrilla

NICE! YOU COULD PROBABLY RE-SELL IT AND MAKE SOME GREAT COIN - BUT - FISHING OUT OF HER MAY BE MORE REWARDING!!!!!!! GREAT BUY! 8-)