Nice ones @PhishLI. Ironically I was walking one of our dogs this morning and it sniffed a mushroom and just kept walking, maybe they don’t like the smell but all dogs are different 

8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

...because I'd burned it two days prior and it was inside me. 

 

I was mowing earlier this year and yanked a bunch of vines off our fence and just mulched them up with my mower.

 

So I kind of turned poison ivy into an aerosol, and that worked out about like you'd expect.

 

I don't make smart decisions.

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I was walking one of our dogs this morning and it sniffed a mushroom and just kept walking, maybe they don’t like the smell but all dogs are different 

I don't know that she would either, but those were some handsome mushrooms I tell ya, and I don't even like them myself. Bleh. I figured they had to go. Don't need my sweet girl tripping out, or worse. Look at this sweet face, but with massive bite-force.

Now there’s a good girl 

14 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I'd burned it two days prior and it was inside me.

Happened to my dad when he was a kid. His neighbor burned a pile of it and he was down wind. Head to toe disaster.

I have a symbiotic relationship with poison ivy. I always keep a few spots of it on my skin to please it, that way it doesn’t envelop me completely 

Well, spooled up a new spinning reel to test out some lighter fishing. 2nd biggest in the pond so far, 3lbs 4oz. Biggest is 3lbs 12oz. Caught on a Carolina rig. 

 

Fish for today, Friday 6/30. STREAK IS ALIVE!!! Close to a month of a fish everyday!

 

Hitting Headwaters tomorrow for some fun, hopefully there will be more pics. 

 

4 hours ago, PhishLI said:

 

 

Wow. I thought that this was a BASS thread. With pictures of BASS.

 

 

 

 

jk. That's such a sweet looking dog.  no way can we allow that sweet thing to eat the shrooms. 

I mentioned that I'm taking a boy fishing tomorrow and I can't believe how excited I am. He's super excited too. I was a teacher for 40 years, so I know how to teach kids, but I've never taught fishing, so I've been thinking about ways to build skills while having fun. We've going to start at four in the morning with trolling. I'll put in the bow and have him troll off one side while I troll off the other. I'll paddle so he can focus on the fishing. When I hook a bass, I'll pass him my rod. This will give him double the opportunities to play fish.

 

Then we'll move to casting. Nothing is easier than a Whopper Plopper, so I'll start him on that and then move him to a Mepps, wacky worm, and paddletail.

 

Then we'll move to froggin', both for fun and because it's so hard...at least for me. I'll post pics of the lad with his bass tomorrow. I'm hoping for 30, which is doable because we're going to a numbers pond.

6 hours ago, PhishLI said:

Happened to my dad when he was a kid. His neighbor burned a pile of it and he was down wind. Head to toe disaster.

Been there. Done that. Sucks... REAL BAD!!! I was at a kegger and they burned some ivy covered wood. I wasn't the only one in head to toe misery in the aftermath of that poor decision. 

 Here's a bass pic to keep the BR fashion/hair/pic cop off my back. ?

^Beasty bass!^

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I mentioned that I'm taking a boy fishing tomorrow and I can't believe how excited I am. He's super excited too. I was a teacher for 40 years, so I know how to teach kids, but I've never taught fishing, so I've been thinking about ways to build skills while having fun. We've going to start at four in the morning with trolling. I'll put in the bow and have him troll off one side while I troll off the other. I'll paddle so he can focus on the fishing. When I hook a bass, I'll pass him my rod. This will give him double the opportunities to play fish.

 

Then we'll move to casting. Nothing is easier than a Whopper Plopper, so I'll start him on that and then move him to a Mepps, wacky worm, and paddletail.

 

Then we'll move to froggin', both for fun and because it's so hard...at least for me. I'll post pics of the lad with his bass tomorrow. I'm hoping for 30, which is doable because we're going to a numbers pond.

How old is the kid? Gotta be careful turning them loose with a lure with as big of hooks as a WP

 

i took my friends 5 year old fishing today and trebles are definitely a no no at this point 

3 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Here's a bass pic to keep the BR fashion/hair/pic cop off my back.

I’m watching and I approve. This is in fact the BASS pics thread.

-fashion police of both hair and apparel

Showed up at a micro lake this afternoon only to get sent back to the truck 10 minutes later - lol. A very thin line of storms passing through. The water was much more stained than I expected, so I ran home and grabbed a murky water outfit while the rain passed. Back at the lake, I decided to stick with the finesse gear I originally brought to begin with based on catching 2 small bass in that first 10 minutes. Was probably the right call as I proceeded to catch 20 more fish on 2 full passes, all on wacky worms. Best on the day was this 4-1/2 pound class fish, but the others were pretty spunky 14”-16” for the most part. Lots of rain in the forecast over the next few days, actually storming again as I write this, but hoping for an opening or two to get out again.

 

 

 

5 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I mentioned that I'm taking a boy fishing tomorrow and I can't believe how excited I am. He's super excited too. I was a teacher for 40 years, so I know how to teach kids, but I've never taught fishing, so I've been thinking about ways to build skills while having fun. We've going to start at four in the morning with trolling. I'll put in the bow and have him troll off one side while I troll off the other. I'll paddle so he can focus on the fishing. When I hook a bass, I'll pass him my rod. This will give him double the opportunities to play fish.

 

Then we'll move to casting. Nothing is easier than a Whopper Plopper, so I'll start him on that and then move him to a Mepps, wacky worm, and paddletail.

 

Then we'll move to froggin', both for fun and because it's so hard...at least for me. I'll post pics of the lad with his bass tomorrow. I'm hoping for 30, which is doable because we're going to a numbers pond.

??Goodluck 

No biggins tonight but I got to watch this little thing just destroy a Z craw right in front of me. Either smallmouth or meanmouth, hard to tell. I'm always feeling good about catching black bass that are less common. Gonna take a break for the weekend, maybe brave the holiday, but gonna be gone for a week after that. Hopefully the bass forget about me ?

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

I’m watching and I approve. This is in fact the BASS pics thread.

-fashion police of both hair and apparel

Thanks for letting me slide on the crooked hat and unshaven face officer. I'll try not to let it happen again. ?

5 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

^Beasty bass!^

My #3 all time. 6# on the nose. December of 21, suspended in a deep pine tree top. Water and air were both about 40 degrees that day. 

It was a slow evening wading the river yesterday. Only got three bites: two dink smallies and one tiny rock bass. Smallmouth numero uno tried not to cooperate and flopped into the mud, so his yearbook picture isn't the best. He'll have to live with that knowledge for the rest of his life:

 

 

I didn't photograph the rock bass, because I didn't want to risk fumbling my phone out of my backpack while standing in 3 feet of water. 

 

The second smallmouth was much more cooperative than his earlier counterpart. He gave a lively tussle for such a little guy, and tired himself out:

 

I had to have words with him about eating more than he can actually fit in his stomach, though. The glutton already had a big old crawdad in his gullet:

 

That was it for my evening. At least the river is back up to normal levels after several days of rain. Now if we can only get Canada to stop sending us smoke signals. It's 2023 for crying out loud!

8 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I mentioned that I'm taking a boy fishing tomorrow and I can't believe how excited I am. He's super excited too. I was a teacher for 40 years, so I know how to teach kids, but I've never taught fishing, so I've been thinking about ways to build skills while having fun. We've going to start at four in the morning with trolling. I'll put in the bow and have him troll off one side while I troll off the other. I'll paddle so he can focus on the fishing. When I hook a bass, I'll pass him my rod. This will give him double the opportunities to play fish.

 

Then we'll move to casting. Nothing is easier than a Whopper Plopper, so I'll start him on that and then move him to a Mepps, wacky worm, and paddletail.

 

Then we'll move to froggin', both for fun and because it's so hard...at least for me. I'll post pics of the lad with his bass tomorrow. I'm hoping for 30, which is doable because we're going to a numbers pond.

I take my little siblings fishing fairly often. Nothing is more rewarding for me then introducing the kiddos to something I love. The joy/wonder/panic when they hook a biggun, or even the simple delight of pulling in panfish, can't be beat. I have more fun when someone I bring fishing catches a fish than when I catch my own.

 

I hope you have a blast. We need pictures and updates!

1 hour ago, IcatchDinks said:

Smallmouth numero uno tried not to cooperate and flopped into the mud, so his yearbook picture isn't the best. He'll have to live with that knowledge for the rest of his life:

 

 

Too funny!

7 hours ago, thediscochef said:

Gonna take a break for the weekend, maybe brave the holiday,

Yeah… I’m not too thrilled about the prospect of very crowded lakes around me this weekend

 

Ive been debating going at night, even though I said I wouldn’t do that

We had a good trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharing the love, @ol'crickety! Thanks for doing that

 

I count 14 fish for that young man. I'm sure it'll be a day to remember for him. 

 

And agree with what you are saying... I am mostly self-taught and I definitely struggled to catch that many bass when I was starting out. Heck, I haven't caught that many for a while. Last times were in NY fishing small ponds

 

 

Amazing job Katie, you're an amazing human!