Super User ol'crickety Posted February 13 Super User Share Posted February 13 Rods? Reels? Lures? None needed. This is how you catch bass: https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/watch-a-man-catch-a-16-pound-bass-by-hand/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 If and when I ever get my hands on a small fortune and build myself a private lake. You better bet this is going down! 😂😂😂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 13 Author Super User Share Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: If and when I ever get my hands on a small fortune and build myself a private lake. You better bet this is going down! 😂😂😂 Did you read how this guy has broken the Alabama record TWICE, but preferred releasing the bass rather than claiming the record? Pat, please let me come fish at your private lake. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing_Rod Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Greetings All, Too interesting! I recently witnessed a fella that arrived to fish a public lake catch two different species of fish that were just resting along the shoreline. He carefully approached and scooped each of them out of the water. Too fun! Although I personally appreciate being on-line! Be well, and Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Let’s up the ante and musky fish this way. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greentrout Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 My neck of the woods got men and women who catfish noodling. Big ones. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 13 Author Super User Share Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, Susky River Rat said: Let’s up the ante and musky fish this way. Ha! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susky River Rat Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 @ol'crickety hold my beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 13 Author Super User Share Posted February 13 1 minute ago, Susky River Rat said: @ol'crickety hold my beer! Okay, you made me laugh out loud twice now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 10 minutes ago, greentrout said: My neck of the woods got men and women who catfish noodling. Big ones. Done that! Went with some buddies of mine in the building trade to the Elk River in southern middle Tennessee. They put me on a hole that had catfish in it and showed me how to reach in. I actually reached in and patted a monster on the head but was too chicken to grab the sucker. They laughed and went in and pulled out a forty pound flathead. I'll just stay in the boat from now on and leave grabbin' to the fearless! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Raider Bob Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Pat Brown said: If and when I ever get my hands on a small fortune and build myself a private lake. You better bet this is going down! 😂😂😂 Pat, not only will you need a small fortune, but you'll need a strong desire to self-inflict harm, a high tolerance for stress, and reservations for a rubber room and restraining devices! I thought owning my own pond was going to be heaven on earth. It is, but I have to share it with a bunch of little devils! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 13 Global Moderator Share Posted February 13 4 hours ago, greentrout said: My neck of the woods got men and women who catfish noodling. Big ones. My grandpa noodled snapping turtles. He'd walk a muddy creek/river/pond with stout stick in one hand, poking around and feeling around with his feet. Big snappers tend to bury up in the mud and he'd walk until he'd feel one, then stand on it's shell to hold it down. Once he was standing on it, he'd work around the shell with the stick until he felt a "tap". All he had to do then was reach down to the opposite end of the shell and grab the tail and pull the turtle out of the mud. He was good enough that I don't remember him ever getting bitten. Snappers won't take off your finger like a lot of people think they will, but they'll still put a hurting on you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User GreenPig Posted February 13 Super User Share Posted February 13 Nope. I'm scared of big bass with those giant mouths and bellys. The just fight and pull too hard for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted February 13 Author Super User Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: My grandpa noodled snapping turtles. He'd walk a muddy creek/river/pond with stout stick in one hand, poking around and feeling around with his feet. Big snappers tend to bury up in the mud and he'd walk until he'd feel one, then stand on it's shell to hold it down. Once he was standing on it, he'd work around the shell with the stick until he felt a "tap". All he had to do then was reach down to the opposite end of the shell and grab the tail and pull the turtle out of the mud. He was good enough that I don't remember him ever getting bitten. Snappers won't take off your finger like a lot of people think they will, but they'll still put a hurting on you. Your grandpa could have been a one-man SWAT team. All he'd need would be his bare feet and a stick. I can see it now: "Come out now or we're sending Gramps in!" "You mean that old man with a stick? Ha!" "That's all we need." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 14 Super User Share Posted February 14 The story says the pond was in Alabama. Don't they have gators down that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User N Florida Mike Posted February 16 Super User Share Posted February 16 On 2/14/2024 at 5:14 PM, Bankbeater said: The story says the pond was in Alabama. Don't they have gators down that way? It’s at Blountsville, which may be a little too far north for them. At least for a large population of them anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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