Food Production/Harvesting...

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

Chicken neck?

turkey necks, liver, shit like that.
Put out a lil gut pile for scent, strung the pigs feet up on a plastic coated steel cable. Trying to get them to hang around a bit, that should keep em busy for awhile. Hope to get a few good pics, and then I can set the box trap up in the same location and suspend the bait in the trap. May work....plan B is roofie them with xanax laced chitlin balls.

plan C is the Starlight.

 

[Eman]

turkey necks, liver, shit like that.
Put out a lil gut pile for scent, strung the pigs feet up on a plastic coated steel cable. Trying to get them to hang around a bit, that should keep em busy for awhile. Hope to get a few good pics, and then I can set the box trap up in the same location and suspend the bait in the trap. May work....plan B is roofie them with xanax laced chitlin balls.

plan C is the Starlight.

I trapped in the North Maine area with conabare (SP?) In box traps... Used chicken necks up there.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

I trapped in the North Maine area with conabare (SP?) In box traps... Used chicken necks up there.

ah..yea I didn't mean box traps like that.
I meant a large live box trap, I won't use spring loaded traps or snares unless it's a survival scenario. It just gets nasty especially on canines, and too much room for collateral damage.

 

[Eman]

ah..yea I didn't mean box traps like that.
I meant a large live box trap, I won't use spring loaded traps or snares unless it's a primitive skills survival scenario. It just gets nasty especially on canines, and too much room for collateral damage.

Yeah I have a box trap like what you're talking about too. Would like to put it out to pick up some rabbits. I have a ton of them around me.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

and that's why I don't use snares, fuckin "Fluffy". Got all my bait before the sun even went down, well played fluffy... you win this round.





gone fishin.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

I'm lovin these trail cam pics

 

[DOMS4DAYS]

I'm lovin these trail cam pics

I wish I could get some up in my elk hunting spots but it's all public land.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

I wish I could get some up in my elk hunting spots but it's all public land.

can you not put them high angled downward and put locks on them?

 

[DOMS4DAYS]

can you not put them high angled downward and put locks on them?

Thought about that but then there has also been people cutting locks or chains around here too. I would never touch another mans trail cam. Some people are pretty low.

My best hunting spots are over an hour from where I live too and the elk are always there bugling and talking and giving their exact location so no need for a cam there really. I have a few spots less than 20 minutes from my house I wouldn't mind getting some cams up but last time I was up there scouting I ran into two other cams. I think cams are best to keep an eye on your private ground critters.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

Thought about that but then there has also been people cutting locks or chains around here too. I would never touch another mans trail cam. Some people are pretty low.

My best hunting spots are over an hour from where I live too and the elk are always there bugling and talking and giving their exact location so no need for a cam there really. I have a few spots less than 20 minutes from my house I wouldn't mind getting some cams up but last time I was up there scouting I ran into two other cams. I think cams are best to keep an eye on your private ground critters.

they are really most helpful for establishing the trails they are using and routine. A lot of that is taken into a account for the food plots in relation to where they are bedding, finding water, etc. Other than that it's more just a hobby bc I enjoy it, and I want to know if anyone is coming and going. I just have a routine now, I'm already out there anyway to drop corn. If I wasn't feeding them through the winter I wouldn't keep up with the cams as often.

 

[Demondosage]

When I was younger I was in a fly fishing program with the local 4H club. We learned how to tie our own fly's and fly fish. In the winter we met every Saturday morning and this old guy named Fred would teach the program. There were some Saturdays I didn't want to go but my mother would bring me and drop me off anyways.

I miss that old guy. Looking back on it it was some of the best times. I cannot remember the names of a lot of the fly's but there was an easy one to tie called a "wooly worm" that I used to nail trout on. Great hobby it is

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

When I was younger I was in a fly fishing program with the local 4H club. We learned how to tie our own fly's and fly fish. In the winter we met every Saturday morning and this old guy named Fred would teach the program. There were some Saturdays I didn't want to go but my mother would bring me and drop me off anyways.

I miss that old guy. Looking back on it it was some of the best times. I cannot remember the names of a lot of the fly's but there was an easy one to tie called a "wooly worm" that I used to nail trout on. Great hobby it is

Welcome DD,
I'm trying to get into tying flys although it may be a project for next winter when I have more time. I've been doing some research on flies that imitate wooly warms, guys say they hit em well here, thanks for sharing. If you end up coming across any info/pics on some of the flies by all means post away, it's an area I'd really like to learn more about.

 

[Eman]

This is one of my favorite flies but it can be very technical to tie. Cool thing is you can use it for bass which are much less picky about the look than trout are. Top water fly fishing for bass is exhilarating...

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

This is one of my favorite flies but it can be very technical to tie. Cool thing is you can use it for bass which are much less picky about the look than trout are. Top water fly fishing for bass is exhilarating...

I've never thrown a mouse out but I'm familiar with them. How do you play it for bass, are you popping it? I heard trout only hit it on a smooth retrieve like swimming it across..

 

[Eman]

I've never thrown a mouse out but I'm familiar with them. How do you play it for bass, are you popping it? I heard trout only hit it on a smooth retrieve like swimming it across..

That is probably true about trout. But it also just depends. Trout are just picky eaters all around ime. I've never fished for trout with a mouse pattern because the majority of my trout fishing is done in spring creeks with tight quarters with light rods not really suited for a big mouse pattern.

For bass though - I'll mess around with a few different retrieves.. quick, slow, and I like making mine look injured. I tend to get harder strikes when mimicking anything injured. Popping could be good too because bass usually seem to strike on things based on movement more than anything. Trout are so damn picky sometimes they'll come up to sip a fly and if it's a size 18 rather than a 20 they'll turn up their nose... Drives me nuts sometimes.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

That is probably true about trout. But it also just depends. Trout are just picky eaters all around ime. I've never fished for trout with a mouse pattern because the majority of my trout fishing is done in spring creeks with tight quarters with light rods not really suited for a big mouse pattern.

For bass though - I'll mess around with a few different retrieves.. quick, slow, and I like making mine look injured. I tend to get harder strikes when mimicking anything injured. Popping could be good too because bass usually seem to strike on things based on movement more than anything. Trout are so damn picky sometimes they'll come up to sip a fly and if it's a size 18 rather than a 20 they'll turn up their nose... Drives me nuts sometimes.

Thats the thing that is absolutely intoxicating for me about native trout. I'm so highly competitive I will literally not sleep and read, and watch, and go to the river. Rinse and repeat.

Bass are so aggressive you can bait them into strikes with movement alone, makes sense what you say about the floundering mouse. Bass drive me crazy some days bc between the sunfish and the smalls I just cant keep my fly in the water sometimes. Fuckers just hit anything that moves just to hit it.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

@gr8whitetrukker @OdieM
what are yall throwin out there in Tejas? Frogs, poppers, shit like that?
I had a lot of luck with black rooster tails too

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Biggest trout I ever caught was in the tioughnioga which is a a long running river in NY. Can be wide at times but the place I caught mine was about 12 foot wide in about 3' of water just under the down crash of a little fall near larger sized rocks. Dead of winter with ice forming but not solid. It was clearly a natural trout. Had a very pronounced lower beak that resembles a hook. About 2.5' long. Can't guess weight accurately. Caught him on an aglia. I don't trout fish much but that was pretty cool

 

[Eman]

Thats the thing that is absolutely intoxicating for me about native trout. I'm so highly competitive I will literally not sleep and read, and watch, and go to the river. Rinse and repeat.

Bass are so aggressive you can bait them into strikes with movement alone, makes sense what you say about the floundering mouse. Bass drive me crazy some days bc between the sunfish and the smalls I just cant keep my fly in the water sometimes. Fuckers just hit anything that moves just to hit it.

Definitely true about bass hitting on movement, right time of year and you can hit them on anything.. Even if they don't know what the hell they're hitting.

There is some water around me that has smallies but largemouth in farm ponds and lakes are all around. Pulling out bluegill and bass left and right is fun on fly for me. But it's true that the technical aspect of trout fishing can be one of a kind and addictive in it's own rite. Standing in the middle of a hatch makes my hands shake.

 

[TANGO.ECHO.KILO]

Biggest trout I ever caught was in the tioughnioga which is a a long running river in NY. Can be wide at times but the place I caught mine was about 12 foot wide in about 3' of water just under the down crash of a little fall near larger sized rocks. Dead of winter with ice forming but not solid. It was clearly a natural trout. Had a very pronounced lower beak that resembles a hook. About 2.5' long. Can't guess weight accurately. Caught him on an aglia. I don't trout fish much but that was pretty cool

the thing I enjoy most is wading simply because you go to some of the most remote and scenic places. Plus you get to cover some ground but mostly it's just you and the elements. I almost always go walk it alone, it's my therapy session. I pull the biggest monsters outta tiny holes and shelves that look they aren't even deep enough, lotta catch and release those days...im in it for the experience