Darkhorse
Handloader
- Mar 14, 2014
- 800
- 150
Sad to say, we don't have any steelhead or trout this far south. Mainly just bass, bream (brim), catfish and a little north of me some Stripers.
But I was raised up by hard scrabble country folk on both sides, and I've been fishing since my mama had to hold my belt to keep a fish from pulling me in. So a good bass or brim are alright by me and make fine table fare.
The family has a large pond on the land I hunt deer on and it is filled with huge brim and a few large bass. As I age I find this kind of easy fishing to be relaxing as opposed to the big boat days.
I don't have many photo's as for a long time it was catch and release for me but here's a couple.
First is a 10.25 pound bass caught August 1st. a few years ago. Not the biggest I've caught out of there but it now resides on my wall none the less. It was one of those 100 degree days and if you look closely you can see the southern gnats swarming around my hands. A pestilence for sure.
Then 3 bass in a cooler. One is fairly large but I don't remember the weight.
Next photo is a mess of brim caught this year. I was after a few giants for pictures but didn't get any. Several were 1 pounders though. I made one pass down one side of the pond and thunder clouds ran me off the water. I had planned on getting some good photos through the summer but I noticed the next trip that I had a hole in my keel, so I spent the next few months repairing my old pond boat. I made one more trip in September to test the boat but didn't catch anything good.
Anyway, this is the kind of fishing I do now with an occasional trip to the salt.
But I was raised up by hard scrabble country folk on both sides, and I've been fishing since my mama had to hold my belt to keep a fish from pulling me in. So a good bass or brim are alright by me and make fine table fare.
The family has a large pond on the land I hunt deer on and it is filled with huge brim and a few large bass. As I age I find this kind of easy fishing to be relaxing as opposed to the big boat days.
I don't have many photo's as for a long time it was catch and release for me but here's a couple.
First is a 10.25 pound bass caught August 1st. a few years ago. Not the biggest I've caught out of there but it now resides on my wall none the less. It was one of those 100 degree days and if you look closely you can see the southern gnats swarming around my hands. A pestilence for sure.
Then 3 bass in a cooler. One is fairly large but I don't remember the weight.
Next photo is a mess of brim caught this year. I was after a few giants for pictures but didn't get any. Several were 1 pounders though. I made one pass down one side of the pond and thunder clouds ran me off the water. I had planned on getting some good photos through the summer but I noticed the next trip that I had a hole in my keel, so I spent the next few months repairing my old pond boat. I made one more trip in September to test the boat but didn't catch anything good.
Anyway, this is the kind of fishing I do now with an occasional trip to the salt.