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What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? #6982147 12/04/17 04:54 PM
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You go fishing! It was hot Saturday afternoon at the lease! Hunting was slow anyway, so we went fishing. My brother, my son and I started fishing mid day. My son had 3 rods in the water rigged with shrimp and chicken livers, and was frequently catching catfish. We were sitting in the shade in our lawn chairs drinking a cold beer with a slight breeze coming in off our small lake. (I thought about the Hank Williams Jr. song , Country State of Mind.) My son broke off a catfish, so I tied on a top water to see what the small pops were all about I was seeing. Within a few casts, I tied on to this bugger. He was easy 5 lb + bass. We now have huge motivation to get a little boat and fish all over the 50 acre lake we have. It was awesome!








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Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: ChadTRG42] #6982149 12/04/17 04:56 PM
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Love me some bass filets

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Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: SapperTitan] #6982163 12/04/17 05:04 PM
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Love me some bass filets


This pretty much the only freshwater fish I eat anymore are lmb or crappie. That one would keep its skin and go on the grill! up



Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: SapperTitan] #6982169 12/04/17 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Love me some bass filets


Nope! He got tossed back to be caught another day. The catfish however, next time will be put on a stringer and filleted. We are already talking about a fish fry out there.


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Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: ChadTRG42] #6982196 12/04/17 05:32 PM
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Looks like a great runner up activity, nice fish.

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I did the same thing, the weather was great for fishing. Great looking fish you guys got there. up

Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: ChadTRG42] #6982406 12/04/17 07:58 PM
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I am stunned that there are bass that big in TP Lake!! I think I need to take up a new hobby. grin

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I am stunned that there are bass that big in TP Lake!! I think I need to take up a new hobby. grin


Chester, that's my first Large Mouth out of that lake. I will be doing more! We are about to buy a boat for the lake also.


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TP lake below ranger hill in Eastland co.?

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I hunt deer. You never know if the deer are moving or when they will start moving if you are doing something else.


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Originally Posted By: bp3
TP lake below ranger hill in Eastland co.?


No. It's a private lake on our deer lease.


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Nice. Sounds like the lease I grew up on, it had everything.


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My tank is about 1.25 acres and absolutely full of 1/2 to 3/4 pound bass. I've caught hundreds in that range, but never any larger. On Friday after Thanksgiving my daughter and friend want to fish, so I take them up. I'm sipping beer, smoking a cigar, and baiting hooks when my daughter call out for help, she has a "big one" caught. I slowly make my way over and am astonished. She has caught a 3.6 pound bass on her Barbie rig, using a jig that I put a big ugly rubber salamander on cuz she needed the weight to cast. The fish was easily 5x larger than every fish I've ever hooked in this tank. Maybe I need my own Barbie Rig...

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Originally Posted By: SapperTitan
Love me some bass filets
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Re: What you do when the deer aren't moving!!?? [Re: ChadTRG42] #6986280 12/07/17 04:03 AM
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Well then I guess I'm going to Academy to buy a hot pink Barbie rod! HA!

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