Our first fish of the year! WizStead Post #5

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One reason I'm so excited to get moved back to the farm,
is how quick and easy it is to go fishing!

  • Gather up our stuff and in just a few minutes we can be drowning worms.

Date: March 15th, 2018
Time: about 5PM
Location: northcentral, MO about 15 miles south of Iowa

Weather: 64F

  • with a cold front moving in giving us rain the next day.
  • a bit of wind, but not too bad as you can see in some of the pics...

Bait & Tackle:

  • Wife, Sylvia decided to drown worms.
    • Presentation: #6 hook about 3' below a bobber
  • WizarDave used a Mepps Minnow.
    • Presentation: Just reeling in fairly slow did the best.
      • I did all the fancy jigging and such but mainly just a slow roll was better.
  • Both using ultralight poles with 4# test
    • We bought these for trout fishing at Lake Taneycomo near Branson...

Fishing report:

  • Wife Sylvia = 2 bluegill
  • WizarDave = 6 largemouth bass
    • We fished about an hour,
      so catching about 1 bass every 10 minutes.
      • Quite fun!

WizarDave's first bass of 2018

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Sylvia's first fish of 2018

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Abracadabra!


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Proving my post was correct!

Where we are fishing

Note the clouds and slight ripple from the wind...

  • On up the hill there is our (going left to right) garage, cellar house and house
    • Up that draw in the middle of the pic kinda going to the left a bit, is where I have been successful hunting morel mushrooms and even a turkey once!

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Bass #2

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Trixie checking out bluegill #2

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Bass #3

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Brutus checking out Bass #4

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Bass #5

Note how clear the water is

  • This pond usually get pretty murky in the summer...

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Bass #6 That's a wrap

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What to do with fish guts...

I don't normally harvest bass, but I know they are a bit overpopulated in this pond.

  • so I harvested 3 of them for Friday's supper.
    • I didn't think about it in time, or I would have kept those bluegill.
      • You can see they are a bit overpopulated and stunted...

My other hobbies include gardening, so I did not want to waste this great fertilizer!

  • Trixie supervised me planting my fish guts.
    • Fish guts are high in nitrogen, bones = calcium,
      • Abracadbra! later this year when it warms,
        I will have 3 hills of zucchini right here!

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Calling all outdoorsmen

There is a fairly new group that's gaining Steem here.

That's all folks!

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