Great looking island Rick, I really like the use of foam to support the plants instead of dirt, I ended up putting 100lbs of peat and dirt on my small island.
Larry,
I would love to see you make the trip! A pond I call "The Factory" regularly yields 9"-11" gills...mostly 9-9 1/2" fish. Every friend I've taken there has caught their "all time best" gill on their first outing there. You wouldn't even need gear...I would supply fly rods & flies, & if you haven't yet fly fished, you can learn very quickly. I would imagine you DO fly fish, given your location & the species in your pond, but if you don't, you can learn in a very short time.
Mike
Larry,
I don't ice fish, so I will get out infrequently for a few trout or steelhead, but mostly tie flies & get fly rods, reels, & lines ready for the Spring.
If you get the chance to come to Canton Ohio, let me know & we'll catch a mess of big gills!
Mike
Larry,
That's a BEAUTIFUL pond, made even more beautiful by it's "natural" state. I just love ponds like that....it does nothing but add to to the fishing experience.
Thanks for sharing it with us!
Mike
Last year (2009)was the first year slip floating for me and found it to be very effective.Would like folks that are into this kind of fishing to post photos of gear and tips on the best rods ,reels ,bait and terminal tackle to use.
M Caldwell,
Yes, I'm fishing from shore most of the time. I look at the current and usually cast my jigs into the seams, just in the edge of where the main current and boils meet. Below some dams, it doesn't matter where you cast. Just try to keep m…
Okay, after a string of 65 degree days I thought it was about time to head out and see if the gills were biting in one of my local ponds, Heck, the ice was just off only 8 days ago, but the following weather has been way above normal. Could they be…
Guys if u dont have these lures u r missing out. the are called the renosky keystone minnow jig i will provide a link they work incredibly. i have caught everthing from BG to bass to catfish. please get some and post pics.
http://www.renoskylures.…
i used the crappie nibblets to and love them. i prefer live bait but i take these for campin. i have used gulp red wigglers and they sometimes work sometimes dont
8 hours ago
mike needles well i caught my 7th and 8th trout of the year tonight....feeling good
Thanks guys, and Bruce C.
My pond is only about 3/4 acre. I'll get a better picture this spring of some of these big guys because the angle in this pic is bad so you can't see his very large helmet. Our state record for a HBG is 1lb 12 oz so I hope…