DINK WHISPERER Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 LOL, Big Mike got it right on! Can't wait till your in my neck of the woods man! LMK Quote
Big Mike in Fl Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Posted by: Big Mike in Fl Posted on: Today at 8:53pm EFF ELL = "F" "L" = Florida its ok, i missed it at first too. thanx big mike..... i was totally confused man!!! and,,, by the way..... i know your down the road a few in palm bay, but possibly blindfolded, and if you made the trip...... i might take you to lunker lake, as you wish. either way im down to do some fishin if your in town.... or if im in your area, as we talked about many months ago. I will have to take you up on going out there one day,even if you have to put a burlap bag over my head (that's a leap, as I'm very clostrophobic)... perhaps the next time I head out to BPS in orlando, I go about twice a year... Quote
Mattlures Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Your on a role and sticking them good. I do suggest keeping all the fish 2lbs and under. You may not see imediate results but those big fish will get bigger. It is possible that your fish are topping out right around that 9-10lb mark. If you can remove enough little guys your big ones will put on some girth. Congrats on another nice fish Quote
Fish Chris Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Nice fish ! Geeez, how I'd love to stick one like that about right now ! Hey, about holding them out towards the camera; I always say, "I'm not holding them out to try to make them look 'bigger' than they really did in real life"...... "I'm holding them out, to try and make them look "as big" as they did in real life.... which is never easy with a little online, or paper photo". I bet that one "still looked bigger" in real life, huh ? Then throw in the adrenalin factor, and I'm sure it looked.... uh... about 15 lbs ? Stay on em', Fish Quote
Super User RoLo Posted July 10, 2009 Super User Posted July 10, 2009 OOH SON!! That's not just a big bass, that's a MILESTONE! The next milestone is 12 pounds, but not to worry, you will enjoy those 10s & 11s along the way Roger Quote
mrlitetackle Posted July 11, 2009 Author Posted July 11, 2009 Mattlures....... my pal and i have decided to try that approach, but were gonna go sloooooow with it at first, maybe just 2 or so each week for a few months...... the pond it pretty small, so i dont want to overdo it..... if you have any advice as to how to approach it, im more than willing to listen. Fish Chris Nice fish ! Geeez, how I'd love to stick one like that about right now ! Hey, about holding them out towards the camera; I always say, "I'm not holding them out to try to make them look 'bigger' than they really did in real life"...... "I'm holding them out, to try and make them look "as big" as they did in real life.... which is never easy with a little online, or paper photo". I bet that one "still looked bigger" in real life, huh ? Then throw in the adrenalin factor, and I'm sure it looked.... uh... about 15 lbs ? Wink Stay on em', Fish i like your style man, thats good stuff right there!!! Posted by: RoLo Posted on: Today at 11:51am OOH SON!! That's not just a big bass, that's a MILESTONE! The next milestone is 12 pounds, but not to worry, you will enjoy those 10s & 11s along the way Cheesy Smiley Roger thanx RoLo.... that one makes the 3rd to go 9+ from the fishery. we've had about 4 or 5 in the 8's... and numerous between 5 and 7...... never had any 10+ out of there though.... my PB still stands at 10-3, from different waters.... i do believe its just a matter of time and patience before the old "lunker lake" produces something better....... which is why i normally put all of my time on that water. Quote
Mattlures Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 If you only take out fish 2lbs and smaller you will be good. Unless the pond is tiny you will not remove all the small bass. Some will still make it past the 2lb mark and grow bigger. You see, once a bass gets around 1lb it is no longer prey to the big bass. It becomes competition. All those little bass are eating up all the small forage that will also grow into big bass food like baby gills and shinners etc. You want your prey to be healthy and have large populations and evything else will follow. Growing big bass is a simple thing. Besides genetics and climate (which you have) they simply need lots of food and little competition. The big ones will get bigger. Dont worry about removing an entire year class of fish because the small ones will not stay small. You will have some from each year that get past YOUR slot limit and make it to join the other big bass. If you want to see imediate results you can also stock your lake with more prey. Adults are better because they can start reproducing right away. Put some tilapia,crawdads,bluegill,shinners, minnows etc in there. Avoid other predators like catfish and crappie. I do not have a degree or anything like that but I have managed a couple private ponds that were extremely sucsesful. However the property eventualy have a huge flood come through and it whiped out the big dam and washed out the ponds. That was depressing. Also this site has some great pond management articles that will echo what I am saying. Quote
mrlitetackle Posted July 11, 2009 Author Posted July 11, 2009 thank you mattlures. just what i was looking for. Quote
paul. Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 man you have been on fire. awesome catch and congrats big time. Quote
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