A plate of deep fried crappie, with mashed red potatoes, and steamed mixed veggies, said fish taken through the ice on the same day they are cooked, may be one of Mother Nature’s finest gifts to mankind.
Warm water fishing? What is that? Why would you do that?
Warm water fishing? What is that? Why would you do that?
Ask the tens of thousands of bass fishermen who have been trying to top George Perry's 22 lb. 4 oz. largemouth bass record since June of 1932. Big bass don't grow under ice. But, they do grow big in the warm waters of the backwater river lakes down he'ah.
Next time I'm topwater bassin' alone on a warm summer night, I'll look up at that big full moon and I'll picture in my mind you sitting in a shack in a fur trimmed coat, with mittens on, by a little heater looking at a hole in the ice. I'll take a deep draw on my Hoyo de Monterey, listen to the bullfrogs holler, and the occasional gator grunt, and smile................
Yes, he and his family ate one side that night and the other side the next night. Times were hard, George was a 20 year old cotton farmer, and he was fishing for food. Bass filets are astoundingly good, though probably not so much off of a 22 pounder.
Agreed, five pound bass aren't much to brag about. Despite the song lyrics, nobody stuffs a five pound bass. However, a five pound bass is my benchmark for application of the the word "Lunker". Catch one on a bream pole or an ultralight spinner and you will not think of them as panfish any longer. Best...Geo
Once caught a 6 pounder on a cricket and a no. 7 Carlisle hook. Buddy has one that I don't think can be topped too easily. He caught a 20 pound striper on a cane pole in Brier Creek, near me.. According to him it was "a battle royal".
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