Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:14am PT
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Damn! With this title I was hoping for a Godzilla thread.
So,.. if they are so good to eat why do you call them crappie?
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:16am PT
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Crappie: "CRAW"ppie,, knott "CRAP"pie..;-)
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:08pm PT
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Another lake that has been "messed" with by F&G in Cali is THAT lk at the bottom of Sonora pass.
A long time known brook trout producing lake- spring fed with abundant fresh water shrimp. It was THE perfect brookie habitat and produced fish over 8 lbs routinely. Yet, with the shrimp, the brookies were only vulnerable to lures during the start and end of the fishing season. It was hard to catch them during the summer months. So the "studies" were done, and they introduced a sub of Cut throats into the small alpine lake for a "summer" fishery. Cut throat being very varacious on the offspring of the brookies. Now, that lake isnt nearly what it used to be, and those GIANT brookies are far and few between now.
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:13pm PT
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I blame Obama and the Republicans for this one. Its errbodys fault.
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ruppell
climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:37pm PT
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Ron
Can we not mention Kirman or Poole. LOL I don't know whether introducing cutties is the real issue or not. That lake used to receive almost zero fishing pressure. Now it's packed every time I head up there. I've only been fishing it for the past 8 years so I can only imagine how good it was back in the day. I personally like the stocking of the cutties and hope that they will one day offer fish as large if not larger than the brooks. I'm sure you know this but keep in mind those brookies wouldn't be there either if someone hadn't stocked them. Do you know any of the history on when and who introduced them? Either way those lakes up in that area are great places to fish.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:51pm PT
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Well, as far as i know they were milk bottle plants in the 30s and 40s.
I fished it mostly in the 70s. It was a secret really.. Then in the mid eighties, it appeared in the FISH SNIFFER magazine! Things went to hell after that.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 21, 2013 - 12:56pm PT
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Now, that lake isnt nearly what it used to be, and those GIANT brookies are far and few between now.
Clearly due to management and not the fact that the human population of CA has doubled. We'd still have huge fishes is it weren't for that meddling guberment.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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Yet im willing to bet youve never even been there, clearly..
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:10pm PT
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yeah, never been there... don't give a fuk about the place. it is out of my jurisdiction. but I'm confident it is all the guberment's fault.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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Maybe overfished by ignorant as#@&%es who didn;t catch and release? You know the ones, they like to eat wild stuff, but it is more likely to be thrown out after being wrapped in newspaper in their freezer for a year.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:20pm PT
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atchafalatio,,youve no idea of what we released there. And each of those fish in the pics that weren't released were consumed usually the following night. Light oil, battered in crushed ritz crackers flour, , pepper and garlic and a pinch of lowerys. Sometimes an added drip of lemon juice was added as they cooked.
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ruppell
climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:22pm PT
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atchafalatio,,youve no idea of what we released there
LMAO. I see what you did there. Nice.
And no one uses newspaper anymore. Ziplocks are the new thing. What are you 80?
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
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Ron, not sure why you thought that post was directed to you. Do you fish?
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:25pm PT
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every chance i get. And isnt that how you usually refer to me? Those are my pictures.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:30pm PT
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CC river catches,, all released. Ive released an easy 70% of the fish ive caught. I take what i will eat in short order.
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:35pm PT
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Cool. You could use some of these in tahoe to get rid of the goldfish...
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:36pm PT
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they would POISON the whole lake upon finding that striper in Tayhow...
kinda looks like near franks tract.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Feb 21, 2013 - 01:52pm PT
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Ron fishes this board a couple dozen times a day.
DMT
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atchafalaya
Boulder climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 02:33pm PT
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East Delta, near Hog and Beaver Sloughs on the Moke.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Feb 21, 2013 - 03:17pm PT
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I get trolled occasionally too DMT..;-)
And Atcha,, ive fished most of that area- ran up the old river past TRACY once with a guy in a tournament. Had to stay on the gas to avoid shallow sand bars. The fish up in that current were STRONG! A three felt like a ten. One of the most white knuckle rides ive been on in the delta. I once saw a small bayliner crest the bow wave of an outgoing tanker in the main channel, and it broke in half upon "re-entry". Tossed the two guys like skippin stones across the water. They were just bruised up a bit..The boat,,well it was out there for a long whole after that.
Nice stippers by the way..
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