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Originally Posted by poppop

good job crat....sounds like the "hump" is producing. I found a hump in the middle of Tuckertown one time. Wished I had marked it, I have tried to find it again but with no luck.

What is a good way to get rid of black carpenter ants on one of my Catalpa worm trees?

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The ants may be difficult because chances are, their colony is in the Catalpa tree. I will ask our IPM specialist when he returns on Wednesday.

Keep looking for that hump!

Sat072509
"Raleigh Area Lake"
4:15pm
8:00pm
Water Temp: 86.5F
07 crappie
released
10.00-14.75" (14.75"=1.89lbs)
7' down in 7-10'
#6 Vanish Transition

Fishing wasn't too good. I showed a couple guys visiting from VA to the hump. They outfished me with a jigging spoon! Hmmm...

Last year's report copied below:
2008 7/24:

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Originally Posted by crataegus

Thursday in a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

5:15pm-7:00pm (fishing was consistantly slow)

5 crappie 9.75-15" (15"=1.84lbs)
bobber/minnow
#6 Vanish Transition Line
7-10' deep

It felt great to get back into the 15" range again. Unfortunately, today's big fish weighed the same as the 14.25 from monday (1lb 13.5oz). He was a bit skinny. The fish was released after I measured, photographed, and weighed it. A picture of the fish is posted in the "big fish Pics" thread.

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had any worms on the tree yet?

todobien.......They have come and gone....they are usually on the trees in late June and early July. We didn't have as many this year as in the years past....normally there are so many, they eat all the leaves off the trees. I don't use any pesticides or fertilizer in the yard....as the worms either comes out of the ground or they burrow back in the ground beneath the tree, not sure which but I am concerned anything like that might kill them.

Yeah I didn't see many on trees I watch either.

todobien....I told you wrong...there were a few on the trees in late June and early July. I went up there to mow yesterday. They are back....one of my trees was almostly completely stripped of leaves. Here is a picture of a few my granddaughter and I picked up this morning crawling around on the ground. There are hundreds on them on the trees. I don't ever remember them being this late in the year before. We are thinking about trying these for some channel cats in the next few days.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...alpaworms1.jpg

Ruined my breakfast!

that ought to get you a good mess of cats with some bream too

Mon080309
"Raleigh Area Lake"
4:15pm
7:30pm
Water Temp: 86.5F
07 crappie
released
10.00-16.00" (16.00"=~2.33lbs)
7' down in 7-10'
#6 Vanish Transition
The fishing was still off last week. I did manage to haul in a big one though...but the scale wasn't working! Oh well, I'll post pictures when I get the chance.

Last year's report copied below:
2008 7/29:

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Originally Posted by crataegus

Sunday in a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

5:15pm-8:15pm (fishing was consistantly slow)

3 crappie 10-11.5"
Bobber/minnow
Chart jig/minnow
#6 Vanish Transition Line
3-10' deep

Not much biting, but I felt pretty good about my homemade minnow trolling rig. It rarely tangled, and I caught one of the keeper size fish on it.

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2008 8/2:

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Originally Posted by crataegus

Sunday in a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

6:15pm-7:55pm (best fiashing at 7:50)

5 crappie 10-16" (16"=2.33lbs)
Bobber/minnow
custom minnow rig
#6 Vanish Transition Line
6-10' deep

Got the big one at the end of the day. There is now a 2.33 crappie swimming in Bass Lake. My homemade minnow/trolling rig was outfishing anything else I could throw at them. I'll post a pic of it soon.

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good job crat.....16" is a nice one.