Thursdays post storm hammer festival

Really beautiful weather and very light wind slightly from the north . A bit hot and sunny and humid ,but to be sure just a lovely afternoon for deer watching and ketchn fish.
The mission was to ketch and keep a herd od eaters in whatever species bit ,for multiple people to enjoy and it was mission accomplished . Fish started a bit off schedule and had to work hard for the first 75 or so crappie . Then there was my want to hammer bluegill at another spot and I was also kinda just letting the sun lower in the sky some to ease the burn .
Tried multiple baits and colors and nothing was really a standout per say , a large gulp minnow in pearl seemed to be about the best all around bait and used it mostly under a float ,with a few free falling adventures in the mix too . Bites were soft when I got there and as the day went on and the sun lowered the fish moved into bite it nicely mode .
Filleted about 12 or so for our house and donated the rest of the box to some want fish folks at my job . Funny thing lately is the amount of folks that don't want to even clean fish and would rather eat store bought , guess it's the lazy syndrome maybe ?
All the fish seemed to be feeding that day and it was an unknown what might take a bite next on every cast , a channel cat ,lots of bass and bluegill and a good amount of crappie wanted in on the program .
Anyway off to my next adventure is me and KABOOM is the word :highfive
a few images and off I go ....

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

had to work hard for the first 75 or so crappie .

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:Roflrotfl:Rofl

Like you said it's funny how many folks don't want to clean fish. My partner in crime and I are both ready and willing to hack them into filets anytime. If we take someone new with us, a lot of time they just don't want them because they have to clean em. Maybe they don't want to get dirty.

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Originally Posted by DWILL

Like you said it's funny how many folks don't want to clean fish. My partner in crime and I are both ready and willing to hack them into filets anytime. If we take someone new with us, a lot of time they just don't want them because they have to clean em. Maybe they don't want to get dirty.

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tis odd for sure , it isnt like you really get to terribly dirty whacking a few fish for the freezer and or the table
society has made us not want to work for it is my thought ...

Possibly some don't know how to clean them

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Possibly some don't know how to clean them

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after watching folks in several cases clean fish , this is quite possible , had a fella offer to help me clean a stack one day and he totally destroyed 2 of my largest crappie in the mix , it horrified me to see such a waste and he was pretty darn proud of his hack job.
cut the tail off about an inch or 2 into the body, cut the head off about an inch or 2 behind the gill plate and then the fins about a half into from the area the fins quit and there was about 1/4 of the fish left when he was all smiles saying look how pretty that is ......:yikes:Rofl

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

tis odd for sure , it isnt like you really get to terribly dirty whacking a few fish for the freezer and or the table
society has made us not want to work for it is my thought ...

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It is really odd. I could clean fish and still go to church most times.
Long as I wash my hands.
I do know some people are embarrassed to say they don’t know how.
Nice Ketchn!
You seeing many fawns down your way?
First ones last weekend, that we saw anyways.


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Originally Posted by Redge

It is really odd. I could clean fish and still go to church most times.
Long as I wash my hands.
I do know some people are embarrassed to say they don’t know how.
Nice Ketchn!
You seeing many fawns down your way?
First ones last weekend, that we saw anyways.


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tough year for the fawns it seems here , that doe likely had one I never saw , but every fawn we do see is a lone one , have yet to see the normal doubles , played with one on the way down that dirt road on the way in and it was crazy as a deer gets running like a jack rabbit fast back and forth for a long ways , not sure what that was all about , mom just stood there watching with me ....:Rofl

With the raising cost of food, one would think a free nice meal of fresh fish would be a treat.
People today amaze me, not in a good way.

You had me at this also. Awesome day Ketchn!
[QUOTE=Ketchn;4267128]Fish started a bit off schedule and had to work hard for the first 75 or so crappie .

Nice mess of fish Ketchn. :highfive

Ya thumped em for sure.

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

tough year for the fawns it seems here , that doe likely had one I never saw , but every fawn we do see is a lone one , have yet to see the normal doubles , played with one on the way down that dirt road on the way in and it was crazy as a deer gets running like a jack rabbit fast back and forth for a long ways , not sure what that was all about , mom just stood there watching with me ....:Rofl

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they always say if you're getting shot at to run a zig zag pattern, maybe they were just practicing :Rofl

[QUOTE=Timbertodd;4267256]You had me at this also. Awesome day Ketchn!

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

Fish started a bit off schedule and had to work hard for the first 75 or so crappie .

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knowing certain spots and how many are in the water underfoot and knowing you CAN make them bite contrary to popular imaginations , makes it sometimes a bit more complicated to get them to cooperate than others , there are days I or we walk up and just start to hammer first pitch and then them others where it takes a few minutes to dial up to what the fish want to see .:highfive

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Originally Posted by BIGFISHNFREAK

With the raising cost of food, one would think a free nice meal of fresh fish would be a treat.
People today amaze me, not in a good way.

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Well sure they would if you clean them, cook them, put in a nice container then have DoorDash deliver them to their house!

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Originally Posted by keeferfish

Well sure they would if you clean them, cook them, put in a nice container then have DoorDash deliver them to their house!

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it is almost that bad , some folks want them filleted and bagged and frozen AND even had one person tell me how many per bag one time ! :banghead

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Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

they always say if you're getting shot at to run a zig zag pattern, maybe they were just practicing :Rofl

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run Serpentine Shel, Serpentine! who gets that movie reference?

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

after watching folks in several cases clean fish , this is quite possible , had a fella offer to help me clean a stack one day and he totally destroyed 2 of my largest crappie in the mix , it horrified me to see such a waste and he was pretty darn proud of his hack job.
cut the tail off about an inch or 2 into the body, cut the head off about an inch or 2 behind the gill plate and then the fins about a half into from the area the fins quit and there was about 1/4 of the fish left when he was all smiles saying look how pretty that is ......:yikes:Rofl

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took a new friend out and usually I leave him the fish but this time he wanted to clean them with me. He is as ancient as I am talked about how he has been ketchn fish since he was a lad and then I watched Horrified as he proceeded to butcher a nice crappie in front of me! it was all I could stand to watch him do one and ended up with a skinny half of a filet when that was all I could stands and had to intercede. You hate to tell a grown man what the heck are you doing but I did. I showed him how to do it properly and then watched him do a half way job on the next and had to show him again and then again. but finally he got the hang of it. Can't imagine him butchering fish like that his whole life as he literally ended up with a quarter of the meat he should get from a normal filet.

as far as who is willing to take fish whole and filet them I have several I have at both my lake places where I can call them and say I've got a bucket full o crappie and then will scamper over and take them. Or at my LSL place will stop by and play fish monger, as this guy will take 7 or so and then the next wants the rest.

I am on the other end for catfish at LSL as have a buddy who loves to go out at night and ketchm but doesn't want to clean so will call me and say I've got some down at the dock next to your boat on a stringer. Then I call another friend and have HIM go down and clean them there and we share in the ketch and cook em up for the feast.

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Originally Posted by hdhntr

as far as who is willing to take fish whole and filet them I have several I have at both my lake places where I can call them and say I've got a bucket full o crappie and then will scamper over and take them. Or at my LSL place will stop by and play fish monger, as this guy will take 7 or so and then the next wants the rest.

I am on the other end for catfish at LSL as have a buddy who loves to go out at night and ketchm but doesn't want to clean so will call me and say I've got some down at the dock next to your boat on a stringer. Then I call another friend and have HIM go down and clean them there and we share in the ketch and cook em up for the feast.

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used to hang with a fella sometimes that liked to clean them and gave him ice chests full of them quite often , lack of returns on the ice chests and not donating to the cost of the ice made me rethink it after several replaced ice chests .....