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you are filling a bucket up to give fish to your brother .....
do you put bass in with the crappie ?
and what about the bream ?
guess it depends on how big of a bass is my answer .....
some bass just ain't what I think is edible size ....
sides all that , bigger bass take up to much bucket space anyway .....:Rofl
the big bass got set free , everything else went in the bucket ....
the 4 lb test fight with that bass was totally legendary .....
it got big AIR so many times it was unreal ....
I think it was part bird ....
I tried in vain from far away to get a good video ....nope :banghead
but to be sure he just made his last cast and had a crappie on the bank when it hit .....
we were heading out when it went down ...
sure was a super lovely finish to a super windy outing ....
KABOOM is near :Cowboy

Cool post. Personally I throw all the ditch pickles back. :dono

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Cool post. Personally I throw all the ditch pickles back. :dono

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his bro likes to make ceviche , bass about the size in the bucket work ok for that .....
the smaller fish are for frying in the disc in the backyard whole , heads still on when they fry them ...
pescado frito on the menu today with ceviche on tostadas tomorrow is my guess ...:dono

depends on the lake as far as green carp. in bigger ones I throw them all back for the guys who specialize in them but in smaller lakes we do keep some as you need to harvest some to keep things in balance. still a nice fight on light tackle and especially when they get air borne.

Great Job m friend. Wind just makes it a bit more challenging.

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Originally Posted by hdhntr

depends on the lake as far as green carp. in bigger ones I throw them all back for the guys who specialize in them but in smaller lakes we do keep some as you need to harvest some to keep things in balance. still a nice fight on light tackle and especially when they get air borne.

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it is a small lake and MAN I was trying to get a decent video , that fish went airborne over and over .....
he fought it for around 3 minutes total ....
the first jump it was screaming his drag and left the water like porpoise going the opposite direction ....:yikes
looked from afar to have covered about 5 or 6 feet in the air ,shaking it's head as it flew away from him way high above the water , the entire fish was in the air ....
just legendary show type stuff ....
a few sailfish off costa rica back when would have likely been in a really tough competition with her post spawn show ....
it don't get much better for sure :highfive

I release all bass, even the really big ones. Haven't kept one since 1994. But I still fish for them regularly. I caught several yesterday and they were all crazy jumpers, biggest one had to clear the water 7 or 8 times, not happy at all with me.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I release all bass, even the really big ones. Haven't kept one since 1994. But I still fish for them regularly. I caught several yesterday and they were all crazy jumpers, biggest one had to clear the water 7 or 8 times, not happy at all with me.

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I try not to ketch them myself , but sometimes I pitch at them just kuz ...
2 in that bucket of fish were hammering fry along the shoreline in the wind ....
I buzzed my float by them intentionally to grab attention and then stop it a split second till they hammer the jig following the float , really stupid fish and they totally fall for it EVERYTIME :Rofl

Wow, I’ll take those jumpers all day long! Great to keep the heart pumping!:Rofl
Bob

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Originally Posted by BobC

Wow, I’ll take those jumpers all day long! Great to keep the heart pumping!:Rofl
Bob

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just watching him and that fish was priceless bro , it put on the best show I seen in a long time ....
really top notch stuff , wish I was better with the camera , silly me tried to zoom in a bit and missed all the mid lake big air stuff .....:banghead

I put ditch pickles back too. Been over 30 yrs probably since I’ve eaten a bass. Might be time to remind myself how they taste.

Nice catch, as for me and my taste, if you mix a bass with crappie to eat; somebody is going to think they have gotten hold of a bad fish. The ole bass just isn’t as good. Smaller fresh water creek bass might blend in. But if that water is stagnant “it ain’t gonna happen”. Just put the bass back to help control over population of crappie and enjoy eating good fish.


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Good mess of fish. Bass tastes too much like fish.


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Originally Posted by Herewego

Good mess of fish. Bass tastes too much like fish.


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THIS is fact , but them that got them don't look at fish like we do , they eat all of them , it's an equal opportunity consumption thing :Rofl