The Outdoors thread

[svhorns]

Well it's about that time of the year again! The sun is peeking its beautiful head out! The girls are wearing shorts and skirts!

Post your fishing pictures or game pictures here.

I'll be doing some fishing and I'll try and take some pictures of my fish. Feel free to post any pictures you might have already.



I'll start this thread off with one of my favorite songs.. and if you have any fishing or hunting tips let us know!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O3Plt8DyMk

[yankee]

when i get a hold of my old phone i'm gonna email myself the pictures of when i went fishing in flordia over the summer...best bass fishing experience i've ever had. wish i had a scale on me at the time. ginormous bass..oh and nothing beats bass fishing. at least when talking about freshwater fishing. i'm going down to florida in a little over a week so i'll be sure to go fishing then.

[Favpack]

I got my mower blade sharpened this week - feel the excitement.

[CoveMom]

Tip of the Day:



If you get to the market early in the morning, the fish is fresher.




;)

[CoveMom]

I've been outdoors.



:rolleyes:

[Favpack]

Tip of the Day:



If you get to the market early in the morning, the fish is fresher.




;)

How does one check a fish for freshness?

[CoveMom]

How does one check a fish for freshness?

smell. When you walk into the grocery store and you can smell the fish market, leave.

[svhorns]

I'll be catching some of these...

http://www.tnfish.org/FishIdentificationID_TWRA/FullWebImages/CrappieWhiteHybridBlackDouglasHammondsNegus.jpg



...and some of these like this dude... I actually went to Granger last week and caught a bunch of small crappie and white bass... Granger is about 10-15 minutes outside of Georgetown.

http://www.geocities.com/clinscott_pfl/pictures/grngwhite1.jpg

[Pinion]

SVhorns and his wimpy fish.

Pick a weekend and I'll take you to the farm in Louisiana and let you wrestle some of the bass and white perch out there.

Once it gets consistantly warm (right up until summer) I'll be going at least one weekend a month.

[svhorns]

SVhorns and his wimpy fish.

Pick a weekend and I'll take you to the farm in Louisiana and let you wrestle some of the bass and white perch out there.

Once it gets consistantly warm (right up until summer) I'll be going at least one weekend a month.

I actually went fishing with 2 guys from Louisiana last time I went... They're from the Carencro area... they had a weird name for the crappie... Sauculei something like that... or maybe it was a different name for the white bass...

EDIT: found it... its spelled Sac-a-lait... http://www.thejump.net/fishlist/crappie.htm

[Pinion]

I actually went fishing with 2 guys from Louisiana last time I went... They're from the Carencro area... they had a weird name for the crappie... Sauculei something like that... or maybe it was a different name for the white bass...

Yeah, that seems right. I'm thinking they do have some French-ish word they use for it. They do that a lot down there though. My place is in the NW corner of Louisiana. Almost walking distance to being in East_Tx.

We regularly will haul out bass from 3-7lbs. And I dont mean catch a few in a day. I mean catch a stringer full of that size in a couple of hours.
The perch are usually good sized that run from 2-5lbs consistantly. They're a little more difficult to find once it warms up, but once you do find them, it's game over.

The bluegill bream will always bite with a hook and bobber. There are very few catfish in our pond, but every one that we've hauled in has been 6lbs or better.

That main pond is 6acres and about 2 acres of it averages 30' in depth. We also have 2 smaller ponds in the back pasture area that are about .5-1acre in size. One has most bream and the other has a little bit of everything, but it gets fished pretty hard because there is nobody around to keep people out.

[F18mustang]

http://teammitchell.net/downloads/Browning%20logo.jpg

Pretty much.....

[svhorns]

Yeah, that seems right. I'm thinking they do have some French-ish word they use for it. They do that a lot down there though. My place is in the NW corner of Louisiana. Almost walking distance to being in East_Tx.

We regularly will haul out bass from 3-7lbs. And I dont mean catch a few in a day. I mean catch a stringer full of that size in a couple of hours.
The perch are usually good sized that run from 2-5lbs consistantly. They're a little more difficult to find once it warms up, but once you do find them, it's game over.

The bluegill bream will always bite with a hook and bobber. There are very few catfish in our pond, but every one that we've hauled in has been 6lbs or better.

That main pond is 6acres and about 2 acres of it averages 30' in depth. We also have 2 smaller ponds in the back pasture area that are about .5-1acre in size. One has most bream and the other has a little bit of everything, but it gets fished pretty hard because there is nobody around to keep people out.

Man I wish I had my own pond... I'd be out there all the time... my dad lives pretty close to the Guadalupe River but the area isn't real good for fishing... I know the closer you get to Canyon Lake on the Guadalupe that there are some trophy fly fishing spots...

[svhorns]

I'm hoping CKE will post the pictures of the shark he caught... if not I'm just gonna steal it from his facebook...

[Pinion]

Man I wish I had my own pond... I'd be out there all the time... my dad lives pretty close to the Guadalupe River but the area isn't real good for fishing... I know the closer you get to Canyon Lake on the Guadalupe that there are some trophy fly fishing spots...

Yeah, when I first moved out to the farm I was out at the pond every single day fishing. I wouldnt even go in when I drove up from work. I'd just drive the company van right on down there and get in the canoe and head out until dark-30. Then I'd come up to the house, clean the fish and put them in the freezer. Then work in the shop till 2-3am. And do it all over again the next day. I did that for almost a year.

Now, when I go home I always get out on the water. Even if I dont have time to fish, I'll go out and check out the bream beds and look for new tops to fish on and stuff. I love the pond there. It's great.

[rocketgrl94]

I'm hoping CKE will post the pictures of the shark he caught... if not I'm just gonna steal it from his facebook...

Found this on the Member Photos thread
http://photos-506.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v241/106/38/25422506/n25422506_33680601_5704.jpg

[svhorns]

Found this on the Member Photos thread
http://photos-506.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v241/106/38/25422506/n25422506_33680601_5704.jpg

I always forget how useful a stalker can be.

[rocketgrl94]

I always forget how useful a stalker can be.

im not a stalker:rolleyes: i just remember a shark photo and the whole member photos thread...that was a classic
stop tellin' people im a stalker...damn u!...:d

[mojotrain]

Well it's about that time of the year again! The sun is peeking its beautiful head out! The girls are wearing shorts and skirts!

Post your fishing pictures or game pictures here.

I'll be doing some fishing and I'll try and take some pictures of my fish. Feel free to post any pictures you might have already.



I'll start this thread off with one of my favorite songs.. and if you have any fishing or hunting tips let us know!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O3Plt8DyMk

Some are moving onto the beds at Amistad now. Burro Canyon is/will be excellent.

[svhorns]

Some are moving onto the beds at Amistad now. Burro Canyon is/will be excellent.

Lake Amistad... that looks awesome.

http://www.texasfishingonline.net/Lake%20Amistad%20Texas.jpg

http://www.texasfishingonline.net/Lake%20Amistad%20Texas1.jpg

[mad_fan]

I've been outdoors.



:rolleyes:

me too...
I get out early in the morning...on the way to the office...
And in the evening...on the way home...

[mojotrain]

I actually went fishing with 2 guys from Louisiana last time I went... They're from the Carencro area... they had a weird name for the crappie... Sauculei something like that... or maybe it was a different name for the white bass...

EDIT: found it... its spelled Sac-a-lait... http://www.thejump.net/fishlist/crappie.htm

They wouldn't sell me lake shrimp for bait near Slidell. The reasons were because, I said I was fishing for black bass and I had Texas plates on my car. I think they called black bass, green trout and people from Texas were Yankees. Truthfully!

I think Texas has larger bass than La but I know the carp and gar are bigger in La. :)

[mojotrain]

Talk about a good fishing hole. I had been fishing Alan Henry for several days in a row and had my limit each day by 7 am. My forth and final day the fog was simply terrible You couldn't see the trolling motor from the console. I decided I would at least try. Man the fishing was poor. At 10:00 am I had just caught my limit and a light breeze blew the fog away. I was 50 yards from the nearest water.

[svhorns]

They wouldn't sell me lake shrimp for bait near Slidell. The reasons were because, I said I was fishing for black bass and I had Texas plates on my car. I think they called black bass, green trout and people from Texas were Yankees. Truthfully!

I think Texas has larger bass than La but I know the carp and gar are bigger in La. :)

Damn coon a$$e$... I've never been to Louisiana let alone fished there... but I'm up for anything that involves fishing... I'm not an expert fisherman by any means... I'm actually making myself get more involved with the outdoors... I'm getting tired of this city living... I need more space and you don't really get that in a 3rd story apartment on the border of Cedar Park, Round Rock, and Austin.

[mojotrain]

On the top picture add about 40 feet of water. This sucker is full and it is big.

I'm 11 miles up the Rio Grande arm from the dam and off of the point the water is 140 feet deep.

[svhorns]

Talk about a good fishing hole. I had been fishing Alan Henry for several days in a row and had my limit each day by 7 am. My forth and final day the fog was simply terrible You couldn't see the trolling motor from the console. I decided I would at least try. Man the fishing was poor. At 10:00 am I had just caught my limit and a light breeze blew the fog away. I was 50 yards from the nearest water.

I don't even want to know what time you head out there. I'm still a youngin... if the sun ain't up I ain't up.... but if that's what it takes to catch the fish then I better get myself out of bed a little bit earlier.

[mojotrain]

I don't even want to know what time you head out there. I'm still a youngin... if the sun ain't up I ain't up.... but if that's what it takes to catch the fish then I better get myself out of bed a little bit earlier.

:)My post was a joke. I was 50 yards from water when the fog cleared and I still caught my limit. :)

I don't get up to fish that early either. You only need to do the early thing if your fish tournaments. I tried that but it's too much pressure.

[svhorns]

:)My post was a joke. I was 50 yards from water when the fog cleared and I still caught my limit. :)

I don't get up to fish that early either. You only need to do the early thing if your fish tournaments. I tried that but it's too much pressure.

lol. You don't post in the yard too often so I don't know your board personality... but I do now... and now I feel really stupid... good one there mojo... lol

:o

[svhorns]

Anyone have hog dogs? I've been watching these videos here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUUwLR_-hTA&feature=related

I want something like this Catahoula first picture... or a Bluetick coonhound in the 2nd picture...

http://runningm.com/Sire_Buck103004_01.jpg

http://www.sagebrushminis.com/images/baylee24.jpg

[CoveMom]

Found this on the Member Photos thread
http://photos-506.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v241/106/38/25422506/n25422506_33680601_5704.jpg

Wait....wait.....just wait a minute here. CKE is WHITE?????



:eek:

[svhorns]

Wait....wait.....just wait a minute here. CKE is WHITE?????



:eek:

he's mixed.

Mejicano and not sure the other nationality but it is Caucasian.

[Pinion]

They wouldn't sell me lake shrimp for bait near Slidell. The reasons were because, I said I was fishing for black bass and I had Texas plates on my car. I think they called black bass, green trout and people from Texas were Yankees. Truthfully!

I think Texas has larger bass than La but I know the carp and gar are bigger in La. :)

Wow. I just had dr.pepper shooting out of my nose..
Not hardly. The water over here isnt really prime water for Largemouth bass. I guess maybe the small mouth bass may be bigger over here generally. But even that I doubt.

SV, for real dood. Once it warms up good (but not overly hot) we'll drive to the farm back home and make a weekend of it. You wont be disappointed.

[svhorns]

Wow. I just had dr.pepper shooting out of my nose..
Not hardly. The water over here isnt really prime water for Largemouth bass. I guess maybe the small mouth bass may be bigger over here generally. But even that I doubt.

SV, for real dood. Once it warms up good (but not overly hot) we'll drive to the farm back home and make a weekend of it. You wont be disappointed.

Ha pinion I'm ready whenever... I'm going out to Granger tomorrow at 6 am... hopefully I have better luck then I've been having out there... I'm taking my camera with me so I'll post my pictures of my 5-8 lbs bass...

[ktCarl]

I actually went fishing with 2 guys from Louisiana last time I went... They're from the Carencro area... they had a weird name for the crappie... Sauculei something like that... or maybe it was a different name for the white bass...

EDIT: found it... its spelled Sac-a-lait... http://www.thejump.net/fishlist/crappie.htm

They even eat the bait in Louisiana. :D

[JMSFan]

Wow. I just had dr.pepper shooting out of my nose..
Not hardly. The water over here isnt really prime water for Largemouth bass. I guess maybe the small mouth bass may be bigger over here generally. But even that I doubt.

SV, for real dood. Once it warms up good (but not overly hot) we'll drive to the farm back home and make a weekend of it. You wont be disappointed.

Lake Fork and Sam Rayburn are 2 of the nations best lakes for lunker bass.
Even this past weekend the catfishing was good. Especially trot line fishing.
My buddy went on Sunday and Monday, had 60 hooks out, and came out with 125 pounds of fish. Two blues weighed 28lbs and 31lbs, respectively. There were caught in a 12 ft. deep river channel.
There was an article in the paper the other day about a 76 pound op caught at Rayburn.

[svhorns]

fishin time!

[rdubs7]

Im gonna post some pics from out trips tonight or tomorrow we have had a slow starting season but the wheather is getting better so things should start picking up. Maybe buchanan this weekend heard the whites were running out there

[rdubs7]

fishin time!


Where did you go fishing today? I went today between classes on the river didnt catch any? did you?

[svhorns]

Yeah buddy... we caught about 15... only 4 keepers....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0016.jpg

We went fishing here.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0018.jpg

[cajun]

They even eat the bait in Louisiana. :D

Not if they are biting..:cool:

[yankee]

Yeah buddy... we caught about 15... only 4 keepers....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0016.jpg

We went fishing here.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0018.jpg

those white bass?

never caught anything else in freshwater besides large and smallmouth bass, sunfish and the occasional perch...

[rdubs7]

Yeah buddy... we caught about 15... only 4 keepers....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0016.jpg

We went fishing here.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0018.jpg

Damn where at exactly there? they didnt bite that much when we went. whens the next trip im in

[dragonsdaddy]

Yeah, that seems right. I'm thinking they do have some French-ish word they use for it. They do that a lot down there though. My place is in the NW corner of Louisiana. Almost walking distance to being in East_Tx.

We regularly will haul out bass from 3-7lbs. And I dont mean catch a few in a day. I mean catch a stringer full of that size in a couple of hours.
The perch are usually good sized that run from 2-5lbs consistantly. They're a little more difficult to find once it warms up, but once you do find them, it's game over.

The bluegill bream will always bite with a hook and bobber. There are very few catfish in our pond, but every one that we've hauled in has been 6lbs or better.

That main pond is 6acres and about 2 acres of it averages 30' in depth. We also have 2 smaller ponds in the back pasture area that are about .5-1acre in size. One has most bream and the other has a little bit of everything, but it gets fished pretty hard because there is nobody around to keep people out.
the perch would be world record size, i'm pretty sure. i bet their shadows weighed a pound and a half.

[Pinion]

the perch would be world record size, i'm pretty sure. i bet their shadows weighed a pound and a half.

I've never checked as far as records go. I know the fish in our pond tend to run a little on the large size because everything was done "right" there for so many years as far as stocking and fertilizing the water. And lack of being overfished helped as well.

The first Perch I got outta there was just at 5lbs (4.83 i think is what it was) and I caught it on a chrome spoon out in the deeps. The lady that actually own the land (rich old lady in Dallas) pulled a 12lb bass out of there about 6 years ago.

[Pinion]

BTW, SV.. Nice fish. I dont know anything about White bass. I dont think we have those back home.

[svhorns]

those white bass?

never caught anything else in freshwater besides large and smallmouth bass, sunfish and the occasional perch...

Yea those are all white bass... we caught some crappie too but they were small... they have to be 10 in.

[svhorns]

BTW, SV.. Nice fish. I dont know anything about White bass. I dont think we have those back home.

Thanks... we fished from about 6:30 until about 11... one of my buddies had to go to work...

[BDB]

http://www.fishsmithinc.com/wholesale/18/redfish2.jpg

nothing is more fun then landing this.

[svhorns]

http://www.fishsmithinc.com/wholesale/18/redfish2.jpg

nothing is more fun then landing this.

http://www.kneupper.com/Red_Fish_38_111002.jpg

[svhorns]

Damn where at exactly there? they didnt bite that much when we went. whens the next trip im in

The spot where you have to cross that stream of water... right at the beginning.

[BDB]

http://www.kneupper.com/Red_Fish_38_111002.jpg

now THAT'S a damn bull-red.

beautiful

[svhorns]

I'm hoping I get to catch something like this... this is the same kind of fish we caught today... only on roids.

http://www.cannondam.com/fishingreport/10252004whitebass.jpg

[Favpack]

Nice fish - all of them.

I bought a new air filter and spark plug for my mower tonight.

Vroom, vroom.

[svhorns]

I took some random pictures too... some on the car ride home... some while I was fishing.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0014.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0021.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0022.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0027-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/xmann21/000_0029-1.jpg

[Pinion]

The spot where you have to cross that stream of water... right at the beginning.

Ima have to get me a Tx ID so I can fish here. I'd like to come out with y'all sometime. Even if they arent biting it's nice to get away and just get a line in the water.

[yankee]

caught the largest bass in my life thursday here in florida...didn't have a scale or anything but i got a couple of pics i'll post when i get back.

[svhorns]

caught the largest bass in my life thursday here in florida...didn't have a scale or anything but i got a couple of pics i'll post when i get back.

Sweet. Post that sucker on here.

[KattTx]

Even if they arent biting it's nice to get away and just get a line in the water.

This :notworthy

I am a terrible fisherwoman, but I enjoy the effort. :p

[chhspantherfan]

these are from a game camera near Richland Chambers, looks like we better be careful where we walk at night !!!! notice the eye in the grass on the left in the first picture

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/chhspantherfan/hoggator1.jpg

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/chhspantherfan/hoggator2.jpg

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/chhspantherfan/hoggator3.jpg

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/chhspantherfan/hoggator4.jpg

[E-Vol-ution]

You don't have to get a Texas ID........buy a non resident. If you're a vet......you fish free for a lifetime.Ima have to get me a Tx ID so I can fish here. I'd like to come out with y'all sometime. Even if they arent biting it's nice to get away and just get a line in the water.

[E-Vol-ution]

I have a goal to fish as many bodies of water in Texas this year as possible. My wife is in has a prison ministry so I've done Dayton, Belton, Trinity, Conroe and Lake Houston in the south.
Joe Pool, Ray Hubbard, Ray Roberts, Lewsiville, Cooper and Tawakoni.
I'll start taking pics......I'm serious about my fishing.

[cougmantx]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh71/cougmantx/Hunting/Picture005_edited-1.jpg



Jimbo my German Shorthair Pointer doing what he does best in Kansas! One of my favorite things to do is hunt Quail and Pheasents!


http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh71/cougmantx/Hunting/Pheasants.jpg

The results of an hour hunt! This dog is incredable and one of the best I have owned in a long line of fine hunting dogs! Great family pet too!

[cougmantx]

I have a goal to fish as many bodies of water in Texas this year as possible. My wife is in has a prison ministry so I've done Dayton, Belton, Trinity, Conroe and Lake Houston in the south.
Joe Pool, Ray Hubbard, Ray Roberts, Lewsiville, Cooper and Tawakoni.
I'll start taking pics......I'm serious about my fishing.

If your down in the Katy area let me know and my brother in law and I will get you out in west bay for some wade fishing for trout and reds...good luck.

[E-Vol-ution]

I'll let you know when I see my wife's schedule down there. That sounds good.
That's one fine animal you have there......looks like he's ready for competition. You train him?
If your down in the Katy area let me know and my brother in law and I will get you out in west bay for some wade fishing for trout and reds...good luck.

[cougmantx]

I'll let you know when I see my wife's schedule down there. That sounds good.
That's one fine animal you have there......looks like he's ready for competition. You train him?

He's the only one that I have had that I didn't train. I bought him as a started dog and finished him up...

Use to train pointers and labs for hunting trials but just don't have the space or time now that I live in Katy. Had a small ranch in the hill country when I trained.

I quit running in competitions around 15 years ago. They can become very political and some of the people made it not so enjoyable anymore...high dollar dogs with big money backing them made the little foot hunter competing obsolete.

[E-Vol-ution]

That is the biggest thing I miss about having a Lab.......best outdoor partner I ever had. This dang spoiled shepard will run off at the lake or in the woods. Damn.....back yard dog! (but a good one)He's the only one that I have had that I didn't train. I bought him as a started dog and finished him up...

Use to train pointers and labs for hunting trials but just don't have the space or time now that I live in Katy. Had a small ranch in the hill country when I trained.

I quit running in competitions around 15 years ago. They can become very political and some of the people made it not so enjoyable anymore...high dollar dogs with big money backing them made the little foot hunter competing obsolete.