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I have never seen one of them goofy looking things.
Guessing they are pretty fun once snagged?
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They feel like you snag a log...that is slowly heading upstream.
Hook one in the tail and you're in for a rodeo, no doubt.
My biggest was just shy of 80 pounds, but have gaffed a few over 100 pounds for folks over the years. Get hit by a tail, and it may as well be a baseball bat.
One more fun fact: they're extremely long lived, like white sturgeon, which is why they're so tightly regulated. They can't repopulate quickly. The 36 lb female I am holding was aged by MFWP at around 40 years old. I assume 10 gauge's is older. I've caught some that were aged at 80 years old.
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Assume you sna from the bank and not in a boat? ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/0ynwkwff/20191126-191145.jpg) Always from shore. They're in moving water where I fish for them, so you'd have to anchor up in a slow spot I guess. That, and with the mass amounts of beer involved, it's probably a good thing I don't cast for them from a boat. We snag the river but use a boat. Dragging the bottom with a pair of 6/0 trebles and a 10-12 oz sinker. probably 150' of line out, depends on water depth. Boat in gear, sweep the rod forward then go back slowly until you feel that sinker bump bottom then back forward you go. Tiring but worth it when you just start that forward sweep and boom, your hook has hit a brick wall then that wall starts a run! Several guys around here have started using planer boards and divers. Have only seen that in video though.
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The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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They put up a hell of a fight in the current of the Missouri river, snagged in the tail...... it's definitely is not finesse fishing ...
Originally Posted by Judman
PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Sounds like a good time.
They are some ugly bastids.
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Assume you sna from the bank and not in a boat? Always from shore. They're in moving water where I fish for them, so you'd have to anchor up in a slow spot I guess. That, and with the mass amounts of beer involved, it's probably a good thing I don't cast for them from a boat. We snag the river but use a boat. Dragging the bottom with a pair of 6/0 trebles and a 10-12 oz sinker. probably 150' of line out, depends on water depth. Boat in gear, sweep the rod forward then go back slowly until you feel that sinker bump bottom then back forward you go. Tiring but worth it when you just start that forward sweep and boom, your hook has hit a brick wall then that wall starts a run! Several guys around here have started using planer boards and divers. Have only seen that in video though. Never heard of doing that, but things work differently in different areas I guess. A boat could get you to where they're stacked up for sure...otherwise it's combat fishing in the public access areas waiting for the schools to come through, then all of a sudden 20 people are hooked up at once. Not a single line gets tangled during those rodeos....ever...promise...
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BTDT, it happens from a boat too. Not just with guys in your boat but from other pricks crowding in on a hole you're hitting them in.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Assume you sna from the bank and not in a boat? Always from shore. They're in moving water where I fish for them, so you'd have to anchor up in a slow spot I guess. That, and with the mass amounts of beer involved, it's probably a good thing I don't cast for them from a boat. We snag the river but use a boat. Dragging the bottom with a pair of 6/0 trebles and a 10-12 oz sinker. probably 150' of line out, depends on water depth. Boat in gear, sweep the rod forward then go back slowly until you feel that sinker bump bottom then back forward you go. Tiring but worth it when you just start that forward sweep and boom, your hook has hit a brick wall then that wall starts a run! Several guys around here have started using planer boards and divers. Have only seen that in video though. Never heard of doing that, but things work differently in different areas I guess. A boat could get you to where they're stacked up for sure...otherwise it's combat fishing in the public access areas waiting for the schools to come through, then all of a sudden 20 people are hooked up at once. Not a single line gets tangled during those rodeos....ever...promise... Do you have to check them in and get the eggs removed?
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Assume you sna from the bank and not in a boat? Always from shore. They're in moving water where I fish for them, so you'd have to anchor up in a slow spot I guess. That, and with the mass amounts of beer involved, it's probably a good thing I don't cast for them from a boat. We snag the river but use a boat. Dragging the bottom with a pair of 6/0 trebles and a 10-12 oz sinker. probably 150' of line out, depends on water depth. Boat in gear, sweep the rod forward then go back slowly until you feel that sinker bump bottom then back forward you go. Tiring but worth it when you just start that forward sweep and boom, your hook has hit a brick wall then that wall starts a run! Several guys around here have started using planer boards and divers. Have only seen that in video though. Never heard of doing that, but things work differently in different areas I guess. A boat could get you to where they're stacked up for sure...otherwise it's combat fishing in the public access areas waiting for the schools to come through, then all of a sudden 20 people are hooked up at once. Not a single line gets tangled during those rodeos....ever...promise... Ted I see you and your pards elk hunt in the new Eastmans great write up
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
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Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Here's two of 'us'..... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/q6QPI8o.jpg) Guess who is who...... Anyone else ever shot Georgia Chukar???
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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Is that Barbarian Dan? Here's two of 'us'..... Guess who is who...... Anyone else ever shot Georgia Chukar???
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Duh..... The story was published by Eastmans, but they cut it wayyyy back...There also wasn't a single picture of my bull in the article. We sent several photos, and they only used a few. No biggie to me, but it did seem odd. They asked for a 1000-1200 word story, then cut it down a lot more. Thanks Jud!
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That ought to help you get a few more hits on EHarmony.
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That ought to help you get a few more hits on EHarmony. 😂😂😂 teds on www.farmersonly.com
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
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Duh..... The story was published by Eastmans, but they cut it wayyyy back...There also wasn't a single picture of my bull in the article. We sent several photos, and they only used a few. No biggie to me, but it did seem odd. They asked for a 1000-1200 word story, then cut it down a lot more. Thanks Jud! Interesting, I noticed your bull wasn't in there.
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Duh..... The story was published by Eastmans, but they cut it wayyyy back...There also wasn't a single picture of my bull in the article. We sent several photos, and they only used a few. No biggie to me, but it did seem odd. They asked for a 1000-1200 word story, then cut it down a lot more. Thanks Jud! Ted, You got a link to your article? 😎
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I don't think it is online yet, unless you pay for the article so I do not have a link. Sorry about that.
It is in Eastman's Hunting Journal 176, I believe. The Dec 2019-Jan 2020 issue.
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