Outdoors thread

[Black5hirt]

My boys and I went fishing a couple times this past weekend. Bass and crappie at a friends farm pond and walleye and crappie at Pawnee. Fun time

 

[Black5hirt]

I wrote crick in a story in 4th grade so naturally my teacher docked points for the misspelling. Doubled down and got a detention for calling her an idiot. Was very confused and humbled when I looked it up in the dictionary to prove her wrong.

Interesting article about this from 1995.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/aug/05/do-you-fish-on-a-crick-or-a-creek/?amp-content=amp

 

[Jim14510]

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My boys and I have done some fishing this past weekend. Bass and crappie at a friends farm pond and walleye and crappie at Pawnee. Fun time

You catch a lot of walleye there? Thats a decent sized fish. 17-18?

 

[Black5hirt]

You catch a lot of walleye there? Thats a decent sized fish. 17-18?

It was 17 inches. Most were 13-15 inches. I caught one 20 inch and one 18 as well. The crappies were just 10-14. I think 14 crappies and 10 walleye at Pawnee.

 

[Jim14510]

It was 17 inches. Most were 13-15 inches. I caught one 20 inch and one 18 as well. The crappies were just 10-14. I think 14 crappies and 10 walleye at Pawnee.

Thats a solid day. All from shore?

Side note how big were those crappie at Kirwin? Can't decide if I'm remembering right. Think they might be growing in my mind as time goes on.

 

[Black5hirt]

Thats a solid day. All from shore?

Side note how big were those crappie at Kirwin? Can't decide if I'm remembering right. Think they might be growing in my mind as time goes on.

My memory was 13-16 and the majority 14 and 15?
And yes, that was from shore in the evening. It was overcast so I was hoping to get a couple walleye, but we did better than expected. It sounds like Pawnee is on the uptick. Surprised me

 

[God is a Husker]

My Dad just sent me this pic, summer of 1993

at Cozad Lake @hothouse_corn

 

[LoudHogRider]

Probably shouldn't have carried this one in my wallet for all those years. Channel catfish caught just below Gavins Point Dam on an all-nighter with my Dad and a childhood friend from Hartington (Gene Wohlman, may he RIP):

 

[huskermack]

One more from the weekend.

 

[BushAK]

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My boys and I went fishing a couple times this past weekend. Bass and crappie at a friends farm pond and walleye and crappie at Pawnee. Fun time

That's a really nice walleye for pawnee! I remember reading stocking reports but never heard of anyone actually catching one.

 

[hothouse_corn]

My Dad just sent me this pic, summer of 1993

at Cozad Lake @hothouse_corn

Looks like it's settled, I'm not your dad.

 

[kyle23]

The snow storm was not fun in mid season gear. I hunted in a t-shirt the day before. Colorado in October is a wildcard.

 

[kyle23]

The two Robert cats on my new farm. The Tom is a tank.



Bonus waterfowl shot from my Dad's blind.

 

[God is a Husker]

The two Robert cats on my new farm. The Tom is a tank.



Bonus waterfowl shot from my Dad's blind.

I wish I could upload a video, we had a bobcat that kept coming through our yard (we lived 12 miles from the nearest town


tried to shoot it twice just to have the ultimate EMAW troll @Woodrow F Call

Screenshot

 

[hothouse_corn]

I wish I had a picture/video to show, but one of my favorite tree-stand moments was in 2007. There was about 6" of snow on the ground, and it was silent. I looked to the east to see single adult bobcat. Then, I watched her and her three "kittens" stalk through the snow directly under my stand and into the cedar trees about 30 yards to the west.

It was opening morning and I didn't have a fur-bearer permit so I never considered shooting. Also, I think I could have taken them in hand-to-paw combat, but I'm glad I didn't get to find out.

 

[kyle23]

I wish I had a picture/video to show, but one of my favorite tree-stand moments was in 2007. There was about 6" of snow on the ground, and it was silent. I looked to the east to see single adult bobcat. Then, I watched her and her three "kittens" stalk through the snow directly under my stand and into the cedar trees about 30 yards to the west.

It was opening morning and I didn't have a fur-bearer permit so I never considered shooting. Also, I think I could have taken them in hand-to-paw combat, but I'm glad I didn't get to find out.

They are so memorable to watch.

Skipped class at UNL years ago to hunt a drury day in October. Fall asleep tethered to the tree mid afternoon only to wake up to a Robert cat at the base of my tree staring at me. It wandered off stalking something other than me.

The next one I shoot will be the first and likely the last. I want one for my office and then the rest get a free pass.

 

[hothouse_corn]

They are so memorable to watch.

Skipped class at UNL years ago to hunt a drury day in October. Fall asleep tethered to the tree mid afternoon only to wake up to a Robert cat at the base of my tree staring at me. It wondered off stalking something other than me.

The next one I shoot will be the first and likely the last. I want one for my office and then the rest get a free pass.

They're awesome to watch because it's so rare to see them, at least as far as I know. And also because they're so silent, although the snow on the ground helped them with that.

For all I know, I've had hundreds pass right under my stands while I was too hungover from deer camp to pay enough attention.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

 

[Huskerbuck85]

That is the first cat I ever shot about 23 years ago.

 

[Huskerbuck85]