TheDrunkenTigah

We ran noodles on gravel pit lakes for years, a slip sinker above the hook runs fine. If there’s current they’re going to drift, nothing you can do about that, but a weight helps a ton when retrieving them with a hook such that you don’t always have to reach out of the boat. I never noticed much difference in catches based on where we set them, you’re casting a wide net and they go where they go.

I prefer a limb line with a live bluegill or green sunfish, in an eddy off the main channel, if you really want to target ops. We would occasionally catch a couple on noodles with live bait but far more would end up in the thickest lay down the bait could drag the noodle into.

I’d be willing to bet that “typical” small bream you described is a green sunfish, especially since it has flooded before. They are very aggressive feeders and likely chopping the food chain off at the knees. Would be a good idea to get someone in to look at it and say for sure.

Anyone can apply for tags on public land currently. I drew three a few years back on Salvador. If you draw you pay $25 for a “commercial fishing” license which includes the tags and a form you fill out and return saying if you sold the tagged gators or held them out.

Fisherman: had a great day fishing grass points in biloxi marsh, they hit a chartreuse doa under a cork

Deer hunters: had a good year in the eastern part of the state

Turkey hunters: heard there was a bird over :bird: way

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they're very excellent rifles even if you ignore the price point

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I threw shade on them when they first became popular because I didn’t really know any better, but they’re the best no frills hunting tool on the market. You can buy one knowing it’s gonna shoot about an inch and a half with any ammo you put in it, and will cycle no matter what. Making one with wire EDM and nitride is like putting autozone hood scoops and chrome hub caps on a 2001 tacoma.

Nope, tikka spec “long-ish” action, same COAL issues as always.

You’re not wrong about the bolt but based on the action pricing it may cost the same as a factory gun. I also don’t really see what a precision tikka brings to the table.

They announced this awhile back but have a video up now showing the actual product and features.

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Price will be $1200 and be available this summer. Integrated pic rail, and supposed to be an option that’s heavier that includes a dust cover. All actions are wire EDM and they’ll offer more obscure bolt face options.

Not my cup of tea at almost double the cost of a T3x but maybe it will prompt tikka to sell bare actions one day if these hit.

Last night I reread the tenth legion with exactly one too many bourbons, and managed to make it into the woods with about 10 mins to spare before first light. I never plan to give up deer hunting, I’ve even associated with known dog runners, but if I ever have to pick it it’ll be easy. Nothing on this earth compares to listening to the woods wake up on a clear calm spring morning and hearing a gobbler fire off.

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Would it be good to get an automatic feeder for my pond as well?

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Eventually yes, you want to feed the forage base, but you can end up with other issues (vegatation, algae die-offs leading to no oxygen, etc) if you jump right in to feeding before getting the population balanced out. Any pond in the south left to its own devices is going to be full of 8-9” bass, with a handful of larger bass, and mostly large bream because the small bass eat most of the bream spawn but can’t eat one over 2-3” long. You need to add cover around banks like laydowns to allow bream (and minnows) to get past the fry stage and aggressively remove bass small bass.

All this assumes your goal is to catch larger bass. If you just want a good bream pond, the steps would be different. You do prettymuch have to pick one, unfortunately.

The irony of an AI generated video longing for and sugarcoating the 90s is what hits.