We have 3 lakes on our ranch, all stocked back in the 50's, now my uncle and I are the only ones to fish them. I never caught a crappie until last month and I have caught over 150 since then. Last time we went out, I caught 67 fish in 9 hours of fishing time total......47 bass and the rest crappie.....only on crappie rigs Nothing giant but we caught some numbers!













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Oh and I shot about a 90 lb beaver as well...

Nice back yard.

Nice mess of fish . damn those gills you got there are pretty big and fat . Where is this ranch located at ?

Looks like enough food for fishes.

Thx, Here is the beaver Shot off the backporch

Yea, those bluegill are over 1 lbs usually. They fight harder than the small bass....lol This is outside of Canton, in Colfax.

Some more....note my redneck uncle in the backdrop of the first two....LOL

Ye i can tell by just looking at those pictures . I love catching big gills on light tackle they are suckers when it comes to fight .

Lucky ya'll to have such a nice ranch with good fish.

Thanks man. Basically where the Neches river starts is on our property, we have natural springs and haven't been hit by the drought at all. Here are a few more from other trips.

Damn those Warmmouths are friggin big guns ! Redbreast , Bluegills , Warmmouth , bass, crappie damn lotsa fishes out there . Blessed with all kind.

We have a ton of cats as well, no one fishes them because we are to lazy to clean them

Got a neat little video from my gopro also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KeIiSbkqR4

Nice Variety of fish. Good catch.

looks fun right there, at that rate you might want to watch the fish population though

If you notice we are pulling out a ton of small ones. We are way over populated since no one fishes anymore. 3-5 lbs and up we throw back. Just been trying to knock out some of the little guys so we can get the giants 12+lbs that we used to have out there.

let me know if I can be of help in any way.

Someones also into golf I notice.Expensive sport.

Nice bunch of fish

Lol, will do

My uncle was a golf coach for the last 20 something years. We have a bent grass putting green out there.

Thanks.

I was not knocking it just jealous of what you have, good luck on the giants post pics of them when you catch them.Also keep me in mind if you ever need a hand at catching them lol...

I didn't take it that way I'll try and get a picture up later of one of the big ones I caught a few years back. My uncle swears he has caught a 15 lb bass in the lake but I am still calling BS as he doesn't have a picture of it.

wait if we're making reservations, count me in. haha just kidding seriously though that is an awesome fishery you got there

Thx man, we love it. Its been in our family since the 40's, we are definitely spoiled out there.

Nothing like a little pond cleansing.

Yep! These are a tad bit bigger than ponds....like 10-12 surface acres each.


Here is a pic from a few years back. One of the bigger ones I've caught out there

Just got back from the ranch a few mins ago. Fish were a little slower this weekend, caught 25, about half bass, half crappie. Also a giant brim.

yep, that is awesome right there. If you need someone to show you how to catch and clean a catfish quick I can help you with that too. LOL. Takes about 30 seconds a fish. About as long as it took you to catch the next one and then the next and the one after that. LOL.

I really want to run a trot line out there and see what shows up. No one fishes for catfish so I bet there are some big ones.

That place is Heaven on Earth! Start throwing you a few handfuls of dog food in the same spot everytime you go out, in a few days you will be able to see how big the cats are when the come to see you at feeding time.

Good stuff Rex,

Love that monster BG!

Thanks

Hell, I was going to go bigger than that. At a friends ranch they have a deer feeder mounted on the dock that throws dog food twice a day. 30-40 cats swarm the area when that thing goes off. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

lol I believe in catching and releasing bass.

I throw back the ones that are too small to clean

man im out of here, im going fishing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went out yesterday for an hour in 40 degree pouring rain. Caught 11 crappie and 3 bass. As soon as the rain stopped the fish quit biting!!! Again this morning for an hour and caught 6 bass from the bank.

cool pics, nice place you have there, lots of good eating as well

Very nice!

Thanks guys.

Heading out today for the first real fishing trip of the year.....I'm pumped, I haven't fished the crappie condos I sank earlier in the year and late last year so I'm excited to see how they work. I'll report back on Sunday with good news hopefully.

So do you stock this pond or does this feed from the river? Nice catches if you are not stocking it!

It was stocked back in the 50's, It has sustained itself since then with no additional stocking.

We did pretty good, got on some big crappie during the middle of a thunderstorm....Also stepped on a copperhead and the had a second one waiting at the doorstep for me 5 minutes later. Rex 2 copperheads 0