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 CatchIng your own live bait
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10/01/11 10:52 PM
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Gildner7
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What methods do you use to catch live bait?
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: tgravley aka lewisvillecatfish]
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10/02/11 02:40 AM
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Caribou
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Buy a cast net, learn to throw it. I think bait traps and those type of things are a waste of time. I went this afternoon, caught 30 shad and perch in about 3 minutes today, and that was a slow day.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Caribou]
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10/02/11 03:08 AM
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Curly Dawg
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I caught over twenty nice crappie in four cast of my net today. Too bad I had to throw em back. Four were over 15".
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Curly Dawg]
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10/02/11 03:31 AM
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Caribou
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I caught over twenty nice crappie in four cast of my net today. Too bad I had to throw em back. Four were over 15". yep, sometimes its hard to do the right thing. the other day i netted an 18" Large mouth. took a second to convince myself it wasnt right to keep him. i like to follow the laws. i dont like paying fines. if we lived in oklahoma (thank God we dont), i hear crappie makes great catfish bait.
Last edited by Caribou; 10/02/11 03:31 AM.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Caribou]
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10/02/11 04:14 PM
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Gildner7
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Thanks, I'll try a cast net.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Gildner7]
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10/02/11 05:14 PM
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ScottEvil
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keep in mind it is illegal to use a cast net in community lakes(ponds).
Bowfishing sucks
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: ScottEvil]
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10/03/11 03:00 AM
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Caribou
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Great point Scott. Only for use in lakes and rivers.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Caribou]
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10/03/11 03:57 AM
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intexas2
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To be honest....it always depends on where you're castnetting... here in San Antonio? still kinda stinks, and I'm being nice....it's being overfished and netted..................
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Caribou]
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10/03/11 02:17 PM
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SoonerDG
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I caught over twenty nice crappie in four cast of my net today. Too bad I had to throw em back. Four were over 15". yep, sometimes its hard to do the right thing. the other day i netted an 18" Large mouth. took a second to convince myself it wasnt right to keep him. i like to follow the laws. i dont like paying fines. if we lived in oklahoma (thank God we dont), i hear crappie makes great catfish bait. You still couldn't use the crappie you catch in a castnet. In OK it's legal to use cappie for bait but only if they're caught legally. They have to be taken by legal method and must be of legal size to keep. Who in their right mind would use a keeper crappie for bait???
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"Life is a matter of luck and the odds of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution." - Erich Topp, German U-boat Commander, 1943.
When in doubt, set the hook.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: SoonerDG]
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10/03/11 02:42 PM
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James Tucker
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If it was legal to do so, a 10" crappie would be just about perfect bait for flatheads. I wish bluegill got that big so that you could keep smaller fish off of them.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: SoonerDG]
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10/03/11 09:28 PM
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Caribou
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I caught over twenty nice crappie in four cast of my net today. Too bad I had to throw em back. Four were over 15". yep, sometimes its hard to do the right thing. the other day i netted an 18" Large mouth. took a second to convince myself it wasnt right to keep him. i like to follow the laws. i dont like paying fines. if we lived in oklahoma (thank God we dont), i hear crappie makes great catfish bait. You still couldn't use the crappie you catch in a castnet. In OK it's legal to use cappie for bait but only if they're caught legally. They have to be taken by legal method and must be of legal size to keep. Who in their right mind would use a keeper crappie for bait??? didnt realize they still had to be taken by rod and reel.
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Caribou]
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10/04/11 02:37 AM
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Gildner7
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Scott Evil, What do you mean by community lakes?
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Gildner7]
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10/04/11 02:55 AM
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ScottEvil
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Bowfishing sucks
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Re: CatchIng your own live bait
[Re: Gildner7]
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10/04/11 03:51 AM
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Caribou
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Scott Evil, What do you mean by community lakes? mostly places like city park ponds
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