Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-28T10:18:12ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167453691?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?groupUrl=pond-fishing-for-fun&user=16docngwqgcpn&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDon Schmotzer - Pond Meistertag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-05-28:2036984:Topic:6772882016-05-28T17:07:03.820ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
Don was killing 'em today!<br />
Massive lepomii (sunfish), nice salmoides (bass), and the biggest ictalurid (catfish) I've ever seen on the fly - actually, the FIRST I've seen on the fly!<br />
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And these are ponds he complains about...
Don was killing 'em today!<br />
Massive lepomii (sunfish), nice salmoides (bass), and the biggest ictalurid (catfish) I've ever seen on the fly - actually, the FIRST I've seen on the fly!<br />
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And these are ponds he complains about... A good way to find pondstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-10-18:2036984:Topic:4430682013-10-18T21:50:28.570ZDavid, aka, "McScruff"http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/david553
<p>I'll admit, I'm lazy. Why expend a lot of effort and gas trying to find ponds, when all you have to do is open up Google Earth, zoom in on your area, and start looking?</p>
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<p>I know that I've found a LOT of ponds in my area that I never even knew were there. Some are actually small lakes. Most of them are named "OKNoNameResevoirXXXXXXX", replace the X's with a serial number. These are all flood-control dams. </p>
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<p>Most of the creeks in my part of the state are…</p>
<p>I'll admit, I'm lazy. Why expend a lot of effort and gas trying to find ponds, when all you have to do is open up Google Earth, zoom in on your area, and start looking?</p>
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<p>I know that I've found a LOT of ponds in my area that I never even knew were there. Some are actually small lakes. Most of them are named "OKNoNameResevoirXXXXXXX", replace the X's with a serial number. These are all flood-control dams. </p>
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<p>Most of the creeks in my part of the state are low-gradient streams. They've carved a deep ravine in the alluvial soil deposits, making for a steep bank leading from the flood plain down to the bank. Many times, the level of the water is 20 feet lower than the surrounding floodplain. When we get a good hard rain event, many of these streams will rise 20' or more. Trust me, I've seen it! Thus, the reason for all the flood-control dams and small lakes.</p>
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<p>One thing to remember, is that unless a pond you find is located in a park or wildlife management area of some kind, then that pond is private. You'll have to get permission from the land-owner to access and fish the pond.</p>
<p>Finding a pond easy. But, once you really learn how to interpret ariel/satellite images, you can spot a lot of things. My home lakes was made on a local creek. You hardly ever see "current" in this creek, as there is a low-head dam a couple miles downstream of the lake's big dam. Basically, it's a river-run impoundment, a long, narrow lake that never gets out of the banks of the original creek. It does get kind of deep, though. Down by the low-head dam, it gets close to 20' deep. I was looking at this creek on Google Earth several years ago. Once I zoomed in, I realized this little creek does get some pressure, as I spotted a canoe, a kayak, and I think, a 2-man bass boat. There's no "launch ramp", but there is a spot with a dirt "slide" where a small boat can be launched. Something told me to start looking at a side creek that dumps into this one, and wouldn't you know it, but I found another low-head dam! I've tried to get to this second dam, but that little creek narrows down A LOT, and the last time I got close, there was a massive log-jam the completely blocked upstream passage.</p>