Howdy!

[Jackrabbit]

Howdy!
My name is Michael. I live in Wichita Falls, Tx. I was watching Capt. Cefus on myoutdoortv. It was the 'Backyard Fishing' episode. I went to the Nuts & Bolts website. That's how I ended up here.
Jackrabbit is my CB handle. I drive a truck. I also fish. 

Speaking of 'Backyard Fishing', I love fishing in small lakes. The small lakes around here are shallow, stained, and sometimes not many bites. The thing I noticed about fishing in small lakes, it really helps you gain patience, and practice. Like musicians, I believe anglers need practice, also. We have some nice big lakes, but it's kinda hard to find a good spot on foot. I hope to get a boat, soon.

Anyhow.. I plan on hanging out here. This forum seems like a fun place to hang out!

Here is a flathead I caught last year, from one of the small lakes (Gordon Lake) in our area. Funny thing, is that I wasn't catfishing. I caught him on a crankbait. Bomber Model A Shad plug. There are Saugeye stocked at Gordon Lake, and I was just seeing if I could get any Saugeye on that Bomber. I felt him hit that plug, and I thought I was hung up. Didn't take long to find out I wasn't. I was wore out, but it was fun. I have to admit, I was about half scared, not knowing what in the world I had. That's the biggest thing I've ever caught.

[Capt Cefus]

SWEET !!!!

Nice cat there JackRabbit !    Sometimes when you see something big and ominous coming up to the boat in stained water, it makes you want to take a step back.    I think I've caught everything from big sticks and logs to old tires.   If it doesn't look like a fish --- just a big 'object', then I tend to get a little apprehensive as well.   

Glad you're here, and glad you saw the show on MOTV as well.   We'll be adding more to their site.  Plus you can watch a lot of good stuff on our Live Internet Channel as well, right from the N&B website.

There's a lot of good information here from some really talented folks.   Great to have a Texan here on the board too.   Keep us posted on what's bitiing over in your neck of the woods.

Tight lines,
Capt. Cefus

[coachb]

Welcome and hop on in. lol
Glad you are with us.
Give us the lowdown on fishing your area. For those who are not famailiar with the sockeye, give us details.

[Jackrabbit]

Give us the lowdown on fishing your area. For those who are not famailiar with the sockeye, give us details.

Thanks.
Well, if I hadn't ever contacted the Texas Parks & Wildlife guys, I wouldn't have a clue what a Saugeye is, either.  I caught one for the first time, last summer.
It's a cross between a Walleye, and a Sauger. (I'm not sure what a Sauger is) Saugeye are slinder, and long. I think, the legal minimum is 18", and the daily bag is 3. They have teeth. So, if yall catch one, don't lip it like a bass. The first time I caught one, I thought it was a bass. I saw those teeth, and I thought, "what in the world???" I grabbed it like a cat, behind the gills, and pulled it out. I thought I caught some kind of deep sea rare species. hahahaha. Saugeye eat pretty much what bass eat. Small panfish, etc. Allthough, Saugeye often prey on Crappie. The guys from the Parks & Wildlife told me that they stock Saugeye in some of the small lakes to help control the Crappie.
I found a picture..

[Jackrabbit]

Thanks, Cefus.

Ya know, just a couple weeks ago, I caught a plastic cup. It was one of those super gulps, or whatever they are called. The big cups from 7-11. I felt what I thought was a strike, and the fight was on, only for a few seconds. Then, I realized I had something other than a fish. I thought it might have been a turtle. Right before I pulled it out, I made sure no one saw it. I'm sure it had been there for a while. You could hardly read the writing, and it was about half full of mud.

[Capt Cefus]

Yum.     

As far as 'eating' goes, I'll take Sauger, Saugeye, Walleye over bass just about anytime.  Now if you put a mess of shellcrackers or crappie on the table in front of me, I'll pass over everything else and go straight to them.   

[Jackrabbit]

I like Catfish. So do most restaurants, but you can't beat Crappie.
I've never eaten Saugeye myself. I hope I can get some.

[coachb]

Eat one saugeye and you will swear off bass. I had some in Minn on a trip there an it was great.
Thanks for the pic and info.
Maybe Lake Weiss in Alabama will stock a few to eat the crappie there..... Naaaaa

[Ron Barwick]

Yellow Perch, through the ice, nothing better.
RB