1. Let the gill swim around for almost 3 hours without a hit. Was it the bait? Or no bigger bass around? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ I had the rest of the poles carried back to truck but ...more left the bobber out while I was packing. I reached down to reel it in and leave, and this guy was on the other end. SHARKY RETURNS!!!!!! But is it really SHARKY????? Crazy stats: -5 years ago Dad catches it: 27" exactly 8lbs -1 year ago Mason catches it: 29" 9lbs 1oz - I catch it today: 28" 7lbs 10oz Soooo, can a catfish shrink? I mean, really, what are the odds there are TWO sharky cats in this pond???????? Slim to None!!!!!!πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

    7 lb. 10 oz. 28.0 in. Channel Catfish with a Live Bluegill

    1. Thanks ScottπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. Real nice cat Robert.
    3. I like that better than Sharky. Thanks CaptπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Jaws🦈
    5. Thanks Jeff, George & RickπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    6. Bryan..... well Chris knows that all too well! 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣
    7. Rick S 0
      All nice catches!
    8. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice kitty! You do know that we humans shrink with age? πŸ€―πŸ˜œπŸ€™πŸ»
    9. Nice πŸ‘
    10. Jeff Beers 0
      Nice catch! Crazy history behind it.
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  2. Second crappie only produced a small bass. Put out a bluegill while casting the plastic worm. This guy popped it on the first cast.

    2 lb. 9 oz. Largemouth Bass with a Blk/Gld Culprit plastic worm

    1. Lol, maybe for Chris, not me MorrisπŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†
    2. get the net🀣
    3. Thanks guysπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Bryan Harper 0
      Keep β€˜β€˜em coming brother!πŸ€™πŸ»
    5. Nice 😊
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  3. First hit, bobber down....... I think he's got a crappie in that belly. 20" 3lbs 13oz

    3 lb. 13 oz. 20.0 in. Largemouth Bass with a Live Crappie

    1. Thanks DavidπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. nice
    3. Thanks DaveπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Dave Jerry 0
      nice job Robert
    5. Shroom season is over here Bryan, back to fishingπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    6. Thanks GeorgeπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    7. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice Largie! Good to see you back at it Robert! πŸŽ£πŸ‘πŸ»
    8. Nice one ☝️
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  4. Just for Chris! Hard time catching anything small enough for bait. Postspawn, so there were very few biting. Took a while, but managed to get a few eventually. ...more Luckily I had a couple small crappies from another pond to start with.

    Bluegill with a Nightcrawler

    1. Thanks FrankπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. Slab!
    3. Thanks guysπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice Gill! πŸŽ£πŸ€™
    5. Nice πŸ‘
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  5. FINALLY!!!!!!! It Begins!

    Mushrooms with a Eagle Eye

    1. Thanks BπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. Lmao Capt 🀣🀣🀣🀣
    3. don't forget to do the math on my 9lbs 6oz caught on the tiny ice rod. i'm way beyond the puny 12 lbs on a regular rod club
    4. b ripoer 0
      Good eating
    5. Robert found the gingerbread house 15 minutes after he found the mushrooms πŸ„πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£
    6. Lol Bryan🀀🀀🀀🀀🀀
    7. Bryan Harper 0
      Mmmm! Rice pilaf with some shrimp tempura and steamed vegetablesπŸ˜‹
    8. Woohoo Congrats DaveπŸ‘ŠπŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
    9. Dave Jerry 0
      nice job Robert, got into some today myself
    10. Thank you Debbie. Next batch I am definitely having fish with them. πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    11. Ohhhh Chris..... talk to me when you're in the 12lb Club😏😁
    12. can't catch fish so goes flower picking instead.... sad
    13. Those are nice sized looking shrooms Robert! Have to fry some fish up with those tasty treats!
    14. First batch of the year..... I ate them all! 😁🀣🀣🀣
    15. Scott S 0
      Good eating Robert, I'm jealous. I used to find those on my parents property years ago.
    16. Nice πŸ‘
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  6. Had 2 runs with the live gill. First one dropped it, but not the second one. He had quite the battle scar from hitting something.

    7 lb. 9 oz. Channel Catfish with a Live Bluegill

    1. Thanks LanceπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. Lance Spencer 0
      Great catch!
    3. Thank you Stan! πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Stan Halulko 0
      Very nice!
    5. Thank you BrotherπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    6. Nice one brotherπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    7. Ray: turned it lose to battle another day. This pond has a healthy balance. Didn't want to disrupt that.
    8. Thanks Bryan πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    9. Are you going to eat that one?
    10. Are you going to eat that one?
    11. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice bruiser! Don’t you just feel bad when you either catch a battle scarred warrior like that or a fish that’s malnourished? 😜
      One the fattest pig Trout that ...more I’ve caught had a horrible mangled gill plate but that didn’t stop it from eating! Nice work RobertπŸ€™πŸŽ£πŸ»
    12. Lmao Morris! It's a dog eat.... 😏cat world out there! πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†
    13. Thanks Rick and ChadπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    14. Robert bites them when his net is too smallπŸ˜†
    15. Chad Jaco 0
      Nice catch Robert!!🎣
    16. Rick S 0
      Big kitty!
    17. Thanks GeorgeπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    18. Lol Tim! That's how he came out of the water.
    19. Nice one ☝️
    20. Tim Crowley 0
      Nice! Sure you didn’t use a baseball bat to help land him?
    21. There's bigger in there Capt.,... next time! πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    22. big Kitty
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  7. Headed to a farm pond this morning. Had a hard time catching gills small enough for bait. Finally found some on crawler, but these things were hitting a 3" ...more grub.

    Bluegill with a Berkley PowerBait 3 in. Ribbontail Grubs

    1. That they do ScottπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. A pail full of those makes an awesome fish fry.
    3. Thanks Josh & JohnπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. john stimson 0
      nice
    5. SLABS πŸ‘ŒπŸ»
    6. Thanks BryanπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    7. Bryan Harper 0
      Beautiful Gills!πŸŽ£πŸ»πŸ€™
    8. Thanks RickπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    9. Rick S 0
      Huge bluegill
    10. Thanks guysπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    11. David Thering 0
      nice
    12. Big one ☝️
    13. Tim Crowley 0
      Nice problem to have.
    14. bluegill filets
    15. bluegill filets
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  8. Just for you Morris! Found a rod and reel laying on the boat at the pond. Needless to say, they weren't hitting the topwater plugs today! 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

    Largemouth Bass with a Topwater

    1. nope!!!!!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
    2. Tim Crowley 0
      Always worthwhile throwing a topwater! We are truly addicted.
    3. George Horvath 0
      Drill a hole
    4. Bryan Harper 0
      πŸ€£πŸ€›πŸ₯Ά
    5. 🀣🀣 Nice farm Robert!
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  9. Nephew, myself, and his son went to a farm pond this morning and got into some nice Crappies, Bass and Gills. We each got a nice mess of fish to clean.

    13.0 in. Black Crappie with a waxworm

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks DaveπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    2. Dave Jerry 0
      Very nice Robert no ice here in Kentucky, going to get the boat ready, good fishing to all
    3. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks George & TimπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. Tim Crowley 0
      Farm ponds are heaven.
    5. George Horvath 0
      Big one ☝️
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks BrotherπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    7. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice Slabs! πŸŽ£πŸ€™πŸ»
    8. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks ScottπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    9. Nice work Robert.
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  10. Nephew and I got a couple JUMBOS. Mine came in at 14", and Mike's was 13.5". Pretty sure his weighed more, as you can tell by the gut on it. Quite ...more possibly the best ice fishing trip we've had. Now to get Morris up here to give this ice thing a try! 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

    14.0 in. Yellow Perch with a waxworm

    1. Nathan: Tiny spoon and a waxworm.
    2. what bait did you use
    3. Thanks Nathan πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    4. like the perch
    5. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks StanπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    6. Stan Halulko 0
      Some good eating, nice job,
    7. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks Tim & RobertπŸ‘ŠπŸ»πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    8. Robert Salmons 0
      Tasty!
    9. Tim Crowley 0
      Good ones!
    10. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks DaveπŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    11. Robert Coleman 0
      No sign of any of them Bryan. Well, I guess we all did catch at least one Walleye, but no size. πŸ‘ŠπŸ»
    12. Dave Jerry 0
      nice job Robert, love to catch jumbos
    13. Bryan Harper 0
      Nice sized perch! Where’s the Pike,Walleye,and Smallies! I’ve been wanting to hit those NE South Dakota lakes for years!!! πŸŽ£πŸ€™πŸ»
    14. Robert Coleman 0
      BAHAHAHA, oh I knew what you were referring to Scott! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
    15. Scott S 0
      Couple of studs.....the Perch that is....lol
    16. George Horvath 0
      Giants
    17. Robert Coleman 0
      Thanks George
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About

I live in Iowa City, IA. Love to fish for anything that swims! Have the Iowa River close by and lots of farm ponds. Travel north every year ...more for ice fishing trip and once during the summer. Can't wait to try deep sea fishing and notch that one off of my bucket list.


Fishing Favorites

  • Species Smallmouth, Largemouth, Walleyes
  • Waterway Wherever there is water!
  • Lure Crankbaits, plastics and live bait

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