Fireants had set up shop in the stryofoam inside the bench seats of my old jonboat. I didn't realize it until I was out on the water and they all came out at once. Why they didn't come out on the trailer ride to the lake I will never know. They needed some water leaking up through the rivets to...
Your lake sounds a lot like my lake. My method in this situation is a fathead minnow (no shiners allowed) on a #6 eagle claw aberdeen thinwire hook with a split shot a couple feet above. Hook minnow through nose. Drop straight down or cast to where you marked them and let it sink. When that...
I like the shorter rods due to the hiking and sometimes bushwacking nature of getting into a trout hole, but above poster is right about having a longer rod can have its advantages once you are down in the hole. That said, I keep mine in the 5' to 5'6" range. Also don't be afraid to use...
I'll give them leftover bait but my fish are mine. sorry not sorry. It begs the question, if you didn't want the fish to begin with, why'd you keep them to begin with?
The info they provide online isn't cumulative, it only shows what they stocked the last week. If they didn't stock that particular stretch in the last 7 days, it won't be on the report. But that doesn't mean it wasn't stocked 2 and/or 3 weeks before. The best way to maintain an ongoing record of...