new buddy Jim Ware’s awesome blog. this is the dude that hooked me up with the big rig. he also hipped me to several cool spots we didn’t know about. we ought to hook up with him one weekend, i’ve got a feeling we could learn a lot. check it out.
Santa Fe River, fla
new friend, blogger and jackson fishing team member Jim Ware glowingly suggested this as one of his all-time favorite experiences. this dude has fished and paddled and camped alllll over the place.
bonus: the chance to catch the rare and elusive Suwanee Bass.
Stocking crawdads (should i?)
help run down some info on this and what possible downsides there are, besides of course well-fed fish are harder to catch. this seems like a possibly good option, and right now is the time to do it this year.
thread on where to get them
Pond Boss Magazine
Sexing bass and bluegill
visually sexing bass- long story short, anal pore is unreliable
http://www.wmi.org/multi_boards/doc.asp?message_number=2836&ini=d:%5Casp_ini%5Cmb_5.ini
practical field methods of sexing largemouth bass- i don’t like the method, but it’s a pretty scientific paper. maybe you can make heads or tails of a real way that doesn’t involve bassrape.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233290784_Practical_Field_Methods_of_Sexing_Largemouth_Bass
pond boss magazine sexing thread- real good info with pics on sexing bluegill and another link to thread on both bg and lmb
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=258505
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