Killed Um Believe it or not, its true!!!!

doorman · Nov-03-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Yellowtail Dan

The only mistake the guy made was posting about it. Everyone of us has done something like this whether it's on a golf course or private pond. Some guys just can't keep a good thing to themselves.

amen. DONT ASK, DONT TELL. Do your thing have fun and keep it private.

calicokiller15 · Nov-03-2009, 09:04 AM

I would do the exact same thing.
except i would be there every day

the hook · Nov-03-2009, 09:18 AM

1st rule of poaching club is.... you don't talk about poaching club.

FknChristopH · Nov-03-2009, 09:34 AM

swimbaiter · Nov-03-2009, 12:16 PM

The point of the story is just hype the thought fishing like this still exist. Everything is released, and who knows I may never fish it again as long as I live. I might take my son there when he is old enough but thats it. There is no poaching going on gentlemen. I am a very ethical outdoorsmen and even participate in DFG Surveys and always follow the rules. And everyone that commented that it would ruin it if it were public are absolutely correct. I just wanted to share the story for all hard anglers that have had or have dreamed of some crazy wide open bite with huge fish. I kept this story to myself for two years, and when it happened again, I couldnt hold it. I love fishing and hunting deeply and I am conservationist beyond your normal outdoorsmen. Please dont look at this as a bad thing. Its just a story. We all have them. But rarely do we live them. And since I did I wanted to share it. Now go out, get bit, shoot bucks, and pass it on to our younger generation.

WAR · Nov-03-2009, 12:30 PM

Keep it too yourself.

PearlSwimbaits · Nov-03-2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by swimbaiter

The point of the story is just hype the thought fishing like this still exist. Everything is released, and who knows I may never fish it again as long as I live. I might take my son there when he is old enough but thats it. There is no poaching going on gentlemen. I am a very ethical outdoorsmen and even participate in DFG Surveys and always follow the rules. And everyone that commented that it would ruin it if it were public are absolutely correct. I just wanted to share the story for all hard anglers that have had or have dreamed of some crazy wide open bite with huge fish. I kept this story to myself for two years, and when it happened again, I couldnt hold it. I love fishing and hunting deeply and I am conservationist beyond your normal outdoorsmen. Please dont look at this as a bad thing. Its just a story. We all have them. But rarely do we live them. And since I did I wanted to share it. Now go out, get bit, shoot bucks, and pass it on to our younger generation.

Do your thing dood......dont sweat the small stuff thanks for sharing I will be lookin for that spot amongst all my other ninja spots...........unless it is Matthews then well you can have it too much work for me

OILAGER · Nov-03-2009, 01:42 PM

We used to fish Lake Matthews 30+ years ago, back when the nearest house was three miles away, sometimes we would get dropped off and tie a rag on the fence so our pick-up person would know where to wait for us, sometimes we would drive down one of the few dirt roads across from it and hide the ride behind a berm etc..
The lake was aggressively patrolled back then and if you saw any kind of light shining you knew it was time to move on. Then when Prop. 13 passed in 1979 they cut back on the patrols so it got easier to get away with it.

We would use fist-sized chunks of mackeral threaded with a large hook and 20-25lb test, leave the reel in free-spool and watch the line slowly get pulled here and there by the "little" fish until the line would take off without mercy, this is when you set the hook on the 20-40lb blue catfish that had managed to get the chunk into his mouth. For the bass we would toss poppers/Zara Spooks at the 5lb mini's that were in abundance.

The only time I was ever worried about getting caught by something/someone was when we had about 10lbs of mackeral on a warm night that a pack of 8-10 coyotes caught wind of and was heading right toward us. I was nervous enough to tie my Kabar to the end of my fishing net in case of a stand-off but my friend, who had done this hundreds of times more than I did, grabbed a pack of Black Cat firecrackers from his tackle box, lit and tossed them at the 'yotes, as they ran off about 50 yds. we grabbed our gear/fish and left the cannoli's...er...mackeral for the dogs.

tighthead_lock · Nov-03-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ngc

It is guys like you,that have ruined ca freshwater fishing

I think im missing something, how are they ruining it?

T BICKLE · Nov-03-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by the hook

1st rule of poaching club is.... you don't talk about poaching club.

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ngc · Nov-03-2009, 03:52 PM

It"s illegal,follow the rules of the land,its plain and simple.There"s always someone trying to get something for nothing.I've had many WFO days at sea or land (the legal way),ignorance or stupidity is not acceptable!!!!

Tues · Nov-03-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ngc

It"s illegal,follow the rules of the land,its plain and simple.There"s always someone trying to get something for nothing.I've had many WFO days at sea or land (the legal way),ignorance or stupidity is not acceptable!!!!

Penmanship and good grammar should be illegal too.

I suck at it too....