Recent content by SwampCat

I remember when there were no compound bows. Literally, within ten years of their development, at least 90% of bowhunters were using a compound and it seemed the number of bowhunters had doubled. I have not seen an increase in the number of fishermen since the advent of ffs like the increase I...

Do some of the big tournaments nOw have a division for with and without omni?

It better give some advantage for $250k, installed

While we are on the subject - I have the type with no manual collar on the rear SVC joints. Push in and they automatically lock. But getting them out can be a royal pain in the rear. You supposedly push in and pull. There has been once or twice i thought I was going to have to call the mechanic...

Yes, 100 percent. This is the time of the year when most of us non ffs sonar experts always looked forward to - the spring spawn. The time of the year when it takes the least amount of crappie fishing know how to catch crappie. There are folks around here sitting around the bank and catching...

My common ragweed is well utilized by deer. The dont mess with giant ragweed. Some of the stems are at least 1.5” in diameter and 12 ft tall

It is always interesting to see plant preference by us habitat folks. I cant imagine anyone wanting to plant giant ragweed. This is an annual food plot planted with wheat in Oct. This is what it looks like every Aug when I bush hog it. Some of that ragweed is 12 ft tall. I see very little usage...

Yes - the tree looks really healthy, puts on good growth - the timing has just not been favorable

My two figs got hammered as usual. They will re-leaf and have one fruit crop instead of two. My Eliza’s Choice crab apple got hit pretty hard. I have a grand daughter named Eliza is why I bought the the tree in the first place. It either gets hit by a late freeze or the fruits turn yellow...

Yes - in general, larger fish provide more egg production than smaller fish. In my area, I would say we catch 100 crappie under two pounds for every 2 pound plus fish. I promise, those 100 fish under two pounds are producing more fry than the one over two pounds. We probably catch 20 fish for...

I guess using ffs is somewhat like a thermal - you dont have any idea what it is like until you use it. But I would say there is MUCH more of a learning curve with ffs than a thermal. I use ffs a fair bit - maybe 30 times a year. I cant tell what kind of fish I am looking at. You have to...

Obviously, we cant release a deer after we shoot it like we can fish. Because of this, fisheries managers have the ability of utilizing length limits - among other things. If you had to keep the first ten fish you caught, length limits would not work. A fish has a much better chance for survival...

Saturday we were camped on the lake bank. A boat with two fishermen in two side by side front deck chairs in a single boat fished down about 30 feet out from the bank where we were camped. One of the fishermen was instructing the other. The water was about 18 ft deep where they were fishing. We...

I have see omni directional sonar detect billfish 1000 yards away. I doubt it will have much effect on over exploitation of the resource due to the fact almost all billfish - with the exception of spearfish - are typically released. If you have caught many billfish, you will sooner or later...

“Effective July 24, 2024, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) reduced daily crappie limits on four major North Mississippi flood control reservoirs—Grenada, Enid, Sardis, and Arkabutla—to 10 fish per angler (down from 15) to combat the increased harvest...