Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Those snakes know you are a recent college grad!!

Bass Hunter wrote:

It would be nice if we can have those snakes in Alder and Beech to scare off some of those poachers

Great idea!

Did you have a nice walk?

Pacemaker wrote:

Bass Hunter wrote:

It would be nice if we can have those snakes in Alder and Beech to scare off some of those poachers

Great idea!

Did you have a nice walk?

Ernie, my wife and I had a great walk. We love walking all three lakes on nice days. Saw those beautiful Koi near your cove the other day. That white one must be at least 30 pounds.

How was the Beaver Dam outing?

i was walking the waters edge today, focused on fishing, when I almost stepped on a black snake.

my heart skipped three beats!

I gave it a wide berth. even though I know they are harmless.

My favorite used to be wading the river, when a snake would swim up to 5' away, then dive.

Makes me want to squeal like a schoolgirl!

Seen snakes in and around Heron pond quite often. Im with big Jeff in wanting to squeel like a school girl when I see them anywhere near me

Osprey, I was wading in a river one time and a similar thing happened. I was wading underneath some overhanging tree branches and I guess I spooked a snake because one dropped down into the water and swam away quicker than I could even see what it was. It scared me senseless because all I heard was a large splash behind me and I didn't even see what it was. I didn't realize it was a snake until a second one dropped down in front of me a few steps later!

holy cow Curly! that crocodile is HUGE!

Curly wrote:

Dominion Dan wrote:

holy cow Curly! that crocodile is HUGE!

You don't want to know what was inside him.............when they opened him up.

HECK YES I DO!

Osprey wrote:

Short snake story. Everyone knows carp like mulberries. Schoolhouse pond in Upper Marlboro had a large mulberry tree overhanging a pier cutting across the lake between the county office bldg and a townhome development. During mulberry season when ripe berries would drop in the pond, big numbers of large carp would hang out under the tree for a quick snack. Of course those brutes are fun on light tackle, so my son and I would be there in the evening baiting up with the berries.

Now on to the snake(s). One evening I heard a loud splash behind me and turned to see a large snake in the center of the rings. Curious, I thought, but went about my fishing. Several minutes later there was a thud about 10 feet away on the wood pier. It startled me, and I turned in time to see a second snake slide into the water.

What's that old saying? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me? I took this opportunity to slide out from under the mulberry tree to look up and count at least 10 more snakes wrapping around or hanging from limbs up that tree. Don't know if it was the berries or hoping to grab a bird that coaxed them up there, but for my son and I it was a great time to switch to bass fishing.

This was the summer before the big ice winter when trees were down all over. For some reason that mulberry tree must have been a threat, because it was cut down while all the other trees around were spared. I was spared the urge to squeal like a schoolgirl, but something tells me that some of the walking commuters might not have been so lucky.

On a side note, did you know that carp like potato bread, and you can use it to chum them close enough to drop a hook wrapped in a bread ball right in front of their nose.
Sorry the short story dragged on so long.

Osprey, I am a Carp fanatic. I take my daughter fishing all the time and when I hook unto one, I let her land the fish. I know how to catch the common and king carp but I have never learned how to bait these grass carp. They won't bite anything I throw at them. Very frustrating.

Do you know how to catch these monsters? There are a couple of dinosaurs in Cedar i'd love to tangle with..

I have tried corn, dough, marshmallows etc. but these grass carp won't hit anything. Ernie has seen me out there with all that stuff chumming too. I tried fly fishing them too. No luck.

I think grass carp only eats weeds and when summer arrives, they have more than enough to eat with all the duckweed that overtake the lakes. I saw a huge one sunning on the surface in Ernie's cove the other day. It looked like a whale.

I bet hooking on to that sucker would wake up the whole neighborhood!

Oatmeal is what a lot of people in the UK use for catching grass carp. Talking to some Korean friends around here who go carp fishing because they like to eat them (yuck) they swear by oatmeal and cherry tomatoes

Might be worth giving it a shot if you have tried everything else and want to try and catch them

Last edited by skvan (May-20-09 6:53AM)