not where i live, you can catch three at a time on one cast

Fish get more practice than the anglers there

if you spraypaint a leaf yellow they will hammer that shit all day

Guess I got the Phd bluegills

Yeah, they like yellow bait, but they still eat it off the hook

those are by far the dumbest fish i have ever went after

They know what hooks look like

tasty though

The little pond they're in is next to a paved road and is inside a high traffic park

So people try to catch one on the way back from the zoo or a ball game

oh so they know

Oh yeah, they know what's up

People give up pretty easy as well.

yeah where people are not around they are hella dumb

they focus on out breeding rather then being picky

Wonder if they can pass that knowledge on to their spawn

those types of places are always diaper zones around here. people just trash fishing spots that are close to the city

Cause they've been like that for years in that little pond

@Deleted User Oh yeah, but the bluegills eat everything the geese won't

People will feed the geese and crumbs will get eaten by the bluegills

take a orange beed place it between 2 pieces of worm and i bet you ten bucks your will out fish 10 people at that spot

Bluegills win, everyone steps in goose shit

I have to use a net for them, honestly

Faster than waiting 20 minutes each

And it's catch and release there anyways

they think it's a night crawler came up from below they hit it almost as soon as it hits the water

i'll have to try that sometime

huh

Well, beats getting wet trying to net them

I'll give that a shot later this year

I'm getting sick of the Snappers going after my feet when I try to net a fish

I usually try for catfish around here though, throw out a couple lines and relax for a while.

They're getting aggressive lately

Yeah, catfish are good sports

sooo glad we dont have many snapping turtles out here

those things scare the shit outa me

I'll send you one if you want to pay the air fare

Like a foot wide big enough?

i've gotten a few while catfishing

Aw, don't hook em if you can avoid it

I always feel bad

they just find it in the water

i dont really want them

I try not to fish near them

Or I switch to the net

But most of them are too big and old to get "caught" either way

Liable to pull you in if you hooked one

i caught a catfish when I was a kid and before i hauled it up my brother warned me it has a defensive mechanism, and i fell for it thing cries just like a baby

lol

I had one stick me with the fin once

Never again

i fish in a pretty big river, so it doesnt happen that often, but if i leave bait in the water when catfishing, they will find it sometimes and get hooked

they dont sting up here

Lucky

Gotta grab them by the tail near me

well the kind in ontairo

They don't try to hurt you, but they can

the ones in manitoba that get to like 40+ pounds do

@Deleted User You must not have big enough ones to worry about hooking them

you guys fish?

Count yourself lucky the elder ones have not found you

Not that much anymore

the small ones can get you, but the bigger ones arent as bad because their barbs or whatever usually become dull

Did not know that

serriously i will fight a badger with bare hands before i get near a snapping turtle

i saw a massive one in Minnesota once, just chilling on a rock. It looked like a freaking dinosaur

Because it is

^

They're smarter than you think

ever seen a badger fight a backhoe?

i have

Most of the ones in the park I visit know not to go after hooks

lol

I've seen one drag a duck under once. Granted, it wasn't a very big duck, but still

I've luckily never been in contact with a badger

The ducks avoid certain ponds for that reason

badgers are suuuuper dumb

More balls than brains?

you give them anything to fight and they will ignore you, even a turtle knows you are holding the stick

lol

they have 2 modes sleeping and imma go bite that

arent they the ones that can survive venomous snake bites, and just sleep it off?

no

live now btw guys https://youtu.be/T3e1hnRiiuk

thats an african badger totaly better beast

gotcha

I had to kill one once that was digging up our fence line, just held a stick in its face, well it "fought" the stick got it with my right hand. they are really dumb they traded smarts for viscousness.

Seems to work for them

Even bears won't touch them

if you dont have a distraction im told they go for your nuts then your throat

what do you mean by you got it with your right hand? youre not claiming to have punch a badger to death are you?

no grabbed it, explaining it's death might ge tme put in jail so why i was vauge not sure if it's considered crule to kill em the way i did.

ill check first

They're hard to hurt, all that baggy skin

shitealaska

I've had enough of the race thing for a lifetime, I cant watch that sort of thing anymore

ok cool drown the thing

i figured it was something like that

did you put it in a bag?

i had a chainmalle glove on grabbed it by it's neck put it in the cage we had preped and drowned it