Road prong 6-8-08

[elkhaircaddis]

Fished road prong yesterday and caught lots of nice ones. A couple rainbows, but mostly brookies. Missed about a thousand, i think i was using too long of a leader. Those little things are so fast they stay about 2 steps ahead of me.

[nvr2L8]

EHC,

In fishing RP, I found that even when I hooked the specs, many reacted so ferociously (for such a little fish) that they shook off before I could get them up. These guys do not like getting hooked and they'll fight you all the way. I pulled in about half of what I actually got a hook into.

[castaway]

Redworm, maybe you should try a texas rigged pumpkin worm. I bet you'll miss a lot less..

[mayday]

And I thought you were a UT Fisheries Biologist and a "guide"... I bet you had corn, dough balls and night crawlers in your socks Rusty

[elkhaircaddis]

Guides know all the good tricks

[mayday]

Now what? Can we stock at anytime?

[elkhaircaddis]

You could go ahead and stock it now, but fall or early spring is recommended. Also, Catfish are normally stocked at 150 fish per surface acre, or ~300 if you feed them. They wont reproduce in ponds unless you put special spawning structures in there, like hollow logs or wooden boxes. Check out this link http://www.state.tn.us/twra/fish/pond/pondmang.html