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Great hunt, I left all 3 of these guys alive in 2019, each in a separate mountain range.

I would never say none but I fish there aggressively and I bet your theory is not a bunch nor even a worthwhile population. The lures and flies that have caught 100 smallmouth at Willow Springs in past few years have been used equally there and no bass have taken one. I could see it change in the next decade if things trend as they are. I probably just cost you a lot of effort to prove me wrong, and I wish you sincere good luck. I would love more and better smallmouth and walleye fisheries in our state.

For a DIY idea, I made one out of a used golf caddy that folded up nice, just have to find right deal.

I currently have a couple animals with one of them mentioned above. I felt like I was an inconvenience giving them the business and at a premium price. Customer service was less than desirable from several in the shop. I didn't even get a response when I texted additional confirmation info about how I wanted my mounts done. I'm hopeful and mostly confident that poor CS is the worst of it and I'm not expecting the mounts back any time soon. As a 3rd time customer, the jury is out whether I'd use them again and I've forwarded them a lot of business. We'll see, it's only been 6 months.

You're trying. I never said the Judge was my choice for anything. Try harder.

You're better at trolling on CWT than you are for crappie, I'll give you that.

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More nonsense

12 ga is my top choice as everyone in my house is or will be very familiar with them, and they could also be in the next room. That said, the revolver dependability of the Judge with five rounds of three-ball #000 buck shot I load isn't something to mess with. I've read the legal consequences of using hand loads is a topic to consider. My 12 ga coyote lead BB loads would be great also.

Cooper Discovers AT3 from Discount on my Tundra and family Sequoia. I don't treat them nice and they have been a reliable and smooth all-terrain for several sets now.

You get golden eagles in Mesa?

Stewart Mountain is Saguaro. Mormon Flat is Canyon. Horse Mesa is Apache. Since we're being technical.

The very next day. No tag.

They want you to have a Tonto Pass but there are no trash bins or toilets at Bermuda Flat. No fish cleaning stations open that I've seen in years at Cholla or other main rec sites (please correct me if I'm wrong). I saw a lot of people not purchasing passes because of the circumstances.

I had a great first day of my season in between storms with @trphyhntr. We were the only crappie guys on the lake. I'd read here from Dan that SC stocked crappies. I believed them a couple minutes in and would bet the boat they were blacknose. All but 3 on the table were bn and they are looking great for the spawn. Thank you to them for the stocking and I hope they sell some licenses for the ROI. I'll be back.

We caught enough for a fish fry as well. Great day and weather yesterday. We threw back 20-30 under 11" and had to keep a few near that mark that inhaled the bait. They are hungry.

With a current fascination of SC crappie and whether the reservoir will hold water after this very dry winter, I did an analysis of water levels since 1990 that I thought some may appreciate. This interactive SanCarlosSince1990.html file should open up in a browser. Brown: Dry periods (Water Elevation < 2,400 feet or No Data). Orange: Low periods (Volume < 20,000 acre-feet but not dry). Light blue: Wet periods Water Elevation >= 2,400 feet and Volume > 20,000 acre-feet. Periods < 14 days were removed, low periods have no labels.

San Carlos Reservoir discharge plummeted. It would be nice to see it last a while. Anyone in the know? Interactive SanCarlosInflowOutFlow2025.html

Not all hatchery fish are sterile, Mr Fish's aren't.

I'm not a water manager and do not know any allocation for this year, but currently there is 35 CFS inflow from the Gila River (0 CFS from the San Carlos River) with ~ 250 CFS discharge from the reservoir. That is a volume deficit of 426 acre-feet/day. Not factoring any changes in inflow, or the typical 700 CFS discharge increase coming in the summer months, San Carlos Reservoir would be empty in less than a year. In 2024, ~200k acre-feet was released from May - December. Currently, there is ~150k in the reservoir. Go catch some fish while you can.

This is just not true, the black stripe is a recessive gene of the same species. If you want to talk about how they use habitat and feed differently, I'm in.

Here is April 4th at Roosevelt last year. Less developed 3.5 weeks later.