My friend Kyle with habitatnow.com has some extra trees available from this spring at great prices. If your interested in any of them, just contact him direct from his website and tell him that you want some of his overstock trees from Nate's blog otherwise he will probably try to sell them to you at retail.
Trees are in great condition and are mostly 18 - 24 inch bare root stock...they need a good home.
Here is what we have and well below retail costs...
Redosier Dogwood - 2950 at $0.50 each (order in bundles of 25)
Midwest Crabapple - 175 at $0.75 each (order in bundles of 25)
Common Chokecherry - 525 at $0.75 each (order in bundles of 25)
Common Lilac - 600 at $0.75 each (order in bundles of 25)
Plum - 150 at $0.75 each (order in bundles of 25)
Rocky Mountain Juniper - 75 at $1.00 each (order in bundles of 25)
To see what these trees look like, simply do an "image" search on any internet search site for the name of the tree...you should get lots of photos.
Thank you!!
Kyle, PLM
www.HabitatNOW.com
I also have some fish leftover from this spring stocking, but they are hard to find specialty fish that dont come with any sort of discount: I have 400 albino white catfish 3-5 inches long for $3 each, 200 feed trained smallmouth bass 4-6 inches long for $5 each, and 50 channel catfish 10-12 inches long for $1.00 each. You can email me at nate@hbpondmanagement.com if your interested in any of these fish.
Also for this fall's fish stocking we are going to have a fundraiser for the hooked on fishing park! I worked out some great deals with the fish farms and am able to keep the prices competitive and still raise a whole bunch of money for the fishing park to keep taking kids fishing free of charge! This year we will take more than 2500 kids and seniors fishing!!! We are going to have a Knox County fish pick up day and a Tazewell County fish pick up day along with our regular fish deliveries. 100% of proceeds go to the fishing park operational expenses. Here is pricing, availability, and order information: http://www.hofevents.org/FISH_SALE/
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Weir's
Yesterday I took Ben and Steven Weir...The river was a little stained and the water wasn't appearing to be dropping out very fast but it turned out to be a great day of fishing. Our bite was sort of in peaks and valley's but we certainly caught lots of fish all day including 3 nice browns. As the storm blew in we lost our bite for a brief moment, then just before the bottom fell out it got hot again. We stayed out on the water as long as possible before the thunder started getting right over our heads and we headed for the ramp....
30/05/10 - Todber Manor
Weight – 76lb 0lb
Catch – 27 Carp, 16 F1, 4 Skimmers, 3 Tench, 3 Roach
Weather – Sunny, windy!
Match – Match Fishing Scene Website - 9th overall
After my last match here last month, I was really looking to another visit. However the weather forecast suggested a windy day ahead.
Peg 37 was certainly in the right area, 1 from the end peg which had the gap round to the other side of the lake and the arm. Now that wind, I was hoping it would be a westerly, because the island opposite would have provided plenty of shelter, however the NW direction meant it was funnelling though the gap straight at me.
To do well here, you need to catch the carp and avoid the F1. So decided to keep it simple, with a paste & pellet rigs for the far side, the paste rig would also be used down the margin to peg 36. The 3rd rig would be a paste rig down the track.
On the all in, the wind was already picking up, so started on the pellet rig tight across. 3 put ins and 3 carp and I was off to a flyer, but the wind was getting stronger. After initially cupping ½ a cup of 4 & 6mm at the start I had followed this up with a full toss pot of pellet every put in but was finding it difficult to present the rig. So I removed the toss pot, to make it easier to hold the pole, deciding to cup pellet in every 3 fish. Unfortunately that didn't really work, because the wind was getting stronger.
Unlike most pegs, I didn't have any bear bank to fish, which would have offered shallow water. My problem was the peg was nearly 2ft deep tight across and there was plenty of branches and foliage, which meant lifting and dropping became a real nightmare, because if I lifted and a gust of wind caught the pole, I had very little margin of error and did catch the branches a couple of times. I set up a shallower rig, but feeding and holding the pole steady was difficult.
Along with Mark, I was doing my best impression of Mr Angry, there were plenty of fish on the far side, but I couldn't present to them properly, which was very frustrating. I had been feeding 6mmat 8m and a mixture of 4 & 6mm, plus hemp down the left hand margin.
When I went over the 8m line on paste, I getting plenty of indications, but no fish and the wind was making presentation difficult. A small F1 confirmed my suspicions, so I set up a new rig with a 16 b911to fish soft pellet & corn. I needed to start putting fish in the net, whilst I couldn't see anyone running away with it, I was falling behind, so every put in I toss potted 6mm with a ball of paste. I soon started to catch, not as quickly I was would have liked, but I lost a few fish off the hook and a change from 12 latex to double 6 helped, but a couple of fish I did land the hook was just hanging in.
The carp eventually turned up and switched to the paste rig. Half way into the match, I was up 22 fish, but only 8 carp and I really needed to start catching. I concentrated on the 8m line, mostly on paste and occasionally corn or soft pellet, when the small fish moved in. The LH margin only started to produce in the last 90 mins.
I had kept firing 6m's to the island in the hope the wind would drop and quick look over, revealed plenty of indication, but presentation was nearly impossible.
I was pleased with the 2nd half of the match, but ultimately the wind cost me and I'm certain 100lb was more than possible, Even on the 8m line, it was difficult to read bites, with the wind and tow, so missed bites and bumped fish still made it very frustrating day.
During the weigh in it became obvious the wind effected those fishing around the gap the most, plus a couple of exposed pegs down the bottom end of the lake. The angler on 38 managed 58lb, whilst the angler opposite on peg 7 who fished the method feeder to the island had a similar weight. The other angler in the wind was Mark on peg 5, who really struggled to catch to the far side of the arm, but eventually caught at 6m on paste coming 2nd with 123lb, which is a great effort (that really hurt to say that – lol). However he probably benefited from the angler of 38 not utilising his RH margin and Tim Suttle on peg 3, who turned up drunk from the night before, threw up and only managed to fish for 2hrs, before going home. We didn't laugh, honest.
Pete Bailey won the match from peg 12 with 176lb making full use of the only peg which had a spare peg either side.
Catch – 27 Carp, 16 F1, 4 Skimmers, 3 Tench, 3 Roach
Weather – Sunny, windy!
Match – Match Fishing Scene Website - 9th overall
After my last match here last month, I was really looking to another visit. However the weather forecast suggested a windy day ahead.
Peg 37 was certainly in the right area, 1 from the end peg which had the gap round to the other side of the lake and the arm. Now that wind, I was hoping it would be a westerly, because the island opposite would have provided plenty of shelter, however the NW direction meant it was funnelling though the gap straight at me.
To do well here, you need to catch the carp and avoid the F1. So decided to keep it simple, with a paste & pellet rigs for the far side, the paste rig would also be used down the margin to peg 36. The 3rd rig would be a paste rig down the track.
On the all in, the wind was already picking up, so started on the pellet rig tight across. 3 put ins and 3 carp and I was off to a flyer, but the wind was getting stronger. After initially cupping ½ a cup of 4 & 6mm at the start I had followed this up with a full toss pot of pellet every put in but was finding it difficult to present the rig. So I removed the toss pot, to make it easier to hold the pole, deciding to cup pellet in every 3 fish. Unfortunately that didn't really work, because the wind was getting stronger.
Unlike most pegs, I didn't have any bear bank to fish, which would have offered shallow water. My problem was the peg was nearly 2ft deep tight across and there was plenty of branches and foliage, which meant lifting and dropping became a real nightmare, because if I lifted and a gust of wind caught the pole, I had very little margin of error and did catch the branches a couple of times. I set up a shallower rig, but feeding and holding the pole steady was difficult.
Along with Mark, I was doing my best impression of Mr Angry, there were plenty of fish on the far side, but I couldn't present to them properly, which was very frustrating. I had been feeding 6mmat 8m and a mixture of 4 & 6mm, plus hemp down the left hand margin.
When I went over the 8m line on paste, I getting plenty of indications, but no fish and the wind was making presentation difficult. A small F1 confirmed my suspicions, so I set up a new rig with a 16 b911to fish soft pellet & corn. I needed to start putting fish in the net, whilst I couldn't see anyone running away with it, I was falling behind, so every put in I toss potted 6mm with a ball of paste. I soon started to catch, not as quickly I was would have liked, but I lost a few fish off the hook and a change from 12 latex to double 6 helped, but a couple of fish I did land the hook was just hanging in.
The carp eventually turned up and switched to the paste rig. Half way into the match, I was up 22 fish, but only 8 carp and I really needed to start catching. I concentrated on the 8m line, mostly on paste and occasionally corn or soft pellet, when the small fish moved in. The LH margin only started to produce in the last 90 mins.
I had kept firing 6m's to the island in the hope the wind would drop and quick look over, revealed plenty of indication, but presentation was nearly impossible.
I was pleased with the 2nd half of the match, but ultimately the wind cost me and I'm certain 100lb was more than possible, Even on the 8m line, it was difficult to read bites, with the wind and tow, so missed bites and bumped fish still made it very frustrating day.
During the weigh in it became obvious the wind effected those fishing around the gap the most, plus a couple of exposed pegs down the bottom end of the lake. The angler on 38 managed 58lb, whilst the angler opposite on peg 7 who fished the method feeder to the island had a similar weight. The other angler in the wind was Mark on peg 5, who really struggled to catch to the far side of the arm, but eventually caught at 6m on paste coming 2nd with 123lb, which is a great effort (that really hurt to say that – lol). However he probably benefited from the angler of 38 not utilising his RH margin and Tim Suttle on peg 3, who turned up drunk from the night before, threw up and only managed to fish for 2hrs, before going home. We didn't laugh, honest.
Pete Bailey won the match from peg 12 with 176lb making full use of the only peg which had a spare peg either side.
Walking around the marina..
We couldn't resist this cutie.....this little jack russel was hanging out at the marina having a cold beer with his owner. He was really friendly and willingly posed for the camera.
fly fishing trout (dane county, wi)
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| a crystal clear dane county stream |
I was forced to fish closer to the easements where there was easier access and more trampled paths through the grass. I believe that the fish closest to the easements have seen a lot more flies, lures, and hooks. These are smarter class of fish (or they have been hooked before). They are quicker to turn there noses up at an inadequately presented flies and are wary of shadows. They also don’t take kindly to loud noises or people splashing through their pools. Despite all that, I was still able to catch some fish but its not the same finding those “uneducated” ones.
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| a small brown trout |
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| another small brown trout |
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| wow! a rainbow trout |
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| a colorful brown trout |
Smallmouths, Walleye, Monster Bluegill
Friday morning up at the crack of dawn and off to a 5 acre smallmouth pond west of Peoria. This pond was stocked with fathead minnows, smallmouth bass, hybrid redear sunfish, bluegill, and walleye. The smallmouth took off real fast and grew like crazy the first couple years, but than ran out of preferred forage the last couple years. We stocked yellow perch 2 years ago and last year the owner bought golden shiner fry and raised them in his 1/3 acre wetland up above his lake. In the fall he opened er up and flushed 250,000 3 inch golden shiners into his lake! It was an incredible forage stocking experiment gone right! His entire 5 acre lake is completely full of these little tasty morsels and his smallies are gonna put on some serious weight over the course of the summer. Here are some pics from our electrofishing survey:
These golden shiners are everywhere!
Walleye are growing nicely
These smallies are nice fish, but just wait 3 months and they will be obese!
There is a little bit of smallmouth reproduction going on:
This hybrid redear is an absolute monster!
Then we headed straight over to Oak Run for round two of the electrofishing surveys. Our main goal was to try and get a good sample of the carp population so we focused on looking for carp, but it was like everywhere we went tons of nice walleye, big bass, and awesome crappie where eveywhere:
Surprisingly there is a nice population of golden shiners in oak run as well! They are just an awesome forage for gamefish!
We did eventually find some concentrations of carp, but we had to work alot harder at it than I expected.
After the survey I did some carp research and found out that actually electrofishing for them during the spawning season is not a good time to get them. The nations leading carp guru from South Dakota State University said that during the spawn, carp swim around chasing each other all over the place and that makes em hard to electrofish. They should be done spawning in most places, but at Oak Run they were still full of eggs. Anyhow once the spawn is done the fish dont move around as much and are much easier to dial up.
Moving on, I headed straight for the lake friday evening and did just a bit of fishing with my uncle Spark Meister. Spark is an electrical genius and I am guessing his nickname has stuck with him his whole life. Anyhow he puts in big wind turbines to generate electricity as kind of a hobby I guess. So we just went down to the dock and threw some big 5 inch golden shiners out for bait in hopes of catching a big hybrid striped bass, but all we got was a catfish, one walleye, and this huge bluegill. Yep, this bluegill ate a 5 inch shiner!
Then on Saturday we worked like crazy fixing the road, beach, boat docks, rope swing, waterslide, landscaping, spring cleaning, etc to get the place ready for summer camps. We will have 200-300 people and kids up at the lake every weekend in June.
Sunday I went scuba diving with my brothers around the lake. We checked on all the fish structures, the fish populations, and did a little catfish fishing with our hands for fun and dinner. Here is a pic of our two biggest:
Monday morning I went out fishing with my dad out in the boat for an hour. I knew where all the fish where from scuba diving the day before so we didnt have to waste anytime looking for them. Here are some really big bluegill we caught:
We also caught a 7 lb rainbow trout and a handful of smallmouth and largemouth bass. Then we started working again for the day. Over the weekend we had well over 100 people coming and going and helping get everything accomplished for the upcoming camp schedule. Chef Todd came and took some guests fishing for me and had a couple big muskies follow his lure up to the boat. Justin also caught a 5 lb muskie and my nephew caught a little muskie as well. People fished off the docks and such off and on all weekend and caught a whole bunch of hybrid stripers, walleye, yellow perch, and of course bluegill. I was too busy to take pics.
By Monday evening I was exhausted. I think it will take till about friday of this week to fully recover from the weekend. It was hot, but the water sure felt nice.
Tuesday I spent in the office just calling people back and answering emails from the weekend and then I headed out to a consultation in Pekin at 4 pm. Then straight to my softball game for a double header.
These golden shiners are everywhere!
Walleye are growing nicely
These smallies are nice fish, but just wait 3 months and they will be obese!
There is a little bit of smallmouth reproduction going on:
This hybrid redear is an absolute monster!
Then we headed straight over to Oak Run for round two of the electrofishing surveys. Our main goal was to try and get a good sample of the carp population so we focused on looking for carp, but it was like everywhere we went tons of nice walleye, big bass, and awesome crappie where eveywhere:
Surprisingly there is a nice population of golden shiners in oak run as well! They are just an awesome forage for gamefish!
We did eventually find some concentrations of carp, but we had to work alot harder at it than I expected.
After the survey I did some carp research and found out that actually electrofishing for them during the spawning season is not a good time to get them. The nations leading carp guru from South Dakota State University said that during the spawn, carp swim around chasing each other all over the place and that makes em hard to electrofish. They should be done spawning in most places, but at Oak Run they were still full of eggs. Anyhow once the spawn is done the fish dont move around as much and are much easier to dial up.
Moving on, I headed straight for the lake friday evening and did just a bit of fishing with my uncle Spark Meister. Spark is an electrical genius and I am guessing his nickname has stuck with him his whole life. Anyhow he puts in big wind turbines to generate electricity as kind of a hobby I guess. So we just went down to the dock and threw some big 5 inch golden shiners out for bait in hopes of catching a big hybrid striped bass, but all we got was a catfish, one walleye, and this huge bluegill. Yep, this bluegill ate a 5 inch shiner!
Then on Saturday we worked like crazy fixing the road, beach, boat docks, rope swing, waterslide, landscaping, spring cleaning, etc to get the place ready for summer camps. We will have 200-300 people and kids up at the lake every weekend in June.
Sunday I went scuba diving with my brothers around the lake. We checked on all the fish structures, the fish populations, and did a little catfish fishing with our hands for fun and dinner. Here is a pic of our two biggest:
Monday morning I went out fishing with my dad out in the boat for an hour. I knew where all the fish where from scuba diving the day before so we didnt have to waste anytime looking for them. Here are some really big bluegill we caught:
We also caught a 7 lb rainbow trout and a handful of smallmouth and largemouth bass. Then we started working again for the day. Over the weekend we had well over 100 people coming and going and helping get everything accomplished for the upcoming camp schedule. Chef Todd came and took some guests fishing for me and had a couple big muskies follow his lure up to the boat. Justin also caught a 5 lb muskie and my nephew caught a little muskie as well. People fished off the docks and such off and on all weekend and caught a whole bunch of hybrid stripers, walleye, yellow perch, and of course bluegill. I was too busy to take pics.
By Monday evening I was exhausted. I think it will take till about friday of this week to fully recover from the weekend. It was hot, but the water sure felt nice.
Tuesday I spent in the office just calling people back and answering emails from the weekend and then I headed out to a consultation in Pekin at 4 pm. Then straight to my softball game for a double header.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Mexico
I managed to get a holiday booked, off to Playacar Mexico. Certainly looking forward to the break and while it wont be a fishing holiday there will be some opportunity to chuck some lures and maybe the odd livebat or two. Two weeks today...happy days
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