bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

You nailed it on the trot line Bull. Tying a line to a tree & throwing the bait into the water is call "throw line" & tying a short but stout line to a limb & dropping the hook in the water is called "limb lines". All 3 methods are very popular here in Oklahoma. A friend & I had 2 trotlines set in a lake in SW Oklahoma. On the way to "run" our lines we saw a jackrabbit get hit by a car. We stopped & I threw the rabbit in the back then put him in the boat for possible use as cut bait. We didn't have even 1 fish & had lost no bait. My buddy ask me what was I going to do with that rabbit now. He was driving the boat & I told him to pull over to a couple gallon jugs that indicated the end of someone's trotline.i grabbed the line, careful of the hooks & pulled us about 50 feet down the line. I removed a piece of cut bait & hooked that jackrabbit by the lip onto that hook then dropped everything overboard. I didn't get to see the trotline owners face when he pulled that jackrabbit up but I would have given a $20 bill to have seen it. my buddy & I laughed about it for several days.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

Priceless bc priceless

MadMac Loc: Marion (in Grant County) Indiana

Just too good!

Graywulff Loc: Cortez,Co.

Absotively Posilutely Hilarious.

BullG8r Loc: Navarre, FL. (Panhandle of FL)

Hi Bottomcoon, I enjoyed your reply to my input about trot lines and bush hook fishing. Like everything else, things are called by different names in different parts of our beautiful country.

I think I wet in my waders when I read your story about the jack rabbit and the trot line. I bet that fellow is still scratching his head and wondering what the heck is going on. The best part is the fact he couldnt share the story with anyone because they would have put him in the nut house. Love the humorous stories, ease keep 'em coming.

BullG8r Loc: Navarre, FL. (Panhandle of FL)

Hi Bottomcoon, I enjoyed your reply to my input about trot lines and bush hook fishing. Like everything else, things are called by different names in different parts of our beautiful country.

I think I wet in my waders when I read your story about the jack rabbit and the trot line. I bet that fellow is still scratching his head and wondering what the heck is going on. The best part is the fact he couldnt share the story with anyone because they would have put him in the nut house. Love the humorous stories, ease keep 'em coming.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

Some of use are here because they have let electronics that hook to the net in.

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Thanks Bull. Glad you & the other guys enjoyed it. True story. It took place at lake lawtonka nw of lawton, okla.
Usually the catfishing is good there. Good luck & catch a gooden.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

They had a shooting at Walmart in Duncan this morning BC.

Waiting to here more from a cousin.

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

Oz, don't tell me you have cousins in Duncan. I have relatives there myself. They don't claim me but I can't blame them for that. My dad was born in Duncan. I was raised about 30-40 minutes from Duncan. I'll go online & see what I can find out. thanks for the tip

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

Wifes side but I get along with them.

DeeJay Loc: Southwest Virginia

Bush line, is what we call a drop line. A hook and strong line tied to a limb or a branch over hanging the water. Don't leave your hook and lines when you leave, I have found dead and rotting fish because of leaving lines in the water.

BullG8r Loc: Navarre, FL. (Panhandle of FL)

Strongly agree, we must be sportsmen first and foremost and fishermen second. It's always a shame to waste any of our natural resources. I haven't seen many fish sacrificed by the fisherman not making that final check before departing, but I have over the years seen hundreds of "ghost" crab traps. These are crab traps that were left to rot away in the water, both with and without bait and crabs in them. These ghosts are particularly dangerous at low tide when they can really damage an outboard, a boat, or both. There are sportsmen clubs and groups that make the removal of these ghost traps their purpose in life. Theses are good people doing good work!

bottomcoon Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma

What we have here are weekenders & vacationers who put out every kind of line that's legal then go home without removing them from the water. It's not sportsman doing it but in the end it'll be the sportsman who pays. It's not all visitors that do those things but it only takes a few to spoil it for everyone.