Thanks for sharing this trip. Shellcrackers are so much fun and great eating. Your comment about no one at home is heart rendering to me. I am yet fortunate that my wife enjoys us fishing together. And that we are yet healthy to be able to do so.
Saw my boat go by. Appreciate your teachings. Most guides just catch and don't tell us what they are thinking. Caught some crackers a few days before this episode they were in 12 ft.
OH we call ours Spotted Perch & boy I would honestly give anything to taste them again. We used to catch them in a place called Poona Creek - it is adjacent to Fraser Island & just the most beautiful water you have ever seen, plenty of deep holes. I used to make a whole lot of rigs up the night before in case we got bit off or they swallowed the hook- I hated wasting fishing time. Cheers Denise- Australia
Thank you to the old fisherman... I found your channel because Richard said to go watch your channel. you're doing the kind of videos I wish he would do, fishing in real time no.. editing!! Thank you Thank you,,
Ky. Lake here caught limit of 20 shellcrackers today all over 10 inches 8 or 9 over 12 inches. Want to tell ya I use 1/16th jig head with piece a worm just a piece and it helps to keep em from swallowing it. What's he say? Go fishing when ya can cuz it's good fer ya!!!! Good picture show Old Fishermen and good safe fishing to ya. I have 3 brothers and Dad told us if we ever wanted a Truck and Boat to never get married. I'm the only one with Truck and Boat!!!
Man I sure do appreciate you let me go on these fishing trips with you but I'm getting stronger and I'm fixing to hit that water myself thank you for the video
@@theoldfisherman2040 well being that they have to be at least 10inches or more inches, that's a problem and you clearly have some that are under 10inches
Hey buddy. My favourite fish is shell crackers too. And yellow perch. Crappy are good but a little mushy. Shell crackers are more firm. And better flavor.
Them blue gill hard to beat my favorite that ive ever caught is a yellow perch we have a clear lake here in alabama that has a few in it that I fish.... man they are good!!..... enjoyed it old fisherman.👍
This is soooo funny Steve because my grandson Payten has earned the fishing moniker “Turtleman”! I have been fishing over fifty years and I have never caught a turtle fishing. Payten has now caught 3! I can’t wait to tell Payten he has a new brother now! 😂😂😂
Shew when that last big bass got off I hollered and couldn't imagine your frustration haha. I've never seen you catch such a variety of fish lolol thanks for taking us along!
I’ve got that same 6’9” st. Croix panfish ultralight rod but it has a little different handle style being a couple years older than yours. I had that one you’re fishing with in this video in my hand the other day at a sporting goods store and I was sooo tempted, but I couldn’t justify another $130 or so for the same rod I have with just a different handle. Regardless, I absolutely love that rod! Your crappies put a little more bend in the rod than my Wisconsin crappies though.
I really like you video's, thank you for sharing them, keep them coming. I want to ask you what model Garmin Live Scope Fish Finder and transducer do you have on your red boat?
We love all manner of flatfish and crappie. Redbreast is the prize. Shellcrackers fight hard but are not the top of our food list. In se NC "crackers have a slight muddy flavor to me.
Thanks For the bream footage I love some shell cracker also Bream is my favorite fish to fillet and grill up on some cedar planks and lemon slices Alittle lemon pepper and some Tony Sacheries Keep em coming
Okay, so we have shell crackers, slab crackers, crackers to the east, crackers to the west brush pile crackers....small crackers. Respectfully, how in the world did the bluegill get the name shell cracker?
Steve when it comes to big shell crackers ,,you are right , they are the best tasting fish out there ,,but also never fish behind the guy who catches em and don’t put em back ,,they don’t replenish like some of the other fish.
Your shellcracker trips go like mine..I use eagle claw number 4 Aberdeen hooks for shellcrackers. I took my friend to my honey hole he managed to catch a 6lb bass on the same setup ultra light rod 6lb line 1 splitshot number 4 Aberdeen hook. I posted the video. You should check it out🤟❤😎
Just a different perspective on how TH-cam videos can be useful. I am a zoologist and a marine and aquatic biologist. This video got me thinking, and maybe a kid wanna-be biologist could use this simple project. Kids need projects to submit, or Science Fair displays. The Bluegill is Lepomis macrochirus, basically, the big eared perch that has some blue on it. Personally, I don't go deep on fish, especially freshwater fish. But I can't do a simple Google search on microlophus, the Shellcracker. Or Lophus, we all know what micro means. Where did that name come from? I am guessing it will translate into something like tiny teeth, if the kid can dig in a library through printed material...great project for a dad or grandad to offer up to a kid that is sciency and needs encouragement. Or moms, grandmoms, it's just mostly guys that don't know what to suggest. For myself, I don't really study fish, at all. They are vertebrates. You can study their behavior, but they all have left and right sides, one heart, mostly the same digestive systems. But this one may be different in an interesting way. A kid needs to do the etymology (origin of the word),of microlophus, to figure out what the person that named this meant. I see this particular species spread all across the south, haven't heard about the north, don't think so. I think dozens of kids could use this as a project all across the US, in the south. As a biology snob, I have always put all Lepomis on the same stringer. But this video made me check. There's a reason microlophus is called Shellcracker, by many.. The kid would have to search dusty libraries, likely, to do the word-origin/etymology thing, which I am not going to do in my rural area with nothing libraries. I bet I can guess, that lophus refers to some kind of tiny tooth in their throats. I suppose I could have more guesses, I am just posting this comment to give dads and grandads a suggestion, for that kid. There is one answer, but thousands of kids can try this, it's not a race. The internet is so devoid of real science, this is the goal of science education. Not to teach kids what to think, but to teach them how to learn for themselves. You all know that special kid with a head, lost in the clouds. Most of those kids could probably benefit from spending time in real libraries. When you are dealing with kids that have their heads in the clouds, it is good for them to be near dictionaries, 8 inches thick, with original words and definitions. The internet changes every day. If any kids need help, within reason, I will try to help. But the challenge is to go figure out the name for me, and catch a Shellcracker and tell us the morphology. Peace
I thought it was so funny that you would keep the turtle in the video! Thanks Steve, it was great!
Glad you liked it!
I put a catfish under my boot. I won’t grab one and been fishing for over 50 years. Those crappies are nice. Yum👍🏽
Right on
Thanks for sharing this trip. Shellcrackers are so much fun and great eating. Your comment about no one at home is heart rendering to me. I am yet fortunate that my wife enjoys us fishing together. And that we are yet healthy to be able to do so.
Count your blessing my friend. Losing a wife is by far the worse thing that has ever happened to me. Thanks for watching my friend.
Saw my boat go by. Appreciate your teachings. Most guides just catch and don't tell us what they are thinking. Caught some crackers a few days before this episode they were in 12 ft.
Thanks my friend.
Oh! Absolutely love watching you catching them shellcrackers Steve ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for watching Cynthia.
@@theoldfisherman2040 your welcome dear and the lil baby catfish r truly some good eating love them but boy can they fin the heck out of ya…..lol
Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.
I'll do my best my friend, thanks for watching.
Nice new rod combo, get the dag gone skillet ready , oh my!
Can't wait!
Enjoyed watching you fish for shell crackers. They are some good eating fish.
Thanks for watching my friend.
@@theoldfisherman2040 you’re welcome.
OH we call ours Spotted Perch & boy I would honestly give anything to taste them again. We used to catch them in a place called Poona Creek - it is adjacent to Fraser Island & just the most beautiful water you have ever seen, plenty of deep holes. I used to make a whole lot of rigs up the night before in case we got bit off or they swallowed the hook- I hated wasting fishing time. Cheers Denise- Australia
Nothing like a Lady with a plan, love having you in the boat.
I love watching you catch them cracker shells! Old Fisherman you are so doggone cool!
Thanks my friend.
Love the red ear and bream video.
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed!
loved the video man! see ya on the next
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching.
Thank you to the old fisherman... I found your channel because Richard said to go watch your channel. you're doing the kind of videos I wish he would do, fishing in real time no.. editing!! Thank you Thank you,,
Awesome! Thank you!
Ky. Lake here caught limit of 20 shellcrackers today all over 10 inches 8 or 9 over 12 inches. Want to tell ya I use 1/16th jig head with piece a worm just a piece and it helps to keep em from swallowing it. What's he say? Go fishing when ya can cuz it's good fer ya!!!! Good picture show Old Fishermen and good safe fishing to ya. I have 3 brothers and Dad told us if we ever wanted a Truck and Boat to never get married. I'm the only one with Truck and Boat!!!
When I get on some bedding fish I will try that. Thanks for watching.
Awesome I love it. Great day fishing.
Thanks 👍
Hes gonna give Richard gene the fishing machine a run for his money! I love these guys when I retire im joining in lol.
Thanks my friend for watching The Old Fisherman Loving Life Videos.
Hey Old Fisherman...how about a bowl of 🐢 turtle soup ? Make it snappy !
😂🤣✌👍😉
LOL.
Watching you from Klamath falls Oregon like how you explain how to fish for the beginning and you take me fishing like an old fishing buddy
That's awesome, thanks for being in the boat my friend.
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching.
Man I sure do appreciate you let me go on these fishing trips with you but I'm getting stronger and I'm fixing to hit that water myself thank you for the video
Have fun
Hello Sport 🙋🏾♀️... What an action packed video 👍🏾☺️☺️... every time you caught a fish, I was on the edge of my seat.. Thanks for sharing 👍🏾🙏🏾.
I love having you on the edge of your seat Ms. Pearly.
Good stuff !!
Thanks for watching.
Awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it
Old fisherman always having fun!! Making us all jealous. Lol
Just Loving Life.
I thought you were going to have turtle soup , lol . Glad to see you out on the water , be safe .
Thanks for watching.
I love me some good eating catfish, SUPER VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching
I love catching shell crackers they fight like crazy
Yes they do.
That was a great day of fishing you'll eat well my friend 😁🎣
Good eating, thanks for watching.
Awesome! Enjoyed the show Steve and yea some good eats 🎣🎣🐟🐟
Thanks for watching my friend.
You my kind of fisherman i eat them all. Dont matter to me, really enjoyed vieo!
I love eating the fish that I catch.
Glad to see the old fisherman catching the shell daddy's.
Thanks for watching my friend.
Lol...I caught a turtle fishin by the river in Peak. It was about 10 lbs! I cut the line though...I was scared it would bite me 🤣
He will bite, thanks for going Lizzie.
Man that sure looked fun, those shell crackers are some fighters
Yes they are, thanks for watching.
My favorite kind of fishin!! Congrats on passing 20k sir! Thank you for the ride along!
Awesome! Thank you!
dude you're going to catch a big ticket with those under size crappie
Dude all of my fish are over 8 inches long what are you talking about get your before you write a comment on my show.
@@theoldfisherman2040 well being that they have to be at least 10inches or more inches, that's a problem and you clearly have some that are under 10inches
Have you ever fished with corn from a can?
Yes, for trout
@@theoldfisherman2040 I caught bluegills with them a lot. A lot cheaper than worms, and I'm getting too old to dig for worms.
Hey buddy. My favourite fish is shell crackers too. And yellow perch. Crappy are good but a little mushy. Shell crackers are more firm. And better flavor.
That is true my friend, thanks for watching my friend.
@@theoldfisherman2040 Always watching buddy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏
Shellcrackers are my favorite to eat as well..and I catch alot of them..not monsters but up to 14 inches and 1.5lbs...
Goodens.
Bream and shellcracker are the ultimate !
Thanks for watching my friend.
Mantab tuan strike nya sungguh luar biasa 👍
Thanks for watching.
That’s a good time right there. I’ve been catching some good pan fish lately on my home river.
Thanks for watching.
Them blue gill hard to beat my favorite that ive ever caught is a yellow perch we have a clear lake here in alabama that has a few in it that I fish.... man they are good!!..... enjoyed it old fisherman.👍
Right on, thanks for watching.
This is soooo funny Steve because my grandson Payten has earned the fishing moniker “Turtleman”! I have been fishing over fifty years and I have never caught a turtle fishing. Payten has now caught 3! I can’t wait to tell Payten he has a new brother now! 😂😂😂
Love it!!
I’ve subscribed because your country accent! Takin me back home
Thanks my friend.
Just stumbled across your channel and subscribed! Great video, look forward to watching many more!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Why do you call the blue Gil shell crackers ?
Because it's not a bluegill.
Love catching big chinquapin
Me too my friend.
Shew when that last big bass got off I hollered and couldn't imagine your frustration haha. I've never seen you catch such a variety of fish lolol thanks for taking us along!
Tell me about it, thanks for watching my friend.
I’ve got that same 6’9” st. Croix panfish ultralight rod but it has a little different handle style being a couple years older than yours. I had that one you’re fishing with in this video in my hand the other day at a sporting goods store and I was sooo tempted, but I couldn’t justify another $130 or so for the same rod I have with just a different handle. Regardless, I absolutely love that rod! Your crappies put a little more bend in the rod than my Wisconsin crappies though.
Those Monticello crappie are fighters.
Back at it again
O yea, thanks for watching.
Steve the biggest fishing season in Missouri at the back to become to an end witch it snagging season from March 15th to April 30th .
Good luck
Living the good life.
Think ahead and do the same my friend.
Another great day on the water. Thanks for all you do !! Stay safe and God Bless !!
Thanks my friend.
I really like you video's, thank you for sharing them, keep them coming. I want to ask you what model Garmin Live Scope Fish Finder and transducer do you have on your red boat?
I had a 32 transducer now I have a 34, just now setting it up. My Garmin is a 10 inch screen
We love all manner of flatfish and crappie. Redbreast is the prize. Shellcrackers fight hard but are not the top of our food list. In se NC "crackers have a slight muddy flavor to me.
The water in the lake makes a big difference in taste.
I enjoyed watching you catch fish, I need to invest in me a boat... I would like to see you do a catch, clean, and cook
I have one.
Thanks
For the bream footage
I love some shell cracker also
Bream is my favorite fish to fillet and grill up on some cedar planks and lemon slices
Alittle lemon pepper and some Tony Sacheries
Keep em coming
Thanks for watching.
@@theoldfisherman2040 yes sir
Wouldn’t miss it
Now , let go get after ‘em
@@theoldfisherman2040 yes sir, thanks for keeping them coming. I gotta get better at just taking the time to upload more . I appreciate it
Wow man! I have never seen a shellcracker that big!!! I wish we had those here in the reservoir where I fish
They get big around here.
Gotta do a catch and cook with that title.
You right, I should have. Thanks for watching.
Okay, so we have shell crackers, slab crackers, crackers to the east, crackers to the west brush pile crackers....small crackers. Respectfully, how in the world did the bluegill get the name shell cracker?
Big difference between a bluegill and a shell cracker, shape, size and color.
@@theoldfisherman2040 fascinating, is it a type of bluegill?? I've never heard of this till now... I've fished since i was 10, 41 now.
Ahh i googled them. Now i see why I've never heard of em. Fascinating!
Steve when it comes to big shell crackers ,,you are right , they are the best tasting fish out there ,,but also never fish behind the guy who catches em and don’t put em back ,,they don’t replenish like some of the other fish.
Not so sure about that my friend.
are what you call shellcrackers bluegals or sunfish hey look like sunfish what we call here in iowa
I'm calling a Shell Cracker a Shell Cracker, Google it!
Why do you call Bluegill, shellcrkers?
My friend I don't they are 2 different fish, look it up.
You went all the way to Monticello for fish for dinner?🙂
Trying to make a video for my fans.
Seven types of meat in that turtle-grand dad taught me that- turtle soups
I have eat fried soft shell, really good nuggets.
Is that a Georgia lake or South Carolina lake
South Carolina
@@theoldfisherman2040
Santee Cooper
26:01 good gracious thats a huge panfish
They get a lot bigger
You come close to getting that Bass in the boat.
Really close, he was just to fast.
We catch some huge Shell crackers at Grenwood State Park. My brother caught one last year that was two and half pounds.
I caught one over there the other day, and the photograph weighed 3 pounds ! 😉👍✅😂✌
Now thats a good un.
There common in Mississippi
🙏
Thanks my friend.
I caught a big ol Shellcracker yesterday while I was bass fishing.
Mark the spot.
Swallowed to its guzzle. 😄
To The GUZZLE. Thanks for watching Angie.
Have you had turtle? I heard they were good
My daddy use to fry turtle nuggets, out of soft shell turtle and they were good.
@@theoldfisherman2040 interesting
Turtleman live action
LOL, thanks for watching.
Your shellcracker trips go like mine..I use eagle claw number 4 Aberdeen hooks for shellcrackers. I took my friend to my honey hole he managed to catch a 6lb bass on the same setup ultra light rod 6lb line 1 splitshot number 4 Aberdeen hook. I posted the video. You should check it out🤟❤😎
That is awesome!
The worst pain in the world is to get finned by a little catfish.
It does hurt.
What in the hell is a shellcracker, never heard of this fish EVER????????????
Google it also called a red ear
😁👍🏿👍🏿
Thanks for watching my friend.
Hey Steve time to fish the rocks on Monticello for catfish isn't it?
You never know from year to year.
I be there so fisherman4life to catch some go fish 🐟
Good Luck my friend.
Just a different perspective on how TH-cam videos can be useful. I am a zoologist and a marine and aquatic biologist. This video got me thinking, and maybe a kid wanna-be biologist could use this simple project. Kids need projects to submit, or Science Fair displays.
The Bluegill is Lepomis macrochirus, basically, the big eared perch that has some blue on it. Personally, I don't go deep on fish, especially freshwater fish. But I can't do a simple Google search on microlophus, the Shellcracker. Or Lophus, we all know what micro means. Where did that name come from? I am guessing it will translate into something like tiny teeth, if the kid can dig in a library through printed material...great project for a dad or grandad to offer up to a kid that is sciency and needs encouragement. Or moms, grandmoms, it's just mostly guys that don't know what to suggest. For myself, I don't really study fish, at all. They are vertebrates. You can study their behavior, but they all have left and right sides, one heart, mostly the same digestive systems. But this one may be different in an interesting way. A kid needs to do the etymology (origin of the word),of microlophus, to figure out what the person that named this meant. I see this particular species spread all across the south, haven't heard about the north, don't think so. I think dozens of kids could use this as a project all across the US, in the south. As a biology snob, I have always put all Lepomis on the same stringer. But this video made me check. There's a reason microlophus is called Shellcracker, by many..
The kid would have to search dusty libraries, likely, to do the word-origin/etymology thing, which I am not going to do in my rural area with nothing libraries.
I bet I can guess, that lophus refers to some kind of tiny tooth in their throats. I suppose I could have more guesses, I am just posting this comment to give dads and grandads a suggestion, for that kid. There is one answer, but thousands of kids can try this, it's not a race. The internet is so devoid of real science, this is the goal of science education. Not to teach kids what to think, but to teach them how to learn for themselves. You all know that special kid with a head, lost in the clouds. Most of those kids could probably benefit from spending time in real libraries. When you are dealing with kids that have their heads in the clouds, it is good for them to be near dictionaries, 8 inches thick, with original words and definitions. The internet changes every day. If any kids need help, within reason, I will try to help. But the challenge is to go figure out the name for me, and catch a Shellcracker and tell us the morphology. Peace
Thanks for the information my friend.
It’s worth it in the end
Yes it is.
Gotta hookum to cookum salaam peace
Thanks for watching.
I get turtled to death where I fish, them softshell turtles are nasty stinky ole things!
My Daddy loved to fry nugget out of a soft shell, they were really good.
@@theoldfisherman2040 I would love to do that but the creek I fish is reclaimed sewer water so I'm not sure if they are ok to eat
We have the same views!!
That's true my friend.
Hate catching 🐢 as kid i guess my fishn spots better now. I would just cut line n rerig line startin from scratch. 8 min wasted dealn wit damn 🐢.
LOL, now that's funny, thanks for being in the boat with The Old Fisherman.
Catfish my favorite eat them every day and crappy
White perch better than all panfish.
I love them all.
Been killing them on santee every time I reel one in I say dare he is in honor of the old fisherman
Love it my friend.
Man I catch turtles all the time in the creeks there a nuisance
Wow
Big snapping turtles there a pain!! Once they know your througing bait they will watch u and go after Everytime
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Thanks for watching.
Just got tired of watching Panocio Joe Biden and fighting a over oil none of it makes any sense rather turn it off and watch your fishing shows
I understand.