Reply by: pbs      Posted: 6/24/2012 4:24:11 PM     Points: 3334    

Hmm.......no such dock at Bingham Lake......just sayin....

Sorry....there IS a dock at Bingham Lake (Pinery)...and the dock in your pic is NOT it!

Nor is the background shot.


Care to try again?

 Reply by: cookster      Posted: 6/24/2012 4:42:03 PM     Points: 2323    

OOOOPS

 Reply by: Tubejig      Posted: 6/24/2012 5:05:56 PM     Points: 337    

Isn't using gamefish as bait illegal?

 Reply by: Dangly      Posted: 6/24/2012 5:30:48 PM     Points: 14    

hey that looks like the far west chatty pond...

 Reply by: LewsTherinTelemon      Posted: 6/24/2012 5:48:39 PM     Points: 535    

Most gamefish are illegal to use. I'm pretty sure bluegill are OK, but I have no idea about perch.

When I bait fish, I use worms or salmon eggs, etc.

Maybe someone can chime in with the regs?

 Reply by: KingFisher13      Posted: 6/24/2012 5:53:22 PM     Points: 92    

Pretty sure perch are legal as bait

 Reply by: Rsrecurvehunter      Posted: 6/24/2012 6:05:15 PM     Points: 456    

Perch are legal as bait, nothing wrong there

 Reply by: LewsTherinTelemon      Posted: 6/24/2012 6:30:09 PM     Points: 535    

Also, exceptional bass regardless of where/how.

 Reply by: CUclimber      Posted: 6/24/2012 6:52:42 PM     Points: 491    

Perch are legal, unless its artificial fly and lure only. I don't know about the location. Nice bass either way. This reminded me to look for my crawdad traps.

 Reply by: slayintrout      Posted: 6/24/2012 6:56:20 PM     Points: 60    

Thats the West Chatty pond behind the Audobon Center. Nice fish for those crappy ponds...

 Reply by: Tubejig      Posted: 6/24/2012 7:44:18 PM     Points: 337    

I looked up the regs and perch ARE LEGAL. Nice bass wherever it was caught.

 Reply by: sickws6      Posted: 6/25/2012 12:37:33 PM     Points: 75    

You can use game fish as bait only when it is caught out of the same lake. I THINK the regs are under 7000 feet and west of the continental divide you can use game fish as bait. over 7000 feet and east of the divide no baitfish use

 Reply by: ZZZ      Posted: 6/25/2012 12:54:44 PM     Points: 1124    

You have that kind of backwards sickws6. Live bait fish can only be used from the waters they came from, the OP was using a dead perch so that reg doesn't apply. Also, no live fish can be used as bait west of the divide except at Navajo. East of the divide and below 7,000 ft it's ok. [log in for link] It's on page eight.

Tight Lines...zzz

 Reply by: sickws6      Posted: 6/25/2012 3:37:33 PM     Points: 75    

Thanks ZZZ i thought i was writing that backwards. i was thinking east but wrote west.

 Reply by: refisherman      Posted: 6/25/2012 6:26:55 PM     Points: 258    

I know exactly where that is and its not Bingham lake! My friends and i go there all the time.

 Reply by: walleyeslyr      Posted: 7/5/2012 10:22:08 PM     Points: 0    

Sorry about the lake confusion I posted it for my buddy after he sent me the picture I myself have never been to the pinery reservoir and didn't know better I know now it was caught at the chatty pond

 Reply by: Rsrecurvehunter      Posted: 7/5/2012 10:44:37 PM     Points: 456    

So you caught it, now you didn't. I'm confused?

 Reply by: channelcat13      Posted: 7/5/2012 10:51:12 PM     Points: 1289    

Why are saying "I was there and did X" if you are posting for a buddy? Not to stir this pot anymore but you have 3 things going wrong for you here:

1. Despite saying, "I was...," it was not you.
2. Either your buddy was lying about Bingham or you just attached a random lake name to this picture, which wasn't even you, arbitrarily.
3. If you were posting it for a buddy, you should've been honest and said, my buddy caught X, OR, he or she should have posted it for him or herself.

Folks on this site know their waterways... Not a good start to the forum!
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 Reply by: NoNick      Posted: 7/5/2012 11:08:34 PM     Points: 31    

Bingham Lake doesn't care about mistaken identity. It has it's own issues...Sometimes it's better to leave well enough alone and pay attention to what you're doing.

 Reply by: channelcat13      Posted: 7/5/2012 11:12:49 PM     Points: 1289    

From now on, anything caught anywhere in the state will be declared a Prospect Lake catch caught by "my buddy." 10-4?

Speaking of people having heart-attacks over given-up honey holes, what ever happened to catfishgoon? Are you still out there goon?

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