Searched around & only found the video fishing & BassMasters threads, i know their are plenty of outdoorsman here, so i figured it'd be cool to draw upon the Planets vast experience in all things fishing.
I only use spincast reels & fish mostly large/smallmouth bass & cats. My choice of reels is quite the source of derision from many people i know 'duffer gear', but i haul in my share of 6 pound bass & 10-20 pound cats on that gear no problem. With a little know-how you can use just about any technique you want to on 'duffer gear'.
Berkley Powerbaits are a big part of my trick bag, the difference between those & regular stuff is night & day. My best action last summer came on Mister Twister scented white curly tail grubs, on one day fishing from shore to a bridge pier, i caught smallies, bigmouths, perch & even 1 carp believe it or not... great day. But my bread & butter is a texas rigged Berkley worm, it'll wiggle through any kind of cover without getting hung up.
With cats i strictly bottom fish, no bobber & bait is just as basic... but its always in 2's to give'em a real treat... a shrimp/with a nightcrawler, liver/chunk of cheese etc. Cats are mostly for night sport to me, time to kick back a lil...
So thats me style, how do the rest of you guys get your fish on? What do you fish for, what do you use? IIRC Missouri's trout season just kicked off, anyone getting anything? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Anytime. I know a bunch of spots on my side of town. Now, this is Phoenix so the fishing is rather, um, urban. But it's still line in the water and try to catch fish.
Yea anything is cool. Getting a line in the water and being outside anywhere is fine by me!
We got a new car a while back that doesn't have a roof rack. My old car was a hatchback so I could put my kayak in and it only stuck out a couple feet. I finally bought an inflatable HandiRack that can be used on any car. This is a great alternative to having to purchase a certain vehicle. I am excited to get my fishing kayak back out there.
Went to Sooner lake, Oklahoma today. First channel cat I've caught in 15 years, 2 lbs. Also landed three Saugeye, all a bit over one lb. First time catching one. Step mom caught a four lb largemouth.
Have some images but can't get them smaller. [Reply]
Caught me a 20lb flathead on my ultralight crappie pole last night. That was a lot of fun. Took forever to get him in with the 8lb test.
I've caught in the past week ones that were 10lbs 12lbs and about 20lbs. Been seeing a lot of huge flatheads pulled out of the Clinton lake spillway, but so far they have eluded me.
Hoping to get out this morning before everyone and their mom shows up. It's only a matter of time before it's overfished. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BDj23:
Caught me a 20lb flathead on my ultralight crappie pole last night. That was a lot of fun. Took forever to get him in with the 8lb test.
I've caught in the past week ones that were 10lbs 12lbs and about 20lbs. Been seeing a lot of huge flatheads pulled out of the Clinton lake spillway, but so far they have eluded me.
Hoping to get out this morning before everyone and their mom shows up. It's only a matter of time before it's overfished.
They must be in their prespawn feed. Enjoy it now, as soon as the water warms and they drop their eggs you'll have to hit them on the head with your bait to get them to bite. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
They must be in their prespawn feed. Enjoy it now, as soon as the water warms and they drop their eggs you'll have to hit them on the head with your bait to get them to bite.
That's what I'm thinking. Trying to finish up at work so I can get back out. Hopefully the rain will keep the bucket people away. My buddy caught one about 30lbs and we saw another guy pull out a 50lber [Reply]
This father finally found a summer morning bait, and is wearing them out so far.
10" Big Wuuurms FTW. Got a fancy rigging trick I created that is saving my worms and me a lot of time, too.
I'll post it all later.
Father do catch go things. [Reply]
