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]
Made it out yesterday for a few hours. Didn't get a damn fish again. I've been skunked 3 or 4 times in a row all while leaving about 20lbs of lead and 15 hooks that are about a buck a pop on the bottom of the river.
Trying to decide if i should head out and try to catch some crappie or channel, or watch the Cards game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by threebag02:
Yeah I wouldn't keep a big one like that. I would snap some pics and let him go. I like my cats about 4-6 pounds. There is a lot of bad meat on that monster.
Could take it to the homeless shelter and toss it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BDj23:
Made it out yesterday for a few hours. Didn't get a damn fish again. I've been skunked 3 or 4 times in a row all while leaving about 20lbs of lead and 15 hooks that are about a buck a pop on the bottom of the river.
Trying to decide if i should head out and try to catch some crappie or channel, or watch the Cards game.
Any time it starts looking like I'm gonna get skunked, I bust out my junker pole and go after bluegill... those little dummies are always biting, and I get to go home having had at least a little bit of sporting action [Reply]
Caught one hybrid in four hours of fishing today. Decided to try one last cove before leaving. I landed three Saugeye and two more hybrid stripers in 20 minutes.
Originally Posted by BDj23:
Made it out yesterday for a few hours. Didn't get a damn fish again. I've been skunked 3 or 4 times in a row all while leaving about 20lbs of lead and 15 hooks that are about a buck a pop on the bottom of the river.
Trying to decide if i should head out and try to catch some crappie or channel, or watch the Cards game.
No one is catching nothing out here and I've talked to experiencd boaters. Also everyone left this morning but I'm still here.
I've caught bass when it was windy like this before but I don't know how much gumption I have to wade in the water and get knocked over by waves.
I think it's going be nice next few days but another cold front later this week and temps be in 60s and 70s. These cold fronts are really making this year rough start. [Reply]
Made it out to the Wakarusa river for a few hours this morning. That place is thick with gar. Pulled 3 out on my ultra-lite with 8lb test, had another one almost spool my in the current before he spit my lure. Also hooked one crappie, lost another gar and snagged into a huge freaking buffalo (had a scale the size of a half dollar on my lure after he came off).
I figured 9 am on a Monday morning, there wouldn't be anybody out there.. don't these ****ing people have jobs? There was about 15 people fishing down there by the time i packed up. [Reply]
That is awesomeness!! I used to think that trot lines were cheating, until I gave it ago a few times and found out it can be a lot of work. So kudos to that guy for landing a whale of a fish. Impressive! Also you never know what your gonna get when pulling in a trot in the morning, that's why it's fun. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
That is awesomeness!! I used to think that trot lines were cheating, until I gave it ago a few times and found out it can be a lot of work. So kudos to that guy for landing a whale of a fish. Impressive! Also you never know what your gonna get when pulling in a trot in the morning, that's why it's fun.
I used to think the same thing. but going through the whole process of catching bait, string up the trout line, baiting then running it changed my mind too. They're also dangerous as hell if you don't pay attention. That feeling you get while running one at 3:00 am and feel that heavy ass weight/tugging coming from the line and you can't see wth it is until you're right on top of it is great. [Reply]
Probably nothing worth worrying about for most of you but our Bass Pro in Columbia had their tournament edition Micro Spinners on sale for .99 cents a piece. They're usually about $3.00.
So I bout 20 of them because why the hell not? Filled up the tackle box with 'em and now I won't have to use my shoddy ones that only like to spin about 1/3 of the time. I've always had pretty good luck with the Bass Pro ones.
Not sure if the KC one is doing it as well because I don't see it listed in the ad but if you're going to be near there anyway, it couldn't hurt to swing back and check. [Reply]
