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 KC Tattoo:
Calling for snow Thursday or Friday. ****ing bullshit. Every year old man winter has to teabag spring and drag his nutsack across Kansas.
:-) I know that sux. I'm planning to head out for a 2 weeker around April 17th. [Reply]
Going on a trip next weekend to the White River in NW Arkansas. Doing a little trout fishing. Only my second time trout fishing, but it's legit beautiful down there and the fishing was very fun the last time I went. Hopefully I hook into a lunker! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pablo:
Going on a trip next weekend to the White River in NW Arkansas. Doing a little trout fishing. Only my second time trout fishing, but it's legit beautiful down there and the fishing was very fun the last time I went. Hopefully I hook into a lunker!
Originally Posted by threebag02:
Boat batteries are charged. Everything is ready to pull out and go. Turned out to be a really nice day to get a bunch of this shit done.
I have searched abroad and researched the googles, and have found my ultimate fishing destination this year... gonna be checking it out for the first time this weekend
Its about 35 miles from my place, but is isolated as hell along the Illinois river
The nearest town is about 15 miles upriver, and currently has a population of 30 or so souls... some deft map reading has given me what I need to get to the perfect spot at the base of the river valley cliffs
Its really beautiful country for Illinois, the river valley hills remind me a LOT of Missouri... its pretty rugged, eagles flying around and shit... cant wait!
From there it will only be a short hike to the campsite I'm setting up, and since its all public land there will be no hassles... and thats IF anyone actually finds the camp, which I intend to make quite difficult
Gonna set one of these up, and finally once and for all, have my own little place to stay where the fishing pressure is non-existent... the river there should be about as pristine as its ever gonna be
It wont be nearly as fancy as what this 'ultimate woman' has put together since it'll be a summer hideaway, but you get the idea... already have the tarp, a hank of 550 cord, a few good nails and a hatchet to make it all happen
Went to Pomme De Terre Tuesday. Caught a bunch of crappie, a couple nice Bass (17 in.).
Funniest damn thig was how it played out. While me and my fishing buddy were using the same bait, minnows on a bobber, same depth, fishing the exact same place, I caught crappie after crappie. He caught Drum after Drum.:-)
I was :-) my ass off. After about 4 hours he finally started catching crappie but it was funny as hell. [Reply]
