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]
Well boys I said what the hell and bit the bullet and ordered the ipilot system conversion kit for my trolling motor, I am tired of my bad foot pedal skills and all the wind we have here. I also like the fact that when I get on the fish I will be able to stay on them.
That ipilot is the best thing you could ever put on a boat, went fishing today, the wind was rocking as usual and the ipilot just held me on the spot... fished 5 hours and had 80% battery left and I only run 1 interstate batter for the trolling motor
My fishing season is quickly coming to an end, its looking like we're gonna pretty much skip fall and go straight into winter AGAIN... but its supposed to warm up to around 60 tomorrow, so I might try to get out again
Spotted a beautiful little creek on the way to a new worksite this week, I'll probably try that... gotsta keep myself interested by finding new spots, get so bored with the same old places
Love smallish creeks that most people look right past when looking to go fishing, there are true lunkers lurking in those little creeks... and you wont have to fight the crowds, or wade through all their damn trash [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
My fishing season is quickly coming to an end, its looking like we're gonna pretty much skip fall and go straight into winter AGAIN... but its supposed to warm up to around 60 tomorrow, so I might try to get out again
Spotted a beautiful little creek on the way to a new worksite this week, I'll probably try that... gotsta keep myself interested by finding new spots, get so bored with the same old places
Love smallish creeks that most people look right past when looking to go fishing, there are true lunkers lurking in those little creeks... and you wont have to fight the crowds, or wade through all their damn trash
I have lots of huge bodies of water to fish, The Lake I go to the most is call High Rock and bassmaster tourneys are held there... The lake has 365 miles of shoreline [Reply]
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
I have lots of huge bodies of water to fish, The Lake I go to the most is call High Rock and bassmaster tourneys are held there... The lake has 365 miles of shoreline
I live at the dam that ends one and starts another
One has 957 miles of shore. The other has around 1150 iirc [Reply]
A buddy is taking me to Smithville bass fishin in the am tomorrow. He knows his shit. He’s an old tournament guy. See how it goes. I’m more of a crappie, catfish, walleye, trout guy but it’s always fun to tie into a few bass up there. He said to plan for back of cove senkos and secondary pont medium running shad cranks. I’m all packed up. See how it goes [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
A buddy is taking me to Smithville bass fishin in the am tomorrow. He knows his shit. He’s an old tournament guy. See how it goes. I’m more of a crappie, catfish, walleye, trout guy but it’s always fun to tie into a few bass up there. He said to plan for back of cove senkos and secondary pont medium running shad cranks. I’m all packed up. See how it goes
If you're out early, top waters in the back of coves can be a lot of fun this time of year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
Well boys I said what the hell and bit the bullet and ordered the ipilot system conversion kit for my trolling motor, I am tired of my bad foot pedal skills and all the wind we have here. I also like the fact that when I get on the fish I will be able to stay on them.
You will love the ipilot. Mine has it built in on my trout boat, I can control the motor from anywhere in the boat. I also launch my boat with no one in it, and once its clear of the trailer, I stand there on the ramp and bring it back in. You can also set it up to follow ledges and structure, then go back to fishing while it does the driving. I use a hand controlled with stomp box on my bass boat, but I am always right there to control it, but the trout boat, I am always running the outboard and never on the front deck so anything other than an ipilot wouldn't work for me on that boat. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
You should have gotten the Garmin Panoptix live sonar setup. It’s expensive but absolutely amazing. I’d love to get it eventually.
Yea that is nice but honestly, this is all I will ever need ... [Reply]
Originally Posted by hotrod:
You will love the ipilot. Mine has it built in on my trout boat, I can control the motor from anywhere in the boat. I also launch my boat with no one in it, and once its clear of the trailer, I stand there on the ramp and bring it back in. You can also set it up to follow ledges and structure, then go back to fishing while it does the driving. I use a hand controlled with stomp box on my bass boat, but I am always right there to control it, but the trout boat, I am always running the outboard and never on the front deck so anything other than an ipilot wouldn't work for me on that boat.
I don't know how I lived without it... Boat control is something I always struggled with a bit but this baby solves that problem and you spend more time fishing where you want to be fishing . [Reply]
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sarah55:
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.
Thank you for that useful information, spambot. [Reply]
