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:
You know what I got me a new chick I love that I've been going out with since November and she is way better looking and I'm much happier and she is another nurse but she has the cutest dimples ever! I liked the other one but wasn't in like with her and I love this one and I'm I'm going be moving to eastern Kansas because we are both transferring to Osawatomie . Yes the other one bought me a Kayak but i think that was out of desperation because i told her I found someone else and i was going go out with . Well I love this chick and going move to Fort Scott where she has a home and all i have to do is help with some bills and I'm gold to go fishing all i want and switching jobs out there my work schedule will give me more time to fish and do "honey do list" but she also is a Royals fan and goes to Royals games so I'm hooked up to go to Royals games so those Hone do list will just have to get done I'll be good for her because I know she is good for me. :-)
I've never fallen in love before like this I've been a bachelor for ten years I don't know what i'm doing but it feels right !
She could be the best catch i've ever had so I'm not going let her go .
Dude, Sounds like you just won the lottery. Now send pics so we can make it official. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
You know what I got me a new chick I love that I've been going out with since November and she is way better looking and I'm much happier and she is another nurse but she has the cutest dimples ever! I liked the other one but wasn't in like with her and I love this one and I'm I'm going be moving to eastern Kansas because we are both transferring to Osawatomie . Yes the other one bought me a Kayak but i think that was out of desperation because i told her I found someone else and i was going go out with . Well I love this chick and going move to Fort Scott where she has a home and all i have to do is help with some bills and I'm gold to go fishing all i want and switching jobs out there my work schedule will give me more time to fish and do "honey do list" but she also is a Royals fan and goes to Royals games so I'm hooked up to go to Royals games so those Hone do list will just have to get done I'll be good for her because I know she is good for me. :-)
I've never fallen in love before like this I've been a bachelor for ten years I don't know what i'm doing but it feels right !
She could be the best catch i've ever had so I'm not going let her go .
:-)
One word of advice. Don't let the new one find out the old one bought you the kayak. At one point in time you'll go fishing before, during, or after an argument with her..........need I say more.:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Auuuurgh. I'm dying here. Somebody has to have been fishing lately. Tell us a story.
Okay. Wish I knew how to embed pics. Took my boys(9 and 7)out two weeks ago when we went to visit my buddy in NOLA. Went out of Jean Lafitte, LA on a 5 hour Bayou charter. No sooner had my 9 year old cast out, he had a huge black drum on the line. That set the tone for the rest of the day. Both kids caught some big drum and a few redfish. All told, we caught 19 fish. Got em cleaned, and took em to a little place up the road that blackened some and made nuggets out of some more. Great eating! Holy hell, redfish is delicious. And I didn’t know but it goes for about $50 a plate at the nicer places in NO. Great time had by all. If you guys get a chance, I highly recommend fishing there [Reply]
It's not going to be long and crappie will be spawning. Ice tore the dock up a little this winter. Gang plank got a little twisted. Not much a guy can do though. Just gotta go fix it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Okay. Wish I knew how to embed pics. Took my boys(9 and 7)out two weeks ago when we went to visit my buddy in NOLA. Went out of Jean Lafitte, LA on a 5 hour Bayou charter. No sooner had my 9 year old cast out, he had a huge black drum on the line. That set the tone for the rest of the day. Both kids caught some big drum and a few redfish. All told, we caught 19 fish. Got em cleaned, and took em to a little place up the road that blackened some and made nuggets out of some more. Great eating! Holy hell, redfish is delicious. And I didn’t know but it goes for about $50 a plate at the nicer places in NO. Great time had by all. If you guys get a chance, I highly recommend fishing there
Killer. Never been fishing anywhere that far south but have wanted to. Nowadays I do almost all my fishing on creeks and rivers in the Ozarks for bass and catfish with the exception for lakes during crappie season.
I've been cooped up too long this year and the fishing bug has hit me pretty hard lately. [Reply]
Nice fish and looks like a medium weight rod/reel combo.
Damn nice. I've caught a lot of Northern but none that big. Was lucky enough to spend a spring, summer, and fall living in upstate Vermont with Lake Champlain as my backyard. Also spent a week in Ontario on Lac Seul catching the hell out of Northern and Walleye. JFC that walleye shore lunch was the best I ever had. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Damn nice. I've caught a lot of Northern but none that big. Was lucky enough to spend a spring, summer, and fall living in upstate Vermont with Lake Champlain as my backyard. Also spent a week in Ontario on Lac Seul catching the hell out of Northern and Walleye. JFC that walleye shore lunch was the best I ever had.
Ive been to a lodge in Manitoba over 12 times, have 6 Master Angler Northerns and 3 MA Walleyes. And you are right, shore lunch is awesome!! Cobham River Lodge [Reply]
Originally Posted by HonestChieffan:
Ive been to a lodge in Manitoba over 12 times, have 6 Master Angler Northerns and 3 MA Walleyes. And you are right, shore lunch is awesome!! Cobham River Lodge
I really don't like fish that much. I'll eat it from time to time but not that often.
The walleye was so damn good up there that the first day I ate so much I spent the next hour or two laying on the deck of the boat and moaning about my way overstuffed gut. I was in some serious pain.:-) [Reply]
Windy as shit here today. Planting seeds and getting the garden ready as much as I can. Hoping the cold is done so I can keep the green house warm but I will lose if it falls below 0. Unless I haul into the shed or barn. Just always seems like a ton of extra work, never easy street. Weather cooperates I will definitely be getting a line wet. I can’t wait. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
It's funny to see this thread bumped, was planning to prep my gear this afternoon... re-string'em, oil' em, inventory the tackle box etc
Supposed to be in the 50s all next week and I've got the jones BAD
Here's hoping for an early spring...
I need to go blow to dust off my gear and re-activate my Facebook.
