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 HonestChieffan:
Headed to BPS with fistfull of gift cards to buy a new ultra light spinning reel
Wow, that looks like some space age work of art... very nice
I too am trying to get back into light gear fishing, pulling 20 smalls outta the water is just as fun (in a different way) as pulling out 2 lunkers [Reply]
I've become such a big fan of this guy, he goes after lunkers in bigger bodies of water but has the same passion for discovering whats in some tiny creek
He has hundreds of videos and its well worth watching a bunch of them
This guy is also a lot of fun and is quite knowledgeable
This kid talks a mile a minute, but his passion for fishing is unequaled
That is how my son is. He is ready to go at the drop of a hat. He loves the water. I always thought about getting him a go-pro and let him rip it. He could out fish 10yr old me by a ****ing mile. He has 7 poles 2 ultra lights and 5 tackle boxes set up. He’s always hoping on his bike and rolling down to the ponds. He definitely isn’t a city boy. When we are killing time going to garage sales, estate sales or auctions I have to hurry and beat him to the garage. [Reply]
Meh caught a couple channel cats and had a nice hit on the line but didn't get it set sombitch.
I still need go get my kayak from my brothers so I can fish these lakes around here eastern Kansas. I'm not use to these waters or where the good fishing is yet but I will indeed find me a honey hole sooner or later. They should start bitiing nice in a couple weeks. I am going give it a go and do some trout fishing but i got to spring an extra 14 fucking bucks but i think the water is just right for them in these parts. [Reply]
It looks really nice, especially for that price. Perhaps the only thing that I would want different is open space behind the seat instead of that storage. It’s not really practical to sit there and while in the kayak try to unscrew the storage and get things. Generally the best for the area behind the seat is open space for perhaps a milk crate or easier to access open space in general. If that cover comes off then that would solve it but I couldn’t tell if it does.
Other than that it looks like it would fit all your needs. It even seems to have some flat space on the sides for adding extra features and mounts should you want some. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
It looks really nice, especially for that price. Perhaps the only thing that I would want different is open space behind the seat instead of that storage. It’s not really practical to sit there and while in the kayak try to unscrew the storage and get things. Generally the best for the area behind the seat is open space for perhaps a milk crate or easier to access open space in general. If that cover comes off then that would solve it but I couldn’t tell if it does.
Other than that it looks like it would fit all your needs. It even seems to have some flat space on the sides for adding extra features and mounts should you want some.
They said it comes off and would float behind if you pulled it. [Reply]
Finally got to hit the lake this past Sunday. Didn’t catch a damn thing and missed a couple.
My dad was catching them all day though. Always rubs it in my face when he catches more than me. Never gets old. When I outfish him I run my mouth constantly. [Reply]
The old timers say look for the Snowball bushes or Dogwoods. When they start blooming thats when the Crappie turn on. My neightbor has a snowball bush and he wonders why I stand in my front yard staring at it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
The old timers say look for the Snowball bushes or Dogwoods. When they start blooming thats when the Crappie turn on. My neightbor has a snowball bush and he wonders why I stand in my front yard staring at it.
They stage weeks before they start spawning so you don’t really need to wait for the actual spawn to take advantage. I actually like that better because it’s a bit more challenging to find them. [Reply]
