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 El Jefe:
Holy crap dude, ashamedly, I have yet to land anything that big :-)
**This year
Attached are the other 2 from today...
Apparently the larger 2 are not stripers, but “wipers.” They are a cross between a striper and a white bass. I hadn’t ever run into such a thing until today.
Caught them at the 4th Pumping Station in Southeast Iowa (Oakville)!
Originally Posted by rico:
Attached are the other 2 from today...
Apparently the larger 2 are not stripers, but “wipers.” They are a cross between a striper and a white bass. I hadn’t ever run into such a thing until today.
Caught them at the 4th Pumping Station in Southeast Iowa (Oakville)!
I thought that's what it was. I've only caught a couple but they were fighting SOB's. [Reply]
Originally Posted by rico:
Attached are the other 2 from today...
Apparently the larger 2 are not stripers, but “wipers.” They are a cross between a striper and a white bass. I hadn’t ever run into such a thing until today.
Caught them at the 4th Pumping Station in Southeast Iowa (Oakville)!
Wipers - also called hybrids - are very popular for stocking in lakes and ponds. They're hardy and adaptable, they grow fast, they fight hard, and apparently they taste good. [Reply]
In general if you are catching something 2 to 3 lbs or larger it is a wiper not a white bass as they grow faster and larger. Under that size they are hard to tell apart but wiper have an extra row of teeth, a larger mouth, and are more streamlined than white bass. Striper and wiper are harder to tell apart once you start getting into the 5 lbs and up range but striper don’t reproduce much if at all so unless you are fishing on a main lake that stocks them you are unlikely to catch a striper.
For my money wiper are the hardest fighters there are. They hit hard and sustain their energy for the entire fight which they drag out for a long time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
In general if you are catching something 2 to 3 lbs or larger it is a wiper not a white bass as they grow faster and larger. Under that size they are hard to tell apart but wiper have an extra row of teeth, a larger mouth, and are more streamlined than white bass. Striper and wiper are harder to tell apart once you start getting into the 5 lbs and up range but striper don’t reproduce much if at all so unless you are fishing on a main lake that stocks them you are unlikely to catch a striper.
For my money wiper are the hardest fighters there are. They hit hard and sustain their energy for the entire fight which they drag out for a long time.
I thought I had a state record white bass when I landed my first Wiper. It took a little while before I realized what it was.
I agree about the fighting. Great fish to catch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by rico:
I think you are right. Couldn’t believe the fight they put up.
These hybrids have me all goofed up.
Yea, drums put up a good fight too. I never go fishing for them but they're fun to catch. And that's all I'm out there for. Never did care much for the taste of fish. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Yea, drums put up a good fight too. I never go fishing for them but they're fun to catch. And that's all I'm out there for. Never did care much for the taste of fish.
Drum are frustrating because they hit hard and are often caught crappie fishing. They fight good for a bit but tend to give up so once you feel like you are dragging in a log you realize you don’t have a big crappie or some other fish like a wiper which will fight longer. [Reply]
