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 Easy 6:
That would definitely be one helluva creek chub if true
I had no idea SE Iowa was such a fishing Nirvana
Cool thing is we have 4-5 local lakes we can fish as well as countless farm ponds. And as you know, I live right on top of the bluff a couple miles away from the Mississippi, which gives us access to the Mississippi as well as several drainage ditches and pumping stations. [Reply]
Originally Posted by rico:
Skin like a catfish... not as slippery, though.
Looks like a trout to me. Then again, I've only caught a few in all my years of fishing. Pretty sure chubs have scales like most minnow type fish. [Reply]
Originally Posted by rico: :-) DUDE... guess what happened?! I did that!!! My girls caught a couple dandies...and I caught a mystery fish that everyone is having a debate on Facebook about what it is!!! The general consensus seems to be trout or state record creek chub... this was caught in Southeast Iowa on the Mississippi... we don’t get trout here!! And on a goldfish!!! :-)
Those first two are definitely rainbow trout. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BDj23:
Someone dumped live bait
That’s what I’ve always figured, but it’s still hard to understand how they survive to those sizes... you’d think they’d get gobbled up almost immediately considering how much they stand out
Originally Posted by rico:
Shit (dogfish) and then awesomeness struck !!!
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Dude you need to start a youtube channel and get monetized for all of your efforts, there are several guys on there making good bank who are no better than you just going around documenting their exploits... you’d fit right into that [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
That’s what I’ve always figured, but it’s still hard to understand how they survive to those sizes... you’d think they’d get gobbled up almost immediately considering how much they stand out
Dude you need to start a youtube channel and get monetized for all of your efforts, there are several guys on there making good bank who are no better than you just going around documenting their exploits... you’d fit right into that
My brother and best friend talk about that all the time. [Reply]
Anyone got any websites or pointers for a total.fishing noob? I want to take my sons out, need some gear and info. Probably river (gualala river) or maybe Pacific Ocean off some rocks. [Reply]
