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]
Does anybody have an idea for making a bait bucket for shad. I made a cooler with bubble boxes but it won't keep them alive long. I'm told the bait box has to be round and have a filter because the shad continually shit and it fills the water and the shad drive their noses into the corners of a rectangular box and beat themselves to death.
I went into a cove with a throw net and caught tons of shad for bait but they just die off. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Yea, that's what i was aking. Nice one. I've had to spend this entire fishing year on the sidelines and I got the fever bad.
November is a good time to fish as water temp drops, especially for catfish. [Reply]
