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?
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Originally Posted by Megatron96:
On my list as well. Good friend of mine has extended a permanent invitation to come down to FL to go tarpon and bonefish flyfishing. Seriously thinking next year will be the year.
Get good gear. You’ll need it for tarpon. If you can swing one, Mako reels are worth it. And Loomis NRX or Scott Meridian rods. Good thing about top quality gear: it doesn’t need replacing. Once you get it, you’re set for life. But fishing for massive salt water fish is not the time to scrimp. You’ll curse yourself if you lose a lifetime tarpon because your reel’s drag breaks or you don’t have the spine on the rod to tire the fish.
Also, if you’re interested in coming on our annual SW Alaska fly fishing trip in early to mid September, drop me a PM. We are already setting up next year’s trip.
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Originally Posted by frozenchief:
Get good gear. You’ll need it for tarpon. If you can swing one, Mako reels are worth it. And Loomis NRX or Scott Meridian rods. Good thing about top quality gear: it doesn’t need replacing. Once you get it, you’re set for life. But fishing for massive salt water fish is not the time to scrimp. You’ll curse yourself if you lose a lifetime tarpon because your reel’s drag breaks or you don’t have the spine on the rod to tire the fish.
Also, if you’re interested in coming on our annual SW Alaska fly fishing trip in early to mid September, drop me a PM. We are already setting up next year’s trip.
I get to pick our summer vacation next year....so will I pick something beachy and carribbean (for tarpon fishing) or something moutnainy and cool (for trout fishing)? Because every vacation I choose has fishing at the root and I always take a day or two to myeslf for that.
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https://www.startribune.com/muskie-m...eler/601177652
Fishing record-chaser Arthur “Art” Weston has seen his share of big catches with nearly 40 yet-to-be-beaten world records under his belt. But when Minnesota muskie expert Nolan Sprengeler took him out on Mille Lacs last week to go for a new muskie record, Weston tried something he never had before — night fishing.
“Having never night fished before was a wild experience for me,” Weston, who lives in Kentucky, said in a statement to the Star Tribune on Thursday. “Casting these massive lures into the darkness and the depths is frankly a bit unnerving.”
But the experiment worked.
On Oct. 29, his second night on Mille Lacs, Weston, with Sprengeler as his guide, landed the mother of all muskies, a 54.33-inch or 138-centimeter fish (measured from the tail to the fork) which he believes is likely to set the all-tackle length world record for the species. The record is currently pending and under review by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). The fish measured 57.5 inches from the tail to the tip.
Weston had never fished with Sprengeler before, but had heard good things about him from other anglers. Weston, who last year made headlines for catching a 283-pound alligator gar, contacted Sprengeler to come up with a plan to try for the all-tackle length world record for muskie. They agreed to fish at night, Weston said, because the bigger muskies can often be the most “lure shy.” Possibly they’ve been caught and released before. Or they are old enough and smart enough to recognize an artificial lure.
After no luck the first night, the pair set out at about 6:30 p.m. on the second to a few of Sprengeler’s favorite spots. Weston’s lure “got smashed” about 30 yards out from their boat just before midnight. The hit made him let out an audible “Ooof,” Weston said.
“The strike was not what I was expecting, it was like a Mack Truck grabbed my lure and headed the opposite direction,” he said.
Sprengeler had told him to reel hard and fast and as he began to see the torpedo-like silhouette come to the surface, Weston yelled, “It’s big!”
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To that Sprengeler yelled back, “I know!”
After netting the fish, the fishermen looked at each other and Weston remembered shouting in excitement, “It’s long!”
In similar fashion, Sprengeler responded, “I know!” telling Weston “I think this is the one.”
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