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 scott free:
Yep, always get rid of the dark meat.
Another old trick my stepdad always used to help get the muddy flavor out of wild caught cats, is to take them home alive to a big cooler, tub or whatever you got & keep them in fresh tapwater for 3-4 days, adding in some fresh water every day, before eating.
Try letting the fillets marinate in light saltwater in the fridge for twenty four hours or so. It helps a lot. Not sure my wife would be down for a tub of catfish on the deck, but I'm sure the raccoons would love it! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Beans:
Try letting the fillets marinate in light saltwater in the fridge for twenty four hours or so. It helps a lot. Not sure my wife would be down for a tub of catfish on the deck, but I'm sure the raccoons would love it!
All of this great fishing talk, and here i am sitting around on the ****ing computer on my day off :-)
Think i'm going to get off my ass for a bit.. [Reply]
Originally Posted by scott free:
Yep, always get rid of the dark meat.
Another old trick my stepdad always used to help get the muddy flavor out of wild caught cats, is to take them home alive to a big cooler, tub or whatever you got & keep them in fresh tapwater for 3-4 days, adding in some fresh water every day, before eating.
When I was running trot lines with Motorcycle Drag Racing buddy we kept a couple of stock tanks with aerators filled with fresh water, one for bait and one to clear catfish out. But you can’t just fill a tank with chlorinated water, they’ll die. You have to let the water set or use some water treatment like what you get for fresh water aquariums. Cabelas sells big jugs of the stuff just for guys that keep live bait fish on hand. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Radar Chief: :-) You’re off work and you’re sitting around talking to us? About fishing?
I think I know the cure for this situation.
Thats exactly what i did at the local lake, even for just about 2 hours it was full of surprises, glad i got out, on a 3in split tailed plastic minnow with a jighead i got my first ever crappie, a fish i've never really went after, maybe just a half pound, but it Slammed it just doing a twitch & reel, swallowed it whole, it was very lucky dr. free is pretty nifty with the needlenose... a very shiny, pretty fish, another first.
After that got two one pounder bigmouths & a six inch painted turtle who also lived through the ordeal... nothing big, but a very pleasant time nonetheless, small fish will fight too. I'm also going to look forward to some killer striper fishing out there in a few years, there were huge, 4-6 inch packs of them all over the place mixed in with the bluegill.
Got that & now the draft in just a few... pretty good day off. [Reply]
Originally Posted by scott free:
Thats exactly what i did at the local lake, even for just about 2 hours it was full of surprises, glad i got out, on a 3in split tailed plastic minnow with a jighead i got my first ever crappie, a fish i've never really went after, maybe just a half pound, but it Slammed it just doing a twitch & reel, swallowed it whole, it was very lucky dr. free is pretty nifty with the needlenose... a very shiny, pretty fish, another first.
After that got two one pounder bigmouths & a six inch painted turtle who also lived through the ordeal... nothing big, but a very pleasant time nonetheless, small fish will fight too. I'm also going to look forward to some killer striper fishing out there in a few years, there were huge, 4-6 inch packs of them all over the place mixed in with the bluegill.
Got that & now the draft in just a few... pretty good day off.
So, left the house, got the ice & beverages of all kind, some beef jerky and headed out to a fave honeyhole on the river, about 15 minutes away... packed, people everywhere in every shady spot within a quarter mile.
Same thing with another, smaller spot a few miles down the road, so yeah, didnt stick around long on my small patch of 3pm sunbaked bank... gah, it gets tougher every single year to find a little solitude anymore... hate that.
The failure, is in my planning, i need to be leaving much earlier & be prepared to drive even further in to the sticks. [Reply]
