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 Iowanian:
Next weekend we're going on a bender of building fish structure to set out on the ice.
We'll be doing a bunch of the pvc/plastic trees/pineapples that I like, and some structures built of pallets and stuffed with cedar trees.
I'm excited for my pond this coming summer. In the first year, the bass went from fingerlings to averaging over 13". I fed the cats all summer, and the bluegill came up alot to feed also. The pan fish are definitely eating size now.
I've been putting a few gallons of minnows in twice/year, and installed a new gadget I'm working on as well as a solar bug zapper in a long pole to drop bugs in all night.
I'm considering fixing a small pond I had drained and using it for minnows only, and trapping them to sell/dump into ponds I fish or am stocking in my area.
Hopefully I'll actually have time to fish this year between work, farm stuff and kids summer sports.
Sounds like your feeding program is really working, from fingerling to 13 inch in one year is awesome growth. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
There's got to be someone on here thats been fishing lately. Come on, I got the fever bad.
Lets hear about your latest attempt to drown some worms.
Lets post some pics of some of your best fishing days
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
Next weekend we're going on a bender of building fish structure to set out on the ice.
We'll be doing a bunch of the pvc/plastic trees/pineapples that I like, and some structures built of pallets and stuffed with cedar trees.
I'm excited for my pond this coming summer. In the first year, the bass went from fingerlings to averaging over 13". I fed the cats all summer, and the bluegill came up alot to feed also. The pan fish are definitely eating size now.
I've been putting a few gallons of minnows in twice/year, and installed a new gadget I'm working on as well as a solar bug zapper in a long pole to drop bugs in all night.
I'm considering fixing a small pond I had drained and using it for minnows only, and trapping them to sell/dump into ponds I fish or am stocking in my area.
Hopefully I'll actually have time to fish this year between work, farm stuff and kids summer sports.
Were they 13" last year ? If so then I'd think 15" would be the norm this year. I don't know much about growth rates but if they hit 15"(About 2 lbs) or bigger this year that means nothing but fun all day long.
The minnow pond sounds like a good idea. Would it be feasible to grow crawdads with the minnows ? [Reply]
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
Lets post some pics of some of your best fishing days
On this day, every fish I caught was big
Those are some big ass crappie. The biggest one I've ever seen was an 18.5 " one caught in a pond in Dade County, Mo. I'd give my left nut to still have access to that pond. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Fry those up, then put some potato salad, baked beans and sliced onion on the plate... one of the finest meals known to man.
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Those are some big ass crappie. The biggest one I've ever seen was an 18.5 " one caught in a pond in Dade County, Mo. I'd give my left nut to still have access to that pond.
I caught those at Lake Lucas close to Asheboro NC Our state record crappie came from the lake at 4 lbs 15 oz.. in 1980
Originally Posted by R8RFAN:
I caught those at Lake Lucas close to Asheboro NC Our state record crappie came from the lake at 4 lbs 15 oz.. in 1980
It has a 15hp limit
That is a big ass crappie.
Several years ago I was fishing on Table Rock Lake here in Mo. Middle of a hot summer day and fishing was slow so I started trolling crank baits. I hooked about and had a hell of a fight on my hands. Finally landed the biggest white bass I had ever seen. It was almost 8 lbs. After me and my buddy stowed our gear I went hauling ass back to the marina. You couldn't have slapped the smile off my face.
About 3/4 of the way back a word popped into my mind. Hybrid. It seemed like I'd heard or read something about hybrids being released into Table Rock. So I stopped the boat and pulled my state record fish out of the live well to look him over again. Sure enough, my white bass just didn't look quite right.
Damn it damn it damn it. I'm just glad I didn't go running into the marina hollering about my state record white bass. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stumppy:
That is a big ass crappie.
Several years ago I was fishing on Table Rock Lake here in Mo. Middle of a hot summer day and fishing was slow so I started trolling crank baits. I hooked about and had a hell of a fight on my hands. Finally landed the biggest white bass I had ever seen. It was almost 8 lbs. After me and my buddy stowed our gear I went hauling ass back to the marina. You couldn't have slapped the smile off my face.
About 3/4 of the way back a word popped into my mind. Hybrid. It seemed like I'd heard or read something about hybrids being released into Table Rock. So I stopped the boat and pulled my state record fish out of the live well to look him over again. Sure enough, my white bass just didn't look quite right.
Damn it damn it damn it. I'm just glad I didn't go running into the marina hollering about my state record white bass.
You're 100% right, no idea wtf I was thinking... knew it was a crappie but said the wrong thing.
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
Record paddlefish caught yesterday at Table Rock Lake.
