Fishing

[JKGirl]

OK...so who fishes? and what kind of bait do you use? and also what knd of freshwater fish do you eat???
I have started fishing and need help!!

[yetibear]

DYE-NO-MITE the bait of champions!:eek2:

:rotflmao2::rotflmao2::rotflmao2:

sorry, I just couldn't stop myself.:dontknow2::blush:

[Dizzyliz]

OK...so who fishes? and what kind of bait do you use? and also what knd of freshwater fish do you eat???
I have started fishing and need help!!



Power bait with a worm---> but lure fishing is more fun...
Whatever bites and is big enough not to throw back. :crazyeyes:


I just got my self a new Ugly stick :brows:
And guess what? ---> It's PINK :ya:

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[BaltChief]

I love to fish, for bait ballyhoo and mullet.....no freshwater fishing for me. Game of choice would be Tuna and Marlin :thumbsup: In 2 weeks I'll be fishing in the White Marlin Open for the 7th straight year...:ya: my chance to become a millionaire..:rotflmao2:

[Firedog]

I love to use them pumpkin seed worms to catch the big mouth Basses:brows::brows:

[JKGirl]

Power bait with a worm---> but lure fishing is more fun...
Whatever bites and is big enough not to throw back. :crazyeyes:


I just got my self a new Ugly stick :brows:
And guess what? ---> It's PINK :ya:

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I almost bought the Pink Ulgystick!!!! but was not sure....like I said I am a newbie.... : ) It sure was pretty!!! Did you get the bubblegum pink one or the Metallic shiny pink... ?

I have been using worms but really do not like hooking them myself....so I got some Magic corn? But I will have to also get some Powerbait....saw that today too...

[JKGirl]

I love to fish, for bait ballyhoo and mullet.....no freshwater fishing for me. Game of choice would be Tuna and Marlin :thumbsup: In 2 weeks I'll be fishing in the White Marlin Open for the 7th straight year...:ya: my chance to become a millionaire..:rotflmao2:

wow you are a "real" fisherman-- I still have to get a canoe or something to get deeper in the pond to go for the bigger ones....:D I am working on that now.....hmmmmm.

[JKGirl]

DYE-NO-MITE the bait of champions!:eek2:

:rotflmao2::rotflmao2::rotflmao2:

sorry, I just couldn't stop myself.:dontknow2::blush:

are you serious? where would one buy it????:thinking:

[muddpuppy01]

its a joke unless you want to go to jail lol

[possumface]

freshwater crappie ,bluegill, channel catfish = eating fish
catch and release all fish unharmed if not eating
take only what u can eat:yup:
bait: hot weather go deep cranks or plastic worm with glass rattle
fish night or evening = topwater double buzzer white :
catfish channel: cut shad , stinky baits, ivory soap or zote soap, chicken liver, cheeze
flathead: skipjack live, bluegill live, large hooks, heavy lines 60lb test , night fishing

[StealthAWD]

Ugly Stick is a great rod. I highly recommend it, along with a 4400 Penn reel. I fish for Stripped Bass using it, with Clams or Herring as bait. I fish off shore about 1.5 hours before low tide and fish until 1.5 hours after low tide and pull in some nice schoolies (smaller Bass) and an occasional keeper (although I always catch and release).

I also have a lighter rod for trout fishing in lakes. We have some nice rainbow and lake trout up here (Mass/NH), and I use either powerbait or some live shiners.

Have you done any fishing ? Has anyone showed you the basics? First thing you need to learn (aside from being able to cast, set your hook and reel in) is how to tie knots and attach leaders and sinkers to your line. There is lots of info online if you do a google search on this.

Good luck and fire away at any more questions you have.

Eric

[07crawler]

I use power bait and/or worm...or castmaster lures...I only eat the trout that come out of the high lakes in the sierras...yummy

[Dizzyliz]

I think these boys have answered some of your questions... :brows:

...Oh- I chose the metallic, didn't see any other colors but the typical guy choice :dontknow2:

The really cool part about it being PINK is that though he is swooning over the fact that it it a nice rod... he wont use it- because it is PINK :bleh: :D

PS I don't like stringing worms either- I leave that up to the man-
Otherwise I fool around with a lure- catch a fish - then irritate him because I got one first :grinnyeyes:

[voodoojk]

according to field and stream magazine...i live in the #1 place to live in north america to fish. The Roaring Fork river is at my front door. The colorado is down the road. Throw in the frying pan, crystal and arkansa river a short drive away trout fishing at its finest. I just caught my first trout on a dry fly last night! Reeled in 16" browns out of the colorado this weekend on gold panther martins!!

[Gravel Gertie]

I fish for Cutthroat trout. I use humphys, royal wolfs, and a few flies I tie myself. However, on real slow days when I am hungry I'm not above using a night crawler. I don't mind putting worms on hooks. All part of the experience.

Here are a few more "beginner's" hints. Be careful what you wear. Bright or light colors (white tee shirts or caps) can alert the fish to you presence. Also, rub your hands in the sand and water to remove any odors from hand creams, sun screen or human odors so it doesn't transfer to the bait when you bait up. Approach the water quietly with soft foot steps so as not to spook the fish.

One of the greatest thrills when fishing is watching a bait fly floating gently in the current of a stream and suddenly seeing the water explode when a fish takes it. HEART ATTACK CITY! Such great fun! Have fun fishing. :thumbs:

[JKGirl]

Thank you for all the advice!!!! :D So I am going fishin again...but I did just learn the Lake I have been fishing in has trout...but I need a "special" liscense to catch a trout? :thinking::thinking: ( why is it all so complicated!) Not that I'd know it was a trout lol....I have to go to Cabelas and learn what more fish look like.....I did just get a good book about Michigan Freshwater fish - for identifying them.... So far I have caught bluegill, rock bass, and some other fish.

So far its been catch and release too...as I have only caught 1 that seemed big enough to eat.... I have been lucky too...I have not had to get the fish off the hook- hubbo has been around for that or I get the boys fishing to do that- I am prepared with fishing gloves if I have too;)...... this lake has fish with spines...ugh.
Well I am enjoying this fishing thing wayyyy too much.....:D who knew it would be addictive?? :)

I am goin back out on Thursday- camping and fishing..... :D

[only_in_my_jeep]

OK...so who fishes? and what kind of bait do you use? and also what knd of freshwater fish do you eat???
I have started fishing and need help!!

If you did a search on fishing you will find a lot of us fish both salt and fresh water. In order to help you I have a few questions first by fresh water do you mean lake, river or pond? Also by fresh water do you mean cold water where trout live or warm water where bream and bass rule?

Overall in fresh water if you get a can of live worms (either dug from the ground or buy them) and rig them with the bait on or near bottom (sinker w/o float or with float) you will catch something.

[only_in_my_jeep]

Thank you for all the advice!!!! :D So I am going fishin again...but I did just learn the Lake I have been fishing in has trout...but I need a "special" liscense to catch a trout? :thinking::thinking: ( why is it all so complicated!) Not that I'd know it was a trout lol....I have to go to Cabelas and learn what more fish look like.....I did just get a good book about Michigan Freshwater fish - for identifying them.... So far I have caught bluegill, rock bass, and some other fish.

So far its been catch and release too...as I have only caught 1 that seemed big enough to eat.... I have been lucky too...I have not had to get the fish off the hook- hubbo has been around for that or I get the boys fishing to do that- I am prepared with fishing gloves if I have too;)...... this lake has fish with spines...ugh.
Well I am enjoying this fishing thing wayyyy too much.....:D who knew it would be addictive?? :)

I am goin back out on Thursday- camping and fishing..... :D

Sounds as if you have a location where the trout are deep this time of year anyway so I would not worry about it. It also sounds as if you might have a few smallmouth bass as well however you are doing okay just need to get the experience of being out there and time in to learn the sport. As far as eating size even a small bluegill tastes good and taking a few smaller fish will not hurt the population. All you do is just scale and gut them (I also remove the head) and fry them up whole. Now you got me hungry and I guess I need to go fishing.

[JKGirl]

Hey Only!!!!!:D
Yep, I know about worms and have been having good luck with them( just do not like hooking them.....) ;) Can you believ e the campground has a Bait Vending machine?! Who know they made such things!!!??

You said you have to scale them?? well I read if you skin them you can skip the messy scaling...also how big does the fish need to be to eat it?

An oh yes... I have been fishing in a big lake..... :D

[Cruiser]

Haven't fished in years, but taking a neighbor and his 9yr old son to cabelas(in hamburg pa) tomorrow to get them a little more educated and geared up. I like fishing for channel cats at night, and pickerel at dusk,, just remember steel leader.. and bass in the am.. I use lures, powerbait, livebait(minows) which some say is cheating.. but its fun.. and If I'm feeling lazy and relaxing,, I don't bait the hook and sitback with the line in and have a few beers and a nice nap by the river..
Steve

[07crawler]

you don't have to scale trout..just fry em up and eat em...the skin comes right off after cooking

[Cruiser]

But,, if you scale it can you eat the skin too? like salmon? same type of fish, but smaller?? with salmon while frying you separate the skin and keep frying it till it looks like a piece of bacon,, very tasty w/soy sauce..

[Dizzyliz]

I've never scaled a trout.:no2:

[BaltChief]

I've never scaled a trout.:no2:

:rotflmao2::rotflmao2::rotflmao2:

[only_in_my_jeep]

Hey Only!!!!!:D
Yep, I know about worms and have been having good luck with them( just do not like hooking them.....) ;) Can you believ e the campground has a Bait Vending machine?! Who know they made such things!!!??

You said you have to scale them?? well I read if you skin them you can skip the messy scaling...also how big does the fish need to be to eat it?

An oh yes... I have been fishing in a big lake..... :D

Folks here are right about trout but we were talking bream and even rock bass. You can fillet and skin them but I am talking smaller fish (with bream as small as you feel like cleaning as long as there is no legal size limit BTW the small ones taste as good and sometimes better than larger) whole and on the bones. If you run a spoon, butter knife, or other dull impliment from the tail to head applying some pressure and a little angle (experience will help) the scales come right off. You then gut, head and wash the fish before dredging in flour and putting it in hot grease. The fish gets crisp and the tail (yes you can eat it) crisps up and tasts like a fish potato chip. Larger fish can be filleted and skined which require some skill. Trout are best just gutted (gills pulled but head left on) with the inside salted, peppered, lemon squeezed (with remains put inside), and some butter added to the mix. You then wrap in foil and put into a bed of hot coals for a bit (cooking time varries) turning once. You can also bake/broil them the same way in the oven but it lacks some of the mood.

I know all about the bait vending machines including the cost of the machines, bait cans to fit them, and such because I thought about getting a few to set up myself. As I said worms will give you the most and most varried bang for the buck. Since it is a lake you should also have smallmouth, largemouth catfish (maybe), and a host of other species. Of course if you were using a boat it opens up a whole new level of options to which you just hand your credit card over to Bass Pro and get started. The basic all around tackle box should have a variety of hooks, floats and weights (live bait fishing); slip weights and hooks for plastic worms, a small assortment of plastic worms (find out the best colors for your lake is best but generally a handfull with some dark and some light) for largemouth/smallmouth; some rapallas (bass as well as other species if present); some spinnerbaits (both for small panfish and larger for bass and other species) round things out. Now you don't need all of these things to have fun fishing but if I were planning a trip somewhere near fresh water but I was not sure what species was available (and to some point lake, river, or stream which I would prefer to know because the smaller the water the smaller my tackle to a point) this is a basic assortment of what I would have. Now this list varries as I get species specific and the more I know about a place but overall this is a starter tackle box. BTW the list varries a bit for salt water but some of the basics remain the same as far as weights, hooks, floats and lures however they do get bigger depending on the current and size of the baits. Replace plastic worms with curly tail grubs and jigheads (other jigs too), replace rapallas with mirror lures, replace spinnerbaits with spoons and you got a basic saltwater box.

[bly109]

Folks here are right about trout but we were talking bream and even rock bass. You can fillet and skin them but I am talking smaller fish (with bream as small as you feel like cleaning as long as there is no legal size limit BTW the small ones taste as good and sometimes better than larger) whole and on the bones. If you run a spoon, butter knife, or other dull impliment from the tail to head applying some pressure and a little angle (experience will help) the scales come right off. You then gut, head and wash the fish before dredging in flour and putting it in hot grease. The fish gets crisp and the tail (yes you can eat it) crisps up and tasts like a fish potato chip. Larger fish can be filleted and skined which require some skill. Trout are best just gutted (gills pulled but head left on) with the inside salted, peppered, lemon squeezed (with remains put inside), and some butter added to the mix. You then wrap in foil and put into a bed of hot coals for a bit (cooking time varries) turning once. You can also bake/broil them the same way in the oven but it lacks some of the mood.
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Dude, you are making me hungry :bleh:

[only_in_my_jeep]

Dude, you are making me hungry :bleh:

Me too, since I do not want to take too many out of the pond I was thinking heading to the lake for a bit. Then I rcalled it is July and I had not renewed my license (they go out the last of June) since I have been fishing the pond and not needed it anyway. Well I just got done doing it online (did not know I could do that and had planned to get one tommorow afternoon/evening while in town) and I must say it is well worth the $3 extra for the convience of getting it from home. In the mean time the heat got to me and now fresh fish will wait till tommorow at the earliest.

[AK4Dave]

OK...so who fishes? and what kind of bait do you use? and also what knd of freshwater fish do you eat???
I have started fishing and need help!!

I don't know how you expect me to think about fishing, when I can't take my eyes off that nice orange Jeep t-shirt of yours.......ha!!!!

Yesterday I took my boy and a kid I work with to a little spot on the Kenai river again here in Alaska. Brought home 5 nice red (sockeye) salmon. We released probably another half dozen that were a little too "red" or "spawn'd out", for my liking as the meat starts to get too soft the longer they are in freshwater. All we use to catch them with is a hook with a little yarn tied to it, or a fly. We, what you call, "flip" for them. Which only means that we flip our fly out there a few feet, with enough weight to get it on the bottom, let it roll downstream a few yards, lift it up, and "flip" it out again. Over, and over, and over again....!!!!

Salmon are a different breed of fish to catch when they start moving up into the freshwater rivers to spawn. You see, when they leave the ocean they don't "feed" anymore. King, Cohoe, and Pink salmon only strike out of spawning aggression, but they will actually hit a lure or salmon eggs. The Sockeyes, on the other hand, are much different yet. Even in the ocean they only eat plankton. So when they start up the rivers, basically the only way to catch them is to run a fly across their mouths. There is still a long ongoing controversy as to weather a sockeye will hit a lure or not. I for one, as many others also feel, that they will not, until they get really far into their spawning cycle. Then, and only then do I feel they will be agressive enough to actually hit a lure. Other than that, when trying to catch them when they are still nice and bright from the ocean, you can only try to find a little trough that they are moving through in high concentrations and actually try to drag your fly across their mouths to hook one.

The Kenai River is a glacial river with glacial "milk", so you can't see very well into it after only a few feet deep. So you are actually trying to do this all by "feel". It gets very frustrating sometimes, as these fish will come up from the bottom and "roll", or dart on the surface all over the place and yet you are having a hard time catching one....!!! We have gotten some rain, so the water was a bit higher, and we were actually standing right in there with them in water up almost to our chests. They are ferocious fighters and jumpers, and once when I was fighting a big male, he jumped out of the water and almost hit me when he came back down...all kinds of fun!!!

Anyway....just a little salmon fishing 101 I thought you might enjoy....

Good fishing...!!!

Dave

[JKGirl]

ok so I have come a long way with fishing!!! I bait my own hook... and take the fish off...( when I have to ) :D
Had a great weekend fishing:D

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[fish]

:thumbsup:nice jkgirl,love it when i go on my ovenight,two,three day ocean trips out here for albacore and there is a hardcore lady fisherman on board.usually she is the first one to the rail and outfishes most ot the men on board.

[AK4Dave]

Now YOU'RE the one hooked...!!! Fishin' is a sickness that can only be cured by.....................well....................... MORE FISHIN'....!!!!
Have Fun...!!!

[only_in_my_jeep]

ok so I have come a long way with fishing!!! I bait my own hook... and take the fish off...( when I have to ) :D
Had a great weekend fishing:D

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Both of those are nice. The bream would look even better dredged in flour and fried up crisp. The bass is not a bad size for eating as well. He could be filleted. I know not the "in" thing to do with a bass but taking a few of the mid sized fish out of the population actually increases the overall size of the fish you catch without harming the overall numbers.

[only_in_my_jeep]

Most fish can be filleted (sp). Trout have very small bones and don't take well to being filleted. There is a way to remove the skin from the trout while cleaning it, but it's a little hard to describe. Either way, it avoids the need for scaling. As for learning to fillet, hang out at the cleaning table and ask an old timer to show you. Or come to SoCal and go out on an ocean sport boat and watch the deckies go at it.

While the most experienced can fillet any sized or shaped fish filleting a medium to smaller bream is not the easiest thing to do both because of size and shape. As well with them being so thin anyway you may as well fry them up whole. A larger fish such as bass, catfish, or any number of others is no problem. A bass of about 1 1/2# is about the best size and type of fish to start on when it comes to filleting however you could substitute catfish or other longer bodied fish. This is not to say filleting a fish is not easy to do (it is with experience) and you can learn by even following pictures in a book. If you ask anyone the easiest for a novice is to scale and gut leaving the fish mostly whole.

[Dizzyliz]

I've never scaled a trout.:no2:

:rotflmao2::rotflmao2::rotflmao2:

:thinking: What is so funny?

Fishing the other day we brought this home.
(I was skunked -though I got a few hits),
...But my partner in crime caught this nice sized brown. :D

And no... I didn't scale it. :no2:

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[cinciredsfan77]

I love fishing myself. I do a lot of freshwater and saltwater fishing. while fishing in Ohio i usually go for bass and catfish using worms or some jigs. I never eat freshwater fish though but i enjoy catching them and releasing them for fun. When i go down to Florida to do some saltwater fishing I usually go for dolphin (mahi-mahi) and tuna. Always eat the dolphin if we catch enough it's one of my favorite foods. I also do some shallow water fishing in Florida for barracudas and other smaller fish.

[Mulewhisperer]

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No scales here!

[Mulewhisperer]

I did throw him/her :thinking: back to catch another day.......

[Anglah]

Hi all, I am a die hard surfcaster, I am a past President of the Massachusetts Striped Bass Association, the oldest and largest fishing club in the state.

I used to fish eels but for the last 2 years I have been exclusively lures and artificial. Wood is good, and plastic is fantastic.. With the upcoming Eel Moratorium , the time to become proficient with artificials is now...anyway, tight lines to you all...

Fish Hard, Live Long

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[Dizzyliz]

Hi all, I am a die hard surfcaster, I am a past President of the Massachusetts Striped Bass Association, the oldest and largest fishing club in the state.

I used to fish eels but for the last 2 years I have been exclusively lures and artificial. Wood is good, and plastic is fantastic.. With the upcoming Eel Moratorium , the time to become proficient with artificials is now...anyway, tight lines to you all...

Fish Hard, Live Long

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Holy Toledo that is a big fish :eek2: :thumbsup:

...I've been skunked the last few times I have been out :rollingeyes:.
But there is always the next time :brows:

[drt4fun]

I love to fish....In fact I love it so much I work for a fishing company. I work for Zebco Brands and do all sorts of fishing. Mainly freshwater because we are located in Oklahoma but we do get to play with all of the latest gear. Also, we get to talk with the pros. That is kind of cool.

Some great looking fish on this site.

What type of gear do you use?

:thumbsup:

[Gravel Gertie]

Nice catch, Anglah! How big is it? :dontknow2:

[Anglah]

Not all that big by Striped Bass standards, 33#...

the record from shore is somewhere around 73# :what?:

I surfcast about 4 nights a week, check my photo album and you can see some of the areas I fish...

Fishing to me is the full experiance, sometimes i catch sometimes I don't, but I enjoy it every time I get out. I have seen literally hundreds of sunrises, and each make me stop for a second and soak it in...

As far as gear
I fish mainly Lamiglass rods, GSB1201M, GSB1081m, SU1201MH, all of which i have 2 one spinning one conventional
my reels way to many to list but some of my favs are
Spinning-
VanStaal 200 blk
VanStaal 150 gold
Stradics, a a few shimano baitrunners 4500
Conventionals-
Abu Garcia 7000
Abu Garcia 6500
and a few others...
Also Fly Rod
9'-9wt Lami

I wrap my own rods, tie flies, and have made a few of my own plugs, though most of my friends are professional plug builders so I get many free:D
I have about 250 plugs hanging on my wall, not to mention the 25#'s of rubber I throw like Sluggo's and the like...
Obsessed? maybe:synister:

[Gravel Gertie]

Fantastic! What a great hobby. I tie flies for trout fishing in the local mountain streams. When I fish I totally forget all my worries and stresses. I am caught up in that moment and my mind is obsessed with the fishing. I understand how you feel. Sunrises.....not for me. I'm a night person......I enjoy sunsets! Isn't it great to be able to enjoy such a passion? :thumbsup:

[only_in_my_jeep]

I love to fish....In fact I love it so much I work for a fishing company. I work for Zebco Brands and do all sorts of fishing. Mainly freshwater because we are located in Oklahoma but we do get to play with all of the latest gear. Also, we get to talk with the pros. That is kind of cool.

Some great looking fish on this site.

What type of gear do you use?

:thumbsup:

Personally I use everything from my big surf stick to a flyrod. I borrow big trolling rods when we go however that has been a while due to gas prices. BTW if you are looking for someone to test stuff out I got a pond out back two daughters 13 and 12 plus a wife and we all fish.

[Anglah]

Come on, I want to see some more fish porn!

[tomb raider]

Nice Fish, I generally only icefish. But freinds tell me that they have best luck with live bait:blush: