Fishing

[eNonsense]

Snap, good stuff in here. Nice bass hap. I've been trying to get my friend to take me fly fishing this summer. This was from last winter in Wisco.

Nothing huge, but i'd never caught a pike before. I've been bass & crappie fishing since I was in diapers.

[funkdoobi]

my catches from my 2 trips last summer. need to get out on the water more this year!

[chantheman]

bad day fishing beats a good day working

[funkdoobi]

bump more fish! fiending to go soon.

[triumph.man]

going this weekend for some smallmouth bass.

how should i set up my lines / and what type of lures are best?

also will be fishing on a river front and not a lake...

[haploid]

depending on the river, your best bet would be using hellgrammites on a medium-sized octopus hook with a decent sized split shot about a foot and a half up the line from the hook.

here's an article: http://www.fieldandstream.com/node/57207

to catch them, get a big fine mesh net that you would use to catch baitfish and string it between two big dowels. have one person hold the net open downstream and one person go upstream and kick up rocks, letting the hellgrammites drift with the current into the net. hook them at the "collar" and throw the line out there. every single time i've fished with hellgrammites i've caught at least three 3-4 pound smallmouths, some even bigger. this was on the Delaware river.

[OkayOkay]

couple season's back Steelhead on the Applegate (trib of the Rogue). Super tech small stream on a 5wt, got him on a caddis variation a friend showed me how to tie with a bead head dropper. So stoked he hit the dry. Felt super undergunned on the 5wt.

[scientifick]

went deep-sea fishing with my late grandfather years ago somewhere off of long island, ny. we caught more sea bass than we could hold on the boat... one of the best dinners ive ever had.

definitely want to go try that again

[Mewtu]

~20lb wahoo off big island. dont get to go fishing that much since i live in the city but its always a lot of fun.

[haploid]

nice fish! probably fought like crazy, eh?

what are your guys favorite setups to fish with? i have an ultralight that's about 5' with a spinning reel loaded with 4 pound fluorocarbon line for smaller panfish, and a 6'6" medium rod with a pretty decent pfleuger reel with 8 pound fluorocarbon. i prefer fluorocarbon because it doesn't stretch and you can feel the bites easily.

getting the boat setup this week, so hopefully some success stories to share in the near future.

[funkdoobi]

hap. your avatar is too distracting when reading you get technical about fishing equipment. i keep picturing wacka trying to reel in a bass that's fighting.

[haploid]

i should make a fishing montage to a flocka track

[broneck]

anyone ever do any noodlin'?

[OkayOkay]

Manzanita Lake, Shasta County (I think?). Most amazing still water trout fishing I've ever seen. Throwing hopper patterns at cruising browns mid-summer on a 3wt with a reel with no drag, just gotta palm it (pause).

[eNonsense]

Man, I gotta get some fly action going. The whole thing seems much more subtle, yet deliberate than any type of fishing i've ever done. I mean, you get some polarized glasses, see a fish through the water and put the fly right in front of it's face. Lake fishing is kinda a crap shoot in comparison and ice fishing is basically drinking while waiting for a tip-up flag to pop up.

[OkayOkay]

I grew up bait fishing, then moved to gear. I haven't used spin or bait gear for a while, even started moving into offshore fly fishing (obvs still gotta troll for bigger fish), but there's something I really like in fly fishing, maybe it's just that I feel it's a more level playing field between the fish and me. Your catch % will drop drastically though until you get really good at placement and mending, then should skyrocket. I can still appreciate spincasting, I can't say I ever wanna bait fish again, I guess there's just a place for everything. It's way worth looking into, just be ready to drop stupid cash on gear...it gets outta control sometimes.

[zeen]

Just found out sufu had a fishing thread. I do mostly deep sea fishing in the south china sea. Love fishing!

Caught some time back. 10lbs snapper. Great fighter!

[broneck]

i'm not really sure where to post this, but keep your eyes peeled for this in a few months

http://saltfreshfield.com/

[chantheman]

some pics from a few trips this summer

out with some friends and my friends gf caught a bigger bass than ive ever caught. lucky beezy

out with the grandma

dads friend

dads sturgeon (not the biggest hes ever caught but still pretty damn big)

[ah_long]

wow, nice catches..

any fishermen here are also tackle gear heads like me?

[zeen]

i only own a humble daiwa saltist 30th for my off shore ventures.

[ah_long]

went fishing

Shimano Cap

Oakley

Hamilton Khaki King

Toys McCoy

Eternal 811 Contest

Crocs (yes, crocs)

3.5lb Large Mouth Bass caught on a Spro frog w/ Shimano Chronarch 101D7 and Dobyns DX795

[jyoni]

couple season's back Steelhead on the Applegate (trib of the Rogue). Super tech small stream on a 5wt, got him on a caddis variation a friend showed me how to tie with a bead head dropper. So stoked he hit the dry. Felt super undergunned on the 5wt.

Nice steelhead. I love to shorecast for loopers on Lake Superior during the spring runs. I go the crude and easy route, 8'-6" salmon rod with Krocodile spoons. Early winter is a good time for them up there too, following the early ice sheets along the shore. That I haven't done that for a while, although I do have a bunch of dropshot rigs already made, hoping to experiment with a different winter approach.

[ah_long]

went out again today before the cold front rolls in..

frogs doesn't seem to produce much, went back to punching mats

and I finally got to fish with my old man

[BearCousin]

nothing crazy but it was the first cast of the 2012 season so i'm pumped.

Edited January 13, 2015 by BearCousin

[jyoni]

Garage door busted the handle on my Fin-Nor reel. Any heavy salmon/trout shorecasting reels good these days or should I buy "nos"?

[OkayOkay]

Bumping this.

 

Had a super fun day on a secret stream in the hills. All on dry flies, all day long. 

 

 

 

 

 

[BearCousin]

salmon are finally arriving in northern california... went out with a friend the other day and I landed a bunch with one weighing somewhere a little over 40 pounds