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**Easy 6** · 02-19-2010, 07:58 PM

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?

R Clark · 08-15-2021, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by stumppy

And to top it all off those pain in the ass mofos carry the bacteria that causes Leprosy.

And tear the shit out of your yard

**loochy** · 10-23-2021, 12:56 PM

I caught a blue marlin yesterday. I also got 6 mahi mahi and 8 yellowfin. It was a good day.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 10-23-2021, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

I caught a blue marlin yesterday. I also got 6 mahi mahi and 8 yellowfin. It was a good day.

http://imgur.com/gallery/5BTWYDf

Man, that's awesome! Congrats.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 10-23-2021, 01:08 PM

How long did it take you to land that Marlin?

**loochy** · 10-23-2021, 01:10 PM

**loochy** · 10-23-2021, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

How long did it take you to land that Marlin?

About 10 minutes. It felt like an hour though. My right arm was about to fall off.

Otter · 10-23-2021, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

Maui Maui be good eating. You cook 'em up and I'll bring the beer.

**Easy 6** · 10-24-2021, 08:40 AM

Wooow loochy, thats an EPIC day of fishing... thanks for sharing!

Graystoke · 10-24-2021, 08:42 AM

Loochy’s fish is giving me a boner

Hog's Gone Fishin · 10-24-2021, 09:14 AM

Went fishing twice last week and only caught two. I hate fishing big lakes. Gimme a farm pond any day. Bought one of those 8" 3D snake lures off Amazon and they're the real deal. Most realistic lure ever.

Megatron96 · 10-24-2021, 05:25 PM

Welp, seems like it was a good idea to go fishing instead of watch the game today. Very glad I did.
Spent the day laughing and landing some toad common carp, instead of throwing things at the TV. And Dylan Foote (Lowater Guides) is a great guide. Much thanks. If you ever want to go carping in AZ, come see my buddy Dylan. He'll hook you up, literally.

displacedinMN · 11-24-2021, 06:07 PM

The temperature was 18 degrees Monday evening when Nolan Sprengeler and a couple of buddies broke ice at a public access on Mille Lacs to drop Sprengeler's 621 Ranger into the big lake.

Sprengeler, along with Kevin Kray of Ostego and Zack Skoglund of Zimmerman, had already checked three other launches before deciding their only bet was to break the ice for about 100 yards to get the fiberglass boat into open water.

"We had thought about fishing after Thanksgiving, but looking at the temperatures we figured we better go Monday night," Sprengeler said. "We weren't sure we could get on the lake after that."

An avid muskie fisherman, Sprengeler tries to fish Mille Lacs in fall until the lake freezes, or at least until it is impenetrable by boat. The goal is to catch a muskie in the 50-pound class, a memorable fish that would make freezing fingers and iced-up rod guides worth the effort.

Sprengeler, 27, of Plymouth, exceeded that goal about 9 p.m. Monday when he hooked a muskie that tipped the scales at 55 pounds, 14 ounces.

The female fish — and it almost certainly was a female — topped the state's previous muskie high-water mark of 54 pounds, set in 1957 on Lake Winnibigoshish.

Sprengeler hooked the fish on the lake's west end while casting a large soft-plastic bait to a rock reef.

"I wanted to release it,'' Sprengeler said. "We tried for an hour to revive her. But she bit on the far end of a cast and she was hooked extremely deep in the gill plate. We had all the right equipment to get her released. We had cut the hooks with a bolt cutter. But she wasn't going to make it.''

Sprengeler said a friend's memory rode in his boat with him Monday night.

" 'Muggs' was his name. He was my neighbor and longtime friend who passed away shortly before we went fishing,'' Sprengeler said. "I believe he played a major role in helping me catch that muskie.''

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries chief Brad Parsons said Sprengeler did the right thing.

"What an incredible fish,'' Parsons said. "I think this is a very positive thing for Minnesota fisheries, and I hope [Sprengeler] won't be vilified for keeping it.''

The fish had a clipped pectoral fin, indicating that DNR fisheries personnel had handled it either in 1999 or 2008, possibly placing its age at 22 years. Muskies at this latitude, Parsons said, can in some instances live to 30 years.

"But we just don't know,'' he said.

Mille Lacs muskies feed on ciscoes in the fall to prepare for winter. The lake's biggest muskies are vulnerable then, but only to anglers willing to brave frigid weather while casting repeatedly, trip after trip — thousands upon thousands of times, in some cases — with no response.

In 2015, also in November, Robert Hawkins, owner of Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop in the Twin Cities, caught a 57-inch muskie on a fly rod. That fish is a state fly-fishing catch-and-release record.

The catch-and-release Minnesota muskie record, meanwhile, for anglers employing conventional bait-casting gear is 57 1/4 inches, caught in Lake Vermilion this summer.

Sprengeler's big fish took a circuitous route to a weigh scale.

"Once we knew the fish wasn't going to make it, we put it in my live well and packed it with ice,'' he said. "The next day, we called around, but couldn't find a certified scale that weighed more than 30 pounds and also included ounces. Finally, we ended up at a UPS store in Golden Valley.''

The fish was officially measured at 57 3⁄4 inches with a 29-inch girth.

Will Sprengeler's fish-of-a-lifetime, which is now awaiting a taxidermist's handiwork, reign atop Minnesota muskies for 64 years, like the Winnibigoshish record it toppled?

Unlikely, because in 2019, DNR staff electrofishing on Mille Lacs surfaced a muskie measuring 61 1⁄2 inches — a fish that would best not only all Minnesota muskie records but also the world muskie record of 60 1⁄4 inches caught in Lake Court Oreilles near Hayward, Wis., in 1949.

**Easy 6** · 11-24-2021, 06:15 PM

Thats just unreal, a modern dinosaur

**loochy** · 11-24-2021, 07:01 PM

It's bigger than my freaking ocean fish

**Easy 6** · 11-24-2021, 07:17 PM

Don't have any experience frying up a monstrous, tough old muskie like that... they basically don't exist around here, except for one nearby lake trying it as lark

But since she couldn't be saved, I'd treat her like a huge old catfish... super well trimmed small chunks, soaked in a citrus/salt/water mix for 24 hours bare minimum, with a spicy breading

02-19-2010, 07:58 PM
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3357775	The Fishing Thread 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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10-23-2021, 12:56 PM	#2972
loochy Hey Loochy, I'm hooome! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire Casino cash: $1770752	I caught a blue marlin yesterday. I also got 6 mahi mahi and 8 yellowfin. It was a good day. __________________ Hey Loochy, I'm hoooome! Last edited by loochy; 10-23-2021 at 01:07 PM..
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10-23-2021, 01:08 PM	#2974
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10-23-2021, 01:10 PM	#2975
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10-24-2021, 08:40 AM	#2978
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3357775	Wooow loochy, thats an EPIC day of fishing... thanks for sharing!
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10-24-2021, 08:42 AM	#2979
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10-24-2021, 09:14 AM	#2980
Hog's Gone Fishin Fish are scared of me Join Date: Nov 2001 Casino cash: $1350477	Went fishing twice last week and only caught two. I hate fishing big lakes. Gimme a farm pond any day. Bought one of those 8" 3D snake lures off Amazon and they're the real deal. Most realistic lure ever.
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10-24-2021, 05:25 PM	#2981
Megatron96 Suupraa Geniuuusss Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Phoenix, AZ Casino cash: $1580400	Welp, seems like it was a good idea to go fishing instead of watch the game today. Very glad I did. Spent the day laughing and landing some toad common carp, instead of throwing things at the TV. And Dylan Foote (Lowater Guides) is a great guide. Much thanks. If you ever want to go carping in AZ, come see my buddy Dylan. He'll hook you up, literally. __________________ *“Some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals believe them.”- George Orwell Steven "Spags" Spagnuolo is my Adopt-A-Chief!!! Last edited by Megatron96; 10-24-2021 at 06:10 PM..*
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11-24-2021, 06:07 PM	#2982
displacedinMN It was not a fair catch Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Correcting papers Casino cash: $2572630	The temperature was 18 degrees Monday evening when Nolan Sprengeler and a couple of buddies broke ice at a public access on Mille Lacs to drop Sprengeler's 621 Ranger into the big lake. Sprengeler, along with Kevin Kray of Ostego and Zack Skoglund of Zimmerman, had already checked three other launches before deciding their only bet was to break the ice for about 100 yards to get the fiberglass boat into open water. "We had thought about fishing after Thanksgiving, but looking at the temperatures we figured we better go Monday night," Sprengeler said. "We weren't sure we could get on the lake after that." An avid muskie fisherman, Sprengeler tries to fish Mille Lacs in fall until the lake freezes, or at least until it is impenetrable by boat. The goal is to catch a muskie in the 50-pound class, a memorable fish that would make freezing fingers and iced-up rod guides worth the effort. Sprengeler, 27, of Plymouth, exceeded that goal about 9 p.m. Monday when he hooked a muskie that tipped the scales at 55 pounds, 14 ounces. The female fish — and it almost certainly was a female — topped the state's previous muskie high-water mark of 54 pounds, set in 1957 on Lake Winnibigoshish. Sprengeler hooked the fish on the lake's west end while casting a large soft-plastic bait to a rock reef. "I wanted to release it,'' Sprengeler said. "We tried for an hour to revive her. But she bit on the far end of a cast and she was hooked extremely deep in the gill plate. We had all the right equipment to get her released. We had cut the hooks with a bolt cutter. But she wasn't going to make it.'' Sprengeler said a friend's memory rode in his boat with him Monday night. " 'Muggs' was his name. He was my neighbor and longtime friend who passed away shortly before we went fishing,'' Sprengeler said. "I believe he played a major role in helping me catch that muskie.'' Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries chief Brad Parsons said Sprengeler did the right thing. "What an incredible fish,'' Parsons said. "I think this is a very positive thing for Minnesota fisheries, and I hope [Sprengeler] won't be vilified for keeping it.'' The fish had a clipped pectoral fin, indicating that DNR fisheries personnel had handled it either in 1999 or 2008, possibly placing its age at 22 years. Muskies at this latitude, Parsons said, can in some instances live to 30 years. "But we just don't know,'' he said. Mille Lacs muskies feed on ciscoes in the fall to prepare for winter. The lake's biggest muskies are vulnerable then, but only to anglers willing to brave frigid weather while casting repeatedly, trip after trip — thousands upon thousands of times, in some cases — with no response. In 2015, also in November, Robert Hawkins, owner of Bob Mitchell's Fly Shop in the Twin Cities, caught a 57-inch muskie on a fly rod. That fish is a state fly-fishing catch-and-release record. The catch-and-release Minnesota muskie record, meanwhile, for anglers employing conventional bait-casting gear is 57 1/4 inches, caught in Lake Vermilion this summer. Sprengeler's big fish took a circuitous route to a weigh scale. "Once we knew the fish wasn't going to make it, we put it in my live well and packed it with ice,'' he said. "The next day, we called around, but couldn't find a certified scale that weighed more than 30 pounds and also included ounces. Finally, we ended up at a UPS store in Golden Valley.'' The fish was officially measured at 57 3⁄4 inches with a 29-inch girth. Will Sprengeler's fish-of-a-lifetime, which is now awaiting a taxidermist's handiwork, reign atop Minnesota muskies for 64 years, like the Winnibigoshish record it toppled? Unlikely, because in 2019, DNR staff electrofishing on Mille Lacs surfaced a muskie measuring 61 1⁄2 inches — a fish that would best not only all Minnesota muskie records but also the world muskie record of 60 1⁄4 inches caught in Lake Court Oreilles near Hayward, Wis., in 1949. __________________ #investigatecarlcheffers
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11-24-2021, 06:15 PM	#2983
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3357775	Thats just unreal, a modern dinosaur
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11-24-2021, 07:01 PM	#2984
loochy Hey Loochy, I'm hooome! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire Casino cash: $1770752	It's bigger than my freaking ocean fish __________________ Hey Loochy, I'm hoooome!
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11-24-2021, 07:17 PM	#2985
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3357775	Don't have any experience frying up a monstrous, tough old muskie like that... they basically don't exist around here, except for one nearby lake trying it as lark But since she couldn't be saved, I'd treat her like a huge old catfish... super well trimmed small chunks, soaked in a citrus/salt/water mix for 24 hours bare minimum, with a spicy breading
Posts: 92,104