The Fishing Thread

[Easy 6]

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?

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Gotta feed you round eyes somehow

BUCKET PEOPLE GET OUT!!!

REEEEEEEEEE

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by wutamess

Tried it before... baited a known catfish hole with anise and didn't catch shit.
However, one day we cleaned the sunfish we had caught earlier that day in that catfish hole. Came back at night and couldn't lay our poles down. I think we used hotdogs as bait That was YEARS ago. At least 20.

Don't even bother with store bought bait. Either use shad or carp for cut bait, or live sunfish/shad.

Worms work good too, but everything eats worms.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Don't even bother with store bought bait. Either use shad or carp for cut bait, or live sunfish/shad.

Worms work good too, but everything eats worms.

I almost always use a seine and get my bait from the area I'm fishing in. But, soaking some hot dogs for a couple days is too easy no to try.

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by stumppy

I almost always use a seine and get my bait from the area I'm fishing in. But, soaking some hot dogs for a couple days is too easy no to try.

Fair enough, but since I've bought a cast net i never buy catfish bait anymore and catch way more fish.

[mr. tegu]

Had some great luck last weekend catching wipers at an outlet that was running water. Caught 7 total, and lost a few others. I was fishing with a pretty light crappie set up. I think wipers are the hardest fighters I have ever caught. A couple were 6 lbs and the rest were between 4 and 6 lbs.

Also took out my kayak hunting crappie. They were pretty spread out, not yet on the banks, though some males were definitely starting to build nests. It was my first time using my new Garmin fish finder on my kayak. That thing makes such a huge difference.

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Had some great luck last weekend catching wipers at an outlet that was running water. Caught 7 total, and lost a few others. I was fishing with a pretty light crappie set up. I think wipers are the hardest fighters I have ever caught. A couple were 6 lbs and the rest were between 4 and 6 lbs.

Also took out my kayak hunting crappie. They were pretty spread out, not yet on the banks, though some males were definitely starting to build nests. It was my first time using my new Garmin fish finder on my kayak. That thing makes such a huge difference.

Clinton last Wed?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Clinton last Wed?

No, Pomona. I don't like the Clinton outlet. It's too small and doesn't produce very good size fish.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Tried to get out this morning to the Clinton outlet for some crappie.

I was able to fish for about 30 minutes in peace and quiet before i was swarmed by bucket people. How do people deal with these assholes? I honestly don't think they speak English. I had 3 people fishing on top of me in about a 25 foot area.

For those of you who don't know, bucket people are those Asian people who show up 20 at a time, with kikkoman soy sauce 5 gallon buckets, have no concept of personal space and keep every fish they catch no matter what. Creel limits be damned.

****, i hate them so much.

That didn't happen much close to me. Our conservation agents are all over it.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Fair enough, but since I've bought a cast net i never buy catfish bait anymore and catch way more fish.

My fishing buddy has a cast net he uses when we go. Helluva lot easier than a seine.

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Had some great luck last weekend catching wipers at an outlet that was running water. Caught 7 total, and lost a few others. I was fishing with a pretty light crappie set up. I think wipers are the hardest fighters I have ever caught. A couple were 6 lbs and the rest were between 4 and 6 lbs.

Also took out my kayak hunting crappie. They were pretty spread out, not yet on the banks, though some males were definitely starting to build nests. It was my first time using my new Garmin fish finder on my kayak. That thing makes such a huge difference.

Ah, i saw some dude in a KC cap slaying wiper last Wednesday while i was catching bait with my net.

Clinton outlet has some good sized Wiper but they all get fished out by bucket people every spring.

It will also have nice flathead in it if it runs long and high enough for them to get up from the Kansas River.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Ah, i saw some dude in a KC cap slaying wiper last Wednesday while i was catching bait with my net.

Clinton outlet has some good sized Wiper but they all get fished out by bucket people every spring.

It will also have nice flathead in it if it runs long and high enough for them to get up from the Kansas River.

I have heard if you catch it right you can catch some, but it's such a small outlet that it can't last long, especially with fish hogs. I don't keep wipers, but I know some people will sit there all day long keeping literally every fish they bring in. I hate seeing that. The outlets usually have less regulations as well and some people take full advantage.

[bdj23]

Decided to take the day off and head down to the Kaw this morning. Went out yesterday and had no luck for hours, not one single bite.

Hit the Perry outlet for shad, i caught about 60 in one cast of my net. One toss for more bait than i needed all day. Amazing.

About 45 minutes into fishing something smashes an 8" shad i had on a circle hook. 20 minute or so fight and i pull in a blue cat about 30lbs. New personal best fish. Great morning so far.

Bait and recast, and hook a nice channel about 7 or 8 lbs.

About 20 minutes or so after i get my line back in the water i feel a flight bite and then nothing. I notice my line is slowly moving up stream where the water kind of swirls and i start to reel it in. I think I'm snagged for about 1 minute until the snag starts fighting back. I have a Rippin Lips 8ft heavy rod, Abu Garcia c7000 reel and 50lb mono. This is the fish I've been waiting my entire life to catch. Unfortunately, after a 30 minute battle Mr. Flathead won. He broke my line.

I've never felt a fish like that on the end of my line. I've never broken my personal best, and left disappointed until today. It had to have been a flathead or blue cat over 50lbs. That 30lber i caught earlier didn't fight like that.

I thought i had everything i needed to land that fish, but luck didn't smile upon me at that moment.

I'm still sad.

[ptlyon]

Rippin Lips

Sounds like a good day!

[loochy]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Decided to take the day off and head down to the Kaw this morning. Went out yesterday and had no luck for hours, not one single bite.

Hit the Perry outlet for shad, i caught about 60 in one cast of my net. One toss for more bait than i needed all day. Amazing.

About 45 minutes into fishing something smashes an 8" shad i had on a circle hook. 20 minute or so fight and i pull in a blue cat about 30lbs. New personal best fish. Great morning so far.

Bait and recast, and hook a nice channel about 7 or 8 lbs.

About 20 minutes or so after i get my line back in the water i feel a flight bite and then nothing. I notice my line is slowly moving up stream where the water kind of swirls and i start to reel it in. I think I'm snagged for about 1 minute until the snag starts fighting back. I have a Rippin Lips 8ft heavy rod, Abu Garcia c7000 reel and 50lb mono. This is the fish I've been waiting my entire life to catch. Unfortunately, after a 30 minute battle Mr. Flathead won. He broke my line.

I've never felt a fish like that on the end of my line. I've never broken my personal best, and left disappointed until today. It had to have been a flathead or blue cat over 50lbs. That 30lber i caught earlier didn't fight like that.

I thought i had everything i needed to land that fish, but luck didn't smile upon me at that moment.

I'm still sad.

So, what will you different next time? Were there knicks in your line? Was your line old? Did it break at the knot? Did you not have the drag set properly?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Decided to take the day off and head down to the Kaw this morning. Went out yesterday and had no luck for hours, not one single bite.

Hit the Perry outlet for shad, i caught about 60 in one cast of my net. One toss for more bait than i needed all day. Amazing.

About 45 minutes into fishing something smashes an 8" shad i had on a circle hook. 20 minute or so fight and i pull in a blue cat about 30lbs. New personal best fish. Great morning so far.

Bait and recast, and hook a nice channel about 7 or 8 lbs.

About 20 minutes or so after i get my line back in the water i feel a flight bite and then nothing. I notice my line is slowly moving up stream where the water kind of swirls and i start to reel it in. I think I'm snagged for about 1 minute until the snag starts fighting back. I have a Rippin Lips 8ft heavy rod, Abu Garcia c7000 reel and 50lb mono. This is the fish I've been waiting my entire life to catch. Unfortunately, after a 30 minute battle Mr. Flathead won. He broke my line.

I've never felt a fish like that on the end of my line. I've never broken my personal best, and left disappointed until today. It had to have been a flathead or blue cat over 50lbs. That 30lber i caught earlier didn't fight like that.

I thought i had everything i needed to land that fish, but luck didn't smile upon me at that moment.

I'm still sad.

It sounds like maybe the critical error you made might have been not to re tie the line after those first fish, if in fact you did not do that. You really have to cut about a foot or two off at least and then make a fresh knot on the hook. That line goes under a lot stress from the weight, friction of the fish's mouth, twisting around, and likely scraping against rocks or other debree while fighting those fish.