Fishing & Tackle Thread

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just caught this small bass on a big ass worm

greedy bastard lol

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>>1029556
What the fuck is this and how did I catch it on a lipless crank?

>>1029569
Nice a white perch. He probably wanted the s u c c

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>>1029569
Looks like some kind of drum.

>>1029572
Mouth is in the wrong place for perch.

>>1029568
I caught an 8" rock bass on a 3/8oz chatterbait before. They really don't give a damn

>>1029575
damn

I literally just caught my first pike on a spinnerbait

didn't have my net ready tho and I didn't pick it up properly so I got away literally on land

>>1029572
>White perch
if you don't know the fish don't bother guessing the ID.

>>1029578
Nice. What state? I think it's too hot here in PA for shoreline pike now

>>1029581
quebec in canada

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>>1029568
Kek I really dig that worm, but I don't want to throw stuff that big cause usually the fish around me want smaller profiles

>>1029569
It's a drum. I caught a big one on a chatterbait once.

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Got the Curado + skellington rod all ready 2 go. I might exchange this rod for a shorter and lighter one, but I'll see how this one handles first. If I like this one it's gonna do double duty as my cranking rod cause it has a moderate action.

>>1029582
God damn it. You lucky Quebecois with your pike and French and poutine

>>1029594
it didn't put up much of a fight until I tried to lift it up

it was kind of disappointing desu

it was kind of disappointing

>>1029614
oops I thought I deleted that line

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Posted in last but no reply.

Any tips for what lures to try in Lake Erie this weekend?

Also picked up pic related. Here we go memecaster.

Also I put 10lb on it and it said I need 30lb. Guessing I need to switch?

>>1029614
>>1029594
holy fuck one of the other fishermen here just caught a massive musky

30 lb at least

>>1029630
Black Max? And 30lb?! That has to be braid. 10lb-20lb mono should be straight on that, otherwise like 15lb-40lb braid. Maybe they said the 10lb was too light because you are targeting big fish? But if that's the case and you're going for 20lb+ fish, you want a heavier rod and reel.

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>start the day with 4lb fluoro tippet
>very first cast a carp takes off with my san juan worm and breaks off
>switch to 8lb mono tippet
>nothing but dink bluegill rest of day

>>1029638
I checked the box and it said 30lbs at 140yards

Is it fine I put on 10lb?

>>1029569

That is a freshwater drum, aka a gaspergou, white perch, sheepshead, and a hundred other colloquial terms. Related to the popular saltwater sportfish red drum and speckled trout.

They're opportunist feeders, and while most people catch them while bottom fishing with shrimp, crawfish, or worms, they also regularly eat smaller fish.

>>1029634
Brb moving to Quebec. Tired of dumb bass. Everyone loves them but I don't see why

>>1029660
Yes.

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I forgot how annoying the chart tip worms can be when the bluegill and mayans are hungry

>>1029660
Did it specify if that was braid or mono? Because it either has a large capacity or that's a braid rating. It's just the regular Black Max, right?

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>>1029666
>freshwater drum, aka a gaspergou
Correct
>white perch
Not the same fish
>Sheepshead
A third, different, species of fish

...m8, you need to work on your fish ID.

Are there any western Washington anglers here?

If so, any tips on trout fishing? I've been using an egg sinker, bead, #10 and soon egg from shore but not much luck. I like to fish between 6 and 9 AM.

I get I can change bait, wondering if there are other effective shore rigs.

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>>1029672
Better brush up on your French.

>>1029690
Dude, people have different names for the same fish all the time. Like Mangrove and grey snapper. Kingfish and whiting. Or my favorite Bowfin with Grinnel, cypress trout, and mudfish.

I'm going cat fish fishing tomorrow and know squat about it. I only fish for trout. What gear do I need? What baits? What weights? Also I only have 8 lb line.

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>>1029569
looks like either a white perch or freshwater drum if freshwater, if saltwater, it looks like a croaker
>>1029641
>not using an 8 weight and 1x tippet stalking the flats for hours looking specifically for carp feeding to try and flick a fly within a foot of his head without spooking him and then entice him to eat it, yeilding one fish every 3 hours
>do you even /fly autist/?
>pic related
>>1029699
you need a heavier rod, heavier line (15 pound minimum) heavier reel, big split shot and barrel sinkers up to 1 oz, some hooks from #2-4/0 on heavy wire, and some free time.

>>1029709
>owning an 8 weight rod
ain't got one
>do you even /fly autist/?
lolno. I pester bluegill and occasionally crappie with my 3-weight.

>>1029710
honestly, a 6 weight would work
>I pester bluegill and occasionally crappie with my 3-weight.
thats always fun

>>1029569
Man that pike is really stunted, I wouldn't eat that

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>>1029672

Why do people in the US hate Pikes so much? I'm in Alberta and fishing wouldn't be the same if we didn't have them around.

>>1029723
Who said? Shit I wish we had big northerns and muskies. The biggest pike I caught was a pickerel

>>1029715
Indeed. Caught a dink crappie today on a parachute ant.

Only second time in my life I've had a crappie take a topwater. First time was a popper on my bass rod.
>>1029723
They tear up bass rigs and generally make a nuisance of themselves.

They earned the nicknames "tackle thrasher" and "hammer handle" for a reason.

>>1029691
Float fish with worms or corn as bait, or a live minnow or shrimp. Even little chunks of mackerel or sprat will catch trout. Rig should go (from the bottom up)

-Hook (size 6)
-Hook-length (18 inches)
-Swivel
-Drilled bullet sinker or other sinker
-Float, simply threaded on and left free to slide
-Bead
-Sliding stop knot


Slide the knot up and down the line to adjust depth, cast out and wait. Float fishing is good because baits off the bottom are more visible.
Google sliding float rig to see how to tie sliding stop knot, as well as general setup.

>>1029726
>>1029723
they're fun when youre targeting them

>>1029723
Plenty of people here cherish them. Bassheads however dont like them because
1. it's not a bass
2. it competes with bass's habitat
3. it sometimes cuts their line
4. they cant lip them
in that order

>>1029735
Oh absolutely. Problem is, lots of people don't want to target them for various reasons.

For example, where I live. Missouri. We HAVE them, in a couple bigger lakes, but the habitat is wrong (water's too warm) and as such you'll never catch one over about 24" and you're commonly catching 12-18" ones. Nothing ruins your day like throwing a $5-10 crank for the LMB in the area and you keep losing them to half-pound sets of teeth.

Hell I've caught 12" pike that had THREE different cranks stuck in their mouths plus my lure on 4 separate occasions.

So tomorrow is a Texas no licence fishing day. Take a friend that does not normally fish out y'all.

>>1029740
>tfw have the day off
>tfw like Texas and would love to do some flats fishing
>tfw ELEVEN HUNDRED MILES AWAY

>tfw using $15 dollar rod

damn it feels like shit

>>1029750
If you can merely double that, Dick's has a couple of options that are actually really fucking nice for the money and not bad over-all.

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I'm really digging this Skeleton V2. It throws 1/16oz jigheads with a paddle tail great. And it absolutely launches anything over 1/8oz. I didn't catch anything with it, but I did snag a lure and the backbone feels solid.

Also caught this guy, AND a tree that my line got tangled up in.

The friend girl caught a little dink with the light rod and various pan fish. She hooked into a 2-3lb bass with the little rod and lost him in a brush pile. I was trying to tell her to tighten the drag and use the rod to move the fish, but she was caught up in the moment.

>>1029660
Yes it's fine. The 30/lb was certainly braid, there's no way 140 yards of 30# mono will fit on a black max.

>>1029699
8lb should be fine if you don't plan on catching monsters. I have an uglystik I use for bullhead and little channels with 10lb.

>>1029741
>>1029740
Fly down. I'm in Austin and would totally be down for a threesome of fishing. No homo of course.

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>catch most of my bass on spoons
>NEVER see anyone talk about spoons
What's the deal with that?

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>>1029756
other baits are shilled to the max

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>>1029756
I've been meaning to get some, but I never think about it. I've heard so many old timers tell me how good spoons are, especially in colder weather.

>>1029755
>In ATX

You getting some snatch? I am trying to get my drinking buddy to go fishing with me either way I am going to hit up a lake or something Saturday.

>>1029758
Why is this not a real thing?

>>1029761
Spoons are excellent when it's cold, pisses bass off like nothing else and forces them to strike. They can be a bitch to use if there's a lot of logs or big rocks in the water though, nearly guaranteed to loose them.

>>1029758
W2C?

>>1029766
idea
>buy those weedless dropshot hooks
>replace the trebles with those
>snagless spoon?

>>1029767
i don't think you can buy it

some jap artist that likes to fish made it

http://unagiinu1091.blog72.fc2.com/blog-entry-1327.html

>>1029772
I don't know how well that'd work but who knows.

Hey, I'm going catfishing tomorrow and I have chicken liver, Chinese sausage (pic related) and some raw fish. I was wondering how I could prepare these for catfishing. I also have some jars that I could store stuff in so I can use as bait at a later date, get done fermentation going...

So how do I prepare my bait.

>>1029693
Ma français est pas trop terrible. J'ai trois and en lycée. Je voudrais panser que je suis bon

>>1029723
Never said that I did. Just bassfags hate them. People who enjoy multiple species like myself appreciate them

>>1029775
I think I could do the same. Dunno how to order lures from japan tho

>Shimano Sedona FE is 40 bucks at BPS
Should I bother? I'm about to pack up for a fishing trip on the other side of the country and was wanting a new backup reel.

>>1029756
I havent tried them yet. It seems like they're just a snagging bitch since you fish them like a jig but it has trebels that hook into the bottom too much.

how do you personally fish them?

>>1029790
Yeah mostly use them like jigs, but if the fish are really active and attack anything that moves then you can just straight up throw them out and reel them back without too much more action. Good spoons have a great presentation on their own.

>>1029556
so I've missed like 5 threads? Did I really miss anything?

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Top left spoon has been my most used lure for years. It's a miracle I haven't lost it.

>>1029792
Just checked and they sell spoon parts for cheap, like 10 spoons a buck (cant believe people will pay $5 for just one), just need split rings and hooks to put them on.

Do you find trebels are necessary for spoons?

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ok i just brought home a bunch of fish for the first time, can i leave them in the cooler with ice over night? i'm going to give them to my friend tomorrow to cook. no idea how to do it myself and not really interested in it

>>1029793
I heard skid almost committed suicide. Thats it really.

>>1029795
Warning:

Many cheap spoon willl rust like shit and also have bad action. Last thing you want is a spoon that can't swim straight or spin/tumble instead of wobble and fuck up your line. There are cheap spoon alternative though. Just make sure you aren't buying from some random china online shop

>>1029795
It definitely benefits, I'll say that much. If you wanna slap a weedless hook on there though then go for it, it wouldn't hurt. Who knows, might end up being amazing.

>>1029796
Yea if the cooler stays cool.
My dad keeps them in the fridge but after he cleans them. He cleans them in the river.

>>1029790
>has trebels
You can swap those out for singles.

>>1029798
http://chuckanddeb.com/casting_spoon_blades.htm

are these cheap?

>>1029797
That would make me sad. I actually like Skid

For spoons:
krokodiles
kastmasters
red devils

>>1029802
It's hard to say. I only use expensive but proven spoon like kastmaster and kroc. However, this one time I bought a couple cheap generic brand name from a local place, it rust like crazy after just one day fishing in salt water

>>1029802
Honestly as long as you're just experimenting with different hooks on them they'll work. I don't know if I'd trust them long-term though.

>>1029802
Also, i want to add that if you never fish spoon before, you should just buy 1-2 good brand one to try out and at least have confidence with them. You would at least have a template of knowing how one should work and run. You would learn how to work them and how. They are durable as fuck and if you use braid, you can bend the hook if you get snagged easily. It's much better than spending money to get a dozens that you have no idea of the quality and you might lose confidence in them and never use spoon again. That many would just bloat your tackle box.

Maybe once you are proficient enough, you can buy cheap pack like that and be able to hand pick ones that would work by experience.

>>1029803
They put him in the wacky hut untill he stop popping wood every time they strapped him down.

>>1029641
Welcome to carp fishing.
The Yuros can regale you with tales of supreme fishing autism brought on by the hope of catching carp.

>>1029808
This is pretty sound advice.

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How do I prepare chicken liver?

>>1029690
>i don't know that colloquial names aren't very specific
>and can be shared by multiple unrelated species
>that might look nothing like each other.

Go look up "dolphin" one of these days and check back in with us after you're done.

>>1029777
nice numbers.
but i bet it would be worth trying, worst case scenario you now have a pack of weedless octopus hooks in your tackle box/bag, right?
>>1029782
buy pantyhose, and use that to hold on your chicken livers, fish if it has skin will stay on fine on its own, and i have no idea about chinese sausage
>>1029803
>I actually like Skid
thanks cc
but i was just chilling up there. they decided "thats not something a sane person does" and pink slipped me. thats about it though, and now im free
>>1029796
i'd cut the tails off or slit the gills to let the blood out, but other than that, as long as they stay cold . . .
>>1029804
>kastmasters
put the single hook on there then put a fluke or curly tail grub on it, insane action, 10/10
>>1029811
and fly fishermen, they take it extra far, creeping flats watching for a carp with its nose in the mud, then trying to drop a fly on its head

>>1029819
>put a fluke or curly tail grub on it
Holy shit that's a good idea.

>>1029819
>carp with its nose in the mud, then trying to drop a fly on its head
Probably the only way to get a carp on the fly. Unless they're eating something on the surface.

tomorrow im going to go soak baits for 30-50lb grass carp, think a mh, 40 lb braid, and a 4k size reel will do fine? or am i goign to straighten more hooks

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>>1029790
Here's a good intro piece with the various types and methods
http://www.in-fisherman.com/gear-accessories/how-to-catch-fish-using-spoons/

For more in-depth and advanced tactics, this is a good article, with lots more articles on spoons available on the website.
https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/5-ways-spoons.html

I just caught my first-ever fish on a spoon-the nice Redear sunfish I posted in the last thread-on a small dardevle clone like pic related. I was fishing it behind a snap swivel at about 3/4 the speed I usually fish a rooster tail, if that helps. Just enough to get the action going. Nothing fancy about my retrieve-I just cast it out and reel it straight in.

>>1029828
Not if you turn your drag down.

>>1029836
even ith 15+lbs of drag they will rip 30 yards of line in a few seconds
i have stronger hooks this time though

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>>1029811
I was actually trying to catch bluegill tho...

Just that particular lake normally produces fairly big 'gills (for my area). Pic related came out of there yesterday.

VMC vs Mustad vs Gamakatsu? Anyone have a preference?

>>1029839
There's a reason you have 100+ yards of line on a reel...

I've been spooled exactly 3x in my entire fishing career, every time by hooking a fish species I wasn't fishing for on tackle wayyyyy too small for what I hooked. Twice with grass carp and once with a shark.
>>1029844
Owner, and if I can't get those then Gamakatsu. Then my order of preference goes Eagle Claw Laser Sharp then VMC then Gamiki then chinkshit from Amazon then regular Eagle Claw *then* Mustad.

>>1029847
ive got 200-250 on my 4k, the isue is theres lots and lots of cover the carp go right for the second they spook, be it into a tree, or around a bunch of rocks have to try to keep them out of the cover

>>1029839
So fight them for a bit to tire them out then use a net to land them.
Think about it: you're using hooks and line both rated at about 30lbs to try and catch a 40lb fish. You're not going to be able to just horse them in that way. You already tried that before, it didn't work.

The fish will tire out eventually, then you'll be able to bring it in and land it.

>>1029850
Then you need a heavier rig to really horse them around.

If you've got the disposable income, go buy a cheap catfish combo with a spinning reel and spool it with either 50 or 65lb Power Pro. Crank the drag down as tight as it will go and don't worry about it (drags on cheap combo spinning reels are usually utter shit), and just bully the carp with it.

>>1029853
im planning on bullying them tomorrow with y 4k, i have drag locked down, and despite it being smooth il palm it to add more preasure 40 lb power pro should hold up pretty well

>>1029853
>>1029854
i could bring my 9 ft surf rod with 50 lb power pro, but i feel like thats overkill for now

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How long did it take you guys to get comfortable with using a baitcaster? I know it's the way to go for fishing bass and catfish in my area but it's been a week and I still feel all clunky. I practice everyday

>>1029844
Owner is good but too expensive
Gamakatsu is pretty good as well and a little cheaper
Vmc is decent enough and also minimum I'm willing to spend on hooks. They are well-priced and I never have issues with them. I just don't find enough variety of them in shop near me.
Eagle claw Trokar is weird because they are too thicc with triangle points and really tear up soft plastic and the fish's mouth
Regular eagle claw is absolute trash and will rust and dull after each use

I haven't tried much mustad stuff

>>1029856
About an hour.
>>1029858
I can usually find Owner EWG's on clearance because nobody likes cutting-point hooks (same complaint with Trokars). I can usually find them cheaper than Gama Superlines, but not quite as cheap as Gama regular EWG's when in the 25pks.

Variety is an issue with most of them, yes. I'm pretty much stuck using VMC football jigs and shakey heads.
>Strike King for structure jigs and swimbait heads ftw
Yes, regular Eagle Claw is shit. Mustad has always been worse for me.

Gamiki doesn't make offset worm hooks but they make some of the GOAT circle hooks and fly hooks. They're my go-to for nose-hooked flukes and drop shotting, I can get 50 packs of #1's for like $9. Daiichi is probably a little higher quality but doesn't make "big" hooks (they cap at like a size 6 streamer hook).

>>1029856
Roughly a day to train your thumb. Setting the hook and reeling I choke up on the reel.

>>1029568
Smallies and sunfish, baby. It's like they've got little dog syndrome or some kind of napoleon complex. They'll bite anything and I love'em for it. Also, what kind of worm is that?

>>1029630
I run 14 lb fluoro on my bmax2 for skirted jigs but for most of my low-pro baitcasters it's 12 lb, either mono or fluoro if I want the line to sink.

>>1029723
Already been said but it's bassholes mostly. Same reason pickerel ("snot rockets") get a bad rap. I fish for anything that bites, bass included, and am happy with whatever tugs on my worm.

>>1029750
I use the rod from a $30 combo I picked up close to 20 years ago and it'll be a sad day when it finely gives. Sometimes chrap works and works well.

>>1029772
>>1029777
They make "weedless spoons" with fixed hooks and wire weed guards like on weedless wacky hooks. Though I've never fished any spoons to say how well they work.

Hmm, gotta go pilfer some more mint from the garden. Juleps don't make themselves ... I do declare.

>>1029879
>Sometimes chrap
cheap*

>>1029733
appreciate the advice - found a video on the sliding float rig. Going to save this and try it next time im out there.

Interesting though, I dont normally hear much about float fishing. I was under the impression that even a slight breeze will just push the line back at you and cause irreversible slack.

>>1029762
Yuhhh. We're going to pedernales falls then idk what we're doing.

>>1029789
Yes. The sedonas are nice.

>>1029844
Gamis for wide gap, VMC for shaky head and swimbait, Trokar for flippin.

>>1029856
Depends on what you mean by comfortable. It didn't take me super long to figure out how to use it and get decent distance and accuracy with it, but I wouldn't say I was really proficient with them until a few months after I started using them.

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>>1029568
sorry to be a noob, can someone tell me how fake worms work? i tried them once and just got a huge rats nest with my spinning rod, not enough weight i think. i'm supposed to use them like a lure, where i throw them out and then reel them in right? or just throw them out and let them sit? do i need to get an ultralight rod or something so i can actually cast it with such little weight?

>>1029886
A few things line rod length, line test and such could've caused your problems. Weightless is cetainly one way to rig a worm, and steady retrieve or letting it set are both valid ways to fish them. Classic rigging, aside from weightless, would include Texas and Carolina rigging. Those both employ bullet weights. The former keeps the worm on the bottom while the latter keeps it floating just above, and both can be rigged loosely with a bead that'll smack the weight for some added noise when the rod is raised. Newer, or recently more poplar rigging includes drop shot and shaky head. Drop shots are more for vertical fishing and targetting a specific depth. Shaky head jigs are designed to keep the worm upright and allow a little more wobble while it's sitting on the bortom. A lot of soft plasting manufacturers are making worms with buoyant tails just for that kind of technique.

>>1029886
get a medium fast-action spinning rod and some light braided line. it definitely helps in casting lighter lures far.

you can work a worm different ways. you can definitely keep the worm sitting if there is some current but it's usually better to work the worm someway. with texas rigs, i usually drag it along the bottom, swim it, or pop it up a couple of times, let it sink to the bottom, reel in slack, pause, then repeat. i switch techniques if the fish aren't biting.

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Which combo should I get for my first baitcaster?
1. Abu Garcia black low profile
http://www.abugarcia.com/abugarcia-combos-baitcast-combos/abu-garcia-black-max-combo/1373550.html

Or
2. Lews American hero combo?
http://www.lews.com/combos-americanherocast.php
Which one would be more user friendly and last longer?

>>1029907
Where is the collect welfare space

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>>1029556
AZ anon here...

I know no one seemed to care but all my tackle warehouse shit came yesterday. Didn't open it till I got home from work today.

It was 513 bucks of sale stuff. The reels were my main purchase I wanted and I picked sale lures I have never tried because why not.

>pics incoming
>what rods should I pare to the reels?

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>>1029911
More pics

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>>1029912
The shirt was free which was cool I guess. They gave me a free sticker but it's on my car now so no pics of a sticker. Sorry guys. That sticker was the real gem of the shipment.

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>>1029914
Close ups of the meme baits. The damiki tremors were only 3.99 but they are the huge 80 size. Giant jerk baits were 6 bucks but they are comically huge. Probably gonna be pike lures for northern AZ.

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>>1029915
Various chatter memes, underspinmemes, and my steyr handgun because why not.

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>>1029916
My other 2 rods and reels. Kinda want to stick with Abu Garcia for the rods because I don't like cork handles and their stuff is almost always Eva foam or something else. Was thinking about getting some of the Mike iaconelli rods for the new reels. Anyone have some opinions on what rods I should get?

>>1029911
>pare

Boy I'm retarded. Pair.

Hey guys, I was supposed to go fishing tomorrow in the morning, but I re spoiled my rod an now it won't cast. I feel like it has something to do with the cheap Pacifica line I bought, could anyone help? I feel like a dumbness, don't know what I did wrong.

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>>1029920
Muh other lures.

What am I missing guys?

>>1029921
Post pics.

It's possible line wrapped wrong or got under the spool and jammed up. Does it reel fine?

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>>1029923
Yeah it reels fine. Here are some pics.

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>>1029925
Line I'm using. Cheap and kinky.

>>1029926
>>1029925
It's probably the line man. If you want cheap line P line makes a cheap copolymer that's like 5 or 6 bucks a 300 yard spool and works great. Comes in a green package. That or get Berkley xl smooth cast mono.

Also not to reel bash but try to get something like a Shimano sienna or Sahara. Or a pflueger president.

50ish bucks to 80 bucks makes a big deal in quality difference and casting ability. If you can't afford a reel try to get something budget from a big name like Shimano or Daiwa or Abu garcia. Avoid Shakespeare and zebco.

Immediate fix is probably better line and a lower pound test. Like 8lb test is all you need probably and it casts better on spin gear.

>>1029925
Your spool is also undefiled a bit but the line is on there super loose too. Looks like a birds nest waiting happen.

>>1029930
Thanks, I'm just going to spool the 8lb line that came with it back on. Do you know if 8lb is good for catfish?

>>1029931
Hily hell Just noticed that's 30lb mono on there. That's your problem. For catfish I would get like 12 pound mono or 15 lb but get Berkley xl smooth cast. If it's for big flat head you need a better reel and different set up.

8 to 15 pound line for channel cats and smaller flat head is totally fine. Get a better line.

30lb is for bigger conventional reels.

>>1029925
Put more line on it. It's supposed to go all the way near top

Better alternative is to trash it and to get a better reel and line. Don't you have $40-50 lying around for a decent reel and a 300 yard of standard trilene line?

>>1029925
>>1029926
Also, that line is way too heavy for that reel. Look at the number on the reel for reel capacity. It looks like it goes from 8-12 lb for mono filament. You are putting 30 lb mono on that reel. You manage to under fill it somehow. Do you have like only 50 yards of line spooled or something?

>>1029934
I do, I just wanted to pay 2.99 for line. In probably going to return this shitty rod and reel combo, always something wrong.

>>1029935
Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing.

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I'm going to hang the Nigger who sold me this with his own line

>>1029938
what?

>>1029936
If you see a number like 200/8,170/10 etc from the reel, it means that the reel can take 200 yd of 8 lb mono or 170 yd of 10lb mono. Typically you want to get line within that number labeled on the reel. Braid is a different story since they are relatively new compared to mono and not all companies have labeling for braids yet. Only shimano might have it so far

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Gonna drop some cash on a shimano curado baitcaster 1, what rod should I get to match it with? I want a rod that's pretty versatile cuz this will be my do everything reel

>>1029946
are you also from AZ sir?

>>1029950
928 up in this bitch

>>1029952
Im in tempe sadly

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>>1029954
Nigga me too.

How do I set up a catfish rig with egg weights and no swivel?

>>1029967
Just put a weight stopper peg in front of your knot and the egg weight above it to protect the knot from the weight.

Try Kiwanis park.

>>1029968
I don't know much about fishing, so I don't have the stuff you just told me to use. All I have are egg weights, treble hooks, and bb weights. Sorry I'm being so demanding, but it's 2 am and I am determined to get up at 5:30 to go fishing for catfish.

>>1029969
I would just put the egg wight on there and cast gentle so it doesn't slam the knot.

Otherwise go to Walmart and get some swivels. They are open 24/7

>>1029970
Thanks friends. Will go to Wal-Mart tomorrow.

Any body have info on surf fishing and specifically in northeastern japan? I see the locals out at it on the breakers but never seen anyone land a single fish.

Info on species here esides mackerel? Can't find anything

>>1029826
>Probably the only way to get a carp on the fly
it is, and you can get them on dry flies on rare occasions, but yeah, the standard fly-fishing technique for carp is cruise some "freshwater flats" looking for a carp with his nose in the mud, flicking a fly and dropping it on his nose, then slowly crawling it past him hoping for a take
its a really hard fish to target on fly (but like anything you can catch it by accident fly fishing)
>>1029828
it should be fine if you grab heavier wire hooks and turn your drag down a little
>>1029856
a couple of months
>>1029922
mepps, plain jigs, frogs, and a popper to compliment that spook
>>1029940
i think penn does, and some daiwa reels account for braid too
>>1029970
>>1029972
optionally you can do a lazy thing and put a splitshot a few inches over your hook to act as a stop

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>>1029886
Plastic worms can be a whole universe unto themselves, so it's not surprising that you're kind of lost.
But first things first: the rats nest you got in our reel was probably not due to the worm. Something you had been fishing earlier had put a lot of twist into the line, and it knotted in the reel. There just wasn't enough weight to the plastic worm to straighten it all back out.

But speaking of fishing techniques, there are a million of them. One of the old guys who taught me how to fish swore by a standard, cheap Walmart lure point-exposed rigging with the hook a little further down the body than normal, so it created a little humpback. He would cast it out and fish it SLOW. I fished his rig, and it produced.
But there's all sorts of ways to rig them to do what you want, pic related and so much more. One of my favorite ways is to put a jighead on a paddletail worm. I've caught more bass on that than I can count.

>>1029879
>Also, what kind of worm is that?
a wild thang

came in my mtb

>>1029922
Mepps™

Also if you're going for bass n shit, what is your soft plastic collection like? I used to basically only run Rapalas and spinners and I could never catch anything in the summer until these cunts taught me about the Texas rig.

>>1029921
Cheap line is an easy way to get pissed off. Spend $3 more and get some Trilene and save yourself the headache.

>>1030020
Goin on the imgur

>>1029925
>>1029926
What everyone else said. Line is WAY too heavy for that reel. That reel wants to see 10lb test. 30lb will just cause all sorts of problems.
Also whatever line you do end up using-even if it's cheapshit-fill it all the way up to the top of the spool. Your reel will work worlds better with a full spool than the half-empty one you've got now.

I'm not going to dump on your reel's brand name. Zebco reels will serve you just fine if you're just doing stuff in fresh water.

>>1029938
Caveat emptor, dude.

>>1029922
Inline spinners and spoons.
You know, the shit that's been around for a million years so it's now copied by every tackle maker under the sun?
Those.
They're copied to hell because they work everywhere, on every species, year round. Run them and catch fish.

>>1030043
I have a bunch of kast masters and mepps but I don't use them much. Mostly get pulled for trout fishing. Also not pictured is a lot of soft plastics.

I should get some magnum 9 inch spoons for jigging up schoolie bass though.

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>>1030023
Muh plastics

>>1030057
That's straight. If you really want to know what you need more of, just try different variants of shit that works well for you now. Or get down on MTB or LTB and see what works.

Do you have any regular poppers? The Rapala Skitter Pops are my favorite poppers, the brown frog color has caught me way more than any topwater. Also maybe some hollow body frogs to run thru thick weeds.

One more thing, I see lots of worms and flukes, but what about creature baits? The Zoom Lizards work really well.

>>1030057
And with all those Zoom flukes, I suggest next pack you buy, go with the "Swimmin" ones. Those paddle tails with a weighted swimbait hook are really diverse and you can run them a bunch of different ways in all different situations. The paddle tail ones always produce better for me than the split tail regular flukes since they have more action. The Strike King KVD Swim'n Caffeine Shads have caught me a lot of fish and Baby Bass is a good color. They are slightly smaller than Super Flukes and a little larger than the Super Fluke Jrs and for some reason they just work better. Plus the hook stays in them better if you rig em weedless with an offset EWG or swimbait hook.

>>1029884
>pedernales falls
I have never been there but I have seen some pictures of big ass gar pulled from there.

>>1030020
is the bullet sinker in this the same as an egg sinker? with a hole in the middle? the first method seems like it is but the second says to tie to the weight

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Beautiful weather here in NY today. Gunna go spend some time moving more bass into the big pond today. Will posts pics if am successful

>>1029772
We used weedless spoons a ton when we were in Quebec. The action is exactly the same but the hook up ratio is obviously much worse. They replace the treble hook with a fixed single hook that has a fixed piece of wire running the length of the spoon and hovers just above the tip of the hook.
>>1029856
I struggled a lot. Genuinely probably took me a few weeks. I was the first one out of all of the fisherman around me that had one and this was long before I started posting here. It got to the point were I would spool on just enough line for a good distance cast and go over to the ponds and sling baits for hours with no intention of catching fish, just casting. I went through so much line with terrible birds nests that I was too frusturated to spend the time getting out. I found that one of the most important aspects is the motion of your cast. You can't just heave it like a spinning reel you have to have a smooth and linear swing with your elbow tucked against your body. Now I can turn all but one brake off with my spool tension at a minimum and chuck frogs/spoons/jerbaits/etc. as far as my rod will let me. It's definitely worth getting into since the benifits are very clear once you learn. When we were in Quebec I was throwing the same spoon as every one else and I would throw perfect casts 95% of the time while everyone else, using spinning gear, would regularly throw it short, or too far and get snagged on rock/branches.

>>1030057
>no lizards

I am shook anon

>>1030061
Interesting. I was just gonna bring the UL but maybe I'll bring a regular rod too.

>>1030065
>Now I can turn all but one brake off
For centrifugal or magnetic? Ive always read with centrifugal brakes if you're gonna have one on the one opposite of it needs to be on too. I mean obviously if it works don't change anything I'm just curious.

>>1029790
I fish in rivers mostly and spoons are a valuable tool. I find a school of bait fish in deeper water towards the top of the water and choose a spoon close to the size of them and just drop it down on a drop shot rig. It looks like a dying baitfish falling from the group and if there's any bass lurking underneath them they swarm on it.

I don't use them often because I don't really spend my days riding around looking for large schools of baitfish, but when I find one I always throw spoons out and catch something.

>>1029856
It's just preference and mostly marketing and consumerism. There was a bass tournement last Sunday at the lake I frequent and the winner had nothing but spinning gear.

I've been catching catfish in big rivers since I was a little kid and you don't need those big heavy saltwater rods and baitcasting reels. We use $50 Ugly Stik combos and 20lb mono or 30lb braid and have brought in at least 100 over 50lb in the last 10 years.

Fishing is a lot like golf. You can buy a cheap Walmart set of clubs and go golfing. Buying a $30, $300, or $3,000 set won't make you any better or worse at golf. Same goes with fishing. You can buy a $20 Walmart combo or $200 in a decent rod and reel, but it doesn't have any effect on your fishing IQ, skill, or general luck at catching bigger fish in general.

Whoo
Biggest bass of the year, ( and past few years
25 3/4 inches
Pictures to come

I caught a fucking reel the other day
like, some dick head toss a brand new real into the lake. fully set with line, wasn't even bird nest'd
a little wd40 and it works like new

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>>1030119

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>>1030119
>>1030125

What's the use of offset EWG hooks?

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>>1030109
Centerfugal brakes. Don't have magnetic brakes as I don't really see the need for having them. 90% of the time I have two on opposite sides on but when I'm bank fishing with a frog and need to get that little extra distance I turn one off. If I turn them all off there is a definite difference between one and none. Give it a shot next time you're out

Is putting glow in the dark paint on your topwater lures good or is it just a meme

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>>1029911
those baker baits are a good deal for the price. killed a lot of fish in mexico with them, saving my sp's from getting thrashed by sierras

spoons suck ass

my bail seems a bit loose compared to when i bought it

is it normal to have to tighten the screws after a few months?

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>>1029723
>tfw you try to fish for crappie but you get an alligator gar instead
i love kentucker

I did it out, I caught 2 trout.

It was actually really sloppy because both fish conveniently fell right off the hook right as they were over the dock.

I also didnt mean to catch them, I was reeling in both times to change bait when I realized a fish was on the line.

I dont understand why the rod wasnt moving if a fish was there. 6lb test with 4lb lead, two egg weights, bead, swivel and hook. Used Power eggs.

>>1030189
Kentucky has alligator gar? Huh I learned something today

>>1030128
Dats a nice bass mayne

>>1030134
Weedless rigging soft baits

>>1030177
Yup

>>1030134
Better hookup ratio on baits/presentations you dont need to run true.

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>>1029756
>>1029758
>>1029766
>>1029772
>>1029794
>>1029795
You can make spoons from just about anything. This was made from a butter knife. The bluefish are crazy about them and they cast forever far.

>>1030265
yeah, they are real assholes. they steal bait more then anything else.

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>>1029556
Anyone know anything about these Gander Mountain Tournament reels? I got one because it was like 40 bucks and they didn't have anything name brand left under 60 bucks.

I've heard they're rebranded Pfluegers, but it doesn't look like any Pflueger I've ever seen.

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>>1030189

Fuck I wish alligator gar's were around here. Must be fun.

>>1030057
> putting plastic in boxes
> not just leaving them in ziplock bags that they come with
> not putting them in ziplock bags anyway if they didn't come with one

>>1030060
Fuck you Bepsis and your irrational hate for split tail. Just because you don't know how to use them means that they are bad. You might as well add paddletail shill to your list of tripfaggotry.

>>1030124
Was probably me? Was the tip broken?

>be at lake
>hung up
>pull back with tight drag to snap the line
>rod recoils and smacks against tree breaking tip
>throw it in the water and pull another rod out

>>1030290
We go gar fishing in the Summer here in Virginia and I wish they were that big. It would be fun. The big ones are maybe 3' long but most are about the size of your keyboard.

>>1030316
Hey I should fish with you, I could always use a new reel.Joking aside I pulled up a crab trap and propeller last year.

I just ordered my first real bass fishing rod and reel.

I got the ONE3 By 13 Fishing Origin A Casting Reel 6.6:1 GR and the No.8 Tackle BlackOut Casting Rod 7' Med Hvy from Tackle Warehouse.

I've mostly been fishing soft plastics weightless , texas, and carolina rigged on an Ugly Stik combo in ponds and lakes from the bank.

Did I fuck up? I was thinking of getting the 7'6" to cat further but it's a 1 piece and wouldn't fit in my car.

>>1030329
Unless you're consistently fishing deep water or heavy grass a MH might be a bit stiff. But it's a damn good rod.

>>1030341
I fish in along of small rivers and creeks with a ton of timber structure.

>>1030342
Then yeah a MH is probably good for ya.

>>1030060
>>1030059
I definitely need creature baits. I have paddle tails. Just got a bunch of craws.

>>1030269
thanks man, biggest ive caught in a few years,

>spends $15 on spinner lures
>catches a bass and 5 catfish on rubber grubs

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>>1030289
Every spinning reel is basically the same design. Those Gander Mtn reels supposedly aren't too bad, and they could be assmbled by Pure Fishing (Abu, Pflueger, Mitchell, ets) so with those cork handles and shit it looks nice for $40.

>>1030295
Kek, I'll keep shilling. But I do better with the paddle tails if I'm using a swimbait hook and actually swimming them. For drop shots or carolina rigs, go with the split tails. But if I'm doing a Texas or Carolina rig on the bottom, I have always done better with a worm or creature bait than flukes.

>>1030329
That 7' will be straight as long as it doesn't break the first time you use it. Those Blackout rods feel nice but so many people have QC issues. But if you fish from shore a lot, you might want to get used to the 7' and maybe 7'3" before going longer. Only thing I would change is going faster than 6.6:1 but it's not a big deal. Did you go right retrieve or left retrieve?

My first two casting reels were 6.4 and right hand and the 3rd one was 7.1 and left and after getting that I wish I had done the same for my first two. Whoever came up with the R/L thing on casting reels was retarded because if you grew up with spinning reels it def makes more sense to get a lefty casting reel. Otherwise you have to switch hands after you cast and cranking just feels awkward

>tfw little bro moved to Orlando today and so many little lakes and ponds around but no fishin pole
I also ate my first WaWa sub today.

>>1030109
Redpill me on lizards. Why use them when I could use a brush hog, especially since the brush hogs come in a greater variety of colors and sizes.

i see swarms and swarms of flies on the river where i fish

shouldn't this make fish more active? or are they too stuffed to go after my lures

>>1030366
Bass rarely bother with shit as small as flies, so I doubt it will effect fishing for them one way or another. The bluegill and other sunfish are ravenous regardless, and that would be a good indicator to fish topwater or shallow shit for them. Other species I'm not sure on.

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4th weekend trip for river musky cancelled. Starting to lose sanity.

Anyone fish from a river raft here? My bro has one and we plan on modifying it with swivelseats and frame. Wondering if anyone has modified one?

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Only caught this little guy today, but still had lots of fun at the parks.

>>1030140
Interesting. On my reels with braid I usually keep the magnetic brakes off or really low and have the two centrifugal brakes. I tried doing all the brakes off of one my rods with flouro and that didn't end well lol.

>>1030329
>7' 6"

It's a good thing you didn't. I have one and it's a very stout rod. It's great for flipping and punching, but the 7' MH is just about perfect for what you'll be doing.

>>1030363
Better action imo. I like brush hogs for flippin, but if I'm casting to cover or just along a bank I like the little legs and long curly tail more than the brush hog.

>more colors
Wat. Zoom makes lizards in all sorts of colors lol. Definitely more than enough for different situations.

>sizes
They make a 4, 5, 6, and 8 inch so they got you covered

>>1030383
Okay you got me on colors but like the 4" lizard only comes in a few colors, no? Or am I looking at the wrong sites?

>>1030387
They come in 6 "stock" colors and anywhere from 4 to 12 "limited" colors that rotate on a ~2 year basis. I think right now they have 5 limited colors out, for a total of 11 in current production.

>>1030063
They're different. Bullet sinker is flat on one side; egg sinker is, of course, egg shaped.

>>1029922

>>1030391
Whaaaaaat dang okay I need to look into that. Looking for some different trailers for my chatterbait and jigs. I love the chatterbait. Was thinking either baby brush hogs, gulp minnows, or strike king paddle tails

>>1029914
No one has any opinion on rods for the reels? One is slow and torque heavy and the other is super fast.

>>1030358
> spend $18 on a minnow crank/jerkbait
> it just werks and catches everything
> can't find cheaper alternative that work as consistently
> have to keep using it and buying new one if it's lost

Ok I'm pretty fucking confused right now.

I just got back from a county park. I found a....well, a CLUSTERFUCK of a "rig".
>snag some fishing line
>horse it in
>giant 2.25" diameter plastic bobber clipped upside-down to what had to have been 35lb mono, with a couple dozen feet of line tangled in a snarl above the bobber
>2 feet down the line is a quarter-ounce "bass casting" sinker held on with a lark's head knot
>2 more feet down the line is a 2oz pyramid sinker, also held on with a lark's head knot
>4" below that is a 3-way swivel
>on one branch of the 3-way swivel is the biggest snap swivel I've ever seen, it's easily 5-6x the size of my #1 catfish swivel (250lb test), and another 2oz pyramid sinker
>the other branch has a ~6" leader of really light mono, probably 6lb, then an Eagle Claw crappie rig, replete with its #1 aberdeen hooks
>tied on the bottom of the crappie rig is another 10 feet of line, then a third 3-way swivel
>one branch of the swivel has a ~4" loop of 550 cord with 3, 1oz bank sinkers strung on it attached with a ~#2 snap (no swivel) on the end of more of the ~35lb mono
>the other end has another 6 feet of the ~6lb mono with the single biggest aberdeen hook I've seen tied to the end. I'm not even comfortable guessing at the size, it's nickel plated and extends from my wrist joint to well beyond my outstreched fingers when laid in my palm, probably 10" long from eyelet to bend and I can stick the entirety of my pinky finger through the eye, and hooked on it is 2 unopened cans of Copenhagen
This pond is, at its deepest point, about 12 feet deep, and has a surface area of about 3.5 acres. The rig from the bobber to the cans of Cope was over 20 feet long. There's no current, I have NO idea why whoever was fishing this had just shy of 3/4ths of a pound of lead on the thing. This is in central Missouri, so they don't even have the excuse of "well the nearby river has big flatheads" for the humongous fucking hook.

>>1030433
I'm actually most baffled about how they got it all in the water in one go.

I'm envisioning some drunk redneck with a Tigershark rod twirling around like he's doing the Olympic hammer throw to sling that the 8 feet off the bank I snagged it.

>>1030433
It sound like one of those Skid's rig

>>1030289
looks like my
President xt with diff colors

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Pond hopped all after noon. Ended up at my buddy's, buddy's house where he has a massive pond that was loaded with large mouth. When we got there the sun was just starting to set and we could see them in the pads smaking stuff on the surface all over. I must have had 100+ blow ups on my frog but only hooked 4. I didn't think to start throwing a buzzbait in the open area until it was almost dark but I still managed to catch on literally every single cast with it. Most of them dinks but a fish is a fish. My buddy and I have made plans to return to that pond with my two kayaks and we are going to each buy a thing of worms and sit out on the water jigging worms under bobbers while we drink all day. Should be a good time. Apparently there is a good population of crappie in there so maybe I can finally catch my first one.
>>1030436
Fucking kek. That's exactly what came to my mind while reading >>1030433

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Anybody tried these chinese knockoff reels from the Wish app? Just ordered 1 for $26. Claims to have 18+1 bearings and magnetic braking

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>started bass fishing almost 2 months ago
>only use chatter baits because I can bounce it off the bottom, reel it slow, reel it fast, etc.
>get mocked by buddy who does tournament fishing and has like 18 rod setups and 50lbs of tackle
>takes me with him on a small tournament today only 33 boats showed up which felt like a lot to me but he said he's been in ones where there was over 300 I don't believe him
>end up finishing 2nd place with him
>I caught the biggest out of everybody at 6lb 11oz.

>>1030453
If you want cheap just get Kast King. They at least have some customer service and use parts that pure fishing and Abu Garcia use.

>>1030433
Never underestimate red necks and minorities.

>>1030433
sorry, i was going to fish that out tomorrow morning

>>1030454
Chatterbaits are amazing. Is your friend daft? Whenever I can't get a bite I tie one on and slay some bass

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>>1029556
Do I absolutely NEED same diameter line for a uni-to-uni if I'm just gonna use it to tie braid to a mono backing?

I'm wanting to use 20lb Power Pro as a main line, but the only mono I have is 10lb Sufix.

>>1030469
No, they just need to be kinda close. And 20lb braid isn't too horribly far off 10lb mono.

The other option is to go buy a $2 spool of that Zebco shitline in like 12 or 15lb.

>>1030387
Yeah the 4" is kinda limited compared to their other stuff as far as colors go.

>>1030433
>>1030436
Lmao

>>1030463
>>1030433
can you mail me my rig? those big hooks and all that lead isnt cheap.

>>1030478
Shipping a half pound of pyramid sinkers be expensive yo.

I'll exchange them for a box of your pubeflies.

>>1030124
hey my friend caught a padlock the other day, turned out to be the one that was welded to our rental jon boat when we unlocked it. no idea how the weld broke or how he caught the thing, but the key fit and all

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>>1030500
>pubeflies
I am a horrible person.

I went ahead and tied a fly out of my pubes.

>>1030515
The sad part is, as simple and shitty as it is, it'll work.

>>1030467
The Strike King Tour Grade Rage Blade is the only chatter bait worth getting IMO. I've tried others and they always get snagged up in cover. With the Rage Blade I can fish anywhere using any technique. I've skipped bottoms and just steadily retrieved catching bass in the same spots.

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>>1030454

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

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>>1030433
Can you draw us a sketch?

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>>1030550
:^

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>>1030561
surely you kept it?

>>1030515
>This is one of those "A Magical Place" moments.

How long should I wait to recast a Line when fishing for catfish?

>>1030577
Also who at kiwanis park?

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Should I go lews, daiwa, or shimano? Gonna buy my first baitcaster tomorrow. It's close between the lews tournament speed spool, shimano curado, or the tatula

>>1030580
The bass fishing there is meh but I kill catfish there pretty often.

Ass crack of dawn is still an hour away, I'm not hungover, and I even packed the truck and hitched the boat last night. Let there be much bass, great snek, and many slab.

Heeere fishy fishy fishy!

>>1030604
Good luck man.

Hopefully in 2 years I can afford a boat. Good luck. Tight lines.

>>1030595
curado

>>1030433
They wanted to make sure the weed was marked in a way that wouldn't be too noticeable.

why can I never catch fish when I try to dropshot

>>1030515
>Not using semen for glue

>>1030668
Depth set wrong is the most likely thing.

>>1030670
I mean I get lots of bites but I can never set the hook

>>1030515
When questioned, just call it "hackle"
>hey man, those hackle flies work GREAT! Got any more?
>not right now. I ran out of material. I'll try making some more in a few weeks when it grows back.

>>1030673
How long are you waiting before you set the hook? Usually you have to wait a couple seconds so they can eat the whole thing.

>>1030680
like 2 or 3 seconds

it's like they only nibble at it they never get to the hook

>>1030684
Have you tried waiting longer?

>>1030696
yeah I tried ignoring it completely but it doesn't seem to work

Is spearfishing discussion allowed in here?

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>go to river
>Catch dink in a spot I know that holds at least a few fish (pic)
>Move up to big hole in bend of river
>30-50 minutes later can't get anything out of it to bite
>Used spinner, got it snagged eventually since I was experimenting with letting it touch bottom
>Used jig in two different colors
>Not even a sunnie
>Even use a bobber and let the jig float down the channel into the pool
>Fuck nothing must be in here...
>Take bobber off of line
>Fish crappie tube
>Huge smallie is now hooked

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>>1030717
Shitty pic of the big one, but was definitely one of the biggest smallies in that stretch of the river. Over 12 inches definitely.

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>>1030720
Also if anyone has a senko-like worm or something else thick, chop it to like 2-3 inches then cut most of it in half. Just like one of those trout magnets. Smack it on a jig and pop it on the bottom. Landed me my only trout for the day

do you ever just let your jig sit for a few mins

>>1030725
not for minutes, but maybe 30 seconds.
Unless it's on a bobber i may not touch it for two minutes.
Why you ask? Have success yourself with it? Ill try leaving it on the bottom for a long time next time a spot isnt producing well.

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I'm just starting to fish. How do I know if I'm doing anything wrong?

>>1030752
If you aren't catching fish, you might be doing something wrong.

>>1030752
Either you're not catching fish or your gear is fucking up (birds' nests, getting hung up in trees, etc).

Were can I find fishing groups of such things exist?

>>1030752
Im a yearling, so here are some of my personal protips that ive learned.
Have your drag set low, fish only need a pound of pressure to set a hook. To high and you might end up bending hooks, ripping the hook out of a fish's mouth, or going past your line breaking point (which could be a lot lower if you have a fray in your line or some other flaw)
Watch your reel for knots. I always reel in making sure the line is tight. Although it's pretty automatic for me now. Whenever I cast, after i flip my bail back on, I pull my rod up as a quick way to tighten the line.
Sometimes you need to really work your lures slowly.

>>1030760
state fishing forum? On mine people are typically posting their reports.

>>1030763
Not really, I just want to see how to fish. I don't have anyone to do it with so I'm not sure if I'm spending hours messing up.

>>1030763
Also a physical group is what I mean.

>>1030764
oh I see. So like beginner things. Ive never done it but maybe hiring a guide? Around me you hire a guide for taking a float trip down a river, something for people that already know how to fish but need a lil help with directions.

It's something you ought to do yourself. Dont be afraid to just watch others fish. Just dont be tossing your line side by side to them. Put your rod down and just chat it up with them. Ive gotten loads of info by just coming across some people and saying hi, typically THEY are the ones that are just eager to talk about fishing.

i got like 20 bites today on my dropshot but nothing took the hook

was my bait too big? or maybe the hook was too big?

I was using one of the gulp minnows

>>1030768
What size hook?

Also you probably had bluegill fucking with it. There's a reason literally none of my bass lures have chartreuse on them any more.

>>1030717
>try to catch river trout with little swim jigs
>catch a 4lb 7oz largemouth instead

>>1030768
Ive had lil minnows try and wrestle with various lures. Like I'll throw it into a pool and 8 minnows will pack up and follow my lure, occasionally biting it.
The same happens with sunnies like bluegill that will actually take a hold of your lure and run a bit. Even small hooks dont hook them at times. Id downside the hook. What size gulp minnows?

>>1030769
size 2 dropshot hook

I'm gonna buy some smaller ones and maybe some smaller baits

>>1030734
You can have success with anything. There's no exact science to fishing. My PB was a super fluke hanging out in the water while pulling out a piece of tree bark in the spool of my spinning reel.

>>1030770
Smallies dominate these rivers but ive had and heard of some largemouth too.
The trout here are mostly stocked, but in the headwaters there are some nice wild ones, but then the bass fishing is bad. I ought to fish the boundary between the two but it might be private property.

>>1030772
3 inches I think, maybe 2 1/2 though I don't remember exactly and I don't feel like going out to my car to check but it's not the smallest ones

>>1030711
>spearfishing
>fishing
we talk about bow fishing sometimes and its fishing related so why not?
>>1030717
sometimes fish like small presentations
>>1030752
if you are not catching fish you're doing something wrong. if you are getting tangles, you are doing something wrong. if you are losing half your tackle box on every trip, you are doing something wrong. if you are breaking gear, something is wrong, and if you are not having fun, you are doing something wrong
>>1030768
could be either of those, could be they were only nipping the bare tail of it

>>1030774
lol. I hear stories like this all the time. Most of the time it's when leaving the lure alone though

>>1030775
Native stream trout in the national forest about a hour away are fucking badass. They're the smartest fish I've seen. You aren't going to catch them soaking power bait or salmon eggs. And they spook easily. They'll be 100 yards down stream by the time you reach the bank after hearing your car pull up. I've thrown a rock in the water and seen them scattering before the rock even hit the water.

>>1030776
a three inch lure wont fit very well in a lil bluegill's mouth.
If you just want to nail those dudes for a while, put on a small 1/32-1/16th jig (something with a small hook, like a trout magnet jig) and put a lil piece of plastic on it. Toss it out and let it drop like a pendulum on a tight line, then pick it up and let it drop again. Or just do drop shot anything works for them

>>1030778
My all-time biggest fish was me being bored AF on my grandpa's dock in clearwater.

I had my bluegill rig and was trying to learn how to fish a buzzbait. Some 2ft long jack-looking fish came of and slammed it, ended up being a 20 minute fight despite it being only a ~8lb fish cuz my bluegill rod's reel can only do like 2lbs of drag pressure.

>>1030781
Bluegills are nothing but a kid's fish.

>put nightcrawler on small hook
>throw out near banks around cover
>tighten down slack line
>realize you have a fish
>reel in
>repeat

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>>1030781
>a 3 inch lure wont fit very well in a lil bluegill's mouth
oh ho ho. Never underestimate the power of bluegill.

Yes, that is a 6" worm.

can you eat bluegill

>>1030785
Yes, and they're pretty damn tasty. Better than bass, almost as good as crappie.

>>1030786
hmm...

im gonna buy some of the 1 inch or 2.5 inch gulp alive minnows then

>>1030684
If I had to guess I would bet it's bluegill and the like biting and not bass.

>>1030711
Sure but I don't think there's many anons who do it

>every fishing water within a 2 hour drive is polluted from factories
>can't eat anything I catch
>almost scared to touch half the things I catch by the way they look
>have to drive 2 hours into no phone service territory just to pay to catch dink trout in a stocked pond if I want to keep anything to eat


Why does it feel like I live in shitville?

Anybody from the Shenandoah Valley know any good places to fish around the 64/81 junction that isn't polluted like the rivers or pay to fish like all the private ponds.

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>>1030784
This is true

>>1030788
Those Gulp curly tail minnows do work

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>>1030752

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FUCK FISHING IS FOR LOSERS IVE SPENT A COLLECTIVE OF 12 HOURS THIS WEEK TRYING TO FISH AND HAVEN'T CAUGHT SHIT FFUUCCCKKK I DON'T EVEN HAVE A FATHER FIGURE TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT FUCKING UP AND EVERYONE IS EITHER A SPIC OR A NIGGER

>>1030796
skid wtf dude

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My dad's birthday is coming up and he won't use anything but a Zebco, so instead of trying to change his mind I wanna get him the best zebco .What should I get him? Hes got rods so i was looking at a real under $150. I stopped using zebcos when I was 13, so I'm out of touch on them

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Look what I got

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>>1030794

>no father
>implying you're not a nigger

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who /pees in their waders/ here?

>>1030791
>black people hands
I'm glad it's on a rod not a trigger

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>>1030794
I was having a slow week too until I used a ball head and curly tail grubs. Just try everything until something bites.

>>1030799
Either the Bullet or the Omega Pro.

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>>1030805
Kek, that's the same way everybody on the tfag thread found out I was black.

>>1030820
>Smokes Newport
>Is black

expected.jpg

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I just bought my first baitcaster and it's left handed even though I am right handed. The whole switching hands shit looks really inefficient, I'd rather use my right hand to set the hook and feather line, while my stupid hand cranks the real.

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Anybody here use artificial lures to catch trout in stocked lakes and ponds?

I go trout fishing every Saturday morning and I get kind of bored of just sitting there chain smoking while soaking power baits catching little 6-8" trout.

Are trout lures only for streams or would they work in ponds too?

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>>1029550
First off unlike squids they tend to attack the flanks of the egi lure thus you need to actively await for the attack and jerk the lure properly for them to get hooked. Further more much like squids as soon as they get hooked its a battle of speed vs finese as they start rolling and you want to reel them in but because you usualy have them by their soft tentacles that are quite easy to get torn off and thus for the cuttle fish to go free you need to tire it before getting it out of the water

>>1030827
You did the right thing kid. It's much better imo to use your dominant hand to work the rod rather than waste it on cranking the reel. You'll lose a fish much more to working it poorly with the rod rather than the reel-in.
Also, plz no traps

>>1030834
Yes.

>>1030839
>plz no traps
How else am I supposed to catch crawdads?

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>Spend the entirety of last weekend on Google Maps marking potential new fishing spots, ponds, lakes, etc.
>spend 2 tanks of gas and the entirety of this weekend going to check out spots
>most of them were private property and got threatened with guns twice
>the ones where I got to fish at I caught nothing

It sucks living hours from any decent fishery. I just want a decent bank spot I can catch bass/catfish from after work without having to drive 1-2 hours.

>>1030534
I haven't snagged mine yet. Throwing around rocks and hydrilla. No problems here.

>>1030881
I've snagged and lost two, both to yonka pads.

But that's still pretty fucking good considering how many hundreds of hours I've thrown one into the shittiest cover in the lake.

Why are spinners so expensive wtf

>>1030767
So much this.
Give them a compliment or two and most people will tell you everything they know.
Also, frequent the local stores that aren't major places like Dick's or Bass Pro. If they have a small selection of stuff, they'll only sell the stuff that moves-which ends up being what actually catches fish in the area.

Here's how it went down for me:
>putting in a canoe at 10am
>see old guy coming out with a pile of fat panfish
>MAN THOSE ARE SOME NICE FISH! I-is that a limit?! I can't seem to catch any! How'd you do that?
>well I just take this here jig (shows little 2" blue and white grub jig tied to 5ft of line dangling from a long crappie pole) and run it round the stumps-you know right by where that crick comes into the lake?
>upstream there a little on the right?
>yep right there. There's some stumps in there.
>I've seen them
>I just take the jig, get right by a stump and then bounce it a little by the side of the stump then let it drop.
>how many do you get that way?
>3 or 4 off of each one.
>off of EACH STUMP?!
>Mhm. There's some of them little spinners too-
>You mean the little white ones or the beetle spins?
>The white ones. I like them too. But I use those jigs most of the time.
>well thanks, I'll be trying those out! See you later!
>see you around.

Lo and behold, within a week I go from catching nothing to 15-20 per fishing trip.

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>>1030912
So they can sponsor KVD and that Bass Pro NASCAR

>>1030919
And if you actually take their advice and try what they suggest and they see it, they will normally tell you even more.

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>>1030919
>>1030922
>mfw everyone here hates talking to other fisherman and actively lie to each other as to ensure they don't catch any fish

I mean I do it to so I don't get upset about it. Kinda funny actually

>>1030942
It depends where I am and what kind of mood I'm in. Also the type of person. If somebody like me comes along, dude who goes and casts lures at local places a couple times a week, I'm normally cool with them. But minorities who want to keep everything, casuals who just crowd the place on weekends, and overly serious boomers, they can fuck themselves and I just tell em there's nothing but bluegill in the lake.

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>>1030949
>>1030949
>>1030949
>>1030949

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I just got finished taking one of my best friends out fishing with worms at a local lake.
Story time

>best friend wants to come up and spend time
>casually suggest we can go fishing
>he agrees
>arrives and admits he's not a fisherman at all, hasn't been in years and doesn't own a rod.
>knew this already, and was prepared to do easy mode fishing.
>had rigged up two of my poles with bobbers, hooks and worms and headed out to the impound lake in my development.
>gave him a spinning rod and showed him how to cast it,
>grabbed my old crappie rod with an ancient baitcaster on it.
>Spend 2-1/2 hours fishing yesterday
>and nearly 2 hours today
>just casting out, letting worms soak, bullshitting about life and pulling in dinks.
>He outcatches me 2 to 1
>not jealous at all.
>He's going through a rough patch in his life and needed to win a little.
>He won this weekend.

Now he's talking about getting a little fishing pole of his own and going fishing on his own.

Mission accomplished.
Dink bluegill are a national treasure.

>>1030783
>I hate catching fish and having fun
Get the fuck out.

>>1030954
If this is true then you're a legend.