Fishing & Tackle Thread

Anyone got tips for fishing in Nevada? And I mean like shore fishing at Lake Mead. 4 trips and got nothing.

>>1030827
>The whole switching hands shit looks really inefficient
It's more efficient imo

>>1030839
>not being ambidextrous

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I just got finished taking one of my best friends out fishing for the first time in his adult life at a local lake.

Story time

>best friend wants to come up and visit but doesn't know what to do
>Know he's been stressed lately and casually suggest we can go fishing
>surprisingly he agrees
>arrives and eager to go
>but admits he's not a fisherman at all, hasn't been in years and doesn't own a rod.
>knew this already,
>was already prepared to do easy mode fishing.
>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, buying a license and going fishing on his own.

Mission accomplished.
Dink bluegill are a national treasure.

>>1030949
All I've been catching are gafftopsail catfish or hardhead catfish. I feel like I'm cursed.

>>1030949
>>1030801
nice
>>1030975
not as nice but better than me today

im thinking about buying a jon boat to take on the local rivers, i have a 5 hp outboard... not sure how big of a boat that will propel.
also does anyone know anything about flat bottom vs V bottom or strapping a john boat to the roof of a car?

>>1030977
Chum the water with thier blood.

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22 inch pickerel

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>>1030996
25 3/4 inch largemouth

>>1030992
5hp outboard will move a jonboat just fine. Just remember-ethanol free gas is your best friend for marine things.
If you've gotta strap it to the top of a car, it's best to flip the boat upside down and line the edges with pool noodles that you split down the sides. You can get a pretty decent boat to ride on top of your car this way with some ratchet straps.

How can I catch summer pike without a boat? No idea on water temperature but air temps are currently around 80

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>>1030949
Threw my spear against a rock today and bent three of the prongs. Had to head over to Bass Pro to pick up some more.

Anyone spear any river trout lately? Shit gets harder every year...

>hey OP
>pic related
use this as the next general

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>>1030992
just depends on how fast you want to go. jon boats are best in calmer waters and rivers.
i have a 15hp johnson on a 14' valco and a 3.5hp merc on a 10' jon boat. the 3.5 actually gets the boat on plane when alone but with 2 people its a slow ride.

I'm from SWFL. Been fishing on the beach or saltwater canals my whole life but I want to try fishing in the Everglades. What fish are good to eat from freshwater down here?

>>1031014
Throw bass stuff.
Pike eat the same things bass do.

>>1030998
biggest one i caught was 16 inches

shit i need to go fishing more often

>>1031023
FL freshwater fishing:
Crappie are GOAT eating
Panfish (bluegill, shellcracker, redear, etc) are next best
Largemouth bass are behind them, then pike, then bowfin (acquired taste), then gar, though the Seminoles would probably debate me on that last one.

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Bought a Shinmano Curado 200 i, with a Fenwick. Holy shit this thing cast amazing. I dropped $250 on this set up and I'm pretty amazed how it feels. Can't wait to take it out tomorrow.

>>1031032
But I'm catching bass instead. Don't get me wrong, bass are fun, but pike are more fun and I always feel I have to give up on them during the warmer months

>>1031044
Can I find crappie in the canals off of Alligator Alley?

>>1030998
>>1031038
>tfw 1/2 an inch from state record 4 times now
>tfw the one that always got away in that pond was a monster compared to those

I just want to catch catfish, but bass love live bluegill too. Bass are fucking pinbone trash fish.

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>>1031059
Unless you have a boat and the proper equipment to get lures down deep enough your chances of catching a nice pike are pretty slim. You should be able to still pull out some snakes (small pike) any time of the year if you are fishing the right areas. Try and find an area where there is good vegitation line where on one side it's weedy and then on the other it's open and usually deeper. Like I said it's not going to be easy without a boat but you might get lucky.

It's kinda hard to tell but pic related was when I was fishing a little bay off of the main lake that beavers had damned up to make their own sucluded pond. Pike came up and smaked my lure as I was lifting it up to cast it again.

>>1031020
this seems a bit excessive for sportfishing

any cool tips for fishing at night?

would a small LED light above my weight scare off fish? its hard to see my leader at night

I just went to Bass Pro today and bought a 7'6" medium light Berkley Shock Lightning rod and a Pflueger President 6900 Series spinning reel.

On the rod, it's line rating is 4-10lb (I'm assuming mono as it doesn't specify) and lure rating of 1/8oz to 5/8oz.

On the reel it states 4lb mono or 6lb braid.

I plan on using this for trout fishing 1/4oz lures for trophy rainbow trout in stocked ponds that are abundant around here.

Should I go with 4lb or 6lb line? I feel like 4lb would be best because some of the ponds I go to are crystal clear and the trout are very line shy, yet I don't want to go too low and end up losing $10 lures every fishing trip.

The pond I frequent the most has a rocky/sandy bottom with some grass. Have been fishing there since I was a kid and never got hung up on any branches or logs.

>>1031063
Yes. They're all over the Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades watershed.

>>1031080
If it's as clear as you say I'd go lighter, but even 6lb mono isn't that much more visible and would give you some extra margin of confidence.
It's when you get into 10-12lb line and above that visibility becomes a big concern for heavily pressured fish.

>>1031073
My main spot is a secluded cove right off our main lake. Right before the cove forms, it's a deep channel then into the cove are thick weedbeds. I've been targeting inside the cove, in the weedbeds. Should I be hitting the edge of the bed near the channel instead? Fishing x-raps and spinnerbaits mostly if that means anything

>>1030996
nice
>>1030798
that wasnt me
>>1030827
a lot of people do that, left hand reels have grown very popular lately
>>1030834
>soaking powerbait for 6-8 inch trout
>not hiking 5 miles in to the woods in waders and all your gear plus food and water to fly fish for 6-8 inch trout
>>1030839
>kid
il anon confirmed for kid anon

>>1031089
Thanks. I'm gonna go catch some crappie when I can get a ride down to the swamp. I assume 10lb test line be enough for them?

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Welp... it is definitely June. Fish are going insane on my lake. Every species...lakers, LMB, SMB, perch, crappie...all at peak fishing right now.

>>1031094
>enough
you can probably go 4lb test ez

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>>1031108

lmb from today.

>>1031108
are you Lake George anon? I just got an invite from some in Saratoga Springs who wants to go fish that lake

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>>1031115
>LG

Yep. I know the lake well. when you gonna be up there?

>>1031124
Im not sure I havnt confirmed anything yet. They just said I could make plans when ever and fish the lake and spend the night at their place. Should I try and make it soon since the fish seem to be active?

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>>1031130
>Should I try and make it soon since the fish seem to be active?

Yes, if the weather cooperates for you. Now is the time especially for lake trout on light tackle, or pre spawn smallmouth. Just a week or two left for those, but panfish (pumpkinseed, perch, rockbass) and LMB should be hot through June. Maybe the most important reason to fish now though is that high season for tourists is going to start in a few weeks and this lake will be an absolute madhouse with speedboats, jet skiis, cruises, etc. For now though it's pretty quiet.

>>1031139
>high season for tourists is going to start in a few weeks and this lake will be an absolute madhouse with speedboats, jet skiis, cruises, etc.

Shit sucks. Ever fish Saratoga Lake before? Might have to give that a try if I cant get there too late.

crap I wanted to stay awake until the sun goes down but I'm too tired

guess I'll start fishing in the dark tomorrow

>>1031144
>Shit sucks. Ever fish Saratoga Lake before? Might have to give that a try if I cant get there too late.

Nope. I pretty much only fish LG. Schroon when it freezes over before George.

Don't get me wrong it's still worth going out...I'd take LG any day of the year before Saratoga or Sacandaga, or wherever else. Just before the last week of June is best.

Sup bros,

I just moved to Omaha from Portland, Maine. Anybody know the best place to fish?

>>1031094
They don't get much bigger than 1.5lbs, so even 6 will be plenty.

Stop posting this ^

>>1031051
Amazing what happens when you actually spend money on quality equipment huh?

It's almost like shitty zebco products and Shakespeare trash are not worth it.

>>1031158
Kill yourself

Question for the Utah fags, how many of us are there? anyone want to get out and fish? Organize a big meet up? Yay or nay on /k/ brownies?

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Finally caught something on my first memecaster

>>1031150
Saco river, any of the 100's of lakes to the west/north west of you.
Scarborough
Kennebunk
Any of the rivers west/nw of you, there's a shitton.

>>1031231
fuck me, I"m an idiot, I read that backwards, obviously....

>>1031216
And a walleye to boot.

>>1031208
>Yay or nay on /k/ brownies?
a good time was had by all

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>no car, can't get to good water
>tfw city river is off limits because of potential flooding

>>1031216
And on a spoon, even.
Do the other posters know you went spoon fishing without permission?

>>1031250
pls dont tell

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>>1031256

>don't tell
I'm chain emailing all the tripfag cucks right now. prepare your anus.

>>1031249
How likely is the "potential flooding"?

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>>1031257
>went out to Jeep for something
>notice my rods are spooning

>>1031285
Dirty girls.

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>>1031216
>>1031250
>>1031285
What is this the fucking Stone Age? I bet that spoon only cost you a couple dollars. Pleb.

>>1031290
Jesus, you borrowing Skid's 44x strong hooks again?

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>>1031284

Enough for the city to keep warning us it might be another High River if it keeps getting worse. I saw the river earlier today and it was higher than usual.

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got access to a small cow pond. pretty cool so far.

>>1031296
What skid and I do as consenting adults is none of your business.

But that's just a regular 3/0 Gamakatsu hook. I saw this ~4lber duck under this tree and when I casted to it this little guy bit it instead lol

>>1031285
Obligatory

https://youtu.be/4O7yV926OCc

>>1031301
>but that's just a regular 3/0 Gamakatsu hook
Wow. You must have microscopic hands then. Hook looks thicc af.

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>>1031303
I'm just a skellington

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>>1031303
I have the opposite problem with big hands. I still maintain the best thing about having Miami anon around was the fish look way bigger in the pics when she is holding them.

You still alive? You on summer break now? We should go fishin!

>>1031308
Think you're talking to the wrong anon.

I am alive, but I haven't been in school for close to 15 years. And if you're in the STL area, sure.

>>1031312
I meant Miami anon, she lurks from time to time but never trips.

If I call her a trap, she will show up.

>>1031306
Is that a fishing rod tattoo on your left arm?

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>>1031285

How do I stop Catfish from swallowing hooks? I been using 5/0 hooks and the fucks have just been gulping hooks up.

>>1031316
Please oh please be an ugly stick with a zebco.

>>1031323
>not getting a Barbie combo tattoo
What a peasant.

>>1031321
Circle hooks will reduce the number swallowed, and you don't need massive ones.

Otherwise, mind your line better.

You will never 100% eliminate it, fish manage to swallow shit that should be physically impossible on a routine basis.
>caught a dink bluegill
>it had completely swallowed a 1/8oz ballhead and a 3" grub
>like, how the fuck did you even get it in your mouth, much less swallowed completely?
The jighead was worth more than the fish. Fortunately bluegill are delicious.

>>1031321
If you're not using lures, I hope you aren't going for C&R

I never had a huge problem with cats swallowing hooks, but I also normally run enough weight to keep the line tight so I can set the hook as soon as I see the rod tip bounce from a bite.

>>1031324
>not Snoopie
plebian.

>>1031327
>not Rocket Fishing Rod™
This should be illegal

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>>1031316
It is

>>1031323
Kek I should do that on my other arm

>>1031330
Didn't exist when I was a kid. Snoopie rods did.

I still have mine. I still use it on occasion for nostalgia and rather frequently as a loaner to my nieces and nephews when they visit, and it still catches fish (something the current crop of kid rods really can't do, the reels are too shit).

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>>1030949
So I know no one responded to me about what to pair these reels to but I was thinking one of the winch delay rods and then a power rod in the Mike Ike series of rods from abu and get both in 7 foot 4 inches length medium heavy but have the delay rod in a medium fast action for the revo winch and a fast action medium heavy for the rocket for buzz baits and spinner baits and jig pitching.

Anyone know another rod priced similarly that doesn't have cork handles? I don't like cork. I get my rods wet often and c9rk gets raped by the dry air here in Arizona after repeated dunkings.

>>1031354
What do you want to use the winch for?

Also, dobyns has some rods in that price range with EVA grips.

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>>1031312
STL watup

>>1031359
Really? I looked on tackle warehouse and the dobyns rods were all cork or part cork. I would like the Loomis rods but they are all cork.

The winch is for cranks. AZ has deep fucking resovoirs. Like 10 yards off the shore line can be 30 feet or more

>>1031290
you ever get anything on those lures i sent you?

Can I go bass fishing with just a bobber, split shot, and a hook with a artificial worm? I've only ever used rigs and I'm too lazy tomorrow.

>>1031464
You can be extra lazy and still use a hook and artifical worm and it would might still work

even on size 4 hooks this fish is stealing my freaking bait

>>1031464
Bass might be a little more tricky but I wouldn't be suprised if you got one as long as the bait is moving around a little. If you do the same thing with a small grub, you will def get bluegill. I used to do that with those tiny PowerBait maggot lookin baits.

>>1031175
>Shakespeare
>Trash

I caught a 37 1/2lb blue cat on my $18 Shakespeare catfish combo. My Ugly Stik I got when I was 8 is still in perfect condition and I'm 23 now.

>>1031368
eyyyy.

I'll be at Suson with some bros starting at 8 if you wanna join in.

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>>1031051
>Curado
They're amazing. One of my favorites

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Fried up these babies. I love fishing.

>>1031370
I take it back. I thought I had looked on the dobyns website awhile back and saw some with EVA, but I guess not or they stopped doing it.

I assume you're gonna use it for deep divers then? If it was just for squarebills and smaller cranks I would suggest a medium. I bought a MH cranking rod and it's really best for big ass cranks and big deep divers. It's a pain to throw regular sized squarebills.

Just my 2¢

>>1031413
I have not. I have a good spot to use that jitterbug though.

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was practicing skipping my Texas rigs and I got it right in the spot I was aiming for

this little guy hit it right away

so satisfying

>>1031491
Still trash

Also Dick's has Lucky Crafts Buy 2 Get 2 so basically 4 for $20...

>>1031529
is that a good size of smallmouth to eat?

I imagine the bigger ones have more contaminants/parasites

>>1031526
i've alsways loved a black jitterbug right at dusk

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So totally forgot the county park has warmouth.

Even more optimistic than the gills.

>>1031523
Whatchu caught?

>>1031079

When it's day time, fish go for the shade/shadows. When it's night, they flock to light.

>>1031531
Went to Cabelas Saturday and bought 3 more of those Rapala lures like I sent you for $3.95 each.

>>1031552

That's a green sunfish. The bright blue/green lines on the cheeks and the yellow/orange fin edges give it away.

>>1031556
Two catfish a brim and a small blue crab. Very tasty.

>>1031523

Damn, I want to fry up some fish now.

so i live in western ny (rochester to be exact) and have yet to catch a small mouth bass where ever i go.
i usually go canal/pond hopping since theres a lot of ponds near by (ofc smb are never in ponds mostly lmb and other fish).
but when i do go out to large bodies of water like conesus lake, irondequoit bay, sodus and the surrounding finger lake areas like conesus, honeyoye, hemlock etc.
anyone out there catch smallies with any luck around me and want to teach me your ways?

>>1031487
They'll nibble around the big metal thing senpai. It's kind of their thing

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>>1031529
It's boner inducing when you see a spot that looks perfect for holding fish and you ail the cast on the first try and also hook up. HNNNNG.jpg

>>1031563
Huh. So it is. Everyone calls them warmouth/goggle-eye here.

>>1031591

Yeah, trying to suss out what fish locals are talking about from place to place requires experience.

Especially tough with panfish as there are many species, many of which have similar patterns and a tendency to hybridize.

I remember when I started fishing the gulf coast and people kept telling me they were using minnows/geenbacks/sardines as bait.

Then I actually see what they're using, and I'm like, "Those are shad."

What brand frogs do you guys like to use? Zoom? SPRO? Savage Gear? Another?

>>1031605
Mainly Jawbone (Dick's store brand), although I've got some Lunkerhunt as well.

Honestly there's not really a reason to spend a ton of money on them. They all work pretty much the same.

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Caught a few dentex today that Im gonna grill but this little european perch was the cutest catch today; I love these small greedy fuckers...

>>1031598
Are there salt water shads too?

>>1031549
That one you sent me is just fuck hueg tho lol

>>1031613
W2C little paddle tail?

>>1031616
>fuck hueg
a 2 pound bass can eat a 9 inch shad

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>>1031616

>>1031110
nice fatty
>>1031300
nice. illinois sucks for bass
>>1031611
been avoiding jawbone stuff. have you tried anything other than their frogs? how are they?

>>1031618
sorry forgot its only in japanese
its Cultiva Rock ' N Bait Ring Kick Tail 2''

>>1031619
I use their shallow crank and their jerkbaits too. They run true, action isn't the greatest but I do catch fish on them. Hard to beat for $2 each on sale.

Also they make decent 2" and 3" grubs that're super cheap.

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>>1031605
SPRO is my fav

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>>1031588
Done that a few times fly fishing topwater for panfish.
It's a wonderful feeling.

>>1031628
its even better when you do it with a trout
"that rock looks like it will have a fish by it"
>flicks fly
>first drift
>fish on

>>1031650
I will never understand the appeal of trout fishing.
>they're hard/challenging to catch anon!
Not where I've fished, which encompasses 6 different states and ~10 different species. Literally a bite on every cast with a landed fish every 3 on average. And yes this includes flies, spinners, and powerbait.
>they taste good anon!
Fair enough I guess, but so do a dozen other species of fish, and still not as good as salmon or tuna.
>they fight good anon!
...fuck no. Pound for pound they're probably the weakest fish I've ever caught. With an average of 1.5lbs across the 3 main species I fish for (rainbow, brook, brown) I'd MUCH rather fight smallies or crappie. Hell, bull 'gills put up more of a fight than trout twice their weight.
>but they jump and thrash!
I've caught probably close to 15,000 trout over the last 25 years and NOT ONCE has one EVER jumped or done anything more than swim straight away from me while hugging the bottom.

>>1031616

The various species of shad, sardines, nd herring are apparently closely related. I mean they aren't the exact same as Threadfin and Gizzard shad we use in freshwater in Texas, but they look the same, are just as fragile, are just as oily and are fished pretty much the same way.

>>1031652
Every fish mentioned in that post is trash fish. I'll take you real fishing and let you reel in some houndfish or take you out for some shark fishing

>>1031652

Trout are only "hard to catch" because many fly fisherman turn their nose up at all the other more effective methods.

>>1031664

We're not talking about saltwater fish. Just fish you would find in the same body of water as trout.

And bluegill and crappie are objectively delicious.

>>1031667
I can get trout to hit my flies every single cast with a fly rod too though.

I've got a shitty little stream (maybe 18" deep on average and narrow enough I can jump across it) with brookies and rainbows in my subdivision. Despite literally everybody fishing for them and most of us keeping our limit (4) daily 8-10 months out of the year they're still totally retarded and there's still a healthy population. I can literally cast into it off my back patio.
>>1031664
Been there, done that, I love saltwater fishing but don't live even remotely close to a coast atm.

>>1031652
This. Stocked ones are stupid and present no challenge, while wild ones are near impossible to catch unless you drop a 1/1528th oz one of a kind fly tied by a hermit in Saskatchewan at 8:29 a.m. with 37% humidity and 42 degree water temperature

>>1031526
>>1031549
black jitterbug is best topwaer desu
thugh if you want to make an upgrade you can pull off both trebbles and just replce the back one with a frog hook type thing so it becomes mostly weedless

>>1031674
Try to fish a native trout stream then? Stocked trout are dumb as perch.

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>>1031617
Yeah, but that doesn't mean that 2lb bass is gonna hit the super loud topwater

>>1031618
>>1031620
Thank you

>>1031659
Neat. I don't know anything about the different species of baitfish in the gulf. I should probably learn a little more about them.

>>1031676
Skid bought me the one that has 3 trebles and moves like a gallon of water per foot

>>1031675
>>1031677
These are native tho. Not stocked.

>>1031677
different anon, Most stocked trout are infact dumb as fuck though once theyve survived a year or two as holdovers they do smarten up
Granted most of those around here are a special strain bread specially for survivability and they do come off somewhat brighter than normal stockies,
wild trout ( and the only true wild trout around here are <8 inch brookies in tiny tiny brooks) and they can be very difficult to catch, not so much that theyre hesitant to bite, butt moreso how easy it to spook them without even knowing it

>>1031680
i usually use the next size down personally, i have one normal one in black, and one in a frog color with only one frog hook on the back end, i also have a screw lock on the back to attatch worms to immitate snakes at dawn and dusk, works gr8

>>1031652
the biggest thing is, flyfishermen go fishing for more than just fish, and generally trout are not fished for by people who only fish for fish, so fly fishermen hike in to the woods to find what they seek, often more than a simple trout
if i want a challenging fish i go after carp. they pull hard, and are surprisingly finnicky, because you have to find them while they are already feeding, drop the fly right on their nose without spooking them, then do it again, and again, trying to entice a bite, which may never come

>>1031683
>have western native trout and eastern native trout both in the same neighborhood creek

So are you from Narnia?

>>1031680
I think the sizes on those might be hard to judge online without knowing exactly how they look in person. Yuro got me a black Spook from them and it's pretty big. Not so large I don't use it but def for 16"+ bass.

Still best topwater I've ever used is the Rapala Skitter Pop in brown frog.

>>1031690
Yo skid I'm going to a stocked pond this weekend. It has bass, crappie, bluegill, trout, and catfish. I want to catch all at once. What sort of skid rig do you recommend?

>>1031691
Okay, lemme rephrase. Wild trout, not constantly stocked. They stocked the stream with brookies ~40 years ago when they built a chain of subdivisions and haven't fucked with it since. The rainbows are native. I live in northeastern Wyoming.

>>1031695
okay, go to a tying vice, with a #8 aberdeen hooks, and a 4-0 ewg hook, put the ewg in a tying vice and use some 3/0 white thread to tie a giant pheasant tail nymph on it, take it out of there, then get your size 8 aberdeen and tie a gummy minnow, then take both these flies, and align them back to back, and tie them together with the thread so the eyes are aligned. tie those to your line, with a 2 oz egg sinker and a bead under the biggest bibber you can find and gently crawl it on the bottom tipped with chicken liver

>>1031699
I was thinking a 3oz egg sinker to a barrel swivel. Then a short 4-6" leader to a 3 way swivel. Then a 4-6" leader from those 2 ends to more 3 way swivels. So now you have 4 ends. You can rig one for bass and crappie and the other for catfish and trout. Actually make the catfish one lead to another 3 way swivel so you have 2 lines for catfish.

You wanna get that thing swinging like a helicopter above your head then just sling it out there.

>>1031700
you're right, that makes a lot more sense

>>1031702
I'm gonna rig up on my ol reliable Ugly Stik

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>>1031686
>i also have a screw lock on the back to attatch worms to immitate snakes at dawn and dusk, works gr8

That's a good idea

>>1031693
Yeah I feel. It's not really the size necessarily just how much water the bill moves. I think it might spook the smaller fish or fish that aren't being aggressive. Especially since most of the water I fish is pretty pressured. I got a few places I think it'll work tho.

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>>1031708
Got the idea from a supposed wak bait snake lure I bought
Too bad the thing sucks so I made my own
Plus with the jitterbug you can let it pause and it won't sink

>>1031711
Is that the Lake Fork Tackle one? What didn't you like about it?

>>1031713
First off it sinks
So you can't pause it for more than a moment

It's signifiantly smaller than I had previously expected

Doesn't move much water

Runs slightly lower in the water than I would have liked

And the action isn't great
Tbh having it on th jitterbug is a huge improvement fixing Evey one of those issues

What are the best kayaks for fishing and hauling a bunch of camping gear?

>>1031716
Hobie if money isn't an issue.

>>1031711
Really? I remember how stoked you were to actually find out where to buy them. They didn't work out?

>>1031714
Sometimes moving less water is a little better tho. Like you don't want to run a big ass popper or buzzbait on a glass smooth morning with pressured fish and you would be better off with a spook.

I think that's why I like the poppers tho. It you git gud, you should be able to get that little "gulp" sound when you pop it and that gets some attention.

>>1031717
Are Hobies all pedal ones?

>>1031722
There's 2 non-pedal ones. But yeah all the "good" fishing kayaks by Hobie are pedal.

>>1031722
All of them I've seen. They cost about twice as much as a jon boat. Always see all the rich kids at the beach in them.

I have a Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game Angler II. Paid about $1,400 for it. I take it on camping/fishing trips in the National Forest. There's a lake that I go to that is surrounded by camping spots and it's easier to just fish all day then pull up at one of the spots rather than walk all the way around the lake.

Ocean Kayak is a good brand. You'll get plenty of cargo space and it comes with a lot of features for a medium range kayak.

>>1031722
They work, my biggest gripe is not being able to let them sit or they start sinking
If I were to fish them in the daytime I'd rather the original wakebait head. , At night you need something that loves water and makes noise
Which the modified jitterbug does

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What's a good fishing backpack? Something I can carry my gear with so I can do more fishing on the way home from work and shit. I don't need a rod holder

>>1031734
Most normal school backpacks fit 3600 boxes near perfectly

>>1031722
>Are Hobies all pedal ones?

Most are. The Quest series is not.

There are plenty of great kayaks that do and don't have pedal drives.

If you're looking to fish, you want a sit on top with at least some rod holders, a built in anchor trolley (or space for one), a comfortable seat (you'll be in it for hours), and flat spaces for you to attach additional rod holders/gps/fishfinder/etc.

For camping gear, you'll be prioritizing weight capacity and storage space, so nice big dry storage areas would be best.

There's also your weight to consider, as most smaller kayaks can't handle more than 250lbs, but a kayak built for it can easily handle up to 400-500 lbs.

I do fine fishing and camping on my $400 dollar Perception Striker that hauls over 400lbs no problem and allows me to stand and fish at the same time (I weight a little under 250). I would like a pedal kayak eventually, mainly because it'd easier to pedal with my feet and cast at the same time.

>>1031564
Soft shell blue crabs are really good deep fried. I got some fish in the freezer that I should fry up this weekend

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So I got bored and decided to give the Pubefly™ a big brother.

Introducing the Bead Head Manhackle™

Also, I did catch 2 bluegill on the Pubefly™ this morning.

>>1031724
Any thoughts on the new Perception pedal kayaks?

>>1031774
That's gross. Grossly hilarious

>>1031778
I have no experience with them. All the pedal ones are too heavy for me to be moving around by myself since I'd have to be putting them on the roof of an SUV.

I mean for fuck's sake the 12ft Hobie is 135lbs.

>>1031734
I bought a $25 day hiking backpack from Walmart.

It's covered in bungee straps that I can attach things to and plenty of storage for hard tackle cases, spare clothes, etc.

>>1031747
Good information.

If you want to save on cargo space and weight capacity, you can do what I do and get something like the Hydro Kaddy, but more designed for camping equipment than fishing equipment.

>>1031800
Wow /out/ really is full of skeleton hikers that can't do more than 2 skateboard squats in a row.

135lb is nothing. My kayak fully rigged is around 170lb and I carry it just fine from my car to the boat ramp/bank.

>>1031232

Haha. No worries brother.

>>1031800
what, ive seen 13 ft hobies with the pedals ( granted unrigged) at less than 90 lbs

>>1031619
A fellow Illinoisan?

>>1031774
Is that unironically made of your pubes? Fuck dude

>>1031774
shit, ive tied hair jigs with my own hair, but thats going a bit far

desu trout really love blonde hair jigs

>>1031807
It's not the carrying, it's the military-pressing it over my head to get it on top of my 7ft tall SUV (without banging up my SUV). I can carry it all day.
>>1031814
I was off a little bit. 130lbs as rigged from the factory.
https://www.hobie.com/kayaks/mirage-pro-angler-12/#fishing

>>1031820
Yes, that's actually pubes.
>>1031822
I don't actually have hair above the ears. I'm completely bald. It all migrated south.

>>1031700
Needs more cans of dip and snatch hatch pube flies.

>>1031824
the pro anglers are memes, if i were to get one it would be a mirage revo 13 88 lbs from factory
also half the price
>>1031826
rip, still young and got a good head of hair, , the minuite i start loosing it im going to gro it out and tie up a fuckton of hair jigs to last me my bald years

>>1031829
>also half the price

More like 2.5k instead of 3.5k.

I always feel like if I'm going to spend that much on a kayak, might as well get a cheap little boat. The Pescador Pilot looks promising though- just as soon as the early adopters figure out all the kinks.

>>1031831
you wait ad buy a previous year model, i see brand new 2016's going for 1700-2100 all the time

how do you carry your kayak when it's like 12 feet? over your head?

>>1031862
Drag them or use a caddy

>>1031862
If it's one of the lightweight sport style ones, use the seat like a yoke and carry it on your shoulders.

The fishing kayaks generally aren't set up to be able to do that tho, you have to drag or trolley those.

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>>1031079
>night fishing in cape cod with uncle
>turn on headlamp to unhook fish
>10 guys yell at me at the same time
>uncle takes my headlamp away
>"stripers dont like lights"

Go for it..Ive used lights for bottomfishing and its effective for certain fish..just not all.

>>1031862
my kayak ( rigged is 100-120 lbs) ha a side carry handle, il usually either throw it up on my shoulder or just side carry it and do the lean

>>1031079
Red LED lights wont be as obvious to fish due to some ultraviolet wavelength stuff I cant exactly remember, so if your gonna use one go for red.
That's what I use for a head lamp and I can shine it directly at normally very skittish brown trout without them even reacting.

Speaking of kayak fishing, I plan on taking mine this Summer to the beach for some inshore fishing. I live in Virginia and plan on doing some fishing around the bridge bay and tunnel. Would like to catch some flounder, striped bass, etc.

I've never been saltwater fishing before though and most of my rigs are ultralights to medium lights for trout fishing.

I think I want to get the PENN Fierce II Spinning Reel but I have no idea what size I should get or what rod I should get with it.

I figured a medium heavy moderate/moderate fast action would be good?

>>1031899
What are you tryna catch?

>>1031919
Mostly flounder but what ever I can catch off of soft plastics and jerkbaits. I may bring my catfishing rig and buy a giant treble to hook some bait fish and throw that out there while I drift around slinging lures.

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>>1031616
>Are there salt water shads too?

where I live shad live in the ocean most of the year, then they swim up the river to spawn. theyre an odd fish though because they only eat plankton in the ocean yet when they are in the rivers they attack jigs and baitfish.
I assume its to protect the eggs because when they are in the rivers to spawn they dont actually eat anything until theyre back in the ocean. they are also really fun to catch on ultra light tackle. dey gots dat stamina

>>1031923
You got sheepshead over there? You could catch them by a bridge or jetty. For stripers you could do a bit of trolling with rat L traps or bunker spoons. Buy some bucktail jigs they're a go to for northeast and mid atlantic saltwater fishing
Also your local fishing reports and tide charts are your best tools.

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>>1031926
Last fall my local area was packed with them. Can't cast a spoon or plug without hooking one.

>>1031899
You want a rod rated for at least 1oz lures. Depending on the size of fish you're seeking, I would go with 1/2 to 1oz lures. You don't really need anything bigger for inshore fishing throwing lures. As for trolling baits, I would just stick to your catfish rod and buy a saltwater reel that can hold more line and you can just change the reel out depending on your trip. .

>>1031960
I fish in the upper bay as I live in Maryland but bucktail jigs with Gulp trailers are the go to around here. Poppers are good as well and throwing swim baits or flashy spoons in schools of bait fish work too.

>>1031734
>>1031734
i use a backpack (the biggest one i could find) from walmart that i got during a back to school sale, works fine for me

>>1031960
A Russian guy I work with fishes flounder at the bridge and tunnel in his little jon boat. He will texas rig soft plastic squid/shrimp baits and bounce it off the bottom. You could either texas/carolina rig them on worm hooks or use weighted jig heads.

>>1031978
Yeah the back bays here in NY have a lot of fluke (summer flounder) early summer when the water gets hot they start moving out of the bays to the ocean. The majority of fluke I've caught were on bucktails with a bit of strip bait like squid or fish belly. Gulp is good too
>>1031987
Nice gotta try that sometimes. Is he using a worm hook or a basic J hook?

>>103094
I'm trying to get a good collection of Infographics together to slowly educate my friends on how to survive off of the land. Could you share any wisdom or Infographics in regards to fishing? What lure or bait for what fish? How to clean a fish? Your favorite way to prepare your catch? Thanks in advance guys!

>>1031967

>>1031989
I think he uses worm hooks for bass with a bullet sinker. I'll have to talk to him. He always brings flounder meat to us at work.

>want to see how the new rod does with crankbaits
>get to lake
>go to tie on a crank
>only have a few deep divers and a squarebill that dives to like 6 inches
>left all my other cranks at home

It just wasn't meant to be I guess

>>1031926
Neat. I didn't know if they were actually shad or it was just the local name for them.

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>>1031216
Second fish of my first memecaster

>>1032015
First a walleye now a pike! Like ugh why?

>>1032015
i wish i could catch stuff on lures

im always too scared to throw them where the fish most likely are since I know I'm gonna lose them

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I thought I was going to hit my 3rd trout in one day today. Only got two but thats not as common for me. Got a nice smallie to start the day off.
Big success for a new stretch of the river in short time, so that's a blast!

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>>1032030

>>1032022
Least it wasn't on a spoon this time.

>>1032033
what a cutie

wish i knew where to catch trout near me

>>1032048
>tie on 1/16th oz jig
>if stockies, they'll hit anything used for crappie fishing
>aim for flowing but deep areas

>>1032049
fuck off you baitcasting faggot i was talking about fly fishing

>>1032022
I know right? Like fuck this guy he's damn lucky for those fish, I've been after them forever

>>1032050
>baitcasting
i dont use baitcasters, flyfag

Am stuck on the side of the road. Fuck this little FWD suv. Thankfully I'm only a few minutes from my parents. I'm literally 15 feet from the road. It's definitely been a Monday.

>>1032059
no one cares. kys and get a truck you fucking child

>>1032061
I mean I have a gun with me...

>>1032067
then i think you realize what you must do.

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>>1032022
>>1032053
Minnesota is hella based. I caught both of these in a cruddy river that runs through the middle of my city.
>>1032046
>Least it wasn't on a spoon this time.
Walleyes here love spoons.

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>>1032059
Always good times

>>1032068
>>1032074
Kek honestly would've been the same situation in a truck since I bought shitty tires last time. The ground was just too wet it wasn't super soft or anything. Lesson learned.

I probably am gonna get a truck tho.

>>1032073
Damn skippy. I need to move further north

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So I didn't catch anything, but boy did I see some strange shit today.

I'm casting around enjoying my peace and quiet when I hear someone behind me. I turn around and there's this older Mexican dude holding a bag of bread and, I shit you not, a fucking duck.

He's like "you seen any more ducks around here"

"...n-no man I don't think so"

"Oh okay"

So then this dude disappears farther down the creek and I don't see him for awhile. Well when I was walking back to my car I see him put the duck down next to some more ducks then leave.

I guess he found the duck wandering around and thought it needed to be with other ducks. Was a strange sight for sure.

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>>1032074
You live in Florida and get paid to drive around in a truck. Stop bitching about your comfy life.

>tfw have to drive a dump truck on I81 everyday and live hours from any saltwater or good fishing waters

>>1032089
>backlash
>on a Mach 2
how the fuck...

Also, one of the county park lakes I fish at is fucking inundated with ducks and geese. I watched a little girl waddle over and pick up a mallard drake and the duck's just like "meh, whatever" and let her. She carried it around for a solid half hour, got bored, put it down and it just walked over to an old lady on a bench and started begging.

>>1031667
This so much

Lots of trout fishermen are still devotees of the Frederic Halford school of fly fishing autistic purity. Halford decreed that there should be only ONE type of fly (the dry), fished ONE way (topwater), on ONE type of stream (tiny chalk streams), EVERYTHING had to be just so, and even then you didn't always catch fish.
It's actually completely retarded because you willfully ignore 90+% of a trout's actual diet and behavior in favor of a couple of specific things that happen at very specific times of the year.
It took 50+ years before another author (G.E.M. Skues) came along and dared to dethrone Halford. And he eventually did, inventing modern nymph fishing as we know it. But not before getting thrown out of his own fishing club for "being unsporting" by catching too many fish (aka "embarrassing the idiots who refused to learn from him").

>>1032089
Something therapeutic about untangling an epic bird's nest after a long day of fishing in the heat. IMO

>>1032098
>tfw 99% of my trout are caught on small streamers and scuds
Bonus points cuz the streamers are hell on the smallies too.

>>1032096
I was casting a medium diving crank into the wind, so I was casting sidearm and close to the water. Well I got a little too close to the water and when I was swinging the rod forward the bill caught on the water, but I kept going forward.

>>1032099
This one pissed me off and after about 30 minutes I just cut it out

>>1032059
When I am not so drunk I should tell you about the kid that I had to pull out last time I went to the beach.

>>1032029
I've been forcing myself to use lures, as I've been ass at them the few times I pulled them out. I keep relying on
>spoons
because they're stupid easy to catch good fish with. That pike was on my second time using a squarebill.

>>1032117
That's why I reccommend Mepps and Rapalas because they are both super easy to use and easy to get good hook sets. Other lures you really have to get the action down or use them at the right time to catch anything. Poppers are like that.

>>1032117
I think soft plastic is still easier than spoon

spoon only werks when fish are in feeding mood. I've run a spoon pass a spot multiple times and get nothing but get a hook up as soon as switching to soft plastic or crank/jerkbait

>>1032120
Ehh, I see your point but spoons are like spinners where it's super easy as long as the fish are hunting. Anything else required a little knowledge to use. If you just put a hook through a worm and run it like a spoon, you're not going to catch shit if they aren't actively feeding.

But that's why bass fishing can be fun. If it were like pre-spawn all the time, it wouldn't ever be a challenge.

>>1032119
mepps blow in muddy water

>>1032120
Depends on the fish IMO. I've yet to run a lipless through a spot I KNOW has a fish and not gotten a strike. Doesn't matter size or color, whether I burn it or pump it or fish it slow.

Can't say that about plastics, I've watched bass turn their nose up at them time and time again, I've even gone as far as dragging a brush hog across the back of one and it just let me.

Problem is, there's a lot of water you can't fish a lipless in.

>>1032125
You're using the wrong colors then.

>>1032128
i can't afford all the colors of mepps i'd need to catch fish

>>1032129
https://www.mepps.com/information/trouter-pak-0-and-1-dressed-spinners/480#STA
Those three will catch trout, crappie, big bluegill/redear, LMB, SMB, pike, walleye, sauger, and gar in any water condition on the continent.

>>1031619
>>1031816
Illinois wassup

Hey /out/, just wanted to share my experience.
I'm an amateur fisherman, this is my second year of fishing.
The past few times that I've gone out I haven't had any luck, It seems like that bad streak built up some good karma for me.Go out to local canoe launch point, cast a bobber with a worm from the banks into the weed and the fish were catching themselves. Literally every other cast I caught a fish. Caught 15+ bluegillsset free 7, kept 8. Great day of fishing, but I feel kinda guilty. My buddy who's very /out/ told me to not eat the fish, as I had intended (plus I had already given all 8 a tappy tap on the head with a rock to help them sleep...) because of I caught them in a river that stems from a large city. Mind you, I am 30 miles away from the city, but he told me that there are still probably a bunch of contaminants in the water. Anyways, felt a little guilty for having killed the fish and not eaten them... Should I have eaten them /out/?

>>1032151
killing fish doesn't matter, but you shoulda ate them

>>1032152
Killing the fish without eating them felt wrong. I'll just do catch and release next time I go out for bluegill. They're fun to catch, but their size makes it almost not worth the prep time for eating haha. Supposedly there's good smallmouth in the waters near me. I think I'll go for that.

>>1032151
Your buddy might have been right, do some research on waters that are safe to eat from.

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Has /out/ caught any kings yet?

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Caught another gar this morning. My first fish on a bombarda rig, but besides that it was a very frustrating morning.
I saw a fuckton of huge trouts (2-4kg) leap out of the water in front of me and feast on insects on the water surface. I tried everything I had to catch them (spoons, lures, spinners, earthworm, wet flies), but they werent having any of it.
Pretty annoying, but I have a plan for next time...

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Will these work for bass?

>>1032205
Btw size 4 hooks

>>1032174

Very nice. Where you located?

>>1032050
>baitcasting
centerpinning or conventional cheater would have been better insults
its not as hard as it looks though, once you learn to cast between 10-30 feet you can go nymphing or dry fly fishing if theres a hatch, the pastebin has a flyfishing thingy
>>1032151
a few fish would have probably been fine, panfish are usually pretty low contaminence, just dont make a habit of eating it
>>1032174
the only kings ive ever tried to fish for were king mackerel
>>1032205
probably

>>1032154
Your friend has a point-you need to check before just choking down on them. Heavy metal poisoning is nothing to sneeze at, so check to see how much is safe to eat before you chow down.
But If you can safely eat them, eat them.
Panfish are tasty as fuck when they're fresh.

>>1032205

Smaller bass really. Get a hard jerk bait like a Rapala minnow or crank bait with a short bill (or a lipless one) for better results and until you learn to fish with top waters and plastics.

>>1032073
>Minnesota
This explains everything... I gotta fly up there in near future

>>1032205
Yes.

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who /pees in their waders/ here?

>>1032304
hi skid

>>1032304
>who wears a furtail butt plug in their waders here?

Noob here. Why does my line keep getting tangled in the reel? It's annoying.

>>1032304
Why aren't you toilet trained, anon?

>>1032307
i would never pee in my waders, first off they're neoprene and pee is bad for neoprene (specifically the ammonia) and secondly, the motorcycle ride would be wet and unpleasant, and thirdly, i'd have to do laundry and take a shower after every fishing trip instead of my usual hobo bath

>>1032316
What kind of reel? Every reel has its own reason for tangles.
Baitcasters tangle up because the reel keeps spinning after the lure stops moving. The solution is to stop the spool (with your thumb) just as the bait hits the water.
Spinning and spincast reels tangle up because the line gets twisted when it wraps onto the spool. As this line twist accumulates, it forms tangles and wind knots that catch on other things and fuck up your life. The way to deal with these is to wind the line onto your reel in the same direction it came off of the spool, wind your line under tension, and occasionally take the time to untwist your line if you use lures that twist a lot, like inline spinners and spoons.

>>1031883
use the red setting.
I don't buy that stripers don't like light. The bright white fucks up your night vision if you don't shut your eyes before it gets turned off.

>>1032257
Kasilof, Alaska

fairly new angler here. went out and bought a bunch of lures to use on my spinning rod for trout fishing. a lot of them are small and light and I can't cast them very far. this is a problem for me as I can only fish from the shore. is there anything I can do to cast these further? add some sinkers without screwing up the swim patterns or vibrations?

the lures I'm using are rapala floating minnows, panther martins, and blue foxes.

>>1032341
Thank you anon!
I'm using my uncle's setup, because he has like 8, and I'm pretty sure it's a spinning/spincast. So in order to wind the line on, do I have to take it off first? Thanks in advance!

>>1032474
The lures you've got are too light for your fishing pole to throw properly. You need to either get heavier lures or a lighter rod to throw them properly.

Look on the underside of your rod just above the handle. Your rod should have a line rating, but sometimes it will also have a lure weight rating. This is the range of weights that it will throw the farthest.
Your fishing rod works like a slingshot, bending when you bring it forward and snapping forward when you let the lure go. That snapping action shoots your lure toward, giving you much more distance that you would otherwise get without it.
The thing is, it only happens in a sweet spot of lure weights. When the lure is too light, the rod doesn't bend enough during casting to give you much of a boost. If it's too heavy, the rod does not have enough energy to propel the lure very far when it snaps back straight; if the lure is much too heavy, the rod itself can snap during casting.

If It's just a general purpose rod rated for 8-12lb test, 1/4 oz is about the smallest lure weight you want to run to get decent casting distance.

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>tfw you're working instead of 15 miles out in the ocean with a qt who knows there's nothing she can do to stop your sexual advances

>>1032474
Get a longer rod and a lighter rod. Make sure your lures are within the optimal weight range of the rod. And go long as you can get. A 8' rod is going to cast further than a 6' rod.

>>1032479
It depends-how old is the line? If Uncle says he just restrung it, you're good. If it been awhile or he can't remember, you should take it all off, buy new line and respool.
Years old, dried out mono is awful to cast, loves to tangle up and tends to break at the wrong time for no particular reason.
You'll be much better off spending $10 on good mono and respooling.

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>>1032545
>tfw still haven't bedded coffee grill yet
Still so strange but she keepin me around for a reason. One of these days I'm gonna go in for the kill

>>1032474
Lighter line is #1. Lighter rod too. You will figure it out. Once you get so small tho, <1/16oz, it's tough to cast even with a UL and 4lb mono. I guess the longer rod helps too.

Yo-zuri lures are buy 2 get 1 free on fishusa. Are they good or should I get rapalas instead?

>>1032606
They gud

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>>1030949
What's the point of the anti-reverse latch and will there ever be a reason that I'd need to turn it off?

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Pic related is a stretch of creek that is open to the public. According to a report they stocked a section up stream 4 days ago. If I went and tried to fly fish it tomorrow what do you guys think my odds of getting one would be? Remember im a fly noob and have only ever caught sunfish and dink bass

>>1032619
If you need to run your reel in reverse for a bit they're handy.
I use it the most when I'm untangling line. That way I can let some tension off without going all the way into freespool by opening the bail.

>>1032629
Might be pretty good.
And don't knock flyfishing for sunfish. It's experience, and those little guys can be surprisingly finicky about the presentation of artificials.

>>1032619

I use it ocasionally as a ghetto baitrunner qhen bottom fishing. Like when I don't want to keep the bail open or futz with drag but I don't want the fish to feel too much resistance.

>>1030957
Dont suck. Watch more youtube videos mitch goudy.

>>1032639
any fly recommendations? I figured id just try a dark green wooly bugger since they seem to be a pretty common fly used.

>>1031331
Clean your fucking fish before the pic cocksucker.

tfw you get snagged at the tip of a branch on a tree so you think you can just pull it out but your 20lb braid snaps

now I've littered 20 feet of fishing line and left it hanging there

ugh

>>1031734
I use my old school back pack. The other ones are just a meme for your money.

>>1032651
I got nothing for you. Haven't done any river fishing, but supposedly it's easier than lake fishing.

>>1032594
>>1032545
Taking my girl on a fishing trip for false albacore after she finishes her summer classes. Got a surf rod for her and I'm just gonna run my 10wt saltwater fly rod. She can fish but she's never fished the Ocean.

>>1032651
Not the first guy who commented but I've caught em like mad on blue wing olives. That's my go to for bluegill.

>>1032629
odds are good, use wooly buggers, you should have something to show for it, just remember that trout are just as likely to be infront of or to the sides of cover as behind it

>>1032205
Looks like a crappie/panfish kit. It'll work for bass but if there's crappie/sunfish/gills in the water they'll probably strike it before a bass does.

>>1032651
I keep a whole box full of different color wooly buggers. I throw em at every damn thing. Largemouths, smallies, brook trout, bluegill, even in the brackish water for redfish. Those and mop flies are my two flies I could never live without.

>>1032151
If you still have the (dead) bluegill, take them out and slice em up and throw them up out there and prepare to haul in some cats.

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>>1032545

>>1032682
One time I was drunk as shit off of MD 20/20 and I ran out of chicken livers and cutbait while fishing for cats for a fish fry. I decided to take my half eaten snickers bar and put it on the hook and reeled in a fat fucking blue cat.

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>>1032675
Going to bring this stuff for a spinning setup as well. Debating if I want to go with spinning gear to start to see if I can find them first to get my confidence up so I don't feel like I'm casting at nothing all day. Think that little worm would work?

>>1032692
i'd open by catching a trout either on that worm or on the spinner, then look to the wooly bugger, and how i would say to fish it is put it under a foam hopper, then dead drift it, and at the end of the drift let it swing.
basically
>huge foam grasshopper pattern
>a good bit down a wooly bugger
>cast 6-10 feet infront of a rock
>dead drift past the rock
>at the end of the drift, let the fly swing away
>give it a single strip and a short pause
>recast to give the same rock another drift
and dont get too sedentary, if after 6 drifts a rock hasnt produced move to the next, its not got active fish on it.

>>1032692
You can tie a San Juan worm and fly fish with that but I usually bring a spin set up just to throw out and improve my odds so I don't see a problem with it.

>>1032652
Meh I already fucked up and dropped him I didn't want to fuck up his slime coat anymore by wiping the stuff away

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>>1032697
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you mean with the foam grasshopper thing. These are all I have for floats that arnt giant

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>>1032703
It's a pattern for fly fishing, broski.

>>1032703
its a fly pattern
see >>1032708
you want that because sometimes the stockies will his your indicator so it good to pick one that has a hook in it

>>1032701
>He does not use organic, free trade, dye and scent free soap to gently wash the fish before applying $50/ml fish slime from a local family owned fly shop.

Why even fish the barbarian.

>>1032711
I often use unweighted mop flies like that. Simpler pattern and I like cheating a bit when I'm fly fishing.

>>1032711
I don't have any grasshoppers but I do have 2 really cheap foam ant/random insect flys. How far up the line should I tie the foam fly from the wooly bigger at the bottom? I have a ring connecting my leader and tippet, I assume I want both flys tied onto the tippet right?

>>1032686
>MD 20/20

It had better be orange jubilee or bling bling blue raspberry.

>>1032717
You know it was orange jubilee.

>>1032594
You're a beta orbiter and or a backup plan for her. Dump that bitch.

>>1032716
stop by the fly shop, you want it to be big and floaty. chernobyl ants might work too, and 18-25 inches should be good.

>>1032545
>if she agrees to go out into the ocean with you, she's already made peace with the fact that you'll likely be bedding her on the boat.
Thought everybody knew this.

>>1032727
Absolute fact.

switched to size 8 hooks to try and catch the fish stealing my worms

and they still stole my freaking worms dafuq

>>1030949
Im having an issue with my fishing rod I recently inherited an old fishing rod my cousins grandfather was a rich old fisherman and had this rod given to me made in the us and the reel in Japan but when I press the down the button nothing happens I cant cast it at all wut do can provide pics if needed.

>>1032733

Switch to size 10 hooks.

>>1032735
dont have any

last time i went to the store to buy size 8 hooks and i ended up buying $50 worth of stuff i "needed"

>>1032734
If it's really vintage then hang it above your mantel.

>>1032737
1950's was used a great deal excellent condition though.and im to cheap and dumb to buy a new one

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>>1032727
Kek. We are planning on renting some kayaks whenever we can get a day off at the same time. Also a road trip across the US and a trip to Europe. What does that mean?

>>1032720
It's strange man. And I even tried to simplify things tellin her that I'm down just being friends because she is like the one person I met in the 4 years since I moved down here that's down to do stuff and not some scumbag. But she won't even let that be and keeps doin little stuff just to keep me interested. She's a little different tho, some days I think this might be one big elaborate plan where she really wants to make sure I'm not just on some super long first date acting gig trying to be nice and impress her. Those years she wasted in the first marriage messed with her a bit. But anyway I been talking to other girls a bit in the past couple months and end up getting bored with them and coming back around. And I think she's glad I did that because I haven't had a real girl around in years and she doesn't want some younger guy (me) to go on some 6 month run until I find somebody better. And she tried a date with the old guy that she thought she wanted and it wasn't anything like she hoped.

>let's keep it fishin related
I still won't take her fishing with me

Anyway, this weather sucks. Some crazy system is hovering just south and I'm right on the border so Broward Co had just been getting hammered by storm after storm with no end in sight.

>>1032737
oh yea and has a really nice cork handle.

>>1032741
Nigga get a newer rod and hang that motherfucker up. I have 3 vintage fly rods I have hung up.

First tie.
Funny how this will probably catch me a fish (if I don't snag it)

>>1032747
But I like it... and sexy cork handle.

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>>1032750
The jig

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>>1031963
damn a cast net would be the choice there..

>>1032151
you killed them you shouldve eaten them.
just dont eat the offal, it will make you felafel.

>>1032304
i pee in my wetsuit but not my waders.

>>1032400
>red setting
didnt have red light, only on or blinking. funny thing is when we were visiting montauk I watched some swimmers float by and they had headlamps on but when 10 old guys all yell at the same time for you to turn the light off or else. I'll take their word that it bothers the fish.

>>1032619
its a hold over from when drags were made from lesser materials than we have today. I have some old footage from 30's and 40's of guys fighting fish by using controlled back reeling in order to not have their drags burned up. lots of reels do not have them because its one more place for water intrusion and problems.

>>1032692
bring some grubs and nightcrawlers.

>>1032703
its a terrestrial

>>1032745
I used to never take girls fishing with me till I found this chick. Fishing is like my one thing that nobody can take away.

>>1032751
And you can like it just fine from the view above your mantel.

>>1032758
i-i dont have a mantel. but fine it wasnt a rod issue anyway the reel button does not seem to drop the line why is this?

>>1032760
Probably old and somewhat rusted out. I honestly wouldn't fish with the rod either simply cuz it's older and possibly worn down a bit.

Damn u niggas eatin gud tonight, another bread is baking...

>>1032761
Found the reel took a while its a Daiwa Silvercaast 210rl dunno if thats any good

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>>1032734
post pic of reel. lets fix it

>>1032752
damn bruh bruh thats pretty...rough.

>>1032769
Will do in next bread. also moving some files with my phone itl be a little bit they are almost done it was only 10gb's

>>1032734
Provide pics in next thread and repost this.

>>1032745
It means you're going to be driving a hell of a lot and she's looking to nail you down with a kid, but wants to get the traveling in before she "forgets" to pack her BC on the flight over the pond.

Looking to start a heavy musky setup. If I'm only throwing up to two ounce lures (usually 3/4 to 1.5 oz size) what pound test braid should I get?

>>1032651
For panfish it's hard to beat a size 8, 10, or 12 Chernobyl ant or other small terrestrial, and they're super easy to fish since they're topwater. Otherwise, for dry flies it's hard to beat any of the Adams variants.

For wet flies any nymph/emerger/scud works well. My go-to is a Copper John.

If you have big panfish in your area or smaller SMB or crappie you can do okay on SMALL streamers, like the Sweeney Todd and the Bugz.

And of course wooly buggers will catch anything that swims.