Show off your fish

^^I still have to get out there and trout fish. I hit the streams last year but there are 2 lakes that are stocked around me with rainbow trout.

 

heres a 22 pound kitty i caught

 

Nice! What ya catch it on?

 

he hit shrimp with an anise scented attractent i got. and i caught it on 12 pound test

 

Nice fish, I like that you used anise scented fish attractant I bet every catfish in the area smelled it.

 

Posted just so everyone can chuckle at this absolute monstrosity I caught. Only thing I caught the entire day, and my last catch of the fall.

 

Ha...I caught a monster like that...I think it was last summer. Off my girlfriend's dock on the fly rod...

 

Got to go this afternoon. Didn't do too great, but caught a few.



And this MONSTER brown

 

You went fishing with Colin Farrell.....? Haha nice fish!!!

 

Haha....not the first time I've gotten that.

Nothin big, but even the small bass like that are fun on an ultralight rig. Ordered a new reel last week...so hopefully I'll be gettin out there testin out the new one a lot over the next couple weeks.

 

32 lb striped bass

amber jack

5.5 lb bass

grouper

opening day of 2011 snapper season

 

I am going to completely change my way of fishing this season. I want to learn to fish a baitcaster. I am also going to fish lures and techniques I normally wouldnt fish, such as floating frogs and buzzbaits.... My goal this year is a 7 lb bass.....

 

yeah we caught plenty of fish that night. and a few weeks later me and my older brother went out and caught 36 cats on shrimp and mackarel with anise scent in 3 hours. they seem to love it out here

 

How is the attractant produced? Is it a spray or dip? I used to fish for catfish all the time using minnows. Then I moved to the more smelly stuff what ever dough balls they sell and chicken livers that I bought a couple day before I went out fishing. All those methods worked and caught in the range or 3 inch catfish to 30 lbers..

 

Why have I never seen this section of the forum? I could probably blow ya'lls computers up with the number of picture I could post right now!

Nice little stripe I caught on a crappie jig while spider rigging: It was like 35 degrees that day

 

Nice looking striper... going fishing this year for them again....

 

Where you live toughtaco? Some advice to take or leave but thought I would give you my .02. First off I am an avid bass fisherman, been fishing for bass for about 25 years.

Don't force yourself to learn a baitcast unless it is needed for your particular situations. Are you fishing a bunch of flooded timber and heavy grass slop. If you are a baitcast is going to be needed in these situations. If you fish clear lakes with heavy pressure a good spinning rod is the best friend you might have.

Don't get me wrong a baitcaster is probably your best all around bass reel, because you can basically fish anything on it any any lure. I still struggle with small light lures, but I have seen people master them with a baitcaster. I stick to spinning rods when I need to really size down my lure.

It really all is about your fishing situations. Word of warning if you are going to get a baitcaster, get a good one. A cheap one is just that and will backlash and drive you crazy. Spend at least $100 and get a good reel. Anything that has a good braking system on it will go a long way. Shimano Citaca and Curado are great reels that are very forgiving to newbs. Bass Pro started it's huge Spring Fishing Classic this last weekend, I picked up a KVD PT 7:1 burner for $109, retail about $149 at Bass Pro. The reel trade in sale is all week, and the rod trade in starts next weekend.

That brings up something else when I mentioned rod. You are going to need to match your rod to your lure selection. Spinning reels combos are a little more forgiving because you can match several lures to a rod. With a baitcaster you wouldn't want to use your flipping stick for spinner baits and vice versa. I use 3 or 4 good basic set ups on my baitcasters. A pool cue 7'0'' heavy rod with a fast tip and a moderate to slow retrieve baitcast reel set up with braid or 20lb + line. This set up can handle worms, jigs, tubes, craws, frogs and in a pinch swim baits. Next set up is a 7'0'' fiberglass cranking rod with a high speed reel and 12-16 lb line. Next is more of an all purpose 6'6'' MH, moderate action with a 6:1 or faster reel and usually lighter line in the 10-12 range. This last rod can be used for just about anything from light line pitching to a spinnerbait.

 

Good size King I got in Alaska





188lb Marlin I got on 25lb test about 60 miles from San Diego, this one is on the wall now.

 

I'm glad I found this section today!



Here's the view from tonight. Caught about 6 bass but only fished about 30 min. Nothing big so no pics of them.

 

I had a couple of beta fish, then they died....