Show off your fish

Nice looking fish......

 

Toughtaco: Not to critize hendooman, but you do not have to spend $100 on a baitcasting reel to get a good one. Go to academy sports and get the H20 Mettle, its like $50. It is the BEST baitcaster I have ever throw. And if it breaks they give you a new one. I would throw that reel over any $300 Diawa or Quantum, and yes I have thrown them. While your there, pick up the H20 rods. Get a worm rod and a crankbait rod, they have them categorized. Get 7' or more if possible. The longer the better. Put them bad puppies on there and some 15-20 lb test and your good to go. Trust me you will not be disappointed. Actually I may have an extra reel.. PM sent.

 

Nice write up, I have been fishing for a little bit longer...... 30 years.... I havent caught any bass bigger then 5 lb which I caught last year. I live in Orange County, NY which is high enough in the Northeast that there is a short Bass season. The weather is cold so the fish dont have the chance to really grow BIG. I want to push myself to get to the 7 lb range. Within the last couple years I bought some upper mid level spinning rods and reels. I am happy with them, I mainly run 20 lb braid. Lately I have been fishing worms and jigs slow and on the bottom. It seems I have hit the wall with the size, dont get me wrong I have been catching alot of fish even lots in the 3 and 4 lb range... only 1 five pound bass though. So that is where I strive to try something new. Not just the baitcaster but also newer baits. I was thinking about like a 6 or 7 inch swim bait, I have had some luck with live frogs but I want to use fake frogs too. I have had luck with spinner baits, just want to use them more often. I kayak fish but I want to hit lakes and spots I normally wouldnt fish that are known to hold big fish, like areas loaded with lilypads. The lakes around me are under a foot or two deep but loaded with lilypads..... I am talking like an acre.... Thanks for the write up, sorry it was so long but any other information would be appreciated.

 

Not really an x, but you get my point

 

A nice little 16" smallmouth from a local lake last summer. I usually run a light spinning rig with 4 lb test. I like fishing the shallows out of a rowboat - I get a workout that way!



I'm definitely an amateur fisherman, but I like it.

 

No, now it is an x, lol

 

No, just straight 25lb, no backing, only a 25lb floro 3ft leader on a little Avet MX. It spooled me several times but never all the way down, we chased it for about an hour at 15 knots while it greyhounded and put on a hell off a show. Finally got it turned around and got a couple gaff's in it after 2.5 hours. We had limits of Dorado, a Mako, few Yellowtail, dozen Yellowfin and a half dozen Albacore to go with it, hell of a day on the pond.

 

PM replied. I just checked out the website.

 

Thanks

 

I have caught a swordfish but never a sailfish. I want to land one..... I know there arent too many spots around here for sailfish but the next time I am in the area of sailfishing I am going to give it a try.

 

it comes in a little squirt bottle. you just dab a drop on it and it sticks. i threw one out and took a snooze woke up to check it and it still smelled like anise. good shit for kittys but im trying some new stuff this year. see how i do

 

Nice I am going to have to do some catfishing this year. Last time I specifically went catfishing it was at a pay pond with an exgf adn we were there all night and only caught one or two small catfish

 

where do you live??

 

yeah but its illegal as hell. and for the price you can buy attractants that work really well

 

OC NY

 

Never heard that I am sure that would not be safe for the lake though.

 

i thought you lived in ca lol theres alot of pay lakes here

 

I went to a pay lake in KY. I should have done more fishing in CA. There were supposed to be some big bass out in the SD area.

 

yeah and out in hemet at diamond valley lake there some huge ones

 

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Hummm ... good thread ... I missed it before tonight.
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