Anybody on here like to fish?

#2
#2
nice catch...up here in New England, the bucketmouths don't get very big (on the grand scale) i think the state record is maybe 11 1/4...The Stripers are starting to bite at the mouth of the river this week though (smallest schoolies, 8-12 inches), before the 10th of April we'll start getting keepers at the mouth (28 inches) and 2 weeks after that we'll start hauling in big boys (36"+) right off the shore in Middletown, where i live.

Bass fishing is good for fun, and big fish, if that's your thing, generally i fish for trout in the brooks and streams, wherever the wild trout are is where i'm at after work every day, flyrod in hand.

I also like to take my little cousins out when the snapper blues come in, in the summer, good action for a kid as they can catch 200 fish a day if you hit the right spot, and the (latin people) arent there filling buckets with them...a few weeks after that, you can go out off the sandbars and play with the big blues, and make fishing seem like work after an hour, they are the 2nd hardest pound for pound fighter i've found after Red Drum...

The best part about the schools of big bluefish is that the fat daddy Stripers hand out beneath and eat whats left of the Bunker schools, thats how i caught my 2 biggest Stripers, 31 and 37lbs...

Not to carry on, congratulations, thats a big ole Bass you got
 
#3
#3
JTrainDavis said:
nice catch...up here in New England, the bucketmouths don't get very big (on the grand scale) i think the state record is maybe 11 1/4...The Stripers are starting to bite at the mouth of the river this week though (smallest schoolies, 8-12 inches), before the 10th of April we'll start getting keepers at the mouth (28 inches) and 2 weeks after that we'll start hauling in big boys (36"+) right off the shore in Middletown, where i live.

Bass fishing is good for fun, and big fish, if that's your thing, generally i fish for trout in the brooks and streams, wherever the wild trout are is where i'm at after work every day, flyrod in hand.

I also like to take my little cousins out when the snapper blues come in, in the summer, good action for a kid as they can catch 200 fish a day if you hit the right spot, and the (latin people) arent there filling buckets with them...a few weeks after that, you can go out off the sandbars and play with the big blues, and make fishing seem like work after an hour, they are the 2nd hardest pound for pound fighter i've found after Red Drum...

The best part about the schools of big bluefish is that the fat daddy Stripers hand out beneath and eat whats left of the Bunker schools, thats how i caught my 2 biggest Stripers, 31 and 37lbs...

Not to carry on, congratulations, thats a big ole Bass you got
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The fishing is limited to bass, catfish, crappie and bluegill here. Nothing to large.

I'd love to go north and catch those big stripers. Whatever the hell those landlocked stripers/rockbass down here are fight. I hooked one and it jumped twice and pulled the boat we were in (16ft johnboat) about 20 yards before it stripped all the line of my reel. Congrats on those big fish.
 
#4
#4
justingroves said:
I'd love to go north and catch those big stripers. Whatever the hell those landlocked stripers/rockbass down here are fight. .
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From what i understand, the Stripers/Rockfish that are landlocked get a little bigger, but are a little less spectacular on the fight
 
#6
#6
I fish quite a bit in Summer time, but during School I hardly get around to it. Unless me and friends are doing the occasional Canoe or Kayak trip down the river, then it's on.

Last fish I caught worth noting was a Golden Trout in our local public pond. The Game Warden told me the fish is very rare (in these parts) and I had to release it. :ermm:

I've caught some whopper Yellow Cats in the past, though. Biggest Cat up to date is 39 lbs on a rod and reel. Caught a 30-ish lb Carp last year with a frog as bait, that was a helluva fight. I have a Shark that I caught about 5 years ago, that's hanging on my wall. Now I don't recall the biggest Bass I've caught, but I've caught some moderate size one's (5-7 1/2 lbs). Still waiting for my trophy Bass. Hopefully soon.
 
#7
#7
haven't been yet this year. it's definitely one of springtime/summer hobbies though. the only problem is that i live around a river and the only thing it seems you ever catch in it is bluegill.:ermm:
 
#8
#8
Dad and I will get a few sticks and fish every now and then.

Figures&
 
#9
#9
We got bass, crappie, tarpon, red fish, mackeral, anything you can think of in Florida!
 
#10
#10
I caught a Spanish Mackerel in Florida when I caught that Shark, too. Those little things put up a surprising fight. Good to eat, too.
 
#14
#14
I have another good picture of my grandson with his first trout but the attachment manager says it's too big and I don't know how to resize it. :cray:
 
#16
#16
JTrainDavis said:
what do they have down there for trout? Browns and Rainbows id imagine, too warm for brookies
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We go up into the hills in Arkansas (Heber Springs, Little Red River and White River). Yeah it's mostly rainbow and browns.
 
#17
#17
I generally fish the small creeks here for wild brookies (biggest usually around 9"), but in the larger rivers(well, not big, just average sized rivers) It's all Browns and 'Bows, state stocked, some of them are naturalized, bigger fish, i let them all go though, they don't have the flavor of the wild ones....that said, i only keep maybe 5 wild trout a season, don't care to the taste as much as i do the waste of time pursuing them hahah
 
#18
#18
Love to fish! Nice catch by the way. I am headed to Benton, TN for some trout fishing in a few weeks
 
#19
#19
JTrainDavis said:
Justingroves, you gonna get the big fella mounted?
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I got measurements for a replica mount. It's a private lake (my gf's dad owns it :rock: ) so I had to release it. There are bigger bass in there so I'm holding off on the replica mount until after this weekend. I've got an Easter Weekend filled with turkey hunting and bass fishing.

Had it came out of any public water, yes.
 
#20
#20
Volunteer_Kirby said:
I fish quite a bit in Summer time, but during School I hardly get around to it. Unless me and friends are doing the occasional Canoe or Kayak trip down the river, then it's on.

Last fish I caught worth noting was a Golden Trout in our local public pond. The Game Warden told me the fish is very rare (in these parts) and I had to release it. :ermm:

I've caught some whopper Yellow Cats in the past, though. Biggest Cat up to date is 39 lbs on a rod and reel. Caught a 30-ish lb Carp last year with a frog as bait, that was a helluva fight. I have a Shark that I caught about 5 years ago, that's hanging on my wall. Now I don't recall the biggest Bass I've caught, but I've caught some moderate size one's (5-7 1/2 lbs). Still waiting for my trophy Bass. Hopefully soon.
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Do you do any cabrewing?
 
#21
#21
me and a buddy went fishin sat morning on one of the boosters for our basketball program's farm. he has a pond that's bout 4 acres big, stocked w/ anything and everything. it was a pretty good day, my buddy caught the biggest at about 6 lbs, but we combined for 17 bass. not bad in 3 hours. perfect weather, cool morning w/ an overcast. best day i've ever had fishing.
 
#24
#24
Yeah, it's definitely fun to get slaussed then try to maneuver down the river. Good times. :lol:
 
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