Any fishers?

[LatinMind]

I just recently got into fishing. And I have to say I'm hooked LOL. I've caught quite a few fish in the little time I've been fishing. Mostly catfish and striper. I'm wanting to know what most of you who do fish use? When I'm fishing with lure I've gone with a minnow or a shade lure. And when I fishing with bait its usually anchovie. I hear stripers love blood worms tho. Any suggestions that will help me are appreciated.

[BrAinPaiNt]

If you like catching catfish.

Chicken livers is a good bait. You can also use shrimp. It is ok to put them in a plastic container and let them sit out in the sun to get a little ripe...the stinkier the better with catfish bait.

[Shadowy329]

If you like catching catfish.

Chicken livers is a good bait. You can also use shrimp. It is ok to put them in a plastic container and let them sit out in the sun to get a little ripe...the stinkier the better with catfish bait.

Pretty much what he said for catfish. The less you can stand to be around it the more they love it.

I have fished in quite a while but when i did it was more "active" fishing using lures generally poppers or spinners. To me it isn't really fishing if you're just throwing a bait in and waiting that's more of a "I need something to do while I kill this 12 pack" kind of a thing.

I usually went fresh water fishing never been fly or salt water fishing much.

The times i had the best luck wishing was away from the shore small canoe out in the middle of the water just don't have anyone that gets over excitable in the boat with you unless you have a change of clothes in the car and your tackle box is closed and floats.

[LatinMind]

I've heard bout shrimp for catfish. any kind of shrimp will do? I like doing both. while my bait is in the water I'll lure at the same time. most of the fish I've caigt has been with bait


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[JIMMYBUFFETT]

[QUOTE=LatinMind;5004053]I've heard bout shrimp for catfish. any kind of shrimp will do? I like doing both. while my bait is in the water I'll lure at the same time. most of the fish I've caigt has been with bait




They really like coconut shrimp and shrimp scampi.

I'm a sit on top kayak fisherman and fish both bay and fresh water. I fish almost exclusively with live bait that I catch in a casting net and crayfish trap. I do use artificial jigs for crappie and pan fish. I've also got a worm compost where I grow Canadian night crawlers that I use for catfish.

I'm also pretty big in fly fishing. I fish the golf course ponds behind my house for bass and perch using popper flies. I go to Idaho once a year and Colorado once a year to stream fish as well. I only use dry flies and emergers for fly casting and don't really enjoy fishing with nymphs.

[Doomsday101]

I just recently got into fishing. And I have to say I'm hooked LOL. I've caught quite a few fish in the little time I've been fishing. Mostly catfish and striper. I'm wanting to know what most of you who do fish use? When I'm fishing with lure I've gone with a minnow or a shade lure. And when I fishing with bait its usually anchovie. I hear stripers love blood worms tho. Any suggestions that will help me are appreciated.

Been a while since I had the chance to fish. Last time I went was in Cancun and went deep sea fishing. Great experiance I landed a 400 lbs Blue Marlin. If you ever get to Cancun the price is reasonable to charter a boat. Me and a good friend did so it cost us 150 each and was out on the water for 6 hours.

[muck4doo]

Catfish is pretty simple. Throw smelly bait out and wait. Striper fishing tends to differ where you are doing it at. I've fished for them in Ca and NY. In NY we used to go fishing for them in Catskill where Catskill Creek meets the Hudson River. The way to do it there was take a heavy pole for striper, and a light pole with crappie jigs and catch yourself a herring. Then attach your live herring to a line with a big bobber, and let it swim around. In CA in the Bay Area and Delta live mud suckers were your best bet using a sliding sinker rig with a 3 ounce weight(flat or ball). The same works on coastal places like Pacifica, but use at least a four ounce weight that is pyramid shaped. Using the ball or flats your line will move all over the place with the current, and maybe even back to shore. Fishing in the channels going to San Luis reservoir you will use a nice big striper jig. They are basically gigantic crappie jigs. San Louis Reservoir proper anchovies live or frozen on a sliding sinker rig with a 2 or 3 once weight is sufficient.

/Good luck and have fun. :)

[CliffnMesquite]

I used to do a lot of Bass fishing including tournaments in Arkansas.

[muck4doo]

I just recently got into fishing. And I have to say I'm hooked LOL. I've caught quite a few fish in the little time I've been fishing. Mostly catfish and striper. I'm wanting to know what most of you who do fish use? When I'm fishing with lure I've gone with a minnow or a shade lure. And when I fishing with bait its usually anchovie. I hear stripers love blood worms tho. Any suggestions that will help me are appreciated.

Keep in mind, besides blood worms being pricey, they are small. The bigger the bait, the bigger the potential fish. Blood worms or grass shrimp will get you smaller fish more often. Blood worms also bite.

/Sounds like you are in CA

[muck4doo]

I used to do a lot of Bass fishing including tournaments in Arkansas.

For bucket mouths I like either live bait or rubber worms. Hula poppers and jitterbugs also work well at dusk.

[1fisher]

Bass fishing for me. Top-water bait is my favorite. The anticipation of a hit keeps the heart rate up!

Top Knocker brand buzz bait, ChugBug, SmithWick Devil Horse are all very good.

Can't go wrong with spinnerbaits, rubber worms, and crankbaits.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Maybe it is my being a city boy all my life, but I have never understood how someone can sit on a boat for hours with a line in the water just hoping to catch something.

[muck4doo]

Maybe it is my being a city boy all my life, but I have never understood how someone can sit on a boat for hours with a line in the water just hoping to catch something.

City boy has nothing to do with it. You think they don't go fishing in NYC, The Bay Area, Los Angeles etc?

[jobberone]

Are you fishing for stripers in salt or fresh water?

[CliffnMesquite]

For bucket mouths I like either live bait or rubber worms. Hula poppers and jitterbugs also work well at dusk.

I used a lot of spinner baits and Carolina rigged worms.

[speedkilz88]

Maybe it is my being a city boy all my life, but I have never understood how someone can sit on a boat for hours with a line in the water just hoping to catch something.

City boy has nothing to do with it. You think they don't go fishing in NYC, The Bay Area, Los Angeles etc?He's in Vancouver, an ocean in spitting distance.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

He's in Vancouver, an ocean in spitting distance.

I went out salmon fishing twice when I was a teenager, got up really early, sat in a boat all day, getting sunburn/windburn, dehydrated with about six lines in the water, and both days one salmon was caught. Most boring time I have ever spent.

Maybe if I ate fish I would fell differently but who knows.

[speedkilz88]

I went out salmon fishing twice when I was a teenager, got up really early, sat in a boat all day, getting sunburn/windburn, dehydrated with about six lines in the water, and both days one salmon was caught. Most boring time I have ever spent.

Maybe if I ate fish I would fell differently but who knows.Don't you have boys? How about fishing off a dock/wharf or a small boat? Bonding moment.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Don't you have boys? How about fishing off a dock/wharf or a small boat? Bonding moment.

I have one son. He and I do other things to bond. I have no interest in fishing and he has not shown any either.

[speedkilz88]

I have one son. He and I do other things to bond. I have no interest in fishing and he has not shown any either.
Small boys usually go nuts about fishing once they've had a fish on their line. Even my niece's 4 yr old daughter has.

[LatinMind]

Are you fishing for stripers in salt or fresh water?
fresh water.

[LatinMind]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LatinMind

I just recently got into fishing. And I have to say I'm hooked LOL. I've caught quite a few fish in the little time I've been fishing. Mostly catfish and striper. I'm wanting to know what most of you who do fish use? When I'm fishing with lure I've gone with a minnow or a shade lure. And when I fishing with bait its usually anchovie. I hear stripers love blood worms tho. Any suggestions that will help me are appreciated.

Keep in mind, besides blood worms being pricey, they are small. The bigger the bait, the bigger the potential fish. Blood worms or grass shrimp will get you smaller fish more often. Blood worms also bite.

/Sounds like you are in CA

yeah central CA. fishing in the Cal aqueduct

[muck4doo]

I have one son. He and I do other things to bond. I have no interest in fishing and he has not shown any either.

So what brought you to the thread?

[muck4doo]

[quote=LatinMind;5004543]yeah central CA. fishing in the Cal aqueduct




Try those striper jigs.

[muck4doo]

I have no interest in fishing

This is the other thing you may want to someday understand. Different people have different ways they like to spend their leisure time. It looks like you like to troll the internet during your leisure time. Others may like to relax with nature, and just relax. Many are happy with the fishing trip even if they don't catch anything. You might want to look up the difference between fishing and trolling sometime.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

So what brought you to the thread?

What makes anyone do anything, because he can.

[Muhast]

I fish quite a bit, the best advice I can give: Don't waste money on lures. You'll always be more successful with live bait IMO.

As far as stripers go, the winter is the best time to catch them, and particularly in deep water. We have 30-50 lb stripers caught regularly in the lake around here. They are usually caught in deeper water near a dam.

As far as Catfish go, obviously they are the vacuums of the water. They aren't picky and you can catch them with just about any type of bait. I've heard of people using rolled up balls of soap but havn't tried that personally.

[KJJ]

This guy cracks me up he did a fishing show these are some bloopers.


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[muck4doo]

What makes anyone do anything, because he can.

Trolling is the lazy way of fishing. So, yes you can.

[muck4doo]

Fishing is so much part of Bay Area living. It's funny to hear a Vancouver guy say city people don't do it. I take it they go riot in the city of Vancouver for entertainment city boy style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWlJdSguolY

[Vtwin]

Trolling is the lazy way of fishing.

Hey!

I resemble that remark.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/P1010026.jpg

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[muck4doo]

Hey!

I resemble that remark.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/P1010026.jpg (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/P1010026.jpg)

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/IMG_2466.jpg (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/IMG_2466.jpg)
Fish on! :bow:

[LatinMind]

got alot of fishing done the past 2 weeks. caught 3 keepers. alot of small fish. switched to sardines f from anchovies. stripers seem to like it. them blood worms to me seem to be a waste of money.

[LatinMind]

These are my last 4 catches. Fishes arent real big around here at the moment. But the fish are about to make their run any time now. So hopefully it picks up. These are 3 stripers and 1 wide mouth bass. Stripers were between 18-21 inches. That wide mouth was 23 1/2

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130304_141714_zps86bded91.jpg

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130308_120812_zps2ece6d62.jpg

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[muck4doo]

These are my last 4 catches. Fishes arent real big around here at the moment. But the fish are about to make their run any time now. So hopefully it picks up. These are 3 stripers and 1 wide mouth bass. Stripers were between 18-21 inches. That wide mouth was 23 1/2

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130304_141714_zps86bded91.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130304_141714_zps86bded91.jpg)

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130308_120812_zps2ece6d62.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130308_120812_zps2ece6d62.jpg)

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Fish on! Glad to see you are having success. :starspin

/Also glad you figured out the blood worms are a waste.

[muck4doo]

Out of curiousity, what did you catch the bucket mouth on?

[LatinMind]

Hey!

I resemble that remark.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/P1010026.jpg

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GRGO/IMG_2466.jpg

Nice my dude. Thats a place id love to fish.

[LatinMind]

Out of curiousity, what did you catch the bucket mouth on?

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130312_211905_zps28a25628.jpg

One of these bad boys. But a 1 1/2 oz

[LatinMind]

Fish on! Glad to see you are having success. :starspin

/Also glad you figured out the blood worms are a waste.

Thanks im getting hooked bad lol. I take my pole and tackle box with me to work and sneak off after virtually everyday. Today after work i went and bought a little frabill. Its a container that comes with a pump to circulate air for live minnows. Took me less than 1 minute to get a catch. Its the last striper in the pictures. And yeah i just gave my friend the remaining blood worms i had and he acted like i gave him gold lol. They work but IMO not any better than any other bait.

[LatinMind]

Two more fish today :)

One hanging is 19 1/2 inches and the other is 23. Alot of BBQ fish this weekend. Already marinating

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/Fishing/20130313_182959_zpsa0a24ab3.jpg

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[Muhast]

Two more fish today :)

One hanging is 19 1/2 inches and the other is 23. Alot of BBQ fish this weekend. Already marinating

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/Fishing/20130313_182959_zpsa0a24ab3.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/Fishing/20130313_182959_zpsa0a24ab3.jpg)

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Your doing great. I need to come to wherever you fish at. I catch way to many small fish lol.

[LatinMind]

Your doing great. I need to come to wherever you fish at. I catch way to many small fish lol.

My friends are already getting a little testy because im catching more than them. LOL a couple wont come with me anymore. Whats working for me is live bait. Minnows and bullheads. Minnows cost 12.99 a dozen around here for the jumbo, 6.99 for large. Bullheads i can catch. But i dont have alot of patience to fish for bait lol.

[LatinMind]

Fish gods blessed me today. I caught a total of 7 fish today. But only 5 were keepers. Nice big stripers. I had to leave twice to drop my fish off at home and go back to be able to fish more. lol

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105301_zps3cb0f41b.jpg
These were my first 2 of the day. One big fat 22 incher. The other 18 1/2

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105259_zps6d8515e4.jpg
Picture of the same two fish. You can see the size difference.

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_113723_zpse80e98a3.jpg
These were my next two of the day. a 20 and 19 1/2 inch catch.

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_151707_zps90c60d9d.jpg
Last one of the day. 18 1/2 incher

The two i threw back were id say about 15 inches.

On my last minnow i had today i had a big one hooked, but that bad boy snapped my line. I think the fish gods were telling me thats enough for the day.

[Muhast]

Fish gods blessed me today. I caught a total of 7 fish today. But only 5 were keepers. Nice big stripers. I had to leave twice to drop my fish off at home and go back to be able to fish more. lol

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105301_zps3cb0f41b.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105301_zps3cb0f41b.jpg)
These were my first 2 of the day. One big fat 22 incher. The other 18 1/2

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105259_zps6d8515e4.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_105259_zps6d8515e4.jpg)
Picture of the same two fish. You can see the size difference.

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_113723_zpse80e98a3.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_113723_zpse80e98a3.jpg)
These were my next two of the day. a 20 and 19 1/2 inch catch.

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_151707_zps90c60d9d.jpg (http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130321_151707_zps90c60d9d.jpg)
Last one of the day. 18 1/2 incher

The two i threw back were id say about 15 inches.

On my last minnow i had today i had a big one hooked, but that bad boy snapped my line. I think the fish gods were telling me thats enough for the day.


Goodness where are you fishing at? Your having more success than anyone I know lol.

[LatinMind]

Goodness where are you fishing at? Your having more success than anyone I know lol.

California Aqueduct. Using Live minnows and a soft swimming minnow lure.

[LatinMind]

my greatest catch yet. I won't eat carp but these people asked if they could have it. said it makes good soup. was 35 inches and weighed a lot. fat boy

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/CowboysRemix/20130326_114449_zps94caad19.jpg

[sacase]

I used to fish a lot when I was growing up. When I was in high school I kept my fishing poles, tackle box and shotgun in my best friends car ( he would get kicked out these days for having out shotguns in the car), he would pick me up after practice and we would go to the dam and go fishing or hunting.

I haven't been fishing in YEARS, but I am plan on making a serious effort. My youngest brother fishing bass tournaments an is on the Kansas State University fishing team, so I will have no problems getting back into freshwater fishing, but I really want to get into Salt Water fishing, both deep sea and surf-casting.

[muck4doo]

Thanks im getting hooked bad lol. I take my pole and tackle box with me to work and sneak off after virtually everyday. Today after work i went and bought a little frabill. Its a container that comes with a pump to circulate air for live minnows. Took me less than 1 minute to get a catch. Its the last striper in the pictures. And yeah i just gave my friend the remaining blood worms i had and he acted like i gave him gold lol. They work but IMO not any better than any other bait.

When I lived in Upstate New York that's what I used to do everyday after work till sundown.

[QT]

You should try Sturgeon fishing in Vancouver.

After you go saltwater fishing, you really don't want to fish in the lakes or ponds anymore. :) That said, I'm going lake fishing tonight.

BTW, what's wrong with trolling? :)

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u259/Quan360/fish_zpsbf248852.jpg (http://s170.photobucket.com/user/Quan360/media/fish_zpsbf248852.jpg.html)

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[Denim Chicken]

I'm going to get my boat in the water soon. It's been too long.