One of my "Pride and Joy's"

Now that's a nice boat I bet that costed a good amount of cash.

Nice reds Our boat is a Lund 2025 Pro-V

you lucky b**t***s i have to
fish from the shore

I do both...We use the boat for the "big lakes". Here in MI, its the Great Lakes....and the Detroit River

i went fishing yesterday, but all i caught was
a couple of 3 in sunnys and a 8in snapping
turtle.

Just 8 inch? You have never had one of those alligator snappers grab your bass...Your fighting with hell on the end of your line...Its like dragging in a log...or an alligator.

Me and my buddies floated the potomac river on memorial day, drank a few beer and did some fishing, i caught four but the strange thing was we saw like at least 30 dead carps, then saw in the paper the next day that there must be something wrong with the water, still had a blast though, some of my friends went swimming though hope they don't get some sorta rash or something , but yea i love fishing

I know once i caught a HUGE like 23ins on
catfish bait. (most likely a bit smaller)

4 carp?

You should try fishing for smallies on the Potomac...even largemouth! Its the best smallie river in the US.

caught 4 6in sunnys and a 8in bass the
other day

who likes fishing tell us the bigest fish you caught also

i go fishing everyweekend last week i caught a 8lb croppy that is close to the state record, i also caught a 15lb bass

i caught a 7;b croppy almost set the state record for croppy and caught a 15lb bass

There is already a post on this my man.

Same topic name and thread about this



http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...opic=52501&st=0

According to my 2006 IGFA listings, the world record (hook-and-line) white crappie is 5 pounds 3 oz and black crappie is (tie) 4 pounds 8 oz.

Your "7 or 8" lb crappie is nothing more than a fish story
15 lb bass, eh? Beat my personal best by 2 lbs. Well, you live in Florida. You have the advantage.

This Saturday, I went fly-fishing in a lake for bass a half hour away from my home. I came home disheartened. I lost my two best bass flies, One to a lily pad and the other to a bass weighing about 6 lbs.

http://www.igfa.org/
The IGFA Junior World Championship is starting...It has been a dream to fish in that. Next year is my last one. I missed qualifiers by 5 lbs this year I was sure too win the qualifiers also. Next year will be my lucky year.

here's rooting for ya

Thank You...I went down to Dania Beach flr the competition there and did good Was only down 11 lbs and in the top 15. It was damn close.

I agree,I love taking my ten children and grandson. It's a hoot watching a 4 yr old catch a bluegill about 3" long.

biggest fish I ever caught was a 116 pound marlin in the gulf of mexico.
biggest freshwater was a 39 pound blue cat in Rend Lake

Fishing is relaxing for me.

When it is dry the oxygen is sapped from the water,and it kills fish. Did that in 2 lakes here last year.

They do grow big Especially in Hawaii. My dad caught a one that was estimated at 700 lbs. I caught an 800 lb one. The captain said it was one of his best days...We caught a lot of Mahi mahi also. No ahi though...


What a coincedence, I was just goung to post my fishing story. Today, me and my friend went fishing at a local lake. We go catfishing for channels there. So we set up 3 rods in ( 2 of mine with nightcrawler, his with a bluegill fillet) 3 rod holders. We were fishing of a point so we went fishing for bass on the other side of the point. About 2 hours in, I hear a ringing sound ( we put fishing bells on our rods to detect bites). I spin around in time to see a rod going crazy. I tell my friend his rod has a fish on. As soon as the words leave my mouth, I see his rod go crashing into the water. We run as fast as possible, thinking he lost his rod. When we get there, we see the metal rod holder bent and the ord nowhere to be seen. Then my friend points out the rod is wedged inbetween two big rocks. He jumps in and grabs the rod.

After a 15 minute fight, he lands a nice 29" 15 lb channel cat. The girth on this fish is enormous...Over 20 inches! We let the fish go after snapping some pics.

When we develop the film, I'll post the pictures...including the 27" I caught in May.

BTW, cut bluegill and shad make great catfish bait

Well, I went catfishing today, and caught this beautiful 32 incher...It's 15+ lbs (that's all my scale reaches). It's girth is 20 inches.

I caught it on cut bait.

Here are some pics of me fishing in Virginia in the summer of '05.




The fish is a 13 inch smallie (smallmouth bass)

If you use a not so well known lure known as a Kelly Striper, preferably the purple and white ones, you will HAMMER large mouth bass. I love fishing and that's my favorite lure, aside from Gary Yamamoto's.

Depends on what waters you are fishing...Sometimes they are only attacking buzzbaits and topwater lures...Other times a spinnerbait....Crankbait...etc.

Like I said, it depends.

I thought that i would let everyonnnne know that I am entering the
Franklin County Panfish tournament.

Read the size of this Pennslyvannia catfish...too bad i didn't hook it.

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archiv...l_useweights=no

There is a huge difference in what kind of float you use...Never use the conventional round bobbers...Try to use pencil floats and wagglers...they are the best..

Use small hooks, and KNOW how to balance pencil floats and wagglers...The majoriy of the float should be underwater. Use small split shots.

Also remeber to use a light spinning rod with 4-6 lb mono...

That's your key to catching big panfish.

Thanks for the advice!

The float should just be so that the tip is just over the waterline...That way the panfish don't feel any resistance, and you see more bites...

This bass was 22 inches long, and weighed 10 lbs...

what's up frogfish...
Just want to say I caught my first fish on a fly rod in my life. Was damn fun...caught like 7 brook trout and released them all. Got me back into fishing since I moved from CA where the deep sea fishing is the sh!t. Look forward to learning a new-found art.

i love fishing.where i live,we're like right by a lake,and theres rivers and stuff going to the lake.anyways,i usually fish by the weir,i've only caught jackfish,still nice though,i caught like 5 of them,but they were all waaaayyy to small to keep so i just put them back in the water.first time i went fishing i caught a jackfish,i ate him,he was good

[attachmentid=26854] Another little Queeny I picked up in northern Australia.

That's cool SandDune...I also like Saltwater fishing...only been to the Gulf and East Coast though...Marlin, Tuna, Shark, Snook, Bonefish, and Tarpon

Colorado is a nice state..Fly fishing is fun I caught that bass on my flyrod

Keep of trying AX7, never know when the big one will hit...

Welcome back Harks Nice fish






Any of you ever been salmon fishing? When they run upstream? They have the threadfins in Aussie, Harks.

Yeh I have caught a couple of Threadfin Salmon in Darwin, and they are a good fighting fish, espesially on a light rod like mine. They jump out of the water a lot and put on a good show. I haven't any photos sorry. Coral Trout are the go though, if it is a good eating fish your looking for, and they grow to 20 kg too. I haven't seen one that big, but I have seen a few caught around 10- 12 kg, nice looking fish.

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Looks like a grouper to me...

frogfish,
i've been trout flyfishing @ a local river for last three days and everytime I get a strike and raise the rod to set the hook...it never does. What gives? I've had like 8 strikes and I can feel the fish for like 2 seconds then the line just gets loose and I lose the fish with my fly still on! Any advice? Should I wait longer to set the hook or set it as soon as I see/feel the fish on? Maybe I'm raising the rod/setting the hook too long or hard? I'ma gonna try again today though...
thanks

When you set the hook, try stripping in some line AS you raise your rod tip. Remeber to give a good, solid hookset. If that doesn't work, wait a little longer when you get a strike, then try what I said.

Good fishing to you!

My claim to fame as far as fishing goes is that my Grandfather invented two fishing flies (called the Hallier Killer and the Hallier Guinea - both featuring guinea fowl feathers) a while back that are still in use today. Am busy looking for photos, and will post them up if I am successful. The flies were for trout and bass, mainly I hear.

As a kid living in San Antonio,we would drive up to Borene or more often Blanco State Park in the town of Blanco and my dad and brother would fish while us girls would go walking around,though sometimes my sister would fish too. We caught mainly sunfish ,perch and a few others, no 4 pounders,but nice sized fish my dad would clean and cook for us when we got home.lot of people around here go to Canyon or Calaveras Lakes or Choke Canyon State Park south of here or up to Lake LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
near Marble Falls or some of the other lakes and parks around here.
We used to have some good times then.

I've been out about 15 times this summer. Plan on about 15 more trips!

lol...I have been out every day...

Is everyone done fishing for the summer.

For the summer, as it has ended, yes. For the year, hell no!

You start Salmon fishing by you yet??

I haven't yet...We're going up north the 22nd. My friend has started. He went to Manistee and caught 5 in two hours of their boat.

I don't like charters that much (except my friend's boat, as all we have to pay is half the gas) so we fish the rivers...Mainly the Pere Marquette, The Little Manistee and the Manistee (Tippy Dam).

We're going up to only Tippy dam this year. My friend's dad fishes there every year and limits out with a friend withing a couple hours. They hook maybe 70 fish a day.

I went out a few time here in the city and got 3, nothing of any size yet but between 8-12#s. They're just starting here at shore......

Im going today and hope to remember the camera.

The fish we catch range in the 30-40 inches...The largest being a 39 incher caught off Tippy Dam...I swear I had a 45+ inch one. It spooled my whole real (300 yds +) of line in 1 minute...It never stopped running, and with a twang, it snapped the line.

Good luck and post your pics!