Fishing Thread

[CBass1724 1]

99% of the fishing I have done was in Lake Champlain and worms with a bobber would catch you all the perch you can eat!

This statement does not make any sense.

I thought with Perch, you were supposed to strap it to the sole of your shoe and walk around for a day so it has more flavor when you cook it?Edit: I'm thinking of Carp...n/m.

[El Guapo 8]

maybe it is just my poor grammarPerch

Perch FTW! That is one good eating fish. My grandpa lived in Northern Michigan, and we would fish for perch, bass, and salmon. We would go out on lake Michigan and get the king salmon when they'd run, it was a great time, good memories from when I was young. I don't know $hit about fishing now, except that the rocket fishing rod thing kicks a$$, my kids love it.

You guys seriously eat Perch? Why don't you have a side of blue gill while your at it.

[AmScray 355]

You guys seriously eat Perch? Why don't you have a side of blue gill while your at it.

I feel the exact same way about people who eat Bass.(but I do definitely eat both perch and bluegill. We call em brim down here)

[CBass1724 1]

I so wanna go tuna fishing up in the northeast. My grandparents are in Newport, RI so I should make a visit and go out on a charter or something.

[El Guapo 8]

I feel the exact same way about people who eat Bass.(but I do definitely eat both perch and bluegill. We call em brim down here)

I don't really eat Bass either, unless it is Sea Bass.There is just no meat on any of those fish.If I catch it I will eat:TroutMackinawSalmonHalibutRock Fish(some bass, but not very likely)That is about it, because that is pretty much all I ever fished for that are "eating fish" imo.

[dt1313 0]

Finally a fishing thread !!!I grew up fishing both freshwater and salt. Everything this from Bass (smallmouth and large) pickerel, and trout. Saltwater was fluke, shark, bonefish and tarpon. It had been almost 5 years since the last time I had gone freshwater fishing up until a month ago. I really did miss it. There is nothing like being out on a lake by yourself or with a good buddy "weeting a line" and just enjoying the outdoors. I'm actually entering a fishing contest this weekend. My family has a lake house in NY state and the lake association sponsors a couple contests per summert. The lake really has some of the most beautiful large mouth you'll find. Everything from 2-3 lb'ers. up to the occasional 6-7-8 lb.'er. For those Bass fisherman who are looking for a new bait you should try Gulp! rubber worms or Gary Yamamoto worms. I used to be a lure or live bait guy but these worms have come a LONG way. If I get a chance i'll post up some Bass pics.Dan

[Painter567 0]

My dad caught this last weekend. Out on the flats out of St George Island FL.BTW, my dad is 6'5" for some perspective.

[El Guapo 8]

My dad caught this last weekend. Out on the flats out of St George Island FL.BTW, my dad is 6'5" for some perspective.

Is that a tarpin?

[Painter567 0]

Is that a tarpin?

Not Tarpon...King Mackerel

[El Guapo 8]

Not Tarpon...King Mackerel

Really, I have never heard of King Mackerel. Regular Mackerel tastes like shit, how does that taste?

[Painter567 0]

Really, I have never heard of King Mackerel. Regular Mackerel tastes like shit, how does that taste?

Fit for a king!No, it's not the best tasting fish but some people like it. I like it smoked...really good that way. Deep fried is good as well.

[AAsnake88 0]

I thought it was a wahoo, but I just looked it up and there are subtle differences.Wahoo, fwiw, is one of the best fish I've ever tasted.

[AmScray 355]

I like it smoked...really good that way. Deep fried is good as well.

I'm totally convinced that there are no bad tasting smoked fishes.Like, how about Smoked Jack? Or Smoked Mullet? Two fish that taste like shit otherwise, but are insaaaaaaaaaaaaanely good smoked...

[savagerebel 0]

Enjoy...http://www.jeffreydickman.blogspot.com/

I would be a little cautions clicking a link from the porn man that says "dickman" in the title.On to the fishing. I live on Lake Texoma. It is well know for huge stripers. I love to fish but I throw them all back unless I have someone else with me. I am allergic to fish. I can unhook them and hold them, but I can't clean them or eat them. There is something about the meat that is just bad for me.

[Painter567 0]

I'm totally convinced that there are no bad tasting smoked fishes.Like, how about Smoked Jack? Or Smoked Mullet? Two fish that taste like shit otherwise, but are insaaaaaaaaaaaaanely good smoked...

Agree 100%Smoked Mullet is so good!

[Painter567 0]

I would be a little cautions clicking a link from the porn man that says "dickman" in the title.On to the fishing. I live on Lake Texoma. It is well know for huge stripers. I love to fish but I throw them all back unless I have someone else with me. I am allergic to fish. I can unhook them and hold them, but I can't clean them or eat them. There is something about the meat that is just bad for me.

LOL...that's his real nameAnd, you are allergic to fish and chicken????WTF????

[savagerebel 0]

LOL...that's his real nameAnd, you are allergic to fish and chicken????WTF????

and turkey

[nutzbuster 7]

Good lordy do I hate fishing.I mean, fuking HATE fishing!!!!!!!!!Until I'm out fishing..then I fuhreaking LOVE it!How twisted is that?My best fishing story ever....A place near the Dells in Wisconsin. Not the Dells, but the river just below the dam by the Dells. Had a flat bottom boat with a makeshift plywood AstroTurf covered platform you could stand on the bow. One bench in the back, outboard motor. Aluminum, popped rivets, leaking a bit, beat to hell boat. Got up stream on this river, right near the swirling of the little dam and let the current drift us down past some sick little inlets and small sorta coves. It was a drizzly day, but not cold, maybe 68-ish, humid though.We had rubber worm thingys. My buddy (who can't fish enough) would bait the hooks for me and then give me the rod. I hate it that much. He brought 7 rods and 4 replacement reels. He has like, not kidding, 10K worth of fishing crap in rods and reels alone. He has a sickness.Anyway, I cast out and immediately produce the largest ball of tangled fishing line you've ever seen, looked like a fuking tumbleweed on a stick. So much for that open basket reel thing. My buddy is so pissed off, lol. I grab another rod and hold the business end out over to him. He baits the bitch and off we go again.This day was just ridiculous. EVERY CAST GOT A BITE! i sh*t you not...I have never seen anything like it. We were soon giggling like drunken idiots and just kept reeling them in. For like HOURS on end. We let 'em all go mostly. The luck ran out after a few hours and we had enough water in the boat to sink it, so we got out of there. What a great time. He had never caught so many either and to this day that was his best day ever. No idea what made the fish bite so much...Scariest fishing ever. 1 mile out off the coast of Cabo San Lucas....in a boat not much bigger than the one described above! NO CHIT!. It was leaking, had a live well that was leaking, so there was a cocktail of saltwater and fish blood flowing inside the boat, back and forth, back and forth. No shade. The were 12 foot hammer heads circling the boat, The water was so choppy every now and then waves splashed over the bow and we had to bail for a bit. Saw a gigantic sea turtle and started to cast towards it. The little Mexican guy got pissed. He had feet like Fred Flintstone, was barefoot and awash in the bloody floor stew. I caught a Dorado...like a 5 footer. That thing fought so hard....It was the biggest rush EVER! Took me like 20 minutes to get his ass in the boat. Then the Flintstone dude grabs an old piece of wood and starts beating the living hell out of the fish, but only wounds it. He gaffs it right in the bad spot and it starts spewing blood like a fountain. Then he just throws it (still thrashing) into the leaky live well, were it beats the crap out of the sides of the boat with it's death throws. I mean, like drumming frantically. Neil Pert would have been impressed at how fast. It was insane and I actually felt bad for the fish. Then I thought this thing was going to finally beat so hard and loosen the last bit of paint holding this boat together and that would be it for us. Hammer head chum in 900 feet of water. I though about it all later, after we got back to safety and let the guy keep what we had caught. (like 3 total, all Dorados).I was back at the Twin Dolphin resort drinking at dinner and shivers went up and down my spine. We so could have sunk and drown out there, I mean it was the craziest, scariest (in hind sight) thing I think I have ever done.

[Governator 54]

Good lordy do I hate fishing.I mean, fuking HATE fishing!!!!!!!!!Until I'm out fishing..then I fuhreaking LOVE it!How twisted is that?My best fishing story ever....A place near the Dells in Wisconsin. Not the Dells, but the river just below the dam by the Dells. Had a flat bottom boat with a makeshift plywood AstroTurf covered platform you could stand on the bow. One bench in the back, outboard motor. Aluminum, popped rivets, leaking a bit, beat to hell boat. Got up stream on this river, right near the swirling of the little dam and let the current drift us down past some sick little inlets and small sorta coves. It was a drizzly day, but not cold, maybe 68-ish, humid though.We had rubber worm thingys. My buddy (who can't fish enough) would bait the hooks for me and then give me the rod. I hate it that much. He brought 7 rods and 4 replacement reels. He has like, not kidding, 10K worth of fishing crap in rods and reels alone. He has a sickness.Anyway, I cast out and immediately produce the largest ball of tangled fishing line you've ever seen, looked like a fuking tumbleweed on a stick. So much for that open basket reel thing. My buddy is so pissed off, lol. I grab another rod and hold the business end out over to him. He baits the bitch and off we go again.This day was just ridiculous. EVERY CAST GOT A BITE! i sh*t you not...I have never seen anything like it. We were soon giggling like drunken idiots and just kept reeling them in. For like HOURS on end. We let 'em all go mostly. The luck ran out after a few hours and we had enough water in the boat to sink it, so we got out of there. What a great time. He had never caught so many either and to this day that was his best day ever. No idea what made the fish bite so much...Scariest fishing ever. 1 mile out off the coast of Cabo San Lucas....in a boat not much bigger than the one described above! NO CHIT!. It was leaking, had a live well that was leaking, so there was a cocktail of saltwater and fish blood flowing inside the boat, back and forth, back and forth. No shade. The were 12 foot hammer heads circling the boat, The water was so choppy every now and then waves splashed over the bow and we had to bail for a bit. Saw a gigantic sea turtle and started to cast towards it. The little Mexican guy got pissed. He had feet like Fred Flintstone, was barefoot and awash in the bloody floor stew. I caught a Dorado...like a 5 footer. That thing fought so hard....It was the biggest rush EVER! Took me like 20 minutes to get his ass in the boat. Then the Flintstone dude grabs an old piece of wood and starts beating the living hell out of the fish, but only wounds it. He gaffs it right in the bad spot and it starts spewing blood like a fountain. Then he just throws it (still thrashing) into the leaky live well, were it beats the crap out of the sides of the boat with it's death throws. I mean, like drumming frantically. Neil Pert would have been impressed at how fast. It was insane and I actually felt bad for the fish. Then I thought this thing was going to finally beat so hard and loosen the last bit of paint holding this boat together and that would be it for us. Hammer head chum in 900 feet of water. I though about it all later, after we got back to safety and let the guy keep what we had caught. (like 3 total, all Dorados).I was back at the Twin Dolphin resort drinking at dinner and shivers went up and down my spine. We so could have sunk and drown out there, I mean it was the craziest, scariest (in hind sight) thing I think I have ever done.

That's one hell of a story man lol. If I caught that that 5 footer, in a beat up leaked boat surrounded by hammerheads, I'm boating that fish to shore, not reeling it in haha.I fished for about 4hrs today, could see a couple trophy size bass next to the dock but no luck. By the end I had a few strikes but only caught a rock bass. My buddy got a couple smallies and a couple perch. Definitely will be hitting that spot again soon.Biggest downer was that I lost my favorite spinnerbait.

[Whiskey16 1]

Enjoy...http://www.jeffreydickman.blogspot.com/

Heh, thanks for the plug.Yeah, I quit my job and I'm spending the summer fishing in Idaho. Stopped in Colorado and caught a couple of nice Browns in Rocky Mountain National Park. Been out in Idaho for about 10 days now. Some nice Cutthroat trout. Some small Brookies. All on Fly Rod. Was out today on a tiny little stream. Most of what we saw wasn't bigger than your hand, but on a 3 wt rod with really light tippet it's a blast.

[Governator 54]

Well... it wasn't the biggest catch hahahaha, but it's all she wrote.Going again on Tuesday & Thursday, can't wait.

[Painter567 0]

Well... it wasn't the biggest catch hahahaha, but it's all she wrote.Going again on Tuesday & Thursday, can't wait.

LOL...nice.

[Balloon guy 158]

Well... it wasn't the biggest catch hahahaha, but it's all she wrote.Going again on Tuesday & Thursday, can't wait.

Is that a split Rappalla?I thought those were for trout?You need a good Daredevil spoon methinks

[Governator 54]

Is that a split Rappalla?I thought those were for trout?You need a good Daredevil spoon methinks

When the fish aren't biting, the joint rapala never lets me down. They are great for trout yea, but also excellent for bass, my 'go to' lure.

[Sal Paradise 57]

I feel the exact same way about people who eat Bass.(but I do definitely eat both perch and bluegill. We call em brim down here)

it's "bream", yankee.I used to fish a whole lot when I was younger. don't go much at all anymore, but still like to go canoing and fly fishing for smallmouth on the james river here in va. good stuff.