Fishing Thread

[Jmann]

I always had good results with all black yamasenkos. I don’t know why though, I would have thought the sparkly ones would be better.

 

[Captain Brainstorm]

Caught this beast of a tiger trout up on the Delaware. For reference, the basket on my net is 18”. I’m now the Tiger King of the Delaware.

 

[rick81721]

Caught this beast of a tiger trout up on the Delaware. For reference, the basket on my net is 18”. I’m now the Tiger King of the Delaware.

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beautiful fish!

 

[RobW]

Went out on a charter today. Boxed up 60 sea bass by 9:30. Afte that we took a ride to see what stripers were under all the bait. A whole mess of boats on the bunker. Nobody was catching anything so, we picked a spot and started snag & drop. 3 minutes later, my friend mark hooks up, then another guy, finally I hook up.

 

[rick81721]

Went out on a charter today. Boxed up 60 sea bass by 9:30. Afte that we took a ride to see what stripers were under all the bait. A whole mess of boats on the bunker. Nobody was catching anything so, we picked a spot and started snag & drop. 3 minutes later, my friend mark hooks up, then another guy, finally I hook up. View attachment 130884View attachment 130885

awesome! man I miss striper fishing - great eating, too

 

[RobW]

awesome! man I miss striper fishing - great eating, too

New rules in place... nothing over 40 apparently, I like the smaller stripers to eat. Big ones are just fun to catch.

Ate ling tonight for the first time.. decent

Giving some seabass to friends and family and keeping some..

 

[Captain Brainstorm]

Went out on a charter today. Boxed up 60 sea bass by 9:30. Afte that we took a ride to see what stripers were under all the bait. A whole mess of boats on the bunker. Nobody was catching anything so, we picked a spot and started snag & drop. 3 minutes later, my friend mark hooks up, then another guy, finally I hook up. View attachment 130884View attachment 130885

Those are some nice hogs, what did they take?

beautiful fish!

Cross between a brook and a brown. Lots of Delaware tribs have wild Brookies, and they spawn the same time as browns, so who knows. My initial thought is that it’s a stockie that must have swam 40miles up stream (they can do that), but it didn’t fight like a stockie. I thought it was a monster brown at first, and it’s fins were all in tact. Stockies are usually weak fighters, this fought like it was a local. I put it back, so maybe it’ll put on a few more pounds and give someone else a good run.

 

[Wildwalker]

Me and my brother in law hit the beach. I got skunked, he hooked up with this 33 incher. Had a few cocktail blues also.

 

[RobW]

Those are some nice hogs, what did they take?

Snagged bunker with a weighted treble hook. Then live lined until the fun began.. best way to catch these big cows imho. Sure surf fishing is fun and relaxing but hardly ever does baitfish come that close...

 

[rick81721]

Snagged bunker with a weighted treble hook. Then live lined until the fun began.. best way to catch these big cows imho. Sure surf fishing is fun and relaxing but hardly ever does baitfish come that close...

we would catch bunker with a throw net. pretty easy in those big schools

 

[RobW]

we would catch bunker with a throw net. pretty easy in those big schools

Yeah, but if they are popping the top of water they are getting chased. Snag it and it can’t stay with school so it is an easy grab for bass

 

[MTBTyler]

Those sandwiches were awesome.

 

[BCurry]

After a week of getting skunked, Caught a couple blues and this little striper

 

[UtahJoe]

Had a fun night out with my son looking for some bass in the shallows... After having one snap my line, I got this one about 10 minutes later.... My son kicked ass as my net man.... Also caught pickerel.

 

[UtahJoe]

I don't think it's the same bass but i got it in the same spot with the same lure ?

 

[UtahJoe]

The easiest thing you can throw for small pond bass is a 1/8 oz or 1/4oz spinnerbait. Cast, reel, pick off any weeds and repeat. Its hard to screw it up and hard(er) to hang it up on a snag
White, White and Chartruse or chartruse. Walmart will have this.

Spinnerbaits and rubber worms were my go to as a kid riding my 10speed through the woods to every pond and drainage ditch in the area. Problem with Rubber worms is it takes a little more skill to know what to do.


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I always had good results with all black yamasenkos. I don’t know why though, I would have thought the sparkly ones would be better.

So I have a similar spinner bait that I have tried over and over and I never catch anything with it at my lake....for me...green power bait worms seem to get me the best results. Of course, I also only seem to have any luck after 8pm....But this same green powerbait worm...I catch everything...Crappie, largemouth, white perch, green perch, pickrel and occasionally a sunfish big enough to get the hook in its mouth.

 

[JerseyPete]

What size hook are you guys using to keep smaller fish off? And without barbs?

 

[RobW]

So I have a similar spinner bait that I have tried over and over and I never catch anything with it at my lake....for me...green power bait worms seem to get me the best results. Of course, I also only seem to have any luck after 8pm....But this same green powerbait worm...I catch everything...Crappie, largemouth, white perch, green perch, pickrel and occasionally a sunfish big enough to get the hook in its mouth.

I distinctly remember using these colors as a kid- sparkly purple, black, maroon, green. at dusk was a stellar combo for the sparkly purple worm.
now If on a boat I would put a jighead on it and jig for the lunkers..

 

[RobW]

late July Fluke trips are booked and hoping for a PB this year. its going to a bit hard to beat this 9lb...

I'm also seeing a lot of Trigger fish being caught.. man they are delicious fish to eat

 

[Soundguy]

I’ve been having a lot of fun lately throwing around a buzz bait with a cheapo little ultra lite combo. These little 1-2 pounders put up a good fight on light tackle.