|
gay picnic defence posted:Anyone got any fishing goals for 2019? Catch more crab. Catch some salmon. I'm a simple man.
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 08:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 8, 2024 14:22 |
|
|
gay picnic defence posted:Anyone got any fishing goals for 2019? Buy a pole and other stuff. Catch a fish.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 16:04
|
|
|
I didn't fish at all this year except for this xmas-new years trip to Florida with my friend, so my total for the year is 2 Cobia, 1 Lizardfish. He caught similar, but also hooked what the charter guide presumed was a full sized Goliath Grouper. 2019 we resolve to fish more.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 16:22
|
|
|
- Bring more fish into the kayak, either different places, or get a better handle of where I frequent. - Less lure changing. - More bank/bobber time with my son
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 16:26
|
|
|
Took the kids out this morning and we got skunked. My son caught a little bonnet head with the cast net for fun but that was it. So that ends 18. My keeper totals for the year would be a hundred or so whiting. Couple of trout and red drum. Two black drum. Half a dozen flounder and sheepshead. Four nice pompano. Assorted snappers. And hundreds of trash fish and non keepers including some giant bull red drums. We're gonna take a party charter out later this week since the money for a tuna trip doesn't seem to be coming my way.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 17:49
|
|
|
2019 will be the year of the bull red drum COME ON LET'S DO THIS
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2018 18:18
|
|
|
My 2019 will be about figuring this big river I've moved next to. Also a bunch of ponds and good estuary fishing not too far away. Also going crabbing more, that will be fun.
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2019 04:36
|
|
|
This year, I will figure out a decent place for freshwater bank fishing. The river near me is so tannic you can't see your bait more than a foot down. The ponds here are clear as gin, but either have houses around them or need a boat to get to them. Today was my first time trying the river from a couple of new spots. I snapped off several lures (on 40lb braid no less) on cypress knobs in the first of 3 parks and somehow my only black and blue football jig left my cast wrong and wound up wrapped around the literal top of a tree. I couldn't have hit that shot if I had tried it.  Next stop in a pond next to a lake in the next county over. I will find a good fishing spot drat it. And then buy a kayak to fish it. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2019 06:34
|
|
|
I think with super stained or muddy water you're supposed to use pink plastics and beads for noise
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2019 09:44
|
|
|
Inline spinners are good too, as are lipless crankbaits. Or the hybrid-ish lures in between crankbaits and spoons, blade baits. Live bait would work, too. Or dead. You probably have catfish around, right?
|
|
#
?
Jan 2, 2019 18:26
|
|
|
The water was a bit chilly for a moving bait to do much to entice the bass, despite being in the 80s for a few days beforehand. (Horray florida!) And black and blue works wonders in tannic and muddy water from experience. And white. And reds. And junebug. And bright electric blue. Sadly I only had black and blue on me, so away I went. Straight into the top of a loving 30ish foot tall tree. And if I want catfish, I can go out to the coast and use some shrimp and come home with enough for a fish fry that tastes delicious. A few of the old timers told me I was better off going a bit farther north for bass, but they also claimed they caught smallmouth there. Afaik, there are no smallmouth naturally in florida, but this river system does have Suwannee bass in it so maybe they meant that. Either way, its been just fun checking out local spots and parks.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2019 07:47
|
|
|
Got a trip booked for Saturday. El cheapo party boat but we're going after two faves: trigger fish and vermilion snapper. Hopefully we'll max out and more than cover the trip with fillets.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2019 14:23
|
|
|
fair winds and following seas, may posideon's gilded turd chute blort forth a bounty of fish my friend
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2019 18:52
|
|
|
Nothing wrong with a party boat. Any excuse to get offshore is a good one. 2018 catch list: - Six unimpressive planted trout - 12-15 black rockfish - A couple of limits of razor clams - A couple of limits of oysters - About a dozen redtail surfperch - A few striped surfperch - A few little yellow perch - Eight crabs - NO LINGCOD  In 2018 I put together a pretty decent little setup for making jigs and sinkers. I've made a few hundred now but I always need more practice.  I will send jigs and sinkers to any goon who needs them. I use Mustad hooks and have a number of different mold and sinker designs. I don't want your money, I want you to go fishing.2019 goals: - Make more tackle. Practice more with the jigs that I make - Learn to make soft lures and tie basic flies, then practice with them - Catch some crappie - Catch a walleye - Catch at least one salmon - Catch at least one lingcod - Go clamming for things in addition to razor clams / find a good local source for mussels - Surf fish the Carolinas - Catch a striper in NYC (this one is more bucket list item, I guess) Also, I would encourage people to post pics of their catch to the Post a Fish! thread in the Take a Hike subforum. There is also talk of a fly-tying & tacklecraft thread in the works. Fish threads are the best threads.
|
|
#
?
Jan 3, 2019 19:17
|
|
|
Oh, can we see some of your lures? I've been getting a kick out of The Handmade Fisherman (youtube). I am hoping to just get out there fishing, looks like another Goon and I will be hitting the ice next week sometime  A Pack of Kobolds posted:
|
|
#
?
Jan 4, 2019 22:30
|
|
|
A Pack Of Kobolds (and some others) might get a kick out of this, a guy who makes custom plastic lures to sell and for himself. He also does a bunch of how-tos on different colors and styles. Hes also somewhat entertaining which is a bonus. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCScpvPNtZxs7gC_lSHXDUcw
|
|
#
?
Jan 5, 2019 07:30
|
|
|
Party boat was a good time. We didn't make our money back but we ended up with 10 really nice vermilion snapper which coverted to 6 pounds of fillets. A crewman was off duty, brought his own tackle and got two gorgeous huge cobia and a nice Spanish Mack. We spotted a eight foot hammerhead cruising off the bow. Fuckin huge! We picked two spots all the way forward on the bow and had no issues with tangles or space. Perfect weather, mid sixties and calm seas. The only thing that sucked was my Publix sub turned to mush because it was overloaded with veggies. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2019 01:24
|
|
|
Nice snappers. No sandwich pic?
|
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2019 03:41
|
|
|
Dukket posted:Oh, can we see some of your lures?  Here are some unpainted ones fresh from the molds. In the bottom of the frame are 1/16 & 1/32 crappie jigs made on tiny little #8 and #10 sproat hooks. Unlike most jigs, the hook on these hangs vertically and the weight is slightly below the eye. The ones on the right need to be cleaned up. The rest of these are bog standard 1/16 and 1/32 roundheads on #4 and #6 Aberdeen jig hooks. Fresh, fluxed lead is so shiny.   Here are a bunch of walking sinkers (primarily for lindy rigs) in various sizes. Below those are some gravedigger jigs, a design which I was not familiar with but looked so interesting that I wanted to give it a shot. These range from 1/8 to 1/2 oz on Aberdeen hooks ranging from #1 to 3/0, but I believe only the largest are pictured here.   Gravedigger detail.  Some painted jigs: smaller gravediggers and some tube & tail jigs on O'Shaughnessy hooks. The white, chartreuse, and pink paints are all glow in the dark, and the black and candy blue jigs in this pic have a gold glitter clear coat.  These are some imperfect roundheads and paint drips fresh from the curing (toaster) oven. I painted these practice, which I need since apparently I'm using too much if it's dripping during curing. I swish it around in the powder for less than a second to coat, but I guess I still need to dial it back. I've got a bunch of other molds (jigs, sinkers, spinners, vibrating blade lures, etc), too, but these are the pics I had on my phone. I need to get some wire forms for the spinners and some blade blanks, though, so I can't make any of those yet. Elmnt80 posted:A Pack Of Kobolds (and some others) might get a kick out of this, a guy who makes custom plastic lures to sell and for himself. He also does a bunch of how-tos on different colors and styles. Hes also somewhat entertaining which is a bonus.  I've certainly been eyeballing startup costs for making custom soft lures. I've come this far, might as well go full sperg and make some stuff to pair with the lead.
|
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2019 19:38
|
|
|
New rod is in. Its very nice and really light. Like absurdly light. Even compared to a cheaper rod from the same company. And absurdly sensitive. Definitely worth the money I paid, worth it even if it wasn't 50% off.
Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jan 7, 2019 |
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2019 22:18
|
|
|
You weren't kidding, you have made a lot. Looking good.
|
|
#
?
Jan 7, 2019 22:53
|
|
|
King of Bees posted:Party boat was a good time. We didn't make our money back but we ended up with 10 really nice vermilion snapper which coverted to 6 pounds of fillets. A crewman was off duty, brought his own tackle and got two gorgeous huge cobia and a nice Spanish Mack. We spotted a eight foot hammerhead cruising off the bow. Fuckin huge! if you ask, they can chop the veggies and put them in a deli baggie on the side. And a mush pub sub is still pretty darn good.
|
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2019 04:15
|
|
|
Caught probably 30 smallmouth in 2018. I had one lake trout and lost him right at the boat. Goal for 2019 is to catch a pike. And maybe buy a kayak.
|
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2019 06:17
|
|
|
Suspect Bucket posted:if you ask, they can chop the veggies and put them in a deli baggie on the side. And a mush pub sub is still pretty darn good. That's a really drat good idea. Thank you. The sub bread had unfortunately turned into slime. If I had a bowl and utensils I could've salvaged it as a good salad, however I had no access to either  Pan fried some skin on snapper in butter and olive oil with just salt and pepper on the night of the catch and Jesus they were good. We enough left for three more family dinners.
|
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2019 19:12
|
|
|
Dukket posted:You weren't kidding, you have made a lot. Looking good. Thanks! Here's a mostly complete inventory of the molds that I have. Anyone is welcome to PM me about this poo poo. King of Bees posted:Pan fried some skin on snapper in butter and olive oil with just salt and pepper on the night of the catch and Jesus they were good. We enough left for three more family dinners. Fuckin' dying over here. That's awesome!
|
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2019 23:42
|
|
|
Can we update thread name to 2015 yet?
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 22:58
|
|
|
King of Bees posted:Can we update thread name to 2015 yet? No. It is forever 2014.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2019 23:04
|
|
|
Mukulu and I got out on the ice yesterday. Three little Northerns on tips ups. It was a nice refresher after nearly 30 years since my last ice fishing trip.
|
|
#
?
Jan 16, 2019 16:54
|
|
|
The other day was 40C (104F) so wasn't a day to spend on land. My old man got onto this big girl, it was 8.3kgs (18lbs) and we got ~4kgs (8.8lbs) of fillets off it. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2019 13:35
|
|
|
Where are you? I don’t recognize it from the west or east coast of the US.
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2019 17:59
|
|
|
I'm betting Western Australia. They get all the cool fish.
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2019 18:47
|
|
|
ElZilcho posted:The other day was 40C (104F) so wasn't a day to spend on land. Hell yeah!
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2019 20:47
|
|
|
Hooplah posted:I'm betting Western Australia. They get all the cool fish. It looks like a dhufish and they’re pretty much exclusive to WA. The fishing there is insane, a friend of mine keeps sending me pics of all his trips and I’m insanely jealous.
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2019 22:09
|
|
|
gay picnic defence posted:It looks like a dhufish and they’re pretty much exclusive to WA. The fishing there is insane, a friend of mine keeps sending me pics of all his trips and I’m insanely jealous. Yep Western Australia, can't really complain about the fishing even here in metro waters. We ended up being about 17NM from shore which isn't really too far.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 02:13
|
|
|
Hey guys, any opinions on a TFO NXT (linked below) kit as a first fly rod (will be using in mountain rivers/streams in CO)? I've got a couple of friends who recommend them as a beginner item, but good lord there's a wealth of opinions on beginner rods that have me a little confused. https://www.madriveroutfitters.com/p-14375-tfo-nxt-fly-rod-kits.aspx
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 02:41
|
|
|
Brian Latimer has a good series about the build of his falcon bass boat for the 2019 FLW tour. Its kinda neat to watch. The order they use to build the hull is super neat, along with the fact that it only takes around a week to put it together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktZUSQbt7aA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtoIiKaJaG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es4bHjH88dc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFXxuUFxMTU Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Jan 24, 2019 |
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 03:31
|
|
|
Anyone ever gone fishing in Cozumel? I can probably get my wife to agree to a half day trip if anyone knows any good charters. I've never fished saltwater before, would love to give it a try.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 07:01
|
|
|
ElZilcho posted:Yep Western Australia, can't really complain about the fishing even here in metro waters. We ended up being about 17NM from shore which isn't really too far. They did a trip up north somewhere a few years back and I reckon they just about caught more fish on that trip than I've caught in my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsYq4_nlgro
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 07:59
|
|
|
gay picnic defence posted:They did a trip up north somewhere a few years back and I reckon they just about caught more fish on that trip than I've caught in my life. hahah always know it's going to be a good video when it starts with the Bush Chooks.  Can't tell exactly where they are but my guess is somewhere around Shark Bay, it's about 800kms north of Perth. Not a lot of people there but pretty easy to get to and shitloads of fish. https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.9251558,113.3850411,103888m/data=!3m1!1e3
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2019 12:55
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 8, 2024 14:22 |
|
|
I'd like to do some fishing this year. I grew up around Venice, LA in the literal sportsmans paradise so fishing there was like using cheat codes. Just walking from one levee to the other I could catch largemouth bass and crappie, then walk a half mile and catch redfish, speckled trout and bluecrab. Anyway, despite fishing my entire childhood I didn't really learn to fish well because I just stuck to the same area and it was super plentiful. My wife and I recently bought a house in a rural part of Rhode Island and I now have this in my backyard.   That's the Beaver River. It empties out from a pond about 8 miles up river and about 3 miles downstream it hits the Pawcatuck river and into the Atlantic. It runs clear and on my property it's nominally about 4-6 feet deep and under full sun I can easily see the bottom across most of the area. Current is swift but not so much as to be noisy or especially turbulent. State DEM stocks the river itself as well as the pond with rainbow, brown and brook trout. They also last year were stocking with tiger trout (brown-brook hybrids). From a co-worker I am also told that the river is thick with freshwater eel. My wife and I have some decent saltwater rigs as the last place we lived was on the atlantic and we were mostly catching stripers etc. Way overkill for the river now. My wife knows how to fly fish but I never have. I guess what I am kinda looking for is some general advice for fishing this sort of area / ecology. I'm gonna live here hopefully permanently, and it would be nice to go get some trout or eels to smoke and eat now and then. Any good starting material for this kind of fishing someone can point me at? Also, do I necessary have to even fly fish here or could this be more of a cane pole and bobber type of situation as well? The state forbids trout fishing for the month of March until the 2nd Saturday in April and things get stocked in advance of the April start. Is it even worth trying to fish now through February or is that going to just be cold and boring with low chances of success?
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 26, 2019 13:54
|
|
