2024 Fishing Thread

[Dennis in MA]

Finally hooked into some decetn fish. They were all on teh other side of the lake. Spent 3 hours on Sat AM and picked up about a dozen in total. Best was a couple of Larry's that we have barely seen this year. Biggest was around 3.5 and I nabbed on a jig. I thought it was snagged in some lilypad roots. Pulled a bit and paused. The line started moving sidways. OHYEAH!!!!!

Fun day. Sadly, it's gonna be rainy and windy the next two weekends so I may not get out again.

 

[peterk123]

Finally hooked into some decetn fish. They were all on teh other side of the lake. Spent 3 hours on Sat AM and picked up about a dozen in total. Best was a couple of Larry's that we have barely seen this year. Biggest was around 3.5 and I nabbed on a jig. I thought it was snagged in some lilypad roots. Pulled a bit and paused. The line started moving sidways. OHYEAH!!!!!

Fun day. Sadly, it's gonna be rainy and windy the next two weekends so I may not get out again.

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Dennis in MA]

Looks like next Sat is my last time out. . I always hem and haw leaving the boat in too long. But it's supposed to be nice AND calm on Sat AM. Go fishing then put the trailer in teh water, digs some holes for the tires (it's a very shallow section of the lake) and pull like crazy to get it on the trailer. Gotta spend some time cleaning it out first. A summer's worth of just accumulated fishing junk all over.

 

[TLB]

Getting back into Kayak/canoe fishing. Picked up a used Lifetime 10Ft Kayak a few weeks ago to service double duty as a fishing and waterfowl hunting rig.
I've fished out of it way more than I've hunted so far LOL. It's been years since I kayak fished and I forgot how fun it is.
I see a peddle driven fishing kayak in my future.
Most pics are from a nice quite pond I've been hitting to get comfortable in it.





This Lunker was from today. Different spot though.. busy lake that's known as a good Largemouth spot.



Ended up with this mount system from Billie Bars for the back of the Gladiator and really like it. Pretty easy to take on and off by myself and still gives me the truck bed for decoys and other crap. My rods travels on the Thule racks so they are not bouncing around the bed.

Nice pics.

i suggest holding them vertical for less stress on their jaw or use a second hand under their belly.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Last day out on Sat. We bagged 7 or 8 fish in about 90 minutes. Fall fishing seems to be a bit more active. Then we spent an hour cleaning and pulling the boat from the water. (It's really shallow so it's hard to get the thing out. We end up digging holes for the trailer tires or we'd be above teh gunwales of the truck in order to get the trailer wet enough. I think dish soap on the bunks next year. LOL)

Fun year. Not as many days on the water as I wanted. Hope to change that next year.

 

[peterk123]

Off to Helena tomorrow, about a two and half hour drive, to try to snag kokanee salmon. I can keep 35 a day. Last year we hauled in about ninety over a couple day trips. Enough to carry us through the year. Hope to do the same again.

 

[peterk123]

Well the little bastards were not running the shoreline. Only got two. We might be a week early. Will try next week.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Same with Stripahz around here, I believe. Still a tad too early. Well, it was last week. I'd have to check with my SIL. His problem is the junkies around the fishing areas. Maybe it's getting too cool at night for them. LOL

Probably no junkies hanging around the salmon spots. We could send you some.

 

[pupchow]

Yesterday, I was checking out webcams in Tampa. There's a YT channel that rotates a collection of live views. Each view resembled a ghost town. Not a car on the road, nobody on the beaches. But then the view switched to camera focused on a channel with an outgoing tide, and there were two guys fishing either side of the channel.

 

[peterk123]

Good day. 85 kokanee salmon. That will carry us for a bit.

 

[peterk123]

These fish are in great shape. Beautiful filets.....

 

[RDG]

Couple of nice LM today from the kayak.

 

[grey]

We did alright this year. This was our all time best. 50". Couple miles off Gloucester harbor entrance. They were thick. This pretty much maxed out my gear

 

[DW357]

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We did alright this year. This was our all time best. 50". Couple miles off Gloucester harbor entrance. They were thick. This pretty much maxed out my gear

Awesome! There were some big stripers this year. My dad got several 50 inchers and same with my buddy. Incredible year

 

[Dennis in MA]

The birds were blowing up on Mt Hope Bay this afternoon just south of the Braga Bridge. My SIL was looking longingly thru the binos. I told him to go home and grab his kayak. He said it was all packed up for the year. .

There was one boat out there. He must have been killing it.

 

[NHCraigT]

MSN

Monster 68-pound record-breaking fish caught and released in Texas

After fisherman Art Weston caught the pending world-record-sized smallmouth buffalo fish during a trip to Austin, Texas, he captured footage of his fishing guide, Austin Anderson, releasing the beast back into Decker Lake.

 

[pupchow]

Since I have no picture of a recent catch, I will not start a new thread.

Now that I'm working on settling into a place in Maine, I took a look at their fishing regs - wow. It looks like I'm going to have to spend some time creating a cheat sheet for the various bodies of water, to keep track of the restrictions. I'll be in the northern reaches of the South zone, so fishing in the fall can still happen. I'm now gathering some gear for hard water but might not make it out there until next season.

Special Fishing Laws: Laws & Rules: Fishing: Fishing & Boating: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

What's a good spud bar for checking the ice? Are those 2-piece deals worth buying? They look like they might have some annoying slop in them.