I like fishing with nightcrawlers, it's what I was raised up fishing with

I find when fishing for perch in Lake Michigan by Navy Pier, you must use crawdads because they won't bite on anything else

I miss fishing during smelt season in IL and pan frying them as you bring in your catch
This is all net fishing and no poles at all

I don't know enough about artificial bait to know what kind of fish prefers what
If it works for me, I use it, if not I try something else
I used to have a frog that would go through weeds and I lent it out, mistake :(

The line on my reels are bright green so I can see them because I am a line watcher when lake fishing

Oh crap ya'll really are talking about fishing in here eh? Oops my bad!! I was thinking this was code for............ errrr ummmm.......... nevermind :cheesy:

Carry on............ :byebye:

You aren't the first person to think that, lol

The name of this thread gets confused with that thread, if you're not paying attention :|

Will be learning how to fly fish this year :)

when I was little I used to fish for crawdads and tadpoles. I always went fishing with my grandpa too. I wouldn't mind finding some buddies to go fishing with!!

I'd like to go deep sea fishing and catch a blue marlin. Anyone want to go deep sea fishing?

FINALLY FISHING
 

YUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP FISHING IS HERE AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heading out mid April for some awesome bass fishing at my buddies lake . I read where cajun said bass like the purple worm and she is right !!!! I catch a ton of bass on purple worms with pink tails . Bass in ponds will bite on mini frogs ( yellow ones
) as well. I live right on the Ohio river so I grew up river fishing which I love to do . I hate catching garr though :( . Anyone catch those bastards ???? Erie is great fun for some walleye and muskee . I've been marlin fishing s few times now and I'm going this summer in Florida and I'm real excited about it and let me tell you If you like a challenge and a work out then ocean fishing you must do. Wow its not easy to pull any huge ocean fish in . I had a blast ocean fishing . I dont care where im fishing at or even if I catch anything or not , its my favorite thing in the world to do and the most serene thing to do . I'll be excited to read peoples posts here and what they caught !!!!! Anyone know if there is a hunting thread too ? That's my second favorite past time :)

THAT'S AWESOME BUDDY :). I'm not huge on fly fishing . It's fun and boy do trout love to bite for the fly fishers. There are some really great streams to fish in west va. :) theres an art to casting . You will like it :) thumbs up

I prefer lake fishing with a bobber and worm. But since we live on the ocean now I'm going to have to try this. Frankly ocean fishing scares me. I've been planning on trying the bay as it seems easier and the water is calmer, almost flat. Can I use a bobber in a bay?

Melissa, I think you can use your bobber anywhere you choose to fish. Being able to see it and keep track of it in some waters is another thing. I personal like bottom fishing, but if I do use a bobber, it will be a slip bobber. I think they are a better choice than the clip on kind. When I bottom fish, I am always watching my line and usually have a finger on it near my reel, so I can feel it anything may hit on my bait. I almost always use worms, but will go to artificial every now and then.

I will fish anywhere, anytime and if I can't get them on a pole I'll even go in after them with a snorkel! I have a few kayaks and prefer them for fishing over my canoe. I can really get into tight places, under over-hanging trees and I love just being out on the lake. My kayaks are ocean kayaks and great in surf as well.

I hope I have time this year. I want to open produce stands and hopefully can steal a few hours a week to drop a line.

I have never been in a kayak or canoe
I have always pictured myself tipping over in them

the kayaks I have are pretty hard to tip. I won't say never but if you do then you're pretty clumsy or rowdy!

I tell ya I get all excited here about fishing and hunting and love this thread the best . I'm real partial to where I'm from for being great for fishin and huntin. A bit more than a year ago I spent a hunk of time in Utah and wow , they have beautiful brown trout there . When I camp yonder around new river gorge , wv I run a trout line and the area is loaded with rainbows. LOL at mudpuppys . Gosh yea those carp and walleye fight ya tooth and nail :) fun.

Virginia has soooooooo many awesome places to fish :)

Haahaa! I debated whether I even wanted to post in here. Y'all are going to think I have plumb lost my mind!! *Chuckles I have no idea the terms or the different types of fishing. I was taught one way by my father who is now 92 years old. I have never cast a line with a casting rod. His are all vintage rods with open wound reels. He always used the same type of hooks (nothing fake) and of course always worms. The catch? Small stream native trout. I am not referring to stocked trout. I am talking lands that are private that have native fish in them and reproduce each year. The bait? Worms that I get from overturning rocks and other objects since we always lived in the woods. Most of them were big ones too. Are they night crawlers? *Shrug Idk, but they are good bait. *Chuckles. My father and I would walk lightly by the stream and stand back far enough so the shadows did not cast onto the water and our step light enough to not cause vibrations. We would pull the hook taut and then let it fly into the water and stay very still and very quiet. Let me tell you learning that technique put quite a few hooks through my fingers. I swear my father had so much patience to put up with my slow learning. LOL! Anyways, we let the waters natural flow take the worm where it would go and then lightly pull it back under the edges near the side of the stream. The fish like to hide in those nooks and crannies of the water and they get tempted by the bait. Some days have always been better than others, but the fish that are caught are definitely hit over the head with a rock. I cannot stand to see them suffer and then they are cleaned as soon as we get home. They are either used immediately or froze. Mom used to always prepare them coated with flour and slowly fried. I honestly don't know what the largest trout was that we ever caught, but I do know state law was that if it weren't 6 inches it had to be released and that is the rule we went by. So....with that said...it has been quite a few years since I have fished. I did a few years back buy another more recent rod and tried it out once. I even bought some of those other fancy things that said they would work. I even heard that sweet corn in the can works as good bait. Ya know what I found? The ways dad taught me were best. They didn't want corn. They wanted worms. The fish didn't even want that stuff the guy at Wal-Mart recommended. So I gave up the rod and stuff in the tackle box I tried to expand with and have returned to the old methods that apparently were tried and true. My father has a lifetime license, but I doubt he will go with me to the stream anymore. But I will be honest I am bitin' at the bit to go out and catch him some fish and bring them home to him.