The Fishing Thread, ANY ANGLERS ON NT ?!

[stuntman mike]

trying to get my son into it. got him his own rod and reel and let him hook a bunch of tilapia at my job. hopefully get him into something better this year or at least do more fishing with him.

 

[iDon’tRead]

First wacky rig catch

 

[stuntman mike]

that daiwa shirt must be giving you that extra mojo

 

[iDon’tRead]

First pike in a long time

in law with the assist down below

 

[stuntman mike]

tiny trevally the other morning.

 

[mike honcho]

Been fishing a lot more lately. I primarily fish for black bass and stripers, but I’ll go for trout every now and then depending where I’m at.

Haven’t caught any keeper sized stripers yet. I was out fishing at this little tucked away spot on the CA delta yesterday until some **** head “levee patrol” dude came by and threatened calling the sheriff on me for “trespassing” since all the levee roads are “privately owned”.

Anyway here’s the avg size of the stripers I’ve been catching lately... about 12-16 in. Keeper size is 18 in, but I catch and release. Delta fish got high levels of mercury and I’m not a fan of eating bass anyway.

 

[stuntman mike]

had a proud dad moment some weeks ago. took my son to our “big boy” fishing spot. let him use his small pole and rigged him up with a floater and some live bait. he took a big strike and he got scared when his reel started screaming. at one point he got pulled off the rock and almost got dragged into the deep water. i thought he was being dramatic but when the fish came up i was blown away. it was the biggest one of the day.

 

[mike honcho]

I hit up a local reservoir early this morning. They dropped the water level waaaaay way low for dock and boat launch ramp repairs, but I figured I would try my luck anyway. It was pretty dope being able to see all the cover and stuff that’s usually submerged, so I can get a good idea of fishing spots for when they raise the water level back up.

After trying a bunch of different lures for bass, I pretty much gave up and decided to try drop-shotting for some trout. I made my way around the reservoir to a shallow little cove which had thick weeds/grass around all the edges of the bank. My setup was 2 powerbait balls on like a size 6 hook, with a slider sinker tied on the end because I ran out of dropshot weights (ghetto rig lol).

I’m reeling my line in through about 20-30 feet of weeds when I get a huge hit. I felt like I could barely set my hook because I had so much weight from the weeds on my line. I thought I had a big *** trout on, but when I finally get the fish through the weeds and land it on the bank it ends up being a 5 lb largemouth! Bent the **** out of my hook! Lol





Pulled through all those weeds seen to the left of the fish in this pic.

 

[stuntman mike]

nice!

 

[calibeebee]

I hit up a local reservoir early this morning. They dropped the water level waaaaay way low for dock and boat launch ramp repairs, but I figured I would try my luck anyway. It was pretty dope being able to see all the cover and stuff that’s usually submerged, so I can get a good idea of fishing spots for when they raise the water level back up.

After trying a bunch of different lures for bass, I pretty much gave up and decided to try drop-shotting for some trout. I made my way around the reservoir to a shallow little cove which had thick weeds/grass around all the edges of the bank. My setup was 2 powerbait balls on like a size 6 hook, with a slider sinker tied on the end because I ran out of dropshot weights (ghetto rig lol).

I’m reeling my line in through about 20-30 feet of weeds when I get a huge hit. I felt like I could barely set my hook because I had so much weight from the weeds on my line. I thought I had a big *** trout on, but when I finally get the fish through the weeds and land it on the bank it ends up being a 5 lb largemouth! Bent the **** out of my hook! Lol





Pulled through all those weeds seen to the left of the fish in this pic.

Bass fight like hell! Nice catch!!

 

[mike honcho]

Bass fight like hell! Nice catch!!

Thanks

Can’t wait til I get some time off work so I can get back out there and fish. I got a few more spots I wanna try before it starts getting rainy out here and the water gets murky as hell.

 

[mike honcho]

Copped a new rod and reel this past week specifically for finesse fishing. Daiwa Tatula LT 2500 paired with a St. Croix Mojo Bass rod (med/light, x-fast action). After a few coupons I was able to turn a $300 setup into $200

Today was the first day I was able to try it out and man let me tell you.. It's amazing lol. I ended up catching my new personal best largemouth. On my first cast at that!





26"

I didn't have a scale with me

 

[Fozz]

I would love to take my daughter fishing. She enjoys watching fish videos on YouTube lol.

 

[mike honcho]

Made a little pit stop on my commute home yesterday.

2 little guys only. Didn’t start biting until I was just about to leave (caught both on my last 2 casts). Wanted to stay longer, but had to dip before rush hour traffic hit

Both caught on a Keitech swimbait

 

[mike honcho]

Striper fishing today. Caught about 8-9 little ones, no keepers.

Going for largemouth Thursday. Heard they recently stocked about 1000 lbs of trout at the spot I'm going to, so I'll most likely target trout too.

 

[iDon’tRead]

My favorite combo is the tatula lt 2000 with a Phenix feather .. prettylight weight combo and lifetime warranty on the rod.. size 9 sandal for reference

 

[SupremeBeing5]

Striper fishing today. Caught about 8-9 little ones, no keepers.

Going for largemouth Thursday. Heard they recently stocked about 1000 lbs of trout at the spot I'm going to, so I'll most likely target trout too.

Huh?

They put the fish in?

 

[airjordanseattle23]

I used to fish for Salmon all the time. In the last 10 years the fishing seasons here in western wa have become highly restricted/sometimes non existent(depending on when/where and what you are fishing for) though .

 

[iDon’tRead]

Huh?

They put the fish in?

yea , most states trade and raise fish to stock lakes and rivers

 

[mike honcho]

Didn’t get to go out this week and probably won’t be able to go fishing next week either.

Here’s a striper from last week. 14”.. haven’t hooked up any keepers lately.

 

[iDon’tRead]

Wanting to go fishing so bad but the quick change to cold water sucks

 

[iDon’tRead]

So far this ice fishing season

 

[adobecs4]

Haven't fished since early 2017. Definitely trying to go a lot this spring and summer.

 

[spizike231]

Holy hell I haven’t been on NT much and haven’t posted in here in forever. Glad to see y’all cookin and teaching your kids.

I caught my first largemouth bass this year..

 

[iDon’tRead]

Tullibees and my first jumbo perch ice fishing