ITT: We love to fish

[fishnbrah]

havent been on the misc in a while, with work i wasnt able to fish much this winter and both rods i have lost their top ring and kept messing with my lines

any salt water rods you guys would recommend in the 50-100$ range

you can put a new tip on them pretty easy

[weightsb4dates]

havent been on the misc in a while, with work i wasnt able to fish much this winter and both rods i have lost their top ring and kept messing with my lines

any salt water rods you guys would recommend in the 50-100$ range

as mentioned above you can add an eyelet for about 3 bucks. As far as inexpensive rods tho, the ugly Stik tiger elite series and the okuma Sarasota series rods are pretty affordable and capable rods.

[mp83]

Got out for opening day of early catch and release trout season. Went to a spot I wanted to explore over the summer, but the weeds were too high. Spot is okay, nothing special. Had a nice one, but it got off (was using barbless hooks). I think the spot would be better with higher water, but there's better spots nearby.

[fishnbrah]

do you fukkers even fish? smfh.

[fishnbrah]

Got out for opening day of early catch and release trout season. Went to a spot I wanted to explore over the summer, but the weeds were too high. Spot is okay, nothing special. Had a nice one, but it got off (was using barbless hooks). I think the spot would be better with higher water, but there's better spots nearby.

eric haataja been catching 10lb trout by the dozen cousin. get there quit being a *******.

[oldandintheway]

Lobstering on San Diego bay yesterday. I fabbed up a power winch for my davit to pull lobster nets. Take a lot of the work out of it


https://share.icloud.com/photos/08v3...5TQg#San_Diego

[GarthVader]

Got out for about an hour yesterday and caught this chunky guy. I'm pretty sure it's a Warmouth. Felt like a monster on my new 5' light action rod. He was about 7-8" and chunky.



It was the 2nd fish of 2020. First one was a tiny LMB caught in the lake behind my house.

[weightsb4dates]

do you fukkers even fish? smfh.

Ill have you know I have been out every weekend this year, and 3 days in a row over the holidays.

been catching a lot of bat rays while fishing for halibut and i think ive figured it out.

So the rig I normally run is a sinker slider 4oz tor**** with a 3' leader and a 3/0-5/0 circle hook with a smelt/sardine/mackerel p much what ever bait I make. I've been getting a ton of hits and when i pull my bait up i can see the halibut teeth marks (very distinctive, fang like punctures). So my theory is that the rod holders that are embedded into my hull (fishing on a kayak) hold the rod too verticle, and because im in a kayak i leave the drag on a bit rather than just the clicker, or else it will snag in kelp and go off from the wind blowing me around.

So my theory is that because the rod is vertical and halibut are a flat fish that live on the bottom, the fish will try and take the bait and in doing so must bend the rod (20-40# 7') and pull drag before he can take the entire fish, therefore pulling the fish away from the halibut as it tried to get the entire fish in. Rays on the other hand are absolute muscle heads and probably dont even feel the drag and rob bending, they just hit the bait and the reel starts screaming, by the time i engage the reel its already eaten the bait and the circle hook does its job.

I am going to experiment with a horizontal rod holder on the gunwale and see how it works out.

Anyways here are a couple of pics:
this guy was about 30" from tip of wing to tip of wing. no clue the weight but it was pretty heavy to pick him out of the water by his spiracles and his tail was probably about 3'-4' long. I was afraid he was going to break my 17# Fluoro leader

[weightsb4dates]

lol I bought this. You win.

how do you like that? i flipped my lexa for an avet so i dont have any baitcasters right now, considering picking one of these up.

Those kastking plyers anygood? I bought their telescopic rod and filed up a survey to get them for free.
THat Kastking Blackhawk II telescopic rod is LEGIT by the way.

nice, I will have to check one out. I need a 12' surf rod (using 10' right now) and telescoping would be sweet.

[rahfulz]

Any particular reason you aren’t holding the rod? I always hold while bottom fishing.

[weightsb4dates]

Year in review.

Living in ohio, i got out for a few smallmouth. really nothing exciting to report. going to get out this week though for some winter fishing with the weather going unseasonably mild. get on some saugeye and hunt a river pike in the dayton area.
I go home to florida twice a year. i fish about 15 days a year down there. Spent time in Cedar Key and Tampa. had some good luck ! crossed tripletail off the bucket list. caught a mess of trout. some nice redfish. 4 foot bull shark a few weeks back. mess of sheephead.




got a lot of friends who have this traveling bucket list lately. some are visiting every sports stadium in baseball or football. some visiting every state park to hike. it had me thinking. I really need to do some traveling and fishing around the country. there is a lot i want to check out.

-Peacock Bass
-Amberjack
-King Salmon
-Muskie
-Lake Trout
-Halibut
-Large East Coast Striped Bass
-North Carolina Bull Reds
-Tarpon
-Louisiana For a large Alligator Gar



So far this is the list ive put together. maybe this is something i can cross off over the next 5 years.

Edit: Here are a few photos.

Ever heard of species hunting? You might like that.

[weightsb4dates]

Any particular reason you aren’t holding the rod? I always hold while bottom fishing.

I am generally paddling to stay on/near structure or fishing for salty bass while drifting.

[rahfulz]

I am generally paddling to stay on/near structure or fishing for salty bass while drifting.

This is where peddle kayaks come in handy

I’m a firm believer in drifting for flatties, but it may be different over there for you.

[weightsb4dates]

This is where peddle kayaks come in handy

I’m a firm believer in drifting for flatties, but it may be different over there for you.

yea, no doubt. I think im going to start shopping around for a used outback. Might be a ncie pick up to combine with my Trident, tackle any body of water with that combo, and take a buddy or my wife along.

[rahfulz]

yea, no doubt. I think im going to start shopping around for a used outback. Might be a ncie pick up to combine with my Trident, tackle any body of water with that combo, and take a buddy or my wife along.

Good luck, there are deals to be had. Shoot me a pm if you have questions.

[CanardMedic]

Ill have you know I have been out every weekend this year, and 3 days in a row over the holidays.

been catching a lot of bat rays while fishing for halibut and i think ive figured it out.

this guy was about 30" from tip of wing to tip of wing. no clue the weight but it was pretty heavy to pick him out of the water by his spiracles and his tail was probably about 3'-4' long. I was afraid he was going to break my 17# Fluoro leader

Hell yeah! Those Bat rays are strong af! The big ones will tear your drag up ( those with a wing span of 50''). Watch for their stinger though.

[mp83]

Made it out ice fishing again. Caught a bunch, kept 17, all on my hand-painted jig. More fun to catch them on something you made yourself.

On a down note, one of my containers of bait was open and it tipped over inside my fishing bag, so I lost 50 spikes. Good thing I have like 400 more.

[Thai_Clinch]

Ever heard of species hunting? You might like that.

unaware, ill look into it

[fishnbrah]

Ever heard of species hunting? You might like that.

wot

[weightsb4dates]

wot

some anglers will keep a "life list" which is essentially a life long list of which fish they catch. They will keep the name of the fish (common and scientific), as well as a photo of them with the fish, the date they caught it, where they caught, etc. its your list so you can include what ever parameters you want. Think of it as pokemon for fishermen lol. some guys have caught hundreds and thousands of species. alot of the anglers will also make a stipulation that they must catch the fish via hook and line, and it must be hooked by the mouth etc. Its a cool concept imo, especially if you frequent fisheries with tons of different fish species (i.e. the ocean)

[weightsb4dates]

Hell yeah! Those Bat rays are strong af! The big ones will tear your drag up ( those with a wing span of 50''). Watch for their stinger though.

yea they are really strong. I have been stung while trying to unhook a brown ray. little one I caught in the surf while looking for perch. Worst part is I knew to look for the stinger I just didn't anticipate how slippery the little guy was going to be, and because he was to small to grab by the spiracles I was handling it like a damned sandwhich is that makes sense.

[leoaa777]

No fishing but winter in Miami pics

[CanardMedic]

yea they are really strong. I have been stung while trying to unhook a brown ray. little one I caught in the surf while looking for perch. Worst part is I knew to look for the stinger I just didn't anticipate how slippery the little guy was going to be, and because he was to small to grab by the spiracles I was handling it like a damned sandwhich is that makes sense.

Yea that makes sense, I've done the exact same thing and got stung too lol.

[mp83]

Been hitting a new lake by me. Mostly only got dinks. The better fish were out deeper, but there was about 4" of snow on the ice which makes walking on it pretty hard. Finally, on Sunday, a lot of the snow had melted and I was able to walk out about 3/4 a mile. Fished in 65 feet of water and missed a bunch. But did land one. Once I switched to minnows I had a lot more action. I know what to do now, but of course, we are getting 6" of snow today so I will need to wait until it's gone before I go back. I am going again on Friday, but if the snow is still there I will probably just fish a bay somewhere instead of going out deep. Wish I had a 4 wheeler!

[GarthVader]

Had a good few hours a couple weeks ago.

[mp83]

Are those sunfish in the bottom row bluegill? They look a bit different

[GarthVader]

Are those sunfish in the bottom row bluegill? They look a bit different

They're some sort of species of blue gill. Florida different.

[fishnbrah]

i sure hope you *******s start fishing again when it warms up wherever you are at.

[mp83]

Probably second last time I will make it out ice fishing this season. Got 10 perch. Was pretty slow overall, but was over a school and got 4 in about 10 minutes which was super fun. They bite super light

[GarthVader]

I'm really bad about posting pics ITT but if you want to follow my IG, it's domkizzle. It's not a fishing specific IG but about 80% of my posts are fishing related.