House sitting for a friend and they’ve got both of them on the shelf. Trying to decide which one I should start. I’m a huge first law fan if that helps
His two friends that he was hanging out with stuck with him as I fought him out from under the dock. Lmao better friends than I’ve got! It was the first hot day after a pretty cool week and the bite was super slow. Managed to fling my wacky rig under the dock I was standing on and saw the line start to move so I set the hook and started crankin this hog. His two similar sized friends were there by his side as I wrangled him out. Never seen that before! I did send him home though. Pretty sure I saw them again an hour later at the next dock over and they wanted nothing to do with me
This is my first year fishing so I’m still pretty new to it but I would like to start preparing for the opening of salmon and steelhead season which starts here in a couple months. I’ll be bank fishing on the snake and Clearwater river in Idaho. I do have a two pole permit and would like to attempt to use both if I can. I’m thinking one rod for plunking and one for spoons. The rivers are pretty wide so I think I would like to prioritize casting distance. I don’t really know what all I’ll be catching but I’d like to be prepared to bring in a big one. I’m thinking I’ll want a pretty long pole for plunking, at least 10-12 feet? And probably 9-10 foot pole for spoons? What size would you recommend? I would really appreciate budget combo recommendations as I don’t have a ton of money to spend. Probably around $100 each if it’s possible. Also just other basic advice would be great. Especially if you’re in the same area
At that point with fishing where its time to graduate from bank fishing and get a boat or kayak. Im a bit paranoid about falling in and losing all my stuff for some reason. Does this ever actually happen?
Holy cow these things are fun to catch. Caught it on a weighted wacky rig slowly dragged across the bottom
these are about as big as they get in my lake
It’s my first time fishing a lake this huge. Ive only fished smaller reservoirs. Havent caught shit except a million little yellow perch. I know there’s a lot of panfish and there should be some trout. If it’s big enough for the perch to bite I’ve pretty much caught them on it but can’t get anything else. Ive thrown a wacky rig a million times to and nothing on that.
Hows the fishing around Heyburn state park? I’ve never been there. No boat just walking around and fishing from the bank. Is it any good? Would it be worth driving a little further from my normal spots to give it a shot? Mostly interested in fishing for bass but enjoy catching anything that bites. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask
such beautiful fish!
I got a floating jointed rapala stuck in a tree and broke it off trying to get it out a week or two ago and today I caught a small bass with it stuck in its back. I feel so terrible. I took it out at least but I know for a fact it’s mine because one of the hook tips was broken off from when I was pinching the barbs. Anyone else ever have this happen to them?
I want to get a new rod but not sure what to get. So for some back story my first rod was a 6’6” ultralight and then my second was 5’6” medium light. Both were super cheap Walmart rods. I always thought i did better with the medium light but I always liked how far I can cast my spoons with the ultralight. My wife fucked up my line really bad on the medium light and I had to respool and I put 10 lb line on but the casting distance was significantly reduced so I’ve pretty much stopped using it and have since got a 4’6” ultra light that I love using for ultralight stuff and I feel like I want to do away with the 6’6” ultralight and switch to a medium light or medium rod for trout or bass. Im mainly asking because I went to Walmart and pretty much everything they had was a medium including a 6’6” ugly stik. I was also looking at a daiwa medium light online. This would almost specifically be used for throwing spoons for trout or possibly bass. Nothing that large where I’m fishing and I’ve caught plenty of 12-14 inch trout and 7-8lb bass and I’ve managed those just fine with my ultralights with 4lb line so I don’t think I need very heavy of line probably nothing more than 12? I also don’t want to have to buy all new lures, pretty much everything I throw is 1/4 oz. what do I get?
just found it at goodwill
edit: I should have known better lmao these comments are killin me! 🤣
some fish from my camping trip
I’ve recently started trying to pay attention to the major/minor bite times of the solunar calendar and seeing how that compares to my actual fishing experience. I went camping earlier in the week for a few days and both nights I woke up around 3 am and fished because I just dont sleep well. This also happened to be at the start of a major bite time and the moon was out and pretty full and super bright. I was catching pretty good sized bass for my lake nearly every cast during this time. I was using a black/chartreuse trout magnet and same color beetle spin. Everything else I tried didn’t get a nibble. The weather has also been warming up and the day time bites have slowed down.
Did I just happen to fish during perfect conditions and I shouldn’t expect this experience again? Or is that how night fishing is? How much did the solunar calendar play into this? thanks!
I keep an ultralight set up with these on it and it’s a guaranteed skunk breaker. if the days not going well these things always catch a ton of bluegill for me. I’ve caught trout, bluegill, crappie, and bass on these things and they’re super easy to use.