Fishing for beginners.

[Chef Matt]

Re: Fishing for beginners.

I caught 25 striped bass with corn once....A lot of my mexican friends that is all they fish with is corn.

For catfish, I use liver. The more spoiled the liver, the BETTER.

For northern pike or another predator type of fish, I use minnows.

My buddies fish Large Mouth with minnows. They always have a ton of success.
I think I may have found a spot great for beginners. It's public but it's in an area that is private so no one goes there. We could even camp there. I've never done that either. A topic for a later discussion.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Over night fishing is fun. A lot of fish be biting late at night. Just make sure you got you a couple of lanterns, deep woods off and get a good fire going before it gets too dark. Oh and bring some toliet paper with you just in case ya know.

Since it is very hard to see your pole at night, just attach a bell to it. When you get a bite and the fish is hooked, it will start ringing that bell like crazy.

[AUChase]

Near our dock, you can catch gar, brim, and small bass all the time.

The other night, my buddy was toying with a gar, with a frog he caught and it was right below the surface. I grabbed it by the tail and slung it on the dock and scared the **** out of everyone, especially the few girls that were there.

If I fish, I'm doing it more for fun. I enjoy drinking a good cold beer and fishing. I don't eat much fish, so I'm not really doing it for food.

I used to work with a few guys who are big into stripe fishing. They could consistently catch 20+ lb stripe bass. They even had a side business where they took people out fishing. They always carried the big bait tanks in the back of their truck.

I was also fortunate that my dad paid for me a lifetime fishing license, a few years ago. Now they are very expensive.
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[Chef Matt]

Bacon sounds like a funny bait.

My boys would have it all gone before I set my first hook!

[Phobia]

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[jmik58]

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I've been fishing since I was a kid and think I've purchased a new rod/reel once. To me, fishing is more about the quietness and togetherness with friends and family. Oh, and it's fun to catch some fish as well.

I've never fished in a lake, only in ponds so I'm pretty simple in that regard. I also don't go crazy with bait. I just grab some hooks and lures and cast from the banks or float around in a little aluminum boat.

If I was to suggest anything, it would be to use chartreuse colored lures but always try a few different things.

I guess my point is that you don't have to feel pressured into learning a lot about fishing or go crazy with gear. It's the same way when I hunt with buddies. Some of the guys who join us come in with all these slugs that cost like $5 a piece. Meanwhile, we use old guns we've had our whole lives. One of my friends even uses a 20-gauge. It'll kill the deer just as dead as a 12-gauge.

Now I want to go fishing

[Phobia]

Re: Fishing for beginners.

I've been fishing since I was a kid and think I've purchased a new rod/reel once. To me, fishing is more about the quietness and togetherness with friends and family. Oh, and it's fun to catch some fish as well.

I've never fished in a lake, only in ponds so I'm pretty simple in that regard. I also don't go crazy with bait. I just grab some hooks and lures and cast from the banks or float around in a little aluminum boat.

If I was to suggest anything, it would be to use chartreuse colored lures but always try a few different things.

I guess my point is that you don't have to feel pressured into learning a lot about fishing or go crazy with gear. It's the same way when I hunt with buddies. Some of the guys who join us come in with all these slugs that cost like $5 a piece. Meanwhile, we use old guns we've had our whole lives. One of my friends even uses a 20-gauge. It'll kill the deer just as dead as a 12-gauge.

Now I want to go fishing

The bold is really much heavier determined on water clarity. In the most general terms the clearer the water color the more natural colors that should be used. The muddier the water the more bright the lure color should be. Reason for this is in clear water fish rely much heavier on sight to pick off prey, so they are going to locate a bright lure much easier. Since it looks very unnatural to what they are accustomed to attacking they will spook easy and delay reaction strikes. In muddy water fish then turn to the lateral line to acquire targets. They can't see them but can feel the subtle disturbance they are putting off, then once within range the color looks more muted in the off color water while still giving them a solid sight signal at the final feet.

Now the reason I said "in general" is because water depth you will be fishing also plays a large role. As you descend down in depth light becomes less and less. So color becomes less of a factor, blues are one of the first colors in the spectrum to no longer appear as its color. Now water clarity also affects this, because light will penetrate much deeper in crystal clear water so you might get out 20 feet with no color loss, where really dirty water conditions such as 1 foot visibility you might only get 6 to 8 feet before color loss.

So to make it really easy on both these notes.

1) Clear Water - Natural lure colors
Tinged water - Vibrant lure colors
Muddy water - Dark lures and Vibrant colors

2) Deep water fishing just use Black colored lures, it presents the clearest silhouette and absorbs the most light.

3) Shallow Water fishing, White is a great choice. Albino appears naturally in nature. The reason you don't see very many of them is because they stand out so well and can't hide in their environment. So predators can easily pick this prey off. So in shallow water fishing, white is a color that works across all water clarity.

[Chef Matt]

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Thanks for bumpin the thread, Phobia. Might go this next weekend to the fishermans wherehouse to pick up some gear. The weather's been perfect here. Can't wait to get out there and drop a line in.

[Phobia]

Re: Fishing for beginners.

If anyone wants a good fishing shoe, I highly recommend the Columbia Drainmakers. They are fantastic, durable, breathable, and drain water out the soles. They are what I use when kayak fishing.

[Chrisksaint]

Re: Fishing for beginners.

Damn this makes me want to get back into fishing again. I used to love fishing, I remember fishing off the beach of Louisiana when I was a kid and catching all sorts of fish.

Then when I moved to FL my grandparents have cabins in the Lake Okeechobee area, we'd go out on the pontoon boat and catch some bluegill, bass, gar, and catfish. Haven't done that in so long, hope that once I graduate college I can one day get my own boat to maybe also explore into Salt Water fishing more.

[Chef Matt]

Re: Fishing for beginners.

If anyone wants a good fishing shoe, I highly recommend the Columbia Drainmakers. They are fantastic, durable, breathable, and drain water out the soles. They are what I use when kayak fishing.

Those look nice. I like the black ones I saw when lookin em up.

Phobs, so what's the deal with all the fish. Isn't there supposed to be a limit to how much you can catch? I know my guys here can keep up to 5. They usually hit there limit pretty quick but as they get better ones they release the others.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Those look nice. I like the black ones I saw when lookin em up.

Phobs, so what's the deal with all the fish. Isn't there supposed to be a limit to how much you can catch? I know my guys here can keep up to 5. They usually hit there limit pretty quick but as they get better ones they release the others.

Limit only applies to certain species in certain areas of the country. Where I live now, they have no limit because all the species here are plentiful, with some being too plentiful.

[Phobia]

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Those look nice. I like the black ones I saw when lookin em up.

Phobs, so what's the deal with all the fish. Isn't there supposed to be a limit to how much you can catch? I know my guys here can keep up to 5. They usually hit there limit pretty quick but as they get better ones they release the others.

It depends on species. For instance Bass is 5 per person, and depending on the area there will be a size limit also. Like one area I fish it is 14" limit, then another area is 12".

Now Red fish is 5 per person with 16" size limit and only 1 over 27". Specks for instance is a lot more with 25 per person.

So it really is dependent on species and the area you are fishing, one lake might have one regulation while another is different.

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