Finally Fishing

Now that the thin ice is gone I've been doing some fishing.
I went out twice and caught : 3 large mouth bass, 2 yellow perch,
3 Black Crappies(2 were nice 12.5 inches)1 8inch sunny and a Chain Pickerel.
I was using a c-p swing and a Rat-l-trap. Anyone else enjoy fishing?

 

Sounds great man I love bass fishing...had good luck with buzz baits and gulp minnows last year.Im usualluy river fishing this time of year for rainbows on the Arkansas...caught 4 rainbows and 1 brown all between 12-18 the other day with Berkley gulp minnows watermelon pearl on a 1/16 oz jig

 

Sounds like A great super! Fished all my life! I love it!!! Even shrimped in the Gulf back in the day when you could make A nice payday for A load of fresh white shrimp!

 

I stick to smashing channel and flathead.

 

I usually hit up PA for a fishing weekend once during summer.
There drivers are awesome, some waiters and a baby trout crank bait and youll be hooking small and large mouth bass, all types of trout. Some good cold beer and it's on like donkey kong!

 

I'm fix'n to head to Glacier Bay in Alaska catch A boat load of those barndoor Halibut! My son is still shipping 50lbs. at A time from last years catch! One was 248 just the fillet off one side weighed over 80lbs.!! Last time I said I don't want you to end up short, he said he still has over 300lbs. in the freezer!!!! All total he and my granddaughter caught over 1000 in one day!If you hit them right you just pull one after another!

 

Trot thats got to be a work out!

 

Some great fishing up thete in Alaska Trot

 

Yes it is and pricey! If my son didn't live up there and partners on A 26ft. fishing boat no way I could afford it! I put A gear upgrade on my Penn Senator so now I can get it from A 2.5 to 1 retrieve to as much as 6 to 1, it's A workout!!! Never fished for those up there before, but I have got into good schools of Blue Fin! It gets to the point your shoulders and arms are wore out!!

 

Yes theres A gear increase and reduction add on that will decrease or increase your retrieve. They have been around for A while and easy to install!

 

Damn now im in the mood for a fish fry!!! lol

 

I hate to post this but I just pulled 2lbs. of halibut out of the freezer! I spent a lot of time fishing and hunting with my son, now he takes care of the old man! LOL

 

I've heard Walleye is excellent got to try it sometime! I lived in Galveston off and on since 1955, I don't know how it is now but if you knew the areas you could catch supper every night! Even in the dead of winter an hour I'd have A stringer of whiting!

 

got quite a few walleye on a chartuess and white spinner this year...bout to try my luck on the Rio Grande this week fishing for some pike

 

walleye is very tasty. I caught a bunch in Lake Erie once. I was slowly trolling an Earthworm with a spinner in front of it.
I gave the crappies to my neighbor who is sick with cancer. He soaked them in buttermilk and then coated them in pancake
mix. said they were delicious! I always dreamed of getting a giant Halibut one day.

 

Only 35 degrees today...caught 2 rainbows on 1/16 jighead with berkley 3inch smelt..even a bad day of fishing is a good day