Catch All Fishing Thread

[fleabagmatt]

Felt good to get out on the kayak again. A calm morning on the Snake is a good morning.



I only brought the ultralight gear, as I was mostly expecting to find small fish. I was NOT expecting to find a largemouth today, what a pleasant surprise.


Big fish o' the day. She measured 18" in the measure net. Post-spawn scrawn.

 

[vanish]

After dozens of walleyes, finally hooked something different.

 

[WildWill]

Felt good to get out on the kayak again. A calm morning on the Snake is a good morning.

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I only brought the ultralight gear, as I was mostly expecting to find small fish. I was NOT expecting to find a largemouth today, what a pleasant surprise.
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Big fish o' the day. She measured 18" in the measure net. Post-spawn scrawn.
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Mind giving a rundown on your sonar setup been looking at one for the yak.

 

[fleabagmatt]

Mind giving a rundown on your sonar setup been looking at one for the yak.

It's the basic model Garmin Striker 4. There are newer, more advanced versions of it, but I don't know what the differences are. This guy spends a few minutes going over them on YouTube. I'm still learning how to get it set up properly and how to use it effectively, but it's good for basic depth/surface temp, etc. It seems to be the go-to recommendation for kayaks from what I have seen. Sometimes I wish I had gotten something with a bigger screen, but in reality I don't have any issues reading it since I'm sitting so close.

 

[Wild Bill]

I'd imagine a Lawrence Hook Reveal 7x would be a good rig for a yak. They're simple to use no nonsense graphs that will give you the option of downscan and traditional 2D and a chart for navigation. Good clear picture and very reliable. I've got one at my bow that reads off my trolling motor and I like it a lot. Toss it on whatever kind of mount you prefer and you'd have a great little unit.

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

Few fishing trips from this spring. One where my buddy and I caught 200lbs of catfish on the rods in 3hrs. Also, my best smallmouth to date. Last couple trips to I’ve just been giving them away and putting them back bc I have enough for now.

 

[Hem]

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Like those bronzebacks!
Not a catfish expert, is that two different kinds?

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

Like those bronzebacks!
Not a catfish expert, is that two different kinds?

The green catfish are flatheads. Thats what I'm holding in the kayak. The silver looking cats are blue catfish. There are also channel catfish but I don't catch as many of those (there is one in the truck bed pic). Channels have spots going up the side and they're greenish. We catch mostly blues and flatheads in the areas I fish.

 

[Hem]

The green catfish are flatheads. Thats what I'm holding in the kayak. The silver looking cats are blue catfish. There are also channel catfish but I don't catch as many of those (there is one in the truck bed pic). Channels have spots going up the side and they're greenish. We catch mostly blues and flatheads in the areas I fish.

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[texwest44]

Monster day on the local lake up the road. They were going crazy for a bug hatch, so I stuck a #12 beaded pheasant tail nymph under a clear bubble float and cast out about 10' from shore. A couple were so big they barely fit in the net. Pretty fun watching em cruise back and forth along the shoreline and make a bee line for my fly when they noticed it.

 

[Sheltowee]

Monster day on the local lake up the road. They were going crazy for a bug hatch, so I stuck a #12 beaded pheasant tail nymph under a clear bubble float and cast out about 10' from shore. A couple were so big they barely fit in the net. Pretty fun watching em cruise back and forth along the shoreline and make a bee line for my fly when they noticed it.

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I know freestone rivers and rocky tailwaters are the quintessential western fishing experience, but damned if I haven't fallen for flinging a fly into stillwater.

 

[texwest44]

I know freestone rivers and rocky tailwaters are the quintessential western fishing experience, but damned if I haven't fallen for flinging a fly into stillwater.

There are some days where it's foolish not to! When they get into a bug frenzy it's almost impossible to catch 'em on anything else.

The other day I was fishing a little cascading blue line creek up the road and hauled this good size cutthroat (about 12" I'd wager) out of a foot-deep hole behind a rock on a #14 white caddis:

 

[mevertsen]

There are some days where it's foolish not to! When they get into a bug frenzy it's almost impossible to catch 'em on anything else.

The other day I was fishing a little cascading blue line creek up the road and hauled this good size cutthroat (about 12" I'd wager) out of a foot-deep hole behind a rock:

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What subspecies

 

[Sheltowee]

What subspecies

I'm going to guess that to be a Westslope but I have a hard time telling those from Yellowstones.

 

[texwest44]

What subspecies

Westslope. There are a few yellowstones roaming about the area but not in that creek.

 

[texwest44]

And of course, every now and again one of 'em comes home with me and spends a little time on the grill.

 

[Hem]

I know freestone rivers and rocky tailwaters are the quintessential western fishing experience, but damned if I haven't fallen for flinging a fly into stillwater.

I have switched to stillwater during tourist season.
Bigger fish, fewer people.

 

[grizzly_]

When the fishing is so good you never can get both poles in the water without a fish on at least one of them. What a great way to get a kid hooked on fishing

 

[WildWill]

This little no wake lake near the house is loaded with slammer bluegill.

 

[Gut Shot]

Those last 2 are green sunfish, and good sized ones to boot.