Going Fishing

[DeathBrewer]

Thanks to Yoops for making me feel like a lazy idiot for not fishing in YEARS

I'm going fishing today...a buddy is about to pick me up.

We're going here where I also might have a swim:

Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area | East Bay Regional Park District

Probably not the best spot, but pretty close to home. I'm just gonna go for panfish...don't care how small they are. Hopefully tonight, I'll have a bunch of breaded blue-gills with lemon

 

[Yooper]

Thanks to Yoops for making me feel like a lazy idiot for not fishing in YEARS

You're welcome, lazy idiot!

Have fun! Hopefully you'll catch some. If not, there's always next time!

 

[the_bird]

Confession time.

Bean asked to go fishing a few weeks ago. Now, I haven't been fishing in YEARS. There was a little creek near the house where I grew up; my brother caught a couple trout in it, but *I've never caught a fish in my life!* Now, the old owners of the house left a ton of fishing equipment behind in the barn, but how do I tell my little girl, "Daddy doesn't really know much about fishing!"

 

[DeathBrewer]

You drop some bait in the water and tug when you feel something. That's all you gotta tell her. DON'T LET GO!

 

[DeathBrewer]

You're welcome, lazy idiot!

Have fun! Hopefully you'll catch some. If not, there's always next time!

I don't care if I catch nothing but perch, SOMETHING is going in a pan tonight

 

[Yooper]

I don't care if I catch nothing but perch, SOMETHING is going in a pan tonight

Hopefully, you can find a Stop 'n Save on the way home then. I hear that Mrs. Paul makes some nice fish sticks!

Bird, fishing is easy. Oh, sure, there are techniques to improve your sucess. But the simplest way- sticking a nightcrawler on a hook and tossing it in the water- works great. I have little kids standing on my dock all the time. They almost always catch something. The hardest part is getting the fish off the hook. Usually, noobies don't set the hook fast enough (especially kids) so the fish will swallow the hook. If you carefully remove the hook with needle nosed pliers, you won't harm the fish and you can release it (sometimes they're pretty small!).

 

[Yooper]

Also, you might not know this, but sunfish have very sharp dorsal fins, with little spikes on them. If you know how to hold them, it's no problem but you may want to wear gloves on your fishing "trip", Bird. They can literally slice your palm open when you try to remove the hook. Bass and trout don't have sharp fins or teeth (or teeth like we think of them) so you don't have to worry about anything when you catch them.

 

[Decojuicer]

Funny that this should come up now. I was just thinking about hitting a stream soon to do some fly fishing this summer.

I would like to take my canoe up to the Manistee River this summer and spend a day or two on the river doing some fishing.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I used to fish all the time. Grew up (mostly) on Vancouver Isladn. River/lake fishing but the big stuff was always in the chuck.

Moving to apartment life in the bigger cities reall killed my brewing and fishing. I've got the brewing going full swing but I have fished once in 4 years.

That's it. I'm buying a licence and some gear real soon! (I have rods but tackle has disapeared).

 

[the_bird]

I need to find out the rules and stuff about licensing, and inventory the stuff that we've got in the garage. I suspect Bean's still a little too... well, she's too much of a four-year old to have the patience for fishing right now! "Ooh, a worm. Oh, a boat - a DUCKIE! YEAH, DUCKIE! Daddy, can I have a juice box? DUCK!"

 

[Yooper]

I need to find out the rules and stuff about licensing, and inventory the stuff that we've got in the garage. I suspect Bean's still a little too... well, she's too much of a four-year old to have the patience for fishing right now! "Ooh, a worm. Oh, a boat - a DUCKIE! YEAH, DUCKIE! Daddy, can I have a juice box? DUCK!"

Yep, that's pretty much how it goes with a four year old. But........it's still so much fun, and it'll give her a love of fishing. When she's your age, she'll say, "When I was little, I my dad took me fishing......." She won't remember that you spent the whole time telling her to be careful with the hook, be careful where to step, don't fall in, picking up the trash from the candy and juice box, etc. Trust me- it's worth it!

I'm glad Deathbrewer's fishing trip motivated you guys to go fishing! Now, get going already.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

man I remember fishing as a kid for Flounder, Grouper, Jacks, Yellow Tail, Snapper..... The list goes on....

Fishing in AK sucks compared to real sport fishing.

 

[Yooper]

man I remember fishing as a kid for Flounder, Grouper, Jacks, Yellow Tail, Snapper..... The list goes on....

Fishing in AK sucks compared to real sport fishing.

Well, I've fished in AK (out of Whittier- not too far from you) for salmon and halibut, not to mention setting out traps for shellfish! But, you'd have to have a boat. Fishing downtown is like "combat fishing". We went to the Kenai, and got plenty of dolly varden and trout. We went to the Little Susitna for salmon. Right in Anchorage, we just watched as the elbow to elbow fisherman fished for some silvers.

My "new" obsession is thinking about redfish. We've never gone fishing anyplace they are prevalent, and I think that would be awesome, especially out of a kayak.

When Deathbrewer gets back, I hope he has a couple of panfish to show us!

 

[polecreek]

man I remember fishing as a kid for Flounder, Grouper, Jacks, Yellow Tail, Snapper..... The list goes on....

Fishing in AK sucks compared to real sport fishing.

you make me want to beat your ass I could live off of halibut and red salmon and throw rocks at flounder and that other stuff you mentioned.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I don't care if I catch nothing but perch, SOMETHING is going in a pan tonight

Huh? You don't like perch??? They're the tastiest fish ever created! With walleye a close second!

 

[polecreek]

Perch? you only need about half a million to make a snack. Never had Walleye but hear it is awesome.

 

[GreenwoodRover]

^+1 (to Bernie, sort of) and also a +1 to yoops sunfish warning.
I dewintereized the boat today. I'll probably put it in next weekend.
I'm getting real itchy to drown a worm...
My list of tasty fish.
#1 Bluegill fillets
#2 Walleye Fillets
#2 Perch Fillets

All of the above pan fried in bacon grease with shorelunch original flavor.

 

[bradsul]

Ah a fishing thread, gotta love them!

I was so excited because trout season opened yesterday! Then I woke up and it was horrendously windy and a cold front was moving in bringing in a thunderstorm and day long rains. Yup, must be spring! So I haven't wet a line yet, but my gear is ready to go and I'm getting up early before work tomorrow, the trout are calling to me!

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Ah a fishing thread, gotta love them!

I was so excited because trout season opened yesterday! Then I woke up and it was horrendously windy and a cold front was moving in bringing in a thunderstorm and day long rains. Yup, must be spring! So I haven't wet a line yet, but my gear is ready to go and I'm getting up early before work tomorrow, the trout are calling to me!

Yea I hear you - I too am married and its been a long time since I wet my line as well..

wait...... nevermind

 

[arturo7]

I also have been feeling the urge to drown some worms lately. Had a conversation with a buddy today who is planning an outing for next weekend. Unfortunately, they are going out on the ocean. I've done this several times but I just don't dig it.

Give me a stream or a lake, especially up in the mountains, and I'm a happy camper.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Didn't catch a damn thing today

oh wellz, we didn't really have a plan. I had fun and we're going to rent a boat and get a map of the lake next week (going to a bigger, more well-stocked lake.)

I think I'm going to have my dad mail my tackle to me.

 

[GregR]

man I need to go fishing! I went for a weekend in spring break and got a 25lb catfish. but that was a month ago. there are few things I love more than a weekend of fishing.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Didn't catch a damn thing today

oh wellz, we didn't really have a plan. I had fun and we're going to rent a boat and get a map of the lake next week (going to a bigger, more well-stocked lake.)

I think I'm going to have my dad mail my tackle to me.

Since you live in Oakland, California... I may need to point out that the reason you didn't catch anything is that a swimming pool is not a lake.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Didn't catch a damn thing today

That's why they call it fishing, not catching. Don't feel bad, I never catch anything, either.

 

[tireater]

Try saltwater...One year my boat caught 13% of the commercial live sheephead landed in Cali...

 

[TXCrash]

I too hadn't fished in years. 14 years, actually. Last wednesday me and a couple guys I study with went fishing. We were pretty much caught up - so screw it. After a few outings of getting skunked, we all limited out on trout within a couple hours. Bryan (the little guy) caught a nice bass in the first pond we went to that day. He was fishing for the first time in years too...

Next day I took my kid to the pond and she caught her first fish (she's 4). Was going to throw the little guy (barely legal trout) back, but he swallowed the darn hook so bad that there was no way he was gunna make it...

 

[mmb]

Fishing? Went out last weekend and hammered the crappie.

Polecreek, you've not landed some of the football sized perch out of the Great Lakes. 9 - 13 inches is fairly common.

 

[eriktlupus]

i pounded the crappie over on the detroit side last weekend but the rains we had in the week since swelled our rivers and creeks to their banks making it unsafe to wade for our trout opener here on the sw side. spent sat on one of the larger lakes in the area(GULL Lake) fishing for pike and lakers. not many biting but did get a couple small pike. sunday was out for crappie again just south of me on lee lake. too damn windy to keep the boat positioned even with the trolling motor.

 

[Anthony_Lopez]

I'm a fly fisherman as well as a bass fisherman. As I'm attempting to rise up the ranks in the tournament bass fishing scene on the east coast, I haven't had a lot of time for fly fishing. I fish strictly catch and release. A few pieces of bread or rubber worms work fine for pan fish. I use them as bait for catching TOAD largemouth bass.

 

[jgln]

I'm a fly fisherman as well as a bass fisherman. As I'm attempting to rise up the ranks in the tournament bass fishing scene on the east coast, I haven't had a lot of time for fly fishing. I fish strictly catch and release. A few pieces of bread or rubber worms work fine for pan fish. I use them as bait for catching TOAD largemouth bass.

My brother used to fish and hang out with Mike Icconelli back when he was first starting out. Not sure if he still stays in contact though.

..and Mike's x-wife moved into the house next to my mom with her boyfriend, not sure if the little girl is Mike's or not though. Not even sure if she still lives there.