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Caught my first yellow perch this winter in WI. I agree they were very tasty.
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2023 Fishing Thread
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Those are some good eats!
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spent my day on the river catching whatever would bite, mostly channel catfish, and some stone perch. of coarse no pictures of the biggest ones. didnt keep anything.
and at the last spot there was a gobbler hammering, so i called him in with my voice, pretty cool day!
i think this was the last one i caught 3-31/2 lb channel,
and at the last spot there was a gobbler hammering, so i called him in with my voice, pretty cool day!
i think this was the last one i caught 3-31/2 lb channel,
hokiehunter373
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Got out for an hour last night with my new best bud. Caught a little 1.5-2 pounder guarding a bed. The 5# female with him wasn't as stupid.
Good lookin pup... I mean fishing buddy
Tuesday evenings Walleye ended up as nug's with a little cajun seasoning last night.
A few more panfish on the fly
Holy geez this thing works. I just lost a weight in the tree tops at the other end of my practice casting area. Going after pomps this weekend.View attachment 84769
Wanted to get back out last night as well but there was a manhunt for a dude that allegedly shot his baby mama in the immediate area of one of my go-to walleye spots. Stayed home and worked in the garage instead.
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Had an awesome, relaxing morning flicking a killer bug pattern on an urban pond. Caught enough fish that I lost count after a dozen or so.
Also lost a nice bass. Fought him for what seemed like a couple of minutes and ended up wading into the pond in anticipation of trying to lip him. He snapped my 4x tippet and I recited all of George Carlin's Words You Can't Say on TV.
Also lost a nice bass. Fought him for what seemed like a couple of minutes and ended up wading into the pond in anticipation of trying to lip him. He snapped my 4x tippet and I recited all of George Carlin's Words You Can't Say on TV.
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I stopped buying manufactured tippets and bought 8 & 10lb Segaur Invisix fluorocarbon. An old guy showed me that trick fishing Lake Taynecomo for browns and rainbows. I ended up killing a couple of good rainbows trying to finess them on light tippet. With low oxygen levels the fish couldn’t survive a long fight. The segaur let me “horse” them in without breaking them off. I use it for everything now warm and cold water.
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I think Northern is delicious. From Champlain they are not fishy whatsoever. Light, delicate white fillets. They're not Walleye or Perch level good, but next closest in my opinion (Crappie is great of course, but we don't have a lot of those up here to eat often). Pike are so plentiful and easy to catch that they are worth going after.
The y-bones are an issue for first timers, but there are several ways to deal with them, and it doesn't take much practice before it won't bother you at all. Lots of youtube videos out there on it. I've tried them all and each has pros & cons. 5 filet method is a good starting point, but you'll likely move on to other methods shortly. I'll try to post some links.
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2 hours of fishing on a private pond! There are 36 fish in the cooler. I threw 20 to the bank that were too small to fillet! This is pond management project. Overpopulated lake and conservation needs fish taken out. Still gonna make for some tasty fried fish!! 
Ive caught a lot of fish on kebari flies I tied. My favorite feather is from european starlings, I pick them off with my pellet gun and salted a few. The speckling gives them a super buggy look and they are pretty stiff which I like
Man, once I tied the first 2 the light bulb went off. Every year I shoot snipe, moorhen, purple gallinule, wood ducks, teal, dove, and probably some other birds I'm not thinking of. And I never kicked my childhood need to pick up feathers I find randomly on the ground. Now I have a "use" for them.
It’s not quite boring yet. But we’re halfway to freezer capacity.
Them 'gills make for some excellent eating!