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2022 Fishing Thread

Bowtie747 said:
Hey guys, newish go fishing. Getting pretty big into it this year off my kayak. Anyways I’m gonna ask a possibly pretty dumb question.

I’ve been fishing using mostly the same bait. Been doing pretty good on it too. Would anyone advise switching baits and learning how to use other stuff? The bait is a senko and I don’t wanna be a one trick pony is my point.

Also two in the lake I go. I fish the same spots mostly and do pretty good. Should I learn how to fish other spots or just keep fishing the same spots because that’s obviously where the fish are?

hope that make sense. I know it borderlines on a probably pretty dumb question. Thanks!
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I haven't done it in a few years, but I do love fishing for bass from my kayak. I did some fishing in more open body flat water, and it could be fun... Especially using frogs around lily pads, you get some nice top water action!

My favorite place to fish though was in the river. It was most enjoyable during the summer when the water levels were lower...I was often in only 2-3 feet of water. It could be a little challenging getting yourself into position while fighting the current (rig up an anchor trolley... Game changer!), but it was fun to pull them out of their hiding spots, and those river bass were such strong fighters!!

I would always hit the river with a small tackle box, mixed with some top water and some weedless lures, and maybe once a week I would pick up a new bag and color of rubber worms, or crayfish, etc., to try out. Keep two poles rigged with separate lures, so you could try out different things in areas without doing a bunch of tying on.
Fun stuff!
 
Hey guys, can anyone give me some general tips for keeping fish to eat. I’ve seen some people bleed them right away. Throw them on a cooler. Do most people kill the fish right away? Stuff like that. Thanks!
 
Not an expert but I think it depends on the fish. Trout don't tolerate livewells, like at all, so you've got to "gut and gill" any keepers. I bring a small cooler with ice if I'm going after a trout dinner. Pretty much everything else I'll keep live on a stringer and process when I get home. If it's hot out I might wrap them in wet paper or something in the back of the truck but honestly I usually forget that step and haven't had issues (yet).
 
Bowtie747 said:
Hey guys, can anyone give me some general tips for keeping fish to eat. I’ve seen some people bleed them right away. Throw them on a cooler. Do most people kill the fish right away? Stuff like that. Thanks!
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What kind of fish? Trout/sunfish I usually keep live on a stringer or in a bucket until it's time to go home. I'll have a cooler with ice in the truck. Kill them with a knife to the brain and throw them on the ice. Go home and gut and gill. I think bleeding helps but I've never had an issue with taste this way. I know there's a ton of people on here that don't worry about killing them and just throw them on ice but I can't bring myself to do it. I only got into keeping a fish a couple years ago and I wouldn't treat any other animal that way so I try to handle the fish the most humane way I can too.
 
Bowtie747 said:
Hey guys, can anyone give me some general tips for keeping fish to eat. I’ve seen some people bleed them right away. Throw them on a cooler. Do most people kill the fish right away? Stuff like that. Thanks!
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My fav fish is a spotted bass, bout one pound grilled. When I go for fish to eat, I will carry a cooler with ice and water and put the water in at home when the lake water temp is high. Throw them in ice water and when you clean them all the blood will be drawn out of the meat. I will soak mine in salt water and lemon juice overnight, that is what works for me.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
What kind of fish? Trout/sunfish I usually keep live on a stringer or in a bucket until it's time to go home. I'll have a cooler with ice in the truck. Kill them with a knife to the brain and throw them on the ice. Go home and gut and gill. I think bleeding helps but I've never had an issue with taste this way. I know there's a ton of people on here that don't worry about killing them and just throw them on ice but I can't bring myself to do it. I only got into keeping a fish a couple years ago and I wouldn't treat any other animal that way so I try to handle the fish the most humane way I can too.
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I’m glad you mentioned that because I see people do that all the time and I’m like how long does the fish suffer that way? People wouldn’t do that to a deer. Thanks! The fish would mostly be sunfish/crappie. I also wouldn’t mind trying catfish
 
Bowtie747 said:
I’m glad you mentioned that because I see people do that all the time and I’m like how long does the fish suffer that way? People wouldn’t do that to a deer. Thanks! The fish would mostly be sunfish/crappie. I also wouldn’t mind trying catfish
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Exactly how I feel. You can hit them on top of the head with something blunt but I always have a knife on me so I usually run that between their eyes and it takes care of the job pretty quickly after learning where to do it.

1) I'd put them on a stringer til you're ready to head out
2) Kill right before putting them on ice
3) If you've got time, gut right after you kill
3a) If not, just gut them ASAP. I know people that will leave them on ice overnight and into the next day before gutting but I usually try to do it same day
4) Decide how you're cooking to figure out if you want to scale/take off head or just fillet

PM me if you want. I'm far from an expert but happy to help any way I can.
 
I've always been in the toss em on ice and fillet them dead or alive when I got home. Never thought about it too hard because I never saw it done any other way.

Been reconsidering that lately. Have kinda put fishing on hold for the moment until I find out if I can find a convenient and clean way to kill a fish on the boat.
 
I’ve always been a throw em on ice and clean dead or dormant later kinda fisherman. That’s always been standard operating procedure’s for all inland fish. I mostly fish offshore now and those fish get gaffed and or clubbed prior to the ice. We are going offshore the next 3 days so I will post some pics later. Good luck and be safe to anyone else fishing this weekend. Happy 4th of July to all!!!!
 
Nutterbuster said:
I've always been in the toss em on ice and fillet them dead or alive when I got home. Never thought about it too hard because I never saw it done any other way.

Been reconsidering that lately. Have kinda put fishing on hold for the moment until I find out if I can find a convenient and clean way to kill a fish on the boat.
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en.wikipedia.org

Ikejime - Wikipedia

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www.ikijime.com

Bass - Largemouth - Ikijime

www.ikijime.com

You're not the first person to ponder this, there is apparently an industry standard of "ikejime" which is essentially stabbing the fish's hindbrain with an icepick in a precise location. Seems pretty easy to do on a boat if you have an icepick.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I've always been in the toss em on ice and fillet them dead or alive when I got home. Never thought about it too hard because I never saw it done any other way.

Been reconsidering that lately. Have kinda put fishing on hold for the moment until I find out if I can find a convenient and clean way to kill a fish on the boat.
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Why the change of heart? Seems like your view on killing animals or how to kill animals has changed?
 
Nutterbuster said:
I've always been in the toss em on ice and fillet them dead or alive when I got home. Never thought about it too hard because I never saw it done any other way.

Been reconsidering that lately. Have kinda put fishing on hold for the moment until I find out if I can find a convenient and clean way to kill a fish on the boat.
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You can dig in a tiny fish’s head. I do it spearfishing, because I can’t swing a bat underwater. It’s the only effective method that doesn’t put a bunch of blood in the water.

On a boat, you need this:

Calcutta Outdoors Aluminum Fishing Floating Fish Billy https://a.co/d/dBUIfTo

If your fish vibrates quickly or goes completely limp, your stroke was effective.
 
gcr0003 said:
Why the change of heart? Seems like your view on killing animals or how to kill animals has changed?
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I kinda woke up and realized we're all just hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen; that I share 70-80% or more of my DNA with most other vertebrates, and that science has basically concluded that if people are capable of suffering then based on the shared anatomical design of our nervous systems then so can everything else.

Once I really grasped that the line I drew between myself and everything else in the universe was impossibly arbitrary and based on little more than personal convenience, it got harder to brush off inflicting suffering.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I kinda woke up and realized we're all just hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen; that I share 70-80% or more of my DNA with most other vertebrates, and that science has basically concluded that if people are capable of suffering then based on the shared anatomical design of our nervous systems then so can everything else.

Once I really grasped that the line I drew between myself and everything else in the universe was impossibly arbitrary and based on little more than personal convenience, it got harder to brush off inflicting suffering.
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I’m not arguing so please don’t take this the wrong way. Just debating haha

if we’re all the same why is it okay for other animals to inflict suffering on other animals but not us to other animals?

just curious on your thoughts! Thanks
 
Bowtie747 said:
I’m not arguing so please don’t take this the wrong way. Just debating haha

if we’re all the same why is it okay for other animals to inflict suffering on other animals but not us to other animals?

just curious on your thoughts! Thanks
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Birds fly, fish swim, viruses hijack host DNA, people behave altruistically towards entities whom they perceive as "like" them. I guess it's "in my nature" to perceive kinship with anything I can't label as "other." And I increasingly fail to find that essence of other where I used to, to my occasional irritation.

Most other species have about as much aptitude and need for altruism as we have for pheromone detection.
 
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