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2023 Fishing Thread

Ckwilli said:
That’s a fantastic idea. I may try something similar to make crappie nibbles. You mind me using the idea?


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Using a little food color, you could come up with a lot of different baits. Wonder what the result would be adding pureed sardine to the yolk/flour mixture?
 
BTaylor said:
Using a little food color, you could come up with a lot of different baits. Wonder what the result would be adding pureed sardine to the yolk/flour mixture?
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Oooh, that’s genius.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Got my kids out Friday after work/school and they hammered some sunnies. Checked out some farm life and made some absolutely amazing beer battered fish with those sunnies for dinner on Saturday. There's nothing my son likes more than fish he caught himself and they both love to help with the whole process. Never feel like a better dad than when my kids are helping out with the field (or pond) to table lifestyle.

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Wow those look delicious!!!!
 
7mmremmag said:
I need to get a good creek chub bait figured out for the backyard to then use them for Allegheny river walleye's. I just catch a few bigger ones here and there while fishing for trout
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Caught this horney head on a Caddis emerger Tuesday, lol

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New rabbit-hole while I wait for my baby to cook...

There are apparently 10 currently-recognized Lepomis species in Alabama. I've caught six. Here's a breakdown:

  • Bluegill - Caught
  • Redear - Caught
  • Redspotted - Caught
  • Spotted - Maybe
  • Green - Caught
  • Dollar - Maybe
  • Longear - Caught
  • Warmouth - Caught
  • Orangespotted - No
  • Redbreast - No
Spotted Sunfish and Red-Spotted Sunfish share a border in my area and until recently were considered on species. But DNA-analysis has determined they're two separate, but closely related and hybridization-capable species. I've always ID'ed the fish I've caught as Red Spotted, but it's quite possible I've been too ignorant to differentiate them. Working on that.

I didn't know a Dollar Sunfish existed until yesterday. Apparently they were until recently not recognized, and specimens collected by ichthyologists were classified as Longear Sunfish. They both live here, and I've caught enough blue-streaked little sunfish with white-bordered ear flaps that it's quite likely I've caught and misidentified a few.

There are only 13 Lepomids currently recognized. Alabama having 10 is cool, and if I pop over to Mississippi I could pick up 11 with the Bantam Sunfish. I could pickup 12 with a trip to the Carolinas for a Pumpkinseed, but 13 would require a trip to the Great Lakes for the Northern...

Anywho...I've got a new active quest in my menu. Catch All 10 Alabama Lepomids. I figure that's a nice, easy way to ease into microfishing and building a life list of species I've caught on a hook and line. I can work on fine-tuning Lepomid ID right here in my backyard for now and pickup the Spotted and Dollar Sunfishes for a confirmed 8/10, and it'll just take a short roadtrip at some point to try for the remainers.
 
Man..... you're making me want to see if I can catch all the sunfish species in PA. Apparently there are 17 total and I've caught all the common ones.
 
I was off work all week thinking I was going OOS to turkey hunt. That was decided against so I decided I would fish all week instead. Went Tuesday to a small creek, but there were people there and I don’t like people so I went to MY River. No one. Perfect.

They were coming up and eating something real damn small on the surface, but we’re also hammering my chubby. I took it off and went to #16 Thunderhead. Hammered it. Ok, fine, I’ll go smaller.

Tied on a #18 elk hair Caddis and they kept hammering. I decided to get sporty and try fishing two deep and very fast runs that come together after a ledge to form a small “V” of seam and slack with whirlpools. It took some effort to even see the fly, but damn if they didn’t come up to get it if I hit the seam just right.

I’m pretty damn sure my numbers were pushing 40, but I was having such a blast trying new stuff that I didn’t keep count.
 
Pay attention to the signs, there’s certain days you can’t fish the river there in town. I guess it’s the days they stock. I’ve never fished there, but I’ve seen the signs.

I’ve taken to hiking in to remote areas of river. I’ve found a stretch (“MY River” referenced above) that is stunning and I’ve not seen another soul all spring.

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Ckwilli said:
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I’ve been saving up for this one. Got it in the mail yesterday.


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Thats what Im trying to get my pops to buy. Need something a lil better than his 4"×5" Eagle fish finder from the 2000s for Saginaw Bay LOL. Please give a review when you finally try it out.
 
@Nutterbuster You have a good dichotomous key your using? Fishes of Missouri is good for my part of the country, but it may be missing some species in your area.

Your lepomis talk brings me back to the early parts of my career. I did a bunch of stream assessment work that included electrofishing and fish id. We saw quite a bit of hybridization between bluegill and green sunfish.

Good times!
 
Slabzilla73 said:
Thats what Im trying to get my pops to buy. Need something a lil better than his 4"×5" Eagle fish finder from the 2000s for Saginaw Bay LOL. Please give a review when you finally try it out.
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I’ve been fishing with a buddy and he runs the same unit with livescope. It has definitely taken a lot of scouting and searching out of the equation. The resolution is very good and Garmin’s maps are second to none in my opinion. The screen is clear even in bright sunlight. I wanted the 10” screen with higher resolution but couldn’t pass on the price of this unit. It has side scan, a flasher, and Clear Vu with the same transducer. I’m saving up for the livescope transducer.
 
Stumpy said:
Why did you choose the Garmin over the other brands of chart plotter/ sonar?
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1. Price. Garmin has been running some good deals as of late.
2. Maps. The maps seem to be more accurate. I can’t scientifically prove this jmho.
3. familiarity. I’ve been using a buddy of mine’s since January and have learned it pretty well. I didn’t want to learn a new system.

Not bashing on the others, humminbird and lowrance seem to have good systems too.
 
Ckwilli said:
1. Price. Garmin has been running some good deals as of late.
2. Maps. The maps seem to be more accurate. I can’t scientifically prove this jmho.
3. familiarity. I’ve been using a buddy of mine’s since January and have learned it pretty well. I didn’t want to learn a new system.

Not bashing on the others, humminbird and lowrance seem to have good systems too.
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I was leaning real hard on the Garmin 93sv until I went to store and demoed all the brands. I picked the Lawrence FS9 over the Garmin only because the FS9 has coastal charts and lake charts. I fish salt water 90% of the time.
Both units features are alike. I started to buy the the Garmin but to upgrade the maps to coastal would had put me at the same price point as the Lowrance.
 
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