2023 Fishing Thread

[hokiehunter373]

It was a 1-fish night, but the one was worth it! 2nd best northern for me at 34". So excited I forgot to weigh it before releasing, but she was extra girthy. I'm guessing 10 lbs+. I know they get a lot bigger, but...for me, this rocks!

Best fight I've ever had with a pike as she made several drag stripping runs from the boat. Every time I got her back to the boat I couldn't believe how big she looked in the water.

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Aren't they such cool fish? I've only caught 1 and it was last year while bass fishing. I was not expecting it and I was a frantic wreck trying to deal with my cool new fish and get pliers/a pic/weight. I managed none of that as she flopped around on the deck, snapped my line, and back into the lake she went lol. Congrats on getting a pic and length!

 

[Nutterbuster]

New species for me. Fundulus olivaceous. Blackstriped Topminnow.

 

[kbetts]

So...who ties flies?

I dabble. Salt flies are big and fun. Fresh flies can be tedious. Craft foam for anything floating. Plastic bead chain for big eyes.

 

[7mmremmag]

New species for me. Fundulus olivaceous. Blackstriped Topminnow.

Looks like our creek chubs up here with that stripe

 

[LtMoe66]

My first Striper!! 13 lbs and 33-1/2 inches long. Also had a limit of 5 bass all over 15 inches!

 

[Nutterbuster]

A Blackbanded Darter and...some kinda boog.

 

[arrow30]

helgramite

 

[hokiehunter373]

helgramite

Good bait right there

 

[Nutterbuster]

It's definitely not a helgrammite. I'm thinking dragonfly or damselfly nymph. But I'm a worse entomologist than ichthyologist, and I'm not a very good ichthyologist.

 

[7mmremmag]

These came today, they are even smaller than I imagined. Hilariously small.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Golden Silverside caught on a hilariously small tanago hook like shown in the post above.

 

[7mmremmag]

Looks like something walleye would eat

 

[7mmremmag]

Had a work dinner last night and found a couple little perch on a lake I've never fished.

 

[BTaylor]

@Nutterbuster you asked about makin baits earlier. These are from back when I was tying crappie baits.


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[7mmremmag]

Biked into my favorite lunch time lake. Caught a few gills and a pumpkinseed, including my first 10" gill. Got a good picture of all the spawn beds through my sunglasses.

 

[thedutchtouch]

spent a few slow hours fighting the crowds and catching some catfish today. I only keep 18-24 inch blue catfish so everything bigger went back in the drink and I took these 3 home to release into lake crisco

 

[Stumpy]

Nice, what did you use for bait?

 

[thedutchtouch]

Nice, what did you use for bait?

Freezerburned raw chicken. Blue cats seem to eat pretty much anything but this is one of my backup bait go-to's, I turned garbage back into food

 

[HuskerInIowa]

Took the kids out for a morning of fun. Kept enough to make a nice lunch. First time fishing for my daughter, caught a little bass on her second cast.

 

[TNSTAAFL]

It's a 10 out of 10 evening on Champlain. The bite is slow... one each baby Esox lucius and Esox niger. Something nicer came off as it approached the boat. It felt like dinner, but alas, it won this round.

I'll keep plying the waters of the Alburgh Passage, and if nothing else bites it still is a glorious evening, and I'm thankful to all who sacrificed such that opportunities like this exist for me.

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