Fishing!

[spotstealer]

Being up here in Gods country/Packer country, I fish multi species. I live near the Wisconsin river, which is literal a smorgasboard of fish. Muskie, Walleye, Lg and Sm mouth bass, cats, trout, crappie, perch, and tons of panfish (In the next coming weeks, when the water level drops, I'll be catching crappie 12-15". I can't wait! I was staioned down at MacDill, I truly miss the saltwater fishing. I do get out on Lake Michigan catching big water trout (last summer my biggest was a 22 pound rainbow. Coho, and King salmon are also common through the summer, especially around the begining of August.
I started making my own lures (mainly for bass/walleye). I turn them out of basswood because of the tight consistent wood grain and the ease of turning with it. I also make wire spinners. Last Sept I actually caught fish on one of my top water twitch baits including a 22" smallie! I'm in transition right now between ice fishing and open water. C'mon summer!!!!

 

[hennyannie]

Crappie Fishin in Carolina!

 

[spotstealer]

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I'd pick crappie over most all others for eatin'!

 

[bevvyp]

all types of fishing done here...Flyfishing, Ice fishing ,spin fishing for whatever is hungry at the moment. .....but mainly Flyfishing. All catch & release, I have to pay for 2 Licenses though....Fresh & saltwater........

 

[Chiefs Mess]

Here in VA I believe the license costs $18.00, don't know if they raised it this year. Love to get the lifetime membership, about $250.00?

Hubby and I fish on the James River for bass. We get up earlier pack food and drinks. Grap the equipment and camera and off we go. All day!!! Nice to live only 5 minutes from the River.

I call it our weekend Vacation. We are able to manuver the Jon Boat up small creeks/streams off the James. There is times you just sit holding the pole and hearing all kinds of birds singing. Deer coming to the water to drink, also racoons. Otters swimming by. Eagles and Ospreys soaring by. There is acutally islands up and down the river. Somepeople will float down and stop the night to camp on an
island. For me, ehhh no. Afraid of the Bears and yes there is some coyotes out there. One time we were fishing through the evening. Well, just when the moon was bright the coyotes were howling. I turned to my hubby and said, "Hit the gas Shaggy". I was in mood to be turned into a werewolf.

Can't wait till Granddaughter gets old enough to take her fishing.

 

[imaturtlefan]

I grew up fishing, we ate fish all the time, I married a man who wont touch a fish especially if its cooked. (he doesnt eat eggs either...go figure, lol) He is wonderful really though, and supports all my crazy hobbies and pays for my animals

Anyway... needless to say I havent fished much since being married, but during spring break this year, I went and bought a pole for me and each of my kids and a license and took them. We caught, cleaned and cooked them (amazed I still remembered how), and the kids are hooked (pun intended). Honestly, I forgot how relaxing an afternoon of fishing is.

 

[Rocky64]

I absolutely LOVE fishing, I would choose fishing over hunting any day. I mostly go for sunfish, but I catch many types of fish while using worms, such as sunfish(given), bass, chub, bullhead, perch, catfish, pike, and crappie. So I don't really have to use anything but worms.