CeeJay

Nice Carp MB. Did you get your catapult yet? I'm thinking about getting one myself for carping this Fall. I was bluegill fishing with a telescopic pole this past weekend and a carp pulled my line right off the rod tip after a battle of about 3 seconds

No doubt. Fantastic fighters on any tackle.

Congrats, very cool. What fly did that one hit by the way, a nymph?

Really, a split shot rig is ideal for kids to fish? I love a split shot rigged plastic worm or hellgrammite fished on the bottom ...but for 7 year old's I'd go with something a bit more "dramatic" like an inline spinner. I actually will be taking my brother's 3 year old son fishing tomorrow and I'm going to have him use my 10' panfish pole with Gulp on a jig under a float

Hello and welcome. 6'6" MH might be a bit much for a 7 year old. It might be tiring for him to cast with for more than a couple hours. A 6' or 5'6" Medium or Medium Light might be a better choice. I wouldn't go shorter than 5' though. Medium, light, even ultra-light can handle surprisingly large fish. Having said all that, I don't have experience with those particular Shakespeare's Ugly Stick rods.

^^^ Inline spinners are indeed great. I have more inlines than spinnerbaits actually. Panther Martin, Worden's, Mepps, Blue Fox...the brands vary a bit in components and their "main styles" of inline spinners. But they're all good. I also have some of those ultra cheap South Bend spinners that produce for me. I like Worden's white Rooster Tail if forced to choose among my spinner brands/types on any given day...catches everything on the river I fish

I think they're fun Kind of cool to see what other anglers prefer and such.

Spinning and Plastic Worm (or Senko) for me.

Cool definitely let us know what you think of the hooks.

That's awesome. Congrats to you and enjoy the fishing now

The only Yamamoto baits I've actually used are the Senkos...amazing producer for me and always have been. Fantastic lures, those Senkos. With grubs though I really like the Berkley Power Grubs, never really had a reason to switch them out for other brands.

Cool I went ahead and selected Plastic Worm. My PB Largemouth was caught on a 3" Senko. Which after all is said and done, is really just a stout and fat plastic worm I keep my Senkos in the same box as my worms and generally fish them with the same rigs anyway. Interesting about the spinnerbaits. I use them frequently, and if told to catch as many bass as possible in one hour with one bait, I'd select a spinnerbait (or depending on cover, an Inline spinner). But if I was told to catch a large bass with one bait in one hour, I'd go with a Senko or regular Plastic Worm. Just seems to work out for me that way with those lures.

I absolutely must watch those. Thanks for the clip, very cool footage.

Would a Senko be under "Other Soft Plastic", I suppose? It's almost a plastic worm but I usually call it a soft stick bait, or sometimes "stick-worm"

Wow it was illegal to take pics of the fish? Crazy stuff... Edit- Oh never mind, you mentioned the stripers were off-limits

I remember fishing one of my favorite lakes that would stock trout every fall and again in late winter. You had to go to the park office to purchase a trout pass, which I did. Oh wow....the amount of "anglers" who crowded the bank of that lake was insane when the trout were dumped in. I've never met anglers who took so little pleasure in fishing, ever. Most of them seemed to treat the act of fishing exactly like I would treat a drive in my car to the grocery store. Like some inconvenience that has to be endured. They caught and kept their fish legally and that's great...but man I didn't see a single smile on their faces. Not one camera. No kids learning about fish and fishing. It saddened me and I ended up using my trout pass to fish for bass and bluegill and afterwards avoided fishing that lake during "trout months" entirely. Those would seem to fit into "bucket fisherman" if any ever do.

Thanks for sharing that, definitely food for thought.

It was a cool tribute by Klein. The problem I have with spincast reels is you can't see what's going on with your line at a glance. Line twist, loops and all that can form under cover until it's too late. I like to know what the state of my line is on the spool before and after each cast

Great tips. Using the corn juice is a good idea. There's no wrong way to fish for them, of course, and I like the methods you use. Sometimes I get a bit set in my ways and just use my "traditional" rigs. Night fishing for carp has to be lots of fun...I must give that a try.

Yeah I honestly don't believe they do comprehend that. I take a little heat from non-angler friends for releasing fish, and sometimes they'll bring up the dreaded "torturing an animal for pleasure" argument. It can be frustrating, but often I end up explaining that fish can indeed be released safely to live and thrive and reproduce. But at other times I don't even bother trying to explain to them why I fish.

Exactly. And also that fish was possibly the largest bluegill in that little suburban lake. Before I caught it, I always thought that I had caught many bluegill over a pound. But this one I actually put on my scale because it was a fatty, a trophy 'Gill And like you said, there's no way I'm giving away a trophy fish that I worked hard to catch.

I've never really had that problem with bass. But for species like catfish, crappie, bluegill I've been asked why I don't take them home. I just say that I enjoy fishing. When I caught my PB Bluegill (1.3lbs) a small crowd gathered and some wanted me to give it to them. I released it.

That's really cool, such an old school lure. I'll have to pick some up, I love spinnerbaits but never tried the H&H Original. Are they only available in 3/8oz?

T-rigged 3" green pumpkin Senko.

Funny you mention that. Just a bit off topic, but I occasionally see new anglers (of all ages) holding their spinning gear upside down, back reeling with the spinning reel on top Normally I'll say something like: "hello there, you might have better luck turning around your rod. It balances a bit better that way" or something like that. It's always a good feeling to help out new anglers