bmac31 Posted January 19, 2014 Posted January 19, 2014 Wow, a lotta cool spots I wouldve never thought to try. Ive already thought of a couple little places im gonna try. Quote
deadadrift89 Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Very small drainage ditch in a large city between 2 shopping malls. 90% of time i catch several fish there. Quote
Tylertut Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Another kind of odd place was a very small creek in my hometown. I used to seine for bait to go catfishing and waded to an area that was about 5-7 feet across and the deepest hole was only about 2.5 feet. I pulled some 3 and 4 pound smalls out of this and some smaller ones down stream. Most of them were water locked to a specific area, so you could always go back and know where to catch a certain fish. There were a lot of tiny creeks like this where I used to live, but this one was the most productive. Quote
boostr Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 caught a LMB in a sewer using hot dog. like this but it was an open hole I heard about this, you can catch brown peanut bass this way Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted January 21, 2014 Super User Posted January 21, 2014 haha!! a sewer you serous?!?! Quote
evilcatfish Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 When I was 14 or so I got access to some private property with a decent size lake (30 acres I think) and several smaller lakes and ponds ranging from 1-4 acres. I was told by the owner that there was a small pond up in one of the fields that nobody fishes. So me and a buddy decided to go try it despite the field not being mowed. We trudged through a few hundred yards of briars and bush only to find what looked like more of a slophole cows and pigs would wallow in. Thing was maybe 1/4 the size of a basketball court, muddy, and maybe 30" deep on its best day. Figured we'd fish it for a minute then head back. Well on my third cast with a spinner I pulled out a bass that according to my Stren scale was just over 6#. It was the only fish we caught out of there but it made for a cool story. Wish I knew where the pic of that was Quote
ItsAnObsession97 Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 My most surprising one was out of the San Antonio River. Just in front of our zoo, it goes through a series of 2-3 foot waterfalls, and at the base of each theirs a small pool of water that I'd seen bluegill in before. I was fishing for these bluegill on an ultralight rod and using a tiny jig head with a little grub on it. Couldn't have been more than an inch long. Anyways, I move to one of the smallest pools and see a pair of bass sitting in about a foot of water(the stuffs basically crystal clear), and decide to give them a shot. The little lure lands about a foot from the larger of the two, and (s)he swims right over and picks it up. I barely managed to keep her out of the bushes, but the looks I got after getting her out were amazing. A quick picture and back in the water she went. Never managed to get the other one, though. Quote
primetime Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Google Earth is a fishermans best friend for finding Puddles that often are holding a double digit bass or possibly a few. I live near a very small (1/4 acre) spring fed ditch that I literally passed for years on my way to a 3 acre pond that I was proud to find all on my own. One day I was driving past this puddle when I noticed an Osprey swooping down to the water, and the bird was not able to handle the size of the Giant Golden Shiner that was 10" and FAT. After pulling over for a closer look, I noticed a bunch of birds hunting bait, and when I put on my polorized glasses and looked in the water, I was amazed at the sight of crystal clear water, bluegills, shiners, and extremely fat & Healthy Bass all swimming around slowly just cruising around this small pit, and the amount of 4-5lb Bass was endless, and for some reason I have never seen any fish larger than 6-7lbs as they swim through pipes and are only in this puddle when water levels in the lakes are high and after heavy rain in the hot summers.....I am sure a few 10lb plus fish are in this spot but with all the bait they can be tough to catch, and it is not as easy to catch them with artificials as it once was. I never fish the spot during the day as I don't want anyone to see me in this spot for a bunch of reasons, but I now often will look for tiny ponds or rock pits when taking a few hours to scout new spots to fish. 1 Quote
Stlbob Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 country club golf course..about a 1/ acre pond...pulled 2 to 3 lb Bass out until they chased us off..lol..that was years ago.. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted January 30, 2014 Super User Posted January 30, 2014 caught a LMB in a sewer using hot dog. like this but it was an open hole Thats like ice fishing for people in Alabama. Quote
277Volt Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Though in of itself it isn't odd most folks look at you weird when you say you fish the SRP canals here in Phoenix. Quote
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