Tough fishing

[fishwizzard]

On 12/5/2016 at 11:57 AM, Turtle135 said:

The progression of the angler (any fish, many fish, big fish, hard fish). Nothing better to me personally than pulling a lunker out of pressured water.

Hah, well, show me all your tricks and I promise to fish right on top of you whenever you need a little more pressure. 

[gim]

On ‎12‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 8:25 PM, OCdockskipper said:

For weather, I want want easy - overcast days with occasional sprinkles.  Not only does it tend to make the fish more active, it keeps a majority of people off the water.

For location, I will pass up an easier, high pressured lake for a slightly tougher one with less folks around.  I'm not looking for a challenge, just the opportunity to fish someplace without rubbing elbows with other anglers.

I know it sounds like I am anti-social, but I live in a county that is 948 square miles with a population over 3.1 million people.  Do the math, that is over 3000 people per square mile.  I interact with people all the time, part of my fishing enjoyment is having at least a little solitude.  

This pattern is almost exactly what I follow on a regular basis.  I try to target days with inclement weather like rain because the fishing tends to be better and there's less people.  I also prefer less pressure and less boats so I opt for more secluded lakes, rivers, or areas of either with less people.  And although I don't live in such a high density area like southern California, I generally get sick of people pretty quick so sometimes fishing helps me avoid them at least for a short period of time.  When I REALLY wanna get away from mankind I go deer hunting in the wilderness for a week.  

[Turtle135]

20 hours ago, Bunnielab said:

Hah, well, show me all your tricks and I promise to fish right on top of you whenever you need a little more pressure. 

Ha right back at you! You fish in Maryland too, many of the waters you and I fish get pounded! 

[fishwizzard]

That is why I spend all summer covered in ticks, mosquito bites, and cuts.  If I just push through one more mile of our lovely Maryland wetlands then the next guy, I can find a spot that no one else goes too.  

 

[soflabasser]

On 12/5/2016 at 11:57 AM, Turtle135 said:

The progression of the angler (any fish, many fish, big fish, hard fish). Nothing better to me personally than pulling a lunker out of pressured water.

^this^

Out of all the big bass I have caught the one that I am most proud of is a +10 pounder I caught from the shore in a extremely pressured body of water.This place gets hit hard by hundreds(if not thousands) of fishermen every year,so the big bass have learned to avoid most fishermen.This is a place where most think there's no big bass, so never underestimate the potential size of bass in public waters.

2 hours ago, Bunnielab said:

That is why I spend all summer covered in ticks, mosquito bites, and cuts.  If I just push through one more mile of our lovely Maryland wetlands then the next guy, I can find a spot that no one else goes too.  

 

Those who are willing to go the extra mile are usually the ones who are most consistent in bass fishing. 

On 12/7/2016 at 8:12 PM, gimruis said:

I try to target days with inclement weather like rain because the fishing tends to be better and there's less people.  I also prefer less pressure and less boats so I opt for more secluded lakes, rivers, or areas of either with less people. 

I also go bass fishing to relax and not socialize with random fishermen on the water.The times I am fishing with someone else is most likely with my better half,family, and close friends.

[GTHenson]

I fish wherever the fish are, wether they are tough to catch or easy to catch. I am shooting for a paycheck or trying to figure out a place to fish to win a paycheck when I'm on the water. If there are fish in a spot and I feel that they have enough weight to bring home some cabbage I will fish for them, But I'm not going to be stubborn and take a beating on the water just because I want to catch fish that are being hard headed and not biting that day. 

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[fishwizzard]

3 hours ago, soflabasser said:

I also go bass fishing to relax and not socialize with random fishermen on the water.The times I am fishing with someone else is most likely with my better half,family, and close friends.

Oh man I love running into someone else fishing when I am out in the boonies.  It gives me hope that there might actually be fish there!

Also then we can pick ticks off each other's heads.  

[soflabasser]

12 minutes ago, Bunnielab said:

Oh man I love running into someone else fishing when I am out in the boonies.  It gives me hope that there might actually be fish there!

Also then we can pick ticks off each other's heads.  

Where's the boonies?You mean places that are in the middle of nowhere?Those places can be quite good,especially when the bite is on.

[fishwizzard]

5 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

Where's the boonies?You mean places that are in the middle of nowhere?Those places can be quite good,especially when the bite is on.

Central Maryland is very very built up with little sizable open space, but there are some hidden gems.  I have a great one I found over the summer, it's a gorgeous pond that is a 4 mile round trip hike from any legal parking.  The illegal option involves some advanced off-roading or a pretty awful rail crossing up a thorny bank.  I am so excited for spring.   

[JRammit]

I can say get more motivated when I DONT catch fish than when I do... I feel like I've left unfinished business and have to go back and prove myself!

I have a spot I fish occasionally that I consider tough... It's a flood prevention pond, about 30 or 40 acres... Zero structure, and featureless other than one creek channel and one off shore hump.... Add to that muddy water with about 3"-4" of visibility and you practically have a bass fishermans nightmare

I only go there because it's close.. About 5 miles from my house.. Easy short trip if I get off work early and only have a couple hours to spare..... Most of the time I get skunked, but when I do catch a couple it feels like quite the accomplishment!.. It's the only place I'm proud of a 10" bass

Ive been fishing it 5 years and only caught one worth bragging about... 4 lbs, off the hump, jigging a 4" Berkley Gulp minnow

 

[soflabasser]

13 minutes ago, Bunnielab said:

Central Maryland is very very built up with little sizable open space, but there are some hidden gems.  I have a great one I found over the summer, it's a gorgeous pond that is a 4 mile round trip hike from any legal parking.

Nice, how's the hiking in that area,do you have to hike up a hill or mountainside? South Florida is mostly flat so most of the hiking I do is in areas where there is no real road with trees growing everywhere in the path.

[fishwizzard]

It is all pretty flat here in the coastal areas.  Mostly you have thorns and ticks, so so many ticks.  It is too built up for to allow enough hunting to keep the deer populations under control so I go through like $25 worth of spray per month and still get hit bad once or twice a season.  We also have bad erosions problems so a lot of the rivers have steep and muddy banks, so most people stick to the more easy to access spots.  

The first time I went to Colorado and walked right down to a river without dealing with thorns or a slick bank I thought I was on another planet.  

[scaleface]

I catch a boatload of bass and then hear others complain that they cant catch bass on that lake . I'm  having  a lot more fun than them . 

["hamma"]

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

I catch a boatload of bass and then hear others complain that they cant catch bass on that lake . I'm  having  a lot more fun than them . 

LMAO<.... thats awesome!

  And I totally agree, but whats even better is when you fish a big lake, off your smaller "bass raider" plastic rig, and hear those two guys who were fishing off the huge ranger that kept trying to swamp you all day, complaining the same,...I tell them, "I had a 100 fish day, whatchutalkinbout Willis?",....lol, talk about some evil double take looks.

[soflabasser]

19 hours ago, scaleface said:

I catch a boatload of bass and then hear others complain that they cant catch bass on that lake . I'm  having  a lot more fun than them . 

Sounds a lot like the public parks I fish. Most people complain that the fishing isn't good,yet somehow I catch lots of quality to big sized bass in these parks. 

[Willbroberg]

On 12/5/2016 at 11:57 AM, Turtle135 said:

The progression of the angler (any fish, many fish, big fish, hard fish). Nothing better to me personally than pulling a lunker out of pressured water.

currently on the any fish stage HAHA

[Jeff H]

On 12/7/2016 at 0:20 PM, Team9nine said:

For 25 years I paid good money (entry fees) to get the opportunity to fish in tourneys where I had NO control over the quality of the fishery, the status of the water conditions, or the state of the weather. As such, I've had more than my fair share of time on crappy fisheries, at bad times, during major floods and droughts, fishing in both frigid cold temps and snow, as well as thunderstorms and tornados, along with blazing hot heat and no wind in the back of some Ohio River creek with the smell of paper factories filling the air all day....and everything in between.

So now days, I don't go looking for tough fishing - I fish when I want, where I want

-T9  

Same here, except I only put 10 yrs into the tourney scene.  I do like to fish those brutally nice days post front though.  That's about as far as I like to push it these days.