So anyone else into fishing?

[MedicineIsGood]

I'm not very good at it, but I love fishing and its always goes great with a comfortable chair and a dubie.

[FlyGuyOU]

i love fishing. when im in michigan i try and catch as many largemouth bass as possible. i was in colorado over the summer and the trout fishing this year was phenomonal!! we caught enough trout to have a fish fry for the 60+ people at our family reunion.
I've recently tried my hand at catfishing, which is easy a lots of fun too
I'm a huge Phish Phan!

[epilepticme]

Regular fishing and ice fishing go hand and hand with cannabis where I live.
A part of Adirondack life!

[8182KSKUSH]

Fishing and angling both! Love it, been doing both since I was able to walk. Everywhere, farm ponds, to small lakes, large resevoirs, banks, and from boat. I have fished a handful of "club" bass tournaments, years ago.
Now I am not angling at all, just fishing from the bank with my son. So far he has caught all the largemouth this season. He's 4.
I do have a 17.5 foot Skeeter Bass Boat, that hopefully I will register someday, and get be able to take out and do some more serious bass fishing! I only live about 5 minutes drive from the lake!:D
I would really like to get to Diamond Valley Lake, it's supposed to be where the next world record large mouth is going to come from!:jointsmile:

[xweefernationx]

I love to smoke a lil herb and go what i call "high fishing" where your burn a long blunt and sit back to catch some of those4 giant florida cats :thumbsup::

[d4twamp]

I love to fish too, all species bass, trout, salmon, catfish, panfish, I 've even went crawdad hunting in the ditch across the road (for bait of course) I live less than 1/2 hr from a couple good lakes and a few minutes walk to the river and ponds. But I can see the new Largemouth record comin outta the California Delta. there's some biggun's in dem waters

D:S5:

[MedicineIsGood]

I just started up fishing again just a few months ago and I probably go to either Santa Ana River Lakes or Irvine Lake about twice a month. Yeah, they're pay lakes, but its nice for relaxing because it doesn't get all crazy there with noisy jet boats and screaming kids.

I got a 5 lb catfish a few weeks ago at SARL. I'm a rookie so that was the biggest fish I ever caught! I was so excited I celebrated with a dubie. Then I celebrated having a dubie by having another dubie. Fishing is great and even if I come home empty handed, I still really enjoy relaxing at the lake. I still have a lot to learn about catching fish.

[MedicineIsGood]

oh yeah, so help me out folks! Any tips would be greatly appreciated. The lakes I go to have trout, catfish, bass, crappie, bluegill and carp. So far I've stuck to using a egg sinker/swivel rig with about 2 ft leader using night crawlers, powerbait, mealworms with marshmellows, inflated worms, shrimp and waxworms.

I got the 5 lb catfish with shrimp, but thats the only time I've ever caught a catfish with shrimp. Usually I get the 2 pounders with worms. I usually spend about 7-8 hrs out there and feel pretty damn lucky if I reel in 2-3 fish.

[8182KSKUSH]

oh yeah, so help me out folks! Any tips would be greatly appreciated. The lakes I go to have trout, catfish, bass, crappie, bluegill and carp. So far I've stuck to using a egg sinker/swivel rig with about 2 ft leader using night crawlers, powerbait, mealworms with marshmellows, inflated worms, shrimp and waxworms.

I got the 5 lb catfish with shrimp, but thats the only time I've ever caught a catfish with shrimp. Usually I get the 2 pounders with worms. I usually spend about 7-8 hrs out there and feel pretty damn lucky if I reel in 2-3 fish.


You can speak in generalities alot, and I could give you general tips. But the best advice I can give you would be, go hang out, drive around the lake. Look for the old man, or old woman, that is sitting alone, ontop of a five gallon bucket with a zebco 33, and a cooler with beverages, and a smaller one with bait. Sometimes they have the screen bag cage things, usually they are just chucking their hauls into the bucket they are sitting on. This is specific, if you find this person, (and there is usually at least 1 at every lake I have ever been to) then go talk to them. Pick their brain. Every body of water is different, and they all have their own little quirks. But one constant is that this "local fishing guru" is usually there.
If you are specifically fishing for cats, one thing to keep in mind that many people forget, is that catfish have an overbite. This is important, because it is common knowledge that they are bottom feeders, however, it is actually difficult for them to actually "pick" the bait off the bottom. So if you can rig so that your presentation is such that your bait is an inch or so off the bottom, then you will have better bites. Otherwise you will get alot of annoying little bites, this is usually the cat trying to nibble at or disturb the bait so that they can get it in their mouth. That being said, I have had success fishing directly on the bottom with chicken liver, it is tricky until you get the hang of it, but it is also buoyant and will easily lift off the bottom with minimal effort on the cats part. If you have a boat you could try jug lines, (not sure about regs here in Cali). Goldfish are great as long as you don't get caught using them! Set lines work well to if you are close to your spots and can check them daily. Also, I have always had the best luck for cats, at night. Hopefully this gives you something to ponder. If you use liver, and don't like the chicken, try beef, it's a little more firm, but I love the chicken liver, it has always worked better than anything else that I have ever used. (Shrimp, dough baits, worms, etc.) I usually just use a treble hook, not on a swivel, but one of the things that looks like a swivel, except it just has two rings that can freely turn, (cats like to torpedo, and that combined with brush, teeth, rocks, etc, can break you off easily at the eye of the hook if it can't spin freely. Then I usually use a bell sinker, (size depends on your needs) somewhere around 8-10 inches up the line. You can actually just tie the treble hook first, then go up the line where you want the sinker, double it over, stick it through the eye of the sinker, then pull through a little, then take the treble hook and drop it through the loop you made. I have never used leaders. One thing I don't like about them is that if you tie a leader on that exceeds your line test strength, then it will simply snap off no matter how beefy the leader is, because it is tied to your line. For example, you are using 20lb mono, with a 35lb leader, well, the weakest link is the not that you tied with the 20lb mono. Even if you have a 100lb steel leader, doesn't matter, it will still break off at you lines rating! Now you are out a hook and a leader! I just check my line for abrasions, and retie when needed.
Breaking off is unavoidable and will happen, but I would rather just loose a hook, than a hook, leader, and sinker! With my rig, 9 out of 10 times, you will just loose the hook.:)
Another trick when cat fishing that I use, is once my line is out, I slowly tighten the line so that there is no slack, I get in a comfortable position with my rod in hand. I then use my trigger finger, and very gently with the hand that I hold my rod with, pull the line ever so slightly, not so that I am moving the bait, but just so I can feel the tension, if you do this, you will be able to feel a fish fart on your bait. It can be kind of nerve racking at first, because you will feel lots of ticks and what not, but just be patient, if it's not hard enough to violently straighten your finger that's on the line, don't worry about it. It's probably a yearling cat, or bluegill. If you try to set the hook on those hits, you will drive yourself crazy! I am going to stop now, I could go on and on forever. Good luck to you!:thumbsup:

[8182KSKUSH]

One more thing!
If you are brave, and confident.
I know this flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but hear me out.
There are 2 schools of thought on equipment for catfishing.
1. Big, Beefy, Muscle them around. There is a time and place for this obviously!
2. What I like, a nice 6.5 or 7 foot medium action spin cast, 14lb test, check the ratings for the reel and rod, should be on them, I never use anything bigger than 14lb test though. Usually 10 or 12. (DO NOT OVERFILL THE SPOOL! THE HEAVIER THE LINE THE LESS YOU CAN PUT ON). If using a braided line, put a layer of mono on first as backing!
Just use the equipment the way it was intended! Set your drag properly so that you don't get snapped off right away by a larger cat. I think using the lightest equipment possible is way more fun than using heavy action gear and just muscling them around! Don't get me wrong, I have done plenty of fish water skiing, but the lighter equipment is not only more fun with the bigger fish, but it is more sensitive too, and increases the odds of you landing more of the pickers, (littler fish) and having more fun doing it!
Just a thought!
Now use your judgement, if you are fishing in an underwater forrest, or thick matted lilly pads, choose your gear appropriately, but when you can get away with it, I always opt for the lightest gear possible! No matter what I am fishing for. The lighter your line, the farther you can cast, the faster you bait gets into the strike zone, the faster it sinks, the more sensitive everything is too. Especially if you use the trigger finger trick.
I will leave you alone now! Good luck!

[stinkyattic]

Around hurrrr, people fish cat at night using cheese and other nasty smelly shit as bait. Big bullheads in mucky ponds with lots of vegetation, and channel cat from under railroad bridges.
Mmmm!! Just don't get stuck with a spine; the bacteria that live on catfish spines cause a nasty infection- there's even a wives' tale that they are venomous because of this, haha!

[lunarose]

My husband loves to fish averages three days a week. Mostly he goes bass fishing we live about 20 minutes from a lake.

[d4twamp]

hey MEDISGOOD

Try using a circle hook for catfish they are the best hooks for cat's cuz of the shape of their mouths the hook slides to the side and turns into the corner of their jaw... CIRCLE hooks make it so you don't even have to set the hook, just apply pressure until youfeel him on there and then give a couple tugs to make sure the barb has penetrated his or her jaw, then the fight is on.

I agree w/ Kush too try to keep your bait a few inches of the bottom, it will more easily accessible for the catfish to bite onto...

Also try marinating your shrimp in vanilla extract overnight the day before you go out what you don't use through it in the freezer for next time.

I also like to take the cheese powder out of a few mac n cheese boxes and put it into an old jar then I dip my bait right before I cast it out

just a few options but just keep fishin' and enjoy the earth the way we were meant to w/ a doobie and a wet line.

D:S5:

[MedicineIsGood]

Its good to see that some of you enjoy fishing as much as I do! Thanks for all the suggestions.

Here's my current gear setup. I have a 6.5 ft Ugly Stick with 10 lb braided line with 8 lb fluorocarbon leader. My other pole is a Daiwa Shock thats 6 ft and has 6 lb mono line. Both are medium action poles with sliding egg sinker, ball bearing swivels and 2 ft leaders. The Ugly Stick uses 2/0 circle hooks that I got from BassPro and the Shock usually has either a size 6 weedless hook or bait hook.

My main targets are catfish and trout because they're good eating. Don't see much trout this time of year, but every lake stocks catfish. Lately I've been using shrimp and night crawlers. I usually dip them in Nitro gravy.

I'm gonna go fishing this weekend so I'll have to try out all the tips and report back!

[d4twamp]

reading and talking about fishing gave me the bug so on wednesday I went for a hike out to some ponds and caught a lot of nice size bass, catch and release...I also brought home some poison oak.... Going out to Shasta lake in a few minutes, the lake is so low right now, I'll post some pics of a cave that is usually submerged this time of year. I've been going out to this spot every year for more than a decade and didn't know there was a cave down there.

D:S5:

[inbud]

i love to fish bass...tho there is a great salmon/steelhead/trout river a lot closer than the lake. Lazy on the lake, drifting and hooking into a smallmouth is the way i like the weekends of summer to happen. Throw in a little swimming and a cold drink or two, Heaven. :hippy:

[farmerfred]

I love fishing. Nothing like fishing off the coast of CA and having a beer at 7 AM :thumbsup: I love fresh water fishing too. Haven't done fresh in years though. I probably need to get my pole oiled up and checked before I go fresh again. If I could get more time off from work I'd fish everyday.

[MedicineIsGood]

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get out to the lake last weekend. However, I'm gonna make it down there for sure this weekend. Gonna bake me some brownies on Friday so that this fishing trip rocks whether I catch anything or not! I'll probably need to get a blunt ready too.

We really need to get this forum going. Its like the slowest forum I visit :( Who's interested in firing this place up because it'd be nice to fill it up with useful local information. Just like fishing, I KNOW there's a wealth of MJ knowledge out there we can share.

[MedicineIsGood]

ok so I just caught my first bass on a lure this past weekend. 4lb large mouth. I never had any luck with lures but just started playing around with a rooster tail and I landed a 3lb rainbow trout also. I'm pretty amazed that lures actually work! I gotta get me some plastic worms and try out the texas rig this weekend.

[d4twamp]

Medicine is good, Your 1st Bass on a lure, Nice...I remember my First bass on a lure, probably over 20 years ago...4 lbs. for your 1st bass caught by angling isn't to shabby...Lures are almost all I use for bass, it's so much more satisfying for me than live bait...Look into the SENKO's for soft plastics, Bass love em'...I agree let's get this thread poppin....

D

[epilepticme]

Lure fishing is a whole new level of fishing. Its pretty easy to toss a nightcrawler or minnow out and wait. It takes real talent to toss a lure and land a trophy.
4lb smally and 3lb rainbow great job!

Another month and it will be icefishing season here in NY.

Any other icefisher people?

[Mississippi Steve]

Lure fishing is a whole new level of fishing. Its pretty easy to toss a nightcrawler or minnow out and wait. It takes real talent to toss a lure and land a trophy.
4lb smally and 3lb rainbow great job!

Another month and it will be icefishing season here in NY.

Any other icefisher people?


no ice fishing here... ut I have always carried a couple of fishing rods and tackle box in my service truck. I have lots of customers that have ponds on their lans, and there are lakes in some subdivisions too. Most of the time I catch and release. When I get out to the left coast, I fish for stripers and steelies. Its a toss up as to whether I like a spinning rig or a fly rig the best.:thumbsup:

[8182KSKUSH]

Medicine is good, Your 1st Bass on a lure, Nice...I remember my First bass on a lure, probably over 20 years ago...4 lbs. for your 1st bass caught by angling isn't to shabby...Lures are almost all I use for bass, it's so much more satisfying for me than live bait...Look into the SENKO's for soft plastics, Bass love em'...I agree let's get this thread poppin....

D

congratulations!
don't be afraid to g big! check out what the local bait fish is, match the hatch as they say. sounds like you did. this time of year the forage that have survived to this point are bigger than normal. trophy bass are looking for the biggest
reward for the least effort.
big and slow!
water temps are dropping as well which will slow down their metabolism and activity.
sounds like you are on the right track. wait until you get intoa 7 or 8 lb hog!

[d4twamp]

congratulations!
don't be afraid to g big! check out what the local bait fish is, match the hatch as they say. sounds like you did. this time of year the forage that have survived to this point are bigger than normal. trophy bass are looking for the biggest
reward for the least effort.
big and slow!
water temps are dropping as well which will slow down their metabolism and activity.
sounds like you are on the right track. wait until you get intoa 7 or 8 lb hog!

I think your talkin bout med is good...Bass fishing is my personal fav... my biggest is only 7 lbs 5 oz. Black Largemouth outta Lake Shasta....I caught it fishing in my first bass tournament...It was just a local tourny but I took 6th place out of 60 people and won for the Biggest Bass of the tournament...I was stoked I'll have to scan the pix of the catch onto the puter so I can post them...Good luck to all on the water, and stay safe out there....

D:thumbsup:

[wolfgar]

i like to bass fish a lot. Mostly Texas rigging plastics. but when i feel like just chilling out i head to the river toss in a baited hook and wait for the cats to come calling. There is something about pulling in a 20 pound cat against the current. I can agree with stinky completely about infection after getting stabbed by catfish spines, the infection is much worse than the injury.

[d4twamp]

I love cat fishing too.. I heard you could get Osteoporosis from getting stuck by a catfish spine...it's the lil ones you gotta watch out for....

D:thumbsup:

[Hypomaniac]

I havent been fishing in over a year due to a moritorium in my area.
feeling like I need to get salty damn. For me I am strickly into saltwater
nothing else. Tight lines to all.

[d4twamp]

Hypo are those salmon, I can't enlarge the pix... they look good though.... go and get salty man...

D

[Hypomaniac]

The pic on the left are a couple of small King Salmon, and on the right is a super
beautiful Ling Cod.

[d4twamp]

Haven't done much fishing in the salty pond, but I'd like to do more...

I live about 2/12- 3 hrs on a windy ass rd. from the coast...

I'd like to travel the world and catch species after species of different fish...ie: Florida for tarpon, South America for Peacock Bass, Southeast Asia for some Huge Meekong river Catfish, I could keep on going but I think y'all get the point... just one of my dreams....

Keep your lines wet and your bowls packed, & your sure to have a good time...

later, D

[PanicQween]

Awesome, I see I am in good company here!
I have a small fishing boat, (nothing fancy, believe me) I love to go out and toss in a line-its trout and crappie I'm after-that's damned good eatin'! Fishing is one of the most relaxing sports there is-well that is until you hook a big one. Then it's work but well worth it!

[socalocal]

i use to love a nice sunny day on irvine lake with a couple fatties and i'm not talking fish...or chicks olo xoxoxo

[d4twamp]

Went to visit the inlaws at their house in the Nor Cal mountains about 3200-3400 feet elevation where they have a stream that runs through the property...I caught a nice brown and a beautiful native rainbow trout yesterday, I'm glad to see there is no snow yet....keep fishin'...

D

[Petrali86]

I love fishing. specially if there are pre-rolled blunts yo:rasta:

[RedLocks]

not form SoCal but...
Last year me and my peoples were going fishing alll the time. We would hop in the suv after work, pick up a few of our boys, head up to the boonies with a couple machetes (copper head snakes all over) and poles, a few dubs of some sour d and fish fish fish. I never cought a single damn fish though! Some of the days were were just standing out there up to our waste in the lake in the pouring rain praying lightning didn't hit haha..

Was a wild time, can just imagine the country folk thinking "what the hell ?" when out of the vehicle, bunch of dudes, hispanic and black and the token white rasta (me) hopped out passing out machetes, poles, buckets and coolers, tats blazing hah. Was a good time but like I said, I never cought shit.. Friends were getting blue gills left and right.. think maybe my plastic blunt tube bobber might have been scaring the fish away.. Did i mention only a few of our fishing poles were operational and we only had a bobber or two..

Thank god no game wardens stopped by cause I know I didn't have a fishing liscence.. ;)

[FreshNugz]

I love it...good thing cause Canada is full of spots too.
Nothing beats the cottage. 5 am..fresh coffee, pre rolled joints...head out to the lake.
I could be there all day. Once I was and got the worst sunburn of my life. Worth it though, for the catches.
Only thing i hate is when you set your line, and your trolling along, everything's perfect...so you light one up..and BAM...you've got a fish. Several times i have gotten all excited, dropped and ruined my joint...but, thats why i had more than one i guess :D

[RedLocks]

One Love



-Bless

[d4twamp]

I've gone out to fish, plenty times with plenty to smoke... only to pack up & leave the water and realize DAMN I didn't even smoke while I was fishin'....in these cases I guess there is always good fish stories to tell, not to mention the ride home...:jointsmile:

[middieman440]

im an avid fisherman also here in connecticut,bass,trout,etc but im possibly moving to california so its gonna be a big change and i have no clue what the fishing is like,i dont have a boat nor have i ever been in one im a shore dude.

im trying to wait paitently for opening day..this saturday!

but does anyone know of any good spots for trout,bass out by santa ana california. please ler me know asap.!

but heres some early season largemouth bass pictures.

[middieman440]

from yesterday

[DrStrangeBud]

I don't know that I have evr smoked a bud like that... but I must say, that is a strange bud.

Nice

[ZeroWingX]

I just got a spot in Victorville, so the California Aqueduct is my new backyard...
Plus I still have Silverwood, or a 1.5 hour drive to the beach and go Halibut Hunting lol...Besides Growing,Billards, and gaming Fishing is my only other Hobby... Man that reminds me I feel like going fishing
:thumbsup:

[Comfortableenum]

I go fishing out of San Diego, Mostly for tuna, yellowtail and Dorado. Nothin like being 80 miles in the middle of no where. I like to down some edibles and then crawl into my bunk for the night.

[spoon2610]

I love fishing! Diamond Valley in Hemet CA is the best place in So Cal.

[Stomper420]

The Delta has some os Calis best fishing.

10 footers even:thumbsup:

[oldhaole]

There's a lot of steps to shorecasting, First you need bait. You can buy frozen bait, but fresh is far better. That requires a dive. You spend a few hours just looking for taco (Japaneese word for octipus). I've seen people go right past them, because they are masters of disguise.

So you have enough bait, to cover your hooks. Now it becomes haul ass time. There are only so many spots to fish from and everybody wants one. You race out to the backside and find South Wailua open. Thank God! But you still have work to do.

You now get to go down the cliff. Only 150 ft down. There are ropes...and a ladder...and a slick as snot red dirt trail. Oh and did I forget to mention,its raining, and you have a 70 lb pack on your back? And your 13 ft lemmiglass poles in your hands? Good Times.

You get to the bottom. There's a cave, and a big crack that once a tarp is put over it becomes dry and comfortable. That's your home for the weekend
But the work has one little gem saved up for you. You gotta go back up the cliff and bring down the ice and bait. First trip was food and gear. Sorry.

By this time the day is almost done, That's cool...The big ulua bite at night.
My rigs are all the same 13 ft lemmiglas pole, 50 lb test on a 4/0 Penn reel.
The line is tied to a barrell swivel. Off the swivel is a 4 ft length of steel leader, and a washer to stop the slide. On the washer is a breakaway lead line and a 8 to 10 oz grabber lead.

Now you gotta chuck all that 150 yds or so out onto the blues. Throwing a pole is not easy. Takes some practice and a lot of backlashes. Eventualy you learn to let the natural spring of the pole do the work, and that baby will sail for miles.

Sun has set, time to slide bait. We use a slide bait swivel...you may call them pigtails. Put your bait on the hook, and attach your swivel and let it go. Gravity does the rest. The bait slides right down the line. This way over the night you can slide 3 or 4 times with new bait, and not pull up your pole. After the baited pole is in the water, you put a cowbell on it so you will wake up if you have a strike.

Now its party time. Cook dinner, smoke joints, drink beer whatever. Burn time,waiting for the bell. It seldom happens when you are waiting. Best bet is to go to sleep.

Dream time. Just about the time the pretty blonde makes her appeareance in my dreams, a godamn bell starts clanging...followed by a rachet, and line stripping off the reel. Hana'pa. Hook up. The next minute is chaos everybody half asleep, slippery rocks, find your shoes and headlights. slide out to the point, Bobby's pole is screaming. He tosses the bell, turns off the rachet and sets the hook. Big smile..."this is a dude!"

He's in charge. All we do is over, under, so the line doen't go and tangle with ours. We help any way we can , but Bobby is fucking this donkey, not us. He's screaming at me to get the gaff, but I get to be the bearer of real bad news...two words....Pink eyes. Sharky....Tax collector...The man in the grey suit.... whatever you want to call it.... I call it rubbish. I learned some new cuss words that day.

Long story short (I think I blew that oppertunity a ways back) Bobby's pal caught a rat (small ulua) and I caught an Uku (grey snapper) on live bait next morning. Not worth writing home about, but a decent dinner.

[TANKJR]

Nice fish tale, Ol Haole! I fished offshore on Oahu and Maui once...chased a 8' marlin around for two hours, but he wouldn't hit anything we threw at him, caught a few ahi, nothing big tho....when I boarded the boat, I asked the Capt if he minded if I smoked, and he said smoked what? LMAO! Just cigs I said, and he laughed pretty hard, he said cigs ok, but Coast Guard has 0 tolerance for anything else, turns out he was cool off the boat...I fish for anything everywhere, but live around the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean, so salt is where I'm usually at, with a pack of doobers, a roach clip, and a windproof lighter! :jointsmile:

[sunshinesam]

Here ya go guys, case anyone is interested......22nd Annual Isabella Lake Fishing Derby (http://derby.kernrivervalley.com/)

[BackWoodDrifter]

I love to fish but I have to fish for a way of life still be findin it fun.

BWD

[mrsffdbob]

I usually go with my friends on a charter boat...Usually go for tuna and end up catching lot's of bonita's or rock cod.
Nothing beat's a boat full of beer, and my friends..Billy Bong thorton, and Wesley pipes..:pimp:

[aikidoisbudo]

I 've even went crawdad hunting in the ditch across the road (for bait of course)
u dont eat em?
u r missing out! crawdads r yummy!

[BackWoodDrifter]

u dont eat em?
u r missing out! crawdads r yummy!

Darn tootin here in the Backwoods weal call them crayfish and they be a treat out the streams and rivers in the north be lovinem like a inland fresh water mini lobster ifin i can find them. Mmmmmm good

Then gain I be eatin lota things upin here people would freak out over oh well be a way of life good one to. LOL

BWD

[middieman440]

ever since i got to socal i havent done much fishing at all since im new here and dont know of any places to go...i tried irvine lake 2 times but nothing each time i went....

if anyone lives around the irvine area and would like to go fishing,i am up for it!! starting to get a bit frustrated by not being able to actually get out n go fishing..

im still waiting for id card to come in through the mail so im not able to get my fishing license yet..but it should be here very soon i hope!

but yeah anyone down to go fishing or what!!!

[mak14317]

i just started fishing n i like it very much............

[ogganjagrower]

After living in san diego my whole life, i just spent 6 years in Colorado. never fished at all in san diego, but got into fishing while in colorado. Colorado fishing is awesome! just sucks cuz its only like 3 months out of the year.