So anyone else into fishing?

[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.

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[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.

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[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....

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