Fishin' 2022

[Jaybird1980]

Got out for a couple hours this morning. Top water action was fantastic. Caught at least a dozen. Nothing huge, but some nice ones. Had to come in early to get schooling done.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Was out for gills with my bride last week. Not many but we sure caught a lot of bass.

 

[bwframe]

I've been so far behind on work and gardening chores that I haven't allowed myself to fish for the past few weeks.

I finally gave in and have been finishing the last couple hours of the day lakeside.

Not very big and not very many, but happy to put any fish in the cooler middle August...

 

[nipprdog]

Nephew sent me this. Don't know anything about the place, but it's a great deal

 

[Jaybird1980]

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Nephew sent me this. Don't know anything about the place, but it's a great deal

Geez, those are some monsters he is holding

 

[Hardscrable]

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Nephew sent me this. Don't know anything about the place, but it's a great deal

Reelfoot Lake in TN

 

[bwframe]

Had some pretty harrowing high speed rides around the stumps in Realfoot twenty some years ago with Billy at the wheel.

Good time, good deal, kinda good fishing, but not guaranteed 100% of the time.

Billy's a great guy though and tried above and beyond to put us on crappie that no one was catching. My advice is to not schedule in advance and attempt to get scheduled last minute. Go when the locals are reporting catching fish.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Always wanted to go to Reelfoot. Many years ago we rented a cabin on Patoka. Bluegills like I've never seen. We were told it was slow fishing but I thought we hammered them. We kept the little 8-9" fish to eat and let the bigger ones go. Stood at the cleaning table so much I hurt my back and had to spend a day in bed.

 

[snapping turtle]

Reelfoot can be great. Went in a very high water time. I had been told to use bream pole (fancy cane pole) before going down. Everyone said fishing was very slow from high water.

We used a scanoe with a trolling motor got close to the tree roots dropped in a jig with a piece of about anything. (Including gummy worms) bounced it twice and pulled in a fish.

That said I paid my tax to catch the kings fish but have yet to wet a line this year. I do plan to fix this situation very soon

 

[Jaybird1980]

Reelfoot can be great. Went in a very high water time. I had been told to use bream pole (fancy cane pole) before going down. Everyone said fishing was very slow from high water.

We used a scanoe with a trolling motor got close to the tree roots dropped in a jig with a piece of about anything. (Including gummy worms) bounced it twice and pulled in a fish.

That said I paid my tax to catch the kings fish but have yet to wet a line this year. I do plan to fix this situation very soon

 

[Jaybird1980]

Got out and and hit some creeks. Was hoping for some panfish.

A couple little creek bass is what I ended up with.

 

[Hardscrable]

No whoppers caught but enough 4 - 6“ gills for an enjoyable afternoon for the youngsters.

 

[abeguzmanmarine]

 

[abeguzmanmarine]

 

[abeguzmanmarine]

 

[tmcindy]

I've been so far behind on work and gardening chores that I haven't allowed myself to fish for the past few weeks.

I finally gave in and have been finishing the last couple hours of the day lakeside.

Not very big and not very many, but happy to put any fish in the cooler middle August...

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Yummy!

 

[tmcindy]

I LOVE catching stripers. Never caught any here in Indiana, but, I've caught some in NC (Lake Gaston).

A decent eating fish as well, if I remember correctly (been a long time).

 

[abeguzmanmarine]

I LOVE catching stripers. Never caught any here in Indiana, but, I've caught some in NC (Lake Gaston).

A decent eating fish as well, if I remember correctly (been a long time).

very good eating. great on the grill when they are that big.

 

[tmcindy]

very good eating. great on the grill when they are that big.

It's not that unusual to catch 30 pounders at the lake I fished in NC. Buddy of mine caught a 55 lb. Striper. And that was like 10 lbs. lighter than the state record. If I remember correctly (it's been 35 years), in the tournaments, they had to be fresh water only. They would take a flesh sample and if they were salt water Stripers, they didn't count. Phucking cheaters.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I'm hearing the perch are really going as well as the pike. Maybe I can get out one evening.