^ agreed, especially when the flats are taking their good ass time getting a bluegill in its mouth
FISHING SEASON 2K12!!!!!!
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got the skunk off my back today, 6 bass landed with a fat 20" 5lber topping the scales and a healthy 2.5lber at another spot. pics will come later after celebrating some st pattys day, will be trying for some cats in the morning!
Slow night last night, got 5 or 6 channels but none of any quality. I am starting to catch gill in the cast net again so thats a good thing. Also caught this 5lb striper!
Great thread. I'm in Connecticut and with the weather the way it has been the fishing is picking up quick. Went out yesterday caught 5 bass one was a nice 21" hog, some smaller 1-2 pounders and some pickerel. Here are just a couple
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good fish
went to bond lake all day today in cary, fishin was fairly slow at first my buddy caught 2 nice 1lb+ crappie and we hooked up with some small cats, i caught a 20+lb snapping turtle and we continued with the small cats. all of a sudden my rod went off and almost pulled in to the water. got the hook set and line started screaming off. I knew it was a big cat possibly the biggest i've had on the end of my line. I fought the beast for at least 10 minutes of cranking and drag runs and had it maybe 10 yards from shore... as it came to the top it wrapped up with a log, my leader frayed and the monster got off. all i saw was the monstrous tail... it was bare minimum 12lb channel cat, could have been larger. my PB to date is 8lb, i was crushed. A while later my buddy landed a nice 8# and we caught another few little guys. we went and got lunch and went back to a new spot and straight killed em. rods were going off one way and another. he caught a nice 6.5 and then a nice 4 and we kept having good bites. i caught some more dinks and then hooked up with a decent little 2lb and my other rod went off HARD, got it to the bank it was a solid 5# cat. we had a heck of a day landing a combined 18 cats and 22 total fish with many more cats missed or didn't take the bait fully. ended u with 1 monster snapper at 20lb, a smaller around 10lb, and another mud turtle. good day on the water worn out
went to bond lake all day today in cary, fishin was fairly slow at first my buddy caught 2 nice 1lb+ crappie and we hooked up with some small cats, i caught a 20+lb snapping turtle and we continued with the small cats. all of a sudden my rod went off and almost pulled in to the water. got the hook set and line started screaming off. I knew it was a big cat possibly the biggest i've had on the end of my line. I fought the beast for at least 10 minutes of cranking and drag runs and had it maybe 10 yards from shore... as it came to the top it wrapped up with a log, my leader frayed and the monster got off. all i saw was the monstrous tail... it was bare minimum 12lb channel cat, could have been larger. my PB to date is 8lb, i was crushed. A while later my buddy landed a nice 8# and we caught another few little guys. we went and got lunch and went back to a new spot and straight killed em. rods were going off one way and another. he caught a nice 6.5 and then a nice 4 and we kept having good bites. i caught some more dinks and then hooked up with a decent little 2lb and my other rod went off HARD, got it to the bank it was a solid 5# cat. we had a heck of a day landing a combined 18 cats and 22 total fish with many more cats missed or didn't take the bait fully. ended u with 1 monster snapper at 20lb, a smaller around 10lb, and another mud turtle. good day on the water worn out
nice work on those cats.
I got skunked on the flatties but landed a real nice smallmouth on a creek chub and 6/0 Big river hook and my war rod. Actually thought I was fighting a flattie!! Took a gut shot, and I am pretty bummed about that. Looked like it may have been full of eggs. This little river was pushing about a 6oz current. Its a nice little flathead honey hole in the summer.
I got skunked on the flatties but landed a real nice smallmouth on a creek chub and 6/0 Big river hook and my war rod. Actually thought I was fighting a flattie!! Took a gut shot, and I am pretty bummed about that. Looked like it may have been full of eggs. This little river was pushing about a 6oz current. Its a nice little flathead honey hole in the summer.
nice fat smallie! couple kids probably 10 or 11 years old each were out fishing today and caught a 5.5lb bass ready to burst on a bed and kept it, was pretty bummed to see that because any other time of year they wouldn't have caught that big of a fish.
believe it or not dreams the bait i hooked the big one on and we caught most of the cats on was small bluefish fillets from a fall beach trip with garlic powder on them. stays on the hook well because of the tough skin and is really oily just like shad, my buddy brought em out it was awesome, only problem is the biiiig snapping turtles liked em too! you're right about that fish still being in there, this was the first time i fished this place but based on the results there will be more in the future. i think i've finally found me a close catfish hole, only thing that sucks is i gotta walk around a mile to get to the best spot we found today and i lost several hooks to big snappin turtles
believe it or not dreams the bait i hooked the big one on and we caught most of the cats on was small bluefish fillets from a fall beach trip with garlic powder on them. stays on the hook well because of the tough skin and is really oily just like shad, my buddy brought em out it was awesome, only problem is the biiiig snapping turtles liked em too! you're right about that fish still being in there, this was the first time i fished this place but based on the results there will be more in the future. i think i've finally found me a close catfish hole, only thing that sucks is i gotta walk around a mile to get to the best spot we found today and i lost several hooks to big snappin turtles
