FISHING SEASON 2K12!!!!!!

[jworth]

found me a bait jackpot going out sunday to hit a couple new spots. Got 7 of these and a bullhead in a couple cast net throws.

 

[kevinfleming21]

money bait!

 

[jworth]

theyre almost too pretty for bait... ALMOST.


Dreams, where you at? I hope you are doing better than me. I'm embarrassed considering how good my year started.

 

[MN_Rebel]

theyre almost too pretty for bait... ALMOST.


Dreams, where you at? I hope you are doing better than me. I'm embarrassed considering how good my year started.

I'm growing out a baby carp in the 20gal right now, hopefully it will be ready for the koi pond next summer!

 

[kevinfleming21]

I have just not been out since the bass I posted last. Too dang hot. I will wait till later in the year to resume.

 

[The Auratus]

I really love frog fishing! I've spend the most of my time fishing for pikes with topwater frogs and I've enjoyed every second.
Went out fishing yesterday with my brother and I hit my personal best with a pike on 10 lbs Caught this one on a black Strike king KVD sexy frog.


And a few days ago i caught this nice pike on 7 lbs. Also on the sexy frog.


And a pike i caught today about 3 lbs on a black spro bronzeye.

 

[MN_Rebel]

Nice northerns. I have to wait for the cool water temperature returns so I can fishing for them safer. Had a summer kill of northerns, white suckers, tulibees and big carps in various lakes this summer. Even seen some dead muskellunges too. The summerkills still continue today.

 

[fatboy8]

I'm growing out a baby carp in the 20gal right now, hopefully it will be ready for the koi pond next summer!

I've kept a few and put them in ponds. Fun fish to keep always moving around digging stuff up. Keep me updated on that I'm getting a mirror this spring for that European native I've been working on. I just love seeing them in tanks


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[JD7.62]

Ive had a hectic last couple of weeks. Lots of clients and family coming in town to keep me busy . We caught lots of fish but also had some mishaps including having four thousand dollars worth of kayaks being dumped into the middle of the street and loosing a four hundred dollar rod after getting caught in some rough surf and getting my rear end absolutely handed to me.

Some notable catches include a twenty four inch mangrove snapper I put my very novice cousin on. He loved it and it was only his second time fishing and he catches the biggest mangrove Ive ever seen personally.

Today was the first time in over three weeks I could concentrate on fishing for myself instead of worry about putting other people on fish or fishing a tournament. Hear is a copy/paste from my report in the local fishing forum.

Finally I was able to get out all by myself and concentrate on fishing instead of trying to get other people on fish. First time in over three weeks believe it or not.

I dropped my daughter off at school and off to Broxsons for cigs. No cigs there so I stopped by the pier. They had what they were selling as cigs but werent cigs. No idea what they were actually. They were a scad like a cig but much fatter and flatter instead of cigar shaped. They were also pretty damn mushy.

With the late start I knew bait was going to be tough and it was. Caught about ten decent cigs and headed out. On the way I saw a buddy so I made a detour to talk to him a minute.

After that I head on over to my spot and zzzzziiiinnnngggg. First fish of the day was a really nice king in the mid forty inch range.

I make it to my spot, the wind wasnt too bad and the water has really cleaned up. I love it when I get to my spot and look down and see snapper, kings, and cobia just swimming in circles about fifteen feet down.

First drop was a cobia. He wasnt big but worth a measure. Since he was close I decided to use my grips instead of a gaff as a couple months ago I gaffed a ling that was just short and I felt really bad. While trying to get the grips on he popped.

For the next few drops it was several nice snapper or empty hooks. Not ONCE did I bring up a baited hook, I either caught a fish or lost my bait, all day.

Next fish of notability was a solid keeper cobia in the twenty to thirty pound range. The weird thing was that at first I thought I had a remora because he was coming up with ease. As soon as I saw him and he saw me he went absolute ape and spit the hook before I could get a gaff in him. I was bummed.

I continue catching more snapper when I drop down a big live turbo cig and it gets HAMMERED. I was rewarded after a tough fight with the biggest snapper Ive ever caught or seen in person. She was longer then my outback is wide so I was guessing something in the mid thirty inch rang. Notice how small the fish grips look in her mouth. A ]v[ONSTER for sure. It hurt throwing that beast back.

I end up catching three more short cobia and several more snapper.

I end up running out of bait but with the bite on fire I had to figure something out. I decided to drop down my only weighted duster and just jig it bare. At just one ounce I was lucky the wind had died other wise I would have never gotten it down.

First drop, BAM, another cobia about thirty inches, he had three friends with him when he came up too. I was surprised it worked. I dropped a few more times and every time I had some really big trigger fish follow it up to the surface. They never ate unfortunately. They were real pig triggers too. With their interest in the duster Im surprised Ive never caught one on this spot.

I drop again and this time see a nice cobia following it. He was about twenty feet down so I couldnt tell exactly how big he was but he ate and my seventeen pound test, that I use for trolling only, broke thus ending my day.

Total for the day, four just short cobia, three lost, one king and at least fifteen red snapper, probably more.

No fish in the box but the weather was beautiful and the fish were biting. Felt good getting some good ole salt water therapy out there all by my self.

The snapper was by far my personal best and according to the charts was probably close to thirty pounds.

 

[NCStateFisher]

niiiice snapper bro! think yours got mine beat by 5-6" easy! glad you got out on the water, its been tough here too - been out twice, once with my nephews catching 20+ bream and an 8lb channel cat and a second time by myself only landing 1 small channel and getting eaten alive by mosquitos