Going collecting soon, need some advice

[Broski]

Limits shouldnt matter in private waters..

 

[j4str]

not everywhere they don't. Here there is a limit to how big you can keep them, but nothing for small ones. You can only keep a few over 15 inches. They don't want you taking all the spawning fish out of the lake

 

[guanl23]

What kind of worm do you use? I found the best bait for little fish is wax worms. They bite them really quick. I have been in a creek fishing with them and caught about 20 or in a half hour, apposed to pieces of night crawler where I would only catch a few.

my dad too has found out that wax worms have been the best bait to use for blue gills, warmouths, pumkinseeds, etc
my dad found this area in a local lake with a little dock in it and was able to catch about 20 of the above mentioned fish in like 5 minutes!! there were so many!

 

[Broski]

Good news on the bass I caught, I didnt see a stripe on it, but after several "dances" with the slightly larger bass that I have already it has the stripe. They have become inseparable, they open their mouths up really big and wiggle around each other. I thought at first this was something about territory, but they don't attack each other.

 

[Cookie*]

Good to see they are getting along all right and he survived overnight in the tank.

 

[mainbutter]

I fly fish to catch 2-4'' creek chubs for bait. It would work equally well to catch 'em and put in a native tank.

I've always wanted to try out a sabiki rig to catch small fish in freshwater rivers as well.

 

[Rockbass6]

I use a couple grubs on a small hook for small sunfish near the weeds. You could also try setting a minnow trap. Last year, I went to pick mine out of the creek and no minnows were inside, only a muddy puppy.

 

[farawayinn]

We've had luck with live grass shrimp (dipnetted on location) on small hooks (#10) catching sunnies and lmb in ponds here in FL.

 

[Joe M]

I use a couple grubs on a small hook for small sunfish near the weeds. You could also try setting a minnow trap. Last year, I went to pick mine out of the creek and no minnows were inside, only a muddy puppy.

lol. Like this?

Or do you mean mudpuppy?

 

[Rockbass6]

lol. Like this?

Or do you mean mudpuppy?

haha yeah mud* puppy,
I did catch it with of all things dog food.