I either catch small fish by hand,or hook small 21/2 to 31/2 bluegill using meat bread or pieces of beat up plastic worms,I usually use the same hook to catch the bait as when I use the bait to catch other huge critters.
What Do You Guys Use For LiveBait And How Do You Catch It?
- Thread starter Wailua Boy
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Let me know if you need any. They are pretty nice
Nothing more relaxing than a summer day at the local lake and creek casting dries and nymphs in shallow gin clear water for Sunnies, Crappie, LMBs, Creek Chubs, and Bullheads. Especially when you can get 30-100 fish days. Only a few months away from that!I would just get a big wide-mouth butterfly net and start scooping through big schools of fish. Your best bet is to do what I do when our little feeder-streams dry up and leave nothing but a few of the deepest holes with water and just target those spots w/ big nets or UL rod and reels. Nets will get you more if they in bunches and schools, but if they are spread out, you might have to have a little patience and use the ol' hook and line.
Before you do any of that, I would find a good secluded spot and set out a minnow-trap w/ various baits in it so you can triple your efficiency - the trap works on it's so you can go off and do your thing.
If I were you, I would try and keep some of the cichlids and live-bearers to sell them - i'm sure they have some WC-features hobbyists might find favorable over tank-bred fish
I don't take pics of my bait LOL But we use rod and reel for the Sunfish, Creek Chubs, Shiners, Bullheads and other baitfish typically 3" and up that we use to catch Flatheads and other Big Game.
As far as live bait, nothing is better for me than a nightcrawler. Either whole or a section fished in a variety of methods. Works for just about every species. When I use live fish for bait, I usually just take my seine with me and grab a few of whatever the most abundant species I find is. Hooked through the lips on a size 8-12 hook works well in most cases.
for saltwater I watch for where the birds are on the surface of the water. they're usually on top of the bait fish. throw a cast net at them. also something I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet is a Sabiki rig. I always have a Sabiki rig in the water when I'm stationary in the boat just letting the motion of the ocean do its thing with the rig. they work great for pogies, croaker and other bait fish.
for freshwater I don't normally use live bait, if I do its a smallish bluegill or redear for catfish.
for freshwater I don't normally use live bait, if I do its a smallish bluegill or redear for catfish.
Nowadays I'm typically fishing from a kayak , hard to keep anything larger alive. I have owned few boats over time but dont have the time to run them regularly and my father had boats growing up until the early 90's. Did alot of ika(squid)/shibi(tuna) fishing off the east side of Kaua'i as a kid where you hang lights to attract squid, that was always my favorite. I use to work on charter boats out of Lahaina Harbor for most of my 20's and have caught about many blue marlin as I care to. I do manage to catch come pelagics off the yak but mostly target ono and bottom fish.
Lucky! I do yak fishing myself, even managed a few sails which is awesome considering youve got to run about 50 miles to get to 700ft+ of water! For what ever reason, when conditions are right, we will get sails, dolphin (mahi mahi) and blackfin tuna up on the beach, Ive caught sails in 15ft of water just passed the sandbar! But we do have some great bottom fishing here pretty close!
