You might try a simple worm and bobber setup in that basement

Sorry, just going for some levity there... hang tough, the rains have to stop by at least July right?

Can anyone tell me how to differentiate between a male and female fish? I think only females get caught because I'm yet to hook a fish with a nutsack.

I really , really want to do this.


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Females will bitch you out for wasting your time fishing.

Yeah it’s been tough the last two years. Been times I fished 3 days a week. I almost hate to try and catch anything since Omaha is dumping untreated sewage right into the river, and I’m about 80 miles as the crow flies from that mess. I put worms out(3 poles) one morning after flood number 1 and had nothing touch them for twenty hours

Dude! Tiger trout!

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I didn't know where else to post this, but I really wanted to share it with you guys.

Are tiger trout tasty?

I am slaying it tonight.

100sh fish in a night not bad.

Nice :thumb:

Ok I have a confession to make. 100sh is a bit exaggerated but it was still a good night spite the most and a pole with bad string that keeps breaking after a hit.


Holy shit though its been a good night and. Fish on again.

Tattoo! You're alive! I even made a thread about you.

Oh I haven't seen it.

Glad someone cares.

We all care, broham!

Don't know yet. Most of the places I've caught them were in catch-and-release waters. That place is a three-hour hike one-way from the truck and I didn't have a creel, so I let him go.

Everyone still slaying it? I am struggling up here, the weather up here has been just awful. Last night it got down to 40 at my house, today's high is 62 thus far. The last two Saturdays I went fishing, it was raining and 58 degrees at 8am, the other day was overcast and 53. It is really strange weather for the summer up here, I don't think we have had a streak of more than 2-3 days it has been sunny and over 70. The temp drop is extreme, today tomorrow its supposed to be 79 and rainy, then it drops to 61 on thursday. Its killing the fishing in my area.

Generally speaking you need three days of consistent weather to expect predictable fishing. Three days of sun, three days of rain, three days of snow, whatever. In short, unstable weather produces unpredictable fishing. And vice versa.

Striper.

That makes sense, unfortunately for me, the only thing predictable in Ohio's weather is that it will be unpredictable. I went fishing yesterday, water temp in the pond I fished was 44, it's been crazy weather ever since that bad tornado hit Xenia.

Holy crap dude, ashamedly, I have yet to land anything that big :cuss:

**This year

Attached are the other 2 from today...

Apparently the larger 2 are not stripers, but “wipers.” They are a cross between a striper and a white bass. I hadn’t ever run into such a thing until today.

Caught them at the 4th Pumping Station in Southeast Iowa (Oakville)!

The worm will turn for ya, man!

I thought that's what it was. I've only caught a couple but they were fighting SOB's.

The 2nd big one hit my nightcrawler hard when I was reeling it in! 😂

Wipers - also called hybrids - are very popular for stocking in lakes and ponds. They're hardy and adaptable, they grow fast, they fight hard, and apparently they taste good.

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In general if you are catching something 2 to 3 lbs or larger it is a wiper not a white bass as they grow faster and larger. Under that size they are hard to tell apart but wiper have an extra row of teeth, a larger mouth, and are more streamlined than white bass. Striper and wiper are harder to tell apart once you start getting into the 5 lbs and up range but striper don’t reproduce much if at all so unless you are fishing on a main lake that stocks them you are unlikely to catch a striper.

For my money wiper are the hardest fighters there are. They hit hard and sustain their energy for the entire fight which they drag out for a long time.

I thought I had a state record white bass when I landed my first Wiper. It took a little while before I realized what it was.

I agree about the fighting. Great fish to catch.

Not a bad start.

That lower one looks like a drum.

it looks like you threw up on yourself

I think you are right. Couldn’t believe the fight they put up.

These hybrids have me all goofed up.

Yea, drums put up a good fight too. I never go fishing for them but they're fun to catch. And that's all I'm out there for. Never did care much for the taste of fish.

You’re really making up for lost time, rico

Got the fever BAD!

Drum are frustrating because they hit hard and are often caught crappie fishing. They fight good for a bit but tend to give up so once you feel like you are dragging in a log you realize you don’t have a big crappie or some other fish like a wiper which will fight longer.

thats a drum alright. People look at them as trash fish, but they eat minnows, insects, and worms just like most game fish, and have some of the most flaky white flesh there is in fresh water. My son and I keep them when we catch em and mix them in with the crappie or catfish we are fishing for when we catch em. Very tasty fish.

See, all I’ve ever heard about them is that they’re very boney and oily, so they always get thrown back

He did describe the way a drum fights to a T though, hugging the bottom like you’ve hooked a log, they don’t really thrash around like a cat will

Any musky anglers that are a part of the board?

I do most of my fishing in creeks and smaller rivers using ultra lite tackle. They usually don't have to fight very long before I land them.

Dang sorry to hear that what a devastating year along the rivers.

That’s probably my favorite type of fishing, whether from the bank or kayak or boat. I especially like using 4.5 foot rods as part of my light tackle. That and in a reservoir outlet when water is being released as you never know what you might catch, whether walleye, wiper, catfish, crappie, a school of super aggressive white bass, or some big drum.

Yep, that’s why I do it... the fight... plus I like to stock local ponds.

You got that right!!!

I had one break my line a couple weeks ago and have wanted to fish for one ever since!!!

They call them the fish of 10,000 casts for a reason lol.

Oh man, it broke my heart... got it about a foot away from my feet. Bit the line. I bought steel leaders the next day.

It was on a large white chatterbait.

My grandpa was obsessed with catching those bad boys, he used to hand craft his own lures. I tell you what, he was a church attending, God fearing man, but one time I saw him lose one of his custom made swim baits, I've never heard someone lose their religion so fast lol. Nothing worse than losing your gear, those chatterbaits aren't cheap either. I have a bunch of the originals, but I bought one of the "ZMAN" chartreuse ones yesterday, its been so long since I have been in a the fishing section of Field and Stream I forgot how magnificent it was lol.

I catch a lot of shit for eating drum, but they're on par with white bass as far as the taste. So why the hell not?

Get you some gear for it and do it! Once you hook and net your first one you’ll want to do it all the time. It’s a grind but well worth it when you land one. RELEASE RELEASE RELEASE though. If you do end catching one be sure to take care of it while in your possession. Musky guys will publicly stone you if they see you killed one or kept one.

Muskie and northern pike don't do well after a good fight out of water. They're definitively quick release. Beautiful fish but fragile.

Right on, man!!! Will follow this advice for sure!!!

A freaking goldfish! LMAOLMAOLMAO

That is one smart goldfish to continually avoid the blue herons. Not an easy feat for such a bright fish.

Dude that is freaking crazy! I heard those things are ridiculously difficult to catch. At one of my local reservoirs there are a bunch of asians always trying to catch those. I have a customer who I found out is one of those asian's and he said they are extremely difficult to catch.

LMAO man you’re some kinda Fish Whisperer, all over the joint catching anything and everything

What did you catch that on?

Chop that mother up and use for catfish bait!!!!!!

Shit there are some huge goldfish like that up against the farm most days.

Not lately though, it's blowing everything close down the river.

I see the headlines about monster goldfish caught around the nation here and there... sure haven’t seen anything like it around here

Is it a combination of people flushing them down the toilet, and live bait that got loose or what?

A nightcrawler 😂

LMAO DUDE... guess what happened?! I did that!!! My girls caught a couple dandies...and I caught a mystery fish that everyone is having a debate on Facebook about what it is!!! The general consensus seems to be trout or state record creek chub... this was caught in Southeast Iowa on the Mississippi... we don’t get trout here!! And on a goldfish!!! LMAO

That looks like a brown trout to me. The tail seems to have maintained the more traditional brown color making me think that.

It’s got everyone baffled on Facebook because you seriously never hear of anyone ever catching a trout on SE Iowa.

I have SE Iowa’s fishing scene pegged btw... probably the most underrated fishing region that I know of.

That would definitely be one helluva creek chub if true

I had no idea SE Iowa was such a fishing Nirvana

Did it have scales or skin like a catfish?

Skin like a catfish... not as slippery, though.

Cool thing is we have 4-5 local lakes we can fish as well as countless farm ponds. And as you know, I live right on top of the bluff a couple miles away from the Mississippi, which gives us access to the Mississippi as well as several drainage ditches and pumping stations.

Looks like a trout to me. Then again, I've only caught a few in all my years of fishing. Pretty sure chubs have scales like most minnow type fish.

Bahahahah!!!

Those first two are definitely rainbow trout.

That definitely looks like a Trout. Are there any urban trout ponds nearby that someone planted it?

There is a lake that is like an hour away.

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Now you're gonna get MoHillbilly all worked up...

Someone dumped live bait

Shit (dogfish) and then awesomeness struck !!!

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That’s what I’ve always figured, but it’s still hard to understand how they survive to those sizes... you’d think they’d get gobbled up almost immediately considering how much they stand out

Dude you need to start a youtube channel and get monetized for all of your efforts, there are several guys on there making good bank who are no better than you just going around documenting their exploits... you’d fit right into that

My brother and best friend talk about that all the time.

Then it’s settled, go get you a go-pro headband and get started

2-5k a month is out there for the taking, just to do what you already love

Anyone got any websites or pointers for a total.fishing noob? I want to take my sons out, need some gear and info. Probably river (gualala river) or maybe Pacific Ocean off some rocks.

My bro Brennan and I still smashin’!!!