The Fishing Thread

[Easy 6]

Searched around & only found the video fishing & BassMasters threads, i know their are plenty of outdoorsman here, so i figured it'd be cool to draw upon the Planets vast experience in all things fishing.

I only use spincast reels & fish mostly large/smallmouth bass & cats. My choice of reels is quite the source of derision from many people i know 'duffer gear', but i haul in my share of 6 pound bass & 10-20 pound cats on that gear no problem. With a little know-how you can use just about any technique you want to on 'duffer gear'.

Berkley Powerbaits are a big part of my trick bag, the difference between those & regular stuff is night & day. My best action last summer came on Mister Twister scented white curly tail grubs, on one day fishing from shore to a bridge pier, i caught smallies, bigmouths, perch & even 1 carp believe it or not... great day. But my bread & butter is a texas rigged Berkley worm, it'll wiggle through any kind of cover without getting hung up.

With cats i strictly bottom fish, no bobber & bait is just as basic... but its always in 2's to give'em a real treat... a shrimp/with a nightcrawler, liver/chunk of cheese etc. Cats are mostly for night sport to me, time to kick back a lil...

So thats me style, how do the rest of you guys get your fish on? What do you fish for, what do you use? IIRC Missouri's trout season just kicked off, anyone getting anything?

[Donger]

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

Wow, I'm ****ed. I only know how to tie one type of fishing knot.

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

It depends what and where you are fishing. Sometimes you will just let it sit and drift, sometimes you will kind of swing it in the current, sometimes you'll use a herky jerky retrieve. FYI - in fly fishing you usually retrieve line by just stripping it in with your hands. The reel is mainly used for fighting larger fish and holding line.

It's a lake, not a stream.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Yes, if you snap the end of the line without leader you’ll fray out the end of your fly line making it worthless.

plus you need to learn how to turn over the leader properly.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Donger

Wow, I'm ****ed. I only know how to tie one type of fishing knot.

Don't worry, they are super easy. The surgeon's knot is probably the easiest.

Originally Posted by Donger

It's a lake, not a stream.

My above statement still applies. Sometimes you let it sit, sometimes you strip it in fast, sometimes you creep it in.

[Ace Gunner]

Originally Posted by Donger

Oh, and with fly fishing, do you just let the fly sit there and do you reel it in slowly?

I've tried a billion moves with flies and don't recall any of them ever really working, although it does work with wet flies. Hits come with the right choice in fly and being sneaky imo

[loochy]

Donger, go to the library and check out a book on fly fishing basics.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

Don't worry, they are super easy. The surgeon's knot is probably the easiest.

Perhaps, but I don't even know the name of the knot I know how to use. It's the one where you make a loop, wrap the line around itself eight times or so and then back through the loop.

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

My above statement still applies. Sometimes you let it sit, sometimes you strip it in fast, sometimes you creep it in.

Thanks.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Oh, and with fly fishing, do you just let the fly sit there and do you reel it in slowly?

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

It depends what and where you are fishing. Sometimes you will just let it sit and drift, sometimes you will kind of swing it in the current, sometimes you'll use a herky jerky retrieve. FYI - in fly fishing you usually retrieve line by just stripping it in with your hands. The reel is mainly used for fighting larger fish and holding line.

What TUW said.
If you’re using poppers, small jig, wooly worm or something similar you want to give it some action but something like dry flies you let sit and drift.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Donger

Perhaps, but I don't even know the name of the knot I know how to use. It's the one where you make a loop, wrap the line around itself eight times or so and then back through the loop.

That sounds like a clinch knot. It is used for attaching hooks and lures to standing line.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Donger

Perhaps, but I don't even know the name of the knot I know how to use. It's the one where you make a loop, wrap the line around itself eight times or so and then back through the loop.

Cinch knot.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by The Ultimate Warrior

That sounds like a clinch knot. It is used for attaching hooks and lures to standing line.

Heh, clinch cinch. Tomayto tomahto.

[Donger]

Great, so I have to learn a new knot?

[Ace Gunner]

I only know/use cinch knot & nail knot. The ****ing fish don't give a shit what knot is on that fly, they only care about what fly is on the knot

[loochy]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

I only know/use cinch knot & nail knot. The ****ing fish don't give a shit what knot is on that fly, they only care about what fly is on the knot

The knots aren't hard to learn at all and they may offer increased line strength and ease of tying. I'd rather fiddle with a surgeon's knot than a blood knot while standing in the middle of a river in low light conditions.

[Donger]

Does this look correct?

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by chiefsfootballfan

I only know/use cinch knot & nail knot. The ****ing fish don't give a shit what knot is on that fly, they only care about what fly is on the knot

The biggest difference between knots is how much strength they cause your line to lose. As the knot is being cinched down it rubs against itself flattening, fray, even slightly cutting the line. Some knots are worse about this than others. Seems like the cinch knot retains around 80% line strength but I’m pulling that from memory.