Anybody fish?

[Brainchild]

With temps in the mid 90's for two weeks and the heat index over 100,I think it's time for some swimming/fishing go to the creek BBQ get sunburned fun.
SO in the morning I'm loading all my stuff,and me and the wife are taking all 5 kids to the creek
Have some family and friends going to come along,and just try to have a great time.

So here is the problem.
I love to fish,and do quite a bit of it,the only catch,no pun intended,is I suck at it
I have never caught anything but moss on an artificial lure/fly/crankbait.And so I use worms,but I think the worms bite the fish and drag them in cause they feel sorry for me.But a worm doesn't have a lot of jaw power,so the fish are rather small

So what am I doing wrong?People can be in the same place and pull out 2-5lb bass,and I catch bait.Maybe it's just no supposed to be.

Any tips?

At least it'll be hot,and a great day to swim

[thekingofpain]

Ive caught more fish by getting in the water with em---mask/snorkle/fins cheap Hawaiian sling rubberband spear---might look kinda funny at the basspond tho---works great for 20# white seabass---yum yum...

[RedFury]

Flu-flu's.

Jig heads and minnows.

All on bobbers. Should catch decent pan fish.

ON the other hand, if you are looking for the bigger predator fish, well, then you need to look at things a little more closely.

The COLOR of your bait can sometimes have a dramatic impact on how well you do.

Of course, explain why my black weedless caught a 9lb northern of the dock at 11pm?!

[M_Six]

Get some rubber worms and fish from the water in an inner tube or belly-boat. Cast towards the shore and slowly reel the worm from the shore towards you, giving a light jerk every now and then.

BTW, fish rarely bite when the temps are in the 90's unless you catch a cold front coming through. If you really want to catch something, be out there at sunrise.

Some favorite fishing quotes:

God doesn't charge time spent fishing against you.

I live with fear every day, but sometimes she lets me go fishing.

A fish without a bicycle is like a man without a womman nagging him.

[Atomic Rooster]

"The worst day fishing is better than the best day working".

The best thing to do is to nicely ask what the other guys are using. Most times your fellow fisherman will point you in the right direction.

Use a smaller hook.

If the fish are still outsmarting you, use a treble hook.

I catch too many sunfish with worms. I usually fish with lures now. Bass like the Rapalas and the dying fish retrieve. Walleye and perch go for orange spinners. At the right time of the day, a popper or jutterbug will get you good bass. Usually dusk.

Worms will get you catfish and eels. That is, if you're not too busy catching sunfish.

Fish in the weeds, under bridges, under docks. Fish early morning or at dusk. Use worms or noisy, shiny lures in murky water.

Or, you could just pack your bags and fish in the ocean. Ocean fishing is a guaranteed no-skunk Actually, barricuda fishing made me believe in treble hooks. Barricuda will bite between your hooks in your baitfish. They are incredibly clever.

I use 2 to 8 pound fluorocarbon line for freshwater and 15 pound or greater fluorocarbon/polymer hybrid line for ocean. Fluorocarbon line disappears in the water.

Sometimes the fish are too lazy to chase a spinner upstream, so you'll have to let it hit the bottom and pull it a tiny bit faster than the current downstream.

Perch go nuts for a brass spinner.

Make sure your hook isn't too big! Too many guys put a damn meathook on the end of their line. Like they're gonna catch a 3 foot northern pike or something...

Don't pull a bait too quickly. You'll end up either pulling it out of the fish's mouth or pulling it off your (dainty) hook.

BTW - I'm going fishing tomorrow, too

[Computer]

For bass nothing beats a Rapala.
And if your goin for panfish use little jigs or worms on a bobber on a small spinner.
for Pike the best in the world is the red devil spoon. If you dont know what that is. it is just a red spoon with a white curvy stripe down the middle. makes pike crazy

BTW how do you pronounce Rapala. is it rap-alla, ra-palla,
ra-pella???

[willy_ph]

ra-palla

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

Mepps Black-fury, probably one of the best lures ever made (the one with yellow dots and feathers) I've caught everything from pike to perch on it (that includes some nice bass)

Not much for using spoons tho, never had any luck with them.

The rapala broken bait (can't remember which one it's called) but it has 2 segments and wags through the water, nice slow reel in with one will keep it on the surface and the bass will fly up to get it.

[Brainchild]

Wow, just got back. A little burnt,really tired, but had a great day

As for fishing, yes I did and the inevitable did happen.I caught bait again

Think I'm joking have a look yourself

this is one of 3, one shad about 2 inches long,and a small catfish.
My brother-in-law caught a couple of real nice bass,and my father-in-law caught a mess of catfish for his supper.

I'm cursed I tell ya