Thread: Question time

Catching is better than nothing!! But sometimes nothing is okay too!!

Back in the spring I caught a turtle in a bass tournament and was gonna weigh it in as a joke ..... BAD MOVE, they thought I was using live bait, but I foul hooked him on a swim bait.

Originally Posted by Happyfisherman

Bread is a surprisingly great bait. Saw a kid catch a 25 lb grass carp one evening on the cigar method, take a whole slice of bread and jist mold it around the hook and line and cast out. It was floating and hit topwater. He caught a bunch of catfish with it too

my bait of choice when I was a real young one , ketched all kinds of fish on bread back when , used to specifically target big carp , but about everything will eat bread , catfish ,trout , sunfish , and the list goes on ....

Some days the Good Lord only leads you to little ones. Enjoy the catch and the keepers will be there another day.

Originally Posted by Gone Fishin'

Some days the Good Lord only leads you to little ones. Enjoy the catch and the keepers will be there another day.

facts bro ....blind pitching a jig goes just like that .....ya ketch what ya ketch

As much as I would rather catch slabs sometimes you learn things by catching small crappie. Yesterday I fished a 15 acre lake that I never fished before. Water is super cold somewhere in the 30's and no wind. First and only crappie caught was this little one. Even though it was small it was chunky for it's size so that indicates to me that he/she is getting enough to eat and lake has a good forage base. Other lakes might be so skinny that you can practically see through them holding them up to the light. That fat little crappie told me I need to fish this lake more.

Originally Posted by Ketchn

my bait of choice when I was a real young one , ketched all kinds of fish on bread back when , used to specifically target big carp , but about everything will eat bread , catfish ,trout , sunfish , and the list goes on ....

When I was a kid we used the cheapest biscuit dough we could find. Bluegill, Catfish and Carp would tear them up.

I like to catch crappie. (Always on my hand ties) Don't really care what size they are. Of course hooking a big un is always extra fun.

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