Interested to see what all fish you guys go after with the jigs you make.... I fish for more than just crappie. ;) I'll set it up so you can make as many selections as you want.
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Interested to see what all fish you guys go after with the jigs you make.... I fish for more than just crappie. ;) I'll set it up so you can make as many selections as you want.
Thought I covered all the freshwater fish, but threw in the "Other" category at the last second just in case and already have some votes in it..... What fish did I miss that you tie stuff for? Spotted Bass is the only thing I could think of after the fact.
19 People have voted so far, looking good. Keep it up.
I tie very simple white-colored hair jigs for skipjack herring.
I tie for everything, even the smallest of jigs will catch big fish. The more the better.
Fatman
Other categories may be catfish, steelhead, eel, burbot, shad, carp, and a few others I can't remember names of right now.
What the heck's a "burbot?" Gotta search that one up. LOL :o:DQuote:
Originally Posted by fish_4_all
Fresh water ling.
Here in n the land of 10K taxes (err... lakes) - they are called Eel pout - aka freshwater cod.Quote:
Originally Posted by AtticaFish
There is the eel pout contest (ice fishing) in Walker Mn each year - lots of people attend....
UG
Now here in Vermont the old timers call bull heads eel pout, guess it all depends on where you live.
Fatman
If it swims, then most likely I'm gonna be tying up something to try and catch it!
I think I might have seen that on TV before, may have even called them burbot, but that doesn't ring a bell. :p Eel pout either! LOL Now a freshwater Cod... I've heard that name before. Are they same as a whitefish? I've only seen one of those before caught fishing for yellow perch. Did a little research a while ago and found out they were one of the most caught commercial fish in Erie at 1 time, but they pretty much killed the whole population off and now they are few and far between. But I only fish a small area of the Western Basin of Erie, so can't speak for the other 99.5% of the lake. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Grump
Whitefish are different from Burbot. There is suppose to be some decent Burbot fishing a couple hours away but I haven't made it up there yet.
As for Whitefish thank you for reminding me Whitefish season opens on the Yakima River on the first and I need to tie some flies, I have never purposely fished for them before but have caught a few in a lake I have fished a couple times.
Home page for the Walker MN Eel Pout contest.....
Annual International Eelpout Festival
This page - same site, describes ice fishing for 'pout....
27th Annual International Eelpout Festival
Personally - I have never have caught one, but am told be those who have that they are very slimey - so far as handling them. They are supposed to be excellant on the table. Would like to hook in to one.
I know that 'pout swim in central & northern MN waters...ie Mille Lacs and further N, not aware of them being in the southern part of the state - where I am at....
UG
Indiana has whitefish in Southern Lake Michigan (see report). Whitefish are salmonids, closely related to cisco. Northeastern Indiana has cisco populations in some of its natural inland lakes.
I do believe that one of my Indy area pay lakes stocks burbot occasionally during late winter. I personally know of a pay lake fisherman who loves to catch them.
Thanks UncleGrump,I'm going to get one of them cold weather long tee shirts for winter fishing here in Arizona,that should bring on some questions from the guys.
I fish mostly for largemouth and smallmouth bass in my tournaments. Then I will fish for them in my free time. Twice a year I will go to the WI River and fish for walleye and sauger. Finally I go in fall to fish a couple of days for muskie. That's it.
Crappie, large & smallmouth, bream, white bass, stripers/hydrid, lots in saltwater... but trout and flounder mainly.
We try for crappie in small mouth bass and trout but crappie is number one.
Most of my jigs are tied for panfish and trout.I used to tie and use jigs for walleyes and and occasional muskie but haven't in quite some time.
crappie mostly but do quite a few walleye jigs also and just started doing float n fly jigs for LM and big bucktails for muskie
Mostly all panfish is what I make jigs for...especially Crappie, Walleye, Bream, Shellcracker and Perch. Sometimes White Bass. That is what I like to eat so those are the lures I usually make.
Mostly Crappie/Bream and smallmouth ..... but just curious what is a wiper fish nevr heard of that one before...
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Originally Posted by Doc Crappie
Cross between a white bass and striped bass.
Now would that also be the hybrid stripper?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jethro
Yes Doc- I think wiper is more of a regional name, kinda like crappie in the south are called sac-au-lait.
Jethro
Thanks for the info I can now say that I have caught a wiper in fact many wipers... amazing how many different names there are for one specific fish....
Crappie, LMB, SMB, bream, walleye, sauger/saugeye, white bass/wiper/striper...I think that covers 'em pretty well.
Tom