All things fishing thread

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#77
Tin Man said:
They are edible (tasty, even), and GDNR wants every one of these removed (killed). No season, no limits, kill (and eat) all that you catch. The presence of northern snakehead in a Gwinnett pond was attributed to someone who brought the fish into the US for eating.
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I've heard they're tasty, too, but I've never eaten one.
I'll tell you what else is tasty, but you have to clean them right, are the puffer fish you catch on the piers and in the surf in the Carolinas and Georgia in the spring and fall. They're ugly. The dude who runs the pier at Surf City NC (or used to, Medlin or Medwin) used to have a Youtube channel showing how to clean those.
Edit: Surf City Pier, not Jolly Roger or Seaview, all are on Topsail Island.
 
#78
#78
chatsworth_vol said:
Best catfish bait ever, and the little suckers put up a wonderful fight on light gear.


Just stupid people. There've screwed up several waters here.
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When Tennessee introduced muskies into Ft. Patrick Henry years and years ago, it screwed that lake up for a good while.

On Boone Lake, those damned hybrid bass (which are fun to catch, granted) screwed up crappie fishing for at least fifteen years.
 
#79
#79
I used to order from this place quite a bit: Buy Discounted Fishing Rods, Reels, Line and Tackle | Fisherman's Factory Outlet

Their inventory changes rapidly, too. Probably in about 2010, they had several Mitchell 300 Excellence and Excellence 2 still in the plastic for like $15 apiece. The Excellence was several years old at the time.

At one time, they had an IM8 blank spinning rod with their logo on it that was pretty sweet.
 
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BigOrangeAl 1979 said:
Is carp good eating?
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The invasive species in major river systems - big eye carp and silver carp - were imported from China and being raised in ponds for food. They're good eating. Not all carp are delectable. Some are unpalatable. Do your research.
 
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BigOrangeAl 1979 said:
Is carp good eating?
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Every fish is good eating to somebody... except false albacore😝 even starving dogs at the junkyard won’t eat that stuff. Makes great strip baits for marlin trolling or good grouper baitthough. So true story time: A friend of mine who was saltwater charter captain is married to the former N.C. seafood director whose edict was to find alternative underutilized fish species in abundance in N.C. that can be developed with a marketing plan for sales at the commercial level. They spent .5 million $ and 2 years of research to find no matter what you do to it false albacore is terrible and for gas money and some kitchen supplies all of us regular offshore guys could have told them that in 2 days.
 
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bag12day said:
Every fish is good eating to somebody... except false albacore😝 even starving dogs at the junkyard won’t eat that stuff. Makes great strip baits for marlin trolling or good grouper baitthough. So true story time: A friend of mine who was saltwater charter captain is married to the former N.C. seafood director whose edict was to find alternative underutilized fish species in abundance in N.C. that can be developed with a marketing plan for sales at the commercial level. They spent .5 million $ and 2 years of research to find no matter what you do to it false albacore is terrible and for gas money and some kitchen supplies all of us regular offshore guys could have told them that in 2 days.
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You could have done it for half the price. HA
Fat Alberts on light gear and glass minnows is a blast fo sho. I've only caught them on piers, though, never offshore and never from surf.
 
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GordonC said:
You could have done it for half the price. HA
Fat Alberts on light gear and glass minnows is a blast fo sho. I've only caught them on piers, though, never offshore and never from surf.
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If we were targeting for them to kill for baits we would use a 6 weight fly rod or 8 lb spinning gear with a Mylar clouser minnow imitation. If c&r then move up to 9wt or 20 lb gear cause like most tuna family fish they die from a lot of lactic acid buildup. They were a blast for kids or novices to catch when we would run and gun Spanish schools and catching 2-5 lb Spanish and I would motor upwind of a school of fat alberts and tell them when to throw and then listen for the drag to scream. Kids would think they have jaws on the line. could do the same thing on some of the artificial reefs with trigger fish, black bass etc then I would motor around and set up over the reef donkeys put my feet up on the helm and laugh sadistically for the next hour or two while my guests were wondering what the heck they hooked up with. Good times!
 
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bag12day said:
If we were targeting for them to kill for baits we would use a 6 weight fly rod or 8 lb spinning gear with a Mylar clouser minnow imitation. If c&r then move up to 9wt or 20 lb gear cause like most tuna family fish they die from a lot of lactic acid buildup. They were a blast for kids or novices to catch when we would run and gun Spanish schools and catching 2-5 lb Spanish and I would motor upwind of a school of fat alberts and tell them when to throw and then listen for the drag to scream. Kids would think they have jaws on the line. could do the same thing on some of the artificial reefs with trigger fish, black bass etc then I would motor around and set up over the reef donkeys put my feet up on the helm and laugh sadistically for the next hour or two while my guests were wondering what the heck they hooked up with. Good times!
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Good times, indeed!

We caught some triggers offshore once, and I was surprised they were really good eating. And fighters. We went out of Calabash once, and my wife hooked a big AJ and just gave me the rod after about 5 minutes. HAHA

You mention Spannies, and several years ago, I was into making "straw/gold hook rigs" and what I did was get plastic tubing from craft shops instead of using straws and thread the tubing onto the gold hooks eye end first. That tubing would stretch a little going onto the eye and then come back nicely for a tight fit, and I could cut smaller pieces and experiment with the colors. I had a Photobucket account then, and I don't remember if I posted a hillbilly tutorial of it on Hull Truth or Stripers Online but one of those forums. Only deal was those rigs with the craft tubing were only good for about one day on the pier bc of the cheap tubing, but they worked very well. I sold/gave away several of those on the old Springmaid Pier in SC and the northern pier on Carolina Beach (not Kure). A lot of people don't like to eat Spanish, but I love them. I like blues ok, too, though. Now either one of those frozen? no thank you, but I've never tried them with a Food Saver...might make a difference...don't know.
 
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Anybody here float the little pigeon around Sevierville, or is it too shallow? I know there are some spots to wade, but wasn’t sure if there was a section of river with drop off/pick up areas that would be good for a kayak.

Really have that smallmouth itch and Dale Hollow is a little too far away for a day trip.
 
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GordonC said:
Good times, indeed!

We caught some triggers offshore once, and I was surprised they were really good eating. And fighters. We went out of Calabash once, and my wife hooked a big AJ and just gave me the rod after about 5 minutes. HAHA

You mention Spannies, and several years ago, I was into making "straw/gold hook rigs" and what I did was get plastic tubing from craft shops instead of using straws and thread the tubing onto the gold hooks eye end first. That tubing would stretch a little going onto the eye and then come back nicely for a tight fit, and I could cut smaller pieces and experiment with the colors. I had a Photobucket account then, and I don't remember if I posted a hillbilly tutorial of it on Hull Truth or Stripers Online but one of those forums. Only deal was those rigs with the craft tubing were only good for about one day on the pier bc of the cheap tubing, but they worked very well. I sold/gave away several of those on the old Springmaid Pier in SC and the northern pier on Carolina Beach (not Kure). A lot of people don't like to eat Spanish, but I love them. I like blues ok, too, though. Now either one of those frozen? no thank you, but I've never tried them with a Food Saver...might make a difference...don't know.
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If you lay a pile of trigger fillets down 1lb for two pounds of snapper or snowy grouper I would take the 1 for 2 triggers. One of the best eating fish in the ocean hands down. Now if I am standing in the hot July sun after an 8 hour trip ready to clean a pile of triggerfish and one gag,black,red or snowy grouper I’m cleaning that one grouper and wishing the rest of the crew good luck on the triggers. I never repeat never would boat a limit of trigger fish just because of the pita cleaning them was and I am very good at fish cleaning. We would catch a dozen or so as bycatch looking for Beeliners tiles or groupers and that was enough to clean But man was good eating.

I miss my trips offshore when I had a twin 200hp 30 loa sea ox and fished a lot with the big boys in the big rock, ocean city white marlin, DU band the billfish, and other Billfish tourneys I have mated or private captained (I do not have a uscg license) guys boats. I now live 8 miles or so from a great stripe, catfish and crappie lake so I bought a 1973 20’mako cc and did some glass work and a new 17 175 yammy repower. Love being on the water but due to taking care of a father I got it wet for the first time this week since last august. Took my wife and she boated a 2.5 lb crappie for dinner, her personal best and she was tickled.
 
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I can't believe it took me this long to find this. I LOVE Bass fishing. Any kind of bass. My favorite way to catch them is on topwater. It is the most exciting way to catch them. If you have a bad heart don't try it. It doesn't require a lot of skill and is a great way to get kids hooked on fishing. Don't get me wrong I love to trick them with some sort of plastic bait but for sheer excitement it is hard to beat topwater.
 
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Vol524 said:
I can't believe it took me this long to find this. I LOVE Bass fishing. Any kind of bass. My favorite way to catch them is on topwater. It is the most exciting way to catch them. If you have a bad heart don't try it. It doesn't require a lot of skill and is a great way to get kids hooked on fishing. Don't get me wrong I love to trick them with some sort of plastic bait but for sheer excitement it is hard to beat topwater.
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Top water bite is fun for sure when it’s on.

I personally prefer using more finesse baits/tackle with 6-8 pound. Something about not knowing how big of fish is on the end of the line until it comes up. It could be a lunker, or it could be one with little man syndrome.
 
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I agree. Although the largest bass I have ever caught on topwater just barely sucked the bait down. I thought it was a bluegill until I set the hook. I couldn't believe a fish that big could be in that shallow of water and me not be able to see it before it bit. Geesh, now I need to go fishing.
 
#93
#93
Vol524 said:
I agree. Although the largest bass I have ever caught on topwater just barely sucked the bait down. I thought it was a bluegill until I set the hook. I couldn't believe a fish that big could be in that shallow of water and me not be able to see it before it bit. Geesh, now I need to go fishing.
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I watched a friend of mine catch one around 5lbs right on the bank practically. We were fishing for white bass on the french broad, and he reeled his jig in and just had it about a foot off the bank. He was talking to me, and that bass grabbed it and took off. He got it in though.
 
#94
#94
Tin Man said:
The invasive species in major river systems - big eye carp and silver carp - were imported from China and being raised in ponds for food. They're good eating. Not all carp are delectable. Some are unpalatable. Do your research.
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Should tell you all you need to know. If the Chinese are eating it steer ****ing clear
 
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ndubvols said:
Anybody here float the little pigeon around Sevierville, or is it too shallow? I know there are some spots to wade, but wasn’t sure if there was a section of river with drop off/pick up areas that would be good for a kayak.

Really have that smallmouth itch and Dale Hollow is a little too far away for a day trip.
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Never heard anyone float it
 
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#99
#99
GordonC said:
That's a great read right there. Wow.
People say those Asian carp can't be caught on hook and line.
But
They
Can
And if you're using a light telescopic bluegill/bream/crappie rod, it gets ugly really quickly.
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I’ve tried on many a slow day but never done it
 
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#100
golfballs said:
I’ve tried on many a slow day but never done it
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When the girls were little, we used to chum in bluegills with bread in ponds around here and in brackish canals over in SC...and put bread on their hooks....they don't really "bite" per se, I don't think, but they'll swim by and can suck the hook in....we used to catch striped "jumping" mullet that way, too, but most people net those...I've never seen those carp bite a worm or a cricket, though.
 
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