On a slow summer afternoon, next to a lake or stream. Fish biting (or not) just relaxing.
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On a slow summer afternoon, next to a lake or stream. Fish biting (or not) just relaxing.
I went fishing today Ghost.
I go at least once a week (when not frozen) and usually 2 or 3 times. I usually go for an hour or two before I get groceries. I caught 2 pike last week though.
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Originally Posted by boozeboxer
Never been ice fishing. None of lakes where I lived or live now, froze over in winter. Always wanted to try it tho.
Used to spend hours, catching bream, bass and catfish back home in fresh water. Down here in Oz, they have barramundie (sp) which are something large mouth bass, which can be a joy to catch.
Caught my first Rainbow Trout a few years ago down here (just enough for a feed) in a stream down in Victoria.
Fishing is a great way to relax , dont go as often as i would like to , be i have caught fish all over the world.
A few moths ago,I swear my wife found me an Eagle Claw rod with a Shimano open faced reel lying the resevoir
yeah I love fishing, my mates got a mobile down the south of Ireland right beside these cliffs that are great for fishing off, love spending wkends down there, never catch much though and what I do catch I chuck back in!
im not a big fan of fishing only sea fishing that is ace ;)
A couple of years back I went with my buddy up to his cottage. It sits on a lake that has average fishing at best. Anyways, we had done all our shopping, and I had a bag full of food in the fridge at home. The rest of our available cash went to beer, weed, and gasoline. Anyways, when we arrived at the cottage I found that I had grabbed the wrong bag from the fridge. All we had was empty bottles of ketchup and mayonaise, an empty margarine container and a bit of salad dressing. The weekend wasn't looking good. So we took the canoe out on to the lake and crossed our fingers. I got lucky and caught `a very nice pike that gave us a few pounds of filets, enough to get us through the weekend. It was the only fish I had ever caught where I had to catch something or else I'd go hungry.
I would rather watch paint dry and grass grow or watch Formula 1 racing.:cool:
Done all of them Master :cool: None compare to the beauty of a day out fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Some fishing music fellas....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9UX2-zXcc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O3Plt8DyMk
...I do love to fish
I love going fishin its very relaxin but i cant go by myself i have to go with atleast 2 or 3 of my friends with a cooler full of beer and possibly start a BBQ now thats always a great day for me.:)
Use to Fish every day, qiute a lot of Match Fishing. It was my passion, 3 Hours a day in the Week before the Gym. Its been known for me to go Fishing before a Fight and someone coming to get me, me having forgot where I should be, Happy Days ;D
I love fishing. Bit of afair weather fisherman to be honest, dont go as often as I'd like. Carp on the pole for me, cant stand bite alarms, rod pods and bivvies. Thats not fishing.
I went fishing few times when i was at the Isle Of Wight, good fun and relaxing. Not much chance of doing where i am now though.
Yep, no fancy outfits or lurers, just a cane pole with a few slices of bread, sitting on the bank, catching bream or catfish.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
What are bivvies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
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Originally Posted by CGMWhat are bivvies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
LOL... here's a link for you... :cool:
Carp Bivvies
Ahhh... bivvy is short for bivouac then? Kind of funny that they would call them Carp bivvies, Perhaps it's different in Europe but in Canada carp is generally regarded as garbage fish, you would never see anything called a carp bivvy in a sporting goods store. They can be fun to catch though, if you get a rally big one it can be like a runaway train if you have only light tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by GhostQuote:
Originally Posted by CGMWhat are bivvies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
LOL... here's a link for you... :cool:
Carp Bivvies
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Originally Posted by CGMAhhh... bivvy is short for bivouac then? Kind of funny that they would call them Carp bivvies, Perhaps it's different in Europe but in Canada carp is generally regarded as garbage fish, you would never see anything called a carp bivvy in a sporting goods store. They can be fun to catch though, if you get a rally big one it can be like a runaway train if you have only light tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost
Same down here in Oz. If you catch a Carp here, no matter the size, you have to kill it, no throwing back. They make great fertilizer tho.
True Story,Fishing a match on the Trent outside Nottingham, 50 in the match winner got £150. Its known as syanide straight where we were pegged. Nobody caught Fuck all, middle of December it was cold 6 Hour Match. At the weigth in after This guy had one fish He weigthed in, but on inspection it was a Whiting a sea Fish, He said He had done it as a joke, nobody found it Funny. So we all picked Him up and for a Laugth threw Him in the Trent , Cunt. ;D it was Freezing He wasnt Laugthing.
Two true stories that tie in to eachother
When I was a kid my grandfather took me fishing almost every weekend. We go fishing one day,he's got sunnies hitting all day one day when we're sitting in the boat,but thats all he's getting,the little 8 year old(me) lands an Eel almost as big as him.
Fast forward,I take my future wife fishing,she had just bought this reel,and couldnt cast this thing to save her soul without birds nesting the whole thing.
All day I cant so much as cast without having my worm hit by a sunnie
She,ends up catching a small mouthed bass.
I cursed under my breath the whole way back to the house
Beginners luck - I had the same as a kid with my little hand reel fishing line with my bros.
They wouldn't believe I had a fish at all - just assumed I had it caught under the jetty until some other random stranger saw me struggling to hold the line and pulled it in for me.
It was a decent size and my bros damn were jealous which I really enjoyed! ;D
The few times I've fished since I haven't had much luck though!
In between Christmas and New Years in Florida, you have to try and get out to Lake Okeechobee around Clewiston during the full moon. The Specks are just starting to bed for the breeding season and when it is really cold out on the water, they bite like crazy after sun down.
If you ever manage to snag hook a fish near its tail, it makes the fish seem much larger than if it is hooked by the mouth. I did that a few times. Once fishing from the shore of a lake I hooked into what I figured was the catch of a lifetime. On light spinning tackle I manage to snag a carp of about 3-4 lbs near the tail. What a battle! Took me damn near half an hour to land the thing, what a disappointment when I saw what it was.
Does any one do any "Sport Fishing"? Or just for pleasure?
Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch,
grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the truck,
and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour.
The wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage,
turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.
There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation,
and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'
My loving wife of 20 years replied,
'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that shit?'
I still don't know to this day if she was joking, but I've stopped fishing.
once I was out fishing with my sister , just trolling around a lake, and she managed to catch another lure, a small Rapala which sort of resembles a minnow.. It was hooked by the eye loop where you tie the line, and had been thre so long the hooks were rusted away. I just though it kind of ironic that on a lake of several square miles in size, one could drag the point of a hook through a little metal loop less that 1/4 inch in size, wihout even noticing until it was reeled in.