Official Fishing Thread. Just a bunch of outdoorsy ballers.

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by * J Y *, May 26, 2010.

  1. Greybeard

    Greybeard Livin' the dream.

    Beautiful spot.
     
  2. Tiffin

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    Hit some bream today and the nearby lake. Just kinda searching the banks found a few, then landed on a bed and started getting some red ears. Ended up with ~20
     
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  3. HOOSINSC

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    that’s a good bartrams bass
     
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  4. billdozer

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    Gotta be honest, my bass knowledge is basically zero, so that's good to know.
     
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  5. poor paul

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    when i saw the first picture, I was super not expecting largemouth.
     
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  6. Prospector

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    Holy shit! Thought it was a blue cat just glancing at it
     
  7. Prospector

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    I was like um that's not a red
     
  8. Owsley

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    You and me both. I think there have to be some rat reds in there at the very least. Got a decent pompano in the surf today too (not on fly though).
     
  9. poor paul

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    Without giving away that I didn’t read closely, where you at? Gulf I assume but dunes give nothing away.
     
  10. Owsley

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    30A. Between Alys Beach and Rosemary Beach.
     
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  11. poor paul

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    Thought I recognized it, be there Wednesday.
     
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  12. HOOSINSC

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    bartrams traditionally existed only in the savannah river system, but lately they’ve been identified in the broad river system.
     
  13. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Lil pregame before we hit the road.

    Beetle spin for the win.

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  14. Bo Pelinis

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    What days are you fishing Oahe?
     
  15. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Tuesday thru Thursday
     
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  16. Bo Pelinis

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    I'm going fishing in the glacial lakes area next week. Apparently SD fishing is hot as a pistol right now. It's a super underrated fishing state tbh
     
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  17. billdozer

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  18. HOOSINSC

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    lol that’s the one right there. i have used that fly everywhere and caught fish.
     
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  19. ARSENAL

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  20. Tiffin

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    Yes it was.

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    Got another 30-40 bream off these beds today. And those aren't even cleaned out yet. Mostly bluegill and few Red Ears. A couple long ears but not worth keeping.
     
  21. billdozer

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  22. Cornfed Buffalo

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    The wind was a mother fucker. We caught a pile of fish anyways. Mostly walleye. Also some perch, catfish, a drum and a sauger.

    Thought I hooked into a hog, it was a plump carp.
     

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  23. Daddy Rabbit

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    That hybrid was a trip on my UL with 4lb test. Hooked three and was only able to land that one. Not disappointed that the other two snapped. I did all I could fighting them with the drag just ripping.

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  24. Greybeard

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    Nothing like a big fight on ultralight gear...
     
  25. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Got me a smallie

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    We did pretty good again. Only a couple 20+ inch walleye. A lot of eater size though. Front pushed through and really fucked things up. Topped out at like 49 degrees and rained the last hour or so.

    Totally worth it though.
     
  26. Tiffin

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    Caught a limit of bream today.

    That's a lot of fish.
     
  27. Daddy Rabbit

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    You scale them and chop their heads off, right?
     
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  28. Tiffin

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    Filet em. Its gonna take forever
     
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  29. Pharm

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    My dad has a scaler he made for bream and perch. That makes the process much easier. Scale, gut, chop head off. Good to go

    Basically it’s this

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  30. Daddy Rabbit

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    Whoa. That looks awesome
     
  31. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Today's limit of walleye

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  32. billdozer

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    Hiked up to Ellicott Rock, which is the corner where SC, NC, and Georgia meet. Covered about 8 miles today and was able to get into some nice wild trout, plus a bunch of chubs and other river fish.

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  33. Owsley

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    Love those warpaint shiners. Beautiful scenery too.
     
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  34. billdozer

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    HOOSINSC, I've got a year long pass for NC now. Any recommendations for rivers near me? I'd assume Davidson and Tuckaseegee, but I'm sure they'll be packed today and tomorrow.
     
  35. Daddy Rabbit

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    I'm currently not having a good time fishing. I camp and run limb lines for catfish this time every year. Same spot . Been doing it with this bunch since I was a kid. I was skunked for two nights two weeks ago. Got skunked again last night.

    Lines are baited now. Coldest Memorial Day Weekend I can ever remember.

    Camping is at least fun.
     
  36. Jake Scott

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    One of my favorite things to do is fish beds like that with a fly rod.
     
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  37. Barves2125

    Barves2125 "Ready to drive the Ferarri" - Reuben Foster
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    Where do you live or where are you currently? I'm in the same area right now and am planning to go exactly here tomorrow.
     
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  38. HOOSINSC

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    davidson is gonna be tough until summer is over. you could try it during a weekday if you have time.

    there is a ton of wadeable water on the tuck if the east dam is turned off, get familiar with the cullowhee usgs page and duke flow releases are updated daily, i usually don’t trust the flow schedule until the afternoon before i go.
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    the tuck is a low gradient river so the water takes a while get to and move out. i typically fish around either east laport or dillsboro, but it’s such a big ass river

    horsepasture has a lot of falls and isnt far from you.
    deep creek near bryson city has big fish, but is crystal clear and you have to sneak up to them.

    south mills is good, but you wanna hike up a few miles from turkey pen gap.

    laurel creek is good, but some private land means you have to hike

    panthetown valley is the headwaters of tuck and has a lot of little brook trout

    the west fork of the pigeon around sunburst is good as well as the east fork near the shining rock trailhead.

    the one i haven’t done that i really need to is linville gorge. that’s best if you plan to hike in and camp.
     
  39. HOOSINSC

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    i realized i typed “is good” a dozen times in my previous post. please try to look past this.

    jimmy jacobs wrote a book on trout streams of the southern appalachians. it’s worth buying the latest edition.

    i haven’t fished the nantahala much but it’s a tailwater and holds some big fish.
     
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  40. Owsley

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    I caught a bunch of ladyfish in the surf this week which is always a lot of fun. Also got bit off a few times by what I assume were bluefish or Spanish. I saw a handful of decent reds cruising the beach but didn’t get any good shots. South winds all week made it pretty damn choppy.

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  41. Pharm

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    Another new creek at negative tide and 15 mph wind. Missed a few also this was outside the creek the day before

     
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  42. Pharm

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    My st croix rod replacement is apparently on back order until July and they failed to mention that when I ordered it. Sheesh
     
  43. HOOSINSC

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  44. Owsley

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    Beautiful smallies! How’d you post the video? Assume you hosted it somewhere?
     
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  45. HOOSINSC

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    i used imgur and copied the link. sometimes it doesn’t work
     
  46. billdozer

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    I live in Westminster, SC. Where 76 and 123 split.
     
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  47. billdozer

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    Thanks. I'm thinking of driving to the Little Snowbird tomorrow. A trip down memory lane from when I caught my best brook trout.
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    And I actually fished the Horsepasture yesterday. Only caught a bass and shiner. Will do a post here in a bit.
     
  48. billdozer

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    Yesterday my dad and I took his boat up to Lake Jocassee so I could check out some of the feeder rivers. I'd fished the upper sections, but they're so steep you can't get down them (or there is a big ass waterfall). Tried out the Whitewater, Thompson, and Horsepasture.
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    Whitewater - had to climb boulders and could only get to 1 pool. Only caught a couple chubs.
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    Thompson - could get to 4 pools with bouldering. There was more past a falls, but the potential path was covered in slime, so didn't try. Caught a real nice wild brown. And saw a big golden stonefly.
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    Horsepasture - fished for 1/2 mile, had to go over some boulders. Only caught a small bass and a shiner.
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  49. HOOSINSC

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    ive never tried going up from the lake. the falls on the whitewater are some of the highest on the east coast, over a 400’ drop at the upper falls.
     
  50. billdozer

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    Don't bother. You can see what it's like.
     
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