went fishin a bit today

[ejb]

decided that i wanted to get back into summer routines so i went fishing today in some ponds around my neighborhood, went to the first spot to be surprised by algae, then went to next spot for more algae, then finally to another which was clear.

caught 2 bass in 3 casts and another after a bit (all about 2 lbers.), but then mr. gator came and i got snagged on a lily. got some pics.

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bass3.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bass2.jpghttp://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bass1.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bird1.jpg

[ejb]

my phone takes shitty pics btw.

[GnarKill1029]

damn that bird is pretty hott

[ejb]

he was like 3 feet tall.

[Ammy]

Always love me some fishing pictures.

[Sandskimmernewbie]

Looks like fun. I havn't been fishing in almost a year. Weak.

[ejb]

yeah i just had a sudden urge to go.

[beachbum]

went out the other day too. Ya really need a boat to fish the good lakes here (lake marion, jackson, kissisimmee, toho). This is a picture from a burrow pit that was stocked i dont know how long ago...Every bass there is under or around 1lb that ive caught. A guy pulled out a 7lber the same day earlier which is amazing because there is barely any water left in this thing. Size sucks (when youre used to 2-3 lb average) but you catch a shit load of them working the lillies, which give a good fight to get them

http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v255/118/54/2058833/n2058833_47857830_9920.jpg

[Ammy]

Went out and threw a few casts from my kayak the other day, got 3 trout, but 4 catfish :(. More cats/puffers than quality fish = failed fishing trip IMO

[ejb]

beachbum, there's a lake marion in florida? i thought it was just south carolina, or maybe i'm confused.

[beachbum]

beachbum, there's a lake marion in florida? i thought it was just south carolina, or maybe i'm confused.

Typo...Its actually Lake MariAn...There is probably a lake marion/marian in just about every state. Just like Hollywood, newport, irvine are cities in both CA and FL.

[ejb]

yeah that is true. i've fished in lake marion, sc. some biggggg blue catfish. can get up to 40+ lbs. good striper/redeye bass fishing too.

[(S3)]

I got this one last weekend fishing my neighbors pond. Caught him on motor oil colored plastic grub.

I'm a bit redneck, yes.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2548893851_b0c2d1c74c_b.jpg

[ejb]

that's a lunker, very nice. how big? 6/7 lbs 8 lbs?

[(S3)]

Maybe 3 1/2 or 4 . I'm holding the fish close to the camera for full effect:D

[ejb]

oh haha, still very nice.

[drewgen]

i used to fish in some of the lakes at oyster reef golf course when i lived in hilton head for the summer. and once at shipyard. gators are scary though

[ejb]

oh dude thats sick, when did you move? do i know you lol? where'd you live. yeah we get some biguns, there's an 8 footer down the street that i've had some close encounters with.

[drewgen]

yea. i lived there the summer after i graduated high school. which was 2005. but thats how i started skimboarding. i went to work everyday at six. and then went straight to the beach with my woodie haha.

[ejb]

haha sweet.

[Buhda-monk]

I got this one last weekend fishing my neighbors pond. Caught him on motor oil colored plastic grub.

I'm a bit redneck, yes.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2548893851_b0c2d1c74c_b.jpg
first off, props to s3 for being a bass angler.(respect just skyrockecked)
but a picture of a 2 pound(tops) bass is hard to pass off as a 3.5-4 pounder.
4 pound bass are big.

question?
where is that? socal?


Being the phase-boy that I am, I went through a huge bass phase around, 14-15 years old. Not a sport to win the ladies in santa cruz. My infatuation had to be UTR.

Couple spots in SC, though, that can produce!


*edit
ejb2591 please tell me you didn't keep the fish.

[ejb]

of course i didnt, i never keep anything. "Let em' go so he can grow!"

[MDskimmerMAtt]

and you probably caught them on a pond with a golf course which equals pesticides and shit are in the pond which mean the fish are contaminated.

[beachbum]

that's a lunker, very nice. how big? 6/7 lbs 8 lbs?


haahaha. that bass is probably 2.0-3.0 lbs...

[ejb]

lol the pic is misleading.

[zeus]

my neighborhood lake is loaded with good 5-8 pound bass and 15-20 pound cats. Those fucks are so spoiled they dont bite it unless its live. Mostly only minnows. The cats will eat a hotdog thats been in the sun for a couple days tho

[beachbum]

even with him holding it out you can tell. when youve looked at fish long enough it gets easier to tell.

[ejb]

i reckon. i guess i dont see people holding fish in that way enough.

[steve-o]

yeah that is true. i've fished in lake marion, sc. some biggggg blue catfish. can get up to 40+ lbs. good striper/redeye bass fishing too.


have you ever fished greenwood? a lot of good sized panfish and a few nice bass spots.

[ejb]

greenwoood....?

[benmasters]

anybody fly fish? if you find a nice quiet lake/pond/stream its really relaxing

[Walruz996]

I haven't been fishing in years...

What I thought when looking at your pic beachbum, haha:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3995/95744710zj2.jpg

[beachbum]

hahaha epic.

I dont think ive smiled in a fishing picture in years. The cold stare pissed off look is what ive always done.

[Conrad923]

lol

[ejb]

hahaha epic.

I dont think ive smiled in a fishing picture in years. The cold stare pissed off look is what ive always done.

epitome of a nice rapala or strike king model.

[zeus]

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3995/95744710zj2.jpg
BOOYAH!

[ejb]

repost.

[steve-o]

greenwoood....?


http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/926.aspx

[RavesIsBack]

I like how he is flexing to the camera while holding the fish like "yea check out my right bicep I am hard."

[Mapdash]

I got this one last weekend fishing my neighbors pond. Caught him on motor oil colored plastic grub.

I'm a bit redneck, yes.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2548893851_b0c2d1c74c_b.jpg

sick.

[Mapdash]

haahaha. that bass is probably 2.0-3.0 lbs...

yes.

[Mapdash]

for reference:

Around 8#:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/mapdash/P1010002-5.jpg

Around 7#:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/mapdash/P1010006-2.jpg

[Utah]

I believe those are the only 2 fish Dale and Pat have ever caught...

[Mapdash]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/mapdash/P1010003-4.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d136/mapdash/P1010001-3.jpg

[Utah]

Same fish, Pat's even wearing the same clothes, Dale just got sneaky and brought a change...

[Mapdash]

haha. actually both of Pats are from the same day....only about an hour apart...but two different bodies of water.

[(S3)]

Hahaha...
OK, you guys busted me. I figured that if ejb2591 could pass his fish as 2lb'ers I could surely get my to pass for at least a 4lb'er......

So, yeah, that fish is probably tops, 2.5 lbs, but give me a sack of lead pellets and I could easily get him to go for 5 lbs back at the weigh in !!

I took this fish in my neighbors pond in Loomis, Ca just outside of Sacramento last weekend. I can literally walk to the edge of this pond in less than a minute outside my front door. And my neighbor lets me fish it any time I want.


And Dale, those are some serious hogs you hauled in !!! I love how big fat largemouths' lips and cheeks look all rubbery when they get to that size. Nice job on those. I'll be hunting some big ones like that this summer drop shotting at Folsom Lake. So if Noah or any of the norcal guys wanna do some fishing after work let me know. I don't fish that lake on the weekend with all the fleas on the water.

[Mapdash]

I used to fish an absurd amount years ago. Had a boat and fished tournaments and the whole thing. So fun. Have gotten back into it recently because my buddy got a boat.

[Black Chris]

anybody fly fish? if you find a nice quiet lake/pond/stream its really relaxing


Fly fishing is the most relaxing thing in the world. My family has a house up in the Catskill sin New york. 5 minutes from some of the best trout fishing in the northeast. About 15 minutes from Roscoe, New York. "Trout town USA". I got real into flyfishing up there in the recent years.


Dale: You motherfucking gotta be kidding me with those bass. Fuck your Floridian lakes full of mongoloid bass. I bass fished my entire young life, about 12 years or so, and my biggest couldnt have been over 4 pounds. You are a fucker.

[ejb]

jeez those are some fatty's mapdash. insane. my record is a 9 lber i caught with a bluegill.

[ejb]

bout to go in an hour or two. gotta wait for the ol man brigade to finish their daily 18, ill take pics of whatever i catch.

[Mapdash]

haha.....gotta love warm weather and abundant bait.

Pat caught 3 over 7 yesterday he said.

[ejb]

lucky bastard, 6+ are a rarity around here. gotta go up to the santee area for the big bubs

[benmasters]

Fly fishing is the most relaxing thing in the world. My family has a house up in the Catskill sin New york. 5 minutes from some of the best trout fishing in the northeast. About 15 minutes from Roscoe, New York. "Trout town USA". I got real into flyfishing up there in the recent years.


Dale: You motherfucking gotta be kidding me with those bass. Fuck your Floridian lakes full of mongoloid bass. I bass fished my entire young life, about 12 years or so, and my biggest couldnt have been over 4 pounds. You are a fucker.
yeah ive been up there. i have to say the sickest fly fishing ive done was in montana. you literally fish next to the bison.

[Mapdash]

yeah ive been up there. i have to say the sickest fly fishing ive done was in montana. you literally fish next to the bison.

what are the bison fishing for?

[Patrick]

mongoloid bass. Thats sick.

[ejb]

what are the bison fishing for?

skimboarders from new jersey

[drewgen]

mapdash,// it looks like you caught some delicious bass. those are seriously fucking nice though. wow

[Patrick]

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll320/SouthFLangler/IMG_1014.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll320/SouthFLangler/IMG_1011-1.jpg

[zeus]

o shit nice,

[benmasters]

what are the bison fishing for?
haha uhhh nothing?

[beachbum]

damn ive pulled out my fair share of 5-7lbers but those lunkers are fatttt. My largest still is 10lbs when i was 13...closest ive come is a 9lber a couple years ago. Good catches pat and dale. i get a lot of 3-5 lb fish.

fat but short...5.7 lb i think
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/118/54/2058833/n2058833_40110097_283.jpg

i think this was mid 4's-5
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/118/54/2058833/n2058833_40110107_3633.jpg

and my buddy with a 7.8
http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/118/54/2058833/n2058833_40110116_6712.jpg

and still...my biggest ever
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/118/54/2058833/n2058833_40110106_3268.jpg





it looks like you guys are probably fishing some larger lakes than the ponds i fish...What do you toss??? when i shore fish those larger water bodies its usually a midwater crankbait (bill dance swimmin image often), a rattletrap, or the good ole 10 inch plastic worm

[Ahatala25]

my neighborhood lake is loaded with good 5-8 pound bass and 15-20 pound cats. Those fucks are so spoiled they dont bite it unless its live. Mostly only minnows. The cats will eat a hotdog thats been in the sun for a couple days tho


willowmere or spring valley?

[ejb]

just went again, pulled in a nice 2.2/ 2.5 lber. fought really well. had him on for a solid 2 minutes. then as i was going to pull out of the pinestraw in my golf cart i started burning out, then almost slipped into the pond, but with some careful maneuvering i got out.

the fish
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bass4.jpg
the burnout
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/burnouts.jpg

[zeus]

laurel ponds nig. Although willo is good, spring valley sucks

[ejb]

yeah beachbum, i used to be real into cranks but have found myself experimenting with plastics a lot lately. i've even found rooster tails (normally used for saltwater trout) to catch a lot of bass, that's what i used yesterday. i use anything from plastic lizards to the classic worm.

[CustomKO]

a must for all you fishers http://www.womeninwaders.com/


http://www.womeninwaders.com/largecover05.jpg

[zeus]

ANd beachbum, that ten pounder is effing massive. And with a bobber, nice

[Ahatala25]

laurel ponds nig. Although willo is good, spring valley sucks

oo wow i did not even realize you live that close to me

[zeus]

lol where are u at

[ejb]

yeah that thing is a MONSTER. gotta love bass fishing.

[Ahatala25]

lol where are u at


Stanwyck road off cemetery rd. its a little look with like 30 houses

[zeus]

are u neighbors with the franz' or the stomels, i no both of them live around there i think

[beachbum]

yea it was pre-spawn and i was tossin a shiner...live bait is fun but i catch too much with it so i rarely use it. My buddy's dad went out like 3 weeks later and pulled one out off a shad rap that i figure was the same fish.

[zeus]

i either use a rubber worm, crank bait or spinner. Love fishing but not experianced to know how to use other baits

[Ahatala25]

are u neighbors with the franz' or the stomels, i no both of them live around there i think

Yea thats where i am

[zeus]

cool

[ejb]

nothing is more fun than using a topwater popper on a pond with an algae top. you just twirk that thing and watch the bass hit. so awesome.

[zeus]

what is a top water popper, sounds fun if the bass hit it on top

[ejb]

it doesnt sink, it floats and you reel and jerk it (haha) and it makes pop noises with the water and splashes and shit making the bass think that its something at the surface, then they come up and hit it like a great white to a seal.

http://www.thefishingnut.com/images/lure%20images/t0300as.jpg

[benmasters]

it doesnt sink, it floats and you reel and jerk it (haha) and it makes pop noises with the water and splashes and shit making the bass think that its something at the surface, then they come up and hit it like a great white to a seal.


using poppers on a fly rod in the early morning is ftw. had a couple huge bass hit them. btw ej, u have your own golfcart?
mine look more like this though
http://www.fish4flies.com/img/flies/Large/1184-Blue_Pencil_Popper.jpg

[ejb]

yeah its smaller because (fly rod lol) yes i do have a golf cart, it is my own. it comes in handy.

[beachbum]

nothing is more fun than using a topwater popper on a pond with an algae top. you just twirk that thing and watch the bass hit. so awesome.

i agree. i love throwin topwater (frogs, spittin image, hula popper, rapala skitter pop, rapala skitter walk, buzzbait)...I especially love skitter walks. Plastic frogs when tossin lillys.

I know what you mean about "algae" but i think you mean duckweed...it covers the pond in a green later on top and spreads when you reel the lure thru it (leaving a line behind it)??? Bass love that shit.

[ejb]

yeah sorry i didn't know the name of it. theres a pond by the chipping green in my plantation and its covered in that and im so anxious to take a pop and fish it . prob will do that tomorrow.

edit: is it possible i can rename this the official fishing thread?

[ejb]

fuck it im anxious, putting the plug on now. going to try it out.

[benmasters]

wtf you live on a plantation? is that SC terms for development? and im guessing its on a golf course. lots of houses are like that on HHI right?

[ejb]

yeah its not a plantation anymore but it was way back when, still called a plantation. yes on a golf course. yeah most houses on hhi are.

successful mission, caught 2 bass and 1 bluegill in about 20 minutes. a total of like 12 hits, really hard to set the hook with so much algae

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/bass5.jpg
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z165/ejb2591/brim1.jpg

[Patrick]

If there is a lot of algae use a plastic worm without a weight or a frog.

[ejb]

the popper worked great though. same job as a frog, haven't had much luck with them unfortunately.

[Mapdash]

if its duck weed like beachbum said then use something with more mass that will part it better. Like a frog or maybe a buzz bait. Plus you wont catch annoying pan fish.

[Mapdash]

it looks like you guys are probably fishing some larger lakes than the ponds i fish...What do you toss??? when i shore fish those larger water bodies its usually a midwater crankbait (bill dance swimmin image often), a rattletrap, or the good ole 10 inch plastic worm

One of those I am holding was in the back of farm 13. Took her on a ratltrap. The other was in a local canal on a jig and pig.

Been killing fish on frogs lately.

Favorite baits?......totally depends on the water and conditions. too many to name.

[Utah]

I've fished fresh water off and on throughout my life (although I mainly fish saltwater) and I still have NEVER caught a fuckin fish on a frog. And Lord knows I've tried...

[clif]

i went fishing about a week ago and didnt catch anything. the lake i usually go on (lake pontchatrain) is a mix between fresh and saltwater so they have some pretty nice sized red/specs but they opened up a spillway so now its all fresh water and the fish have headed out. it blowsss. also, this green sludge covered the lake and made the water smell and look like shit. theres dead fish everywhere. couldnt even go skim today it was so bad :/


edit: starting fishing the river and ponds by my house, catching 3-6 poound bass of plastic worms and spinners

[ejb]

haven't used a spinner in a while, used to catch some massive 1.5 lb/2 lb bluegill with beetlespins back in the day though.