Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

[mhood]

Let's go back 35 years to the best fishing trip this old boy ever went on. This is Lake Texoma in Texas.

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[SteveSchmelzle]

dig ya catch those "open water" trolling with big stick baits?

I love big water trolling for stripers. It's like trolling for walleye on Erie, but these walleye get big, and you know, pull back, lol.

[mhood]

dig ya catch those "open water" trolling with big stick baits?

I love big water trolling for stripers. It's like trolling for walleye on Erie, but these walleye get big, and you know, pull back, lol.

Yep.

[Obz]

Thought you guys might think this is cool. My first stergeon. Took 30min to reel in!
28" med power 4-8lb fenwick night hawk jig rod, pflueger 100 spinning reel, 6lb Berkley ice mono.

[uljersey]

Not me or anyone I know personally, but noteworthy just the same. 11 year old girl here in New Jersey pulls a 4 lb 19.5" black crappie through the ice the other day. That's a slab no matter what state you're in

[Tokugawa]

State record? That thing is enormous!

[uljersey]

State record? That thing is enormous!

Doubt it. State record for a black crappie here is 4 lb 8 oz. According to her dad's Facebook post, hers was 4 lbs even.

[spencerinstl]

State record? That thing is enormous!

Doubt it. State record for a black crappie here is 4 lb 8 oz. According to her dad's Facebook post, hers was 4 lbs even.

Maybe not a record, but that would be a decent size for a bass let alone a crappie.

[Polkfish1]

Suspect found along banks acting suspiciously

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Weapon found

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Red handed

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I've had more success bank fishing the beds this year. Two things I'm trying. My shorter and visually more acute daughter spots them and tells me where to cast. The no drag set up with the DR 100 just takes one thing out of the equation for me. So, it's just set hook and to the races. What really simplifies is not messing around with a boat, trolling motor...

[Kingofpool12]

[hoohoorjoo]

Dude, that's some fine eating! Pleasse say you kept it!

[Kingofpool12]

lol nope bro...but if i knew i was gonna catch as many as i did that day, i would have!

[domthewon]

I guess this is why there called largemouth.

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[Jeffbro999]

Fishing in the marsh in the spring is a lot of fun, and nothing better to throw through all the milfoil than a chatterbait. There's a really nice variety of bass, redfish, and trout in there...among other things. This redfish crushed that chatterbait off a solid rip out of the grass, and felt like hooking into a speeding truck when I set that hook hard 843 NRX/'13 Metanium HG worked great at stopping those huge drag ripping runs.
Fishing into the mouth of a small creek, this 8' alligator decided he also wanted to eat my chatterbait, and it was a crazy fight on the 843 NRX/Curado 51E with 20lb Maxcuatro tied to 15lb leader. Was able to lift him to the surface several times for some pictures and video, and tried to get my bait back to no avail.

[hoohoorjoo]

Nice red! Yep, I have had a gator decide to eat my bait a few times, mostly on Seminole and the Stick Marsh, but in a couple of ponds down in south GA, too....and never anything that size! Unless they are 3 ft or less, I don't even attempt to retrieve my lure lol!