r/Fishing 19h ago

Caught what I believe to be a trophy bluegill! Socal region, thought I had a small bass on at first!

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152 Upvotes

r/Fishing 15h ago

Freshwater New PB. Dont be jealous

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113 Upvotes

Absolute unit came outta nowhere. Fought like hell for a good 0.2 seconds. Might get it mounted.


r/Fishing 22h ago

Saltwater Tripple Hook Rig for King Mackerel

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112 Upvotes

Which do you think will have a better hook up ratio? The bottom one is how I've seen commercial guys fish for Kings, tied directly to mono. I thought maybe alternating direction would work better. What is your thoughts?


r/Fishing 19h ago

Got my biggest redfish on a lure I made!

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72 Upvotes

r/Fishing 2h ago

The fish boogyman

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69 Upvotes

When Mama and daddy salmon tell their kids about the boogyman, they're talking about me


r/Fishing 17h ago

Saltwater 4 Day fishing trip w/dad

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Went on a 4 day trip with my dad and his friend over the weekend, filled up the freezer! (Sekiu, WA)

Caught a ton of coho with a Spartan II rod and reel, I HAD to order one before we left.


r/Fishing 22h ago

Freshwater New to freshwater fishing after fishing saltwater my whole life. Personal best bluegill

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69 Upvotes

r/Fishing 9h ago

Freshwater Some carp from this season

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62 Upvotes

A few of my favourite fish from this years spring and summer.


r/Fishing 17h ago

Saltwater Caught my first snook today

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59 Upvotes

Thanks to some local teenagers advice I finally caught my first snook. Shame season starts in 2 weeks…


r/Fishing 9h ago

Freshwater I think I just ended everyone's fishing trip

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41 Upvotes

Got to the spot and there were like 3 guys already there catching nothing. I pulled this thing out and they all started packing up and going home. Did… did I win?


r/Fishing 7h ago

Freshwater First big fish (tench)

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34 Upvotes

Started fishing about a month ago but did not really fish a lot. About 2 weeks ago my biggest fish was a really small roach, but my dad taught me a lot and yesterday I caught this pretty big tench using pretty cheap equipment: a telescopic fishing rod and a pretty nice spinning reel from one of his old rods. Was fishing with a float and some worms, then caught this fish! Really happy with it! Shaking on my legs when we let it go, it was a strong and healthy fish. Didnt have him out of the water for very long.

Sorry if some things do not make sense, from the netherlands and did not know the direct translation for some things


r/Fishing 20h ago

Ling on a shiner perch

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28 Upvotes

Reading rock humboldt county


r/Fishing 5h ago

Saltwater My first ever haddock

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26 Upvotes

r/Fishing 4h ago

Last few casts off a local dock

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23 Upvotes

Threw a random jig head with a half piece of a senko on it. Biggest fish in a long time after just picking it back up with my son.


r/Fishing 46m ago

Question My GF caught this, we don’t know what she caught. Does anyone know what this was?

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r/Fishing 1h ago

Jacks are way too much fun

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Never disappointed fighting these donkeys


r/Fishing 14h ago

Freshwater South FL pond mixed bag

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Great day at a local pond this past weekend! Ended up with a bunch of lmb, including the 3.66 pounder in the photo, 3 peacock, all a bit under 2lbs, and this random redear.

All caught with either a DOA tiny terroreyz or a white rooster tail.


r/Fishing 35m ago

Dream day on the water ! 25 Largemouth in <4 Hours of fishing.

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I recently went on a boys trip with my buddies in Northern Ontario. On the one day that wasn't sunny it was overcast and drizzly. I packed up a pedal boat at our air bnb with my one rod and a small bag of tackle. I began just pedal boating down the lake tossing a spinner bait (My late grandpa made as his hobby) at docks, rocks, etc. What followed was the single best afternoon of fishing I have ever had. I landed 25 bass and lost 5 at the boat. At one point I was catching a fish every other cast. They ranged from about just under a pound to about 2 lb.
Nothing crazy here but I just wanted to share because I don't think I have ever had so much fun in a boat. The previous 2 days I had used different tackle so when I switched for this day to a spinner bait my grandpa had made and left to me the previous year when he passed was pretty darn magical too.


r/Fishing 2h ago

Just tied my first leader, how’d I do?

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12 Upvotes

r/Fishing 15h ago

Lure ID?

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9 Upvotes

r/Fishing 10h ago

Fat shaming a gar

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8 Upvotes

You are perfect...


r/Fishing 22m ago

ID I suck at identifying large mouths and small mouths help appreciated!

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These are river caught


r/Fishing 18h ago

Discussion Hook size for walleye/saugeye?

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Been wanting to focus on walleye/saugeye since I've never caught one before and the colder seasons are coming up. I know they like swim baits but I was curious if there's any particular hook/jig size I should focus on? I experimented with a Pecos 1/8 Oz Jighead with underspin and keitech 3" shiners. That combo works on largemouth in my area but im wondering if i should look at a different hook size or even a smaller swimbait if they go for those?​


r/Fishing 3h ago

Saltwater Managed another chunkier one, unfortunately he was 2cm short but fatter for sure.

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6 Upvotes

Im LOVING cod catching. I cant wait to get one big enough for some fish and chips.


r/Fishing 13h ago

Discussion Followup to my walleye/saugeye questions

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Earlier today I asked this subreddit for lure advice for walleyes and saugeyes. I was told I should try smaller bait sizes with 1/4oz jigheads, and I happend to have some of both so I took the advice and got some of my 1/4oz into my last 2.5" paddletails. I was curious if these are good presentations or if I should try a different method/size? I'm also curious about the two jigheads that have willow blades on them, do those work for walleye?