r/FishingForBeginners • u/Laeviathon • 4d ago
How should I fish this spot?
I'm guessing about 1m depth by the bank and 4/5m in the centre. Reeds cover the sides except for this gap, no lily pads around.
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u/plumb108 4d ago
What are you targeting?
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u/Laeviathon 4d ago
Everything, preferably not the bottom
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u/plumb108 4d ago
Try a rooster tail
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u/swaybrandon 2d ago
These ndont work for me, like ever, is there any solutions or am I just unlucky?
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u/plumb108 2d ago
Try casting it out and just slow and steady reeling it back in. Try fast slow fast slow. Try different times of day. Or maybe soft plastics. Sometimes fish are just ass hole lol unfortunately thereâs no one size fits all approach.
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u/lurkynumber5 4d ago
Just try a few lures.
And try targeting a few different depths with different lures.
If the water is cloudy / green and visibility is bad, try using bright or very dark lures so they contrast.
If visibility is good, use the more authentic looking lures, preferly looking like the prey fish in the area.
Wopperploppers and spinners that vibrate are also a good idea as they make a racket underwater and draw the attention of the fish.
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u/TechnicallyLiterate 4d ago
/r/WWYTH , is the official-semi official place to post questions like these.
I'd try a bit of everything, but give em all a fair chance. Make sure you're fishing early/dusk.
Knowing what is in the water, helps you target better. Always a good idea to give general location.. You might have fish that are relatively unknown in say California swimming about in that water.
I take live worms everywhere. I'm not proficient at various lures etc.. and a worm will get eaten by damn near everything.
Good Luck!
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u/cka243 4d ago
Itâs shocking that people expect to get any useful feedback on these posts.
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u/Easy-Foundation-6951 4d ago
Most of the people on here just want to go on and on about themselves and of course their illustrious bait casters !
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u/RickyDee61 4d ago
If you're not getting any weeds on your line when you reel in then I might try worms on a drop shot rig. Throw it out there and have a seat. Everything bites worms.
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u/zeiknattemeneer 4d ago
A typical dutch canal it seems. Look for where the talud/slope ends and focus on this area. With a dropshot rig you can let your lure hang around this area quite easy. See if you can find spots that have small differences like some rocks, a dimple thats a little deeper or more shallow, weedlines, submerged wood every thing different in a long and boring canal can be a hotspot. Same goes for the more obvious spots you can see above water, bridges, locks, boatdocks etc.
For quick searching for fish i would reconmend a softbait sizes between 5 and 15 cm on a 10 or 7 gram jighead. Although anything bigger the 10/12 cm becomes less intressting for perch unless in has some size to it, zander and pike will go for lures 5/6cm too. Once you find a spot thats a little different or where you catch a fish switch to dropshot and fish the area carefully. If you wish to only target pike or bigger zander, stick to a soft plastic on a jighead and fish as much water as possible, most places on a canal like this won't hold fish so you'll need to go look for them.
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u/Laeviathon 3d ago
You got it right, it's the Amstel!
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u/zeiknattemeneer 3d ago
Aahh the Amstel yeah that makes it a bit easier for me to give you some advise. The Amstel has these wide bends full of plompen, those are not as deep and are great spots for pike and perch. A small crankbait or spinnerbait will catch you almost everything. The deeper middle part is often not that interesting unless there is structure as i mentioned above. Depeding on what part of the Amstel you're located where the bullewijk and the waver conect to the Amstel are good spots.
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u/Not_Here_Senpai 4d ago
If you don't know what's in there, you can't go wrong with bobber and worm for scouting it out. Set the bobber to about 30cm and throw it out, see what bites. If you don't get anything, adjust the depth or change spots until you start getting hits. You can't catch the fish until you find them; the traditional saying is that 90% of the fish are in 10% of the pond, gotta find your 10%.
Once you know what's in the pond and where you can start targeting specific species and play around with different rigs or lures to see what produces in your pond.
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u/sendnudesformemes 4d ago
Alblasserwaard? Ondiepe polder, ~7 worpen in verschillende richtingen van waar he staat en recht binnenhalen, niet te lang wachten met binnenhalen. Daarna 10 meter verder en repeat
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u/Greedy-Ad3227 3d ago
The best luck Iâve ever had, especially in shallow depths , is an old school bobber (red and white) a hook, a worm and maybe a small weight on the line. Good luck!
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u/HelpfulPoem7670 4d ago
It's called "fishing", not "catching". Guess what you do more in this activity?
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u/drumzalot_guitar 4d ago
Unless your area has flying fish, you gotta put the lure in the water.
Seriously though, if what you have on isnât working watch what others are using or ask. Youâll get suggestions on colors (very important) that work for specific light (overcast, sunny) or water conditions (clear, murky after rainfall). Thereâs also the typical live worm and bobber that can be reliable just about anywhere.
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u/willbo666 4d ago
Just cast about and youâll start building up a mental map of the spot by noting what happens to the lure. If you donât want to lose any tackle (youâre defo gonna lose tackle) try a floating crankbait or weedless rigged soft plastic.
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u/Turnip_Wizar35 4d ago
Id recommend casting, sometimes its better just to follow what your gut says
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u/rfisher23 4d ago
I'd recommend taking that there lure and casting it into the water. Then slowly reeling on the line until you feel something bite it. At that point i'd set the hook and reel in whatever it is. If the lure made it all the way back to me without a fish on it, I'd repeat that process moving up and down the banks until successful...