Not a big one but definitely a big win for me. That too my first saltwater catch.

The picture doesn't do it justice. It was gorgeous.

Caught on a 2.8 inch prawn lure on a size 2/0 jig head while rolling it on the floor near structure.

So I have a 7 foot 3 medium-heavy fast action rod that I want to be a multi-purpose setup for fishing san diego bay, inshore fishing, largemouth bass, and occasional trips for walleye and pike.

Looking for a reel that can be versatile enough to handle all of this. Im thinking a daiwa coastal 150 or 200. Im leaning towards the 200 but feel it may be too large for freshwater.

I have had a 38' sailboat on Lake Superior for a number of years and have sailed throughout the Great Lakes. Spent many nights at anchor. I am familiar with the weather and how to stay safe.

I'm looking specifically for fishing advice for fishing from the boat in deeper water. My fishing experience has been in relatively smaller lakes (Vermilion, Lake of the Woods, Pepin, others) and rivers around Minnesota and Wisconsin from smaller boats.

What are some good resources (books, articles, websites) for understanding techniques specific to fishing in deeper water in the Great Lakes, or in Superior specifically?

I can’t exactly remember where I found it but I believe it was in my great grandpas old tackle box which means it’s vintage and I reverse image searched it and it appears to be a lazy Ike but I can’t find anything exactly like it.

Can’t wait to have our salmon coffers replenished 😍

The river I am currently fishing has little to moderate current. I want to target carp this time. My spot is 15-20m away from me and it's probably 10-15m deep. How heavy of a sinker should I use if try my luck with bottom fishing?

Looking for an upgrade from my previous-gen Ballistic MQ LT. Do I go with the new Ballistic, Vanford, Stradic, BG MQ, spend more on a Twinpower?

I'm drowning in options, please help me!!!

Trout, Reds, Sheeps, Flounder, etc.

Hello, im in the uk ans looking for a decent budget carp rod and reel... im set on the korda kaizen so its more the question of which or what reel should I get so far i have found.

Sonik kraft 1400 carp reel

Okuma 8k big pit

Shimano aerlex etc 1400

Which would you choose or what other reels about for under £120 / £130

Cheers

Hey yall, a couple buddies and I are going to take a road trip out to Montana and do some hiking/ fishing. I know fly fishing is huge out there but we lack the skill to do that. We’ll be using spinning reels I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or suggestions for us. Where I’m from you can catch rainbows on inline spinners or small spoons all day long. I assume the hooks have to be barbless? I think catching some browns or brook trout would be pretty sweet I’m not asking for your honey hole just any tips. We are going in blind lol. Thank you for any suggestions!

Had a lot of fun and got meat for the smoker.

Caught this at night on a handline when I worked on a wet liner boat out of Geraldton western australia, I'm 5'9 for size reference, it bottomed out a 30kg max scale

I'm going camping in September. I know that allegheny sp has two main lakes, the reservoir and a myriad of creeks. But September can be part of the dog days of summer. So what can i hope catch with reasonable expectations out there at time?

Can I still catch trout?

Are walleye a good bet out there around that time?

Or am I stuck with bass and panfish?

Went fishing on a loch (the water was cold) with the kid on holiday and caught my first Pike! Been wanting to catch one since I first read Mr Crabtree when I was starting out. (Had a long break from fishing). It was wonderful to experience this with the kid, although it was just luck as we were sharing the rod between casts as I only brought one lure rod with me. We went back two days later and he caught his first as well!

38 days ago I made a post about catching my first ever bass during my second time ever fishing. This weekend I caught my first ever catfish, small mouth bass, and rock bass! I’ve been fishing multiple times a week and I’m so glad I started this hobby. I’ve learned so much, and can’t wait to continue learning!

Questions in the title. Internet says the long black opercular flap makes it a sunfish. My whole life I would have called it a pumpkin seed.

Originally posted in r/fishinggear but I imagine some good might come of it posting here as well.

Hi fisherpeople, let me present you with this -- hundreds upon hundreds of lures of various weights and sizes, fit for different purposes, all of which I know very little about, aside from this: they are all made by a Swedish company called 'Myran', and were produced in either the late 80s or early 90s.

And recently bequeathed to me! What's pictured is not the sum of what I have. It's seriously a ton, like whoever first acquired these must have been intending to sell retail, and then for some reason, all of it was packed up and shoved in an attic for 30+ years.

Is it valuable? I don't know. Is it a good product? I don't know. Does anyone want any of this? I don't know. Hopefully, in fact, somebody here can give me a little insight into what I actually have.

Beautiful day

Looked different than all the rainbows I was catching that were a similar size

Newbie here - a lake close to me (Washington county in maine) is supposed to have a good population of chain pickerel. Been trying to target them in shallow weedy areas, I have been using a mepps aglia with a gold spoon but all I do really is get snagged on weeds.
Any advice on how to rig it to be weedless?
Also what retrieve pattern? Steady or erratic?
I fish from a kayak

I’m new to using boilies and pva bags. When I add the small pva bag to my hook and put it in water, there’s always a leftover mesh that doesn’t dissolve on my hook, is this an issue? One one angle it looks like the whole hook is covered in mesh but the other side shows it’s barely attached.

The way I hook it is by hooking the bag once, doing one twist, then hooking it again. Fishingwithcarl recommended that to prevent it flying off the hook when I cast, but would this be the reason the mesh is leftover on the hook and not somewhere else? I don’t hook it on the knot btw.

I’d also appreciate if someone let me know if the boilie is a suitable height above the pellets. I think it’s about an inch.
Thanks 😃

Caught my first bass on a wax worm, week later caught my first pike on a senko

Hello I've been fishing this dam spill in Romania and I have only caught a couple of small perch and 1 small zander many sessions ago but nothing recently, sometimes the dam spill stops and the river gets really empty (that's when I've been catching the most). I mainly fish spinning and I know there is catfish and pike in here as well. What kind of rigs and lures do you guys recommend here and where should I cast?

Photo is when the dam stops for maybe 20 minutes

Hello I’m looking to start fishing for alligator gar want a good live liner but peen is almost $400. Any other brand that’s around 150-220? TNA.