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meltdown75 said:
i'm heading up to my bro-in-law's hunting / fishing camp this summer... gotta plan that out... it's near Bancroft, Ontario... last time i was up there was just to party with some friends, but we ended up bringing the 16-ft aluminum to some protected lake we weren't supposed to be fishing on ... bahhahah.
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so poaching is ok with you?
 
AMCRambler said:
I'm a bass fisherman and I prefer lures to night crawlers. The blue gills and perch will pick the worms right off your hook. Long before you'll get a nice big bass. Those spinners you've got there are good lures for bass and pickerel. They like shiny stuff and now is a good time to use them since not all of the weeds have grown in yet.

I like to use rubber worms. 4-5 inch worm rigged texas style so that it's weedless on a number 4 or number 5 hook. It works well in lakes/ponds like the one you mention.

http://www.probassfishing.ca/articles/images/texas-articlepic.jpg

During the daytime use lighter color worms and in the evening or at night use darker color worms. The bass don't see good so they pick up more on subtle movement and vibration in the water. If the worm you're using has too much contrast with the surrounding weeds it won't look like prey to them.

Rubber frogs are fun for top water action. Toss it out on the lilly pads on a hook set up weedless and just tug it across the pads. The bass will follow it beneath the pads and as soon as it drops into an opening they will explode on it. Lots of fun catching them that way.
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I never did largemouth bass but I used to do smallmouth when I was young. Never did figure out how to use a spinner properly but I always had good results using a rubber worm. I usually hit the pond around afternoon and used a purple worm. Damned if I didn't pull them in like clockwork on that. It was a shallow pond with fairly clear water.
 
If you're more interested in having fun & catching fish, live bait is the way to go. On days when the bite is really slow, if you're targeting bass, you might go 4 or 5 hours without catching a thing. Personally, I prefer targeting bass for catch and release. After years of fishing the same lake, I've learned what lures to use where, when, and in what water conditions. I've fished alongside other fishermen with $30,000 bass boats and tackle boxes full of different lures, and have outcaught them quite regularly, watching them go back to the dock skunked. I switch to a different lake, and it's me who goes back to the dock skunked on slow days.

Get a variety of sizes of hooks. Start with about a #6, and if you're getting bites, but not catching anything, work your way to smaller & smaller hooks, down to hooks about the size of the fingernail on your pinky (and accompanying tiny sized pieces of nightcrawler.)
 
I would just use hook and worms with a bobber. Simple rig - tie on hook, put split shot about a foot above hook, put the bobber 3-4 ft from split shot. I would try some spinners and poppers too.
 
I can't believe I spent 400 dollars on a fishing pole, but I did yesterday. G Loomis jig/worm rod. Like everything else you can always blame the gear. Damn that thing is sensitive.

The stripers are getting real active so look to have some fun and good catch this weekend.
 
meltdown75 said:
0_o what the fuck are you talking about, troll?

catch and release, ever heard of it?

did i even say we caught anything?

troll is troll.
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doesn't matter. Everyone would state that. If you are fishing on a protected lake, it's illegal and probably has more impact than you realize.

I am absolutely sure if you are breaking laws you are going to dive in to retrieve a lure stuck down below.

"Gee cuz, just cut the line we'z needs to be moving"

I am hardly trolling on things like this. You should know why I'd have a vested interest with a background in Zoology and such.
 
soxfan said:
Bluefish? From a pond? Think you mean bluegills.

Try a spinner bait early in the morning for bass. Once the sun rises, they typically dive deep so some artificial worms might be a good bet.

Bluefish:

Bluegill:
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that looks like a Crappie to me. Bluegill/Brim tend to be smaller. But who knows, local names for fish are all the fuck over the place.
 
Jeeebus said:
ok, it really has been a long time since I fished out of a lake - I've been exclusively saltwater fishing for well over a decade.

Last fish I pulled out of a lake would have been back in '96 or '97 - of course, it just so happened to be a fish you usually find in the ocean. [And yes - goofy face is goofy]

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Is that a striper? Finding them in fresh water lake is quite common, in my experience.
 
alkemyst said:
doesn't matter. Everyone would state that. If you are fishing on a protected lake, it's illegal and probably has more impact than you realize.
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i'm pretty sure you don't know shit your talking about


http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/fishing.htm


Most DCR lakes and ponds allow fishing and some are stocked annually. Fishing licenses are required.

Walden Pond State Reservation
Concord

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/planYourVisit.htm

Visitors are welcome to swim, picnic, hike, use canoes and rowboats, fish, cross-country ski and snowshoe.
 
alkemyst said:
doesn't matter. Everyone would state that. If you are fishing on a protected lake, it's illegal and probably has more impact than you realize.

I am absolutely sure if you are breaking laws you are going to dive in to retrieve a lure stuck down below.

"Gee cuz, just cut the line we'z needs to be moving"

I am hardly trolling on things like this. You should know why I'd have a vested interest with a background in Zoology and such.
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trolling in a fishing thread. this is epic!

by the way, it was Fishtail Lake, for what it's worth. ROFL... i loved the hick impersonation.
 
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zinfamous said:
that looks like a Crappie to me. Bluegill/Brim tend to be smaller. But who knows, local names for fish are all the fuck over the place.
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As already pointed out, yes, it is a bluegill. Looks nothing like a crappie. And, yes, they get pretty big. It's nice to fill a livewell with 100 3/4 pound bluegills. Well, once you get about three-fourths of the way there, it starts ceasing to be a livewell & more of a floating fish well. All's good if you get them filleted right away though. It's making me drool thinking about my upcoming fishing trip. 9 straight days of fishing from dawn til dusk; or a little before dawn til a little after dusk, with a break in the middle of the day for inner tubing, water skiing, eating, etc. 9 days of targeting big bass (catch and release), and a few hours here & there catching panfish for the freezer.
 
guyver01 said:
i'm pretty sure you don't know shit your talking about


http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/fishing.htm


Most DCR lakes and ponds allow fishing and some are stocked annually. Fishing licenses are required.

Walden Pond State Reservation
Concord

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/planYourVisit.htm

Visitors are welcome to swim, picnic, hike, use canoes and rowboats, fish, cross-country ski and snowshoe.
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he said prohibited. Thanks for doing so much research on a different topic.
 
Key West said:
Well, my dad loves fishing but I thought I'd ask here anyway.

GF and I are thinking of going fishing for shiggles on Memorial Day weekend.

It's a 102-foot (31 m) deep pond.[1] It is 61 acres (250,000 m2) in area and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) around,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_pond

walden-pond.jpg


As you can imagine, it's certainly not small.

1. We just want to have FUN catching things here and there. What comes out from the pond? I suspect usual bass, bluefish, & trout.

2. For above fishes, spinning lures are fine. Are live baits worth it? I can borrow my dad's rods.
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3. They generally feast during early morning/evening right?

I have a feeling I actually know more than to post in the tech forum...
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Wait are you from the Boston area?
 
alkemyst said:
So was it prohibited or not.

If not you so trollin.
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no, it was. basically we were going from one lake to another and throwing the 16-ft aluminum in and cruising around. check it out on Google Maps, Fishtail Lake. Google will say "Did you mean Fishtail Lake, Dysart and Others, Haliburton County" - click it...

after we left, some old dude at a nearby gas station asked where we had been fishing, and we told him "Fishtail Lake" and he said it was one of the best self-producing lakes in Canada and was protected... this was 10+ years ago so I'm not certain on the status of the lake at this point.
 
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