Favorite Fishing Situation 2024
Lucky Craft Man reply :
I know it's not winter yet (these dumb threads usually crop up around winter), but I was just thinking about all the various fishing situations I have been in and there is just one that keeps coming back in my mind as my absolute favorite.
I really loved casting huge lures for Fall Musky on Lake St. Clair, or drifting a size 26 midge on the San Juan River with snow flakes falling all around in the Winter, or throwing hollowed bodied frogs over huge mats for summertime Largemouth in the South, but the one experience that I just can't get enough of is Smallmouth Bass fishing on Lake Erie (Spring, Summer, or Fall). Just being out on the huge lake drifting, or holding on a small rockpile, or trolling a contour while casting are just the definition of pure Awesome to me when it comes to fishing. I love all types of fishing and actively engage in all forms, but those Lake Erie Smallmouth just keep calling my name.
What specific fishing situation really holds that special place as you all-time favorite?
Snakehead Whisperer reply :
There are so many that I can't even begin to list them all. My favorite fishing of the year is when the topwater bite is on for stripers in the fall. Nothing like catching a good striper on a popper with light/medium tackle in heavy current.
J Francho reply :
I like it when there are fish in the water.
kikstand454 reply :
Any fish, on any topwater.
But I really, really like stalking tailing redfish at first light in my kayak.
Chris S reply :
Fall feed bag out in Kansas for Small Mouth so easy even my Florida fishing dad can catch 40 in 1.5 days!! It just gets better every year!!!
BasshunterJGH reply :
My favorite fishing situation would probably be frog or senko fishing in a small lake or pond.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Big steelhead + tiny creeks + light spinning rod.
PersicoTrotaVA reply :
It hasn't happened yet.
Ripping topwater baits in the Amazon for monster Peacocks.
geo g reply :
My favorite fishing situation would be frog and swim bait fishing in the morning and late evening in the Everglades and Okeechobee over massive weedy flats. When its on, it can be magical.
mjseverson24 reply :
mid summer deep weeds = Big Large Mouth Bass...
Mitch
gardnerjigman reply :
Heart beating, rod in hand, fish on line is mine. Weather, location, time is all details.
J Francho reply :
The Fishuation.
Alonerankin2 reply :
Golden Shiners in Florida is too much fun! I simply love it. Big topwaters in Florida are also a great joy, around here probably sauger, big flatheads in the Ohio river, I love to fish, I go after what's available, I'm not a Bass Snob, lol.. I do love it though.
roadwarrior reply :
Drifting down the Tennessee River with the colors of fall.
Primetime for my favorite fish and perhaps a new World
Record!
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/smallmouth_record.html
Oregon Native reply :
Watching the sun rise on calm waters and getting to see the begging of a new day...."another gift from above". Favorite place was running up the Columbia River in north central Oregon at first light chasing smallies and feeling the current tug at your boat and the anticipation of that big un
Lund Explorer reply :
Schooled up smallies on a topwater bite!
fishballer06 reply :
I love burning buzzbaits over weed patches in the fall on any given lake.
I love throwing crankbaits up to rock islands in the spring in Canada for walleye.
Catch and Grease reply :
Any time I can tear em' up on a Square bill!
MO_LMB reply :
Cranking Trees.
A-Jay reply :
Those Lake Erie Smallies are indeed special & no doubt Addicting.
I have become somewhat obsessed myself - and I will never be able to Thank Mr D Hottle enough.
However, after thinking about all the different fishing situations & ways to fish, my favorite has to be Chunking & Winding - something - anything; doesn't really matter where, when or what species I after or what I'm throwing. There's just something about making long casts and spinning that reel handle over & over that pushes my "this is cool" button. So if you think of all the baits / techniques that covers, there's no doubt I'm smiling quite a bit.
This is not to say, however that I don't enjoy many the other presentations, I do, just not as much.
A-Jay
AK-Jax86 reply :
Gotta love when the big girls come shallow and bite! Nothing better
SirSnookalot reply :
Permit and tarpon on fly rod.
BassThumbAddict reply :
Lipless cranks in the spring, and catching crappie on Lake Sardis with light spinning gear.
Senko lover reply :
Ditto with J Francho
A morning topwater bite, with a nice sunrise, no mosquitos, and chunky bass.
Dream on...
phototex reply :
Night fishing for big smallmouths in northeast Washington's deep, clear lakes
WIGuide reply :
Favorite fishing situation for me is each and every time I hit the water. I just love being out there regardless of how I'm fishing.
BooyahMan reply :
Favourite bass related fishing situation is when they you say that blow-up on a frog, then setting as hard as you can and feeling the fish on the other end. Nothing quite like that.
Scott F reply :
Springtime, Northern Wisconsin, water temp 50 degrees plus. For the next two or three weeks, the smallies will be in prespawn feeding mode. That's my favorite fishing situation. I take a 2 week vacation and fish 10 to 12 hours a day getting hundreds and hundreds of bass. It's got me spoiled so I don't get as excited about fishing the rest of the year because nothing else I can do will compare.
ABW reply :
Love to fish jigs in the heat
SirSnookalot reply :
The visual display of a larger LMB blowing up on top water is IMO as good as it gets, I fish for them this way almost daily, it is fun. I'd rather catch 1 good one this way than 20 others using different techniques and lures.
I have not had the pleasure of catching giant trevally and don't really want to at my age, but I've caught thousands of other fish in the jack family like aj, crevalles, permit, etc. For power, brute strength and the fight I've yet to catch anything rivaling them, but there is no visual.
For the fight and the visual offshore billfish and inshore tarpon are unforgettable experiences.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Nothing beats that thump on a jig and going toe to toe with a big bass on a heavy setup in heavy cover.
Mike L reply :
On 11/5/2014 at 8:38 AM, geo g said:My favorite fishing situation would be frog and swim bait fishing in the morning and late evening in the Everglades and Okeechobee over massive weedy flats. When its on, it can be magical.
THIS!!
Absolutely!
Mike
Sam reply :
Double Secret Pond
No Wind
Clouds or No Clouds
Pond about 18 Inches From Full Pool
Seeing the Wood Stick Out of the Water
By Myself
Drinks, Snacks and Lunch in the SUV
Rods, Reels and Baits I Want to Throw
Does Not Get Better Than This!
Lucky Craft Man reply :
You know, when I started this thread, I thought it was a lame idea, but I was bored and did it anyway. Well, I am glad I did, because I really enjoyed reading the different fishing situations you guys really like. Some are so descriptive, I can almost visualize myself in that moment. Pretty cool stuff.
deep reply :
Bottom contact baits low and slow on long casts. Jerkbaits are cool too.
everythingthatswims reply :
When the big girls are revealing themselves and following your baits, and actually committing to the darn things!
Jolly Green reply :
Laying into the first nice fish of spring.
Bankbeater reply :
I have the lake all to myself. Just enough breeze to put a ripple on the water, but not enough where I need to use the anchor. Fishing a deep creek bed with a lot of timber around using a jig or frog.
wisconsin heat reply :
I like it when the water is warm and muddy in color, the sun is out and it is a beautiful day. Fishing from shore I pitch bulky jigs within 10-15 of shore and work it back, the big fish like to come up shallow during those times and it is so much fun.
Bassun reply :
A warm day in Late spring in Va. Wading waste deep in a nicely flowing smallmouth creek, miles away from everyone but you and the buddy who happens to be lucky enough to be there with you. You hear no boats, you hear no cars, all you do hear is the sound of the water cascading over the rocks and filling into that big pool. You've got your silver and black J-7 Rapala on, and make the perfect cast just near that overhanging root. You hear, "Nice cast" from the guy standing about 15 feet behind you. You twitch it once like its a topwater bait, and that's all it takes to send that 20" class bronzeback into primeval mode as it smashes your Rapala. You crank once, feel the fish and set the hook with a serious aggression. "Fish On!"
That --- that is my favorite fishing situation.
BaitMonkey1984 reply :
Mine would have to be early spring when the Bass start to move up into the staging areas, it is hard to beat a crawfish colored crank bait that time of the year. It is one of my newest techniques learned and getting me back into power fishing after primarily fishing soft plastics for the past two years.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
anytime they are biting
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