What Kind Of Fisherman Are You!!!! 2024
MikeOGNR reply :
Hey guys just seeing what kind of style everyone is more or less what kind of fishing describes you. Ex. Offshore structure fisherman, Heavy cover fisherman, Pitching flipping docks, I wanna see everyone's style so post away
Thanks
-Mike
JellyMan reply :
I always gravitate toward structure, grass, holes, ect. Any sort of imperfection in the water, I get on it. I RARELY ever crank open water or finesse in deeper water. Only time I do any deeper water finesse fishing is when I know what is on the bottom. Sand bar or something.
Thats Florida fishing in general.
The Rooster reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 4:02 AM, JellyMan said:I always gravitate toward structure, grass, holes, ect. Any sort of imperfection in the water, I get on it. I RARELY ever crank open water or finesse in deeper water. Only time I do any deeper water finesse fishing is when I know what is on the bottom. Sand bar or something.
Thats Florida fishing in general.
Me too, ceptin I'm in that thar Kentucky.
flyfisher reply :
I fish visible cover best but end of last season i started cranking deeper more "offshore" structure and really enjoy it. I want to do more of that and fish more deep water off shore structure this season for sure.
lmbfisherman reply :
I go where the structure is - Visible is my preference (Vegetation, trees, stumps, rocks..etc..etc..) I don't dislike deep water or finesse fishing I'd like to try, but I am a product of my environment at my local lakes.
Teal reply :
I dont like to put labels on it. Because i have to change how I approach the different lakes around me. Well rounded is the name for it. Theres nothing i excell at and nothing i refuse to do.
Kerr Lake - well rounded power fisherman/run and gun
Lake Gaston-junk fisherman/finesse
Roanoke Rapids Lake-power fishing and flip/punch
Felix77 reply :
I tend to gravitate towards finesse first. As pressured as our lakes are up here it's the only way to get a bite sometimes.
Rangerphil reply :
Junk fisherman! I can throw a shakey head and drop shot all day or burn spinnerbaits through grass, but my favorite is shallow to medium cranking. I love bouncing a squarebill off a stump and a big ole pig loading up on it!
J Francho reply :
First of, I think we need to standardize some terms, for sake of consistency.
Weeds, grass lines, laydowns, bog wood, stumps, docks, moored boats, and even to some extent boulders or rip rap are all examples of cover.
Structure is the layout or shape of the lake bottom. This can include shoals, drop offs, points, flats, ledges, humps, stair steps, creek channels, road beds, walls, etc.
Structure is usually referred to on a larger scope than cover. Cover, as it relates to structure and bait fish movement is the key to locating active fish.
I'm a structure fisherman, which means I always think of the bigger picture. Over the course of 20 years or so of serious fishing, I've always questioned why one piece of cover holds fish more consistently than another seemingly similar piece of cover. Structure is the answer. Put those pieces together, and you'll start to see where the ideal places to fish are.
JigMe reply :
It depends on types of lake you fish. There are several local lakes that I fish, and most of my honey spots are located at stumps. But I fish drop offs and points, if I were to fish a different lake.
If you are wondering my favorite structure, then it would be lily pad and laydowns.
Darren. reply :
Using J Francho's terms:
Primarily, I fish cover from my kayak.
I am determined to learn to fish structure better at my local reservoirs. I need to find better topo maps, as well as learning to read my el cheapo depth finder. Would love a Lowrance DSI, but that's maybe a few years, or a lottery win, away LOL.
Missouribassman95 reply :
Because I fish from shore, I mainly am a "cover fisherman".
K_Mac reply :
I agree with J Franco. I am a structure fisherman. I love finding an off-shore spot that is not on most fishermen's radar, esp in deeper water. The last couple of years I have fished a lot with a guy who grew up fishing a river system, and his strength is shallow water pitching and flipping. Between the two of us we can usually find a fish or two..
J Francho reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 4:53 AM, JigMe said:It depends on types of lake you fish. There are several local lakes that I fish, and most of my honey spots are located at stumps. But I fish drop offs and points, if I were to fish a different lake.
If you are wondering my favorite structure, then it would be lily pad and laydowns.
Drop offs and points are structure. Lilly pads and laydowns are cover.
J Francho reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 5:13 AM, K_Mac said:I agree with J Franco. I am a structure fisherman. I love finding an off-shore spot that is not on most fishermen's radar, esp in deeper water. The last couple of years I have fished a lot with a guy who grew up fishing a river system, and his strength is shallow water pitching and flipping. Between the two of us we can usually find a fish or two..
I wouldn't say that I'm an "offshore fisherman" per sa, but I'm often attracted to shallow spots by what is directly off shore from where I'm fishing. If the fish are deep, I fish deep, if they are shallow, I fish shallow.
lmbfisherman reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 5:05 AM, DarrenM said:Using J Francho's terms:
Primarily, I fish cover from my kayak.
I am determined to learn to fish structure better at my local reservoirs. I need to find better topo maps, as well as learning to read my el cheapo depth finder. Would love a Lowrance DSI, but that's maybe a few years, or a lottery win, away LOL.
You and me both. LOL
PondBoss reply :
I guess it would be described as junk fishing. I just fish and adapt accordingly or at least what I feel is accordingly. Whether it's structure of cover it makes no difference, it gets fished how I think is best for that particular time and place.
K_Mac reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 5:18 AM, J Francho said:I wouldn't say that I'm an "offshore fisherman" per sa, but I'm often attracted to shallow spots by what is directly off shore from where I'm fishing. If the fish are deep, I fish deep, if they are shallow, I fish shallow.
I just like the challenge of finding an offshore spot and fishing deeper water. I completely agree that finding fish as they relate to structure is the key to success.
JigMe reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 5:18 AM, J Francho said:I wouldn't say that I'm an "offshore fisherman" per sa, but I'm often attracted to shallow spots by what is directly off shore from where I'm fishing. If the fish are deep, I fish deep, if they are shallow, I fish shallow.
Really bad at fishing in deep water, maybe I need to try harder. I usually fish covers that usually produce for me, and probably not a good way to learn new things.
HeavyDluxe reply :
Haphazard?On 3/5/2013 at 3:58 AM, MikeOGNR said:Hey guys just seeing what kind of style everyone is more or less what kind of fishing describes you.
BrettD reply :
I like to fish in heavy grass or cover. Not alot of open water structure down here.
Nick49 reply :
I get alot of satisfaction from "learning" a lake, especially when fishing alone. Like everybody, I have a few techniques I do pretty well and others with which I have lower success and confidence. I prefer to fish slow with weighted plastics/jigs around deeper structure. However, nothing beats an early morning topwater bite.
clayton86 reply :
Putting jigs into cover for me specificy wood trees, stumps, brush, logs, downed trees. Then rock jams in the creeks there's always always smallmouth in there.
KansasAngler reply :
Im a small lake/pond fisherman- usually 1000 acres or less. I like to hit cover and slop but also go into coves alot. I look for grass and weeds sticking out of the water mostly but i also look for rocky ledges towards the bank and just go up and down those in my kayak. Have had much better luck with those then wood so I usually target those. As for technique i usually like to pitch and flip and use jerbaits
SudburyBasser reply :
I tend to hit shallow water cover (though I suppose shallow needs to be defined as well) predominantly with finesse or cranks. I don't know if I have a "style"...though I can say with safety that I'm not much for deeper water...particularly since we don't have electronics on the boat.
Brian6428 reply :
I fish from shore so i am a "cover fisherman" and mainly use squarebill crank baits.
TheKingFisher reply :
I'm a power fisher and because I fish from the bank I try to get my lure way out to cover that's hard for most bank fishermen to get too. So I throw heavy bomb lures including big senkos and crankbaits. Someone mentioned run and gun, that's very much what I do.
This year I'm going to slow it down and work on pitching and flipping hoping not to scare the fish off with my usual kamikaze lure presentation.
Gatorbassman reply :
Several years ago you could argue that I was a finesse fisherman. I hated when my friends called me that. To me it meant that I was narrow minded in my approach to fishing. I have worked hard to become an overall versatile fisherman and now I have confidence in a lot of different techniques. My home lake is an offshore structure lake so for the past three years I've been working to become proficient at being that guy out in the middle of the lake that everyone looks at funny as they speed by.
I love fishing docks and have won several tournaments over the years doing so.
I don't like fishing close to shore. I can do it but I'm always looking for those spots that most people miss.
Frog Turds reply :
Once the veg is up, almost exclusively heavy cover...most all the lakes in my area get crazy thick with slopalicious garbage, just my cuppa tea =)
Teal reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 8:24 AM, flukemaster said:I love fishing docks and have won several tournaments over the years doing so.
I love skipping docks too. When they are under docks, a good "skipper" can get a big bag quick. You would be surprised how many accomplished anglers can not skip that lure very far or way in the back of a dock. Lake Gaston is FULL of docks and it is a necessity here. If you can skip a dock, you are at an advantage here.
I can do other techniques and map reading and willingness to get off the bank and getting smoked a few times, has made me a better offshore fisherman. But i still love skippin, pitchin and punching as my favs.
papajoe222 reply :
I'd describe myself as a power fisherman first with deep water as my forte, however when conditions dictate (spawn, cold front, etc.) I do like to work visible cover in shallower water. I do fish a lot of shallow water structure and cover, but mostly when I have a partner (wife) in the boat.
Big Bassman reply :
Structure first, then cover. Cover can be above or below.
KansasAngler reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 8:13 AM, TheKingFisher said:I'm a power fisher and because I fish from the bank I try to get my lure way out to cover that's hard for most bank fishermen to get too. So I throw heavy bomb lures including big senkos and crankbaits. Someone mentioned run and gun, that's very much what I do.
This year I'm going to slow it down and work on pitching and flipping hoping not to scare the fish off with my usual kamikaze lure presentation.
Thats how i fished before i had my kayak and i still like to spend some days fishing like that on the banks. Best tactic for that is to find a nice cove where you can hit the shoreline in front of you
lmoore reply :
Simply put, I'm a river rat
jhoffman reply :
95% of the time I am flipn&pitchn laydowns and chunk rock as I believe thats where big fish truely live. The rest of the time is all the other techniques but drop shotting is my #1 backup tactic.
0119 reply :
In s.w. Fl. almost all the freshwater is man made, even the natural lakes have been scoured by machine into a bowl. Sometimes theres a box cut ledge, otherwise no contoured structure. So Im a visable cover angler. Skipping docks and under 10ft. of over hanging Brazilian Pepper. Commercial runoff from golf courses usually over fertilize's the bottom in fiberous algae so bottom bouncing is hopeless. Its 95% topwater.
tugsandpulls reply :
i fish whatever i have to do to catch them mostly shore fish to weeds and timber
Oregon Native reply :
Love that tick on a jig when pitched to cover!!!
loodkop reply :
Is there a category for frog fisherman?
J Francho reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 10:23 PM, loodkop said:Is there a category for frog fisherman?
Why not? I know a couple froggers myself. 
loodkop reply :
Frogger. I like that. I just got some Fighting frogs for flipping/ pitching. Just need a finesse froggy for dropshot and I will be the Compleat Frogger!
J Francho reply :
The Big Baits plastics? Uhhhhh, yeah. Those are killer in the water willow up here on Oneida.
tholmes reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 5:09 AM, Missouribassman95 said:Because I fish from shore, I mainly am a "cover fisherman".
Same here. My favorite methods are "power fishing" crankbaits and spinnerbaits and crawling a t-rig or a jig through cover.
Tom
Bankbeater reply :
I like to fish jigs and tubes around offshore structure, and offshore cover. I also like to go around and just look at the lake with the fishfinder to see what is there.
UWBass reply :
Deep structure fishing is my favorite - I could drag a jig or a dropshot all day. Just fascinating to me. I also really enjoy crankbaiting in all parts of the water column - shallow or deep. Squarebills shallower (under 10 ft), moderate divers or deep cranks. I know I'll likely get blasted for this again, but I really dislike dock fishing and/or other shallow shoreline visible cover.
Smallmouths are by far my favorite of the two bass species here in WI, so that likely explains a good deal of why I like to do what I do.
bonzai22 reply :
As long as there is a jig bite i live and die by the jig shallow or deep. I fish alot of different baits but the jig is my favorite.
PABASS reply :
I love creek channels, of course since I am a bank beater I only have a few options depending on the lake I am at, because of my lack of an anti sink device, cover for me is where its at. If I had a boat I would love to be out in the middle of the water finding the spots in deeper water. A lake near where I grew up has a awesome cove, with a creek channel that has a long flat that cuts into the bank, I have seen numerous big fish in less the a few inches of water underneath these cuts . I like fishing wood be it submergent or above water cause I can use some of my favorite lures around it and still catch fish..
ww2farmer reply :
I am comfortable fishing the bank out to the deepest water in the lake, and everything in between. Laydowns, grass holes, docks, rocks, points, humps, sunken brush, mats, drop-offs, pads, ditches, culverts, channels, seawalls, bridges, cat tails, boat ramps, sail boats, weed lines, stumps, misc. "junk" in the water, and where ever else bass live, I will fish.
loodkop reply :
Those are the ones. Not to many people use them in my area so I'm doing quite well on them.On 3/7/2013 at 1:28 AM, J Francho said:The Big Baits plastics? Uhhhhh, yeah. Those are killer in the water willow up here on Oneida.
A-Jay reply :
The Obsessed Kind ~
A-Jay
jignfule reply :
jack of all trades, master of none.
J Francho reply :
On 3/8/2013 at 2:06 AM, jignfule said:jack of all trades, master of none.
I say this a lot. It really is what fishing is all about, if you've been doing it a while.
Shoop05 reply :
In a perfect situation, I think we would all love to be able to pound the bank plucking 5 pounders out of heavy visible cover. I have learned to adapt fishing all across the country, and I have to say even though it takes a while to get the hang of, catching bass in deep water with cover on structure is a killer. Brush piles or logs on a hump in 15 feet of water. You can catch some real heffers this way. Conditions play into different styles so I try to be versitle. I really do like pig sticking in deeper water though, especially for bronze beauties!
DINK WHISPERER reply :
DEFINATELY heavy cover here! It is my passion to haul big fat bass out of the nastiest slop around. Not to say i am not versatile or "good" at any other styles, but none interest me as much.
BassKing17 reply :
All about the shallow water grass and deep water structure!!
KYntucky Warmouth reply :
Definately a junk fisherman, I like a good assortment of rods ready for the day. Plus, I'm usually the back of the boat so I tend to switch baits and presentations often until dialed in.
tnriverluver reply :
I beat the banks year round mainly fishing wood structure or laydowns. Occasionaly fish deep but almost always catch my limit fishing shallow regardless of the water temp. Almost all my fishing these days is tossing a worm or lizard due to a bad arm. Rarely fish crankbaits or spinnerbaits anymore.
Trackick9707 reply :
Grass and lily pads are my strongest points. After that I would say crankbaits in wood cover. So i would say my style is a cross between power fishing and junk fishing.
merc1997 reply :
i fish whatever style it takes to catch them. i like to fish certain ways better than others, but you have to able to fish big, small, shallow or deep to consistently catch bass.
bo
strikequeentiff reply :
On 3/5/2013 at 3:58 AM, MikeOGNR said:Hey guys just seeing what kind of style everyone is more or less what kind of fishing describes you. Ex. Offshore structure fisherman, Heavy cover fisherman, Pitching flipping docks, I wanna see everyone's style so post away
Thanks
-Mike
Structure for the most part. I like to take the canoe and fish the docks... laying logs, pads, old structures. I fish this way the most I'd say. However, I actually like all types of fishing. I will be pitching and flipping docks more this year. My husband had me pitching and flipping in my kitchen last night, lol. P&F... my goal this year.
Jaiden reply :
Right now I fish mostly visible cover/structures, but I am working on fishing deeper, offshore structure this year.
jkroosz reply :
I prefer the reaction style of pre spawn, but will : t rig, jig, drop shot, crank, jerk, wacky, frog, spook, pop,
I love the challenge of finding them on various bodies of water, conditions and time of year.
The type of fisherman is lucky. Lucky to be fortunate to be out there boating, eating donuts, telling jokes and occasionally catching one.
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