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Fishing (Official Thread)

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Nutriaitch;2348753; said:
the marshes lakes and bays behind my house leading to the Gulf have been fished heavily for generations.

Redfish and drum are still fairly easy to come by.
especially this time of year. I have a honey hole I like to hit in June/July that has never disappointed me yet. I can usually pull a few nice sized reds out of there per trip. And it's not hard to limit out on either in the summer months (5 per person 16" or better, only one of which can be over 27")

and there are some fish the almost noone keeps like sheepsheads and gaffetops. They're a real bitch to clean, but some damn good eating. Really clean white meat if you can use a chainsaw to get past the bones.
And there is no limit on either.

Speckled Trout is what everyone down here is after.
If you can find them in a frenzy, you can catch enough to limit out.
If not, you'll work all day to try to reach a limit of keepers (25 per person 12" or better).

Sometimes, you'll find a mess of white trouts.
Very similar to specks, but you gotta eat them same day you catch them.
the meat turns to mush if you freeze them. (no size or number limit on them either).


During the August shrimp season, we load up on Flounders in our land net.
Easier to catch them that way than any other I've ever tried.
Just sit on a chair drinking beer. Pull up the net about once an hour.
Fill up several ice chest of shrimp, a couple baskets of crabs, and a few dozen flounders.
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I was watching a fishing show a few days ago where these guys were gigging flounder at night by spot light. Looks like a lot of fun. Ever try that? Something I would definitely do if I lived down there.
 
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Nutriaitch;2348753; said:
the marshes lakes and bays behind my house leading to the Gulf have been fished heavily for generations.

Redfish and drum are still fairly easy to come by.
especially this time of year. I have a honey hole I like to hit in June/July that has never disappointed me yet. I can usually pull a few nice sized reds out of there per trip. And it's not hard to limit out on either in the summer months (5 per person 16" or better, only one of which can be over 27")

and there are some fish the almost noone keeps like sheepsheads and gaffetops. They're a real bitch to clean, but some damn good eating. Really clean white meat if you can use a chainsaw to get past the bones.
And there is no limit on either.

Speckled Trout is what everyone down here is after.
If you can find them in a frenzy, you can catch enough to limit out.
If not, you'll work all day to try to reach a limit of keepers (25 per person 12" or better).

Sometimes, you'll find a mess of white trouts.
Very similar to specks, but you gotta eat them same day you catch them.
the meat turns to mush if you freeze them. (no size or number limit on them either).


During the August shrimp season, we load up on Flounders in our land net.
Easier to catch them that way than any other I've ever tried.
Just sit on a chair drinking beer. Pull up the net about once an hour.
Fill up several ice chest of shrimp, a couple baskets of crabs, and a few dozen flounders.
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I would love to live a couple weeks of your life.
 
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EasternBuck;2348755; said:
I was watching a fishing show a few days ago where these guys were gigging flounder at night by spot light. Looks like a lot of fun. Ever try that? Something I would definitely do if I lived down there.
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i've done it before. It can be fun on nights you're having success.
but on those nights you spend more time dodging stingrays than gigging flounders, no thank you.

i've never been lit up by a stingray, but I do know people who have. it's not cool.

stowfan;2348766; said:
I would love to live a couple weeks of your life.
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if you ever come this way, I suggest June or July.

it will be hot as fuck, but there is a better chance of decent fishing weather in those months than any other.

Jan-Feb can bring some really shitty fishing weather. cold, windy, and rainy.

March and April warm up a bit, but the wind and rain still happen far to often to plan a trip more than a week or so in advance.

May, not as rainy, but can still be too windy.

August-September has a lot of really good fishing days. But that's also the peak of Hurricane season. No, we don't get them every year, but we get a ton of "baby storms". The same types of thunderstorms that grow into hurricanes form just off the coast and blow in. They don't have time to develop, and aren't bad in your house, but can be absolute hell if you're in a boat.

After september is football season.
 
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this has been the worst summer of fishing weather I can ever remember.

it's been TERRIBLE

windy, rainy, everything but fucking snow damn near.
normally once July rolls around, the wind lays down for a couple months (barring a Hurricane).

not so much this year.
it's been windy as hell every time I've launched the boat.

today is the 4th time this summer I've been caught by a thunderstorm popping up out of nowhere (which usually isn't an issue until mid-september). That's 4 times more than the last several years combined.
 
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Nutriaitch;2359763; said:
this has been the worst summer of fishing weather I can ever remember.

it's been TERRIBLE

windy, rainy, everything but fucking snow damn near.
normally once July rolls around, the wind lays down for a couple months (barring a Hurricane).

not so much this year.
it's been windy as hell every time I've launched the boat.

today is the 4th time this summer I've been caught by a thunderstorm popping up out of nowhere (which usually isn't an issue until mid-september). That's 4 times more than the last several years combined.
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Well, if it makes you feel better Nut, its about the same up here.... Was at Lake Erie week before last, was nice when I got there, woke up Sunday... 7 footers crashing water over the break wall (I should specify that IT woke ME up, since I went to bed with the window open, 20 feet from said break wall).

So, that fucked everything up for a couple days... cleared up by Wednesday, storm went through, but, from the west so, wasn't so bad, got out and got a few Perch in a couple hours, went out Thursday, was fine, got out a couple miles toward the east, dropped the anchor, wind kicked up, was 5 foot whitecaps by noon, had about 15 perch in the box and had to head in.... we were cathcing fish, just getting the shit kicked out of us, though. Passed some dudes an a Bass boat on the way back, I felt sorry for them, they stayed too long... and was messed up for the next day or two.

The fall bite doesn't usually really crank up until, about now, and should run to October, but, you can usually still do some damage in the summer... but everyone I've talked to has said its been rough. Spring was cold, so the walleye bite didn't pikc up until late, and well, they still do they're thing whether they're biting or not, so, the spawning run (bite) was late, so, that was hit and miss as hell, and the only day I got up for that was a damned mess.

And the inland river/stream/lake saugeye bite was late and shitty... and well, I pretty much got scheduled out of steelhead... Anyway, got a few more trips on the calendar, but, one day type things, so, basically unless you're in a situation where you can look out the door and go, its sucked here... the windows are small... lot of north wind. I'm sure the Canadians are happy. lol.
 
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AKAK;2364379; said:
Well, if it makes you feel better Nut, its about the same up here.... Was at Lake Erie week before last, was nice when I got there, woke up Sunday... 7 footers crashing water over the break wall (I should specify that IT woke ME up, since I went to bed with the window open, 20 feet from said break wall).

So, that fucked everything up for a couple days... cleared up by Wednesday, storm went through, but, from the west so, wasn't so bad, got out and got a few Perch in a couple hours, went out Thursday, was fine, got out a couple miles toward the east, dropped the anchor, wind kicked up, was 5 foot whitecaps by noon, had about 15 perch in the box and had to head in.... we were cathcing fish, just getting the shit kicked out of us, though. Passed some dudes an a Bass boat on the way back, I felt sorry for them, they stayed too long... and was messed up for the next day or two.

The fall bite doesn't usually really crank up until, about now, and should run to October, but, you can usually still do some damage in the summer... but everyone I've talked to has said its been rough. Spring was cold, so the walleye bite didn't pikc up until late, and well, they still do they're thing whether they're biting or not, so, the spawning run (bite) was late, so, that was hit and miss as hell, and the only day I got up for that was a damned mess.

And the inland river/stream/lake saugeye bite was late and shitty... and well, I pretty much got scheduled out of steelhead... Anyway, got a few more trips on the calendar, but, one day type things, so, basically unless you're in a situation where you can look out the door and go, its sucked here... the windows are small... lot of north wind. I'm sure the Canadians are happy. lol.
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I can't quite look out the door and go, but it's close.

and now we're getting to the time of year where thunderheads pop outta nowhere.
thankfully, I've been on the water often enough, that I can usually spot them in the clouds before they even start.

2 weeks ago, took my wife and youngest son out into Lake Boudreaux.
lake was smooth as glass, with decent tide movement.

after about the 3rd cast, I look out to the west and saw it.
one small, low hanging cloud with a really flat bottom and looked to be billowing upward. Told my wife to keep an eye on it, and I ran inland into protected waters.

sure as shit, less that 10 minutes later, the winds had picked up into the high teens for sure. and that small cloud now filled most of the horizon, turned from gray to black and had quadrupled in size.

the lake which was once slick was now raging with 3-5 footers.
3-5 ain't terrible. unless you're in my 14 foot flat bottom.

then things get interesting.
 
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Nutriaitch;2364508; said:
the lake which was once slick was now raging with 3-5 footers.
3-5 ain't terrible. unless you're in my 14 foot flat bottom.

then things get interesting.
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Yeah... not my idea of fun. We were in a 22 ft walk around... so...there was no danger.... just how much of a beating do you want to endure. We've had it out in 7 to 8's. But its time to get out of the weather at that point.
 
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Been on Lake Erie Perch fishing in an 18 footer out of Put-In-Bay in the past and got caught in some very bad wave action. With Lake Erie being so shallow, a storm can kick the waves quickly and we got caught coming back in 6-10 foot swells. Nothing like that feeling of no water under the boat and then SLAM.....Good times....
 
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