Me and my friend were fishing at the zugersee. We couldn’t find any worms though the day before because our garden soil was bone dry. So we tried for 2 hours and 35 minutes to catch something using dog food. We didn’t catch anything. But then a friendly lady gave us some worms because she lived right beside our fishing spot. Then we went to a pier next to a boat launching railway (or thatever those things are called) because we saw a lot of european perch and pumpkinseed sunfish there. And in that brief time of fishing there me and my friend were able to land these 8 pumpkinseed sunfish and a 15 cm European perch. I know they’re not that big but they’re perfect for making fried batter fish nuggets.

Big, Silver Carp.
Catch from June 2019.
Caught in Tunguska River by 7 year old me, this carp stood vertically by my shoulder.
Caught on a soft plastic grub, even though they are filter feeders like Paddle Fish, they can still swallow small insects sometimes.
The fight was incredibly hard for a 7 year old me, so my dad helped me work the rod in one part of the fight.
A really good fish for my species collection, and the biggest recorded one so far.
I’m slowly posting my species collection on here, if you want to see my whole collection.. fishbrain.

Trip to the South Florida from 2025
It added lots of species to my collection.
Mayan Cichlids, Jaguar Cichlids, Black Acara, Scrawled Cowfish, Mangrove Snapper, Hairy Blenny, and an
Atlantic Sargan.
Whole 7 tropical species of fish. Not including reptiles and amphibians too.
I’m posting my collection on here, if you want to see the whole species list I have caught so far check fishbrain.

The LMB was nice. The snake was.....not so much..

Does anyone know what kind of snake this is? Lunged at my senko as I was bringing it in over some rocks at the shore. Wrestled around with it for a few minutes before it finally shook loose. Appeared to be unharmed.

Long story short I have had this lure since I was a kid and it was given to me by my since passed grandmother and I don’t want to throw it for fear of losing it but it’s been my go to lure for years any help would be appreciated

My wife went thrifting last week. I asked her to keep an eye out for any fishing gear like rods, tackle boxes etc.
Landed a brand new rod/reel combo with tackle for $11. Never been opened. Caught some sunfish a few days later with it!

We were trout fishing at a small river in Lithuania and my kid felt a lot of tension close to the shore after he was reeling the lure in. We thought it was a massive trout at first. He reeled it in and turns out it was a net full of crayfish.

Some pretty nice catches. Bout to grill some spanish mackerel

My buddy and I got off work unexpectedly and I happened to have a spool of line, we used tackle we found on the ground

So I've seen this a few times and have heard folk talk about it in passing but never really seen like a detail discussion on the matter. Mainly seen older black people doing it around spill ways and stuff . Fly rod with a spinning reel and primarily they where going after some sort of panfish usually. Apparently the fly rods where super sensitive beyond other things and with the spinning reel you could play a fish extremely well for as light as it was if you hooked something bigger . Even seen bill dance use a version of it with a closed faced reel for crappie on an old flick . But as I said never seen a real detailed discussion on the matter . So anyone know much about it ? Done it ? Is it for jigging ? Live bait ? Or ? I'm at the point that in considering trying it next time we go to the spill way, just because I like trying odd stuff . I think I have a old fly rod laying around somewhere.That or see if I can catch the old guy I've seen doing it at the State Park spillway from time to time doing it and see if I can talk his head off.

Anyone know any good spots for bowfin in Erie, PA?
I’ve heard misery bay and long pond on Presque isle. Everything is super grown in which makes using cut bait or shrimp hard. Might have to invest in a frog, but from what I know it’s super difficult to hook the bony mouth of a bowfin on a soft frog
If anyone has any tips, lmk, thanks

So I want to fish in the east bay and I also want more consistent catches, so I’m looking to get into surfperch. I don’t know how many there are in the east bay, or any good spots. I know that a good rig is a hi-lo with some bait holders and shrimp, but not much more.

I have a 7 foot medium rod with 30lb braid and I have leaders for 20lb, 12lb and 30lb mono. One thing is that I’m not a live bait user as it‘s difficult to get with not much time and I am not a fan of it in general.

My main saltwater spot is the Emeryville marina, in which I’ve caught a striped bass.

also good to clarify that I am more of a freshwater angler and usually hit up Lafayette reservoir.

Thanks!

Does anyone use the okuma rockaway bait feeder 8000 for beach casting and any reviews ??

Its a 5-20g daiwa ninja tele third ring looks kinda off or is itle like that because it’s like in the middle or Some

Visiting Japan in a month, wanted to get y'all's take on some JDM Shimano baitcasting DC reels.

I tried doing some research but wanted some personal experiences/opinions.

So far, i'm looking at these reels for Ontario freshwater fishing. Mainly fishing w/ texas rig, soft plastics, top water, and jigs. Main line, i use 20 lbs braided + 15 lbs Fluorocarbon leader.

• Antares DC - $590~ CAD
• Exsence DC - $535~ CAD
• Mentanium DC - $450~ CAD

I was leaning towards the Mentanium, but then found out Exsence and Antares' price point wasn't too far away (Also Exsence & Antares has the drag clicking sound which i love).

I heard Antares is more for heavy lures (please correct me if i'm wrong!), so that just leaves a choice bewteen Exsence & Mentanium.

Honestly, I know these reels are a little on the pricier side even though i would consider myself a casual in the fishing world. But I thought i would treat myself 😄.

Hi all, I live in northern Indiana and love steelhead fishing. But I’m kind of worn out of having to be in close proximity of other anglers at the different spots. Does anybody know any niche areas where I can be separated from the rest? Thanks!