Fishing Forum

[center][size 4]If you get to your favorite spot and every boat on the lake is fishing it, try some of these tips to improve your odds of having a great outing.[/size][/center] [ul] [li] Try the upper end of the lake where it turns into a river, specially if there is current. This water will have more oxygen and fish may be more active in this location. [li] Look at a map and find the areas farthest from the launch ramps and heavily fished areas on the lake. [li] You may catch more fish from an area only considered fair if you are the only one fishing it. Fish tend to spook if there is too much pressure. Better to catch a few fish than to get skunked. [li] If every one on your lake throws a worm, try a jerk bait or spinnerbait. Be different its the spice of life. Fish get boared just like we do. [li] Find an area where obstructions like stumps keep pleasure craft and jet skis out. [li] Go early to your best spot before the pleasure craft come out. Then go somehere else. [li] When you do get into fish keep your mouth shut. Nothing worse than discovering a new spot, then yelling "Oh my god its a world record, come her Jeb and look at the size of this one". as it echos across the lake. [/li][/ul]
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Hi there daymere,

Good suggestions. Here's a few I would consider in some circumstances.

1) Set a decoy tube in a spot and pretend your talking to your 'lucky buddy' catching fish. When the idiots run over to your buddies spot, you move into theirs!

2) Set up detour signs on the single road leading to your fishing spot.

3) Dynamite any bridge or causeway leading to your hotspot if it's off the beaten track.

4) Post lake closure signs in various areas.

5) Build a small pier out to your spot.

Just being helpful!

JapanRon
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You forgot to mention laying mines in the area, sunken boats make excellent cover. Just be sure to make a DETAILED map.
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Haha! That's a good one! Hey thanks everyone for the laughs. I needed one this morning.
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hey there bud, i always like the mouth of the brook, and always fish it from shore, when the shawdow of mine is in back of me, too. they spook easy then too. somethin different. dont ya figure or probably in a boat too wouldnt it? i never really fishied out the boat. only trollin. but i do like fihsin the mouth of the brook into the lake, pond. always had good luck there too. later[][]
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knew you were my kind of person,wrote something in the recipes for you.
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well that was so funny i fell out of my chair...lol well i guess i could holler somebody got a harpoon that fish liked to have took my arm off.
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might scare off all the fish and sink my boat.
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[]haha well pa had a boat when i was real young bout 6 i figure, and had to go where he wanted and didnt want ot fish much, i DID! HAHA HAD another tribe that use ot go with us and jolene wouldnt fish. so i learned REAL YOUNG HOW I LIKED TO FISH! AHHAHAHA ALONE OTHER THAN MY HOUND! HAHA you>??? i like listenenin to the naure the quiet, and walkin if i want. dont you guys?? playin with my hounds, that,s why they go with me. anyways, ya especially SPRING! AND FALL.are the best but i still do durin summer too. how they all love that cold spring water, dont ya figure, the food comes down the current in front of the hole and they sit there. and it,s so fun when they hit hard! and run! YAHOO! HANG ON LIZZY! HAHA [cool]YA CAN,T EXPIERIENCE THAT IN NO BOAT! HAHA THEY GOT TOTAL CONTROL! IT,S CALLED SKILL! AHHA NO DIFFERENT THAN HUNTIN AND THATS WHAT I GO FER, HAHA ME AGAINST THEM! HAHA YAHOO! OH I CAUGHT MY FIRST FISH OF THE SEASON MONDAY NIGHT. AHHA IT WAS A NICE LITTLE PERCH. JACK GOT DISQUISTED. HE WANTED TO CATCH THE FIRST FISH AHHA HE DID LAST YEAR! HAHA WHAT,D YA PUT IN THERE?? I,LL LOOK SHORTLY. SUNS SHININ TODAY. AND GONNA BE 50! YEAH! I,M GOIN FISHIN TONITE.[][cool][]CAN,T WAIT.! LATER AND THANKS I,LL LOOK NOW.
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good for you he cant have all tyhe fun
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HAHAHAHA GOTTA HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COMPETITION IT IS,JUST A MATTER OF A FACT,OF, WHERE HE,S GOT THE WORM! HAHAHAHA YA LIKE THAT ONE! HAHAHA I THOUGHT IT WS PRETTY GOOD! HAHA BETTER STOP NOW! HAHA WE HAD FUN. HAHA STANDIN OUT IN THE POURIN RAIN LIKE 2 IDIOTS AND IT WAS COLD! THERE WAS ICE ON MY FINGERS AHHA [][]
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[]FERGITTIN TO PUT THE PLUG IN ALSO MAKES GOOD COVER FER EM TO, BUT MEMBER WHEN YOUR SITTIN THERE AND SINKIN ON THE WAY DOWN, IT,S EASIRE TO CATCH THE BOTTON FISH THIS WAY. HAHAHA HOW DO YA LIKE ME NOW, ONLY THING TOO, YA WONT HAVE NO HOLE IN THE BOAT WHEN YA BRING IT BACK UP EITHER, AND DRAINS QUICKER WITH THE PLUG OUT. HAHA[][]
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did you read the fishing recipes i put in had one for you.
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[]BOY THEY ALL LOOK GOOD. I CAN USE ALL OF EM WITH THE TROUT AND THE HORN POUT I GIT. DONT KNOW WHY I CAN,T RIGHT! THAT BROOK TROUT ONE LOOKS GREAT! I,LL TRY IT SOON WHEN I GIT SOME OUT THE BROOK HERE REAL SOON. STILL AWFUL HIGH WATER AND COLD BUT I THINK THEY,LL BE RUNNIN SHORTLY. DIDNT GIT TO TRY IT THE FIRST DAY BUT WILL BE GOIN OUT THIS WEEKEND AND SHOULD BE PERFECT BY THEN! THANKS A MILLION. [cool]HAVE YOU AHD THE STURGEON?? WHAT,S IT TASTE LIKE?? STRONG, SWEET?? THERE A BOTTOM FEEDER AINT THEY?? I ALWAYS THOUGHT SO. WIND SURE IS BLOWIN! SUNS GOOD AND STRONG BUT COLD. IT AINT WARMIN UP LIKE THEY SAID IT WAS GONNA TODAY. AHHA LATER YOU DIDNT LIKE MY FUUNY?? HAHAHAHA[][] FIGURED YA SAY SOMETHIN! HAHAHAHA[]
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That's how I do my catfishing. I just leave the plug out and take the boat to the bottom. That way, I don't have as much line to reel in.[] It is a little tough to get the motor running under water though. It tends to flood (oh brother).
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thought it was funny fell out of my chair. it taste is a taste of it own its like crappie mixed with catfish. thought you might like the brookie one wish i had some close to me would love to have some for supper.
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AHAHAHAH GOOD ONE! GIT THE OARS OUT! AHHA ALWAYS COULd GIT SOMBODY TO ROW! HAHAHA dont ya think? haha GO TROLLIN, this aint got to do with fishin but huntin, i member when my husband and i went up thru the hollar of the mountain way up to the top ridge, i could of BRAINED HIM! what,s he fergit to do???? PUT GAS IN THE TRUCK. WE GIT UP TOP AND HE WONDER WHY THE TRUCK STARTED SPITTIN AND SPUTTERIN. looked at the gas gage, da! ahha guess who had to walk all the way back down and cross the cold river in my huntin boots! i went huntin alright, after i sent somebody up to git him. hahahaha i was home long fer he was! haha
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[][]HAHA WELL I dont WANT YA TO beDOin THAT!! HAHA dont ya just like bullin?? haha we have fun. anyways they sound good. i bet they taste good. ya i wish you had a good stream where ya are too. i love em. i know. wish there was a good ways so i could send ya some so they,d stay fresh, but there ain,t really less you can think how. ahha if ya do let me know. i will. send em in the mail>?? haha they,d smell good dont ya figure?? hahahaha they,d love us! haha []
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pack them in dry ice is all i can think of . they would taste great.
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