Fishing Forum

Okay, now there is fly fishing and casting, are there any other kinds of fishing done out there that aren't illegal or totally ridiculous?
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trolling
dipnetting (used for cisco in the winter on Bear Lake, UT)
ice fishing (jigging)
bottombouncing
pitchin and flippin
There might be some others that I can't think of right now too[cool][cool][cool]
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Some states allow spearing and archery to get some species.
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What is trolling, bottombouncing and pitchin and flipping? Is that what they are really called? Odd names.
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I live in Michigan.

To me, trolling is pulling a baited line behind a boat, giving the appearance that the bait is alive and moving on it's own.

Folks here in the Detroit River area, troll for walleyes. In Lake St. Clair, above the river, folks troll for muskies.

I know about other kinds of trolling, but that's because I was a vice cop -- not appropriate for discussion here. lol
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Yeah, trolling does sound kind of dirty. Now that you explain I believe I have done that kind of fishing before. For Flounder.

Bottombouncing and pitchin and flippin sound dirty too. Those are kinds of trolling aren't they?
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They are a process where you are presenting a lure(mainly for bass) under brush, around stumps, near docks, and so forth. They are casting presentations.
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Trolling also works for trout and other species. Bottom bouncing is taking a bait and literally bouncing it off the bottom either trolling or casting.
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There is also:
jigging and bait fishing (live or dead)
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Are there any kinds of fishing that you don't use a rod and reel for? I'm looking for something really different.
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I have heard of kite fishing in salt water but it still involves a rod and reel.

Only thing I can think of that doesnt is Bowfishing or spear fishing like mentioned above. Unless you take and catch them by hand then that makes you a true weekend warrior.
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You could look into kite fishing! I use to do it on the alaskan coast for halibut and lincod.

You use regular fishing rod and reel, but you mount your bait on a kite. You mount it with a weak old rubberband or other break free material. You fly the kite with the bail open until you are far enough from the bank. Then you close your bail and give your rod a good jerk. The quick release breaks and you line falls into the water.
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[quote Mclarenfan]Are there any kinds of fishing that you don't use a rod and reel for? I'm looking for something really different.[/quote]
Noodling! You use nothing but your hands and pull fish out from holes in the river bank or lake shore.. It is usually done with catfish, but you can get a snapping turtle, Water Moccasin, beaver, and who knows what else.[crazy]
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Crawfish, you use a trap here. Also dipnetting, you use a net. UT allows it in the winter with cisco on Bear Lake. Cisco are so small that you cant use normal tackle.
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When I was growing up in the Philippines I used to fish for mudfish which the Thais call snake head fish. I do not know what we would call it here. It is a great eating fish though and gets fairly large, but typically I caught 1 or 2 pounders. I used to take a bamboo stake, split the end, tie about 2 feet of line around the middle of the stake, drive it into the ground at a 45 degree or so angle so it was out at least two or three inches from the shore and pull the line through the split in the stake so the hook and bait were just an inch or two into the top of the water. Live frogs or worms were typical bait. I used to check the stake about three times a day. Single line trot line. In the south, they run a line across rivers or ponds with many hooks as a variation on this theme.

They also used to use dynamite in the coastal areas of the Philippines, but, I think just owning dynamite today could get you into trouble, let alone fishing with it.
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