Fishing

[MustangGal]

I guess it depends on where you live, I have several of these traps http://www.catchnbait.com/pinfish-bait-fish-traps.htm plus about 30lbs of their bait. Want to fill your freezer quickly? Put about 2 cups in the bait bag, tie one of these off a boat side float about 2' under the surface of the water and tie the float off to another line.. Wait 2-3 hours and you'll have enough bluegills, perch and white bass to eat all day.

Fish, for when you are to lazy to throw a line :)

Those look a lot like the traps we used for crawdads. If we put them too close to shore, we caught snakes too. Yuck! But at 8-10 feet, we would catch crawdads that were 12-13 inches from claw to claw.

[Boyd]

I have a smiliar one that I use with dogfood. It also seems to attract alot of small snakes too! LOL
I have a couple of questions if you dont mind. Do you think their bait works better than the dry dogfood? How long does the bait store? Does it have to be refridgerated after opened?

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The bait I bought was dry pellets that expended when wet. They were in from what I could tell, air tight mini buckets sort of how 5 gallons of paint is stored. I've used dog food with almost as much success as this fish food, but until the PAW, my dogs eat chicken n rice, oats n whatever we can hunt and forage.. Fish eat pellets and hard foods ;)

I've had a lot of fun with it though. All the neighbors by my dads house were amazed when I showed up and dropped 3 traps in, sat down, had a few beers with them, cooked hot dogs, then spent 2 hours cleaning fish for the fish fry the next day. Because the size of these traps I know they aren't always practical, but they work, and I flip mine on the side so I get me some crawdaddies as well as the perch and bluegills. Good eats!

As far as refridgeration, I guess I never tried that. I've been on the same 10 gallons for a year or so without any bad results so far... but my fishing season is from april - sept.. Not very long.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Those look a lot like the traps we used for crawdads. If we put them too close to shore, we caught snakes too. Yuck! But at 8-10 feet, we would catch crawdads that were 12-13 inches from claw to claw.

What did you use for bait? I've just used scrap pieces of meat or fish

[Wendy]

I just stick my hand in the water and catch them free style! :D This one just jumped right in my hand....I am sure it was at least an 8 pounder!

Haha...this is actually one of only two fish I have ever caught and my son swears the second fish was the same one! I think I would go hungry if I ever had to solely rely on my fishing skills/know-how!

[MustangGal]

What did you use for bait? I've just used scrap pieces of meat or fish

I worked on a dinner cruise/sight seeing yatch on Table Rock Lake and we used left overs from the boat. We normally used stuffed pork tenderloin. :D

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I just stick my hand in the water and catch them free style! :D This one just jumped right in my hand....I am sure it was at least an 8 pounder!Haha...this is actually one of only two fish I have ever caught and my son swears the second fish was the same one! I think I would go hungry if I ever had to solely rely on my fishing skills/know-how!

I think you and my Mom fish for the same ones over and over and over LOL
8lbs hehehe you are a real fisher!

I worked on a dinner cruise/sight seeing yatch on Table Rock Lake and we used left overs from the boat. We normally used stuffed pork tenderloin. :D

LOL well now I also know where you got your PMs. Your crawdads came out with silver spoons eatin all that fancy quisine!

[Klayton]

It's been a loooong time since I have been fishing (yes sucks I know), but they actually sell "fishing" chemlights. They are itty bitty chemlights that you attach to a bobber for night fishing. They work AWESOME. I think they are around one-and-a-half inches long is all. BONUS: the "light" at night also attracts fish to the bait. WINNING!!

[MustangGal]

I think you and my Mom fish for the same ones over and over and over LOL
8lbs hehehe you are a real fisher!



LOL well now I also know where you got your PMs. Your crawdads came out with silver spoons eatin all that fancy quisine!

I know I will feel like a big dummy when you tell me, but PMs?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I know I will feel like a big dummy when you tell me, but PMs?

Precious Metals

[MustangGal]

Precious Metals

Doh! Told you so! LOL The center of the trap had a circular place for the bait and a dried-out-been-sitting-in-the-warmer-too-long stuffed pork tenderloin fit perfectly. lol

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Doing some digital housekeeping and found some results of bowfishing a bit back:
Bow used for fishing from pawn shop $50
Her bow $50
Reel attachment $10
Reels $20
Zip Tie for her reel 50 cents
Looking at that smile on your Daughters face -Priceless









Not my first choice for a meal but in hard times...
Some were taken from the bank and 2 from the boat. One was literally right after I woke up, looked out and saw him on the bank feeding. The boat method is easier because the fish are facing away from you as you approach while they feed on the bank. When you are doing this from the bank slow movements and cover if possible are a must. High poundage bows are not needed or even desired for this so almost anyone can manage as long as it has enough to penetrate the scales. Gar are a little tougher plated. This is the best time of year while it's hot to use this method. When it's cold the fish head for deeper water and stay till the waters begin to warm again. Polarized glasses really help to see them under the water.

[Herms]

Very interesting, do you have some sort of line attached to your arrows to prevent loosing them?

[Grand58742]

Very interesting, do you have some sort of line attached to your arrows to prevent loosing them?

Yes, the arrows have a line attached to them in order to be retrieved.

However, all Matt has to do is give the fish a stern look and they jump into his boat and attach themselves to the stringer.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Very interesting, do you have some sort of line attached to your arrows to prevent loosing them?

yep if you look at the pics you can see the reels and the arrows are a solid material with a line hookup at the back

Yes, the arrows have a line attached to them in order to be retrieved.
However, all Matt has to do is give the fish a stern look and they jump into his boat and attach themselves to the stringer.

hahaha you must have sat in out in the 112 degrees too long

[qrprat77]

How'd you fix them carp up Okie?