2023 Fishing Thread

[mikek]

my son and I went to Eagle Creek last night we got on the water at 6:15 and left at 8:45. Caught around 90 crappie and kept 50.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

What kind of fisher bird is this?

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Hooded merganser

 

[patience0830]

my son and I went to Eagle Creek last night we got on the water at 6:15 and left at 8:45. Caught around 90 crappie and kept 50.
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Keep every one of those green sunfish in that last pic. Use em to fertilize your garden. Aggravating little mush fleshed things.

 

[Jaybird1980]

My half of the keepers from last night. It was a slow night, a bunch of smaller gills, a couple of smaller crappies and about dozen ditch pickles

 

[manifest destiny]

about dozen ditch pickles

I had to look it up. Hilarious! Those are nice sized bluegills btw.

 

[dak109]

Wednesday morning. First time my son went fishing with me since he was about 5 years old.

 

[Hookeye]

No fishing til fall.
Bum wrist.
Was wanting to hit the creeks w UL for smallies.
Used to do pretty good, lots of fun.

 

[Jaybird1980]

It was a slow, cold, windy morning, but we managed to catch a few. A bunch of small redears and they had great colors.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Another half of my keep from this morning. Some more good colors.
My buddy went back out this afternoon and got 20 more.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Another half of my keep from this morning. Some more good colors.
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Are the males starting to squirt yet?

 

[Jaybird1980]

Are the males starting to squirt yet?

Yes they were.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Yes they were.

When we fished canoes the poor guy in the front got constant hosing. Not on purpose of course

 

[Michigan Slim]

When we fished canoes the poor guy in the front got constant hosing. Not on purpose of course

Of course! My wife hates this time of year. I'll put a big wet spot on her shoulder before she knows what's going on. After that she watches me until the gill is in the lake or the livewell.

 

[mikek]

Turtle Creek yesterday

 

[mikek]

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Our local Conservation Club held their annual youth fishing derby yesterday. 22 children participated with 78 fish turned in and 1 14" snapping turtle. 16 bluegills were over 8". 10 trophies and one fishing rod were given out to various categories. Most children chose trophies over poles. A good time was had by all.

 

[bwframe]

Strange sighting on the water yesterday afternoon. Long lost INGOer...

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[Cameramonkey]

Went to Chinook last night after dinner. Caught a couple panfish, a couple crappie, a largemouth, and a catfish. The last two were about 10", the others a little bigger than my hand.

I also found the nests for a couple. As my evening was wearing down I saw a lot of motion on the surface over in the shallows. I carefully maneuvered over there, and could see the big round "nests" where they had made an indentation. After observing from a distance, (they sat there watching me from beside the nests) I carefully moved away. Pretty cool. Never found those before. Only heard about them.


A great night.

 

[Ballstater98]

Porter Kid's Fishing Derby
Got skunked. Life lesson of why it's called fishing, not catching.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Porter Kid's Fishing Derby
Got skunked. Life lesson of why it's called fishing, not catching.

And sometimes when you take them fishing you dont have time to catch.

Years ago when the kids were little, we took them to a hotspot. One of those places you almost cant help but catch. I literally caught 2 fish in the span of 90 minutes. Because I spent the rest of my time either baiting or removing things from hooks.

It was me, Mrs Monkey, and the two little monkeys. And I was the only one who could bait or remove. Literally every 90 seconds I was having to either bait or remove a fish from somebody else's hook. Sometimes I'd remove one fish and replace a worm, only to turn around and have to remove somebody else's fish. Lather rinse repeat All evening.

Man, that was a great day.

Sadly, the last time we went right before covid, fishing sucked. The native species were being run off by Gobis and if you did catch anything, that was all you caught. (Lake Erie)

Fingers crossed when we go back in August its better.