Lets talk fishing

Haven’t taken many pics this year. Mostly fishing our pond the last few weeks as school was wrapping up for the kids. Channel cats are getting ready to spawn, this one was ready to pop. My youngest caught it on 8lb line, not sure why I had him using that rod since he was specifically fishing for cats.View attachment 1045337
You have that in your pond?!?! Would you like to adopt an old man? I cook very well.
 
I havent been posting much here on sherdog. But ive been fishing a ton since my home repairs finished & putting out the videos on my YT channel (if you feel inclined). I was hoping to add some updated electronics to my Bass Boat but the home repair kicked my ass!

www.youtube.com/jangomike
 
Beware of getting stuck. I learned my lesson about pulling my rod straight back when I was stuck when I was about 14. Had to have a panther-Martin spinner removed from my hand.
 
if I want to cast a net using muscles as bait is it better to leave them in their shells or take them out?
 
Caught my 2d muskie ever this week. It was small, but I was still happy.

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It's a bad photo, but I had difficulties taking the 2 trebles out of its mouth and I wanted to put it back in the water asap.
 
Got my hands full with two teenage boys already. LOL

Got a decent flathead at a local lake last weekend. Bunch of channels too, but they’re just an annoying bycatch so no pics of them. View attachment 1047006

Very nice! That's my game right there. I've landed 14 of them over 40" since March, plus one that was 39"(35lbs). I caught the same 50 class twice in 10 days. He had a giant nesting scrape on top of his head.....100% the same fish, kind of cool seeing the healing and post spawn weight gain(+2.5lbs) over that time period.
 
Very nice! That's my game right there. I've landed 14 of them over 40" since March, plus one that was 39"(35lbs). I caught the same 50 class twice in 10 days. He had a giant nesting scrape on top of his head.....100% the same fish, kind of cool seeing the healing and post spawn weight gain(+2.5lbs) over that time period.
One of these days I’ll pull some pics off of my old laptop. Before I had kids, my fishing partner and I fished nearly every weekend from May to Nov for flatheads. Ohio doesn’t have the numbers or size of them that some states have, but we did pretty well. The goal was a state record (77 lbs) but we never quite got there. Loads of 40-60 lb fish, and a handful over 60. His best was 66, mine was 64. Kids came along so the weekends gone had to end. Then he passed away and I had a tough time going back out for years. Its been nice to get back out there with my youngest really getting into it. The look on his face the first time he felt a 50 lb flathead strip 100’ of line off his reel was fantastic.
 
Hey Sherbros!

I dragged my boat from SoCal to South East Texas to do some Alligator Gar Fishing using my own gear, electronics & cam systems. I caught quite a bit of River Monsters while there & a bonus Monster Black Drum. Im home editting the footage and should be dropping episodes shortly . . .

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It’s about to be prime time fishing on the northeast US where I am. Fall is when the big ones are more likely to hit your lure due to lack of baitfish as they start dying off.
 
Hey Sherbros!

I dragged my boat from SoCal to South East Texas to do some Alligator Gar Fishing using my own gear, electronics & cam systems. I caught quite a bit of River Monsters while there & a bonus Monster Black Drum. Im home editting the footage and should be dropping episodes shortly . . .

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Beautiful fish sir.
You eating those?
 
It’s about to be prime time fishing on the northeast US where I am. Fall is when the big ones are more likely to hit your lure due to lack of baitfish as they start dying off.
What are you targeting?

Walleyes for me. The evening are starting to get cold and I can't wait for some fat walleyes to come near the St. Lawrence shores.
 
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