Nobody fishing?

[redneck joe]

other than traditional bass, my lake has walleye and stripers so those will be my targets.

3000 acres, 70 ft at the dam and arerated year round. Lots of skinny water arms my preferred is the main feeder where at full pool there are a couple sections i have to get out and walk the boat so lots of depth and species opportunities.

https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/normandy

 

[Mc Tool]

not sure prob only weights. I've never used them, i'm shallow so that should suffice. And I like simple.

Things have changed here ,we used to troll around the edges of the lake specially round streams and rivers flowing into the lake . Now peeps are using fishfinders to locate trout and then jigging for them down deep.
Lake Hauroko (my closest Lake ) is 462m deep not that anyone jiggs that deep but I have seen a few down riggers on the Lake.
A lot of my local Lakes have at some stage been raised several metres for hydro power production and as a result there is often a lot of trees etc on the Lake floor round the edges and its for this reason I use down/side scan to try and minimise snags and lure loss.
When I was a kid we could use artificial lures and worms and that was about it , now anything goes .If I want to catch a trout ....like made rash promises of a fish dinner to a neighbour I would use a bit of green lip mussel......damn near guarantees a catch ......which sorta spoils it a bit .
Trolling is also a means of getting from a to b, if your not in a hurry may as well save fuel and drag a lure . Just when your thinkin "this has got to be the un-fishiest place " something will often oblige .

 

[Mc Tool]

other than traditional bass, my lake has walleye and stripers so those will be my targets.

3000 acres, 70 ft at the dam and arerated year round. Lots of skinny water arms my preferred is the main feeder where at full pool there are a couple sections i have to get out and walk the boat so lots of depth and species opportunities.

https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/normandy

That sounds real good .
You guys def have a better range of fish ,we have trout ,salmon and perch . There are other fish but not nearly so wide spread .

 

[redneck joe]

we did some trolling growing up - just posted a pic elsewhere - but not much really. I can beat the bank for bass, worm for cats and i'll cast for stripers as well as troll.

I've had two fish finders in my life, never learned how to use them, don't want to. Had a thread on that as well. Fishing is a completely different hobby than catching.

I choose to fish.

 

[cyclops222]

I converted to spinning only. 40 years ago. Helps a lot Combined with trolling lures.

 

[Mc Tool]

I converted to spinning only. 40 years ago. Helps a lot Combined with trolling lures.

I had a brief go at fly fishing .......but it was to technical for me....or I ......honestly I just couldnt be arsed tying a new knot everytime I lost or wreaked a fly ....with invisibly thin line .....and they wernt cheap , and I caught jack 5hit, AND then my then girlfriends poxydog chewed the handle of my rod . I did tag and release the girl tho

 

[redneck joe]

Hard to drink beer when fly fishing. Too much work for me, I tried several times, got decent but never took hold.

 

[dingbat]

Many men fish most of their lives without knowing it’s not the fish they are after…
- Henry David Thoreau

 

[dingbat]

we did some trolling growing up - just posted a pic elsewhere - but not much really. I can beat the bank for bass, worm for cats and i'll cast for stripers as well as troll.

I've had two fish finders in my life, never learned how to use them, don't want to. Had a thread on that as well. Fishing is a completely different hobby than catching.

I choose to fish.

Grew up with a trout stream in the back yard. Later on, Mom would drive us down and drop us off at the river to fish for cats and carp (chicken livers and dough balls) once a week or so.

Got invited to go on saltwatercharter when I was 16 and got hooked. Mated for a couple of summers to learn the ropes of catching for a living. No catch, no pay check focuses your attention in a hurry…

Got good at catching. Starting chasing money and trophies. Got good at that then got bored. A sport for those younger than me anymore.

Still working on my inshore, trophy grand slam. Caught my Trophy Red Drum, Bluefish and Speckled Trout, but still chasing a 50” Striper. PB to date is 48-1/2”

Lines in the water before the sun comes up. On the way home by the time most arrive.

The sun hurts their eyes..

 

[redneck joe]

granparents had trout stream in back as well. St Helens OR.

 

[dingbat]

granparents had trout stream in back as well. St Helens OR.

Know the area pretty well. Have a customer in Kalama.

My favorite “carbon fiber fabricator” Lamiglas is across the river in Woodland

 

[Mc Tool]

Grew up with a trout stream in the back yard. Later on, Mom would drive us down and drop us off at the river to fish for cats and carp (chicken livers and dough balls) once a week or so.

Got invited to go on saltwatercharter when I was 16 and got hooked. Mated for a couple of summers to learn the ropes of catching for a living. No catch, no pay check focuses your attention in a hurry…

Got good at catching. Starting chasing money and trophies. Got good at that then got bored. A sport for those younger than me anymore.

Still working on my inshore, trophy grand slam. Caught my Trophy Red Drum, Bluefish and Speckled Trout, but still chasing a 50” Striper. PB to date is 48-1/2”

Lines in the water before the sun comes up. On the way home by the time most arrive.

The sun hurts their eyes..

The change of light usually is the best time of the day for fishing