Great Summer Fishing
Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to appreciate how good we've had it fishing this summer!
Great Summer Fishing
The little man and I have had one hell of a summer fishing this year let me tell you! With him being older and able to handle the weather and all that better than he could before, that means that we've been able to get out there a lot more and enjoy the different fishing spots around that we can find!
One of the things that we've been really trying to do is catch different kinds of fish. We love catching the common stuff like Bass, be it largemouth or smallmouth but I've been trying to figure out how to expand our repertoire for things that we catch and get other things like trout and some others. We went to this fun river that wasn't too far away from us and we were able to score something we've never caught before! I don't know exactly what this thing is but it is cool!
It has the mouth of a trout that's for sure but the body of it doesn't look like a trout. It doesn't have the right colors. A friend of ours said that this was a Fallfish (Chub species apparently? Lol) or a Dace.
The Fallfish is the more likely option here because of the habitat that it is said to live in. The Dace is more of a European fish although the picture of it looks incredibly similar to the Fallfish! Not being a fish expert in the different species, I am leaning towards it being a Fallfish and will look to try and catch some more that's for sure!
We've caught some really good bass around in our journeys as well! We've gotten a lot more bass this year than we did last and I've been having a blast catching them with the little man! We've gotten a few of the larger ones that have been a hell of a lot of fun to fight and reel in. We've gotten a few of the smaller ones that are a pound or more but we've gotten some heffers like this one that are over two, two and a half pounds!
One of the things that I'm attributing the success to is my switching up of the tackle that I've been using. The lure that I'm using here has been a killer for me and my fishing success! It's a crank bait and this one is a jointed one so it looks like an injured fish that's going nuts. When you're reeling it in at a decent pace, the bass go nuts and strike it pretty damn hard!
Of course we've also done some alternate techniques lately as well and that's led us to catching different things like a few catfish! We only caught one or two last year but so far this year we've caught about 5 or 6 I think at this point! Pretty fun, except trying to get the hook out lol. I've perfected it a little bit though, these smaller ones it's easy to grab them by the lip with a pair of pliers and hold them gently while I get the hook out. Has worked well so far!
The other fun part of it all is that the little man has gotten to catch a good number of the bass here. He's become quite the little angler himself! He's done a great job at gaining some confidence in his skills and has reeled in a few more bass than he's lost which has been great! I'm really happy to see that he's found something that he likes so much that gets us outside where we belong as people, and spending lots of quality time together. I certainly hope that he remembers these times fishing when he gets older and looks back on them as fondly as I do!
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That must have been really fun and catching different fishes adds to it :)
Beautiful shots by the way :)
That's one thing I've not experienced yet, fishing and I hope to do it while I'm able. Where though? I wonder, lol!
Yeah it's a lot of fun that's for sure! There's so many places to go fishing you just have to look around. One of the tips I can give is to try to find a place that has a bridge with accessible water on both sides. A lot of ponds and lakes have this, that helps to get easy parking but also good fishing.
Thank you for your tips, I will remember these and hope to be able to find some fishing grounds when summer comes
This is absolutely fantastic that you are able to go fishing together. It is an excellent skill to have and a lot of fun. I'm glad he's able to handle the weather and the rod better now too.
That first fish is very pretty but I don't know much about fish in your parts. Do you eat any of your catch or is it purely catch & release?
Nice catch-is that a largemouth bass?
Sure is! There’s lots of them around here they’re a lot of fun to catch.
Totally off-topic, but the word “repertoire” triggered something from my memory about a multiple choice question I saw in my quiz today lol.
I didn’t know crank-baits were a thing until now. People here use worms attached to hooks as bait, not as effective as crank-baits I’m sure. I don’t fish often but I’ll be sure to order one from maybe kikuu
I haven’t thought about going fishing in a very long time, and I’m considering going one of these days now if I can find a river nearby here.