kevin07

Went out today to test some lures and i tied on the Dr. minnow and it had great action, but it floated i thought they were suspenders. :-?

I have never had anyone yell at me for fishing, but i have had people tubing down the creek and they decided to go swimming in the hole i was fishing >. I should have said something to them but I don't think they did it on purpose, i think they were just ignorant city folk and didn't know any better. On the other hand i have had people yell at me for bowfishing but i can see why, people just don't like seeing arrows through the fish they see in their back yard. I have even had the cops called on me for this. On one instance a guy came down and told me not to shoot the koy fish he put in the creek. I then told him it was illegal to put any fish in the creek that did not belong, so i shot both of them when he went inside . I don't know if that was the right thing to do but i know that if they would reproduce it could cause a problem and im sure he could have got a big fine for putting them in the creek. Boy were those some big koy fish the one was over 2 feet.

I went to my local dicks store the other day and saw they had diawa lures for $3 so i bought a whole bunch of them. I mostly got the peanut crankbaits both shallow and medium diver, i also got some Dr. Minnow jerkbaits. I was wondering what you guys think about these lures, were they that cheap for a reason or just a great deal? I have replaced all the trebble hooks though, because the seamed cheap and like they would bend very easily.

X-raps they work great in spring

Thanks for the advice everyone, looks like I have a bunch of things to try next time I head out.

Yeah after i posted it i realised that it was a wild trout steam not native. Went out today and tried a couple of thing and i caught a nice brown on a trout magnet. I will have to go out and buy some flies to try haven't used the fly rod in a wile hope im not to rusty. thanks for the suggestions.

Its a spring fed stream and the creek is only about a 1.5 miles from the creek. Today i saw some carp sitting at the mouth wondering if they were there cause its warmer or if it was just because it was fairly deep back water.

Im mostly here in the winter until the bass start hitting then im always on the water. This forum keeps me sane in the winter though. I think i would be a mad man if it wasnt for this forum

Dont know if this poll was done before, just want to see when people use this forum the most.

Im driving my parents nuts, we all cant wait till spring. Only thing keeping me from goin crazy is fishing shows and trout fishing. Its just not the same as fishing for smallies though.

I fished a new trout stream today. I caught 2 little tout one was a small brown the other was a small rainbow. I was using a blue fox spinner, i know there are a lot more trout and i thought i would catch more than id did. Any tips or lure suggestions? Also i believe most of the trout are only a year old or so because they are all around 6 inches.

I thought about a therometer but, im to cheap to get one. Guess is should invest in one. Mabe this is wrong, but someone told me that streams at the head water was always at 50 or 55 dont know if this is true but that why i was thinking the water would be warmer than the creek water. The creek had ice chunks floating down it today so i assume the water is in the lower 30s.

This may be a stupid question but would a trout stream that flows into the creek i fish have warmer water than the creek in the winter? If so would it be better to fish this side of the creek? By the way im fishing for smallmouths. I was wondering because i know the creek water is in the low thirty and i think that trout streams are usualy around fifty at the headwaters.

I have used fireline crystal for a year now and have not had one problem with it yet. I used the 8 pound test fished with it almost everyday of the summer. I have never broke this line. The only thing is it is not "crystal" it looks like anchor rope.

I stick with trout because its the only fish i can seem to catch in the winter.

That is a vey interesting video but the thing that i dont understand is why in the world are they putting those things back if they are trying to controel the numbers! The repopulate quicker that rabbits. They are also known to wipe game fish and their habbitat.

Smallmouths are the winner by far! Cant beat a smallmouth exploding on topwater or that hit on a jerkbait that almost takes the rod out of your hands.

Get the deep cranks n bounce then off the bottom if hits something really hard or diffrent fealing pause it, this is when i get most of my strikes. They seem to be a hit or miss lure for me.

Cant go wrong with a crayfish color bomber, hitting rocks on the bottom really triggers the strikes.

A like BPS's Extreme spinning rod, it is a fairly light rod with good sensitivity and its not to expensive($100) when it goes on sale you can get it for 60 which is a steal. I use the 6' light action its great for tubes, t-rigs and jigs.

My favorite would have to be an x-rap, they aren't my most productive lure but i sure love to use them.

Cabelas has there things call Zerust Capsules, i would post a link but it wouldnt let me. I havent tried them but i assume they would work.

Thanks for the advise guys. I think ill have to go to basspro and get some of these weights.

I was at a fishing show last weekend and a man had a few lucky craft lures and was selling them for $5. I've never used one but i know there expensive so i bought the one. It was a Pointer sp shallow runner. I was really happy with the purchase untill i got out to a local pond to test it out and it floated. I dont know if this was the reason he was selling it for $5 or if it is fake (if there is such a think as a fake lucky craft ). Also is there any way to make it suspend ?

I bought a zerust box a couple of months ago and used it to store hooks shakey heads sinkers and some really small trout hooks. After about a month i realized some of the hooks were getting rusty. Dont know if this is because i have tunz of hook or if the zerust dividers just dont work. Also it didnt come with very many dividers so i used some normal ones from other boxes. The small trout hooks go into different sections because of a gap where the lid is. Its realy anoying to have to put them back in the same spot every time the box gets shook up. Was wonder what you think about these boxes. I plan on geting a new box for hooks sinkers ... wonder if you guys have any suggestions.