So today i got news from my dad saying the family is moving to S Korea. 

I know S Korea has Largemouth and Bluegill as Invasive species and people complain that these 2 "invaders" are eating the native fish there. My pa jokes saying if you go fish in a pond with a bunch of bass your not going to catch carp there. Why? Because the bass ate all of em.

The conditions and climate is Similar to Japan and basically bass are everywhere. Not sure what to use there and the conditions and enviroment isnt the same there. Asking advice what lures to bring with me along with gear.

This is going to be interesting.

My dad was in korea during the war and I have photos of service men fishing that he took .

do your research on native baitfish in the place you'll be fishing and go from there !!!

 bass are bass , put a bait that looks edible in front of a bass and it will eat !!! sounds like you will have some fun exploring new ground

 

by the way , BEWARE OF THE JDM BAITMONKEY , your in his backyard ....  

be sure to keep us updated 

I hear there is some really good bass fishing if you just cross the border to the north 

I hear once you pass threw those mine fields and the barb wire fencing there are some hogs in those ponds. It's worth it for some good bass fishing you just won't ever be able to come back.

Well in south korea the bass really prefer eating live octopus.  A number 1 circle hook and a small octopus will outfish any traditional bass lure in korea by a factor of 6 to 1.

 

Gotta dropshot them though to prevent the octopus from crawling in a hole and hiding

8 hours ago, Big Bait Fishing said:

do your research on native baitfish in the place you'll be fishing and go from there !!!

 bass are bass , put a bait that looks edible in front of a bass and it will eat !!! sounds like you will have some fun exploring new ground

 

by the way , BEWARE OF THE JDM BAITMONKEY , your in his backyard ....  

I reasearched and this is what i got.

The Bass there eat similar forage to Japan and it consists of Trout,Bluegill,Baby carp,Minnows,Frogs,Crawdads,Ayu,Grass shrimp ETC.

Looks like its not going to be that much different. 

 

You could probably find some very lightly fished areas around the DMZ. 

 

Lake in S. Korea near the DMZ

 

or

 

Lake in N. Korea near the DMZ

 

 

 

6 hours ago, Gillroid 9000 said:

I reasearched and this is what i got.

The Bass there eat similar forage to Japan and it consists of Trout,Bluegill,Baby carp,Minnows,Frogs,Crawdads,Ayu,Grass shrimp ETC.

Looks like its not going to be that much different. 

 

On 2017. 1. 20. at 2:09 PM, lo n slo said:

be sure to keep us updated 

Sure will do. Now i need to figure out how to not get Hissed by other fishermen for releasing Bass back :I 

Might go for snake heads there which i heard from my pa they really explode on Frogs and fight really good.

I had a blast fishing there.  Unfortunately, you will probably experience bass dead on the banks as they are referred to as trash fish.  I got a mountain bike and fished everything that looked fishy.