The smallies are getting shallow and Lake St Claire is the best place in the world to get a big un. This 22" is over 6 pounds. I know it's not a Tuna, but fun on a fly rod.
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The smallies are getting shallow and Lake St Claire is the best place in the world to get a big un. This 22" is over 6 pounds. I know it's not a Tuna, but fun on a fly rod.
Nice toad there burk!
Curious as Lake St Clair isn't open for bass on our side of the border until mid June... are they open on your side?
Fishheadjoe
Curious as Lake St Clair isn't open for bass on our side of the border until mid June... are they open on your side?
Fishheadjoe
The smallies are getting shallow and Lake St Claire is the best place in the world to get a big un. This 22" is over 6 pounds. I know it's not a Tuna, but fun on a fly rod.
Nice catch! When I was (much!) younger, I lived in a townhouse right on Lake St. Clair, in St. Clair Shores. That's where I caught my first fish. It was quite a bit smaller, though.
We have a catch and release season that opens the last weekend in April for Bass. Our regular season (on St Clair) opens the same time your's does. Those fish are pre-Spawn and real fat and hungry. I get usually three fish in the 4-6 pound class every spring on the Fly rod between St Clair, Huron, and Traverse Bay. The Big fish are in Traverse, I got a 7 pounder there a few years ago.
I'm glad I found this thread. I'll admit I'm as newbie as they come, I don't even have a fishing rod yet. Anyhoo, where I live fishing is a big thing (Southeastern NC coast). I've only been fishing a handful of times, and although I enjoyed it, I had no idea what the heck I was doing (even caught a hook through the index finger once- THAT was fun!) I know I could learn a lot from hanging out here with you guys and look forward to learning the ropes about fishing!
Plenty of us in here and I am sure most of us are willing to share our knowledge and experiences with you, all you need to do is just ask some questions!! I've been lucky enough to have only been stuck by a hook once in 20 years of fishing. Although I have had plenty of blunt knife related accidents!!
If you ever have any questions that are gamefishing related, I'm your man hahaha.
Heading up to an area called Portland this weekend to fish on a mate's boat, in recent times it's fishing scene has boomed with the discovery of huge numbers of Indo-Pacific Bluefin Tuna. Whilst these Tuna grow as large as the Atlantic Bluefin, they are much more more common at smaller sizes. The area I am fishing frequently has fish in the 40-100lb range with the odd 300lb+ fish thrown in for good measure. Will be interesting if we hook one of those big fish as my mate doesn't exactly own the most expensive and ideal gear to chase big fish like that. Even the smaller fish will put up a decent battle on the gear he has!
Pics and video coming soon hopefully!!
Pics and video coming soon hopefully!!
I've heard the fishing in Cherry Grove is pretty good, right down the road from you. I haven't been up there tho. Here's a site I recommend for you to browse. The fishing styles and targets here absolutely pertain to your area, as well. Hit the forums for some great advice:
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Back from my Tuna weekend away, we got a dozen fish over a day and a half of fishing. Nothing huge, school-sized fish around the 20-30lb mark were common. It was an absolutely sickening sight at the wharf where all the recreational guys were cleaning tuna; literally 5 dumpsters get filled on the weekend EACH day. I don't know if the fishery is sustainable like that, the poor tuna are getting hammered.
Made me feel better that I let a couple of fish go.
Made me feel better that I let a couple of fish go.
Hey all, I have a question for people outside of Southern California. Do people in your area eat largemouth bass?
In SoCal, people view eating largemouth bass like farting in the Sistine Chapel. Not illegal, but highly unethical. It's mostly because there are no bass stocking programs and fisherman want to keep the bass fisheries alive. It seems like the only ones who do around these parts are Asians...they sell live largemouth bass at the Asian market (us Asians will eat anything with fins!
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How does it work in your area.
In SoCal, people view eating largemouth bass like farting in the Sistine Chapel. Not illegal, but highly unethical. It's mostly because there are no bass stocking programs and fisherman want to keep the bass fisheries alive. It seems like the only ones who do around these parts are Asians...they sell live largemouth bass at the Asian market (us Asians will eat anything with fins!
).How does it work in your area.
Hey all, I have a question for people outside of Southern California. Do people in your area eat largemouth bass?
In SoCal, people view eating largemouth bass like farting in the Sistine Chapel. Not illegal, but highly unethical. It's mostly because there are no bass stocking programs and fisherman want to keep the bass fisheries alive. It seems like the only ones who do around these parts are Asians...they sell live largemouth bass at the Asian market (us Asians will eat anything with fins!
How does it work in your area.
I don't personally know anyone who eats them.
I need to throw some pics up from this summer...the rockfish in the Chesapeake has been out of control this year!
Same goes for carp. They sell carp at the Asian markets and I understand that eating carp is big in the Polish culture. Otherwise, fisherman treat them like the plague.
Im in Tx and I eat bass all the time. My cousin used to keep salt and pepper in his tool box. As soon as we caught a good bass or two, we built a fire gutted the fish and put a sick in the basses mouth and out the other end and cooked it right there. It was ready when the skin started to peel up. Bass is pretty good.
Interesting, I've always suspected it was a regional thing. I get the impression there aren't as many largemouth as there are in other parts of the country like Texas and Florida.
Hey all, I have a question for people outside of Southern California. Do people in your area eat largemouth bass?
In SoCal, people view eating largemouth bass like farting in the Sistine Chapel. Not illegal, but highly unethical. It's mostly because there are no bass stocking programs and fisherman want to keep the bass fisheries alive. It seems like the only ones who do around these parts are Asians...they sell live largemouth bass at the Asian market (us Asians will eat anything with fins!
How does it work in your area.
At the Wisconsin lake where my brother and I frequently fish, the largemouth bass are so plentiful that it won't put a dent in the population to eat them. Still, we usually practice catch and release on bass and northern pike and only eat the regular panfish but there are plenty of people who do eat any legal size bass they catch (14+").
The lake has no public landing access and the only way to fish there is to portage a boat through the woods and down a steep hill and this explains why there are so many bass - it isn't over-fished like other lakes in the area.
I'll be heading out to Montana in 2 weeks for a week-long fishing trip. Our kind of fishing is throwing hardware but outfitted like fly-fisherman: waders and hiking and small streams to small/medium rivers. Almost all single-barb catch-and-release. We just love a windy day when all the fly-fisherman stay home. 
Smoking a dozen bluefish today. Great surface fishing right now with plugs...or anything. Blues will hit anything moving when feeding. A delightfully pissed off fish they are.
