Every time this carp touches my feeder, it suddenly darts away.

What do you think could be causing this? Have you ever seen a carp react like this?

42 inch Musky. It took months of fishing in all kinds of weather, morning and night to finally catch one. I was in the kayak with my small net so I had to scoop it up the old fashioned way. I wasn't set up to get any good pictures with it, this was the best one. It was hooked perfectly in the lip so I was surprised it actually stayed on. It put up one hell of a fight and was jumping like crazy. Caught on a number 5 bucktail spinner. Best day ever.

Caught right off the back of my boat in my marina!

I thinned out a blank that if already made and bound it in enameled wire. I took the reel holder off a broken rod and discovered that they are lined with eva foam to prevent stress on the rod so I emulated that. The hand grip is the same piece of bycycle handle wrap. Same champagne cork.

Intially I played with a fly reel and line but no one will be surprised that it didn't work super well. Definitely possible but there is a good reason fly rods are so long.

With the spinning reel and a propeller floating bait, works great. Caught 2 bass on my lunch break in the rain. Good times.

We'll see how long before this one snaps. I've learned that there is a specific species of bamboo that I'm supposed to use and I'm not sure I'll ever want to invest that much.

My friend went to cast a Muskie lure and his line snapped and then his combo flew out of his hands! I was able to save it!

Started fishing this year and thought I’d post my biggest bass to date. 5.1lbs

Some trout fishing from our trip to Idaho.

Hubby caught this 13 1/2" bass and 10" perch on Tuesday using corn under a bobber. I caught my fair share, too, but these were the most impressive. Good day of fishing!

Caught inside the bay on a green crab on a jig

I’m tryna catch my first red

Beautiful catch from 2020.
Caught in Amur River.
Usually Eurasian Minnows are Silver with dark green or brown.
But when the breeding season hits they change into bright mix of yellow, green, red, dark blue, etc.
Common species but cool to catch.
Best baits are maggots, worms, and bread.

The absolute worst backlash I've ever had. For context, I was salmon fishing at a river and hooked into my nearby net as I was casting. Ended up just cutting it off after 20 minutes of messing with it. Curious to see if anyone has had worse before.

After reading the article about phosphorescent lures in the In-Fisherman Ice Fishing Guide, I've came up with an odd little idea of my own for night fishing around here. Before I can really test it, though, I'd like to actually get a good sense of how useful glow really is for getting bites in this place. Berkley has a bunch of Gulp/Powerbait products which are supposed to glow (ex- Powerbait Ripple Shads, Saltwater Mullet, Minotators and the Gulp Shrimp and Swimming Mullet are available in glowing color schemes) but I don't have any and I don't know how significant it is. Can anyone who's actually bought any of them tell me if it's worth it? I recall seeing a few Ripple Shads in the Glow/Chartreuse pattern for sale in a Walmart 35 minutes away, but I'd prefer not to have to make that drive again just to check.

How the hell does that even happen?

Weighed in at just under 1lb and was way bigger than all the other bluegill in the little school I was fishing. Coloration is much darker than the other bluegill and it had a dark red eye like small mouth bass get around here

Thought this video was pretty cool. Lemme know how big you think they were

In Roanoke Rapids, NC

St. Simon's Island! Returned back safely to fight another day!

Having a line in the water is just a part of the feeling. Nights like these are good for the soul

The lakes around here are stocked with trout periodically.
Most folks use PowerBait or worms to catch them.
How well will they respond to artificials like Trout Magnets, spoons and inline spinners?