How do you fish this? - The Firearms Forum

carver · 10-18-2012, 10:24 PM

Tried to do a little fishing the other day, didn't turn out well. The water was low, and the lilly pads had grown in to the point that there just wasn't much chance of catching anything! This is a shot of just one boat road on Caddo Lake.

jack404 · 10-18-2012, 10:38 PM

hmmm summers comin here , might just show ya from this side

know what a Hawaiian sling is ?

yeah line fishing in that would be ridiculous

jack404 · 10-18-2012, 10:46 PM

heres one a mate has that i envy

sits in his boat lines up the fish and the angle of refraction is countered by the offset

$25 in a US dive shop when he was on holidays , and on my list to get when next there

cycloneman · 10-18-2012, 10:50 PM

Any frogs in there?

robman2629 · 10-18-2012, 10:59 PM

Good call cyclone. I would throw something that has a covered hook or hook on top. Jerk bait wont work that well without getting caught. I prefer spinner baits in this type of area, or soft frog baits. Frogs are good because you can hop them across the water, believe it or not bass will hit them super hard. Spinner baits work well also. Especially if you can see where the fish are popping up and cast right in their area. Just make sure if you catch something to reel slow or bring yourself to it so you dont lose it. Good luck!

Country101 · 10-19-2012, 12:15 AM

Frogs or football head jigs and heavy line. IF you can throw a worm in any open channels, that's your next best choice. We have fished something very similar, but under the water was that stringy mess. It would coat our baits in no time and make them useless. Really tough conditions.

Zhurh · 10-19-2012, 09:01 AM

When I was younger back east, I'd catch buckets of crappie back in the thick lilly pads with small jigs & light line, sometimes a bobber.

Alpo · 10-19-2012, 09:05 AM

Dupont sinkers?

Jack's idea would get him arrested here. Spearfishing in fresh, in Florida, is agin the law.

tcox4freedom · 10-19-2012, 09:15 AM

I used to fish/crawl "frogs" or "rat" baits in that kind of stuff. I also used to crawl lizard through the pads as well.

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carver · 10-19-2012, 10:17 AM

I ran down those boat roads for at least two miles, no change. I tried crickets along the edges, but only got some small bream, not big enough to keep. Since I was bream fishing I didn't have anything heavy enough to fish the lillies. Didn't even bring my bass tackle box, or the rods, and reels.

carver · 10-19-2012, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

hmmm summers comin here , might just show ya from this side

know what a Hawaiian sling is ?

yeah line fishing in that would be ridiculous

Make my own Hawaiian sling for when I'm scuba, or snorkling. Here in the U.S. most states have laws about what they consider "game fish", and most won't allow you to bag "game" fish with anything other than hook, and line. Nets are regulated, and you must have a permit in most places. Even a Yo-Yo, or any mechanical device for catching fish, are regulated in some states, and on some lakes, and water ways. Bow fishing, or spear fishing is usually only allowed for "trash" fish, ie, cat fish, other than Channel Cat, gar, carp, and a few others.

I make mine for diving, but the one your friend made is a great one for carp, and gar, but we mostly use a bow in taking fish on top of the water. I use a 7" 3 pronged gig, mounted on the end of a 4', ro 5' foot long wooden dowl. The gig can be rigged to come off the dowl, or stay on. Wrist Rocket rubber bands are attached to the other end. To cock the sling, just pull the dowl thru your strong hand untill you think you have enough pressure, point, and release!

Gun Geezer · 10-19-2012, 01:13 PM

A weighted wide-gap bass hook with a Zoom Super Fluke. 1/32 oz. will get it down to where the bass hide at the base of the pads. I fish this kind of stuff daily on Lake Istokpoga. Flip or pitch close up or forget about landing 'em. If your boats floating you ain't far enough in the cover. More 12 pounders per acre than any lake in Fl.

soundguy · 10-19-2012, 01:17 PM

i've fished stukk like that with frongs looking for bass at the bs/low under the lilly pads.

still hard line management

10-18-2012, 10:24 PM	#1
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	How do you fish this? Tried to do a little fishing the other day, didn't turn out well. The water was low, and the lilly pads had grown in to the point that there just wasn't much chance of catching anything! This is a shot of just one boat road on Caddo Lake. Attached Images __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -->

10-18-2012, 10:38 PM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: How do you fish this? hmmm summers comin here , might just show ya from this side know what a Hawaiian sling is ? yeah line fishing in that would be ridiculous Last edited by jack404; 10-18-2012 at 10:39 PM..

10-18-2012, 10:46 PM	#3
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: How do you fish this? heres one a mate has that i envy sits in his boat lines up the fish and the angle of refraction is countered by the offset $25 in a US dive shop when he was on holidays , and on my list to get when next there

10-18-2012, 10:50 PM	#4
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,401	Re: How do you fish this? Any frogs in there? __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

10-18-2012, 10:59 PM	#5
robman2629 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 123	Re: How do you fish this? Good call cyclone. I would throw something that has a covered hook or hook on top. Jerk bait wont work that well without getting caught. I prefer spinner baits in this type of area, or soft frog baits. Frogs are good because you can hop them across the water, believe it or not bass will hit them super hard. Spinner baits work well also. Especially if you can see where the fish are popping up and cast right in their area. Just make sure if you catch something to reel slow or bring yourself to it so you dont lose it. Good luck!

10-19-2012, 12:15 AM	#6
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: How do you fish this? Frogs or football head jigs and heavy line. IF you can throw a worm in any open channels, that's your next best choice. We have fished something very similar, but under the water was that stringy mess. It would coat our baits in no time and make them useless. Really tough conditions. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

10-19-2012, 09:01 AM	#7
Zhurh Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Upper Yukon, Alaska Posts: 1,818	Re: How do you fish this? When I was younger back east, I'd catch buckets of crappie back in the thick lilly pads with small jigs & light line, sometimes a bobber.

10-19-2012, 09:05 AM	#8
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,661	Re: How do you fish this? Dupont sinkers? Jack's idea would get him arrested here. Spearfishing in fresh, in Florida, is agin the law. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

10-19-2012, 09:15 AM	#9
tcox4freedom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Carolina USA Posts: 944	Re: How do you fish this? I used to fish/crawl "frogs" or "rat" baits in that kind of stuff. I also used to crawl lizard through the pads as well. -

10-19-2012, 10:17 AM	#10
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,254	Re: How do you fish this? I ran down those boat roads for at least two miles, no change. I tried crickets along the edges, but only got some small bream, not big enough to keep. Since I was bream fishing I didn't have anything heavy enough to fish the lillies. Didn't even bring my bass tackle box, or the rods, and reels. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-19-2012, 01:13 PM	#12
Gun Geezer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,710	Re: How do you fish this? A weighted wide-gap bass hook with a Zoom Super Fluke. 1/32 oz. will get it down to where the bass hide at the base of the pads. I fish this kind of stuff daily on Lake Istokpoga. Flip or pitch close up or forget about landing 'em. If your boats floating you ain't far enough in the cover. More 12 pounders per acre than any lake in Fl. __________________ If voting could change anything for the better, It'd already be illegal.

10-19-2012, 01:17 PM	#13
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,441	Re: How do you fish this? i've fished stukk like that with frongs looking for bass at the bs/low under the lilly pads. still hard line management