Salina Kansas
Kansas Fishing
Aug 28, 2023 06:13:58 #
Hi. I'm in central Kansas. I usually love to fish a little city lake but would like some river fishing advice.
Aug 28, 2023 07:32:40 #
Jayne wrote:
Hi. I'm in central Kansas. I usually love to fish a little city lake but would like some river fishing advice.
Welcome to the fishingstage Jayne, sorry I can't help you with your question out there I live in central Florida but someone should see your post soon and will be able to help you, we do like pictures of your catch 🎣🎣 thanks Chuck
Aug 28, 2023 09:03:55 #
Aug 28, 2023 10:05:09 #
Jayne wrote:
Hi! Yep. I caught a snapping turtle that morning also. LOL.
Here in Florida we have softshell turtles which are very good eating.
Do you bass fish and what do you was for bait if so?
Aug 28, 2023 13:20:38 #
Here's a crazy bait story... have been using 1 pk hot dogs sliced 1/2" and 'marinated' in 1tsp garlic powder with 1 pk grape Jello. My nephew in Missouri shared that he was catching anything & everything with hot dogs, garlic powder and red cool aid. But I didn't have any cool aid so I subbed grape Jello. I thought the purple would color the hot dog pieces but it was actually quite pale in color. But I have fished for the past 3 Saturdays with this one package of marinated hot dogs that smell like Olive Garden bread sticks! I've caught two medium sized turtles, 5 catfish and one bass and still have enough HD pieces to probably fish one more day. Probably won't do the Jello in the future/kinda sticky.
Aug 28, 2023 15:26:42 #
BgofishH
Loc: KS
If you find a clay bank on the river you are fishing and do some digging you are likely to find green worms that work well in rivers. Regular night crawlers, crawdads, minnows, and chicken livers all work well as well. Trick is to just figure out what they’re biting on! If you are fishing something with more current goldfish or live perch work well. I usually try to use a larger circle hook when fishing live bait for cats. Good luck!
Aug 28, 2023 15:38:26 #
Jayne wrote:
Here's a crazy bait story... have been using 1 pk ... (show quote)
WOW, I love Olive Garden. I've used Hot dogs for catfish before never caught much of anything else with them. Here in Florida we use artificial bait to catch large mouth bass, redshad wrom with a 1/8 ounce bullet weight. My grandson caught this one a few months back out of one of the ponds in the pasture.
Aug 28, 2023 15:42:56 #
BgofishH wrote:
If you find a clay bank on the river you are fishing and do some digging you are likely to find green worms that work well in rivers. Regular night crawlers, crawdads, minnows, and chicken livers all work well as well. Trick is to just figure out what they’re biting on! If you are fishing something with more current goldfish or live perch work well. I usually try to use a larger circle hook when fishing live bait for cats. Good luck!
BgofishH, here in Florida it's against the law to use goldfish just wondering if you can use them in Kansas or in any other states never thought about it, just always figured it was illegal everywhere..😂
Aug 28, 2023 17:04:35 #
Aug 28, 2023 17:14:28 #
BgofishH wrote:
It is legal in KS and several other states as well!
I bet goldfish are a great bait, 🎣🎣
Aug 28, 2023 17:15:55 #
Aug 28, 2023 17:31:39 #
I don’t fish rivers, but catfish are about the same in lakes. Flatheads usually prefer live bluegills - channels prefer cut-bait; bluegills, chicken livers, etc.
Aug 29, 2023 05:37:27 #
Aug 29, 2023 05:38:21 #
Aug 29, 2023 05:41:00 #
I've just recently learned how to clean my fish catches but watched some video on turtle cleaning. A lot of effort there. But it's on my bucket list.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.