Bought a boat on a whim to take up fishing
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:07 #
Bought a boat on a whim to take up fishing so I could get away from strip malls, traffic, and subdivisions...also to save mental sanity. Learning curve has been steep. This is my first redfish from the boat...made the entire purchase worth it.
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by MTNHead
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by MTNHead
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:16 #
The learning curve usually hits you pretty hard, but the knowledge you gain over time is priceless. Congratulations on your catch, I’m sure you’ll have plenty more.
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by TheReeeljorge
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by TheReeeljorge
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:23 #
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:29 #
I bought my first lake boat 3 years ago and im still learning how to find and catch fish.
Its just so overwhelming at first when you have the entire lake to choose a spot. And theres over 250 sqaure miles of water on my home lake to decide so its not easy by any means.
When we only had shore fishing we would hit a few spots and that was it. You either caught fish or got skunked.
But when i decided to buy a boat all i could think was how many fish i was going to catch because now i could go anywhere i wanted. Well that just wasnt the case at all. Very humbling experience but im learning new things all the time out there.
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by GenXLite
Its just so overwhelming at first when you have the entire lake to choose a spot. And theres over 250 sqaure miles of water on my home lake to decide so its not easy by any means.
When we only had shore fishing we would hit a few spots and that was it. You either caught fish or got skunked.
But when i decided to buy a boat all i could think was how many fish i was going to catch because now i could go anywhere i wanted. Well that just wasnt the case at all. Very humbling experience but im learning new things all the time out there.
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by GenXLite
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:34 #
It is definitely a lot! I'm still learning so much about tides ( I have gotten stuck in a low tide already), winds and how they relate to chop, and what baits to use. Also trying to learn to catch my own bait with a cast net...I'm sure that will be a whole new post once I get it.
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by MTNHead
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by MTNHead
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:42 #
Cast netting and using live pinfish and croakers are some of the best baits I've ever used for inshore fishing.
Make sure you're not using too big of a net at first, smaller is better when you're learning.
Good luck to ya man, there's plenty more reds and specks out there for you to catch
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by butterflyp00n
Make sure you're not using too big of a net at first, smaller is better when you're learning.
Good luck to ya man, there's plenty more reds and specks out there for you to catch
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by butterflyp00n
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:47 #
Ha yeah I catch more on shore, pisses me off. Catch bigger ones offshore tho.
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by ThrottleAlways
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by ThrottleAlways
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:51 #
It takes a lot of learning the tides, fish movement, etc... My family has a house on an island in florida, and we hired a guide to take us out for redfish. He took us from spot to spot and we caught huge reds all day with no effort. All the spots we fished were within sight of the house, so the next day we took our boat to the same spots, used the same bait, at the same times of day and got completely skunked. It made me really respect the fact that the guide had been doing this his whole life and knew so much more than just what baits to use and where to go; he knew where the fish would be that day specifically. It’s an art.
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by Bedtime_4_Bonzo
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by Bedtime_4_Bonzo
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:55 #
I only fish a landlocked lake so never have to deal with tides but i understand what you mean.
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by GenXLite
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by GenXLite
Oct 25, 2019 10:04:59 #
Oct 25, 2019 10:05:05 #
My dad always told me growing up "90% of bass are in 10% of the water." I think there's truth to that... finding where they are takes a lot of research, practice, and trial and error.
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by RedOctober282
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by RedOctober282
Oct 25, 2019 11:10:42 #
FS Digest wrote:
Bought a boat on a whim to take up fishing so I could get away from strip malls, traffic, and subdivisions...also to save mental sanity. Learning curve has been steep. This is my first redfish from the boat...made the entire purchase worth it.
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by MTNHead
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by MTNHead
Nice catch!
What kinda boat?
Oct 25, 2019 15:50:49 #
Jealous, Jealous, Jealous. Did I mention Jealous? That is only on the Drum. Where did you catch the beauty?
Oct 26, 2019 11:17:13 #
Dennisjj
Loc: Kinston N.C.
MTN hope you find your sanity while out there fishing it's great to get out there and fish just foreget about all the other things going on in your life.Fishon.
Oct 26, 2019 11:22:35 #
Dennisjj wrote:
MTN hope you find your sanity while out there fishing it's great to get out there and fish just foreget about all the other things going on in your life.Fishon.
Yep it will all be there when you get back from therapy, no matter what it is.
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