Posts for: fishrmans
Sep 13, 2020 07:58:14 #
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waxdipper wrote:
Looks like a wiper to me.
Not a wiper. Here is a picture of a hybrid striper or wiper . Note the lines.
Sep 12, 2020 21:30:47 #
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Ben Bragg wrote:
Oh yea. Do they ever school up br We catch the cr... (show quote)
Yes, you can catch them on the Wolf River from lake Butte des morts to well above Fremont and on the Fox River up to the Eureaka dam. They are fun catching, hard hitting, good fighting and great eating fish. In the summer you can catch them on the lakes. They are a schooling fish so if you find them you can catch many of them. Also a very popular fish to catch through the ice..
Sep 12, 2020 21:01:13 #
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Fremont Wisconsin is the white bass capitol of the world. During the spring spawning run you can catch hundreds of them. Very good eating just fillet and remove the mud line and coat with a little Andy’s Cajun or pancake mix, deep fry and I guarantee every piece will be eaten.
Sep 10, 2020 20:45:16 #
Sep 10, 2020 12:27:36 #
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wainemaine wrote:
If you can, don't use ice from a fridge, use it from a chest type or stand up deep freezer. Regular kitchen freezers are usuallly set for icecream which is much warmer than the 0F or so a real freezer gets to.
Good point. I wouldn’t use the ice from the fridge for a longer trip. I have a chest freezer that I keep much colder or I buy ice. Sounds funny but ice can be already 30 degrees or - 30 degrees. For a long trip please get “COLD” ice.
Sep 10, 2020 12:19:08 #
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Joe Beaderman wrote:
On that long of a trip you'd have to stop and get more ice.
I have packed frozen fillets In a Yeti cooler. Taped all around the cover and traveled a good 3 day trip from Wisconsin to Florida. When I opened the cooler up the ice had not even started to thaw. I’m sure I could have went another 2-3 days. Why did I bring fish from Wi to Fl? Can’t get walleyes, northern and perch in Florida waters.
Sep 9, 2020 16:46:23 #
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Joe Beaderman wrote:
I fill a cooler with ice, and leave it in my truck. Then when we reload the boat we put the ice in the lid then the fish in the cold ice water that's from the ice melting. Then pour remainder of ice over fish. They will keep for at least 4-6 hrs.
That’s good to get home but if you have a three day ride home you need a little more.
Sep 9, 2020 14:06:58 #
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Jeremy wrote:
Is Burbot and Bowfin same? I could google it all but more fun to hear it from the wealth of Knowledge available on Fishingstage
Completely different fish.
Sep 9, 2020 14:04:27 #
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Freeze the fillets in a ziplock freezer bag with just enough water to cover them. Freeze them if possible. Than when you are ready to head home pack them in a good ice chest like a yeti and fill with ice. Regular ice is fine. They will keep hard frozen for several days that way as long as you don’t keep opening the chest to “check” .
Sep 9, 2020 11:40:41 #
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ghaynes1 wrote:
Solid advice. You can catch white bass on the Wolf... (show quote)
The Fox and Wolf are both very good and will stay good until ice-up. No limit on white bass on either river. Nice thing about fall fishing is that you have a lot less boaters on the water.
Sep 9, 2020 11:28:14 #
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Won’t be too long and the fall run of walleyes and white bass should be starting on the Wolf River. The fall run is very good and very productive but the fish are mostly a Little smaller males. Still nice eating size. Bluegill, perch, bass and crappies should be biting on most all the smaller lakes. Just comming into the best time of year for northern and musky. You can always find great fishing in Wisconsin. Especially Sept and Oct...
Sep 9, 2020 11:11:04 #
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That’s a burbot. Also known as eelpout, fresh water cod, and lawyer. Very good eating.
Sep 7, 2020 18:53:36 #
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jfbanzai wrote:
I use 40lb braid and a 40lb wire leader on my bigger pike rods. I used to just go with straight braid, but had a couple of big ones roll on me and break the line. The ones I use are 12 inches with a snap on the end. Haven't had one break off since and they don't seem to see the leader.
40 and 40 is plenty heavy. I usually go 20 and 20 but definitely a wire leader. I don’t care what anybody says. If you hook them deep, behind the back teeth they will cut any braid, mono or flouro. I don’t care if it’s 100 lb braid. You need a wire leader if your after the big ones. The wire leader doesn’t bother them.
Sep 7, 2020 13:35:27 #
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Use an 8 - 12 inch 20 lb wire leader and be done with it. A 10 lb pike will cut an 80 lb mono or flouro leader like butter. Why waste your time and then lose that once in a lifetime 20+ lb fish. A northern isn’t bothered by a wire leader as they are a reaction strike fish. Next time you get one of those larger northern just take some mono, flouro or braid and loop it behind his back teeth and give a little pull. He will cut those lines like a razor.
Sep 3, 2020 06:55:36 #
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Steve57 wrote:
We've been down this road before. Hands down, Black Drum. Note the dorsal fin on the drum, almost two separate fins unlike the sheephead (one continuous fin) that Fishrmans pic depicts. The whiskers, only on a black drum. The teeth, large and front on a sheephead, in the back on a drum. Tail shape and anal fin are shaped differently, shall I go on?? People confuse them because of the black and white prison stripes, but after that it gets easier.
Good job Steve. I don’t think they’re that hard to tell apart. Just looking at the dorsal tells you right away.