Fishing; lake, ocean, river or stream?

[Nathan]

Ocean fishing: sardines and mackerel for the tuna species and cods.
Freshwater: Nightcrawlers for whoever will bite 'em, trout and stripers, or loudmouth bass. Or, trolling with lures, the spoons made by Luhr-Jensen or Rapala. One of the last times I went fishing I caught a nice. Rainbow Trout trolling with a nightcrawler. We were actually just moving the boat after still fishing in one spot, I just let the nightcrawler drag along in the water..

 

[Paco Dennis]

Let me know what bass baits you use or would like to try and I'll put a package together at no expense to you.

That is such a cool thing to offer. I really appreciate the thought, but...I let all my fishing equipment go a couple years ago. Those ponds I mentioned have gone downhill since I fished them (about 20 years ago). It does seem like yesterday when I would load my pickup with a row boat by myself, then travel 30 miles sometimes in the early morning and get to a lake early in the morn, nobody else there. wonderful!! Thanks for your generous offer!

 

[againstthegrain]

That is such a cool thing to offer. I really appreciate the thought, but...I let all my fishing equipment go a couple years ago. Those ponds I mentioned have gone downhill since I fished them (about 20 years ago). It does seem like yesterday when I would load my pickup with a row boat by myself, then travel 30 miles sometimes in the early morning and get to a lake early in the morn, nobody else there. wonderful!! Thanks for your generous offer!

You're welcome, and to any others that have kids or grandkids, or yourselves that might need a few baits to ignite or re-ignite an interest in fishing I'd be more than happy to send some your way at no expense to you.

 

[JustDave]

My father took me fishing when I was little. Then one day he let me fish. I caught a bass that was one inch too short for a legal catch, and my dad made me put it back in the water. That soured me on fishing for a long time, but I understand obeying the law today, even if it is inconvenient.

He had this big steal tackle box with fold out drawers with compartments for lures, sinkers and hooks, and it had a large space for extra reels, scales measuring tapes, etc, etc. I never got tired of looking through it. He had some very interesting lures, and I would ask him what kind of fish they were for. Sometimes he would say, "I never caught a fish with that one." I couldn't understand that, because if I was a fish, that would be the one I would go for. He would say things like, "This is for bass. That one is for muskies. And that one is for Northern Pike."

But one time I was with him when he was trying out a new muskie lure. It was called a mud puppy, and it had a clever spinning tail that was supposed to get the fish's attention. When you got a hard strike that part of the lure would be cast off free so that the battle was now between the fish and the hook, with no heavy weight to help the fish shake off the heavy lure.

He wasn't sure if the lure was designed to attract the fisherman or the fish. But while trying out the mud puppy, he caught the biggest bass he had ever caught. After the fight, we poked around in the nearby reeds and found the main body of the mud puppy and its tail which could be reattached for future use.

But that tackle box was a fun thing to look through. I could spend long periods of time poking around in it.