It's time I learned how to fish.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Is that where you fill the worms with air using a syringe so they float? Is that so you can fish off the bottom but still get up out of the weeds?

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exactly

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Originally Posted by Irving

Is that where you fill the worms with air using a syringe so they float? Is that so you can fish off the bottom but still get up out of the weeds?

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Do what now? Man, there's so much to learn!

Just like it sounds Dr. You take a syringe and fill the worm with air so it will float, thus allowing you to fish with a worm off the bottom, without allowing the worm to just sink (or dig) in the mud. I forgot I had ever heard about that until Wulf mentioned it.

Wulf, that was your response for fishing for Catfish right?

yes. also works with carp and other small bottom feeders.

the trick is to know where you need to put the split shot on to keep it just above the weeds

don't buy the fishing shop bottle with a needle like end. it sucks. get a real needle but be careful.

This was Friday night and Saturday morning at Eleven Mile. 8 fish total. Just over four pounds of meat after filleting.

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7 fish caught on lures. 1 fish caught with half a night crawler on leadline full of cowbells. All done at a trolling speed between 1.5-2.0 mph.

That first fish was the largest at 15" and 2lbs. This fish, and 3 others were caught on this Rapala (floating)lure. I lost zero fish on this lure. Generally the second hook ends up setting some where on the face and they can't spit it out.
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1 fish was caught on this lure. As soon as the one fish hit the floor of the boat, it spit the lure right out onto the deck.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...3/IMAG0689.jpg

2 fish were caught on this lure. This lure had two other fish, but I lost them reeling them in. If you let the fish jump out of the water, it lets the line go slack and the fish can spit the lure out.
http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/i...00094_1_og.jpg

Awesome! I bet it was fun!

Rod & reel ? Fly fishing ? In a SHTF survival situation I'm going with a throw net or small drag net. Or even trap cages.

Definitely a net for SHTF. I feel like I have to learn how to fish with tools, in order to fish without tools. Also, no trolling boats with SHTF.

A net, be it a cast net, gill net, take your pick, is ideal for some situations. A cast net is typically how we catch herring, mullet, and ballyhoo when going after the big offshore pelagics but I've not seen many situations in Colorado outside of those pay-ponds stocked with trout where a net would be as effective as a rod with some skill in this state.

Learn what fish eat. Once you can mimic that, you won't go hungry.

If you really want to go the net route, learn to throw a cast net BEFORE you get hungry, it's not something that everyone gets the hang of quickly. The Calusa net company probably has the easiest video tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le6P2nFZhsA

Good post, thank you.