Thread: Pushing the envelope...

Arthur, I’m with you on “catching what’s bite” camp! In fact I joined here because there’s a bucket list side of me if you will want to travel fishing as many types of fresh water and saltwater fish as I can with light tackle when time permits, starting with the many sunfish species the size of a hubcap you Midwest folks pulling out your home water! For most anglers here when the term ultralight fishing pops up they think Crappies, shellcrackers, and occasional bass throw in the mix, but before I joined that wasn’t the case with me. Up until 4 or so years ago I was still hopping county lines for trouts, bass, catfish, bony tail ( those are illegal now btw in NV)and oh even Utah chub! And occasional pier fishing California all with light or ultralight tackle...

...disregard my fishing buddy and his boat rod spooled with 50lb braids..lol


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You have one of the best Bluegill fisheries in the country south of you...Lake Havasu has monster gills...

Originally Posted by Gillfishn

You have one of the best Bluegill fisheries in the country south of you...Lake Havasu has monster gills...

Hi, Gillfishn as matter of fact i've read somewhere the "London bridge" state seems to hold one of the biggest redeared sunfish record. And also at another reading that HOA and a whole bunch of land owners were creating havoc for anglers (or was it the other way around..lol), but nonetheless its taking the fun out fishing for someone like me who doesn/'t own a boat. Unless a member of the forum knows a good accessible bank near spawning bed, it be just like lake mead all over again...plenty of hikes little to show for! Most members from BigBluegillfishing.com or Texasfishing forum all know the "Honey hole" of bluegill hangouts but i've yet attempt to ask fearing for the obvious answer gonna be. I might just bite the bullet and hire a guide on my first visit...thanks.

Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

Arthur, I’m with you on “catching what’s bite” camp! In fact I joined here because there’s a bucket list side of me if you will want to travel fishing as many types of fresh water and saltwater fish as I can with light tackle when time permits, starting with the many sunfish species the size of a hubcap you Midwest folks pulling out your home water! For most anglers here when the term ultralight fishing pops up they think Crappies, shellcrackers, and occasional bass throw in the mix, but before I joined that wasn’t the case with me. Up until 4 or so years ago I was still hopping county lines for trouts, bass, catfish, bony tail ( those are illegal now btw in NV)and oh even Utah chub! And occasional pier fishing California all with light or ultralight tackle...

...disregard my fishing buddy and his boat rod spooled with 50lb braids..lol


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That's great. Do you have a lifelist going?

Originally Posted by ArthurLK11

That's great. Do you have a lifelist going?

I wouldn’t call it a life list rather a collection of photos of what I catch just to have bragging rights or memory of where I’ve been when looking at them later. I’m what the “media” anglers are referring to CPR-catch photography release! Arthur I haven’t the need to take my catch home to consume in ages since introducing my young daughter to fishing years ago. Kid these days hate to see a string so to speak going through any fish gill without making a big fuss about so we stop as a family to harvest fish unnecessarily if we can get them at grocery store, and the fact I hate cleaning and gutting them..lol. But I have nothing against anglers who do. I just love being outside by the water and hear nature and fishing gives me something to meditate on.


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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

This ^^^^

The bass guys can look down their noses at carp all they want. They don't realize that the trout guys look down their noses at them.




The long rods are used because they're almost always fishing from the bank and frequently cast 60-100 yards with 4-6 oz weights. The long rods help this. Many hard-core carp guys will fish 3-4 days in a row and sleep next to their rods. That's why they use the electronic bite alarms. I mostly float fish for carp, so stuff like that is not needed.

Nuff said DBD, we got lot in common! I’m what you call “lazy” fisherman now ..lol, if it’s too hard or too out of the way I won’t enjoy it. Well I used to be very hard core when it comes to fishing for striped bass years ago and I did use those long rod (my old Cali surf rod) a 10 ft Fin Nor purchased just for striped bass fishing by the Delta and San Mateo beaches. We fished night also do those glo-in-the dark strike indicators were also used.


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I wouldn’t call it a life list rather a collection of photos of what I catch just to have bragging rights or memory of where I’ve been when looking at them later. I’m what the “media” anglers are referring to CPR-catch photography release!

Same here. It's all too easy to forget what I caught, when caught (month) and what I caught it on. I hate those big question marks that pop up - now more than ever at my age - about the past and photos don't lie as they fill in the blanks of memory that occur all too often. Photos tell me what was and what IS possible or reliable when it comes to the hundreds of lures I modify or make and it still amazes me at times to see which actually worked!

Photos?- no brag just facts.

In case anyone cares. I caved and ordered the Kuying Teton last night that was mentioned and shown in the first post. It is a cool looking rod and after reading and watching several reviews, I think it would be a good rod to throw 1/64oz Trout Magnets and other tiny lures. Maybe even those 1/200oz Mini Magnets. It's rated for 1-3g so I'm hopeful. Only downside is that the scheduled delivery is supposed to be sometime in October lol.