F is for Fishing

There's a spot I like to visit now and then that always has a few surprises- but it's too far out of the way to get to on foot in a reasonable amount of time- but a bicycle with a rod holder can easily solve that problem and get you on a productive spot that gets very little fishing pressure. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

Went to a location I haven't visited in a while for a change of pace, and to see if there was anything interesting lurking there. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

I visited one of my usual spots with a larger lure than I'd normally opt to use there, just to see what would go for it. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

I went back to this pond to try and find the rainbow trout that escaped me a few days ago as I was about to land it. I have a habit of catching bass every time I target trout, so let's see if I can break the pattern today.

My son didn't want to come out fishing today, so I grabbed his $10 ozark trail rod with a creme spoiler spin tied on, and went out to catch some fish with it.

Had a little time between errands so tried slow rolling inline spinners around the pond to get the bass to come out of hiding.

Th title says it all! You only succeed at fishing by continuing to fish, even when things don't go your way. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

Every day is a good day to take your kids fishing! Today I took my son over to the local panfish pond to try and catch a few before sunset. I started off using a crickhopper, and later switched to a rooster tail. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

Went down to a local pond to give it a shot with a smaller Rapala husky jerk

I've heard people talk about how the Rebel Crickhopper is a great panfish lure, so I brought one down to the local pond and put it through its paces. It certainly catches fish, but does have some downsides too. For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

Took my lighter rod and a very beat up inline spinner down to yet another local pond and got good results! For photos and short clips, follow me on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/f.is.for.fishing/ Follow me on Fishbrain for more catch details: https://fishbrain.com/anglers/vespo27

The Jerkbait has been the lure that's been landing Bass for me more so than anything else I've tried this spring.

We had heavy rains for the past few days, so I grabbed a light rod and went to the local pond to see if the panfish were still biting.

Went down to the river on my lunch to throw a few rooster tails before it started raining.

I had time for a short trip to one of the local rivers to see if I could find any stocked trout.

Spent some more time on the Canal with a spinnerbait...

My son came along on today's trip and I got surprised by a big hit on the spinnerbait while I was explaining to him how it worked... It's a $1 Walmart single colorado blade spinnerbait in black and yellow, with a 3.3 inch green pumpkin googan saucy swimmer as a trailer for those of you who want to know the exact gear.

I stuck out on bass earlier in the day, so I went down to the local pond for some evening panfishing, and had a few spectators come and watch while I was doing it.

Tried a few different lures this morning, but the Floating Jerkbait seemed to do the trick,

Had a chance to throw a few casts right before sundown- and got one just as I was running out of light. The video is a little dark, but you can see how fast I was losing light between the cast and the release...

Hopped on my bicycle and rode around to a few different spots along the local canal trail until I managed to catch something!

Had just enough time for a short session at my local neighborhood pond. Using a bright colored inline spinner- I hit a few, including a species I've never caught before.

Tried out fishing weedless tubes and found a spot where the Rock Bass went crazy for them. I had a lot of fun catching multiple half pound fish one after the other until it started to get dark. I was using 2.5 inch Gitzit tubes on a 1/8 oz jig head, rigged "stupid tube" style - which is similar to texas rigging, but with the jig head hidden inside the tube.

I grabbed my lighter rod and tied on a trout magnet for a change of pace and managed to catch three different species in a matter of minutes.

Had a few minutes to fish this morning, so I tried my suspending jerkbait again in the same location where I caught my last bass, and came up with my PB smallmouth bass. For the record, I rarely come across them in my usual spots, so while this is a very nice fish, it's not going to be breaking any records other than my own!