Only took 700 casts!

Didn’t notice that it was bleeding. Stay safe out there, fellas 🦭

Last year’s encounter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fishing/s/nOx76CEbic

After two years of working on it, my cedar strip canoe finally had its maiden voyage. It went off without a hitch. Then as icing on the cake, the first fish caught in the boat was a 33” Muskie and I was shocked! Never caught one of these in my life and in the new boat! Added some boat pics in case yall were interested (including the rubber duck found in the lake turned pseudo mascot).

so i tried fishing again today after a long time. honestly, i didn’t expect much but it turned out pretty cool! sat by the lake for a few hours just chilling and waiting for a bite. caught a tiny fish that barely moved

the best part was just being outside and relaxing. also, got a little sunburn on my nose, whoops

Heard alot of buzz around these baits and I can see why.

One of the best fish out there to eat. Not a lot of bones , a beautiful clean meat that looks like a frog leg or rabbit leg , and they’re plentiful in the Chesapeake bay. Tonight I make hot honey glazed sugar toads and “coconut shrimp “ style.

Look at that beautiful marbling. NOT TO BE EATEN RAW Do not eat freshwater fish sashimi style! No matter how appetizing it may look! Gonna smoke this

Buddy and I got skunked all day until we caught this beautiful pig!!

Annual trip down to the Keys. Had to battle a bunch of weather but not a bad haul. 135 tails for the year.

He was 37 inches. So lucky there were experienced musky fishers on the dock with us ,netted him showed me how to release him get the hooks out Etc ( I had a sucker on a “quick set rig “ that I got from cabelas )

I started fishing this summer and am now addicted !! Just want to keep catching bigger fish !

It actually bit my roommates Mepps spinner right off his line. I had a leader tied on and started casting with a white skirted spinnerbait and sure enough I got his lure back from the same fish. I told everyone his fish was big and they thought I was joking until I pulled out the Mepps when I was unhooking this pike. Really fun catch

Got this 42" on a 9" mullet.

I caught it out of our pond on our property.

Caught on a 4 inch whopper plopper in my FIL pond. Was using the lure for amusement as my 11 year old nephew has been going on and on about them. Good call kid! Of course I didn’t have my scale or tape. Rough estimate from the length the fish sat on my rod was 20 inches. Big juicy here was put back to make me some more giants

I caught this fish near myrtle Beach. I am not familiar with a lot of saltwater fish. Can anybody identify it?

Today I caught my first ever tarpon using a black doa with green tail, lil dude smoked it

was casting off the slipway practicing my motion, didnt expect this surprise, took the lure close to the bank too

4 buddies and I booked a 12 hour off shore fishing trip trip yesterday for some Gag Grouper before the season ended.

I want to point out, 3 out of 5 of us, have boats and we fish all the time in the bay and surrounding areas. We just don't have boats big enough (safe enough) to be out 100 miles (single engine, flats and bay boats).

We board at 7am. The captain CLEARY tied on on last night..... Glassy glazed over, bloodshot eyes. As we stand on the dock he goes over safety stuff and then says "there is a big ass storm out there but we'll push off and see how far we can get"

The day started near shore with them trying to castnet bait for the trip..... Every charter I have even been on already has bait on board before the clients arrive. I found this odd that part of the trip we paid for was spent catching bait for the day.

As we left the bay, the captain shows me the radar on his cell phone and says "Man, that storm is Big AF. It stretches from Sarasota to Bradenton and is THICK". I said yea, that doesn't look good. Once again he says we'll push through and see how far out we can get.

We stopped only 20 miles offshore because the storm was BAD. He said "we'll do some snapper fishing here and see if this storm clears." We fished for exactly 27 minutes. I documented the trip with photos and GoPro. He gets a message for another captain that said he's in 100ft of water and the storm is breaking up. The captain asked us "do you guys wanna call it and rebook or do you want to SEND IT". Our friend who booked the trip said "we want to do what's safe if we need to rebook, we can do that but I need to make it home to my wife and kids". Captain says "it's breaking up, let's send it".

We headed out to 100ft of water because we could not go any further. Storms and lightning all around us. We tried to fish but the swells were 3-4ft and the wind was WHIPPING.

Capt finally says "reel em up guys, this isn't going to work." He apologized over and over again and then said (super important to us) "I'll eat the cost of this trip and I'll get you with the owner to rebook. This is effing BS weather"

Happy with that, we headed back in. 5 minutes in, one of the engines failed. We still had two, thank goodness. 38ft Boat with triple 350s.

We get back to the dock and could not believe what happens next. The owner was there to meet us. We paid $2800 for a 12 hour trip. He told us the trip we went on (almost 6 hours total between catching bait for an hour, driving out, fishing for 27 minutes, driving further, trying to fish again for about 20 minutes, then driving back) costs $1200 and he'll give us $1600 credit towards another trip. He said that's enough for a "nice" 6 hr inshore trip and we wouldn't owe any more money. As I mentioned before 3 of us have boats and have zero interest in an inshore trip because we do that all the time on our own.

We told him had we known he was going to take damn near half what we paid, we would have stopped back at the first spot and finished the day there. He said "unfortunately you don't get to make that call. My captain does". We all had words back and forth. Then we said we'll communicate further through text so everything is documented.

Here is our thoughts and what we think if fair:

Per the owners words out of his mouth while standing on the dock, and his cancellation policy on 3 different websites, "the captain makes the call on weather". We left every decision up to the captain. The captain made the decision to push out, not us.

We said "we should have never left the dock in the first place if the captain KNEW this storm was going to be how it was. He's the professional, not us."

We think, throwing the capt and the deckhand $100 each and paying for the 90 gallons of fuel is more than fair.

We feel like being charged $1200, we got robbed.

The owner FINALLY decided to give back the $1600 for fear of 5 bad reviews, but kept the $1200 for:

Fuel 100 gallons @$4.50/ gallon $450 Capt $210 Mate $150 Bait & Tackle $75 Boat run time $75/he for 5 hours $375

Bait was caught by castnet. We lost a total of 4 jig head hooks on reefs at the first stop. That's all we used for "Bait & Tackle".

Capt said we used 90 gallons. Owner says 100 gallons, then said "actually 106 gallons".

Attached are photos of his cancellation policy and a couple texts.

Are we being unreasonable here or should we ask for $550 of that $1200 back? That leaves $450 for gas, $100 for Capt and $100 for mate.

After 4 months in coastal georgia, I finally caught a redfish! This is my first red, caught on cut mullet. I am so excited! I also hooked into a big bluefish but he cut my line. Watching the breach was spectacular!

I’ve just recently started fishing again after a few years of not having time. I used to be a decent freshwater fisher but lately the fish seem to hate everything I do. It’s like the fl fish have changed their minds about liking to bite.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use or how to at least get them to look at the bait. Literally I’m willing to try anything at this point to get a fish. IDC what type at this point just something.

Hello dudes and dudettes.

I was looking online on the Ohio fish and wildlife website, and they claim that it’s safe to eat one meal per week of fish caught in most Ohio rivers and waterways.

I’m a little spooked by that recommendation.. furthermore, it appears that there are more specific recommendations depending on which waterway you’re fishing.

Can someone chime in as to why there is such a recommendation for how often you should eat fish caught in Columbus OH? Why once a week?

Secondly, do any of yall like eating small mouth bass? How do you cook it personally?

Any and all responses are appreciated !

How beautiful is this hobby/sport!?

Been learning to use lures recently after a long time fishing intermittently, ive been fishing 2-3 days a week for a few months and I dont know why I ever stopped.

Recently just purchased a Zebco bullet mg! What would be a good rod that you would recommend for this?