It's time I learned how to fish.

[Irving]

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




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.



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.


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.

[Dr_Fwd]

Awesome! I bet it was fun!

[SideShow Bob]

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

[Irving]

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.

[hatidua]

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

[Irving]

Good post, thank you.

[Irving]

Thank you. You don't have to be near where a stream is coming into the lake/pond or anything like that though?

[DEAGLER]

Thank you. You don't have to be near where a stream is coming into the lake/pond or anything like that though?

Never fished where a stream runs into a pond or lake. Shrimp gives off a strong scent. Catfish loves it!

[Wulf202]

I was jogging at crown hill park this morning, there were several bass splashing about and bunches of frogs around.

You should have good luck if you like to bass fish around the reeds with a frog setup.

[GilpinGuy]

I was jogging at crown hill park this morning, there were several bass splashing about and bunches of frogs around.

You should have good luck if you like to bass fish around the reeds with a frog setup.

Back in NY we pretty much fished for Bass only. We used rubber worms almost 100% of the time and they worked great.

I miss the old days of Bass fishing. I'd love to know of some good spots in CO. I'm basically a trout guy now since I'm in the hills 99% of the time.