Fishing gear recommendations

• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Moving to Columbus soon. Any fishing suggestions in the area?
• Tiernan

  Scioto and Olentangy for smallmouth bass, Alum Creek Reservoir for crappie, largemouth and small Muskies, Hoover Reservoir for saugeye, crappie & channel cats...all good Central Ohio fishing locations.
• salto

  

  All (somewhat) near Central Ohio and have some type of striped beasts!
  
  Kiser Lake*, Deer Creek, East Fork, Brookville, Charles Mill, Buckeye & Seneca.
  
  *Supposedly Kiser is only stocked with male stripers but theirs a hell of a lot in there.
  
  A link for stripers in all of Ohio.
  http://www.stripers247.com/ohio-striper-fishing.php
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  Thanks guys. Can't wait to go fishing and camping in the spring.
• Enforcer

  

  If Your ever up neat Deleware Lake hit it up world class for Crappie
• Enforcer

  

  Be sure to check Walmart in the next month or so, their stuff should be hitting clearance
• justincredible

  

  Took my new rig out to Miami Whitewater Forest yesterday for a few hours. I didn't catch much, but that reel is very nice.
• Enforcer

  

  justincredible;1661935 wrote:Took my new rig out to Miami Whitewater Forest yesterday for a few hours. I didn't catch much, but that reel is very nice.

  
  Never heard of it
• salto

  

  justincredible;1661935 wrote:Took my new rig out to Miami Whitewater Forest yesterday for a few hours. I didn't catch much, but that reel is very nice.

  Looks like a nice park. Pretty cool website (you probably already have it linked but in case not)
  
  http://greatparks.org/
  
  
  *Justin my next recommendation is getting a 6.6 foot length rod. Plus pick up a couple RatL trap lures. Guarantee a longer rod and those lures you'll have a blast casting halfway across the lake.
  
  Fishing is fun and so is shopping for the tackle!
• justincredible

  

  Enforcer;1662129 wrote:Never heard of it

  It is part of the Hamilton County parks system. Not great for fishing from the shore, I need a damn boat.
• salto

  

  justincredible;1662132 wrote:It is part of the Hamilton County parks system. Not great for fishing from the shore, I need a damn boat.

  You need to be able to cast farther. (lol)
  
  A $75 6'6 foot bionic blade fishing rod is a lot cheaper than a boat.
• Enforcer

  

  What kind of fish did You end up catching??
• justincredible

  

  A very small crappie.
• Uz2Bon36

  

  justincredible;1662261 wrote:A very small crappie.

  Crappie fishing is fun. What pound test of line are you using and what were you fishing with? Artificial or live?
• justincredible

  

  I have 6 pound test on the Sienna reel. I caught that guy with a 2" Storm Wildeye.
  
  
• Uz2Bon36

  

  Have you tried crappie fishing with live minnows? imo- live minnows work best.
• justincredible

  

  Uz2Bon36;1662361 wrote:Have you tried crappie fishing with live minnows? imo- live minnows work best.

  I haven't.
  
  Weather looks decent tomorrow and my wife has to work all day so I'm heading out and looking for some fishing spots within a short drive of our house.
• justincredible

  

  Got my first of three monthly tackle box subscriptions. All this was only $5, though it's $15 normally.
  
  
• salto

  

  Not bad for ya so far considering that one lure (Snatch 70x) is like $6.00 by itself.
• salto

  

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• salto

  

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• Enforcer

  

  justincredible;1662402 wrote:Got my first of three monthly tackle box subscriptions. All this was only $5, though it's $15 normally.
  
  

  What is this stuff??
• justincredible

  

  That stuff came from luckytacklebox.com.
• salto

  

  Uz2Bon36;1662361 wrote:Have you tried crappie fishing with live minnows? imo- live minnows work best.

  I agree.
  
  With this cool weather it's a great time to crappy fish but man-up and get some minnows. You don't have to thank me but once you're catching a fish every cast it'll be more fun.
  Turn your drag down too.
• Tiernan

  Learn how to use a tube knot & slip bobber when fishing live minnows for Crappie.