Fishing gear recommendations

• Enforcer

  

  Tiernan;1663393 wrote:Learn how to use a tube knot & slip bobber when fishing live minnows for Crappie.

  
  I know now the slip bobber but never heard of the tube knot and I've fished in some very big Ohio Crappie tournaments
• justincredible

  

  Box number two came today, this one from mystery tackle box. Again, only $5 for this first box.
  
  
• salto

  

  justincredible;1663534 wrote:Box number two came today, this one from mystery tackle box. Again, only $5 for this first box.

  I think quickly you'll have a bunch of shit that's never used. You are getting a lot of artificial worms and random hooks.
  
  I suppose it's a start but wutever.
• justincredible

  

  I don't think I can complain for $5. I won't be renewing the subscriptions at $15.
• thavoice

  I second using a live minnow for crappies. Have never used anything like you showed. Only fake stuff for crappies we use would be a jig with a wax worm.
• justincredible

  

  What do you guys use for catfish? I found a decent spot on the Little Miami river this weekend and saw a few catfish swimming around along the shore.
• justincredible

  

  I believe I used chicken livers back in the day.
• thavoice

  justincredible;1663561 wrote:What do you guys use for catfish? I found a decent spot on the Little Miami river this weekend and saw a few catfish swimming around along the shore.

  Big ole nightcrawler does the trick.
• Enforcer

  

  thavoice;1663549 wrote:I second using a live minnow for crappies. Have never used anything like you showed. Only fake stuff for crappies we use would be a jig with a wax worm.

  I've used a lot of Roadrunners and Big Joshy swim baits for Crappie
• salto

  

  justincredible;1663562 wrote:I believe I used chicken livers back in the day.

  Stinky chicken liver that's been cooking in the sun all day.
• Enforcer

  

  thavoice;1663566 wrote:Big ole nightcrawler does the trick.

  
  I dont use use anything but fresh cut Bluegill
• Tiernan

  Enforcer;1663464 wrote:I know now the slip bobber but never heard of the tube knot and I've fished in some very big Ohio Crappie tournaments

  you can't use a slip bobber without a tube knot to stop the bobber at the depth you want the line to slide to. They come pre-tied on a small tube. You thread your line thru the tube then slide the knot off. Sometimes guys will put a small plastic bead ahead of the bobber but under the knot. I can fish 20' depth with a jig / minnow and slip bobber.
• Enforcer

  

  Tiernan;1663573 wrote:you can't use a slip bobber without a tube knot to stop the bobber at the depth you want the line to slide to. They come pre-tied on a small tube. You thread your line thru the tube then slide the knot off. Sometimes guys will put a small plastic bead ahead of the bobber but under the knot. I can fish 20' depth with a jig / minnow and slip bobber.

  ive never ever heard it called that, I just say bobber stop
• Tiernan

  One of my favorite ways to use a slip bobber is fishing for mangrove snapper in FL. These fish will suspend at different depths just outside the mangrove roots. The slip bobber allows me to adjust the depth of a live shrimp until I find where they are biting.
• Enforcer

  

  So what was Everyone's big fish for the 2014 fishing season?? Mine was a FlatHead that weighed in just under 61 lbs caught from the Muskingum River
• justincredible

  

  Certainly nothing impressive, but it was the first fish I had caught in about a decade.
  
  
• Enforcer

  

  justincredible;1664365 wrote:Certainly nothing impressive, but it was the first fish I had caught in about a decade.
  
  

  a little pike or Muskie?? I would give anything to catch one of those , they are the top fish on My bucket list, never caught a Pike or Muskie
• justincredible

  

  Northern Pike
• justincredible

  

  Caught it in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota.
• Enforcer

  

  justincredible;1664369 wrote:Caught it in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota.

  
  Thats is always been a dream of mine to fish there and in Canada
• justincredible

  

  Enforcer;1664375 wrote:Thats is always been a dream of mine to fish there and in Canada

  The Boundary Waters is a fantastic place. I'm going back next September on either a solo trip or with my father-in-law. It probably won't end up as a yearly destination for me, but I will try to go every 2 or 3 years for sure.
• Enforcer

  

  Is it an expensive place to go??
• justincredible

  

  It depends on how much gear you need to rent.
• Enforcer

  

  Can You take Your own gear or do You have to rent their stuff
• justincredible

  

  The only thing you have to buy is a permit to enter the wilderness. I think it's like $9 a person.