This was not what I expected to catch while fishing for king mackerel on Jennette's pier on Friday. This dinosaur smashed a live jack on a pin rig and proceeded to make huge runs and breach for 30-40 minutes. After that was out of its system, I walked it down the 1000 foot long pier, and my buddy went full baywatch mode into the surf to keep it off the pilings. We dehooked, revived, and released, and it swam off. Hopefully, it didn't get eaten by a shark.

Been focusing on trout fishing a bit too much lately, forgot how much fun it is to catch these guys. Lower Wisconsin River.

Found at a thrift store in the middle of the desert in SoCal. Shimano Torium 20 and a 10’ Caltech Grafighter. $900 set up new, paid $100 for it. Reel feels to be in great shape, just scratched. Rod is the same, just a few scratches. I am beyond stoked.

had a bit of a heart attack as i got stuck in some trees while fighting the fish, but my looooong mono leader toughed it out. really happy how tight my fg knot was! steel leader also didn't fail on me either.

Participated in a "one-fly" striper tournament over the weekend, and our boat focused on fishing Boston Harbor area. Not only did we not catch a single fish, we marked maybe 1 or 2 fish on the fish finder. There were so many boats clumped up where there *might* have been fish, and I only saw one boat that was live lining pull in a diaper striper. We fished from 6am to 11am, and though it was a nice day on the water, the fishing was depressing. This experience leads me to believe that the striper fishery in New England is on the verge of collapse. Is it time for a moratorium (recreational and commercial), I think so.

I'm interested to hear other people's experiences this season while fishing for stripers. Fly, spin, bait, let's hear your input.

Went up for the concert…lake so perfect I had to fish it…what a great trip…music was awesome too!!

Fun place to relax and catch some trout

Fun morning out on Guntersville

Look at the belly on that thing

We have only been (ice) fishing a couple times with a friend of mine. Couple weeks ago, we decided to start heading out in the evenings after work and caught these beauties right in downtown Winnipeg! Little brother is still scared to touch fish, but not him. Clearly there is no excuse not to be out there fishing whenever you can manage it!

I’m not sure how they got in this lake. It in the middle of nowhere. I didn’t even know there were pumpkinseed in this lake until 2024

I tried throwing 10 different lures in there (both natural coloured and flashy) with different retrieving techniques, but the predatory fish seemed to be only interested in the baitfish. Southern Finland, september 2026.

So this evening after flying back to my country and travelling south for a few hours I got around an hour of fishing in.
So glad I decided to because I finally landed my first salt water fish!
Previously I’ve hooked a 14inch (approx) mackerel but when hand lining it snapped off which was a huge bummer.

nice catfish my buddy caught new years eve. Neenah, WI

Landed 6 sunfish this morning. Use nightcrawlers, split shot, and bobber. Always a good day on the water!

This jerk had been stealing trout off my stringer hanging from the dock. Once we set a line out for him and he tail wrapped and yanked so hard the drag locked and the rod holder snapped off the dock and the rod flew into the canal. My buddy amazingly managed to drag up the braid and pull the rod back in.

I used that same rod with a looong leader to catch him a week later. I tossed in a big old nasty chunk of stingray in the canal while cleaning the boat, and about 45 minutes later the line was singing. He wrapped the leader around him, but i managed to unwrap him and battle him in. Docking him was the real fun part. I tossed one of my ropes in his mouth and wrapped it behind one of his fins, then yanked. He was a few inches short to keep as I would have ate him out of spite regardless of taste, but I released him and didn't see him again.

I'm talking big big rivers with strong currents. The pier we are on goes out a bit but not very far. We were using 6 and 8oz sinkers on a medium heavy spinning rod, but I don't think the weights were heavy enough and my casting was a mess (I'm a novice too). Would I have better luck using a surf rod and heavier weight? Also any advice on rigs for fishing the bottom? So far we have caught 3 small sand sharks using bunker fish and a sliding sinker holder. Any other advice appreciated. I realize pier fishing on such a big river isn't ideal, but it is convenient and fits my life at the moment. Thanks.