Official TOO Catch Thread

[Creamer]

I like to push the boundaries on what is truly fly fishing. I have seen "fly rod spinnerbaits" before in a book, but I wanted to take a different run at it. I used some different materials and constructed the "fly" differently.

It's been pretty productive on the river crappies.

Saturday, a friend and I hit a small stream for smallmouth. The bite was really slow, fish were deep and not real aggressive. I caught a few but it was far from a banner day. I caught all of mine on a purple crayfish fly I tie.

 

[OhioWhiteTails]

Nice work, love the concept!

 

[MoonLab]

Awesome

 

[Creamer]

I took a day trip to WV yesterday. That meant a 2:30AM alarm, on the road by 3AM, drove through nasty rain 90% of the way, and was on the water fishing before 7AM. I fished until about 5PM and drove home. It makes for a long day but I can cram a lot of fishing into one day if I get started early enough.

I snuck up to a big rock like a ninja and dropped my dry fly into the side current. This brookie ate 6' from my face.

I mostly fish the small streams for the wild fish, but there's a larger stocked river with a C&R only stretch where I like to fish big meat flies looking for a bigger bite. I had a tank rainbow chase and nip at a large streamer twice, never got the hook. My consolation prize was my first ever tiger trout. They are a brown/brook trout hybrid.

 

[Buckmaster]

I fished some PA trout this past weekend. Water was high. We managed 7 and the big one broke my 4# test.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Went stripped bass fishing today at Fortescue beach. Horseshoe crabs are starting to move in...once they get here in force, fishing is over. They will F with your bait and tangle your lines. Black gnats were so thick as the day wore on that they forced me to retreat....literally thousands of them swarming around me. Might go white perch fishing tomorrow on the Mullica river...no gnats there. This time next week I’ll be in Potter county Pennsylvania doing a little trout fishing and drinking at night around a camp fire.

 

[giles]

Looks like retirement sucks....

 

["J"]

Looks like retirement sucks....

It’s not for the faint of heart

 

[Sgt Fury]

Went surf fishing today at Cape May Point. Nothing caught. Now I know how Dustin feels. Took a pic of the ferry’s that run people/cars between Lewes, Delaware and Cape May, NJ across the Delaware bay. Last pic is of the concrete ship...it was built during world war 1 but quickly sank during its maiden voyage...or so I’m told.

 

[Sgt Fury]

SS Atlantus - Wikipedia

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["J"]

SS Atlantus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The more you know….. Didn’t know a concrete ship existed, before today….

 

[Bigcountry40]

Took a trip up to Sandusky last to fish the shore line

 

[GoetzTalon]

Reminds me of back when we fished for bullheads and kept them in the cooler with the beer.

 

[Big H]

Went to a buddy’s pond and caught a mess of crappies and put them in another friend's pond. Caught them all on ultra lite gear.

 

[giles]

Went to a buddy’s pond and caught a mess of crappies and put them in another friend's pond. Caught them all on ultra lite gear.

I recon its about time I start thinking about that.

 

[GoetzTalon]

Lake la su Ann wildlife area opened up for fishing this past weekend.

 

["J"]

https://www.tiktok.com/@jarrodheath...2443766720005&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0

 

[GoetzTalon]

 

[Buckmaster]

I fished our club pond Sunday in the rain. Not a soul in sight thus I had the place to myself. Caught 20 bluegill all C&R. No other way to spend time at camp on a rainy day fishing. Got soaked undies as my reward.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Myself and a couple of friends are up at a buddies camp in potter county Pennsylvania and did some trout fishing in the afternoon. Got my limit and my buddy Vince got a real nice one. I lost a huge brook trout a foot from the bank!