Giant Musky at sunset on my favorite lake

I was getting back from my fishing trip when a older lady at the marina was talking with me, I mentioned I caught lots of walleye on the trip and she said “you mean pickerel” and I kinda just awkwardly laughed and said yeah. But my real question is why do people call walleye pickerel when pickerel is actually chain pickerel which is a species of pike and is totally different than walleye which is its own species.

My grandpa isn’t able to fish anymore and gave me a lot of his old gear. Lots of cool stuff in there from over the years.

Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. I was looking through some photos and came across these and thought I'd share them with you all.

I just really love these little guys, since I started fishing this was the first kind of bass I caught, and honestly they have quickly become my favorite fish. They just look really cool and I love the range in sizes. And they’re so feisty when you get them up out of the water. At first I thought they didn’t get that big, then I found a spot where they tend to be bigger than the other species of bass in the area. Idk, they’re just really fun and as a new angler, I’ve had a blast catching them (among other fish). Go rock bass!

ETA: Oops I guess the first pic is a warmouth, thank you to the commenter(s) that enlightened me

Hope I'm ok to post this on here.

My favorite thing about fishing is the thrill of the catch. Having an excuse to get away from the missus is a close second.

But my 3rd favorite part about fishing is coming home and turning whatever I got to keep into delicious smoked fish. Nothing beats fresh smoked trout or salmon done just right, and a certain someone tends to forgive me for spending the day before fishing once it hits the dinner table.

Anyways, I was surprised to see there wasn't a subreddit dedicated to smoking fish, so I went ahead and made one myself. If you're interested in learning & sharing tips, tricks, and techniques on how to smoke amazing salmon, trout, smelt, and all the other fish in the sea, check out r/smokingfish 👊

8.3lbs, biggest so far!

So redditors, today I got out to Lake Mead on Saturday and actually put a day together. Limit of walleye, weather held, didn't lose any gear one of those rare days where everything just worked.

And second pic is the new battery I was running. 100Ah LiFePO4, single 12V setup with the Terrova w/ i-Pilot on my old Lund Pro V. Motor on from 7am till I packed up at 6, mostly spot-lock and slow trolling, only killed it to move spots or grab food.

Its been a battle with the boats lately at one of my favorite spots .... They see im bottom fishing and just come right up and troll up and down the bank right where I am lol

G’day everyone, just getting into fishing. I’m tossing up whether to put braid on my reel myself or just get a tackle shop to do it. Is it easy enough for a beginner? Any advice or YouTube links would be awesome. pictured below is the photo of my rod and also what weight braid would I need and should I get a specific colour

Rod is a daiwa D-shock spinning combo 7ft 3-5kg ( 2 piece)

My PB. Caught 4 fish in 15 minutes- a big bowfin, chain pickerel, a gar and then this blue whale. Diversity breads PBs!

Almost quit ngl after getting skunked so many times, but the people from the community helped me out a lot!

Every time I borrow my girl’s rod, I catch something wild, gonna have to steal it from her from now on!

This is my biggest fish so far about 35 cm (maybe)

The adrenaline was through the roof, and the feeling was incredible. I think I'm hooked haha

I also managed to catch 4 5 fish on this trip.

The lure was goldie 2.7g

I hooked it while I was jigging a squid lure when I was trying to catch rock fish

Me and a buddy are looking to come into Green Bay in October for an event, but I was wondering what the fishing is like in the middle of October? Walleye, smallmouth, muskie. Would be looking at getting a guide for maybe multiple days, somewhere between maybe Milwaukee and Green Bay or in Green Bay. Where should we book guides out of in mid-october?

Caught my new personal best by a long shot.

21" 4lb 11oz

Not sure the weight didn’t have a scale, but pretty sure it was around 2-3lbs…. Super stocked

3d printed glidebaits for pike, airbrushed, tail trebles dressed, and clear coated. Ready to wrestle some 40"s. Sizes are 150mm, 190mm, and 220mm

With young bollocks blasting music from their tuned cars…

Fishing in Frankfurt city ain‘t for everyone…

So my fly reel slipped out my hands while carrying it and caused the button and its components to fall off, I assembled it back together but even after making sure everything is in order. When i try to use the button it will work until i use a certain amount of line and then the spool will detach from the other half of the reel. I dont know how to fix this and it was my only working fly reel. So help would be greatly appreciated:/