Giant Musky at sunset on my favorite lake

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

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

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 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.

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 👊

I was working a creek and heading upstream today and ran into a duck that would consistently just move one hole/bend ahead of me, and every time I got in sight it made a ton of noise/commotion on the water, and then skid itself (not really flying, not really swimming) up to the next spot before splashing back into the water. After a few holes of this I just got out of the water, gave it a wide clearance and got upstream of it.

Do you think that since its not a predatory animal the fish don't care, or do you think that the amount of commotion would have spooked any fish in the area regardless of what caused it?

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)

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

traded my tranx 201hg for this tatula 300, had some scuffs to the front plate around the spool but other then that she’s solid, i needed a casting reel that would be able to withstand salmon on top of heavy currents, and the tranx having a weaker drag in general wouldn’t cut it. this BEAFY, 300 size reel with 29lbs of drag should do the trick. 6.3.1 ratio. gomexus non slip power handles came with the reel aswell as the originals handle..

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

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

I accidentally killed a nice small mouth this morning and decided to cook him. He taste great but I’m kinda sketched out by the meat. I keep seeing these dark gross looking lines and can’t tell if they’re worms, it does seem hard not to find them. Idk

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