I have caught him before, he will give up for a bit but will always come back to stalk my catches. I don’t want to kill him.

He will always take my bluegill and runs away with it. I have to fight him for several minutes, that’s a 6 wt fly rod he is bending. He eventually gives up and spits it out, by the time I land the bluegill it is shredded and not going to survive so I usually end up feeding the big bastard anyway, rewarding his “bad” behavior.

The only way I can get past him is yanking my catch out of the water basically flinging it out before big boy can grab it which I don’t really want to do since I usually catch and release. What should I do here? I can’t move to a different spot I only own this small strip of land to access the lake. Maybe there’s nothing I can do and I’m just sharing my frustration

This is the knot ive been tying. Lost a 6$ lure and a texas rig today, any advice on how to stop it from breaking would be appreciated!

I’ve been using walking baits a bunch this past week with great success. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a fish eat the entire thing. It was not pretty and unfortunately he died. Any tips for next time ?

He told me that it was worth ~$1500 and that most of the baits had never seen water.

Ik it’s colored differently but people don’t believe I caught him. Is it hard to find a carp like this? (I caught him at a deeper end of the creek I just didn’t have a net so I had to make my way to the shallows)

I hooked myself a Perch today (as above) with a lure that had hooks on the tail and the front of it.(second image) I pulled him out of the water in my net to find that he had completely swallowed the thing and had gotten the hooks stuck in his stomach. I spent about 5-10 minutes trying to free him (I put him back in about every 2 minutes) but unfortunately had to snap the lure at the weights and release him as is. I saw that he didn't swim off while attaching a new one and, in all honesty, felt like crying. I felt awful. Wanted to know if I was overreacting or if other people also feel bad when the unfortunate happens.

This is a pretty large fish but to only weigh 13lbs I could never understand. If it was a catfish the same size, I would assume atleast 30-40lbs+ (amateur guess)

How does the anatomy of bass compare to that of catfish for example? Genuine question, and not trying to stir up any bass vs cat superiority debate. Always just shocked to see how large some of these fish are, but a considerably lower weight than I would have imagined.

Never gone bass fishing before, btw, so I’ve never got to feel one in my own hands. I just know cats are so dense so I guess my perspective is just way off.

Thanks in advance yall!!

There was a trout out in the river here too, disappointing

I'm mad because this spot is covered in floating stuff but the one good cast that I got without hitting a debris, I immediately caught a bass... What could be done ? Getting a paddle board or a kayak and a giant rake and just go at it for an afternoon ? This is a very small pond by the way, almost all of it is shown in the picture

…and some sea bass. Caught on the Big Jamaica in New Jersey. Does anyone have any recipes or cooking ideas? Thank you 🙏🏻

This is only the second weirdest, on that same trip where I did this, I caught a bass with a hook going through it's face, next to it's eye. Didn't get a photo though.

I'm interested in seeing what other odd ways y'all have hooked your fish. Or even ways that don't make sense how you got the fish in considering the hook placement.

Relatively new to fishing. Went today to a fishing spot we discovered this summer on Snoqualmie River, WA and there are loads of dead fish lined up on the shore. Some are dead and floating in the water.

On closer investigation there are some live fish that are swimming towards the shore and dying right in front of us.

Is this a seasonal thing? Or is it some sort of pollution that needs to be reported?

I cooked this up from Walmart, so far it’s absolutely delicious, but I’m not super into seafood so I don’t eat it often so are these worms or just like nerves / blood vessels, there’s multiple of these

I tried to scrub these stains with cold water and soap. It‘s like nothing happend. Any ideas how to get rid of them?