Great Scene Yesterday…Common Loons Feeding in the Fog….3/6/2026
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Drop shot
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How many people on here love to fish bluegills and other panfish with a drop shot rig?
Started this discussion. Last reply by mike needles Mar 21, 2015.
shad
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does anybody have a good shad rig? a good description would be good but a pic is always better. the shad are really thick in a pond i fish and the only way my buddies and i were able to land them was…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by SeaRay Mar 3, 2011.
hot dogs or corn?
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has anyone heard of people using pieces of hot dogs or corn as bait? i've heard of it but never tried it.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Chrzanowski Mar 8, 2011.
crickets
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up here in DE our main live bait for gills is night crawlers. i experimented with crickets earlier in the year and caught a few fish but know i could have done better. any advice would be appreciated…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom Beauchamp Jun 19, 2010.
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Started At Night …..3/6/2026
"This was my first herring drop ………had the pole in a holder and the stripers…"
Started At Night …..3/6/2026
"It was a good time, I used to fish at night in Louisiana and South Carolina to beat the…"
Cookie Cutter….20 Pound Class Blue…..3/6/2026
"Thanks John….only caught one of the blue cats on live blueback herring….the rest were…"
Started At Night …..3/6/2026
Fog bank around us, couldn’t see fifty feet but the stripers were chewing under the bright moon…..
"Visiting family in South Carolina…beautiful day on the lake with some big stripers and blue catfish…..what a crazy six hours we had…"
Low Water For Today’s Fishing Trip..2/28/2026
Never the best conditions when the water is dropping a half of foot overnight, throw in muddy, cold…
Ice Breakers for 2026…2/28/2026
Thought it was too early for shallow crappie and fished three canals and a creek that typically…
"Got out today to try for a bit, still cold and dirty water…..highest surface temperature was 46.6 degrees…..avoided a skunk ….."
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
"I can understand perfectly with the amount of huge Fish you catch that it pays to buy in Bulk!"
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
"Well John my preference is the pegged styrofoam so many get dinged up, line cut…"
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
My favorite size for panfish….1.25 peg pears and 1.25 peg little brothers (bottom)….rigged up six…
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Mike...nice pics of you and the kids! You know, Records pond and Trap pond have a pretty good population of red ear sunfish...some biggies, too!
It is probably not too late to get bass and panfish there...maybe a sleeper for 10 inch plus redears.
Good luck!
Glad to have you here.