Author Topic: Fishing. It's great. any other goEMAW anglers out there? (Read 185402 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #1325 on:** July 22, 2019, 05:34:31 PM »

Quote from: Tobias on July 22, 2019, 04:23:14 PM

we actually brought all our own stuff (well, my brother and uncle mostly), so didn't really rent anything or whatever... sloane's the one with the ice cream and the random cigarette counter off by its own? we just stayed at a basic BLM camp site (upper right star, Golden Currant maybe?), would drop off boats at Gray Reef dam (lower left star), and then shuttle pickup vehicle back to Government Bridge or wherever we planned to take out that day. fishing wasn't great while we there and it was hot as hell and not generally fun so we cut that portion of the trip short after a few days and went back to saratoga (spent a few days there earlier in the trip on more 'family-friendly' stuff than fishing all day). much cooler, much more interesting floats, and fishing was better there (which sounds like it was maybe unusual). same deal there - just slept in tents at a campsite and shuttled back/forth.

Wow, we were literally in the exact same spot. Buffalo Berry campground where I stayed is 1 mile further down the dirt road from Golden Currant. I was there July 16-18 and there was a big Black RV parked in the Golden Currant campground my entire stay, was that your crew?

I got my WY fishing license and some ice cream at sloanes along with some cold brews.

Also got delayed leaving the campground by the dam cows on the road two different times!

KST8FAN · « **Reply #1326 on:** March 01, 2020, 01:32:32 PM »

#2's girlfriend and her dad hit opening weekend for trout.

Tom

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steve dave · « **Reply #1327 on:** March 01, 2020, 03:19:01 PM »

I’d do anything for a lunker trout award

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420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1328 on:** March 01, 2020, 03:52:04 PM »

ben ji · « **Reply #1329 on:** May 16, 2020, 06:01:16 PM »

Went fishing for the first time this year on a FISH program farm bond by baldwin city. Caught a couple small bass and this lunker.

ben ji · « **Reply #1330 on:** May 16, 2020, 06:02:32 PM »

@sys please identify these snakes I saw "wrestling/sexytiming" on the bank.

(No snakes were hurt)

ben ji · « **Reply #1331 on:** June 18, 2020, 10:17:16 PM »

Caught some wipers below the spillway at Hillsdale last weekend. Cleaned them and had fish sandwiches for lunch this week.

(Totally cheating though because I used Minnows)

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ben ji · « **Reply #1332 on:** June 18, 2020, 10:18:50 PM »

Has anyone else caught some LUNKERS this year?

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Cire · « **Reply #1333 on:** June 18, 2020, 10:33:04 PM »

3rd cast today

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420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1334 on:** June 18, 2020, 10:34:08 PM »

Beautiful

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Cire · « **Reply #1335 on:** June 18, 2020, 11:42:56 PM »

The other 57 casts didn’t produce crap

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steve dave · « **Reply #1336 on:** June 19, 2020, 06:58:04 AM »

Dudes/dudettes, I’m taking the fam out to Estes Park for a week of quarantine outdoors fun. Kids have never fished. I haven’t fished in about 15 years and that was for whatever liked worms and chicken livers on the Steve Dave ranch. I want to buy some gear so we don’t have to rent it and just have it. Going to Scheels today to get down on some. What do those trout out there like to eat when it comes to lures? Like, rooster tails probably? I’m not fly fishing even though I have one (1) credit hour of fly fishing experience from K-State (great course btw).

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420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1337 on:** June 19, 2020, 07:18:27 AM »

If you wanna cheat and get instant play, get salmon eggs and/or power bait. Works like a charm. Just put it on top of whatever loser lure you’re throwing out there.

8manpick · « **Reply #1338 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:52:58 AM »

Only kids 12 and under can use bait, at least in RMNP. Adults have to use artificial lures. Estes Park is beautiful, my brother and I used to fish out there a lot as kids.

steve dave · « **Reply #1339 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:57:03 AM »

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1340 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:57:23 AM »

There's some huge crawdads in that lake as well. They look like lobsters. Some are blue. I bet they'd have fun pulling up rocks and seeing those bad boys.

Katpappy · « **Reply #1341 on:** June 19, 2020, 12:49:18 PM »

Quote from: 420seriouscat69 on June 19, 2020, 08:57:23 AM

There's some huge crawdads in that lake as well. They look like lobsters. Some are blue. I bet they'd have fun pulling up rocks and seeing those bad boys.

You can cook them just like a lobster and they are very tasty.

ben ji · « **Reply #1342 on:** June 19, 2020, 05:22:45 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on June 19, 2020, 06:58:04 AM

Dudes/dudettes, I’m taking the fam out to Estes Park for a week of quarantine outdoors fun. Kids have never fished. I haven’t fished in about 15 years and that was for whatever liked worms and chicken livers on the Steve Dave ranch. I want to buy some gear so we don’t have to rent it and just have it. Going to Scheels today to get down on some. What do those trout out there like to eat when it comes to lures? Like, rooster tails probably? I’m not fly fishing even though I have one (1) credit hour of fly fishing experience from K-State (great course btw).

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Just get some basic spin cast rod/reel combo and some basic Rooster tails/spinners/roadrunners for lures. When you buy your fishing license at some hole in the wall place in Estes Park just ask the guy what he recommends and then buy some of those.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1343 on:** June 19, 2020, 05:44:13 PM »

Thinking about starting to go fishing more. Need to buy some gear first but where do the fish really bite in the KC area?

wetwillie · « **Reply #1344 on:** June 19, 2020, 06:34:55 PM »

Shawnee mission park has a nice stocked lake. Lake Olathe is a good option too.

ben ji · « **Reply #1345 on:** June 19, 2020, 06:51:02 PM »

Quote from: DaBigTrain on June 19, 2020, 05:44:13 PM

Thinking about starting to go fishing more. Need to buy some gear first but where do the fish really bite in the KC area?

Hillsdale is my go to "Big lake". Get some Minnows (pick em up at the 1 gas station in Hillsdale KS) and a step ladder and head to the spillway. Set up the step ladder so you can hang over the concrete wall (with a giant "keep off wall" sign) and cast your minnow down there under a bobber and reel in the fish.

There are also alot of fish in random business park ponds. This one is my favorite.

38.979765,-94.720698

wetwillie · « **Reply #1346 on:** June 19, 2020, 06:57:19 PM »

Hillsdale is good, lots of bank fishing options and spillway as well. I picked up a 10 foot kayak I can throw in the back of my SUV and it has made fishing Hillsdale a lot of fun. The spring crappie at Hillsdale was outstanding this year. Walleye is supposed to be great at Hillsdale too.

Cire · « **Reply #1347 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:04:59 PM »

My daughters 9 and 5 landed a 3 pound catfish by themselves while we were cleaning up dinner

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steve dave · « **Reply #1348 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:06:03 PM »

My daughter (age 4) told me whales probably have the biggest poops.

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steve dave · « **Reply #1349 on:** June 19, 2020, 08:31:30 PM »

went to scheels today and cruised by the fishing stuff section and, folks, I cannot deal with that selection. I would normally have told some kid working there where I was going and what I needed and paid for whatever he brought out to me but it was too busy.

can I just order this crap from cabelas or something? any advice on that? I need crap for 2 adults and 2 kids (ages 4 and 7)