Conference wahoo::fishing

	It sounds like you got a good start to the season Jim!
	What were you using for bait?

	-GJK

Well, ahhhhhhh, old Mr. Worm fished off the bottom.  I also understand the 
Pickerel are active in the Assabet River, as it courses through Stow (MA).
I haven't any further stocking reports but things will pick up quickly now
that the ice is really out.

jim

< Note 4.2 by NETMAN::DUNLAP >




Well, ahhhhhhh, old Mr. Worm fished off the bottom.  I also understand the 
Pickerel are active in the Assabet River, as it courses through Stow (MA).
I haven't any further stocking reports but things will pick up quickly now
that the ice is really out.

jim

    THOUGHT I WOULD SCRATCH A NOTE TO SEE IF ANYONE USES CORN FOR RAINBOWS?
    LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES FROM OTTAWA WE HAVE A LAKE WE CALL NO-NAME
    TO PROTECT THE OVER CURIOUS.THE LAKE IS POLLUTED WITH RAINBOWS
    AVERAGING 4-7 LBS MUCH DO TO THE FACT THAT IT IS AN HOUR AND A HALF
    WALK (NO EXAGERATION) TO GET THERE.
    WE BRING GREEN GIANT CORN NIBLETS AND WORMS.STILL FISHING IN 30
    FEET OF WATER SEEMS TO BRING THE BEST RESULTS.CHUM THE WATER WITH
    ABOUT HALF A CAN OF CORN AND PLACE A COUPLE OF NIBLETS AND A WORM
    ON A # 8 BEAK HOOK (VERY SMALL) AND WAIT.
    THIS LONG WEEKEND 3 OF US CAUGHT 15 RAINBOWS,THE SMALLEST WAS 3.5
    LBS AND THE LARGER WAS 7.5 LBS WITH A LARGE KIPE TO BOOT.
    IF THE RAINBOWS ARE HATCHERY SUPPLIED THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN FED
    CORN OR LIVER PELLETS FOR FOOD.EACH FISH HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED NIBLETS
    IN THEM WHEN THEY WERE CLEANED.
    
    TRY THIS  METHOD FOR SOMETHING RADICALLLY DIFFERANT.
    WE TRIED IT BY CHANCE AND NOW IT IS ALL WE USE,WE TAKE ON AVERAGE
    4-6 FISH HOME EACH WEEKEND ON THIS METHOD.          
    
    GOOD LUCK
    
    SEAN FITZGERALD @KAO
    
    

    Re.5
      "It's illegal to chum in the US"  
    
    
    Did I miss the smiley face?
    
    Jeff

Sean,

    Nice fish!

    What's a 'kipe'?

    If you're fishing 30' of water does this mean you've got a boat or
canoe stashed away 'up there'?

    Is the walk a woods hike, foot path, old loging road or what?

    Do tell more (all) ..... I'm addicted to Trout fishing and there's
nothing makes a Monday morning better than a GOOD fish story!

                            Joe Whittemore - From where the Westfield
                                                  Meets the Westfield
                                                     By the Westfield
                                                         In Huntington (MA)

    
    What's chum(ming)..verb?....I think it might refer to throwing in
    samples of hookbait as an attractor?..(we'd call it groundbaiting), is
    that right?
    
    		Simon

    Re .9
    
      Mass. for starters, I believe allows chumming. 
    
    Jeff  

    Just ratholing a bit more..
    
    Chumming and sweetcorn, is used extensively over here for other
    species, and probably for trout in and "any method" fishery.
    
    I know that over the pond, carp are not held in quite the same esteem
    (!) as over here, but sweetcorn can be deadly, they become totally
    pre-occupied with the particles, and won't touch anything else. This is
    best exploited in waters where they are seldom fished for, since no-one
    else will be using that bait (almost guaranteed in the U.S?), you'll
    stand a better than average chance. If you can see them, you can catch
    them!
    
    		Simon

    A kipe is the hooked lower jaw that extends upward during the mating
    season,much like the sockeye salmon.
    yes we did drag a small boat over land and hid it in the bush along
    with our cooler,tent,and meager supplies. 
    I went there again last week for some full moon fishing.I only had
    one strike and lost the fish when it became entangled in the anchor
    rope,it looked to be like the rest (about 4-5 lbs)
    LOTS of fish jumping and swimming at the surface but little action.
    Hope to try this weekend coming.
    
    FITZ

    I refer to chumming only as scattering a handfull of corn overboard
    I then use 1-2 pieces of corn AND a worm for bait.Each fish we caught
    was jammed full of corn.
    As for the path in,1/4 of the way in is just an overgrown path.The
    rest of the trail consists of a couple of extremly long and tedious
    hills (its easier on the way out)actual distance is 7 km's.I have
    seen the odd quadrunner in there but they would have a longer drive
    as half the way in is on private land and then meets with crown
    land about 1 mile from the lake.We have an understanding with the
    landowner that we do not bring in dozens of people or advertise
    the location etc.
    
    FITZ

    THE reason why all the fish you we're catching we're full to
    the brim with corn was that they dont digest it?, some fish 
    die because they're so full of corn, and cant fit no nutricous
    food in they're stomoch. so make a note. when you see these 3.5 to
    7 pounders floating up to the top, take a look into the belly,, i'm not
    knocking fishing with corn i do so myself, but i do know I dont chum
    with it because it can be hazerdous to the environment i enjoy the
    most.
    other than my 2$$
    i havent picked up any trout since ice out? glad to hear someone is.
    
    				Ronni

    IT'S TROUT SEASON!!!
    
    I'M A FISHING FANATIC.
    A FRIEND AND I WENT FISHING AT WALDEN POND LAST THURSDAY,3/21/91
    I MANANAGED TO CATCH A NICE FAT BROWN, AROUND 15".
    I GOT HIM WITH A GREEN ALS GOLDFISH.
    ALSO USING THE OLD FASHON MARSHMELLOW AND SALMON EGGS
    I GOT A 12" RAINBOW.
    MY FRIEND GOT ONE ON HIS LINE BUT IT GOT AWAY BEFORE HE COULD
    LAND HIM.
    OTHER PEOPLE WERE CATCHING FISH AROUND US SO THERES STILL
    PLENTY FOR THE CATCHING.
    I HOPE THIS NOTE IS HELPFULL IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A TROUT POND
    AND IF YOU DONT KNOW THE LOCATION. REPLY AND I WILL PRINT IT.
    
                                                       S.C.T.

    Last Sunday I was fishing at a local lake (in the rain I might add).
    I was using a 1/4oz kastmaster and on my third cast I hooked up.
    I knew it was a big fish but until I saw it roll I didn't know how big.
    When I finally saw it I about messed my pants. With the help of my
    buddy we managed to land this thing without a net. It was a rainbow and
    weighed 9 1/2lbs and was 27" long. I got it on 4lb test I might add.
    My largest previous rainbow was around 5lbs and I thought that was big.
    This Saturday I was fishing at a creek about 2 hours north of the bay
    area and caught 2 rainbows both of which were over 3 lbs. After a week
    like that I guess it may be time to hang up the rod and reel for a
    while. I'm not sure what I could do for an encore.

    re;14 nice catch. I picked up a small brown and lost one from my
    ignorance, i was in front of some brush and figured i could walk
    that over 10 ft to the beach/sand, well needless to say, i made it 
    about 5ft before it spit my lure back to me. well atleast i didnt
    loose the first one i hooked up with..
    
    		tightlines
    			  Gillraker

    re.14
    
    Was that Irvine lake, or Santa Ana river lakes?  I am in Georgia, and
    used to fish in So. Cal., when I lived out there.  You want some killer
    trout fishing, rent a boat and go fish lake Arrowhead with two pound
    line with one pound leader.  You hook up with a 3-4 pound native there
    and you ain't seen nothing yet, Katie bar the door!!!!
    If it was an Irvine lake trout, did it still have the full tail in
    back, or was it half missing and shredded?  Regardless of where you
    caught it, that was a LUNKER trout!  How much is it going to cost to
    get it mounted?  What creek north of the bay area are you fishing?
    
    Do you ever go fishing in the Eastern Sierras?  I love lake Sabrina,
    and Convict lake, especially where the creek feeds into Convict lake.
    
    Bob"Sierras on my mind" Harris