I've wanted to give this lake a try, but the weather seems to have put all the fish to sleep. Heard depth and weather influences fish like Bass and Pike quite a bit too.

Where should I be looking to cast on this lake? Should I prioritize the deepwater or should I stay attached to bridges and weed edges?

Edit- we get the flash flood warnings all the time and the bank is high enough im not concerned. This post was more to say is there any chance of catching anything in the dark brown and debris filled river.

Showed up at one of my favorite underpass creeks and now theres a flash flood warning. Tried a to throw a spinner for a bit and it just keeps getting swept downstream. I was casting at the eddies and the slow moving spots, but it's just too crazy and dirty.

My odds are shot now right?

I have this gun oil I use for my knives, I was wondering if I could use it to lubricate my spinning reel

When we cast the line it spools off kinda loose so then when we reel the line back in sometimes it doesn’t spool back on the right way and ends up like this. Any suggestions?????

I hold the line exactly as shown in the example image down here but whenever I cast, the line flicks on my finger and I feel a sharp pull.

Even though I try to hold as lightly and release within good "time window".

The problem became more apparent when I was fishing out a whole week in the sea waters and used heavier lures. Eventually got a cut during final castings.
Can you give me tips how to overcome this issue?

I have been fishing on and off for years and I have never caught a fish… I have tried everything. From bait to lures to sizes of hooks even different fishing techniques.

I boat an inflatable boat this year and have been out a few times still no luck.

Any advice?

Exactly what the title asks
what is this black piece of rubber on my swim jig??

if it helps this jig has a rattler on the bottom side of it.

Recently won an online auction for some fishing gear. Included some tackle as well. I suspect the original owner was primarily targeting trout. How well will any of this work for bass? I'm located in South Carolina so I'm primarily targeting bass and occasionally bluegill or other small fish.

Auction win also came with a few top-water frogs as well but I'm aware of using them for bass.

Thanks for any help!

Edit: This is a small sample of the tackle. There are a lot of repeats (for example probably 6-8 rooster tails and plenty of other duplicates)

I live in south Texas and haven't been fishing in a long time

I grew up fishing cat fish in a family pond and even as soon as a last year. Went flounder gigging When I was 8. I'm not around family all the time and I want to go fishing year around instead of holidays.

Now, I want to get into it better and the nearest fishing spot is a salt water piere into gulf of Mexico

I don't know anything about salt water fishing or anything about salt water fish

I'd assume I'm supposed to start catching bass.

I need to get a new pole apparently my old pole is missing a tip and is 20 years old with no line.

Any beginner resources I can read to learn? What about the poles? I think I may have forgotten how to filet one too.

Basically, I'm still getting my equipment in order. I honestly don't really know how big these fish will typically be, but I'm intending on catching them to eat.

I've seen a lot of advice about ikejime, which I'm planning on learning and practicing, but like... if I need a cooler for bleeding fish, another for transport, a bucket for live bait, theoretically something to store drinks/snacks - at some point, it starts to be a lot.

I'm okay with doing a bit of setup. Ideally I'd like everything to fit in a collapsible wagon - I've had one for awhile and have already set it up with some pole holders.

Any advice?

This is all i got for this to work maybe. But is this rigged fine

I also, as a beginner, do not know whether to use bait or lure, spinning or casting rods. Any information/advice would be very appreciated.

So I’m looking at the legalities of using corn and corn imitating foam for carp fishing some neighborhood ponds but all I see is body specific laws (can’t use corn in (blank) lake) but I still get results also saying “it is illegal to use corn or corn imitations in South Carolina waters”.

P.S: I’m not looking to attract the “fuck dem green jeans I should do wut ever I want” crowd I’m looking for the actual law that allows me to use corn/imitation corn in neighborhood ponds or the law that disallows me to use corn/imitation corn in neighborhood ponds.

I have a white rabbit combo 300 fishing rod. Tried to fish only twice but didn't got any. Now I noticed that the screw cap thing on the fishing reel is missing. And the handle can't stay in place because of the missing screw.

I saw screw replacements on aliexpress.But then asked gemini and it says that all screws have different sizes. Is it true? How do i know which size screw is for the fishing reel, or the universal size will be fine?

Want to get into shore fishing, just bought a rod, reel and some lures.

Any advice for someone starting out?

I have a small pond in my backyard that connects to the local lake, over the last few months many schools of roach have made there way in. I’ve been feeding them corn and every now and then I go out and catch 1 or 2.

Lately I’ve noticed that 4 pike have ended up in my pond and they are just constantly eating my roach. 2 of the pike look very strange and have tiger like stripes but I don’t think it’s a musky (as they aren’t in my country). Could anyone give me some ideas to try and catch the pike? I have already tried using lures and live bait but none of that as worked as they take no interest in my bait.

Can anyone give ideas to try get them out?

What's a good type of lure for catching small mouth bass?

Ok so I hate to make this post cause I’m sure it gets asked here A TON! But I’ve tried researching and it’s just information overload. My son enjoys fishing and I enjoy it while I’m doing it but have never wanted to go bad enough to go out and buy my own gear. It’s not something I did growing up aside from just occasionally doing it when around people who had rods. But we did a little fishing this past week at the beach and idk what it was I just kinda got the itch to get into it and have another fun little hobby for me and my son to do when we have time.

Now to clarify, I’m not looking to catch fish to eat, or do any big bass tournaments unless this just really turns out to be something my son gets really into. I just really enjoy catching whatever we can and tossing them back and doing it over again. That being said, I’d like to get our own decent quality gear without wasting money on stuff that we’ll notice how cheap it is within the first month but also not buying stuff that’s way nicer than we’ll ever need. And the problem I’m running into is I can go on Academy’s website and find a reel for $80 (just an example), and I have no frame of reference if $80 puts me on the cheaper side of things or if that’s a “middle of the road” price or what I’m even looking at. I’m sure I’m over thinking it but there just seems to be way too many options that I don’t even understand what they affect.

So for pertinent information about us and what we’re trying to do: 90% or more of our fishing will be on Lake Hartwell (upstate SC) and we’d probably take it with us each year to the beach also, so if that warrants needing something that’s salt water resistant then let me know. Again I’m not trying to catch the biggest fish in the lake, I really don’t care what I catch right now. Just want some suggestions on decent rods and reels for me and a 9 year old that will serve us well for some weekend lake trips (we’ll be fishing most off of docks and my parents’ pontoon if that matters also). Thanks in advance.

Hey! I just purchased a new rod/reel
Combo that didn’t come with line on it. (I’ve only ever bought with line on them) I picked up some braided line (20lbs) is it ok to put all that on reel with a leader? I will mainly be bank fishing for bass and maybe some catfishing

Can I get some general, or very specific, advice on organizing tackle and what you'd bring to target specific fish? I know that's a very broad question followed by a specific one. I primarily, at least right now, fish for Catfish. My catfish rigs are super simple and it's easy to fit everything I need in one tackle tray but I like to cast out other lines while waiting for bites. I've been going after goldeye, drum, northern pike and walleye. I mostly fish a fairly large river in western MN. I'd also be open to catching other species too these are just what I know to be available where I fish. Goldeye and drum are common and I just would like them as cut bait but pike and walleye are less common at my current spot. I'll start moving around soon for more chances at them and others.

If you were targeting these fish, what would you pack with you? Let's say in one or two tackle bags/boxes. Something you could carry with you, or bring on a kayak. Between what I've purchased myself and what I've been gifted over the past year, I probably have everything required, and then some, to catch any of these fish but I still struggle with it but that's a different post. If anyone would be kind enough to just give me a basic list of what you'd bring with you, and if you wanted to get very specific about how you organize it all together to best utilize space, I would really appreciate it.

I've been trying to just go out and fish, ditch what I don't use and keep what works but I just struggle so much with catching anything but catfish that I can't tell what works and doesn't because nothing seems to work when I know it should.

Thank you in advance. I'm sorry if this is too broad of a question, or just too easily researched, but I struggle with "paralysis through analysis" and cannot seem to figure out a good system.

Hey guys, I'm trying to simplify my tackle box a bit for a small travel go-bag for a road trip coming up. I bought a travel 4 PC rod and case that seems to work well from a couple outings I tried, but I don't want to have to carry around too much tackle.

Instead of carrying a standard ball jig, ned rig, EWG hook, and other hook and weight options, is it possible for me to just use ewg ned heads kinda like a gen purpose weighted hooks option? Or would that result in serious limitations to what I can or can't do?

Mostly fishing single tail grubs, small senkos, paddletails for soft plastics. I'm thinking with the ewg neds, I can swim lures on normal retrieves, ned it off the bottom, have it be weedless, do some weighted wacky rig stuff if necessary.

I hope the question isn't stupid, I am very new to fishing and don't quite understand everything, have yet to actually hook a fish on senkos or grubs yet, mostly only successful with crappie magnets on regular ball jigheads drifted, and paddletails on belly weighted swimbait hooks on straight retrieves.