Freshwater Fishing November 2005 Archive

COASTAL RESIDENTS SAY fishing improves after a hurricane. In Louisiana, fishing in some areas has improved considerably following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Seeing all the cars, trucks and boat trailers filling area boat launches this week, it is quite obvious that crappie are biting.

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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- State officials will initiate a fishing ban Thursday in three areas on the Mississippi River to reduce the annual mortality rate of a certain fish species.

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Tackle Day: Fisherman's Landing Tackle Shop hosts its annual Tackle Day Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Fisherman's Landing parking lot. Lots of guest speakers, starting with Capt. John Grabowski at 9:30 on the main stage.

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SANFORD -- City commissioners worked out a compromise Monday they hope will keep boat owners at Marina Isle happy while allowing the generations-old practice of fishing off the downtown sea wall to continue.

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Holiday Patterns - Freshwater Fishing

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Fishing Jackson Lake in December With Bobby Ferris

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A furor among sportsmen has a House committee chairman promising to rewrite public-lands mining legislation to ensure access to prime hunting and fishing areas.

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Santee Lakes: Still good for channel catfish. Trout season opens Dec. 10 after a plant of 1,500 pounds of rainbow trout in Lakes 3 and 4 from Mt. Lassen Trout Co. Trout will be up to 12 pounds. Open daily.

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Many of avid fisherman Marvin Badler's fondest memories are times he has spent on the water with his son, David.

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Lake Michigan yellow perch: In time for Thanksgiving, perch are coming in with authority. Chicago: Park Bait reported a "slaughter" on perch at Montrose on Monday and "plenty" at Navy Pier, too.

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A jig and minnow will produce walleyes in 40 to 50 feet of water on lakes such as Miltona and Ida. Even so, most anglers seem to be waiting for ice before they fish again.

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While turkey dinners are the hot topic today, many anglers are deciding where to go winter steelhead fishing.

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Food, football and sport fishing are front and center today as turkeys everywhere strive valiantly to blow out the pilot lights in the ovens in their final moments.

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While turkey dinners are the hot topic today, many anglers are deciding where to go winter steelhead fishing.

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While turkey dinners are the hot topic today, many anglers are deciding where to go winter steelhead fishing.

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Russia's Federal Nature Management Oversight Service wants to ban fishing in the Amur River after a chemical spillage in the river's Chinese tributary 11 days ago, the organization's deputy director said Thursday.

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AMERICAN RIVER - Salmon fishing was red-hot some evenings last week around the 12th Street/Highway 160 bridge, with waves of mostly bright fish moving upstream.

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LAKE GREENWOOD: Largemouth Bass: Good, try plastic worms and crankbaits off points in 6 to 10 feet water. Stripers: Good, catches behind the dam using Bombers, Charlie plugs, and flukes.

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Thanksgiving Fishing Memories

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My Thanksgiving Fishing Trip - Freshwater Fishing - 12/14/98

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Asian carp are wreaking havoc along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers

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Fishing Pictures from Iowa and Wisconsin

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Planning A Florida Fishing Trip? Don't Worry About Gun Laws

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Walleye have been kind of hard to come by this year, but the chances of catching one from the area's rivers seem to have picked up in recent weeks.

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A cold front pushed through Central Florida late in the morning Thursday, creating tough fishing for the anglers in the season-ending CITGO Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Tohopekaliga.

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Coeur d'Alene chinook salmon are still on a roll, said Jeff Smith at Fins and Feathers, and "everyone is catching fish." Most are in the 3- to 6-pound range, with an occasional 12-pounder showing. Troll an 8-inch flashers and minisquid at 80-100 feet at m

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A proposal to ban fishing and water skiing at a popular dam in Western Australia's south-west has sparked outrage among recreational fishing groups, two local shires and the local Member of Parliament.

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Representatives from the Pucketa and Chartiers Watershed, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Watershed Assistance Center and Allegheny County Conservation District used a device to send an electrical current through the water.

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Catching coho and winter steelhead continues to be sporadic in the main Umpqua River, but fishing should improves as more fish enter the system.

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The scheduled date for the first trout delivery of the winter season was Tuesday, November 15 for all lakes in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

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The Federal Fisheries Minister is encouraging the Western Australian Government to go ahead with a proposal to pay residents of remote Aboriginal communities to be fishing rangers.

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Sales so far this year are down 8.8 percent over last year, although higher fees have generated a 20.8 percent increase in revenue and a 26.6 percent increase in trout stamp revenue, according to Pennsylvania Boat and Fish Commission spokesman Dan Tredinn

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Thanks to a stocking of trout, the lake at Oasis State Park had a noticeable population. Despite the weather, Saturday’s free fishing clinic had the same thing.

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Don't put away your fishing rods just yet. Even if November days call for hot coffee from a thermos while you're outside, now is the time to hunt a finned character that is oblivious to cold weather. It's Public Panfish No.?1, the crappie.

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One of the greatest catches Ted Williams ever made landed on a 1959 Fleer baseball card. It was entitled, "Fisherman Ted Hooks a Big One."

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AMERICAN RIVER - Salmon fishing continued to be good at night, in the Dredger Holes at the lower end of the river. Both evening after nightfall, and early morning have been good, although the crowds are fewer in the morning.

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The wet and stormy weather has finally taken a break, and there are some decent fishing holes lurking nearby.

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Around Lakeland, speckled perch action picking up at several lakes around town this week. Lake 5 at Tenoroc has been one of the best, with a few top anglers catching limits (10-inch minimum size), reports Lakeland Tackle Outfitters.

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The Smith River is its usual prized self, running full and clear and pleasing guide and client alike. The river is open, with no low-flow restrictions, and the pros are making their drifts from the Forks on down.

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Pick a number from 1 to 200, and there's a good chance Andre Moore finished there at either an FLW or Bassmaster Tour event during 2005. He was all over the map.

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One walleye measuring more than 20 inches now is the limit for anglers across South Dakota.

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BUFFALO -- Generations of youngsters have enjoyed the fun of fishing from the banks of Clear Creek, which flows through downtown. Most use bait; some try flies. Some land a fish or two, while others end up wading.

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The scene is an American icon. Sheriff Andy Taylor and his young son, Opie, are walking down a dirt road to their favorite fishing hole with rod and reel in hand with the theme of "The Andy Griffith Show" being whistled in the background.

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Crappie catches have been good at Lake Blue Cypress, between Vero Beach and Yeehaw Junction. Fish have been found close to the bottom along areas of transition such as near outside edges of grass lines, around cypress trees, edges of canals and in and aro

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The slow-slithering reptile with intricate yellow markings was the talk of the office Monday, as outdoorsman Jerry McBride showed off the surprise catch from his weekend fishing spot on the Indian River Lagoon at Walton Road.

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Fishing was probably your first outdoor experience. Whether you went with a group of buddies and used kite string and a bent safety pin, or received your Snoopy or Taz rod as a Christmas present, the first wiggling fish you pulled up is still a fond memor

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Jennings: Trout are being planted almost every week, but channel catfish are outperforming the rainbow trout right now. Trout fishing should improve, and bass keying on imitation trout swimbaits. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Oasis State Park is hiolding the 15th annual Kids Free Fishing Clinic Saturday. The event is sponsored in conjunction with the Friends of Oasis, ENMU Wildlife Club, Clovis Evening Alliance, local volunteers and other area organizations.

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When the international Bass Anglers Sportsman Society sent word two weeks ago that one of the professional bass fishing tour's true superstars, Roland Martin, would retire, I took notice with some sadness.

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At approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday, a storm blustered through the area, putting a damper on area fishing hopes, and while it succeeded for the moment, things should improve in the long run.

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Until I tried it, fly-fishing conjured images of Brad Pitt casting his line on the water, blue skies overhead and the song of birds and lakeside insects filling the air.

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Canadian fishing is severely cutting into salmon-recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest, according to two new federal lawsuits.

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Chicago shoreline perch: They're in and out, but when the schools are in, it's good. On Thursday, some fishermen pulled limits from Montrose and Belmont.

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Illinois sport fishermen caught a surprise at the informational meeting about the Lake Michigan fishery Monday in Des Plaines. Yellow-perch fishing on the lake might be reopened in July as soon as this summer.

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Bass are good to six pounds soft jerkbaits and Texas rig plastics worked on main lake and secondary points in 8-12 feet of water, according to Peter Gould at Lake Athens Marina.

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A few die-hard walleye anglers continue to work 30 to 50 feet of water on Lake Miltona and Lake Ida for walleyes. A vertically presented jig and minnow is working best on these lakes.

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Braided Fishing Lines - What You Need To Know

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Four Ways To Cook Bass Filets

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On the coast, it's chinook. The Columbia and Willamette offer sturgeon. Many rivers are yet to recover from the recent deluge, but most coastal streams are in great shape, and are producing.

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The trout bite has slowed down somewhat. We are still seeing nice fat rainbows, but limits are harder to come by. Fishing should pick up again in the next couple of weeks, as water temperature cools.

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Fox Lake in Titusville is good for largemouth bass, catfish and bluegills. Fish near the back part of the lake, away from the park, for bass and bluegills. Bass are bunched near vegetation and trees, hitting topwater lures, jerkbaits or shiners.

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Go to the Napa Valley Fly Fishermen Club's new Web site, www.napavalleyflyfishermen.com. It is a very useful resource for all anglers. Plan to come out to Putah Creek (access points 1 and 4) on Nov. 19 for the club's annual Putah Creek Cleanup.

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While the sturgeon season has yet to kick into high gear, anglers casting live bait from the banks at the mouth of Sonoma Creek and off the shore at China Camp and other Marin shoreline areas are pulling in some nice fish.

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Law enforcement officers caught four people with 42 steelhead in a tote bag in the trunk of their car last week in Erie, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission which said the suspects were soaking wet, covered in sand and had a landing net

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Wheeler Lake: The largemouth bass bite has been steady as anglers are finding success on numerous different patterns.

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The North Umpqua River has cleared up after the recent rains, but the main Umpqua remains brown.

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How To Tune A Crankbait

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Why Do I Fish?

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Late Fall/November Fishing Patterns

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Bass fishing has been fair to four pounds on crankbaits and Texas rig worms fished in relation to shallow grass, points and other structure in 4-12 feet of water. A few decent fish also reported on topwaters, but the bite has been sporadic.

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For the first time in quite awhile, mention has been made of fish being caught by West Bay anglers fishing the birds, good news for folks searching for a somewhat innovative way of finding fish.

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Black bass were good, reported Lake Fork Marina. Fish were taking soft-plastic jerkbaits, small crankbaits and Carolina-rigged plastics along edge of grass near channels and off points.

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Chollas: Open daily to youngsters 15 and under. Gets first stock of rainbow trout (500 pounds) from the DFG today. Will be stocked every two weeks after that.

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Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!"® (LLGF) the award-winning fishing seminar series, announces its third annual Costa Rica special event.

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Early mornings, soft-plastic surface lures (Horny Toad, Scum Frog) worked around vegetation (hydrilla, mostly) matted on the surface has produced some good catches of largemouth bass, reported guide Roger Bacon.

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Last week's rains, which lasted into Monday, made for some pretty decent fishing in Lake Erie's tributary streams. There's been no rain since, however, and there's none in the forecast until at least Saturday and Sunday.

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LAKE GREENWOOD: Largemouth Bass: Good, try crankbaits and worms off points in 6 to 10 feet water.

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One of the greatest names in professional bass fishing has decided that enough is enough.

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Kickapoo Marina had only a few boats on the water Saturday. Black bass spotty on dark worms or lizards pitched around stumps.

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Black bass were good, reported guide Will Kirkpatrick. Fish were active between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on spinnerbaits slow-rolled over submerged grass beds along edges of creek channels in 8- to 12-foot water.

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Wormin' Ways For Bass Fishing

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How To Remove Twists From Fishing Line

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Sales, Friendship and Fishing

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Cooler temperatures have improved crappie, also known as speckled perch, catches along Central Florida lakes and the St. Johns River.

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Cooler temperatures seem to have triggered largemouth bass to move out of deeper summer quarters and roam the shallows. Over the weekend, several good catches of largemouths were reported caught from the lake, said Johnny Rizzo of the lake check station.

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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announces that the Axtell Fishing Access Site on the Gallatin River southwest of Bozeman will be closed for improvements beginning on November 7, 2005.

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Fishing champion Adam Jorgensen of Fairmont has earned an expenses-paid fishing trip to the land of the Magic Kingdom.

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Today, fishing businesses and conservation groups are asking the court to restore balance in the rivers, and put salmon back on track to recovery by managing the river in a more natural way.

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Open-water humps, points and ridges are holding schools of white bass, hybrid bass and the occasional large black bass, reported guide Butch Terpe.

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Chollas: Open daily to youngsters 15 and under. Will be stocked with trout later in the season.

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It was only several weeks ago that the water surface temperatures at Barkley and Kentucky Lakes were in the 70s, but the cold fronts moving through the region this past week have dropped them into the low 60s and high 50s.

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After Kiwanis Lake is stocked with rainbow trout today, local angler Tyler Jensen plans to drop his line in the water soon.

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Chum salmon have moved into Hood Canal, with good numbers congregating in front of the Hoodsport Hatchery.

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CAMANCHE LAKE - Kick off plants of rainbow trout totaling 3,600 pounds boosted the catch for anglers at the Northshore and Southshore access points and for trollers as well,

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The Smith got its rain and it opened above Rowdy Creek. And that was good. The guides chased the salmon all the way up toward Jed Smith State Park but found that the kings were fading toward dark, and that was bad.

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Water levels seem to have peaked along the St. Johns River and anglers may start seeing fish congregating around water flow coming out of marshy areas.

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Black bass were fair to good ahead of the front, reported Lake Fork Marina. Topwater lures were effective at dawn and dusk along edges of weedbeds near channels.

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You’ve noticed that there is a lot more bank showing now.

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"Merry Fishes to All," the 2005 Grammy Award nominated holiday CD release from Trout Fishing in America, has been named a Gold Award winner in the 2005 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) competition

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OVERVIEW: As is usual for this time of year, it seems that it either the wind blows or it rains whenever you get geared up to get on the water.

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Fly-fishing may not be something that comes to mind when the word "art" is uttered, but there are a lot of aspects of fly-fishing that are aesthetically pleasing.

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Stripers and largemouth continue to chase shad on the surface. Anglers able to dip live shad are doing very well.

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Bass fishing has been very good for anglers working edges of hydrilla beds along creeks and points in 6-12 feet of water. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits have accounted for most bass. But soft-plastic lures (worms, "critter" lures) in dark colors have taken l

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WRIGHT PATMAN: Water clear; 67-71 degrees. Black bass are good on soft plastics and spinnerbaits in 6-10 feet around lay down logs and shoreline vegetation.

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With many rivers cresting over their banks from the recent deluge of rain, anglers are trekking to saltwater estuarial spots where chum fishing has been good.

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All this welcomed precipitation will send chinook upstream to their ultimate destinations, draw fresh fish in at locations where any remain to be drawn and stall the bountiful harvest of Dungeness in coastal bays and estuaries.

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