fly shop owner, writer, and star of fishing films for as long as I have been in the business. He gives his tips on how to play trout quickly, how to land them, and
Delaware/Hamilton (to Stony Creek)/Madison Channel Catfish All 5 Marion (downstream of Broad Ripple Dam)/Morgan Flathead Catfish 23+ 4 * Consult the Fish Consumption Guidelines for a complete listing. ** Group 5 for the sensitive population, group 3 for all others. Lake Michigan Fish Consum...
JOHN McCOY
I had to work around creek chubs, shiners, and more rainbow darters, but I finally got one to eat, and upon close inspection in the photo tank, it was clearly a new species. The first one – apparently the blue on the lower body is a key ID element. My second one was a much ...
Creek chubs are very aggressive for their size. 2 years ago while fishing the golf course in the spring, one pond was producing creek chub after creek chub for both me and the guy I was with. They were going crazy for a HJ-6 while constantly jerking it. ...
In many regions, shiners are the most widely available type of minnow and are sold at most bait shops. Creek chubs, shad, and red tails also make good live bait for walleye. If you have a cast net, you can catch your own bait, but if not, head to your local bait shop and they ...
“river mix”. It is a blend of rainbows, dace, lake shiners, little creek chubs and even a few small redtails. I’ve been sorting out the best sizes for jigging and putting the larger ones in a sperate tank. I’ll use them next week when I have some big fish hunting on the ...
Finally, live bait fishing puts an angler better in touch with the resource and the environment, and at times shows us potential that we never knew existed. Back when I was a kid, I loved collecting big creek chubs for use in fishing beneath boat docks while on summer vacation. Wading th...
Some of them were regurgitating either crayfish or creek chubs. The five biggest ranged from 15 inches to 17 inches long. He caught about half of them by employing a Z-Man's Greasy Pawn Slim SwimZ affixed to a 1/16-ounce Prescription Plastics' Ozark Finesse Head jig. And the other ...
You’re a big fan of using wild-caught minnows for big walleyes, right? I grew up in North Dakota where the only fishing I had access to was in a small river. Myself and friends always tried to catch the biggest white suckers, creek chubs and river shiners available. Some of these...