I am looking for any recommendations for a Tampa fishing trip in October. I will be in Tampa for business and would like to spend a day or 2 fishing. Let me know your thoughts please ..read more

Reading through the regulations, I was wondering what the reasoning was for two of the regulations; 1. No open season for mussels or clams 2. For all crayfish species, the head must be immediately removed behind the eyes upon capture unless used as bait in the water from which taken. Any insight ..read more

I saw them at Wally World today. I didn’t buy any. Is there really any advantage to garlic scented nightcrawlers? Maybe catfish would be attracted to the scent ..read more

I hear they they are in there, not in huge numbers or size , but they are there. According to the Pa stocking website they stock a few 1000 fry each year. Anyone ever caught any/do well there ..read more

looking for any old Mitchell 300 parts. any with broken stems that hold the reel to the rod seat would be great. also need handles and cranks too. please let me know if anyone has any they want to get rid of. in the process of trying to piece together some reels from scrap parts. looking for something to do to keep busy. thanks in advance ..read more

Here's 4 spinners I made ( top is a Tomas spinner for reference/ what I was imitating with some of them) I like the Tomas spinners ( honestly one of my top 3 lures) but they can be expensive and I wanted to slightly upsize the length, weight, and strength ..read more

IDK if this is the right forum for my rant with the usps Pittsburgh distribution centre. I have ordered fishing reel parts and supplies from 4 different sellers. The packages get sent out quick from the hunting & fishing dealers, but once the package arrives at Pittsburgh my packages died. I got 3 packages late and have 1 that had died there since the 11th of April. I had no issue with the Warrensdale distribution center. Tracking my packages, if it was in warrensdale I got it that day or... USPS pitts. distribution where packages go to die ..read more

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It means different things to differ people. I've grown to hate crowds, and all the shenanigans associated with them. So for the last decade I've been going to pymatuning to fish. So I didn't absolutely smash fish, but I released a bunch of 10 inch crappies, a couple catfish,some more carp and a few bluegills. I figured what I kept will feed my family of 3 ..read more

Hi Everyone: Our family has a small pond (about 150' x 75' and 6' deep). When I was a kid, it was loaded with shiners. Back then, there were no bass, just various sunfish and we used to stock it with trout. At some point a neighbor started stocking LM bass in there. It was great fishing for about the next decade but now the shiners have been completely gone for about 25 years. A couple years ago, I decided to try to reintroduce them. (I had tried half-heartedly many times before)... Golden Shiners ..read more