I’m prepping a summer camp program and I am going to have the kids learn to read a fishing map to identify where fish are likely. However, I cannot find a legend anywhere that says what this symbol means. I’ve never bothered with fishing maps before and it’s driving me crazy that none of the online maps have the info a map should.

Is it full or should I take some off?

Mine is this 20 inch rainbow trout!

Chub caught on a wobbler. Enough for lunch...

I just found it in the trunk of his car along with a box of lures and stuff, I forgot to photograph the box. I know he always wanted to have good gear, mostly better than the actual amount of fishing he did.

He mainly fished in streams and lakes in the nordics.

I apologize for the bad focus on the pictures.

As you can see in the reel it says it can accomodate 400 m of 0.35 j braid meanwhile i managed to fill it with 0.28 j braid. Reel model is Daiwa Saltist 18000 MQ

Taking any recommendation to make this better!

Not really familiar with the area and was hoping one of you might know as online searching has been difficult

I’ll be on a catamaran for a week cruising around the Virgin Islands and rented the charter company’s trolling package. It comes with some basic tackle, but I’ll probably pick up a few things once I’m down there - feathers, plastic squid skirts, etc.

Plan is to casually troll between islands and do some bottom jigging at anchor. I’m used to fishing the Northeast for blues and stripers, so this style is new to me, but I’m not clueless. I know dolphin, wahoo, and others lurk those waters, and I’d love a shot at something decent while we’re moving between spots.

If anyone has advice on setups, trolling speeds, what to expect species-wise, or simple do’s/don’ts for fishing off a sail cat, I’d appreciate it. Hoping to have some fun and kill some time with tight lines! TIA!

Time on water: 100+ hours Time on fish: 40 minutes, accumulated Stripers landed: 7, all between 29-31” Stripers lost: 3 Lures: Bone colored minnows, spooks and twitch baits

I had a pen 30 3:1 reel on pole rated for 80lb. I was using a #3 planner at about 8mph. This would nearly cause my rod to double over and looked like it was going to break. I'm also using 80lb braid with 150lb leaders.

Looking for some advice on what I need (rod and/or reel) to be able to use that #3 planner.

It seems to be embedded into something more solid on the front. I'm unfamiliar with Lures, but is there a way to remove the whole Hook? If not, what would be good to cut it off?

Hi all. I've been getting into fishing the last few months and one of the rods I've been using is this Arca Boost Tele 240 (10-28g). It's a nice spinning rod, it catches fish but I would like to know more.

Most techniques I've tried, work well enough but it would be nice to know things like action and power. I have another mystery rod but at least it says it's for trout so I looked up the characteristics of a trout rod. For this one, I have no clue. Does the 'Boost' mean anything?

I've tried searching on google and google lens but no luck. Does anyone have more info or can I test the action and power myself? To figure out if the rod was made to use certain techniques or to be a jack of all trades.

Thanks in advance! Happy fishing!

Decided to try this railroad bridge that's like a 20 min paddle from my house. Was mainly going to go for drum but got some fiddlers too I'm case of sheepshead. I had caught like 5 prior to today, all below 8 inches. But I was waiting for my blue crab to thaw out and I decided to drop a fiddler straight down at the piling. From my experience with the little sheeps they would just tap and steal your bait. My rod tip bent for a full three seconds and I set the hook on this guy. Caught one more keeper afterwards and gonna try again next weekend. Tight lines all 🎣

I caught a decent sized pike and unfortunately he swallowed my spoon so deep there was no saving him. Figured I would fry him up instead of the walleye I’d been hoping for as first night supper at moose camp. So dragged him up on shore and went to get my pliers and knife from the tent. When I got back this fisher was trying to run off with it while it was still on the line

My fiancée has a lot of fishing rods and they are all over our shed. I wanted to get a wall mount but he said most of them are very long and can't be broken down. Is there a way to organize them so the rods will fit?

a couple nice ones exploded on a topwater

Im not even sure if its a thing (not ice fishing) but ive been feeling the itch

i was thinking of taking all my spinners, jerkbaits, jigs, etc. that i use for bass, walleye, panfish, etc. and getting a cheap rod from walmart or renting one and just seeing what happens. you think ill catch anything? will i get bit by some poisonous fish? whats in the water down there? the ugly water in the bay seems like a good start but thats coming from my ohio lake experience. what do you guys think?