Fly Fishing For Panfish

crappie

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:35:19 PST

http://www.youtube.com/wa...zfyU&feature=related

Planning for spring.....

feeds@kickapps.com (WetFlyAction) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:33:51 PST

Unless it's too painfully early, I was looking for some suggestions for a spring trip. A friend of mine was over tonight and we were talking about a spring cape cod trip. We usually fish the salter streams but this year we were talking about bringing the canoe and hitting up a few ponds and/or estuaries as well for some white perch. I'm mostly a "trout guy". I've caught some whiteys but never targeted them specifically.
I know most of the ponds down there have them, any stand out as a good place to fill a stringer?
Also any fly suggestions? Floating, int, or sinking line?

Prospect Park Lake on you tube

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:44:21 PST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxS8FqZs4Go

Special Bulletin!

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:12:34 PST

The fat lady is schedule to sing in NYC today. The forecast is for up to 12" inches of snow here!

the fat lady isn't singing yet

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:40:31 PST

took out the 3 wt yesterday, at one point i caught two fish at a time. fishing in the fall is good here until late november.

This week in Sports

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:57:04 PST

I' ve been fishing most days this week, Staten Island, Long Island & Manhattan Island. I finished by taking out the ol' switch rod which is now loaded with a skagit shooting head and fished Prospect Park near the boat house. BGs and crappie were active this evening. I caught about a dozen fish before 6:00pm. there was activity on main part of the lake.

I finally caught a carp at cloves lake in the spilway between pools #2 & #3. there are a lot of channel catfish there too. the next day Iwent to bethesda fountain and had several carp on a #5X tippet managed to land the last one. yesterday I went to argyle lake in babylon. fishing for carp was not easy(cloudy & overcast). I could only see carp here and there but i managed to hook one after hours of standing motionless near a tree. the fish would spook whenever the wind cause the branches to move. I hope to go carpin a few more times before it is too cold. what a rush to see your spool un...

It only took ten years...

feeds@kickapps.com (spinzo) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:28:25 PST

Finally got around to putting the canoe in the Squannicook River in the area along Townsend Road in Groton above Rt. 225 (actually above the dam at Hollingsworth & Vose). Wow. The fishing was slow, though I did catch two pickerel and one small bluegill, and missed one nice strike, but I didn't get that far down and still was impressed with the many cut banks and backwaters. Pretty place to be, and I know there are some good fish in that part of the river. Actually, the pond area directly above the H&V dam is supposed to be decent and doesn't get much pressure. I've lived about 10 minutes from that place and this is the first time I've fished it (though I did fish the small pond above the Rt 225 dam once and got some nice bluegills). I'll be back.

Mike

O M G!

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:57:27 PST

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/tennessee-crappie-fishing/106378-nice-shellcracker.html

Fall Weather Fishings Picking UP - Updated 9/15 Pics Added

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:01:00 PST

Inspired by the recent fall weather after a couple weeks of opressive humidty ( the extent of our 'real' summer) here in the northeast I pulled out my terrestrial box and put the rod back in the car. Stopped at a couple of spots yesterday. One favorite that I drive by on the way home which I hadn't fished in over a month.

A dime sized foam beetle imitation in black with black rubber legs a shiny jade green belly and a red dot on the back has been my go to for panfish this time of year for several years now. Picked them up at the bears den in Taunton. Not sure who makes them but the fish take them with abandon.

For comparison I tried a standard chernobyl and in a size 10 and they are very curious about that but don't pounce on it like the beetle. In a matter of 15-20 minutes I took at least 8 nice fish with the beetle. With several nice Calicos or crappies in the mix. The takes were very agressive too!

Some the second it hit the...

Bluegill fishing on the Dark Side

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:41:51 PST

Well, went out again last night to do some bass buggin at a kettle pond on Cape Cod.. Full moon, 5-10 mph, SW wind, fished from 11:30PM - 3:30 am... this pond is very clear and shallow on one side of the pond with a lot of docks, surprisingly not a lot of fish caught around the docks at night... caught about 18 fish all night... lost about ten good fish and wicked hard strikes. Pond report has noted small mouth and large-mouth in it... I did catch one large-mouth about 1 lbs and one small mouth same size on deer hair frogs... frogs were croaking on one side of the pond and there is where I caught the bass...nice fight and lots of jumps...

But what surprised me, was the aggressive white perch and HUGE bluegills in this pond caught on bass bugs... The BGs were all of a pound, 1" thick or better and pulled on my 8wt like it was a toothpick...As Armand says "they were so old and big, they had whiskers," ...I thought I had a huge Bass for sure and was...

Brooklyn after 10:00pm

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:48:28 PST

9:00pm tonight

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:36:49 PST

This crappie was hiding under the dock in Prospect park. I caught him with a #10 BH white woolie bugger. i thought my 2 wt was going to snap, he was so heavy. i had to lip him to get him out of the water.

Bill

Father Daugther Outing

feeds@kickapps.com (JeffSod) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:27:29 PST

Took my daugther out for a short trip to the local bluegill kettle pond Saturday. Had perfect conditions with no wind slightly overcast skies and willing bluegills. She caught several right off and a nice largemouth before she got bored and started exploring which is always part of a kids fishing trip. Brought home a lily pad flower and a full snake skin to boot. A fine day unlike today in New England

crappie of the day

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:27:59 PST

Did some power fishing this morning. I caught a few fingerling bass and this crappie.
Bill

Green BGs

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:46:21 PST

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after fishing for some carp(and losing three), I caught a dozen or so of these colorful green BGs

Bill

Crappie

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:36:08 PST

caught on a green hornberg this morning!

Flytackle is right!!! Panfish don't like RED!!!!

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:24:09 PST

They HATE the color red and will aggressively attack it with a incredible vengeance like a ragging bull.... Fished a local pond with my 4wt and decided to try out some of the Fly Swap flies...Well since I was fishing light weight, I thought I'd try Flytackle vintage pan fish spinner we got during the fly swap... I have to be honest... I have never fly fished with a spinner, never gave it much thought...well, Holy Cow!!!! first cast, 2 strips of the fly line BAM!!! let me tell you, some very large belligerent bluegills let me know right away they we not happy with this fly and CRUSHED IT. I tried to take some pictures but my camera is on the blitz again and need to replace it very soon... caught Gills, Crappie Yellow Perch, and...

Crappie Here, Crappie There, Crappie every where....

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:06:19 PST

Yesterday, I stopped to put the belly boat in at a local pond, to try my luck... Jeffsod had given me some neat looking Muddler Minnows #6-8 hook, he received from a Larry Dahlberg pattern with a lot of gold flash in them, they just look toooooo good not toss on a 4 wt... WOW!!! started casting along the shoreline and cast it by a submerged tree top and caught about 3 dozen 10+ inch Black crappie as fast as I could put the fly in the water...plus I missed as many fish as I hooked into... caught some nice yellow perch and Bull Gills also...Action was fast and furious....would cast the Muddler out, stripped the line 2-3 time to dive and then let it float for 3 seconds on top.... BAM!! Crappie two a time would jump clear out of the water and crush onto the fly, they were fighting over the muddler.... Wish I had a video camera... Crappie must be spawning now and congregated in tight schools... I underestimated the Muddlers potetntial, they are absolutely great flies....and produce very...

Catch of the day

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:35:39 PST

Bgs were taking surface flies this afternoon. i used tarantula and foam spiders

what do you think?

feeds@kickapps.com (bill0215) — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:45:09 PST

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