I went out fishing in the Shrewsbury River (07-07-10) and fished the Highlands Bridge as the sun was setting. I caught 10 fish, 5 bluefish and 5 striped bass. The biggest Blue was about 12lbs and the biggest bass was about 10lbs! I was using a 9in chartreuse crank bait that dives to 25ft. I ended up hooking up to a huge fluke close to 30in on this lure and lost him at the surface. In the end it wa…
Yesterday, my dad caught a turtle while fishing. We were trolling, so he was using a treble hook. It was about a 15, almost 20 pound turtle and he had hooked it in the foot (poor thing!). I didn’t watch how my father took the hook out because I knew it was painful. Because there are a LOT of turtles in that lake, how can we, if this happens again, remove a hook from a turtle with the least amount of stress and pain possible for the poor creature? Anything I could do to calm it down?
I live in and fish in central Florida. I have recently started using Eagle Claw 1/0 circle hooks, but I miss way too many fish. My bait size is about 2in x 2in. If anyone knows of a better hook for fishing this way please let my know.