bank fishing.

rhtx4321 · Minnow Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 11 Status: **Offline!**

We should have a section about bank fishing. I for one don't own a boat and I bet other members don't either. It would be great to have this section so that we can inform each other of techniques, types of fish biting, and anything that can be related to bank fishing. Just my two cents.

tmbell64 · Posted: Fri, Jul 08 2005 01:21 pm Post subject:

I'm right there with a brotha. I own a boat but sometimes I just want to sit on the bank and relax!
Go to the CATFISH section and go to page 6 or 7 and find the post "Bank Spots" and lou_a has a map of some good spots. I've tried the ones over by Brockdale this spring and did o.k. with the cats.
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ScottB · Posted: Fri, Jul 08 2005 02:49 pm Post subject:

We discussed it and since most of them time when you are bank fishing you are still tageting a species we will just keep the bank fishing posts under the species they are referencing.

On the "other" forum they are about more than one lake so it makes more sense because they talk about specific ponds and stuff in the area.

Someone needs to start www.texaspondfishing.com !

That would be cool!

Thanks for the suggestions!

ScottB

tmbell64 · Posted: Fri, Jul 08 2005 03:07 pm Post subject:

Las Colinas canals have big bass and even bigger cats. Ponds off of 114 and Wingren have excellent bass. Only reason I hated moving from Irving was the great fishing on all the ponds on and off the golf courses!
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rhtx4321 · Minnow Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 11 Status: **Offline!**

Thanks for the input. Thought I would give it a try. I have gone out to lavon and haven't cought a thing.

Steve-O · Posted: Sat, Jul 09 2005 05:44 pm Post subject:

If you are trying to catch fish in July and August, welcome to the club. It's tough for everyone. Example: ACATS 1st place today was 50 lbs. Our Catfish tourney in February was won with 222 lbs

And I think there were 5 teams over 50 lbs.

July and August are the worst months for fishing in Texas...period.
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shawn · Posted: Sat, Jul 09 2005 08:04 pm Post subject:

I don't know about that.... it may be hard to catch big fish, but many anglers say this is the most predictable time to fish.. you know crappie are gonna be 12-18ft on brush..you know sandbass are gonna be schooling and can usually find them some what easily etc..... I've caught very few sandbass in the winter, and until jerry started spider trolling we all thought the crappie went to bermuda for the winter....

polebender · Posted: Fri, Sep 09 2005 09:19 pm Post subject:

I agree that summertime can be the worst time to try and catch fish. Catfish can be easily targeted during the winter months. You watch, the pics of cats will increase on this site as it gets colder and colder, then spring will hit and fish will still be caught.

You can always catch fish, you just might have to work on it a little harder. Bank spots will produce good fish during the colder months. I however, don't know why folks with a boat would want to sit on the bank.
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lou_a · Posted: Sun, Sep 25 2005 01:27 pm Post subject:

It's not just here where the summer is the worst time to fish, August was about the worst time to fish on Long Island. The spring and fall were always better. Bank fishing mid-summer here is tough, it's just to dang hot and less likely you'll be rewarded for your efforts.

I'll not lobby to hard for a "Bank" section. While I don't "target" fish in particular, catfish are usually pretty cooperative and I wind up catching more of these, so most of my posts wind up in "catfish".

Some of the benefits of bank fishing are:

Cheaper: No boat to buy, maintain, store, and insure.
Better Exercise: You get to walk around/ move around more.
Less Planning: I may be wrong here but seems bank fishing can be done on the pur of the moment. A boat requires a little planning.

So if you don't have a boat and want to fish nothing can stop you. The doldrums of summer are over and the weather will be comfortable soon. So go get some cheap tackle, buy some worms from your local bait shop or Walmart, get away from it all, and go wet your lines. Who knows, you may catch something.
And while out there look around a bit and enjoy the wildlife!

Wylie Crappieman · Posted: Sun, Sep 25 2005 01:33 pm Post subject:

I don't have a boat but rarely fish stand or sitting on the bank unless I'm just taking the kids..

I either wade or tube.. This gives me access to a little deeper water.. Soon I'll add a 20 horse to my tube.. Woooohoooo!!!
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rhtx4321 · Minnow Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 11 Status: **Offline!**

Well it's been a while since I posted this. Things have changed since then, my buddy bought a boat. Dam does it feel good to fish from a boat. Thanks for the replies and suggestions. By the way I would really like a peak at that 20hp tube.

Wylie Crappieman · Posted: Sun, Sep 25 2005 04:51 pm Post subject:

Actually it's about a 17lb thrust min kota
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arborist · Posted: Mon, Sep 26 2005 08:56 am Post subject:

I went over to Adam's yesterday to talk computer junk and he said very few people ever use the search feature here to find posts relevant to a certain topic. It is easy to use and is very helpful to find stuff from previous years - for example this past fall and winter the lake was at normal levels so the lake was very different than it is now. Try looking up posts from year before last (03-04) fall/winter when the lake was 7 feet low and check out bank fishing or fishing under the birds, etc.

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