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Post by altuck on Apr 15, 2024 19:03:38 GMT -5
Buddy calls Mudfish "Cypress Trout", anything that fights that good deserve a better name than mudfish. We catch them on a jitterbug, with 18 inches of heavy mono and a 14 ft bamboo pole.
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 16, 2024 8:27:39 GMT -5
Up here in the Big Bend we call them fresh water Cobia...
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Post by Captj on Apr 16, 2024 10:24:59 GMT -5
When I was a kid we called them a nuisance.
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Post by richm on Apr 16, 2024 11:31:50 GMT -5
I lip landed one once. Wicked teeth in them.
Knew a farmer who had a seasonal pond and it was loaded with them things - dry with goats grazing, get a decent rain and thriving with fish.
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Post by One Man Gang on Apr 16, 2024 11:57:30 GMT -5
Spreaking of mud fish, I had one jump into the boat with a Rapala in its mouth and promptly embed a treble hook into the top of my bare left foot. It then went batshit crazy, parted my line, and broke the hook off the plug leaving 2 of the 3 barbs jammed into me so tight that it looked like a staple job from a surgeon. After finally getting that 5lb turd back over the side I had to do some cutting and pushing for a few minutes to extract that damn treble hook. Brothers, believe me when I tell you that human skin is remarkably tough.
That was also the last fishing trip with my dad in our jonboat before he died. Johnny's Basshole 2007. I never had any use for a mud fish except fertilizing my fruit trees.
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Post by jcbcpa on Apr 16, 2024 13:17:08 GMT -5
We call'em Blackfish and they are fun to catch but they ain't worth eating. Like OMG said, fertilizer is what they are good for. They got pretty white meat but they are like chewing on cotton balls. lol
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Post by OhMy on Apr 16, 2024 13:54:16 GMT -5
Spreaking of mud fish, I had one jump into the boat with a Rapala in its mouth and promptly embed a treble hook into the top of my bare left foot. It then went batshit crazy, parted my line, and broke the hook off the plug leaving 2 of the 3 barbs jammed into me so tight that it looked like a staple job from a surgeon. After finally getting that 5lb turd back over the side I had to do some cutting and pushing for a few minutes to extract that damn treble hook. Brothers, believe me when I tell you that human skin is remarkably tough. That was also the last fishing trip with my dad in our jonboat before he died. Johnny's Basshole 2007. I never had any use for a mud fish except fertilizing my fruit trees. Good story OMG. I have a similar story. I went fishing with a Newbie fisherman that I knew from work. He bought a new boat and wanted to learn to offshore fish. He heard from fellow coworkers that I did a lot of fishing and he invited me to fish. Well when I showed up to his boat he barely had any fishing gear. I mean he had some rods for pitch baits and trolling but the tackle was not a good selection. Anyhow, offshore we go... We got into some keeper sized schoolie dolphin. I was catching them and simply flipping them up and over the gunnel (legal but not big fish obviously). My coworker finally got hooked up with one and brought it boat side and flipped his schoolie over the gunnel. Well, what I did not know was he was fishing with a kingfish stinger rig (fucking idiot). The schoolie starts flipping around the boat and the trailing (stinger) treble hook lodges into my calf. This fish was going nuts and I was bleeding like a stuck pig from the treble hook buried in me. After what seemed like forever I got the pliars and cut loose the stinger hook from the dolphin. Whew, that was step 1. Next step, get this treble out of my calf. I sat down and chugged 4 beers and then pushed each of the 3 barbs through my skin, cut the barbs off and wiggled the hooks out of my calf. That same day I netted a bunch of pilchards and put them in the livewell. Well this guy was so picky about blood on the boat, he used deck cleaner near the well and killed all the bait. I was invited on future trips but always had an excuse not to go.
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Post by conchydong on Apr 16, 2024 15:00:08 GMT -5
Thanks Conchy. Been around, just busy as a one legged man in a ass kicking contest. I won't disagree with you, but to be perfectly honest, these days I'm most content getting behind a cane pole with a minnow hauling specks, or a fly rod wearing out the bream. Speck fishing is really the only freshwater fishing I truly enjoy. I guess it goes back to my eating what you harvest mentality. I really never got into sport fishing although I have fished in a few Sailfish tournaments as a favor to some of my friends. I have also been crew on Sailboat races not because I like Sailing but I don’t get sick no matter the sea conditions and could follow instructions on what to do. Still would never want a stick boat. Now a nice Trawler type vessel is a different story.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 16, 2024 15:21:14 GMT -5
Spreaking of mud fish, I had one jump into the boat with a Rapala in its mouth and promptly embed a treble hook into the top of my bare left foot. It then went batshit crazy, parted my line, and broke the hook off the plug leaving 2 of the 3 barbs jammed into me so tight that it looked like a staple job from a surgeon. After finally getting that 5lb turd back over the side I had to do some cutting and pushing for a few minutes to extract that damn treble hook. Brothers, believe me when I tell you that human skin is remarkably tough. That was also the last fishing trip with my dad in our jonboat before he died. Johnny's Basshole 2007. I never had any use for a mud fish except fertilizing my fruit trees. Any fishing trip with Dad is treasured. The last trip should be etched into our memories. You have a special reason to remember yours. May our fathers that have passed rest peacefully in Heaven and look upon us with love
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 16, 2024 16:37:48 GMT -5
I leave them in the dirt road for the Buzzards to eat. Throw a can of dog food out in a circle then another can with holes punched in it and you'd be surprised at all the different kinds of fish and turtles you can catch. Put 2 rods out and in 30 minutes you'll reel one in and put it away.. Fast Action Ditch fishing.. I should do a Show...
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 16, 2024 16:40:47 GMT -5
Ditch fishing with TRT Probably wouldn't work as a PPV but would probably go over on the Outdoors network channel.
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Post by conchydong on Apr 16, 2024 16:43:00 GMT -5
I leave them in the dirt road for the Buzzards to eat. Throw a can of dog food out in a circle then another can with holes punched in it and you'd be surprised at all the different kinds of fish and turtles you can catch. Put 2 rods out and in 30 minutes you'll reel one in and put it away.. Fast Action Ditch fishing.. I should do a Show... I remember the fish house that my uncle crawfished out of in Stock Island got thousands of cans of expired sardines, We baited traps with them one time. Can’t say that they were any better than cowhide.
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Post by Captj on Apr 16, 2024 17:15:29 GMT -5
I leave them in the dirt road for the Buzzards to eat. Throw a can of dog food out in a circle then another can with holes punched in it and you'd be surprised at all the different kinds of fish and turtles you can catch. Put 2 rods out and in 30 minutes you'll reel one in and put it away.. Fast Action Ditch fishing.. I should do a Show... I remember the fish house that my uncle crawfished out of in Stock Island got thousands of cans of expired sardines, We baited traps with them one time. Can’t say that they were any better than cowhide. Can't afford to stay at a "resort" on Stock Island anymore. Things have really changed down here. New restaurant just opened in Islamorada and lunch is around $40.00 per. Crazy!
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Post by biminitwisted on Apr 17, 2024 1:09:45 GMT -5
It's been posted before, but never hurts to refresh.
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Post by GaryS on Apr 17, 2024 6:06:44 GMT -5
I had a big ass mud fish and my finger attached to a lure one time and every time I started to take him off it would start jumping around. Held him over the side of the boat and shot him with a 380. Took all the jump out of him.
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