How to fish?

[gannz]

So, I've been invited by a mate to go on a fishing expedition, the problem being that I have no idea how to fish.

Now, this wouldn't be an issue however the mate is of the female persuasion and I don't want to be shown up on something as blokey as fishing.

So exactly how does one go about fishing. Are there a set of easy to follow steps, are there any specific tips on how to reel them in, basically anything that will be of any value and prepare me for the fishing trip would be great.

[pure_hatred]

There's alot of factors. Freshwater or saltwater? On a boat or on land?

Some fish require a specific type of fishing, whereas others it's fairly simple. I havn't been fishing in years so I can only remember the simple basic fishing.

The string from the reel to the hook will be taught (sp?). Between the reel and the first loop on the rod, pull a bit of slack and hold onto it. Most reels have a little "lock" on them, which you need to undo, usually by flicking it up. Hold the rod over your shoulder so it's facing away from you. "Throw" it back over your shoulder, holding onto the rod of course. Release the bit of slack line as you do this. If you do it right, the hook and weight should go flying. Let it hit the water and sink for a bit, then flick the reel lock back on. Wait until the tip of the rod starts bending quite violently, or until a long passes, and reel in. If you pull upwards on your rod quite briskly before you start to reel in, there's more chance of hooking the fish.

[Tyler_Legrand]

Tell her to teach you how.

Don't stab your own mouth with the hook

[Souldrinker]

I agree with Tyler. There's nothing wrong with chick's being better at fishing and having someone teach a skill they have makes them feel good and allows you to bond with them. :heya:

[Alcoholic]

Simple and relaxing, man. Under the assumption that you're going on a lake or other fairly placid body of water:

Attach the lure of your choice, depending on the size of fish present, at the end of the line. Most lures will have hooks on them, so you shouldn't have to worry about tying one on. Above the lure on the line, put on whatever you end up using as the buoy marker. How far above the lure depends on the depth of the water into which you're casting, and how deep you want your lure to sink to.

Cast your lure. To do this, most modern reel systems will have a button you hold in and release. Use intuitive motion to wind your arm back so that during the cast, you don't catch yourself or your friend with the hook (which hurts a little, truth be told). Release your hold with your thumb during the cast when you want the line to pull from the housing and, obviously, be cast out. Distance is determined by the strength and the height upon release.

From there, it's chill time. After your lure has sat, you'll either decide to cast somewhere else, or you'll see the buoy begin to be tugged into the water. Congratulations on your first bite. You'll want to begin to raise your rod (ahahahahaha) to around a 45-degree angle, and as you reel in, up to 90-degrees. Reeling intensity should be only the necessary force to match the fishes pull. He takes it easy, you take it easy - he pulls a little harder, you reel just a little faster. You'll want to go with small tugs back with your rod while you're simultaneously reeling. The fish will feel the tugs, but not the pull from reeling, so as it comes closer, the fish will feel like it's making way once you ease up on the rod-pull.

Eventually, you'll have little to no slack in the line, and you'll raise the fish out of the water (not too fast, mind you) onto your boat, pier, or whatever. While the hook is still in the mouth, place your foot on the fish when it's on the floor. you might have to reach inside its mouth to ease the hook out, but don't worry - except for some fins and what-not, it shouldn't be able to hurt you. Get the hook out and smack the fish around, 'cause you deserve it.

[bono]

My fiance outfishes me with ease, she doesnt have a clue how to fish, she can barely cast, she wont bait her own hook and when she catches a fish (which she always does) she adds insult to injury by refusing to touch it so I have to take it off the hook. Bottom line is dont feel bad if she outfishes you, sometimes there is sweet fuckall you can do about it.

[gannz]

Well, we're just gonna be going to a lake first but we'll be heading down to the coast in a month or so any tips on fresh or saltwater fishing would be great.

We won't be on a boat because there is no way I'm throwing up with her around a second time in a month.

Cheers for all the tips too, its not so much that I care about her out fishing me, I just don't wanna look like a complete spastic when casting off or whatever its called when you throw the thing into the water ... this is going to be tough.

[Spastic]

Cast your line and reel. Repeat until fish is caught.

[K3nn3h]

Sit there looking Rednecky and just drink beer. No one really knows how to fish - Roulette involves more skill and less luck.

[ButlerBoy]

Over the years my friends and I have gone "fishing" every other Sunday, all we really do is take a few beers to the dam and have a BBQ, we stopped taking rods about a year ago. There is just something about chilling around a mass of water that's so relaxing...

[Clerlic]

Use your hands, like real men do!

[Casalen]

Spears.

I love spear fishing! Haven't tried string attached to an arrow yet, but it could be fun.

Or, like with the above; get pissed at the most aggressive sea creature you can find, then dive in after it, defeat it in its own habitat, than bring the shamed water breather back to your potential mate. She will then know that you are, indeed, capable of providing food through the long winter.

[junglebunny]

You need to get considerably drunk or it's not really fishing.

[Quadros]

Step 1: Dip a line with a hook on it in some water and sit in silence for fucking ages.

Step 2: There is no step 2.

[ViolenceFetish87]

Well when i fish i use a little zebco 33 rod and reel. And worms. but i'm in south GA and thats really all you have to use. for bream and sometimes bass. But if your salt water fishing its different. When we go we have really big poles because we catch sharks. and we use shrimp. Fishing is really not that hard. Oh and there's fly fishing too and i have no clue how to do that.

[abbey]

Tell her that by "fishing" you thought she meant sex on a boat.

[BreakTheWalls]

I fished a couple of times with my dad. I still haven't perfected casting yet. The moment I do anything, the line gets tangled up and my dad has to waste lots of time just to get me back on track.

There was one moment of brilliance from me where a seemingly big fish took the bait and I was reeling him in. My dad was so excited and trying to help me out but I got too excited and reeled in too fast and too hard, so the fish got away. I almost had a big one.

If there's anything to be learnt from me is be patient. Just relax and take things step by step. And make sure you can cast properly.

[Amazingly]

Haven't tried string attached to an arrow yet, but it could be fun.


It is. They do this in Texas to fish for gar:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/Casie64/GA%20Trip/Gar.jpg

It's awesome. You go at night and use a spotlight to find them, then shoot them if they're close enough. You also have to do this from directly above.


As for OP, just ask her how to fish. But you better be quick study, or she'll get frustrated...

Assuming you're using live bait, just cast the line into the water and wait, occasionally (10-20 mins or so) reeling it in to see if it's still alive. When the fish bites and the bobber goes under, the hook is in, so reel away.

Using anything else, cast the line in and reel in agonizingly slow. When the fish bites, it's not really biting... wait until you get a few tugs in a row, then jerk back sharply one time to set the hook. Reel in at your leisure, fighting the fish all the way back to the shore.

If she hands you a pole and you can't intuit how to use the reel, ask her to show you, claiming you have never used that kind before.

[John Travolta]

A man who doesn't know how to fish isn't a man at all.

[some n00b]

I'd prefer to go in and spear the motherfucker and molest it. May freak out your friend a little but its all natural baby.

[Ziggy St. Valentine]

What kind of father figure did you have growing up if you don't know how to fish? I knew how to fish by the time I was 3, what the hell is wrong with families these days? I always thought it was mandatory for a father/mentor to teach his son how to fish.

[herr_sexyhosen]

You could also do it the way my grandpa used to before he got sent to jail for it.

Step 1: Find a stick of dynamite.
Step 2: Light it.
Step 3: Insert dynamite in water.
Step 4: Paddle like epic holy shit. You DO NOT want to be sucked into the lake.
Step 5: Paddle back and net all the fish that floated to the top.
Step 6: Have a celebratory bottle of moonshine.

[Tayoshi]

I've learned much from watching fishing shows.
The one thing you need to know: Kiss every fish before you throw it back.

[Haggis McSpud]

I've learned much from watching fishing shows.
The one thing you need to know: Kiss every fish before you throw it back.

Why do you have to kiss the fish? Sounds pretty gross.

[koots]

You can get marshmallow bait that doesnt stink. And it doesn't smell as terrible.

[gizzalove]

Get a hold of your rod, then throw the hook into the water. First make sure the hook is attached to your rod in some way, preferably string. Yeah thats pretty much it, just sit and wait for a tug.

[/.\]

Swallow your pride and let her teach you how.

[herr_sexyhosen]

Get a hold of your rod, then throw the hook into the water. First make sure the hook is attached to your rod in some way, preferably string. Yeah thats pretty much it, just sit and wait for a tug.

I dearly wish that blowjobs worked in a similar fashion.

[deathmasta]

Step 1: Build depth charge.

Step 2: Set depth charge depth.

Step 3: Drop over side and gun it.

Step 4: Go back and get the fish.

Done.

[Ziggy St. Valentine]

Why do you have to kiss the fish? Sounds pretty gross.

Because Rex Hunt does it!

[herr_sexyhosen]

Step 1: Build depth charge.

Step 2: Set depth charge depth.

Step 3: Drop over side and gun it.

Step 4: Go back and get the fish.

Done.

My grandpa's dynamite fishing technique that I layed out earlier is simpler.

[deathmasta]

My grandpa's dynamite fishing technique that I layed out earlier is simpler.

Except when the fuse hits the water it goes out.

[abbey]

YEAH BLOW UP ALL THE FISHES BADASS AND MANLY

[Petey2112]

Does anyone actually know how to fly fish? I have a rod from like, 3 years ago that my uncle gave me but he never really taught me how to use it. I've seen him do it though, and it looks like its probably the hardest thing ever.

[Casalen]

My grandfather says that, while stationed wherever during WWII he and his friends fished with grenades. Then someone hurt himself so they had to stop.

[Cerberus]

I once caught a marlin thisssss big.

[Sarge51]

Don't stab your own mouth with the hook

More importantly, don't stand behind someone who's fishing. I learned that the hard way. Hook to the forehead is not fun at all.

[koots]

Does anyone actually know how to fly fish? I have a rod from like, 3 years ago that my uncle gave me but he never really taught me how to use it. I've seen him do it though, and it looks like its probably the hardest thing ever.

You take it, hold the rod in your right hand, and some of the wire in your left. Then flick out the baited hook and repeat over and over.

[Vir]

Does anyone actually know how to fly fish? I have a rod from like, 3 years ago that my uncle gave me but he never really taught me how to use it. I've seen him do it though, and it looks like its probably the hardest thing ever.

It is super hard (for me at least) and there are different techniques, but generally like whatser face said you move the fly back and forth while slowly letting out line and then you land it on the water at the desired distance and keep setting it there until a fish thinks its a real fly and tries to eat it. Then you kill and eat the stupid slimy little bastard.

[Dacada]

What kind of father figure did you have growing up if you don't know how to fish? I knew how to fish by the time I was 3, what the hell is wrong with families these days? I always thought it was mandatory for a father/mentor to teach his son how to fish.
My dad taught me to fish and to repay him I got the hook through his eyelid while casting. Fishing isn't really fishing unless it ends with a trip to the hospital.

[Ercoledi]

People get really aggressive when you try to go on 'their' side of the jetty. I haven't fished in 5 years. :frown:

[Jabo]

Fishing requires patience, but here there are some tips:

1·Throw the rod to the water
2· Wait until it moves
3· a) Shout like a little girl
b) Take your shotgun and fire the water

[Infinity]

If you are going with a female, then exactly what kind of 'fishing' are you going for? Tuna?

[K3nn3h]

Oh, make sure you piss in the lake a few times and burp rudely at inopportune or romantic moments.

[John Travolta]

If you are going with a female, then exactly what kind of 'fishing' are you going for? Tuna?

what.

[hoopymo]

I haven't gone fishing in a while but for me it was mainly about having a good time and relaxing.

[koots]

Oh and don't get your lines tangled, it's a pain in the butt.