How to fish

Step 11 Good luck!

Hooking a really big fish can be exciting and it tends to happen when you least expect it. While taking pictures for this instructable with my daughter, I was carefully explaining that when you hook a large fish you never want to point the cane pole at the water, since a large fish can pull the top segment off the bottom segment. I pointed the pole at the water to show her what not to do, and at that moment a huge catfish grabbed the bait and separated the top segment of the pole which promptly took off across the pond. My daughter immediately took off her shoes and claimed that she was going in after the fish, but I suggested using a casting rod with a lure to hook the errant pole segment and retrieve the pole, line, and fish. After a few tries with a topwater lure, and after removing the three bass that hit the lure while I made the attempts, we managed to hook the line and bring in the fish, with the results seen here.

The filets that came off this fish were excellent.

Comments

[danny6114]

 Using a longer length of line, tie one end of the line to the butt end of the pole, then spiral wrap to the tip of the pole. That way if the two sections separate you won''t have to fish for your pole tip. It also helps to strengthen the pole somewhat.

[craigl]

 Excellent suggestion and wish I had done exactly that :-)  Growing up in FLA, we always used unsegmented cane poles so never had to rig it like that, but the extra spiral down the pole is good advice for the cheapo WalMart poles I feature in the Instructable.  

[danny6114]

 The spiral wrap helps to strengthen all cane poles by spreading the stress over more of the length of the pole, like a shock absorber.

[The Man From Nantucket]

Tell me the 11 secret herbs and spices to your original recipe! I must have it now!

[Kryptonite]

• Salt,
• Pepper,
• Chicken salt,
• Chicken pepper,
• More salt,
• More pepper,
• Chicken,
• Time,
• Thyme,
• Even more salt,
• Even more pepper.

In that exact order.

[waqs84]

Well I must say this was big help help. thnks very much, U guys have made it so easy for me to fish nw. Hopefully!!!!!