Paddleboard Fishing

[Jay Auskin]

I got into paddle boarding last year, and decided to try fishing with it. So far, I've had success each trip. I live near the mouth of the Detroit River and there are a lot of currents flowing through my part of the lake.





I figure it's one way to fish and get a workout. 😀

[cabmandone]

My balance sucks thanks to inner ear problems as a kid. So do you stand on the board and fish? I tend to be an aggressive hook setter so I could see myself in the lake in short order.

[id10t]

I could see tangling with a big stingray or small shark and going for a nantucket sleigh ride....

[Jay Auskin]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

My balance sucks thanks to inner ear problems as a kid. So do you stand on the board and fish? I tend to be an aggressive hook setter so I could see myself in the lake in short order.

Lake St. Clair gets pretty rough, so I usually sit backwards and "troll". The nice thing is I can keep the lure a couple of feet from the board and watch the fish hit it.

Being right on top of the water I don't need a net. I just slide the fish right up on the board.

[Jay Auskin]

Originally Posted by id10t

I could see tangling with a big stingray or small shark and going for a nantucket sleigh ride....

I'm hoping for that musky to hit, but it will surely take me for a ride. 😀

[911boost]

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[stevej37]

Do you eat the fish?

[Jay Auskin]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Do you eat the fish?

If I get a walleye or a bunch of perch I might. Otherwise just catch and release.

Caught a bunch of walleye in the river this past May.

[Sooner or later]

Most of my fishing recently is fly fishing out of a belly boat.

[cabmandone]

That second one is a sheepshead isn't it?

Originally Posted by Jay Auskin

I'm hoping for that musky to hit, but it will surely take me for a ride. ��

My brother and I went for a ride in a jon boat on a lake up in Michigan once courtesy of a Northern pike. Got that sucker up to the boat and it spits out the pickerel that had actually hit the lure. Off it swam, while my brother and I yelled "noooooooooooooooooooooo"

[nota]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

That second one is a sheepshead isn't it?

noooooooooooooooooooooo

sheepshead is a marine fish

[Bill Douglas]

That's a good sized fish for a paddleboard catch!

A few years ago with light spinning gear. I had some success with the fly rod a bit later.

Edit: pic not showing.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by nota

noooooooooooooooooooooo

sheepshead is a marine fish

You mean salt water fish don't you? Look up Lake Erie Sheepshead. I think they're a relative of the carp if I'm not mistaken. I think that's what the guides called them when we'd catch them while walleye fishing.

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/blog/archive/the-sheepshead-a-true-great.html

[Jay Auskin]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

You mean salt water fish don't you? Look up Lake Erie Sheepshead. I think they're a relative of the carp if I'm not mistaken. I think that's what the guides called them when we'd catch them while walleye fishing.

https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/blog/archive/the-sheepshead-a-true-great.html

It is a sheepshead, also referred to as a freshwater drum.

[ramonesfreak]

Sheepshead. Catch ‘em here around Lake Ontario. Very strong fighting fish. People talk bad about em but I’ll take one any day over most fresh water fish as far as a fight. Don’t think ide eat one though. Maybe I would feed one to Bigfoot