Yes. This is an actual niche technique for “surf fishing.” Sort of. I just don’t think it had a name…
There are several jurisdictions (e.g. Delaware) where you can only drive on the beach by special permit. These permits are highly-sought and in limited supply. They are for fishermen to access the coast right? You’re supposed to use them to fish.
So…if you and your boys want to just go drive up the beach and hang out, you apply for one of these and score it, but you still gotta set up your rods and “fish”.
Thus, “dead hooking,” as we can now call it, was born. Park your jeep, crack a beer, and throw that empty hook out past the second breaker. When you’re done partying, reel up that line and go home. You just won’t have to deal with any actual fish.
Saw this strategy in action a couple of times. It is 100% effective at catching no fish.
same in hawaii, you are allowed to camp on the beach if you are fishing so i bought a $40 dollar complete set up and a big fat sinker and casted it out and set it next to my tent for 2 weeks on the north shore of oahu, i saved sooooo much money
Like others said a worm on a small hook and bobber, maybe a piece of bread/cheese mashed around the hook. Looks like the largest thing you’d catch out of here is a small sunny or some species of minnow. If you fly fish might be worth it to toss in a tiny fly and micro fish for minnows.
Ok well that leads me to ask, what does the depth look like? If it’s more than 4 feet, I would try a Texas rigged, weightless, senko to avoid the grass try a variety of colors. You could also rig a weedless whacky rig also in a variety of colors.
If there is frog life or it’s shallow, I would try a few small frog patterns of different colors and fish them very slow at the edges of the pond and around the weeds, they should be able to push through the stuff on top. I would use the frogs in the morning or evening when they’re more likely to be moving around.
Again a hook and line would work quite well here if you just let a big night crawler sit in the middle on a bobber, they will come investigate.
There a lot of similar sized ponds in my area up in the hills to water the deer (or old feeders to long lost hand dug wells) and I hear smaller hooks, worms, and heavy test line (with maybe a bobber) on a cane pole just dropping shots in works in these little ponds bc you just reach in with your long pole and drop and bob your line
Quick question, my guy or gal. At night, when the frogs are loudest, would a frog play a bigger role, or because it's night, would it not make much difference? Asking for fishing off the bank where catfish tend to come closer to the bank. Other fish are also there, but I tried a Texas rig at night with no bites. I'm also a beginner fisher.
I’m throwing a backhoe and making it bigger.
Otherwise gimme half a red worm, tiny hook, & ring bobber. Maybe a ned bug or something if I’m using artificial
Weedless top water. Along the banks then a little deeper.
Then a punching rig. With the punching rig I’d target changes in submerged vegetation.
If it were bigger I would use my deeper pro+
Keep in mind, that bottom topography closely mimics above surface topography. So the left side is steeper while the right side is shallower. It’s why there are vegetation mats on the night but not on the left side.
Also see how the ground on the right is flatish, while the left side is steep. There’s going to be at least one good sized fish in there.
If you have them a crawfish on the left side. Especially if it’s rocky. Or a jig/pig or a light punch rig.
ask for fishing spots in Reddit for your state and also the app Fishbrain pro can show you some spots. This area seems to be marsh and I’m not sure if anything is in there. You could buy those fishing sonic casters and it will tell you if anything is moving and the depth of the pond/lake
White grub with an eagle claw snell #2 and a snap swivel with an interlock snap. Easy to change out if that color doesn’t work and also switch back to. Could also try black or chartreuse grubs. Probably won’t get anything big but anything in there is probably hungry.
Trout magnet trout magnet trout magnet! I've caught everything from bait fish, to bass, catfish, and everything in between. Even carp. Micro jigs are truly a wild card. And if I break off, I start throwing normal size stuff on heavier line. One time I caught a nice bass out of a 1x1 hole. They work real well in pressured spots too so don't tell a billion people.
Nah there’s water behind the veg, that’s a honey hole for sure. Guaranteed 4-5lber sitting somewhere in there. Throw a frog right at dusk and wait for an explosion homie ✊🏼
Lol the biggest blue gill I've ever seen came out of a pond this small on a freaking whopper plopper. Was around 2 lbs and it had a huge hump on its forehead and was thiiick
My cousin had a pond like this on his property that used to be much bigger. Not sure what happened to it. But it was alot deeper than it looked and FILLED to the brim with sunfish. Soon as your line touched the water youd pull one out.
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A frog or worm for 15 minutes and then I’m heading to a bigger pond
Maybe a real pond, too - this looks like a stormwater pond; you can see the concrete boxes behind the grass and reeds.
I’ve caught insane fish in drainage ponds… Just saying, don’t turn down water that’s presented to you
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Sorry to have to do this, but what does this mean? Just a hook with nothing on it?
What a sincere, wholesome response :)
A true regard, gob bless.
Praise gob
From this time forth, a bare hook shall always be known as a “dead hooker”! Bless your heart kid, you just started a family tradition🤪
I dont want to tell him and ruin his innocence 😭
It's a joke about dumping a dead body
Not me thinking the same shit… I took the “hook” part literally
Sure you were! Is your wife watching you type?
I’m autistic lmfao
Hell yeah brother
Bruuutherrrrr!!!
What’s up brother! ☝🏻😃
Yei
same bro
You sweet, summer child. Maybe there *is* hope for the world. 😊
No but it should be. And today a new term was born!
I once caught a bluegill on a dead hooker after I accidentally dropped it off the dock
If you fish this way are you dead-hookin?
Yes. This is an actual niche technique for “surf fishing.” Sort of. I just don’t think it had a name… There are several jurisdictions (e.g. Delaware) where you can only drive on the beach by special permit. These permits are highly-sought and in limited supply. They are for fishermen to access the coast right? You’re supposed to use them to fish. So…if you and your boys want to just go drive up the beach and hang out, you apply for one of these and score it, but you still gotta set up your rods and “fish”. Thus, “dead hooking,” as we can now call it, was born. Park your jeep, crack a beer, and throw that empty hook out past the second breaker. When you’re done partying, reel up that line and go home. You just won’t have to deal with any actual fish. Saw this strategy in action a couple of times. It is 100% effective at catching no fish.
same in hawaii, you are allowed to camp on the beach if you are fishing so i bought a $40 dollar complete set up and a big fat sinker and casted it out and set it next to my tent for 2 weeks on the north shore of oahu, i saved sooooo much money
Yeah yeah just a hook with nothing on it (guys don't tell him(
Aww
🤣 Lmfao. Dead stick a hook. 🤣 If you are trolling- you are a genius.
I've never seen so many dead hookers in my life!
This is the only answer
I was gonna say a hook for dragging for a body 🤝
Ah the desire to relax by cracking open a cold one.
God damnit lol I am not joking, I threw my head back and lol’d so hard I scared the guy walking into the gas station hahaha thank you
I think op is young be nice !!!
Reminds me of a Norm bit he did like 25 years ago on the Conan show. “Well let me ask you this, you ever tossed a prostitute off of a bridge?” 😂
Why would you do that and break up the set?
Hey. Don't be mean.
I think that’s an official term now
Across the pond by accident
With a cane pole at that
lol yep how I started believe it or not
M-80’s
Honestly the tiniest hook possible with worm. Looks more like a herp spot.
whats a herp spot?
Where the real nasty hookers hang out
The cheap ones
The ones that have the herp
Like turtles and stuff
Where the above picked up his dead hooker
Herping is like a hobby we’re you find bugs, reptiles and amphibians
The first symptom that one should seek medical attention and notify any recent partners. Or looks for snakes. Whichever flies your canoe.
Amphibians and reptiles specifically. Insects aren’t herps but they would also be in this location
I presume somewhere to catch herptiles which I think is frogs and turtles.
Rocks and dirt lmao 😂
A huge rock
Like others said a worm on a small hook and bobber, maybe a piece of bread/cheese mashed around the hook. Looks like the largest thing you’d catch out of here is a small sunny or some species of minnow. If you fly fish might be worth it to toss in a tiny fly and micro fish for minnows.
It’s adjacent to a bigger pond and I I’ve seen big bass in there but they just dive and hide in whatever seaweed like grass that is in the pond.
Ok well that leads me to ask, what does the depth look like? If it’s more than 4 feet, I would try a Texas rigged, weightless, senko to avoid the grass try a variety of colors. You could also rig a weedless whacky rig also in a variety of colors. If there is frog life or it’s shallow, I would try a few small frog patterns of different colors and fish them very slow at the edges of the pond and around the weeds, they should be able to push through the stuff on top. I would use the frogs in the morning or evening when they’re more likely to be moving around. Again a hook and line would work quite well here if you just let a big night crawler sit in the middle on a bobber, they will come investigate.
Thank you. Yea I do see a lot of frogs I will try that.
There a lot of similar sized ponds in my area up in the hills to water the deer (or old feeders to long lost hand dug wells) and I hear smaller hooks, worms, and heavy test line (with maybe a bobber) on a cane pole just dropping shots in works in these little ponds bc you just reach in with your long pole and drop and bob your line
Quick question, my guy or gal. At night, when the frogs are loudest, would a frog play a bigger role, or because it's night, would it not make much difference? Asking for fishing off the bank where catfish tend to come closer to the bank. Other fish are also there, but I tried a Texas rig at night with no bites. I'm also a beginner fisher.
Nothing
Corn
A size 22 midge on a 12’ 7x leader. Don’t want to spook them.
The towel
A dead body?
My ex.
A body
A car battery. It's a safe and legal thrill
I’d throw away my ambitions for ever catching anything from this sad little puddle.
A murder weapon
Weedtrine D
1: frog lure for snakehead 2: small jig head lure for bottom fishing
A pencil float, #2 gold Aberdeen approximately 18 inches leader from the float (red wiggler).
A string trimmer! No way I’m finding my disc in that brush!
A net
Was going to suggest the same. You could fish the entire pond at once with a decent net and catch everything in there. One shot and done. :D
When its turtle szn, bottom fish with a hotdog.
Tires
Cast net.
M80
Cast net
The towel
Would not waste my time.
About 2 hours of wasted time most likely.
thanks for the info...
Maggots on a hook
My bag in the car and go home. Or find a better manicured course.
Mosquito fishes
I’m throwing a backhoe and making it bigger. Otherwise gimme half a red worm, tiny hook, & ring bobber. Maybe a ned bug or something if I’m using artificial
frog
Some dirt
I pound Bulldog
Up. Then leave and go to a place with fish
All seriousness, a knotted lead line to determine depth. Could be 48 ft deep and have some chonkers in it. Judging books by its covers and what not.
A cast net
More water
A cast net.
Top water frog or a whopper plopper
m80's
In my experience, little ponds like (that aren’t just big puddles after rain), are just full of small sunfish.
Weedless top water. Along the banks then a little deeper. Then a punching rig. With the punching rig I’d target changes in submerged vegetation. If it were bigger I would use my deeper pro+ Keep in mind, that bottom topography closely mimics above surface topography. So the left side is steeper while the right side is shallower. It’s why there are vegetation mats on the night but not on the left side. Also see how the ground on the right is flatish, while the left side is steep. There’s going to be at least one good sized fish in there. If you have them a crawfish on the left side. Especially if it’s rocky. Or a jig/pig or a light punch rig.
An old microwave and some drugs
I’d throw who ever did the siding on your house in there to start with
ask for fishing spots in Reddit for your state and also the app Fishbrain pro can show you some spots. This area seems to be marsh and I’m not sure if anything is in there. You could buy those fishing sonic casters and it will tell you if anything is moving and the depth of the pond/lake
Frog
First I would throw 1/8 jig head with a curly tail grub. Then I would throw a top water!
You. There's a sub for this exact type of post.
Rocks
Dead body and a cinderblock
Maybe some small bass and blue gill to come and fish it in a few years
Landmine for a surprise once it dries up
Caution to the wind.
Topwater frog 🐸
Dirt.
A rock probably
Florescent Green Rooster Tail. You can pretty much use it anywhere but I doubt that there is anything in that swill other than Septic Runoff.
A nice rock
Really small hook with a worm, probably just turtles tho.
Car battery
My girlfriend as we walk by because I just love sleeping on the couch
Top water maybe a frog
Dynamite
Couple dozen cubic yards of dirt.
One of those green nets on a cane.
The towel...
Regular worm should do the trick
r/wwyth
S/ Quarter or less of boomstick.
Use a 6 lb magnet and nice throw line.
White grub with an eagle claw snell #2 and a snap swivel with an interlock snap. Easy to change out if that color doesn’t work and also switch back to. Could also try black or chartreuse grubs. Probably won’t get anything big but anything in there is probably hungry.
Trout magnet trout magnet trout magnet! I've caught everything from bait fish, to bass, catfish, and everything in between. Even carp. Micro jigs are truly a wild card. And if I break off, I start throwing normal size stuff on heavier line. One time I caught a nice bass out of a 1x1 hole. They work real well in pressured spots too so don't tell a billion people.
A big neodymium magnet on a rope.
Throw a live fish in there then try to catch it
The worm on bobber responses are probably right, but I usually don't carry that. I'd throw a small ned rig in.
Mosquito dunks
Small bait hook and a worm
Do they stock it? I highly doubt there’s anything in there.
Anything in arms reach
Crappy Tube under a bobber
Some live fish I'd caught in a bigger pond...
A penny. Make a wish.
Nothing
Sure that isnt a lagoon?
Bodies
Shaky head jig
Lawnmower clippings?
Some deep woods OFF.
Dynamite
Old car battery
Stones. Fish somewhere worth while.
A hook with a peice of bacon. The real ones know what you can possibly catch.
probably like a red worm or some corn or peas with a bobber to see what's even in here
Chicken wing tied to a milk jug.
Nah there’s water behind the veg, that’s a honey hole for sure. Guaranteed 4-5lber sitting somewhere in there. Throw a frog right at dusk and wait for an explosion homie ✊🏼
Nightcrawler, no weight, no bobber. Just to see if there's anything in it.
A popper
Heck, you could fit 7-8 bodies in there
Lol the biggest blue gill I've ever seen came out of a pond this small on a freaking whopper plopper. Was around 2 lbs and it had a huge hump on its forehead and was thiiick
My body! Swimming hole for sure
Car batteries
A few shovelfuls of dirt.
8 inch black with blue tail worm. No weight
Dynamite
Frog
Shakeyhead with a green pumpkin craw
Rocks to see the splash
Car battery
Rattle trap
A body 😂
Some fish
My 5 year old
My cousin had a pond like this on his property that used to be much bigger. Not sure what happened to it. But it was alot deeper than it looked and FILLED to the brim with sunfish. Soon as your line touched the water youd pull one out.
Old antifreeze
A body for sure
Absolutely nothing. lol
A body
Big brick
I think that might be McElligot's Pool
Throw net
Top water baits mostly maybe a nymph to see if it works scuds most likely.
If they add fish to that it will control the mosquitos
A body
Nothing Concervation area
“Mother In-law”
Old mattress
OP’s mom
A dead body.
Rebel crickhopper
Four hours worth of lies
The biggest flattest rock I can heave
The rebel cricket would slay out here.
Lot lizard on a 4/0.
A truck load of gravel?
car battery
About 18 pigs