Bank fishing allows anyone the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, cast a line, and catch fish. There no expensive boat or tow vehicle needed.
I love carp fishing and it will always be my primary focus, but I will be branching out a little into additional species that can be caught from shore.
I live near a great small-mouth bass fishery, so I hope to add a few SMB catches to my shoreline tally next year.
And then there's Northern pike -
I have caught 3 or 4 through the years while carp fishing, but never "on purpose". I want to change that in 2022. This will extend my fishing season a little too because the pike bite starts a little earlier and stays a little later.
I recently watched several 25+ inch pike caught using live minnows and small perch as bait.
Of course, a sturgeon catch (from shore) has been on my list for the past few years and it remains a long range goal.
I am not a boat owner, and never will be, so I will remain solely focused on shoreline fishing. I plan to share more on the blog about specific baits, techniques and lures as well.
And if everything goes according to plan, I'm going to start a mail order and online marketing business that ties into my fishing addiction. If successful, maybe I'll finally be able to take some Jeremy Wade inspired fishing vacations.
In the meantime I will pursue some Detroit River Monsters.
