Mike Loughran

One of my favorite fall fishing baits

When in doubt in the fall, if you can’t find the fish, I always throw on a spinner bait or something with a little flash. A chatter bait is great too! These fish are coming up shallow compared to their deeper water summer hiding spots out in the lake where the water is cooler that time of the year. Fall is one of the best times to catch a big one, as they are eating lots to prepare for winter and often have a full belly when you weigh them. Good luck out there

I already miss topwater fishing! Big bass in the backwaters is something I’m gonna have to fish for again soon!

Caught it on my topwater frog on my .fishing.rods 7’2” heavy BB Frogging 2.0 rod with 50lb braided line.

I can’t wait to get down south and catch some soon
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The first warm, rainy night of spring these
spotted salamanders emerge from underground where they’ve been all year waiting to warm up and migrate to vernal pools to breed.

Vernal pools are temporary bodies of water that form from snowmelt and rain. Since they dry up later in the year, they don’t support fish… this is very important because no fish (an egg eating predator) means it’s a safe breeding habitat for amphibians like salamanders and frogs.

These migrations only happen under specific conditions: steady rain, darkness, and temperatures typically above 45°F.

I found this one crossing the road on its way to a vernal pool, where it will lay 100–300 eggs in a single night. Within a few days, the adults leave and spend the rest of the year back hiding beneath the forest floor.

Most people never see this because it only happens a few nights each year but if you time it right you can see hundreds of them at a time!
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That loud “peeping” sound in the background is coming from that little frog, it’s smaller than a quarter!

These are spring peepers and on warm, rainy nights, hundreds of them gather in shallow wetlands and call all at once. Each call is a male trying to attract a female…the louder and more consistent, the better the chance he finds a mate.

They spend most of the year hidden in the forest, and can even survive being partially frozen during winter. Once the ground thaws and that warm rain hits, they all come back at once and hop to the nearest shallow pond or vernal pool to start calling each other!

Most people hear them, almost nobody ever sees them… now you know
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One of the best animals on earth at blending in to their environment!
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INVASIVE frozen Florida iguanas! Four in one tree

These iguanas are not dead they are frozen! When the temperature gets below 45 degrees iguanas body temp gets too low and they can’t move. This is why they fall from the trees. Their arms can’t hold on any longer! It is a great opportunity every time it gets cold to go out and collect them so you can remove them from the environment. These invasive creatures cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage every year to properties all around Florida, they must be removed and put down!
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Colorado is a special place!

A great trip fishing for trout with some amazing scenery! We did a 3 day fieldandstream trout fishing adventure where we slept in a hot tent, ate elk chili, and caught lots of beautiful trout!
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This fish burped and growled in my face!! Lake trout like this will sometimes do this if they are caught from very deep water. Although it seems like it’s growling it is really just burping up air so it can decompress its swim bladder. Without burping out the air the fish will sometimes struggle to swim back down
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Hitting the road again! Just loaded up all of my gear and kayaks in my truck and on my diamondbackcovers

I’ve said it many times before this is my favorite tool that I use! I could not travel to the places I travel too without the security and strength of this truck cover. The next few weeks I’ll be on the road fishing in a few different places. Stay tuned, a lot more cool content is coming!
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One of the best tasting fish in the world! Mangrove snapper has such a sweet white meat, it’s great on any plate. With that said, adding a lobster bisque on top made it even better!

This was one of the best fish dishes I’ve ever eaten! It also taste better when you catch and cook it yourself.

Rod: halo.fishing.rods
Boat: seaeagleboats
Motor:epropulsion
Sunglasses: toniceyewearusa
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