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Fishing

Fish Gigging

Uploaded on March 04, 2009

Any fish giggers out there?

Fish gigging is a fairly common practice in the Ozarks and one of my favorite things to do, but I have no idea if it's done anywhere else.

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from jay wrote 37 weeks 16 min ago

When I was a kid I used to hit the corn fields when they would flood and gigged plenty of carp. Haven't done that in years. I mostly snag in the spring for spoonbills but end up getting more asian carp than anything else. I snag at the Alton, IL lock and dam and I used to gig fish along the Kaskaskia river; both areas are just east of St. Louis MO.

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 6 days ago

what is gigging?

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from jlfreeborn wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago

Gigging is when you take a pole with several points on the end with barbs on 'em, and you pretty much just stab the fish and pull it out of the water. Frog giggin is fun too!!!

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

ohh ive tried that with no luck

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

ohh ive tried that with no luck

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from buckeye wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

I only have gigged frogs

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from jmcctheboss23 wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

it sounds interesting ive only heard of it here

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from Fishslayer wrote 33 weeks 1 day ago

yes! where i come from, Jay, Oklahoma, we gig year round. we even have a gigging tournament once a year in april. Its a great sport and more people should get involved. we gig suckers, whitebass and perch to eat, and carp and drum for fun.

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from BamaCreekBum wrote 33 weeks 1 day ago

I have personally never gigged fish but I know some people around north Alabama that do

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from hawg daddy wrote 30 weeks 4 days ago

we gig a good bit when we are bow fishing and gig them when they get to close to shoot near the boat.

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from wvuskinsfan3 wrote 30 weeks 1 day ago

In my state its illegal to gig any fish with the exception of carp.

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from Ethan3 wrote 29 weeks 3 days ago

I never knew that was called gigging. It sounds like fun though, and I want to try it sometime.

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from ten99j4 wrote 20 weeks 2 days ago

I have lived close to Current River in Southeast Missouri all my life and people around here really enjoy gigging suckers. Check out my website about fish gigging. http://www.ozarkfishgigs.com

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 20 weeks 1 day ago

Its fine with me when you do it for "Rough fish" (Carp, ect)
but if you "Gig" bass or other sport fish, ill knock you and you're gear in the water.

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from TonyK wrote 19 weeks 6 days ago

My buddies and I would do it back in high school. We would get out of football practice in the summer and go cool off by gigging carp in the creek.

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 18 weeks 6 days ago

I'm pretty sure people don't fish gigg 'cause I think it's illegal. I catch frogs on my pole by tying on a hook with a piece of scarlet on it.

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 18 weeks 6 days ago

in kansas

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from shane wrote 18 weeks 3 days ago

Pickerel at night in the Northeast.

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 18 weeks 6 days ago

I'm pretty sure people don't fish gigg 'cause I think it's illegal. I catch frogs on my pole by tying on a hook with a piece of scarlet on it.

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from Elliott Balthazor wrote 18 weeks 6 days ago

in kansas

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from jay wrote 37 weeks 16 min ago

When I was a kid I used to hit the corn fields when they would flood and gigged plenty of carp. Haven't done that in years. I mostly snag in the spring for spoonbills but end up getting more asian carp than anything else. I snag at the Alton, IL lock and dam and I used to gig fish along the Kaskaskia river; both areas are just east of St. Louis MO.

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 6 days ago

what is gigging?

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from jlfreeborn wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago

Gigging is when you take a pole with several points on the end with barbs on 'em, and you pretty much just stab the fish and pull it out of the water. Frog giggin is fun too!!!

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

ohh ive tried that with no luck

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from TheEasternShore... wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

ohh ive tried that with no luck

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from buckeye wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

I only have gigged frogs

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from jmcctheboss23 wrote 35 weeks 2 days ago

it sounds interesting ive only heard of it here

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from Fishslayer wrote 33 weeks 1 day ago

yes! where i come from, Jay, Oklahoma, we gig year round. we even have a gigging tournament once a year in april. Its a great sport and more people should get involved. we gig suckers, whitebass and perch to eat, and carp and drum for fun.

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from BamaCreekBum wrote 33 weeks 1 day ago

I have personally never gigged fish but I know some people around north Alabama that do

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from hawg daddy wrote 30 weeks 4 days ago

we gig a good bit when we are bow fishing and gig them when they get to close to shoot near the boat.

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from wvuskinsfan3 wrote 30 weeks 1 day ago

In my state its illegal to gig any fish with the exception of carp.

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from Ethan3 wrote 29 weeks 3 days ago

I never knew that was called gigging. It sounds like fun though, and I want to try it sometime.

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from ten99j4 wrote 20 weeks 2 days ago

I have lived close to Current River in Southeast Missouri all my life and people around here really enjoy gigging suckers. Check out my website about fish gigging. http://www.ozarkfishgigs.com

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from TonyK wrote 19 weeks 6 days ago

My buddies and I would do it back in high school. We would get out of football practice in the summer and go cool off by gigging carp in the creek.

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from shane wrote 18 weeks 3 days ago

Pickerel at night in the Northeast.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 20 weeks 1 day ago

Its fine with me when you do it for "Rough fish" (Carp, ect)
but if you "Gig" bass or other sport fish, ill knock you and you're gear in the water.

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