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Suspect Bucket posted:Another fine day of angler education. Half of these kids never fished before, they were pulling up bluegills with bamboo poles :3 Was Kraft Singles the bait? I remember as a child I had great success catching 20+ sunfish with balls of Kraft Singles Cheese on a hook. Best weekend of fishing in my entire life.
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Marshmallow Blue posted:Was Kraft Singles the bait? I remember as a child I had great success catching 20+ sunfish with balls of Kraft Singles Cheese on a hook. Best weekend of fishing in my entire life. Hot dog. Taught them how to bait their own hooks, then kiss the fish and say thank you and let them go in less then a minute out of the water. I held and unhooked the fish though, the bluegill spines can be nasty.
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Mar 22, 2016 00:13
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Suspect Bucket posted:kiss the fish and say thank you and let them go in less then a minute out of the water. You're doing a good job.
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Mar 22, 2016 03:53
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Want to see some bigger blue hills next year? Import a pair of bass into the pond.
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And use trout fry as bait.
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Marshmallow Blue posted:And use trout fry as bait. Rapala Rainbow Pattern in 1 1/2 inch is my favorite plug....
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Mar 22, 2016 12:59
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I got a Rainbow Pattern Daredevle Spoon for Xmas that I can't wait to use.
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Marshmallow Blue posted:I got a Rainbow Pattern Daredevle Spoon for Xmas that I can't wait to use.
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Mar 22, 2016 18:13
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I just might; Today I just lost a brand new rooster tail. Purely out of stupidity (of course) by trying to use it in a shallow fast moving river. Got snagged and couldn't un-snag. I was going to fish a dammed portion of the river, but there was ice of course, and I was so angry and ready to fish I went to the next available water source (further down the river), where I should have re-rigged my line with a better option.
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coyo7e posted:For reals, give a serious thought to removing the treble hook from your spoons and put a single hook on, instead. I went from losing 2 or 3 lures a day to losing 2 or 3 a season (one of those losses last seasons was because I forgot to close the swivel and flipped the lure into a 30 foot hole and watched it disconnect from the line and sail into the water 8 feet in front of me.) I've been shocked at how much less gear I lose trading out my trebles. Huh, good to know. Going to try that for anything I use in shallow/weedy water. I tend to try and rig things weedless anyways, but some lures you obviously can't. Has it affected your hook rate at all, or not enough to matter?
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I found it not enough to matter and pretty big savings in $$$
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Siochain posted:Huh, good to know. Going to try that for anything I use in shallow/weedy water. I tend to try and rig things weedless anyways, but some lures you obviously can't. I've found you hook up a bit less but lose fewer fish once they hook up so it balances out more or less.
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Siochain posted:Huh, good to know. Going to try that for anything I use in shallow/weedy water. I tend to try and rig things weedless anyways, but some lures you obviously can't. I only lost one lure last summer to hooking into wood, and it was due to a sloppy overcast that lodged into a flotsam tree stump that outweighed me, and the only reason I couldn't get it was because I didn't have any way to wade out to it without literally stripping off my pants and shirt and praying that I wouldn't get swept away in the 8' deep channel while I was stupidly trying to wade out to save a 3-4 dollar lure (two people already died in that river last summer by that point, wasn't interested in pushing it). The third lure I lost was due to a knot giving way. It's also orders of magnitude simpler to get a single hook out of a fish to release it safely, than dealing with the torture machine that a treble hook often ends up being by the time you land them. I always feel like poo poo breaking a fish's jaw just to recover my treble hook. I dunno that I'd remove the trebles from a rooster tail because they're for surface fishing, but a spoon is really made to go pretty deep, where you're inevitably gonna be hitting rocks and other poo poo on the bottom.. I mean they literally always have a split ring for a reason - unlike most store-bought spinning lures. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Anybody in the NC area, either the Raleigh or Emerald Isle areas? I just move in state a few months ago and I want to get the kayak out on the water and bust my ocean fishing cherry this year.
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It's Spring, which means I am going to be buying a kayak at some point. I really like the idea of the Hobie with the propulsion system. Anyone have one of these? I don't know that I'm willing to spend that much, but it looks really cool. Will take any and all recommendations on fishing kayaks, especially for someone just getting into it.
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Consider a Native Watercraft Slayer. They are pedal powered like a Hobie but can go in reverse which is handy when trying to haul a fish out of a snag. I have a suspicion that the NW propeller is more robust than the Hobie Mirage Drive, which cost a lot of money to fix when something goes wrong.
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Mar 28, 2016 22:59
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That's the first thing on my list to buy once I complete my house sale.
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Yeah, once I graduate and have money to spend on stuff I want to get a Slayer 12 for freshwater and estuary fishing and Trident Ultra 4.7 for longer trips in the bays and offshore.
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gay picnic defence posted:Consider a Native Watercraft Slayer. They are pedal powered like a Hobie but can go in reverse which is handy when trying to haul a fish out of a snag. I have a suspicion that the NW propeller is more robust than the Hobie Mirage Drive, which cost a lot of money to fix when something goes wrong. I have a Slayer 10 and love it, but I specifically bought it to tool around in reservoirs and slow rear end tidal rivers. I live right next to the Chesapeake Bay and it is going to take all summer before I work up the nerve to take it out there. The 12 is obviously better in any kind of rough water but I wanted the increased portability. I have always heard that the Hobie drive is far more robust than the Native prop. I went Native for the weight reduction and the reverse, but if I fished more big water I would have gotten an Outback no question. My only issue is that being lefthanded makes using the rudder a bit of a pain as I have to keep passing the rod back and forth, I want to switch the lever over to the RH side this summer but I am somewhat daunted with how little access to the inner hull there is. Look at this cute little guy: 
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Yeah that's the thing, I am going to be fishing mainly the slow Monocacy, but being in Frederick, I'm next to the Potomac too. I want something versatile for both, so I suppose a 12 is better? Thanks for the input so far.
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I'm moving to the Puget Sound and I plan on salmon and lingcod so I'm looking at the super manly 14 pro angler. Dual hand rutters!
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Planet X posted:Yeah that's the thing, I am going to be fishing mainly the slow Monocacy, but being in Frederick, I'm next to the Potomac too. I want something versatile for both, so I suppose a 12 is better? I'd go with the longer one unless I was planning on fishing in very skinny water or it needed to fit in the back of a car or something. Generally the longer the kayak the better the speed, tracking, stability and carrying capacity, at the cost of maneuverability. It might not be so important when everything is going well but keep in mind you might find yourself paddling back because the drive breaks down or needing to get back in a hurry because of a change in the weather. That is one thing that turns me off the Pro Anglers because they would be pricks to move without the mirage drive.
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I currently have a Hobie Outback and I can not recommended it enough, no reverse sucks now and then but I'm the 6 years I have had it I only wanted reverse about 5 times. The nice thing about the Mirage Drive is it had a built in fail point that cost a few dollars and a couple of minutes to replace, I haven't had a issue with mine yet and I have taken that kayak everywhere. The drive is extremely robust, I have rammed into buried stumps, unexpected sand bars and just about anything else you can find in the water. The only downside is the cost but the durability and the costumer service is worth it to me. Rythe fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Mar 29, 2016 |
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Going pike fishing in Sweden in 19 days. I don't have much to say about it yet, but I really can't wait and I want someone to talk about it with, god drat it
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Planet X posted:Yeah that's the thing, I am going to be fishing mainly the slow Monocacy, but being in Frederick, I'm next to the Potomac too. I want something versatile for both, so I suppose a 12 is better? If you ever wanna take a test drive let me know, hopefully the end of this month/beginning of the next will be devoted to fishing so I should be available whenever. In other news, my first custom rod is done, but I am out of town now and the rod maker is leaving the day I get back and not returning until the 17th. poo poo is killing me.
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Any of you guys ever do any vertical jigging? I got into it not too long ago and it's a real blast. Caught a wahoo in south Florida, which is not a very common catch. For those curious: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wQzSr2rJRKA
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That's pretty much shallow water rockfishing out in CA.
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I've tried a bit of microjigging from the kayak but haven't caught anything yet, and as the water is cooling down I probably won't give it a go in the salt again until next spring. I might try it with small plastics in deep lakes for trout and native species over winter some time though.
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It's been years since I've fished and I don't remember anything, but the couple times that my wife and I went last year were a blast for both of us so I'm looking for some tips: We've got a lake full of panfish that's about 30 feet at the deepest but around the edges is anywhere from 1 foot to 5 feet, with some stands of weeds and downed trees. My wife loves catching bluegills, what should we do in order to get good sized ones? Most of the ones that bite are tiny and we end up throwing them back.
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I am not a book posted:It's been years since I've fished and I don't remember anything, but the couple times that my wife and I went last year were a blast for both of us so I'm looking for some tips: Artificials all the way. Try small jigs/spinners at around 1/64 to 1/32oz in size. My go to panfish/rockbass/crappie etc. jig is 1/32oz with a Berkley Power Nymph. If you're not used to using a jig try attaching a bobber (preferably a sliding style) about 2 feet up from the jig. Cast it out and twitch the bobber ever few seconds.
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Bluegill is an awesome first target fish. I would take 3 slices of bread and make a day out of catching 5 dozen of them or so. Never ate one but they're supposed to be excellent.
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A guy a met out here was singing the praises of a scaled down dropshot rig for large bluegills.
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WTF BEES posted:small jigs/spinners at around 1/64 to 1/32oz in size. Do you mean a spinnerbait with an arm or something else? I'm kicking myself for becoming a big dumb nerd and not fishing for over a decade because I've forgotten it all now  bongwizzard posted:A guy a met out here was singing the praises of a scaled down dropshot rig for large bluegills. Something like this(but presumably using a smaller hook)? edit: hurfdurf here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQA8dP9b9E I am not a book fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Apr 17, 2016 |
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No picture dude. But yea, just make a rig with a 1/8-1/4oz weight and like a #6-8 hook. This guy was using tiny Gulp grubs, but any small scented plastic should work, or bait like small red worms. If it is super snaggy then use 1/4-20 hex nuts as your weight.
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Assignments and job applications stopped kicking my arse for a couple of days so I finally got to take the kayak out after about a month of sitting in the shed. The first spot was fogged out but I moved and it turned into an awesome day. In the end I caught 15 nice size flathead plus a couple of poo poo sharks   This was where I was fishing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilsons_Promontory
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gay picnic defence posted:Assignments and job applications stopped kicking my arse for a couple of days so I finally got to take the kayak out after about a month of sitting in the shed. The first spot was fogged out but I moved and it turned into an awesome day. In the end I caught 15 nice size flathead plus a couple of poo poo sharks Ugh so jealous. I'm in the process of buying a house on the Puget Sound and first "fun" purchase is a kayak.
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I am not a book posted:It's been years since I've fished and I don't remember anything, but the couple times that my wife and I went last year were a blast for both of us so I'm looking for some tips: When I was a kid I would catch them with a panfish hook baited with a worm I dug up or, if I couldn't find any, a compressed lump of bread that concealed the hook. Suspend it below a bobber. I've heard of catching them with lures and artificials, but I've never caught anything but largemouth bass that way.
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I am not a book posted:It's been years since I've fished and I don't remember anything, but the couple times that my wife and I went last year were a blast for both of us so I'm looking for some tips: If it's warm and they're in the shallow water close to shore, I'd highly recommend a telescopic cane pole. I rig mine with 15 pound test braid, a #4 hook, split shot, and a leech. Usually the best results I get are when dipping it in between openings in reed beds. With a 12+ foot fixed-line rod, fighting a 2 pound bass who has all the mechanical advantage in the world is really fun, and I've gotten some 1lb+ bluegill that way. If you don't have access to a boat and the ability to hop between reed beds, though, I'd say follow the other posters' advice on using small jigs from a spinning setup.
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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, I can get access to a canoe/kayak so I might try casting from shore and jigging. My main problem is that there are millions of like 1/4 lb sunnies that seem like they hit everything, it's hard to keep bait in the water long enough.
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I am not a book posted:Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, I can get access to a canoe/kayak so I might try casting from shore and jigging. My main problem is that there are millions of like 1/4 lb sunnies that seem like they hit everything, it's hard to keep bait in the water long enough. That water source needs a bass implant. Sounds like you got a case of the stunties. Try bass fishing instead? Preferably with lures near the size of the suns.
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