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Kim Jong ill posted:Snapped the tip portion off the end of my graphite rod, just before it meets the next guide down the rod. Is it still usable? Is it possible/advisable to replace the guide now on the end with a proper tip guide? Fishing rods are like Old Henry pocket knives: you always mail in the warranty, even if it's just to get a second knife. If you didn't care enough to mail in the warranty, then why didn't you buy a cheaper one?
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coyo7e posted:You didn't keep the receipt or mail in the warranty? Because I broke the rod by mistreating it whilst I was trying to retrieve a snag. That's my fault, not a manufacturer's defect, so I don't expect them to cover it. Now I know to treat graphite rods with more respect.
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Once you get into the more high-end rods they will usually work with you and replace the rod for free for good customer service reasons, or will give you extremely good deal on a replacement rod.
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I learned I know absolutely nothing about fishing the intercostal waterways, the kayaking was amazing but no fish to speak of.
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Rythe posted:I learned I know absolutely nothing about fishing the intercostal waterways, the kayaking was amazing but no fish to speak of. That'll happen sometimes, no shame in it. Getting outside is what really matters. Where'd you go?
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May 5, 2016 21:43
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I did some fishing at the mouth of Pearl Harbor last night. Got skunked but there was about 10 other locals fishing from the pier with me so it was probably just a slow evening.
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May 5, 2016 22:58
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tesilential posted:That'll happen sometimes, no shame in it. Getting outside is what really matters. Where'd you go? Fishing in NC in Surf City, I was thinking to much like a bass angler probably. I have fished deep sea and surf but those are different beast then kayaking in the intercostal. Going to do some research and come back out again, need to find some local to me kayaker too.
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Kim Jong ill posted:Because I broke the rod by mistreating it whilst I was trying to retrieve a snag. That's my fault, not a manufacturer's defect, so I don't expect them to cover it. Now I know to treat graphite rods with more respect. It's not like REI where people were hiking literally the length of the PCT by stopping in at REI stores in every major urban area along the way and replacing their entire set of hiking and camping gear.. Although maybe my Old Henry quip made it feel like more of a "lol scam them" than I meant it. Even if you were yanking on the rod like it was an oar in a viking raiding vessel though, finding out how you broke it might help them in the future.
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Went fishing last weekend, the whole point was to grab a bag of squid. Our squid jogs kept getting hit by something which was really unusual. There was also a shitload of other boats out around where we were and they aren't usually many, we figured everyone was chasing squid. Until we actually saw the strikes as we pulled the jigs in. ] Ended up reeling in a few Australian Salmon, poo poo eating but great fun. Everyone was out chasing these, we caught a few and moved on to greener pastures.    
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May 7, 2016 12:54
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Nice sambo, it's great fun casting little slugs into a school of them with a whiting rod. I lost a squid jig yesterday to a couta or pike or something. A couple of taps and then the line went slack, bitten clean through. It was a $20 Sephia too  A bunch of us took the kayaks out hoping the storms earlier in the week might have bought the tuna in close but they weren't around and all I caught was a pike, a big skate and a gannet which pecked the poo poo out of me when I tried to unhook it. Not a great reward for a 8 hour round trip but it was still good to get out.
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And a couple of photos from the day... 
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congratulations on your tentacle monster but wtc is that? It looks kinda like a ray but there's three tails or something  I'm probably missing something simple but what is that?
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I was thinking the same thing. Some sort of angel shark with claspers?
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The middle one is the skate's tail, the two either side are its dicks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clasper
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Nailed it. Boy do I know my shark dicks.
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You should never screw with a shark... Cause he'll screw you back. Then screw you again at the same time. Ok I'm leaving.
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What water temp do Bass start to become more active? Edit: That's LMB and SMB, not salt water bass.
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Marshmallow Blue posted:What water temp do Bass start to become more active? I think anywhere between 60°F and 80°F is good, depending on other things like depth, time of day, and size of body of water.
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There is a dude I know who catches huge rear end bass all winter, so long as the water isn't iced out. He uses jigs and large worms. However, he is willing to fish all day to catch one bass.
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Gear's ready to go, Hitting montauk next weekend.
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I live on Loch Erne, a lake famous in Northern Ireland for trout, salmon and pike. But I cannot catch fish for poo poo - not even a nibble. I can fish from the shore, or out in my boat - still gently caress all. Yet there is a kid who comes down most nights on a moped, and within minutes the little bastard pulls out 2 or 3 good sized trout - just casting from the shore. What am I loving up, or is he the Pied Piper of fish or something? I have a load of (old) flies, spinners, and whatever rods and reels I need. Do fish just hate me?
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Ohnonotme posted:I live on Loch Erne, a lake famous in Northern Ireland for trout, salmon and pike. But I cannot catch fish for poo poo - not even a nibble. Yeah, the fish hate you. Ask the kid what illegal pop culture drugs he's attracting salmon with. Just came home from a LIONFISH BLAST. It's where spear fishermen see who can kill the most (invasive awful destroying black bass stocks) lionfish in two days, then the local colleges come and help fillet the fish and take the carcasses for study. Then the fillets are cooked up and served for free to an adoring public. Oh, and swag and two dolla beers for sale. I am full of lionfish ceviche and fry. I also bought a t-shirt and coozie. Nom nom I gotta learn to spearfish. Look at this big bastard: https://imgur.com/OnWKlTZ Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 22:46 on May 14, 2016 |
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Suspect Bucket posted:Yeah, the fish hate you. Ask the kid what illegal pop culture drugs he's attracting salmon with. Cool, where at? The local Whole Foods (So. Florida) just started stocking lion fish too. Haven't tried it myself because I have no idea how to prepare it.
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It's a versatile fish can be cooked any of the usual ways. The Florida fish are eating so well the the scientists are reporting lionfish with so much fat they considered obese. Truly a most American fish.
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Enigma posted:Cool, where at? The Lionfish Blast was at Brown's Creek Fish Camp. They're catching the bastards all over the Florida reefs though. https://www.facebook.com/events/627751204060578/ You prepare it like shrimp, it seems. Quickly! edit: And this is my new favorite t-shirt. Googly mofo dont know what hit him. 
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Plenty of restaurants will cook up lionfish for free. Also, catching them increases your bag limit on other fish so everyone should be doing their best to gently caress up that population.
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Suspect Bucket posted:The Lionfish Blast was at Brown's Creek Fish Camp. They're catching the bastards all over the Florida reefs though. Oh man, those awful things are that far north? I hadn't realized that. Is there a reliable way to catch them on a line or is spearfishing really the only way to get them? The waters down here are thick with them but I've never caught one on a hook, and I don't spearfish.
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Try live bait. They are ambush predators so I doubt the will chase lures.
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I heard that the lionfish numbers in some places are so out of control that most stuff like spearfishing won't make a serious dent in the population. Is there much truth to this?
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Yup. It's really really bad.
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Lionfish live down to 300m so even if we somehow cleared the reefs and near-shore areas of them, there will always be more that move in from deeper water.
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The future is only lionfish in the oceans and snakeheads in the rivers
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Nah the Indian Ocean has predatory fish and sharks that eat them.
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ChrisHansen posted:The future is only lionfish in the oceans and Fixed that for you.
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LingcodKilla posted:Try live bait. They are ambush predators so I doubt the will chase lures. Flathead, a very popular species among Australian fishermen, is an ambush predator and probably the most common way to catch them is jigging soft plastic lures along the bottom. Just have to pass an easy meal in front of their face fast enough to illicit an instinctive response.
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Good thing there are sharks in rivers too! NATURE IS AMAZING. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_bullsharks_2.html
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Kim Jong ill posted:Flathead, a very popular species among Australian fishermen, is an ambush predator and probably the most common way to catch them is jigging soft plastic lures along the bottom. Just have to pass an easy meal in front of their face fast enough to illicit an instinctive response. Yeah i think lions are even more lazy. They are ambush gulpers. They can also team up to round up fish and just kinda lazy gulp them. They don't seem to chase anything.
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Picked up fishing after a 15 year or so hiatus. Every weekend (usually Saturday night) from 4pm-dark I hit up a spot a coworker swears he pulled out a 5lb largemouth. Everything I have seen so far is 1/5 of that. I would say that the spot is definitely over fished, but the problem I am having are too manny misses. So far I have had 3 misses on plastic worms and 1 on a top water frog. On the frog I let it crash, counted to 1, and set the hook, only to find my lure hitting me in the chest. All misses have been confirmed by visibly seeing a fish crashing or rolling so I don't think it's over sensitivity from running across the ground/cover I can't see. All misses so far have been at the time of setting the hook. I was joking with my buddy about buying a 5' youth rod, and using an inline spinner for trout that's tiny, because it seems the hooks we have are too big for the mouths of what is in the water. He has also had several misses in the same scenario. I want to catch some drat fish but really don't want to sacrifice quality with quantity just to catch em all. My thought is bigger bait, potentially bigger fish, or at least hungrier. The hooks I'm using aren't ridiculously huge or anything, and in fact I have down sized. Most have been hitting on various worm sizes, with just a hook through a worm and made weedless. No Carolina/Texas rigging or anything, just floating work and a hook. It doesn't seem to be a presentation problem but landing.
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Your rod might not have enough backbone to set the hook. Until very recently I have been using softer rods then I really needed and stepping up a bit in power really helped. You could also try light wire hooks if you are not fishing thick cover, I have been liking the lw twistloc Owner hooks a bunch.
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hagie posted:Picked up fishing after a 15 year or so hiatus. Every weekend (usually Saturday night) from 4pm-dark I hit up a spot a coworker swears he pulled out a 5lb largemouth. Everything I have seen so far is 1/5 of that. For the trout here in CO, I use no more than 4# mono and the smallest spinner or countdown rapala I can find. I pull reasonably slowly against the current and pause for a half second about halfway through the retrieve. Out here the general rule of thumb is that big lures for trout can work, since only the largest trout can mouth the bait, but small lures trigger a feeding response from all fish, including the biggest trout. Larger lures only frustrate the fisherman if that massive trout doesn't exist where you think it does. On the other hand, on tiny mepps spinners, I've caught 5# rainbows and brown trout up in the mountains. YMMV
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