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I dont think getting stuck on rebar would be that bad. Honestly, I think the trouble would be more from snags and fouling on the same stuff that catches lures in the first place, like giant logs or dumped toilets. Idea. Electromagnet! If it gets stuck, just turn it off / disconnect it. Bonus stunned fish.
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Do they sell magnets in sphere shape with an eyelet? Might snag less.
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Next time I'm at harbor freight I might pick one up for the hell of it, especially if they are relatively cheap. Who knows the crazy stuff you can find at a busy boat ramp.
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Suspect Bucket posted:But you still got one keeper My wife loves to fish...but only for about 45 minutes then she's ready to call it a day. She has me bait her hook and take the fish off...but trust me I am in no way complaining. It feels manly and romantic as crap helping my wife with stuff like that, and the fact she likes to fish PERIOD is so cool it's not even funnny. We've got a kid on the way and I can't wait to take her/him fishing with us sometime.
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May 31, 2016 18:08
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I skimmed that as fishing on her period and I thought well it does have a calming effect on me. I took my wife on a Hawaiian deep sea trip and she landed a 35lb dorado then made fun of me for years because the first and only fish she ever caught was bigger than my personal record at the time and for a good while after.
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May 31, 2016 19:39
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LingcodKilla posted:I skimmed that as fishing on her period and I thought well it does have a calming effect on me. Haha the word period does stand out there, maybe not the best use of caps haha. Wives have got the magical ability to do that for sure! If you put a Snoopy pole baited with a fraction of a worm in my wife's hand she'll somehow land a 15 pound bass or a 25 pound catfish without even trying.
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Live posting from Southeast AK, cell reception is p.good this far out so now I can fish and shitpost. No bites yet, will let ya know if I see anything cool or catch something.
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May 31, 2016 21:33
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What's the target, what bait/lure?
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May 31, 2016 22:38
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LingcodKilla posted:What's the target, what bait/lure? goons;opinions about circumcision
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May 31, 2016 22:45
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Halibut is the target, fishing in about 250-300ft and using stank rear end herring I left in my boat from 3 days ago.
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May 31, 2016 23:29
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TheDon01 posted:Halibut is the target, fishing in about 250-300ft and using stank rear end herring I left in my boat from 3 days ago. What's the bottom like? I'd hate drifting over rocks at the depth. I'm used to the 120-10 we do out here in CA.
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Bottom is sandy/silty but there are plenty of rocky spots. No luck with halibut but my crab pots I dropped the other day were productive.    The king crab were tossed back, too small and too female. But I did get 2 of the biggest dungeness I've seen in a while.
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Jun 1, 2016 00:23
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Nice. No spots for some rockfish on your way in?
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LingcodKilla posted:Nice. No spots for some rockfish on your way in? Not that I know of. I'm sure they're around but I've only been fishing in this area since last summer. I could tell you where to catch things in Seward and Homer. You familiar with the Juneau area waterways? I need to befriend some salty old bastard that's lived here forever.
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I wish. I'm California central coast born and raised about to move to Puget Sound, Washington. Similar fish, wonky seasons and waaaaaay more politics. Going to buy a fancy kayak to get on the water.
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 Out fishing again. This time for salmon too. Couple bites so far and I have crab pots to check on the way in.
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What you trolling with? I always likes using rotor-killers and have had luck with watermelon apex.
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Deep 6 with a twin hook herring rig
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No idea what a shaker is. Does it bring the lingcod a running? These are the only regs I've ever seen on Lingcod. Im in the Northern SE Area. 
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I've seen photos of dudes using very small salmon as bait for them. We call young of the year salmons "shakers" (like in they can't even knock the ball off the trolling line) and small lingcods "hot dogs". Dumb i know.
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The proper term for an immature salmon is parr, or smolt as they get nearer to maturing enough to go out to sea. I imagine that at best, you'd piss off a salmon fisherman for doing it, I've heard of guys getting into altercations because they found someone with a bucket of smolts to be used as baitfish. If I recall correctly it's like up to a 6 month jail sentence and a four digit fine for fishing with salmon smolts or other gamefish and having them in your possession. DFW puts tons of money into salmon reaching adulthood, for reasons up to and including the amount of tourist money they bring to the PNW. tesilential posted:Find a local tackle shop or sporting goods store and have them spool you up and get them to write down your spoil capacity for you. You'll get a good to great wind on the spool as opposed to a decent at best wind if you do it yourself without experience. As an added bonus you can chat fishing with a local who knows what's up and can give you tips on technique, location, gear and so on. You might even get an invite to fish which is definitely the quickest way to gain skill. Braid is great however it does fish differently than mono and such, as it likes to lie on top of the water. And definitely take apart and clean and maintain your reels regularly, it helps to get a feel for using them, to understand the parts, and if you fish in salt you want to rinse it at the end of every day. bongwizzard posted:In other news, today's casting rod practice turned serious: coyo7e fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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You are such a dork. Of course shaker isn't the official term but a smolt is juvenile that's still a filter feeder. Alaska fisheries are completely different than the lower 48, they have different laws regulating different species. For instance I didn't know that there isn't a min size for non-chinook salmon in certain zones in Washington. Also two minutes of searching found the Alaskan regulations that state that salmon caught for substitence can't be used for commercial purposes as bait. Key word commercial. CHAPTER 01. SUBSISTENCE FINFISH FISHERY. Article 1. Statewide Provisions. 5 AAC 01.001. Application of this chapter. Regulations in this chapter apply to subsistence shing for salmon, herring, bottom sh, smelt, halibut and other types of n sh or their parts, and aquatic plants. The descriptions of legal types of gear (5 AAC 39.105), the de nitions (5 AAC 39.975) and the abbreviations and symbols (5 AAC 39.997) set forth and de ned in 5 AAC 39 are applicable to the regulations in this chapter. 5 AAC 01.005. Subsistence shing permitted. Fin sh other than salmon, rainbow trout, and steelhead trout may be taken for subsistence purposes at any time in any area of the state by any method unless restricted by the subsistence shing regulations in this chapter. Salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes only as provided in this chapter. (m) Salmon taken for subsistence use or under subsistence shing regulations may not be subsequently used as bait for commercial shing purposes. I doubt it's a Thing really but I saw an article about it years ago so I was curious. Anyways here's a video. https://youtu.be/RaHZYOKmgmU https://youtu.be/wKmyWKq6Djc Crab Dad fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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Ahh, Alaska. Don't try it in OR, CA, and probably WA though. Are they called shakers because you can feel the weak shaking when you snag one while trolling? That's how I grab most of the ones I get hands on.
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coyo7e posted:Ahh, Alaska. Don't try it in OR, CA, and probably WA though. Yes indeed. They can't separate the weight from the snap swivel. You just kind of drag them.
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Went wade fishing today on the upper Patapsco River in central MD. Was on the water for 4 hours and only managed to cover half a mile. There were fish everywhere and I caught a ton of them. Nothing big, but close to a hundred small SMB and larger Redbreasts. I also caught a single rockbass, which I didn't even think lived around here. I fished a few variations on the Ned rig. It is really an amazing lure, small enough for a larger sunfish to take the hook but large bass will still hit it. I am very impressed with how hard SMB fight. The largest I caught was only like 12" but even ones down to 6" would pull drag and put a good bend in my heavish ML rod.
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bongwizzard posted:Went wade fishing today on the upper Patapsco River in central MD. Was on the water for 4 hours and only managed to cover half a mile. There were fish everywhere and I caught a ton of them. Nothing big, but close to a hundred small SMB and larger Redbreasts. I also caught a single rockbass, which I didn't even think lived around here. I fished a few variations on the Ned rig. It is really an amazing lure, small enough for a larger sunfish to take the hook but large bass will still hit it. Yeah wade fishing in large stream/small rivers is the best. Rock bass are absolutely native to the east coast and are a blast if you can find a school of them. Very much behave like river-crappie. Also I find that riverside of any species are just plain stronger than their lake bound cousins. Next time you go out try a Berkley Power Nymph on a 1/32oz jig head. It's pretty much cheating.
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Ohh a fishing thread! So my wife just introduced me into fishing while on vacation at a lake. She just bought us some cheapo $20 rod/reel combos from Walmart. One of them being a spinner and the other a baitcaster. I have to say I have throughly been enjoying fishing some catfish and a random mussel (wtf) releasing them after unhooking them. I think i want to invest a little bit more into the hobby but not sure where to go. Trying to get in contact with my friend to see what the bigger fish population is in northern Virginia so I can have a better direction to aim towards. Are there any rod / reels that would be suggested for fresh water fishing, not on a boat, baitcaster reel, in the $150~ price range? I think there are some lakes around here that have bass.
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WTF BEES posted:Next time you go out try a Berkley Power Nymph on a 1/32oz jig head. It's pretty much cheating. I usually rock a Trout Slayer bug on this river, but my love of the Ned is becoming all consuming. I had two little finesse jig/craws I wanted to try but I never switched over. Etrips posted:Ohh a fishing thread! So my wife just introduced me into fishing while on vacation at a lake. She just bought us some cheapo $20 rod/reel combos from Walmart. One of them being a spinner and the other a baitcaster. I have to say I have throughly been enjoying fishing some catfish and a random mussel (wtf) releasing them after unhooking them. I think i want to invest a little bit more into the hobby but not sure where to go. Trying to get in contact with my friend to see what the bigger fish population is in northern Virginia so I can have a better direction to aim towards. Where in NOVA are you? Also a baitcaster combo for $150 is going to be not super good. You can absolutely get a decent to good spinning combo for that price, but budget casting reels can be frustrating as hell. I would look at a St Croix Mojo Bass rod, they are a good value for the money and can usualy be found on sale for around $100. I would suggest the Drop Shot rod, as it is a pretty good general purpose rod. Then get a reel in the $50 range, like an Okuma Avenger B or a Pfueger President. Both are good reels and will last a long time with even a little care.
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bongwizzard posted:Where in NOVA are you? Also a baitcaster combo for $150 is going to be not super good. You can absolutely get a decent to good spinning combo for that price, but budget casting reels can be frustrating as hell. Currently living in the Reston / Herndon area of NOVA. At what price point would I be able to get a decent baitcaster setup? Tried using the spinner reel but the baitcaster was a lot more fun to use.
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Etrips posted:Currently living in the Reston / Herndon area of NOVA. At what price point would I be able to get a decent baitcaster setup? Tried using the spinner reel but the baitcaster was a lot more fun to use. The general consensus is that the $100 range is the sweet spot. Look at bassreasource.com and search their tackle forum, there is a ton of specfic info there. I prefer a spinning set up in general but especially for a beginner it is a lot more forgiving and even later they will let you cast from more obstructed bank spots then a casting reel. Not sure what is around you, but it you cross the river the C&O canal is a greal LMB fishery and the upper Potomac is full of smallmouths.
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bongwizzard posted:The general consensus is that the $100 range is the sweet spot. Look at bassreasource.com and search their tackle forum, there is a ton of specfic info there. I prefer a spinning set up in general but especially for a beginner it is a lot more forgiving and even later they will let you cast from more obstructed bank spots then a casting reel. Thanks I'll check out that site!
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Finally got out for a fish after spending the last month studying for my exams. Ended up with a few pike and a goatfish. No gummy sharks unfortunately. 
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Two LMBs from the last two days:  Both on small fluke-type plastics thrown up under cover. Tomorrow is going to be a white perch day due to the tides working out perfectly, but I might catch a striped bass and keep my streak going.
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I am headed to a stocked pond tomorrow am. It's actually a goldfish / coi hatchery that has a few ponds with bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish. I'm certainly not fishing for goldfish. I've been doing mostly fly fishing lately with not much luck, so while I'm happy to just get out, I'd really like to up my chances a bit tomorrow and land something. I've got some of the old standbys here:  Mepps Black Fury spinners Purple worms Few small rapalas Tiny torps Small green stick worms A crankbait or two I'm not hung up on gear or anything, but if there's something I'm missing out of here that bass and crappie really go for (out of picture are some white crappie grubs), I'm willing to head over to the Wal Mart and get something. Bongwiz said that the Ned rig is really hot right now. Any advice? New rigs, etc? Any must haves that I'm missing? Edit: After reading back in the thread a few pages, I went to Wal Mart, and they did not have Berkely power nymphs or any Ned rig stuff I'm probably going to take the fly rod and try some topwater poppers, too Planet X fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Had an awesome Dad moment last night and caught a panfish in the pier waters in the intercostal waterway behind out beach house, with my 3 yr old standing near by. That was almost 24hrs ago and he hasn't stopped talking about it. To him I caught a Great White with my bare hands and it just feels drat awesome. On the freshwater side I've decided this bank fishing is for the birds and I'm shopping around for kayaks. Not planning to purchase until February. Right now I'm liking the Sea Ghost 130.
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Planet X posted:Bongwiz said that the Ned rig is really hot right now. Yeah, few of the MD stores I have ever found really carry zman stuff. There are a few ebay stores that carry them with reasonable prices and shipping. I am leaning towards cut down hula sticks and cut down Zinkers rather then the TRD baits. If you want a little ned starter kit let me know and I can peel some off of my stash.
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hagie posted:On the freshwater side I've decided this bank fishing is for the birds and I'm shopping around for kayaks. Not planning to purchase until February. Right now I'm liking the Sea Ghost 130. That is a nice looking kayak and that seat looks amazingly comfortable. Have you had a chance to paddle it yet?
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