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Throwing a cast net is infinitely more labor intensive than a fly rod. Throwing a cast net over and over again for a half hour is enough to wind most people
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Yeah I'm an uncoordinated idiot and I've caught tons of fish on a fly rod. I've never once thrown a cast net because they take witchcraft.
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Nov 29, 2021 03:02
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Getting better at the cast net. I need more wrist action on the leading hand. The 12-3 o’clock position isn’t opening as much but the rest of the net is pancaking normally. Today I learned about a knocker rig. Had no idea it existed and I don’t know why or how. Hauled in a few pound of grunt and mangos. Great time. Triple tail can suck my balls though.
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Dec 5, 2021 06:12
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gamera009 posted:Getting better at the cast net. I need more wrist action on the leading hand. The 12-3 o’clock position isn’t opening as much but the rest of the net is pancaking normally.
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Dec 6, 2021 17:29
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That is correct.
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Dec 6, 2021 17:35
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I’ve posted in the fishing discord and the Minneapolis thread, but wanted to inform everyone: Icy GoonFish, 1/29/2022, St Alban’s Bay on Lake Minnetonka. I have augers, an ice tent and a bucket of poles. Stop by to drink beer and freeze with goons as we get outsmarted by oxygen deprived fish.
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Dec 9, 2021 08:06
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crazypeltast52 posted:I’ve posted in the fishing discord and the Minneapolis thread, but wanted to inform everyone: Typo, Excelsior Bay is where we will be, it has better access than St. Alban's.
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Dec 11, 2021 01:56
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I asked months ago about graphs in this thread. Ended up picking up a 9 inch Garmin Echomap via black Friday sales. I've only been able to take it out a couple times with the weather and busyness of the holidays but boy howdy does this change the game. I can pick out fish here and there but the main thing for me is being able to so easily find structure and bottom features that I would otherwise not know were there. I know some folks rail against video game fishing but when I only have a couple hours on the water this thing is way worth it being able to get me to a spot I know should produce.
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Dec 18, 2021 15:38
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2d graphs aren’t even a big deal. It’s when you start going down the path of livescope, that is when your fishing trips get more productive but less fun.
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Dec 18, 2021 15:41
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hard disagree, lol. finding that school and yanking them up is fun af
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Dec 18, 2021 16:48
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Ghostnuke posted:hard disagree, lol. finding that school and yanking them up is fun af Its perfectly fine to disagree. The part where people stand on on their boat and stare at a livescope screen for 90% of their trip isn't exactly what I call fun. I also wouldn't have bought it if I didn't use it for certain types of fish under certain conditions.
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Dec 19, 2021 01:11
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I love livescope because it takes the uncertainty out of getting skunked. Previously if I didn't catch anything it's like, "were there fish there at all? did they just not bite? am I throwing the right thing?" With livescope you know they are there, you can see if they dislike your bait, and my personal favorite - you can watch your bait bonk them in the face.
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Dec 19, 2021 02:13
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Ghostnuke posted:I love livescope because it takes the uncertainty out of getting skunked. Previously if I didn't catch anything it's like, "were there fish there at all? did they just not bite? am I throwing the right thing?" With livescope you know they are there, you can see if they dislike your bait, and my personal favorite - you can watch your bait bonk them in the face. That is basically all I use it for outside of suspended crappie. I probably use perspective more than I do traditional vertical.
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Dec 19, 2021 02:20
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Ghostnuke posted:I love livescope because it takes the uncertainty out of getting skunked. Previously if I didn't catch anything it's like, "were there fish there at all? did they just not bite? am I throwing the right thing?" With livescope you know they are there, you can see if they dislike your bait, and my personal favorite - you can watch your bait bonk them in the face. I was fishing from a kayak and I had a buddy skin diving near me. He slammed his two lingcods quick and decided to observe me fishing. Apparently I dropped my jig and it slammed into a big lingcods head and she didn’t even move. I jerked it up and it kinda shifted with no hookup. Wah.
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Update: GoonFish will be a two-day freeze-o-rama from 1/29/21 to 1/30/21. The plan is Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka for Day 1, Day 2 tbd.
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Just got back from 4 hours on the water with a couple of guides in Punta Mita, MX (just north of Puerto Vallarta). Was not the best day catching but a good time fishing. I was the only one of our group to get any hits with the jigs we were using. Unfortunately the boat got hit with wake right as I was starting to fight and knocked me off balance enough I couldn’t keep tension and lost it. We only had one hit on the bait rigs and while I was reeling it in one of the guides noticed the same fish had also taken the bait of another boat and we were both reeling it in. We got to the point where the fish was halfway between us when it got loose and our lines were still connected at the hooks and suspended a couple feet of off the water. The guides on both boats were laughing pretty hard at it, as nobody had ever seen that before. Edit: Forgot the important part, we landed 1 Spanish Mackerel that became amazing fresh ceviche.  
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gently caress yeah snook! Despite growing up in FL I didn't catch my first one until this summer. Spent a week fishing in the Port Charlotte area and managed to get one mangrove snapper on frozen shrimp and the snook on a fly I tied myself. Probably would have fished more but I was paddling my NuCanoe and didn't want to venture too far off into the unknown.     Even if it wasn't big it was pretty awesome connecting with one on a fly I made myself.
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Dec 25, 2021 01:06
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Insanely jealous of your yak. I almost bought one till I decided to buy a new truck.
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Dec 25, 2021 03:17
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Crab Dad posted:Insanely jealous of your yak. I almost bought one till I decided to buy a new truck. I like it a lot. It's not perfect, but it's pretty affordable for the super wide, stable, power capable boats. I picked up a 2.5hp outboard for it but I don't think I'm going to use it. It's way too tippy with it on there. I dunno how two dudes sit on elevated chairs with one mounted. I did get an electric trolling motor for it which has worked great. I just need to actually do the paperwork to get it registered.
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Dec 25, 2021 18:28
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charliebravo77 posted:I like it a lot. It's not perfect, but it's pretty affordable for the super wide, stable, power capable boats. I picked up a 2.5hp outboard for it but I don't think I'm going to use it. It's way too tippy with it on there. I dunno how two dudes sit on elevated chairs with one mounted. I did get an electric trolling motor for it which has worked great. I just need to actually do the paperwork to get it registered. Interesting and good to know about the engine. That was a fairly big selling point. Being super wide and stable for throwing crab pots and moving gear to an island was also high on my list.
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Crab Dad posted:Interesting and good to know about the engine. That was a fairly big selling point. Being super wide and stable for throwing crab pots and moving gear to an island was also high on my list. I mean, I'm also close to 300 with most of my weight on the top half of my body so the center of gravity is way higher for me than it might be for others. I'm actually pretty interested in the Pivot drive pedal option. I'm probably going to try and sell my outboard and put that money into the Pivot drive. One thing I will say is that if you do end up getting any sort of outboard make sure it's got easily extended controls. Mine was probably meant for a small jon boat and if you set it up so that your seat is in a good position for balance it'd be impossible to reach the shift lever without rigging up some kind of extension. Tiller/throttle extension handle is easy enough but I haven't figured out the best way to extend the shift lever yet.
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Dec 25, 2021 20:54
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What's up, fisherfolk? Did you do something you're proud of this year? Maybe you caught a particularly big one. Get it burned into your rap sheet forever by posting in the 2021 Achievement Sixxer thread!
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Fished the Shenandoah National Park the last two days. Day one was pretty epic. Water levels were very, very low and the fish were spooky. Plus a cold front just went over, so it make for a difficult day of fishing. But I caught a new personal best Park brookie - 13". Big bull trout. Day two, I met another goon from the Discord and we fished a popular stream in the park. Unfortunately, we got skunked and everyone who got a fishing rod for Christmas was at the stream. There were 17 cars parked at the access when we left. ugh.    
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Dec 29, 2021 14:46
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Nice feesh there Dik! I wanna catch some brookies!
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Dik Hz posted:Fished the Shenandoah National Park the last two days. Day one was pretty epic. Water levels were very, very low and the fish were spooky. Plus a cold front just went over, so it make for a difficult day of fishing. But I caught a new personal best Park brookie - 13". Big bull trout. Hell yeah. Was it the rapidan that was crowded?
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I lived in Norfolk for 4 years and somehow it didn't occur to me that there were rivers and freshwater fishing in Virginia because I'm not smart. Now I'm sad that i never went
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King of Bees posted:Hell yeah. Was it the rapidan that was crowded?
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Dik Hz posted:Yeah, Graves Mill access. Big trout was caught on the Rose I've fished the Rose on and off basically my entire life. I now basically just fish it for smallmouth on ultralight gear and if I happen to catch a trout or two it's a bonus. I did use my own hand tied 1/32, 1/64oz jigs though. Wet flies in jig form. Generally it's always been a bit over fished, and then the issue with huge parts being chained off because of property lines.
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WTF BEES posted:I've fished the Rose on and off basically my entire life. I now basically just fish it for smallmouth on ultralight gear and if I happen to catch a trout or two it's a bonus. I did use my own hand tied 1/32, 1/64oz jigs though. Wet flies in jig form.
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Had a hell of a day fishing the Chicago River in downtown Chicago. It was my third time trying the river and first successful day. Caught everything on a drop shot with a sexee tail shad. Probably 12-15 fish total. Mostly largies with a handful of bluegill too.         
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holy poo poo that rules
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My bro in law bought me a fly reel for Christmas 350 size preloaded 5-6wt and I’m looking for recommendations for a reasonably affordable but decent fly rod to learn on. Probably mostly bass fishing around here in manmade ponds.
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What is reasonably affordable? I've got a 9ft 6wt St. Croix Imperial that I've caught a fair number of bass on without issue, they're $250. If you wanted to step up a little in price the TFO Axiom II-X looks pretty sweet at $350 but I don't have any experience with them.
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charliebravo77 posted:What is reasonably affordable? I've got a 9ft 6wt St. Croix Imperial that I've caught a fair number of bass on without issue, they're $250. If you wanted to step up a little in price the TFO Axiom II-X looks pretty sweet at $350 but I don't have any experience with them. That seems  so certainly less. Something of a beginner rod for flat water. Prob 1-200$?I’ve never once fly fished but expressed interest and he hooked me up w a reel. I’ve got a lot of learning to do.
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LeeMajors posted:My bro in law bought me a fly reel for Christmas 350 size preloaded 5-6wt and I’m looking for recommendations for a reasonably affordable but decent fly rod to learn on. Probably mostly bass fishing around here in manmade ponds. Also, get a free lesson from your local bass pro shops or from a buddy who knows how to fly fish. Maybe your BIL? It’s easy to learn but almost impossible to teach yourself.
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It feels pricey but 250$ for an Orvis Clearwater with a full 25yr warranty seems good?
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LeeMajors posted:It feels pricey but 250$ for an Orvis Clearwater with a full 25yr warranty seems good? There really aren’t any bad rods on the market any more. The TFO that Lefty Kreh specifically designed for beginners is a great starting point at $150. https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/temple-fork-outfitters-signature-ii-series-fly-rod 9’ 5wt is what you want btw
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LeeMajors posted:It feels pricey but 250$ for an Orvis Clearwater with a full 25yr warranty seems good? Orvis has one of the best warranties in the biz or any biz really. I know from experience, lol. What your paying for is in 24 years you can snap a tip off in a car door and theyll repair or replace the whole thing with a current model equiv with zero hassles.
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Dik Hz posted:If you have money to blow go for it. But if you’re going to spend money, I’d buy a $200 fly line before I spent that much on a rod. But that’s just me. Yeah it’s a little intimidating and overwhelming and google (obviously) steers toward bigger brands. Thanks for the rec. I’ll prob just snag that one or the redington I’ve seen around there for 150-170. I just wasn’t sure what the floor was for a legitimately good one or if warranty was a real concern. King of Bees posted:Orvis has one of the best warranties in the biz or any biz really. I know from experience, lol. What your paying for is in 24 years you can snap a tip off in a car door and theyll repair or replace the whole thing with a current model equiv with zero hassles. Also this is super appealing. gently caress.
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