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Im getting back into fishing at 30 since I lost my way about 10 years ago. I forgot how calming it is. My dad is an avid fisherman and to welcome me back, set my wife and I up with new rods and reels (he is a junkie for flea markets and garage sales and has upwards of 200 rods and reels). I ended up with a beautiful Shakespeare Sturdy Stik medium action rod paired with a classic Zebco 733. My wife got an early 60's Shakespeare Wondercast paired with a Zebco Sportcaster rod. My first day back on the ponds got me this feller:  Sorry for the terrible picture quality. I had to crop myself out of the pic.
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Good luck! I ordered some Yum Dinger 6 in. and a new box of straight shank worm hooks so I can go live the Texas rig life in Oklahoma ponds.
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Jun 28, 2020 12:30
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Hate to double post but threads move at a glacial pace in this seemingly hidden space. I scouted some ponds last week and absolutely hosed my right ring finger on some barbed wire (it was in-between two pieces of property my grandpa owns, all legal, I just didn't want to drive all the way to the gate). It's healing up and I can still cast. Today I'm gonna go check out the freshly stocked pond at a local park. Their regulations are pretty chill so I'm happy to play with my rigs a bit and test out a few things. I've been mostly running the Texas rig and bass fishing but I might set up another rod for my crappie rig; it has two hooks on a swivel and sets just below a bobber so that I may catch two bluegill at a time. It's actually just good if I want bait fish (which I don't use), but the old timers around here will tell you that a bluegill (perch) cooked whole over an open fire is the best tasting fish in Oklahoma. I'll take their word for it. I'm a conservationist for the most part and try to rig my stuff to do the least harm to fish so I can admire them, admonish them, and send them back with a wee piercing, if even that. Happy fishing! I'll be back later this week for what I'm sure will be a triple post about what I managed to catch and what kind of rig I was using.
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Jul 2, 2020 13:16
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Yessss. Thank you.
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Jul 2, 2020 21:09
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