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SEGA rear end Fisting posted:smoking weed and fishing is literally the greatest thing a human can do. It makes for such a nice day
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Just replacing 4 eyes on one of my surf rods. Two had lost the plastic inserts and the other two had inserts that were loose. Something had a sharp edge and had wore down the 20lb braid in God knows how many spots which cost me a rig before I even realized what happened. Of course that means I'll be respooling the reel as soon as I'm done with these eyes. It was newish line too, a lot of it. 
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Jul 19, 2020 19:53
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I wanna tie some insanely ornate classic wet flies. 
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Jul 20, 2020 23:31
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For SE saltwater one of the biggest payoffs for me was buying and learning how to use and maintain a cast net. It's paid for itself a dozen times over
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Jul 21, 2020 04:16
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Some mornings I'd be looking for shrimp or finger mullets or muds in the tidal creeks around here and the pro bait harvesters would be around with their massive cast nets and picture perfect throws just slamming it. Or the old timers that fish the jetty rocks and can pin point target a mullet school with a little net amongst the barnacle covered rocks and not even get snagged. I'd lose my net in two seconds trying that.
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Jul 21, 2020 14:43
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Untrustable posted:Fuckin excellent effortpost about saltwater fish...Cool post! Forgot to say this as well, that post was spotless
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Jul 21, 2020 21:47
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Hit the beach yesterday for the incoming tide. Caught a dozen whiting but only three keepers, a baby pompano the size of my hand and several catfish. Used the sand flea rake for most of the bait but also had a half bag of ancient freezer burned bait shrimp that worked just fine.
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Jul 25, 2020 17:19
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Saw a guy catch a tailless whiting the other day. Full grown adult fish without any sort of tail, just a well healed over old scar. I didn't think that was possible.
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Jul 27, 2020 17:49
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I think popper fishing is just fun as hell. You get some explosive hits
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Jul 27, 2020 19:26
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To piggyback on Dik Hz's post here's some drone shots I took of the same beach about a week apart on this first shot you can see the waves breaking on a sandbar and there's a decent trough near the shore. There are two rips and the guy in the photo is fishing right in the middle of them.  a week later the sand is gone in this shot, it's higher tide, and the waves are breaking on the shore. It's fairly deep right off the beach and tricky to find a spot that's better than any where else. Since the waves aren't really churning up the crustaceans in an obvious way I just hork it out there and see what happens on days like that. On this beach most days are like the first photo, so it pays to take a few minutes at the start to try to see what the surf is doing.
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Jul 28, 2020 00:45
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Gonna try to make it out tomorrow and see what's it like pre hurricane
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Jul 31, 2020 17:53
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Elmnt80 posted:Supposedly pre hurricane is good fishin. I mean you have that incoming rain and low pressure drop that makes fish go batshit feeding. Hope so, it's been awful lately. The water is like a bathtub and there's too much rain. Crap for fishing and great for hurricanes.
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Aug 1, 2020 00:43
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It was bust today. A few dinks and catfish. Will try again Tuesday after the storm has blown by.
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Aug 2, 2020 02:58
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No joy on after storm fishing, but we honestly didn't really get a storm. Surfers we're happy though. We brought in about twenty five catfish and another baby pompano. So really about the same as before the storm
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Aug 4, 2020 23:52
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Time posted:Launched a 5 ounce jig about 100 yds/cast this morning and now my rotator cuff is acting up. This happens to me sometimes and it sucks for days. The worst is walking the dog afterwards and he jerks the leash.
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Aug 10, 2020 14:46
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Dangerllama posted:Went up to Texas Plates Creek to fish for cutthroat. If you’re in CO, you owe it to yourself to get up to a high country lake. The colors on the fish are incredible right now. Beautiful!
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Aug 11, 2020 01:16
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Do you know anyone who can show you how to cast? Trust me, ten minutes of proper technique will get you a serviceable cast and the rest is practice and experience. Tutorials are difficult because so much of fly casting is feel, as in feeling the rod load in one hand and line tension in the other.
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Aug 19, 2020 15:24
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I don't know if orvis still does it, but their lifetime warranty used to be phenomenal. I iced up a tip once without noticing and it went flying. They replaced the whole rod no questions asked. I also sent in my grandfather's (now mine) battenkill and they replaced the handle and wraps plus tracked its lineage down to the month/year/maker for the price of shipping. I was stunned.
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Aug 20, 2020 14:15
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:saltwater-wise, it's frequently spectacularly weird. After Hurricane Emily they were catching sailfish off the piers on the Outer Banks That's friggin cool
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Aug 28, 2020 00:18
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Slung Blade posted:Yeah I was still hoping for a Hobie, but I wanted some competition to bring their prices down a touch. The angler model I wanted was north of four loving grand (Canadian) last time I got a quote from a local seller. Same, or a nicely set up jon boat
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Aug 30, 2020 18:44
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Lol free bait
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Sep 6, 2020 03:21
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I should get a dickspoon (huge, natch) and go for some sharks
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Sep 10, 2020 14:03
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Hit tne surf today and caught endless shorties of whiting and pompano. Three keeper whititng, all on the small side.
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Sep 25, 2020 21:51
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gently caress, i havent gone on a bird hunt in almost twenty years 
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Sep 28, 2020 01:56
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eSporks posted:I'm not sure how safe eating out of it is? It runs right through heavy residential areas. Not safe!
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Sep 28, 2020 02:08
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Dik Hz posted:Dude, read the room. Didnt see that post! Sorry if i came off callous, not intended.
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Sep 28, 2020 22:51
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Niioce. We went on friday and didn't get even a single bite. The sand bar was in a fucky location and the next day a big cold front moved in as well. At least we werent alone. Saw one guy catch one ladyfish. The peregrine falcons are migrating through right now and we saw one destroy tern or something about fifteen feet from us on the sand by doing its 200mph body check plus talon through the head dive.  Problem was he came back again and accidentally threw the body into the surf so he didnt even get a meal.
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Oct 19, 2020 01:38
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Throw a chunk of hotdog in there and see what you get 
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Oct 22, 2020 04:43
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Hit the inlet at St Augustine and got a limit of slot trout, a real nice spanish mac and a half dozen smaller bluefish. Cold weather has moved in and i hope to get out at least one more time this week.
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Nov 17, 2020 00:59
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Elmnt80 posted:Don't go fishing in the frozen shithole of hoth. Seriously, the only times I've ever snapped a fly rod (besides shutting in a door) is from an iced eye
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Nov 18, 2020 03:04
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In the surf if i can grab the line in front of the reel and with a little effort start pulling line from the spool im generally satisfied i wont lose a chunker due to snapping the line after the strike. Im also prettygood at adjusting drag during the fight if im into something big.
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Nov 24, 2020 03:05
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Speaking of panfish, interest check on this tiny St Croix/Shimano travel combo. I got it in an estate sale with a ton of fly gear. I held onto it with the idea of bream or smallies but i just end up using a fly rod anyways. It's several years old but has never been used, literally still has the stickers on and is always stored in the case. Speaking of, Ill throw in this orvis case that fits everything nicely and fits under a car seat or in a pack. Rod: st croix triumph 5'6" ultra light fast action 4 piece https://www.tackledirect.com/st-croix-triumph-travel-spinning-rods.html Reel: shimano sahara 500fd http://www.fishingcastle.com/products/Shimano-Sahara-FD-Spinning-Reels-.html Ask 100 plus shipping   
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Dec 11, 2020 17:26
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PM sent
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Dec 11, 2020 18:59
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Awesome, the usps poo poo is crazy. I sent it out on the 11th!
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Dec 29, 2020 02:30
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Sweet. Fly fishing is so much fun. Consider going lighter like a 2 or 3 for those fish so it gets even more exciting.
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Jan 11, 2021 02:08
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Valt posted:Yeah I'm still really learning how to cast so the heavier rod makes that easier. Especially with the wind that is often happening on the llano. Plus being able to cast further is helpful for me as well. Right on. My advice, not asked for.. but, is nail your roll cast with some streamers for hitting tons of territory quickly. Bass galore!
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Jan 11, 2021 02:49
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Ive blanked on the surf last three times ive gone. It went from slot trout, spanish macs, blues and whiting to nothing except an occasional dink whiting. I know its a long shot but if anyone is fishing east coast Fla surf and are on the fish id love to hear what youre doing. The fishing reports in Jax suck and are 95% guys in boats catching reds. There was a great fishing radio show on Fridays but its off the air as far as i can tell.
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Jan 24, 2021 16:46
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I love it. Its a great thread full of useful advice.
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Feb 27, 2021 13:22
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On another note i was flinging some spinners in a flounder hole thats usually productive but got nothing. I asked an old timer where are all the good local fishing reports since the local fishing forums are dead. He said theyre all on fuckin facebook now. I havent had a fb account in many years and now im thinking of it just for fishing
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Plus stockers are horrible eating fish unless they've had a year of eating bugs to develop some flavor which never happens
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