Fishing & Tackle Thread

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>>920287
first.

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>tfw your friends go fishing without you on your day off

>>920297
>not just saying "fuck them" and fishing on your own instead

>>920302
Tfw fishing license in my state has no single policy

>>920302
This is what I do. Except I'm the only one who goes fishing because everybody says they are down to go earlier in the day and then flakes.

>>920288
You ever see that show "Parking Wars"? It was on A&E I think and it followed around meter maids in Philly. Those and the repo guy shows were always awesome.

>>920306
What shit hole do you live in?

>>920281
Is this some kind of weird fishing porno or do broads really dress this way in Minnesota?

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>>920302
>tfw they went ice fishing
>tfw they have the auger and my gear
>tfw they literally LOOKED at my rods in their bucket and still decided to go without me

>>920311
Looks like something out of a cheap fishing mag.

>>920281

I just want to pump them BOTH full of my cum

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>>920308
>tfw you get kicked out of a couples only fishing spot

>>920311
>>920314
She's some amatuer model, Missy Tarrington or some shit.

>>920312
your friends are cunts
>>920306
your state sucks

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>>920306
>paying for a license every year
>can't fish by yourself

Wew

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>>920319
>couples only fishing spot

Kek, now that would just be cruel

>>920324
Fugg I need to get one of those within the next couple seasons.

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>>920322
i was so upset i made this to blow off some steam. i feel a little better now.

>>920324
>lifetime license

based. i don't think we have those in my state.

>>920326
>>920327
Shit is sweet and if I want to fish saltwater the stamps and tags are free too.

>>920324
There is a 5yr one for FL and I think it runs $75 instead of $17.50/yr.

But running to Walmart once a year to get a new one isn't a big deal. Plus FL's license is good for a full 365 days. I remember IL always started March 1 or something so if you were to buy a year license in Nov 2016, it would still expire at the end of Feb 2017.

>>920326
I think they are normally cheap if you get them when you are young too so it is a good thing to buy your kids.

>>920334
>I remember IL always started March 1 or something so if you were to buy a year license in Nov 2016, it would still expire at the end of Feb 2017.

Yep, I never bought one this year because I didn't get back into fishing a few months ago. So, yeah, I've been breaking the law for a few months but its chill. I know the consequences but god dammit if you want people to follow the rules then fix your broken system.

Its just typical IL bullshit. Try your hardest to get the citizens in trouble so you can collect the money.

>>920306
>>920319
gb2/tv/ take your anvil and falcon with you.

>>920335
$1k for a fishing or $1800 for a hunting/fishing combo.

But the fishing license by itself is like $47 so it's not a bad deal really.

anyone in the lake erie region on here? what are you catching?

>>920258
A misbehaving Jack crevalle that I couldn't get to sit still for a picture so he's in an Asian mans stomach now

>>920328
that looks like an amazing run
>>920337
>Try your hardest to get the citizens in trouble so you can collect the money
thats the government for you
im not even judging you for that, i think youre breaking the law for the right reasons as long as you plan on getting a license

>>920342
i mean im in north canton, ohio. there are steelhead in the chagrin, rocky, and grand river if youre interested

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>>920337
>>920334
Where I live it starts Jan 1st and ends Dec 31st regardless of when you get your license.

>>920345
Thanks. I'm getting one as soon as I can for the new season. Its funny because IRL nobody gives a rats ass if you have a fishing license or not but if you mention it online you get attacked by the fishing safety squad of law and order.

>>920349
I'm in Erie. Getting my license soon but I haven't fished in years. Gotta hit up all the old spots. Hopefully the lake freezes soon so I can try for some perch because most of the decent streams are miles away.

>>920326
Can only get one of those for kids here. Once your over (I forget) age lifetime option is no more.

>>920356
Here, on the lakes, there are patrol boats. They will nearly flip your boat with their wake as they run circles around you asking you for your license and shit. They are the biggest assholes.

>>920364
Yeah, there's a river patrol that tries to fuck with me sometimes but I usually just walk away when the start pulling in towards shore. Until I get my license I mostly only fish off shore on hidden ponds.

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>>920341
Is it cheaper if you are under 18 or 16?

If I ever have a kid, I will def get them one of these when they are young. And even the adult one isn't too bad if you hunt and fish, especially since it has those stamps. I bet it would pay for itself in 10yrs or less.

>>920337
Yeah good ol' Illinois. I love not living in a commie blue state anymore. Regular freshwater license is pretty cheap in IL tho, like $14 or something right?

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>>920337
Oh, and just make sure you stay off the Fox River until you get one. They patrol that area real heavy for everything.

>>920354
That still kinda sucks but probably better than IL's March date. Either way if you don't ice fish, you need a new one every spring.

>>920327
>Gulp on a hat
oosh desu senpai

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>>920390
>Oh, and just make sure you stay off the Fox River until you get one.

Haha yeah I know. The river cops are such clowns. Luckily the only river spot I've been fishing is under this bitchin' little bridge a few minutes from my house, It's a pretty shallow channel I don't think I've ever seen one come through here. Its all frozen over at the moment anyway.

really i just wanted to show off muhhh spot. google maps picked a beautiful day to drive through.

>>920388
I don't think so. Anyone 17 or under isn't required to have one so

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>>920396
Where is that at? Are you the one who was talking about Peric? I think he is too young to find in the yearbook.

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>>920315
4u

I like her, it's like if Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Beal had a lesbian demon spawn and it grew up in the midwest.

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>>920315
>>920407
I'd like to see her without the fake tan tho. I'll show her my tackle collection if you catch my drift.

>>920400
That's in Fox River Grove. And yeah, that was me. I got hooked on all of those youtube fishing guys and bought a bunch of gear a few months ago. Then found my way to this nifty thread a couple weeks back.

>>920451
also its pretty sad that I've lived on the river my whole life and only now am starting to appreciate fishing. Better late than never though.

>>920452
Yeah you probably have a lot more spots up there too compared to closer to the city. But it would be nice to have a boat in the Chain O' Lakes.

My old neighbor, his Grandpa (who has a cabin on a lake in Northern WI) had a friend who had a house right on the Fox River somewhere up there near McHenry. We would go there almost every Saturday morning and just set out a bunch of rods with river rigs and fathead minnows. Get tons of walleye and a bit of everything else and then his grandpa would clean them all and fry em up for dinner on Sunday night.

I think his grandpa is still kickin but he real old and now my friend pretty much took over that cabin. I would love to go up there again.

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>>920388
>>920397
My dad got mine when I was 7

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>looking forward to christmas break
>not coming back to work until 9th January
>planned to take car and boat interstate and go camping/fishing for a week
>car decides to shit itself, engine is kill
>all my camping trip money is wasted on buying a cheap shitbox to get around in until I put in a new engine
>doesn't have a towbar so I cant even take my boat down the road to the lake near my house

At least the river is dropping here a bit, water is still fucked and too fast flowing though.

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>>920516
>5'0

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>>920452
>>920396
Most places like that are pretty good for mid-range fish. The people that do fish it are normally not very experienced and are there more to drink beer and relax than fish. Thus, those locations are rarely overfished. A big plus is all the man-made cover.

>>920546
That was when he was 7yo.

>>920345
It's beautiful but I don't know if it holds any fish other than the trout they stock in spring.

Hopefully it has smallmouth, its tributary does but there's a long waterfall between the two. So no migration

It'll be determined once it warms up.

>>920550
>So no migration

Time to move some fish.

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Whats your opinion on telescopic rods for days you might just want to walk to ponds a couple miles away?

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>tfw when skunked last 3 times out

longest skunk streak since i was a kid. i went from fishing wild trout to stockers and my success has plummeted. guess i'll get back after it tomorrow

>>920546
anon is dumber than fuck. 5' 7 yr old.....

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>>920563
I owned one for a long time as a child; until someone stole it. telescoping rods are pretty nice to have behind your truck seat. Just make sure to set the tightness just right to prevent the eyes from rotating or part of it collapsing into itself.

>>920563
any fishing is better than not fishing.

Went fishing today. My buddy caught a little 13" catfish. I missed the hookset on 2 gar that would have been fun as fuck on my light bass set up.

TxLizardFag I was about to spot light one gar so I presented one of those gar snags to him but after about 5 or 6 trys he just swam off.

>>920563
I dont see how this overall beats a normal rod. You're still carrying the bulky reel. and if you can stow that away on your person than surely you can stow a light rod away with some pole sticking out of the backpack.

>>920604
Also my buddy got a rechargeable blacklight for Christmas and after using it tonight we decided we are switching all our catfish lines over to uv line and painting our rods with glow in the dark paint.

>>920608
Trees

>>920608
1k reel, not weighty, in side pocket of pack. Small plano w/ mepps/spinners/grubs or better yet, dig some worms/grubs at pond/stream side.

>>920612
That's definitely right for off-trail stuff.
But ive carried some long rods through bad brush before. Again- overall just getting carrying accessibility better isnt worth it

>>920563
collapsible rods are stiff as fug. I prefer takedown rods. I have a really nice 4 piece 7 foot fenwick eagle. medium light fast.

>>920357
Perch should be around
>>920409
>catch my drift.
Since when do.you fly fish?
>>920563
They're convenient.
>>920608
It's nice to cram it in to a nice small space with the reel handle folded away

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Anons, I got a touring kayak and the previous owner has it rigged for fishing. It isn't designed for fishing, he just added a rod holder and gave me a milk crate and anchor. How exactly do folks fish out of a kayak without a live well? Do you put fish on a stringer and just pull them along? Any kayak fishing tips are helpful.

>>920324
got myself an 8 year one in VA. didnt use it the first four though

>>920604
Damn. I've heard gar can be finicky. Was that a good weight or would you have preferred lighter/heavier?

>>920638
>Do you put fish on a stringer and just pull them along?
That's what my buddy does.

>>920638
i only catch tiny ass dinks in my yak and toss them back immediately. its big enough that i can lay my gear out in front of me and select what I need when I need it. anchoring is a bitch because im lazy about it. it's a three person sit on top 14 footer or so. probably didnt help much

>>920659
Lighter might work better. I might try to make a top water version or maybe attach a small bobber to one to try it out.

But mostly they where just not on today.

I miss /<></

It wasn't just the same few american tripfags circlejerking about their shitty freshwater fishing, threads used to have had a ton of info and variance but you fags insist on ignoring the wiki they built up and rewriting your own shitty pastebin with objective preferences.

Used to be a fuck load of non american fishermen in this thread.

>>920746
I've been here since the beginning. You're smoking crack, kid.

>>920746
Kek. This >>920759

Feel free to post whatever wiki you are talking about. The only reason I started this one is because the fishing generals completely fell off and there wasn't an actual consistent fishing thread for months and months.

And you should trip up. One of us! One of us!

>>920746
>/<></
it wasnt that dynamic and most of those fags moved over to a specific facebook group and reddit. but guess whut? Its the same shit over there now..endless carp stroking. so fuck off with your bullshit

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>>920761
Fishermen of the world need an actual wiki. Info from hand casting to $2k saltwater reels; form fish pit traps to $10k trawling nets, the info on the internet is vast, but there still isn't a dedicated fishing wiki.

>>920808
They just went back to their hugboxes.

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>>920810
its true.
I reported a few tripfags to fb and they had to change to their actual names. funny thing is the group turned into a butt rub palace of muskie canucks, usa trump voters and eurocarps reposting shit from other fishing groups. hardly any oc at all.

i'm going to try and make some poppers from these nerf bullets.

>>920638
cooler

>>920822
>nerf bullets
brilliant. Would love to see the end product, even if you fail just post it.

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>>920638
for fluke some people use a laundry bag [pic related] and hang it over the side. Sould work for freshies as well. Pull in when you're paddling, drop over the side if you're sitting/fishing/drifting.

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>>920638
its simple, you have a few options
>stringer
thats the cheapest, theyre what, 85 cents at china mart?
>floating basket
those are pic related, theyre a little more expencive but theyre nice, i used to have one, and am probably going to buy a new one in spring
>nigger rig
get a pool noodle from the dollar store for 99 cents, then get a laundry basket on clearence for a buck 50, duct tape or tie the pool noodle to the thing, presto chango, you have an open live well. its cheap, it sorta works, and youll look like an ass if you ever try to use it.
or just let them go, or dont, but the higher on the food chain it rates the more i want you to let it go
>>920682
just use a huge foam body with a hair of lead in the middle so you can cast it?
>>920822
i demand pics of the finished product! i dont see it not wrking. are you just going to do a big J hook, or a wire under body for smaller trebels?

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>>920822
Nice idea! Those are like $13 for 200 on ebay.

I was just checking my storage for pipes. I want to cut some 4 inch long pieces of small diameter metal pipes that I can sharpen one end and use to cut foam to make small fly poppers.

This is the type of foam I'll be getting. I'll be able to mix and match colors,

https://www.google.com/search?q=Creativity+Street+WonderFoam+Sheets

Turns out all my pipes are copper and steel which don't work very well for this due to being too soft or too easily rusted. I'll have to pick up some brass tubing.

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Guess what

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>>920852
Your shipment of wide bubble wrap just arrived?

>>920852
damn it anon, you got my dragon dick! must have typed the wrong address. send it back to me!
>>920846
i dont think the steel will rust that badly. just put some ballistol or something on it, it will last forever

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>>920860
I live in a temperate rain forest. Steel rusts like crazy in ambient humidity without protection here. It mucks up the sides of the foam you cut with it. If the local hardware store has stainless steel tubes, I'll get that, but I know they have brass and aluminum.

>>920866
yeah, i think stainless will be ideal, but otherwise i think id try for aluminum, because even brass gets green corrosion.

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>>920866
i use a cut off ss golf shaft. the advantage is that they taper so you can get a few sizes of cutter out of one and the metal is thin and easy to get a sharp edge. i get them from the trash cans at my local golf course but im sure a thrift store would have them for a dollar.

>>920873
thats actually really smart. i know my good-will has a 55 gallon drum packed with them and they're glad to get rid of any of them
just make sure its not a high end brand before you start cutting, you might be able to put it on ebay for a profit.

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>>920872
Even aluminum develops a white dust on it.

>>920873
Good idea. Too bad no one golfs in this area and there's no course anywhere.

>>920876
you can also make gotcha's with the club shafts.

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>dinkposting

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>>920886
caught about 30 of these assholes today and they were all 1-2 inches too short to keep. I'd move after 2-3 but they're all I found.

Feelsbadbutalsokindagoodman

>>920886
noice
>>920878
yeah, but i feel like id rather be staining foam white than staining it green

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>>920886
>>920887
Dude, your walleye has spots.

>tfw no saltwater within 800 miles.

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Ordered this ultra light with the xmas gift card I got.

The reels handle is flimsy, I think I just need to click it in but idk how.

>>920909
Tighten the screw on the other side of the reel

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>>920912
Thanks. I'll look into good reel maintenance since this is my first of my ownership. Wanna take care of my lassie

>>920923
The little screw cap on the other side of the body from the handle allows you to swap the handle to the left or right side of the reel. If it is loose, just tighten the cap gently.

>>920746
>Bitches about something without putting in any effort to fix it
>euro

Why am I not surprised

>>920923
I wanna take apart one of my memecasters one of these days and see how it all works. Looking at the schematics it doesn't look terribly hard to do.

>>920933
Don't do it with one that you real like for your first try. I rebuild them from time to time and it is easy to lose or break parts when you first start.

Went to academy to see what the price was on their frozen squid is. They had so much shit on sale I got 7 packages of hooks and 11 things of doe piss for $23

>>920941
I saw a truck towing an Academy trailer the other day and was all confused because I didn't think there were any around. Googled it and the nearest one is way north in the state. Maybe they are opening a new one around here since Sports Authority is kill and Dick's has no competition other than Bass Pro.

>>920923
Spinning reels are super easy to take apart and clean. Just don't lose any parts and put them back in order and you are good.

>>920951
I like academy they have more shit than walmart but are cheaper than cabelas.

And on that note I'm off to cabelas to see what sales they have and get some more swivels so I can make some new leaders with all these hooks.

>>920937
Nah I'm gonna do it with my $40 black max first lol. Might buy some cheap parts to make it nicer since it'll all be apart anyway.

Are you gonna be up here this weekend for the gunshow?

>>920958
Take photos of the insides as you are taking it apart. That can help a great deal.

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>not dink posting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGpGoCeRJ4

>>920966
Why does that carp have the colors of a LMB?

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>>920958
most companies have pdf's of the breakdown of the reels. I like to use small tupperware containers to keep everything organized.
like the other anon said you can take pics too if that helps.

grease and oils are up to you..i like cals for drags, shimano reel oil, ardent butter and bearing oil..theres a lot out there to pick and choose from. If you dont service much buy shimano its the best ive used that lasts a while. you might want to check out alan tani's site as well. lots of good info about reels and customization on the forums along with lots of tutorials. also be sure to thouroly clean out the old grease. they dont mix well. other than that servicing your reels is easy af

>>920971
dat aint no stanky curp fish..

>>920958
Yeah I'm going to go take a look around while my dad sells shit.

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It was slim pickins today but I got this smelt. Size six hook with a slice of anchovy, split shot one foot up, cast and slow retrieve.

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There's this pond right off this river that ive been scanning over with google maps. (Red arrow)
And just from the fact that its so secluded is awesome; I want to fish it.
The property that covers it is that airport, and the pond is off in the trees- I doubt they care about anything beyond their tree-line.
That road is the closest option, like 2,000 feet but that means I have to walk over someone's farmland.
The option im gunning for is parking around where the bridge is north of the river and wading/hiking downstream to that pond. This is about 1.4 miles.
Should be fun, idk when im going. But I got it saved.

Anything im underlooking tho?

>>921064
80% you get a visit from airport security and probed for 8 hours

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>>921069
I think i'll be fine as long as no fences are jumped or signs are ignored.
It's not really an industrial airport it seems, just for flight school I think and folks flying for fun.

Again this is past their tree line, if im even seen, I dont think they'll mind as long as I dont step out of it.

>>921064
If you don't have to hop any fences, go for it. If you do hop a fence and get caught, just plead ignorance and say you didn't even know you were so close to the airport.

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>>920860
>>920846
It seems I had a brass "tube" in my possession all this time that is perfect. Now I just need proper foam. This foam isn't the right stuff for popper heads. The 1st strike will probably rip it off.

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>nearly two + half hours since last post
Tripfags are asleep

post rough fish

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>>921080
parkat airport., admire planes., walkout dirt road to pond., no bite.
,
,PIC>,RIP in pieces., crashed last month in Elko Nevada.,, imissin.

>>921170
I see that dirt road you're talking about, but again that's right by their runway and they probably would prefer excluding me.

Sorry about the plane- and anyone on board.

>>921164
filename kek

>>921080
Looks like there's no chance you'd be noticed if you came from the river side. And keep in mind that airport maintenance workers go out and shoot any large animals that get too close to the runways.

Too bad that pond is probably empty or full of dinks.

>>921164
Even doggo knows it's a trash fish

>>921188
>Too bad that pond is probably empty or full of dinks.
Im figuring because it's so secluded that there is something worth being found in there.

>>921191
Just don't hop any fences. I can't remember which airport by me it is, but it's a fence then treeline and there's actually guards in stands in the treeline lol. But they're also pretty big international airports so it would make sense for them to have more security.

>>921192
Yep, thanks for the advice.

The really weird thing is that dirt trail that leads onto the direction of the pond. I might end up contacting the guys over there since it seems they need to access it themselves.

Be a shame if they dump shit thier- although idk what an airport could dump.

I bet they fly fish at that pond...

Hehe

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>>921195

>>921198
My sentiments exactly. Oh get, you tie flies for money right? If I mailed a big box to you and asked for some clousers, some merkins, some shrimp, some bangers, and some sand flea/mole crab looking flies, each in a few sizes, and the box filled, what would you expect money wise?

>>921159
More like rough trade fish with those lips.

Also I'm not asleep just getting ready for the gun show.

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I would like to try my hand at fly fishing, but never have given it a try. I would be inshore mostly targeting spot tail bass and maybe trout. I inherited this fly rod from my father and would like to know if this would be applicable and if it's any good, if so what should I pair if with. Any advice would be great

>>921159
i wanna fuck that fish

>>921226
Looks good from what I can tell, maybe a little heavy but forgivably so.You know what action it is? And I'd throw in a reddington behemoth, some decent backing, and get ready to rock.
Pics of the handle?

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Any advice for fishing for food?

Money is kind of tight and food is expensive, I've never been much of a fisherman at all but i own some basic fishing gear already so i thought id pad the freezer with some fish.

Living in northern Oklahoma, what fish are good for eating?

>>920951
>I saw a truck towing an Academy trailer the other day and was all confused because I didn't think there were any around. Googled it and the nearest one is way north in the state. Maybe they are opening a new one around here since Sports Authority is kill and Dick's has no competition other than Bass Pro.


Kek that one probably closest to you is the one near where I live in Osceola county... Well not really near. Just close by.

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Vacationing in Florida. Managed to pull this guy out of a pond on the course.

>>921273
You're possibly the whitest looking guy i have ever seen.

>>921255
Panfish are good eating
Bass is shit eating

Get some bobbers, split shot sinkers, 1/0 worm hooks, some worms, and chuck the line out

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Order for the custom rod build has been made, and will be here on weds.

Im gonna build it with lightness in mind, with its main purpose to be bucktailing for fluke porgy and seabass. Maybe for striper and blues too, but will be a little under powered for that.

Only thing not pictured in this list is a small gold hook keeper

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>>921249
It doesn't say, other than Line: 8-9, but thanks for the recommendation.

>>920281
Those bikinis enlarge my tackle.

>>921226
Im reading by Google Thats a spinning rod and not a fly rod. Line weight 8 is 8lb mono probably...

I stray away from grapite rods tho.personally haven't used one yet that hasn't snapped like a brittle piece of shit on a sub 5lb fish... Idk maybe I dont pay more then 80 bucks for a rod is my issue too.. Fiberglass catches me fish just as good as the guy next to me using a 300 dollar rod.. Sometimes I even do a little better..

<<921322 (you)

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>>921207
Sorry, I don't do any sort of business online since it is not cost effective (because China). I also don't make standard fly patterns for the most part. You are far better off ordering things on ebay where they are ultra cheap. You can get a box of 100 flies of each kind for very cheap (from China). The closest patterns I make are bangers and sand flea/mole crabs.

I highly suggest you tie some flies yourself. It is really fun and you don't need any equipment to start off.

>>921255
Check your state's consumption advisories:

http://www.deq.state.ok.us/csdnew/fish/

That will tell you the places and fish to avoid. The larger a fish is the more pollution it will have. The type of fish also plays a role. Non-stocked predator fish have the 2nd worst pollution, insectivore fish have the least pollution. Stocked fish have the worst pollution due to their pellet food diet being made of higher order predator fish.

All fish are "good eating", it is just that most people have no clue how to cook anything that isn't panfish and catfish, have palates born from "fine dining" fast food joints, or apply social classes to fish. The latter 2 of which don't matter at all when you are putting food on the plate.

-Fastest easiest food on the plate are panfish (sunfish mostly).
-Largest easiest food on the plate are channel catfish.
-Everything else needs to be specially targeted and is normally overfished due to their sport fishing status (black bass, musky, trout, shovelhead, etc).

>>921322
I don't fly fish, but I have enough common sense to tell you that that is not a spinning rod kek

Do smallmouth bass taste good? I heard bass don't size they hardly move, but getting a smaller out of a stream probably would be an active fish.

>>921360
Not as good as the fish that are usually in those same waters.

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>>921360
smb taste better than lmb and smb fight harder

>>921354
well ill have to buy some thread and needle nose vice grips, but once i do that i guess i could go for it. how do you do it one handed though? hold the pliers with just your middle, ring, and pinky fingers and keep your index finger and thumb free for holding materials? but good idea on ebay, ill look at it, but im not sure i want 100 of each, maybe just 4 or 5 of each in a different size (more for clousers, id want two colours in each size of those, bangers im content with just white or maybe see if i can find a black one for dusk and morning
then ill need two fly lines, because i fully intend on throwing a 6 weight with flies that look like bread (think you would work up a few patterns to look like that on some saltwater hook? lol) for mullet in bays, good bait, good fight, win win
then i can throw those sand fleas on it in the surf for pompano, whiting, and whatever else is there
but whatever
>>921322
>spinning rod
>rated for 8/9 weight line
sure
whatever you say
>>921289
good its not a spey. that actually looks perfect. would you mind wedging it against something and hanging a few ounces off the tip so i can see it flex? i want a profile shot. i cant imagine its not moderate fast or fast, if you found it near the ocean, but i still want to be sure you know what you have. its good to have fast because in the salt long casts are important, but its hard to feel the cast on a fast. youll learn though, watch every casting video you can find
>>921360
i wouldnt bother eating it, id rather let them go, but yeah, theyre okay on the table. better in the river though, imo

Cabela's ships me UL rod in 4 business days
+8 dollars for shipping a "bulk item"
Rod is only 4 1/2 feet long
Use 8 foot box anyways...
Decide to ship other stuff, like the line I ordered, separately. Tracking number for the order doesnt even show anything yet.

:(

I know it's not fishing season but I still wanna throw it around.

>>921280
>1/0 hooks
>for panfish

jesus christ that's some awful advice.

>>921255
you should be using size 10 baitholders for worm fishing.

>>921354
thanks for the ebay idea, i foun a seller based out of the us who does fair prices, $2 for a clouser minnow in a pack of 6, and hes perfectly wiling to do a mix of sizes, which is awesome. 48 dollars later i have 24 clouser minnows in two colours and 4 sizes
then im probably going to get a dozen crabs and shrimp each in a few sizes from him, then half a dozen bread flies in a few sizes. then ill probably buy 3 bangers, totalling up to 33 flies and more money than i should have spent. then ill tie some 9' 0x leaders and some 9' 2x leaders and probably a few 7.5' 0x leaders with a #25-#30 hard mono leader incase i get in to some toothy bullshit
>>921375
i know the feel. the box is stupid though, they sent me my fly rods in a box twice as long as the rods

>>921379
I think #1 hooks can hook some bluegill, and crappie can be caught with like 5/0 hooks because they got big mouths.
But yea if you're fishing worms get small hooks.

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>>920833
>>920827
>>920846

not final but close. (pic)

>>921372
dude..buy a clamp on tiny vise. theyre like $5 at hd. put the hook in vice grips and vice grips in the vise.

>>921289
its a fly rod bro.

>>921280
>1/0 hooks

nigga what?

>there are people here that have never fought a fish for more than 5 minutes

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>>921407
P-put the eyes on it

>>921407
they look like mini bangers
i actually really like it
>dude..buy a clamp on tiny vise. theyre like $5 at hd. put the hook in vice grips and vice grips in the vise.
im not smart enough to figure that out on my own
>buy little vice
>buy vice grips
>have tying vice
its so simple, and here ive been over complicating it
i still think i want to buy a bobbin though, cause on the best of days i hate spools of thread, but other than that i think i can sort everything else myself
>dollar store for tying materials
>thread thread everywhere
>just buy hooks
>just buy bead chain and dumbell eyes
>feathers from the actual shop though
>ive always been told not to skimp on feathers
i think for saltwater fly line what im going to do is buy two things of rio mainstream salt water and make shooting heads out of it, or make one shooting head for my 6 weight then use my 8 weight as intended

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>>921409
m'kay here's one with eyes and epoxy.
the others are on the wheel

>>921416
oh neat... dont even see the nerf dart. You dressed it nicely.

Nerf darts were probably the most expensive material right?

Next time what about using like an apple/onion de-corer and use it on a big foam board

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>>921372
>>921395
I don't use a vise or pliers. I hold the hook between my thumb and index finger as I tie it.

You can get very cheap fly vises if you shop around. They are not very good. Maybe use vise grip pliers and shove the handle in a hole on something or c-clamp it to something?

>How To Make Your Own FlyTying Vice for $6.00
http://www.mwflytying.com/tools/The%20Engleman_vise.html

>>921416
>>921407
Very nice.

>>921418
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200pcs-7-2cm-Refill-Bullet-Darts-for-Nerf-N-strike-Elite-Series-Blasters-Toy-US-/262778154570

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>>921413
>banger
lol...my buddy has a bong called that. i'm only familiar with the sculpin headbanger pattern but..whats a mini banger?
these came out to 5"- 6" long.

bobbin: tiemco ceramic, you wont need another for the rest of your life.

you can find all sorts of feathers at the craft store including marabou scarves to rip apart but nice hackle and good bucktails are always good to have around. until you have too many then its a hassle to dig through with so many choices and they kinda stinks like ass in your room.

yup and shooting heads. (im the guy that was talking to you about them before) loop to loop connects make line swaps really easy and fast when you want to change up. one of tricks is to make the head short enough so that you have the end of the running line outside the tip. (i like amnesia or rio slickshoot) makes shooting really easy. youll need a stripping basket as well.

found some 3/16th adhesive foam at mikes gonna play with it today.

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>>921418
the darts i got at goodwill for fifty cents. ive make a bunch of poppers with old thick flip flops and cheap womens foam platform shoes.
usually $2 a pair. i have regual closed cell foam but i like to try new random stuff out to keep the creative juice flowing...you never know what will come out of the vise..

a cut off golf shaft cuts them fine. flip flop material is nice because you can shape them on the sander and often come in layered colors. these nerf bullets are okay but the foam isnt as good as flip flops.

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>>921433
"Bob's Bangers"

>>921446
>poppers with old thick flip flops and cheap womens foam platform shoes.

*takes notes* I think I have some...

Finding good cheap sources for closed cell foam can be difficult sometimes. The foam I'm using right now (water pipe insulation foam) isn't very good at all, but I had some leftovers and had to try it. It is okay for tiny flies and some bodies, but not for poppers.

>>921433
Oh, they looked smaller
>banger
>short for bobs banger
>I call the little ones mini bangers, I misinterpreted their size

What line weight should I get for each one?
>7 weight is 318 for the full weight of the 36 foot head, 197 for the front 30 feet
>8 weight is 225 for the first 30 feet

Then for my 8 weight shooting head
>9 weight is 260 for 30', 330 for 36 feet
>10 weight line is 305 for 30', 354 for 36
I think I'm going to use the 7 and 9 weight lines, but would like a second opinion
>>921451
I bet it will make a decent any or beetle

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>>920334
>I remember IL always started March 1 or something so if you were to buy a year license in Nov 2016, it would still expire at the end of Feb 2017.

Michigan may still be like that also.

But when are we going to get an ice fishing oriented fishing thread?

>>921472
I dunno man, why would you want your own thread? Just talk about whatever here and everyone will chime in if they're interested.

Being from florida I think ice fishing looks boring as fuck though just sitting in the same spot being cold.

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>>921466
>>921451
>banger

had to run to the shelves to look it up. pretty much the same thing. thanks

>>921451
boogie boards work well though i doubt you have many there (rainforest right?) also the padding in those huge ass flatscreen tv boxes are commonly closed cell foam and work well.

>>921466
for shooting heads one weight over your rods rating is usually the best.

pic related: bob pops recipe

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>>921482
you get to smoke and drink a lot though.

>>921472
post ice fishing shit duude!!

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>>921489
True but I go fishing to get away from my daily alcoholism

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>>921372
Minnows are really easy to tie

>>921485
yep thats what i was seeing, looks very similar, huh?
alright, 7 and 9 weight, or 7 and 8 weight depending if i put a shooting head on my 8 weight or just use line regular like (regardless im not going to change lines at all, what i bring is what i use)
but i have to do a shooting head on my 6 weight cause i cant find light enough line in my budget (as it is im spending close to $90 on fly line ill only use a little bit)
so let me see something
>$96 on flies
>90+ on line
>not sure how much on a box
>backing and running line will probably come up to about $20
>saddle bags with rod holders and pad locks will probably come up to around $125
>need a new filet knife, only about $10
its adding up fast, hopefully i can get my shit together lol

>>921500
whats your price on 24 clousers?

>>921504
$1.75

http://www.flyshack.com/DisplayCategory.aspx?CatID=16&pg=2&SortID=0

>>921509
>http://www.flyshack.com/DisplayCategory.aspx?CatID=16&pg=2&SortID=0
ill probably buy from there then.

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>>921485
>>921489
Very nice book.

Here's what the foam from an old flipflop looks like. The main problem is that it is too thin for anything larger and is mostly mashed already. I can still make a ton of small poppers and such from one. New ones cost like $2 and come in many colors which won't be smashed from use.

>boogie boards

lol nope none here. That makes me think of foam floor mats for gyms and romper rooms. It comes in 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" thick.

Welp my dad is not feeling well so looks like I'm not going to the gun show.

Time to make up 70 some odd leaders.

is it dickish to use some other guys ice fishing holes?

its a free country

>>921395
A good crab or shrimp pattern is probably going to be upwards of $7 a fly. I saw an enameled shrimp with articulated tail going for $15 at the fly shop last week.

They're nice and work well but shrimp patterns are very expensive for what they are.

You'll be better off with a specialized musky or cuda leader than #30 mono. It just won't cast right even with bigger flies

>>921530
Like if the guy drilled it himself and is still fishing around the area, then yea dont do that.

Just drill one next to it if u want that spot

>>921535
yeah youre probably right, ive got some but its so bloody expensive. and i need more. plus once it starts kinking, it only kinks more and more. also that guy on ebay has 6 merkin crabs for $14
i imagine it wouldnt turn over well, but i was only planning on having less than a foot of it, just connected with a loop to loop, really probably only 8 inches at a time. still youre right though

>>921544
i think he means "i found an empty hole from yesterday where this guy was catching, can i fish it?"

>>921554
Then ofc. It's probably better that you recycle holes and not drill more.

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>>921482
Of the one time I've been ice fishing, it was really boring, even though I was catching lots of fish. I think it may have been because I was torn between fishing and tubing on the back of a 4-wheeler across the lake.

who /readyforsummer/ here?

i have reached the conclusion that i am a much better warm weather fisherman than cold

>>921573
Im ready for spring. Especially for stockies.

The river water here is near freezing, im not sure if smallmouth bite in that weather.

>>921578
I think the only thing that can be targeted with any certainty in water that cold is panfish

>>921579
how come they're active while others arent? What are panfish even eating on?

>>921551
>bloody expensive

you've aptly summed up fly fishing. if you're worried about getting your tippet bit through consider replacing the tippet section with a similar diameter section of braid.

6 merkin crabs for 14 is a steal if they're not trash. what's the account?

>>921282
I've read good things about Lamiglas. I'm debating the Insane Surf 11'
>>921289
Kingfisher from Bass Pro is a good reel 8-9 wt. I was going to get that one but ended up getting a great deal on Lamson Radius

>>921395
Skid, this guy lives around the corner from me.
16 for $39
https://capecod.craigslist.org/spo/5897313910.html

>>921584
thats a good idea
heres his thing
he lets you mix and match sizes too you you can get two of each, or three of two, or all one size
www.ebay.com/usr/go-fish-on?ul_noapp=true
>>921598
thats more than $2 each, and its just what he happens to have and not what i want, too
not a bad price, pretty good when you consider the price of the box, but then ive gotta pay for it to be shipped to me

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>>921603
Just make your own flies. You know you want to. I bet you have all sorts of material just waiting to be repurposed into flies.

>>921620
I want to but I don't know
Maybe ill go to harbor freight tomorrow and get a thing, then go to the fly shop for a bobbin hooks and lead eyes

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>>921625
I bet you could make a fly right now with what you have on hand.

>>921634
I've made one with paracord in a minute. Bright yellow one, snip off a segment, slide it over hook, frail hook end, burn/melt other by eyelet.

Caught a bluegill with it.

>>921579
i dont even get those...
however i am not a reliable fisherman

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>>921625
I hate HF so much..

It's like going to a flea market. Everything is so cheap that you want to buy it all but 95% of it is complete garbage and after buying 3 of them you go spend some money on the same thing from a good brand like you should've done before you ever walked into HF.

>day or two ago boss asks me if I want to work Saturday
>hate working Saturdays so tell him to fuck off unless it is an emergency
>plus the past two weeks have been such a pain in the ass with so many long days
>tells me it's ok, there are other dudes who want the extra money
>another ridiculously long day today, 4:30pm and I'm still out delivering (normally home by 3pm on an average day)
>get a text, now he NEEDS me to work tomorrow
>welp, there goes any chance I had of getting some rest or catching any fish

>>921677
Get that money peps. I'm a lawyer and don't have any time for fishing anymore but the green gets you gear and everyone here is just a glorified gear queer.

>>921680
Ugh. It's not even worth it just because I always regret it so much by the next Wednesday when I can barely wake up.

I already saw the route tho and if all goes well I shouldn't be there too late. I'm gonna have another dude on the truck helping me anyway but his ass worked until like 7:30pm today. At least I don't have to come in early, I know some of the dudes will be there by 4:45am but me and him will show up around 6am.

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>>921634
Well I tried it. I found black thread, a strand of red tinsel, a rubber band, and some green stuff
Maybe some kind of ant?

>>921684
That's what you get for peddling that trash. You should go to the light side of the force and push coke.

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I am trying to buy an ulralight set up but every time I walk into a store I end up buying more gear for my medium poles.

what can i do?

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>>921685
Not bad. With the weight on it, and style "ant" wouldn't be right. It reminds me of a type of carp fly which are also good for saltwater.

>>921730
Just buy a st croix UL and a shimano 500. You won't regret it. 2lb mono only.

>>921736
I have a 2k sedona on a 7 foot medium light fenwick. normally with 6 line. but I want to go lighter.

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>>921731
Oh I know the fly you're on about but can't recall the name
I also made some knock off squirmy wirmies with a rubber leg from a frog and some of the rubber band on size 20 hook
US penny for size reference

>>921685
>>921739
pardon the shit quality, im trying to use my $30 phone to take these pictures

>>921738
It's not with me rn so I can't remember the name but there's a 500 class shimano with rear drag that's a really solid UL reel. I'm a big fan of rear drag but some folks don't like it

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I as rummaging through some old tackle and found a ziploc bag full of this stuff I bought at a yardsale for $0.50. Unfortunately, one of them had a plastic that melted everything it touched and all the skirting is ruined, even if it doesn't look like it. I can salvage about half of the skirting of one, so I'll use that for fly tying.

How do you get slimy, sticky, melted, plastic gunk off the metal hardware? It sticks to everything.

>>921739
Wow, those are small. I can see the red one working well though.

>>921740
It just needs more light.

>>921638
That's the great thing about panfish. They bite on nearly anything.

>>921744
Alcohol. Also skirts are cheap as fuck so no worries.

>>921744
>I can see the red one working well though
theres a creek just up the way by a pawn shop that i know of. im going to bring my fly rod and see if i cant pull any dinks if its not frozen (im gong to see if they have a camera there for cheap)
>It just needs more light.
i think tis also using a shit camera phone to take pics
as far as that shit goes, id say save what you can, then soak the rest in acetone and cut your losses
skirts for spinner baits can be had online for like 80 cents, and when you consider that how they sit you have 5 cents in to them tops...

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>>921744
I have a small bag of skirting that wasn't messy. That's more than enough to make tons of flies and poppers. Here's the result of the first popper using the speckled skirting.

>>921747
Noted.

>>921750
Digital cameras absolutely hate low light. Cheap ones are even worse. Thus, you need to overkill it with light sometimes. I have a 4 feet long, shop light with two 40watt bulbs right above where I take pics. The black background ones are with flash against a 3 feet wide lcd. Most wood backgrounds like this are shop light only, but I need to use the tripod to do them otherwise they blur like mad.

In my area, most of the fish disappear, in the smaller streams. I practically dredge the bottom to get a response and only in the larger bodies of water. I normally only catch black bass and catfish in the winter.

What's the point to skirts and feathers on lures? I understand fish bite a lot of things as long as they move life like, but what do the two actually mimic?

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>>921761
Skirts mimic a bait ball and feathers mimic baitfish or baitball on most lures. Other times feathers mimic various invertebrates which are usually apparent. Essentially though, all lures mimic everything that is not inedible. That means everything that isn't a twig, rock, algae, etc. Fish distinguish this via Color, Complexity, Contrast, and Movement.

>>921677
>whale gutting knife
ideal for all the walrus carcus' you find in FLA

who the fuck wouldn't want a cordless hammer?

>>921736
I was holding the st croix UL a few days ago. MY GOD! May be my next rod. I think it was the 5' Triumph.

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Just went out before to look at how much the river has dropped here, was surprised to see it's dropped back almost to normal, was even more surprised to see how many fucking Carp are around now, as soon as you cast your line out all you can feel are the little bastards swimming into your line, friend with me caught 4 of them simply from them getting their fins caught in his braid.

Going back there in a few days with a fine mesh landing net to see how many thousand I can get in a few hours.

>>921593

I have an insane surf 10'. The tip is super soft and the guide layout is really interesting. Super light as well. Havent really put it through its paces tho, i got really busy with work as soon as i got it.

>>921580
I think it has to do in part because they can't rapidly put on weight like bass can so they can't fatten up and then go sit in the deep water motionless

Also panfish tend to have a relatively small range within the body of water as a whole and they're by and large more prone to stay in their schools

I catch crappie in the winter on plastic grubs so I'm assuming there's some live ones down there

thoughts on this combo?

http://m.basspro.com/Pflueger-President-XT/Bass-Pro-Shops-XPS-Bionic-Blade-Spinning-Rod-and-Reel-Combo/product/177796/

>>921814
Looks good. I bought a President combo from Bass Pro but it came with the Graphite Series rod ($40-$50). The Bionic rods are much nicer.

Only thing is those Bionic rods were on clearance a bunch for like $40-$50 off of $80 so it kinda sucks paying that much for the combo when you prolly coulda done the setup cheaper a month ago if you got the rod seperate.

>>921727
More money in coke anyway.

But the Coke plant around here is more fucked up than Pepsi. And I think we do a little better. If I leave Pepsi, I'm not going to deliver soda somewhere else.

Also, ICYMI, Pepsi actually does more in sales than Coca Cola. People don't drink soda like they used to and Pepsi went out and bought a ton of other companies like Gatorade and Starbucks and has a much better future than Coke.

want to go out fishing but shits all frozen

I might be around to find a section of he river that isn't frozen

Or should I go to a nearby lake and hope the ice is thick enough and walk out on it to try to recover some of my lost gear

Maybe a small quicker moving Brook wouldn't be frozen,. Man I just want to fish

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>>921785
>pic
>all dat food going to waste

One time in the 1980s at a local lake, someone pulled in 600+ channel catfish and left them to rot in piles along the shore. The cats were all about 17"-24" long. There were 100s of piles stretched all along the shoreline and the entire place stank to high heaven. It was sickening at the loss.

>>921832
>>921727
Pepsi is going to open a baitshop.

>>921785
Do these fish not hurt the ecosystem in ur waters? I'd think carp are controlled by bass, before they get too big.

>>921852
>bait shop
Running a small business is a pain in the ass. And stuff like that, you don't even make that much money and work tons of hours. And assuming you can find somebody competent to manage it so you aren't working 80hrs a week there, you have to pay them enough to keep em around and make even less money.

>>921856
I'm sure they are invaisive. They (grass carp) were actually introduced down here for "vegetation control" so I don't think you are even supposed to target them but most other places in the US, they want you to get rid of them. I haven't really seen common carp around here but the grass carp get huge.

>>921856
The problem is one carp lays something like a million eggs a year, and once they get big enough a lot of places don't have predators that can eat them. So even if only 10/1,000,000 survive one spawn they still grow at a very fast rate. They are v bad for the ecosystem.

>>921879
Those are probably sterilized if they're put in ponds

>>921830
Fug

Well I'm going to BPS today because I'll be up in that area for something else so I'll definitely check out all the combos they've got

Not planning on buying anything today but I got a gift card so may as well look since it's over an hour away

Really I want something that will be able to throw 1/16oz a good distance but not an ultralight cause I also want to be able to throw 1/4oz stuff maybe even 1/3oz if they make a rod with that weight range

>>921882
You can probably find a rod with that lure rating, but it might not cast its best at 1/16 or at 1/4.

>>921677
i actually like harbor freight for cheap tools. i never buy anything for anything high impact, but seruiusly, for a pair of needle nose vicegrips, and a small vice to hold the pliers to use to tie flies, harbor freight shit should be fine.

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this looks odd to me.

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Finished off my ice fishing supplies I should need for the season. I was pumped to find the exact ice rod I was looking at online in the store

I went to this new store called runnings and they had a shit load of fishing, hunting, camping stuff. Definitly going back there in the spring when they don't have all their ice stuff out.

I also saw 4lb suffix braid for the first time ever. They have it marketed as "ice braid". I woulda copped but the line in pic related was only $4 so I went with that.

Also added to the size two Swedish pimple collection. They were 50 cents more then them they were at Walmart but I still don't care

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>>921914
They want to use a circle hook to take advantage of its corner-of-the-mouth hooking. Yet they can't put a grub on it in a normal way because you can not block the opening between the hook point and the shaft on a circle hook or it will not work properly for corner-of-the-mouth hooking. Bait needs to be placed at the bottom of the hook as in that image. They are using the best method to combine a circle hook with a lure.

>>921879
Sell bait out of your truck as you drive around. You can even play a jingle and be like an ice cream truck for bait. The minorities will love you.

>>921856
>>921879
>>921880
Even if they are invasive, waste not want not for the food value. I don't kill anything I am not going to eat.

>>921892
Yeah I know I think I may be looking for a sweet spot that doesn't exist when it comes down to it I just like to keep my gear to an absolute minimum

>>921882
Idk that still isn't a bad combo, just sucks you didn't get it on sale because all the Bionic combos were on sale when the rods went ~$20 off too.

If you do get some President type reel, I reccommend the 30. 35 is good on a MH rod, but the 30 is a tiny bit smaller than most other M size reels and is perfect with 4lb-8lb mono or 10lb-20lb braid.

>>921880
Could be. I normally only see big ones (24"+) so that could be the reason.

>>921947
>>921882
I just looked at that XT a bit more and it is the exact same reel as my LE but silver instead of the black.

>>921920
Just ordered 3 icerods and 4 icereels
Need to do spring bobber modifications on them when I get them

Now I have 4 identicle rod/reel combos that work perfectly for the type of fishing I do

Also got swedish pimples 1/10th ounce
More line

Need to go to Cabela's to get more gear. And need to make more jigs etc

Also needto find some cheap combos for my diy jawjackers

Wanted to stop by the orv is nearby to getsome fly's. For native brookie fishing

Also need to get an ice sled

>>921947
>>921948
Yeah I really wish I hadn't missed that sale either

I could try the local shop but I'm pretty sure they only carry higher end rods and reels as in you'll be spending $500 on a rod and real and I'm looking more at the $100 price range would be willing to go up to $150 if I was getting a lot for my money

Spinning combo light power is what I'm after ideally 7' but would go down to 6'

>>921928
Problem is that the waters are a bit polluted, at least where id be targeting them.

Also only Asian Carps, and not common carps, are listed as invasive/dangerous to my state.

What's the reasoning behind that?

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Well, this container is finally full. Panfish and black bass will fear me this season.

>>921970
Invasive species use resources native species normally use and can rub them out of the ecosystem if unchecked.

As far as pollution, on average carp have 0.11-0.14ppm mercury and catfish 0.025-0.049ppm when exposed to the same amounts in the environment. Those numbers are only good for seeing the difference between them. Thus carp have 2.8-4.4 times the amount of pollution (mercury) than catfish in the same waters.

By those numbers you could eat less than 18.5 ounces of carp a week and reach 100% of allowed mercury consumption (depending on your weight). Compared to about 53 ounces for catfish. of course, if the waters are more polluted then all bets are off for anything really.

I have to monitor what I eat, how much I eat, & its source location in order to accurately monitor pollution content of the fish I eat to know how much I'm eating. I stay away from store/restaurant fish because you can almost never find out the fish's original location. "From the crisp cold waters of the Atlantic" and "farmed in China" don't really cut it for me.

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Got this little guy today

>>921986
Your /fa/ kind of bothers me, its like what I imagine all literfags look like, just normies teens.
Good catches nonetheless.

>>921988
that's jestin beaver, broskï

>>921989
Why would Justin Bieber be posting on /out/?

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>>921997
because he has an earnest interest in the outdoors and we're the preeminent authority anon. that's why.

>>921988
Tbh rich young celebraties probably respect the outdoors, being all leftwinged and all. Or whatever the right word is.

>>921988
You should see the white (formerly) Nikes that I go fishin in...

>>922007
Wear like that is cool though. For me, outdoor fashion is tough materials or cheap and worn materials.

I want to fish for northern pike. Got some rivers hear with them.

Give me tips!

Looks like another New Year's Eve alone on the chon

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>>922009
Idk. I guess. I bought those 6.0's at an outlet mall in CO like 7 years ago for $20 and they still goin strong.

I miss that design. For like 5yrs they sold the exact design in a million different colors and you could always find em for dirt cheap. I had a bunch of pairs of them because whenever I went to the mall I would stop by Zumiez or wherever and grab whatever $30 pair was on the clearance rack in Size 13.

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>>922014
Ehh, not so bad. I'll probably be asleep long before midnight. Woke up at 4:30am for work and then sorta took a short nap. Ft. Lauderdale has some little NYE celebration downtown so I might bring my mom down there for a bit because she is old and bored, I have no friends within 1500mi, and going to Miami Beach for anything is a giant clusterfuck.

>>922009
>>922015
Moar Nike 6.0s...

>>922015
>>922017
Those look comfy too. Also have high heel coverage

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>>922037
Only shoes ever that never need to be broken in. Lace em up and tie them and you can slip them on from day one and be comfy. Get a fresh pair in a different color and the brand new pair feels just as good as the year old pair.

6.0 was the BMX line and the shoes were great for that too and really durable.

>>922044
Im still a fan of boots however- can step in mud or a pile of leaves by a stream and not care if there's 4 inches of water beneath it.

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>>922048
I wear my fake Tims if it's gonna be wet. Especially in the early AM when there is dew on the grass. Sprayed the shit out of them with waterproofing stuff and they are decent.

>>921492
Why not both? My buddies and I kill a 30 rack at least when we go.

>>921986
holy crap, whoever that is in that pic couldn't be any more of a faggot with a cock balls deep in his throat, and thats coming from me
>>922056
i almost exclusively wear either boots or sandals, no inbetween

>>922060
This right here mang.

After hiking to our spot on the river my fishing buddy asked me what I was fishing with ( it was dark and we where just using the moon to see). I replied rum and coke as I mixed myself a drink before getting my line out. Two years later he still tells that story.

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>>922068
Holy shit these things move a lot of water kek

>>922017
You have the excuse of having to be up early for work

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>>922083
>tfw I was supposed to be off today

>>922084
Diesel engines amaze me

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>>922086
Yeah that truck was about done though. A bunch of people were out and already had most of the trucks so it was either that one or these Freightliners with like 500k that I hate driving. I was only pulling a 40' trailer (was loaded with drinks) but it felt down on power when normally those KW's pull bretty gud.

And that's a daycab too so those 720k mi are city driving, not all highway. 10spd trans was so vague and wobbly, it was fun the first couple blocks I drove the truck until I figured out where it liked to shift.

>>922084
Did you nut on the 40?

>>922091
Snot rocket akchually

>>922092
Mmmmm classy as fuck.

Hope you get more time to fish in '17.

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>>922084
Pepsi pls

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DAE icefish?
Im in manitoba and the red has been drying up. Will probably start going out to the smaller lakes for trout.


Yesterday was beautiful out only ~ -10c didn't even need a shack, lotsa small fish but no big ones, largest is pic

>>922093
Idk, this year hasn't been too bad. I normally only work like 45hrs a week which is good for a local driving job where most people are working 50+. I used to have a lot of 50-60hr weeks but now I have my shit figured out a bit more. The past two weeks have just been fukt because it has been real slow since the end of August, a bunch of people quit and they haven't hired anybody new with the light loads, and then it got real heavy with Xmas sales and then tons and tons of returns for the end of the year. This next week might be busy with the beginning of the new year and people running low on product to make numbers good for the year and then stocking up again after Jan 1. But then after that I'm hoping it calms down until May-June.

I might take a week of vacation towards the end of Jan or beginning of Feb too so I can relax and fish.

>>922094
Yea boi!!!

>>922080
thats why i love jitterbugs
catch something on it already

*****resolution time*****

1. Stop smoking.
2. Catch something that will get my name in the record book.
3. Upgrade the fucking shit out of my XJ.
4. Spend more time at the gun range.

Ok y'all what's your resolutions?

>>922120
>catch more, bigger fish
>stop muddling, start living
>toy harder, make it to 12.6" (don't ask)

>>922120
continue working out more ( started cutting lost 20 lbs, now going to bulk back on 20 lbs of muscle)
more fishing in the upcoming year, Work on organizing and making my fishing gear more uniformed
be more social i guess?

>>922123
fucking fag

>>922153
>because that's news
Your bait is bad and you should feel bad

>>922123
>toy harder, make it to 12.6" (don't ask)
You sick son of a bitch. Is it a furry fox dildo?

>>922171
I just hope it's not radius.

>>922180
No, just diameter

>>922183
At least you'll save money on rod holders.

>>922123
>stop making fun of me for being a furfaggot
>stop making fun of me for being a gayfaggot
>talk about fishin
>btw, I'm taking 12" worth of plastic up my asshole

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>mfw the entire thread is derailed

>>921852
>Carp
>Food

European Carp are absolutely trash outside of Europe. In Northern America and Australia they love to just eat the mud in our rivers and lakes so taste so accordingly. Seen backpackers who eat them in their native country get so excited when they catch them here and try to cook them up, they always end up throwing the Carp into the trash after a mouthful.

>>921856
Highly invasive, big fine if you return them to the water alive or even the corpse of a female with eggs.

>>922200
Common carp aren't deemed dangerous in my state, just the Asian carps.

>>922204
Where do you live? I'd have thought they would be declared a noxious pest outside of all of Europe due to their tendency to outbreed most native fish and making the waterways more murkier.

>>922120
1. Get a job
2. Move out of my parents
3. 6pl8 squat by the end of the year
4. Quit jacking off so much
5. Stop eating nothing but fast food

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>>922120
Honestly as long as I don't kill myself I'll be doing alright but

1.) keep going to the gym
2.) start school
3.) actually use my god damn boat

>>922235
>actually use my god damn boat

I know this feel.

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>>922235
>Honestly as long as I don't kill myself I'll be doing alright but

Iktfb

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>>922200
Carp don't eat mud and taste fine. Carp are rummaging in the mud and silt for invertebrates to eat. That is why the number one natural fly is a trouser worm.

>>922207
NJ

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/aquatic_invasives.htm

any fly fishing anons here? or anyone who trout fishes in general?

>>922285
Noob and haven't got one yet but I'm digging the style. Wading along rivers is better than any style of fishing. The feel when you come across a nice pool and cast just right on top of it.
Would feel great if I actually land a fish after it lol.

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>>922285
>any fly fishing anons here? or anyone who trout fishes in general?

I fly fish but usually not for trout. Usually after panfish or bass with poppers.

Also fish for Lake Trout but not on a fly rod. They're 30-200 ft down, not reachable fly fishing except a few specific weeks out of the year.

>>922289
>>922298
well fuck,
i dont flyfish but have considered getting into it , mostly for finesse presentaions,

i was mostly going to ask about small flys for small fishes ( native brookies less than 6 inches long ) and flyfishing in early winter

>>922301
Don't worry, Skid will show up soon.

>>922302
i dont want to hear about how much plastic he can shove iin his asshole, plus he doesnt know shit about trout fishing,

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Has anyone ever used a MirroLure
18MR Heavy Dine before? It's a suspending twitch bait, and I believe I was recommend a suspended twitch bait here, not sure.

>>922298
why go through the trouble of fly fishing for just bass grow up and go steelheading

>>922306
>why go through the trouble of fly fishing for just bass grow up and go steelheading

That's more of a Western US type thing. I'm in the Northeast. Some of the larger lakes here have trout runs in the spring and Salmon runs in the fall, but they're pretty brief and standing shoulder to shoulder with other anglers to fish for them doesn't appeal to me. Otherwise there are some decent rivers and streams with browns and brook trout. Lakers and bass/panfish are king here though, haven't gotten tired of them yet.

>>922304
>doesnt know shit
That hasn't stopped him before