#161- "Big Fish Only Edition" Sorry Bepis and Ski

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>>1024312
Sitting here watching fishing bloopers on youtube.

Bill Dance has had AT LEAST 3 runaway trolling motors. On camera.

How the fuck does that happen?

>>1024312
Me in the middle

>>1024315
The one where the snek falls out of the tree and he ninja kicks the shit out of it is literally GOAT

I lose my shit every time

>Posting a grill with downsyndrome as the OP. >SAD

>>1024324
That was pretty good, but I personally like the flying black lab in the backscreen scaring the shit out of everyone.

And bonking the gator in the float tube.

>>1024325
jesus I fucked that one up. I guess I have the downs

>>1024325
Pls no bully grill

>>1024327
Lol holy fuck I forgot about the doggo just exploding onto the screen. Infinite keks

>>1024315
Spend enough time in front of a camera and shit will happen.
Guy's had 20+ years of near-constant filming.

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>>1024325
He should've just used Nathan Adrian.

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>>1024330

>>1024332
Oh I understand that, I just don't know how the hell a trolling motor breaks out of its mount and takes off on its own. Much less 3 different motors on 3 different occasions.

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>>1024312
This is literally the first fish I've ever caught while t-rigging. Had to resort to it because I was apparently fishing at Snag City.

>>1024335
YES!

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So I took the advice of signing up for MTB, the first month is only $5. We'll see what I end up with. I have almost no baits, I bought a Rapala blue gill crank bait. Do you think this will do well in a lake where there are normally blue gill? I live in arizona so it gets really hot, and the water is murky

>>1024315
These bloopers were exactly what I needed tonight.

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Seriously depressed from not fishing. I need this now.

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>tfw you'll never afford a boat to take in the bay

>>1024356
Wait are you fishing for bluegill? What are you targeting exactly? If it's bass it should be fine, though I'm not too much of a fan of Rapala.

>>1024356
It'll probably catch you a few. I'd suggest getting something bright like a kvd 1.5 in chartreuse. In murky water you want the fish to be able to see it. They're only like $6 and every store that has fishing stuff should have them.

>>1024382
That's a damn nice fish man.

>>1024386
>buy used

>>1024392
Even a used boat that can take you 25 miles offshore is going to cost more than some faggot bass boat.

>>1024356
You can also use a $5 off coupon for Lucky Tackle box If you need more lures.

>>1024312
who's the slut?

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Shore fishing a stocked lake for trout Sunday morning - please give some advice.

I got a 7' Pflueger Trion for Christmas this last year and have only used it once for a really dismal opening day on a local lake.

I want to fish Green Lake near me but could only do it from the 3-4 docks on different parts of the lake.

1) What lb mono should I use
2) Is there an ideal weight I should use if lure fishing? Is 1/4 oz too heavy if its 6lb line with 4lb leader? Recommendations?
3) I have heard that the leader should be 1-2ft, is that too long?
4) How the fuck do I use bobbers correctly. I always hook them on and then put a splitshot below it but then it either blows back or I can cast.

I love fishing, but I have a real hard time with understanding how to read the water, properly set up a rig and need to work on patience. I am going to stay committed to this.

Waking up at like 6am by the way is that not early enough?

Apologies for the bock of text, all replies are appreciated. Pic is me.

>>1024405
1) Use 4-8lb flurocarbon. Berkley Vanish is good and under $10.
2) I never have fished with lures. For lakes, I use 1/4 or 1/2oz egg sinkers with a bead as a stopper. Just loop it through the bead twice, set your length, then loop it again. It usually sticks.
3) You have to play around with your leader. If you're dragging in a bunch of weeds and grass on your hook, then you should make it longer. Use floating baits like salmon eggs, powerbait, etc.
4)I've never used bobbers in my life. They're something to put on your 5 year old nephew's pole to keep him occupied.

Lake or pond trout is pretty straightforward. I only use lures when fishing in streams.

>>1024410
Ya i usually only troll when I fish which is on rare occasion - I feel like it would be incredibly tiring to use lures on shore but its all i know. I will try what you said.

How far up the line do you put your sinkers/stoppers? Right above where the swivel and leader is or higher?

I get the idea though - weight sits on bottom and bait makes it float above the weed line.

Appreciate the help btw.

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>>1024392
Thanks Brü.

>>1024405
I usually bring three setups when lake fishing for trout:
1.Powerbait rod. 7'0 medium light fast action rod and 2500 reel, 6lb 12" fluro leader black swivel and 1/4oz bank sinker. 6lb fluro mainline
2. Spinners. 6'6 medium w medium action and 2500 reel. 6lb fluro to snap swivel
3. Float Rod. Fished with bait or plastic jig/power worms 8ft Light Fast action with 1000 reel. 10' of 4lb fluro with alberto knot to 10lb braid. I use a stop knot, small plastic bead, slip float and enough split shot to knock the float upright.
Sometimes the trout will only want one of the three.

Who
>fishin
this morning?

I'm going to hopefully slay some bass before thunderstorms roll in around noon.

>>1024441
Headed out to toss some spoons and husky jerks for Pike.

>>1024444
Quads in the morning. Today is going to be good.

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I'm off til Tuesday and every place is flooded because of the rain. I can't cope with this. I'm having fishing withdrawals. Pic related is my favorite spot. Where the water is is the parking lot. The lake isn't supposed to be until another 1/8 mile down a trail.

>>1024451
Shoot carp from the roof of your car in the parking lot.

Or at least fish for them.

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>>1024441
Goin to the ranch. Maybe I will go fisgin this afternoon.

Would this fly reel in the 7/8 get me by for my first setup? I already have an 8wt rod, would mostly be for inshore and maybe a pond

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014KUO4N4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A118ET3SYKM3QX&psc=1

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>>1024394
>post a bay boat
>25 miles off shore

And you can't afford $20k for something you'll keep for probably the rest of your life?

You can find bay boats for around
$5k too.

>>1024401
My friend

>>1024451
See those trees over to the left? That's where I used to stand and fish and they were probably 4-5 ft underwater in this pic. This is from last summer.

>>1024532
Hope you don't need the drag to be not-shit on that.

>Went yesterday after work cause it was supposed to rain all weekend
>cloudy and windy
>caught only smalls
>sunny and calm today
>[reee intensifies]
I guess I got to go though

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I was carving a canoe for the last couple of days,
it had a hollow cavity on the inside, but the outside was still a log
I came out this morning to find that one of my neighbors had reported it as a downed tree and the neighborhood association had hired a guy to chop it into pieces

how do I find out who made the call, and what should i do to them?

>>1024642
The best revenge-turn it into money.
Bill them $1500 for the replacement cost of the raw log that you were going to turn into a canoe

>>1024642

Depends on where it was when they reported it.

>>1024654
Even better, get a lawyer to bill the neighborhood association for replacement of your log, the value of your labor and court costs.
After all, the thing was on your land, wasn't it? If they had it destroyed, they can afford to have it replaced.
I'm sure any lawyer would be more than happy to take your case, as long as you can document what happened, who did it, how much it would cost to replace your materials and the price of your labor.
Take them to the fucking cleaners.

>>1024667
>tfw anon just turned his log into a new center console boat and a motorcycle
Pretty impressive that somebody could turn a fallen tree into that.

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Piece of fuck gander rod snapped on me. Thing didn't even last a month. Glad that piece of shit company went under, good ridence.

On the upside I put on a clinic with the frog today.

>>1024702
Didn't even know Gandar had a store brand.

What possessed you to buy it? It surely wasn't cheap, nothing they sell is ever cheap, even on clearance.

>>1024702
Which rod was it?

>>1024441
>I'm going to hopefully slay some bass before thunderstorms roll in around noon.

Well that didn't happen. The wind was all over the place, and I didn't bother to bring an anchor in my kayak so I was getting blown around a lot. I did catch a 1 lber at least, but that was the only bite I got.

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Well, Thursday was the first time in my life I've ever dropshotted. It works better than I expected.

Anyone have a good line on the worm in my pic? It's a Z-man a buddy gave me all of 1 of, I don't know the color and I *think* it's a WormZ, which apparently nobody fucking sells any more. Looks to be about the same size and contour as a Zoom Z-Drop, which I'd prefer having since I know what they feel like and I can get them locally, but they don't make that damn color :(

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>>1024710
>>1024711

It was the only ultra light rod over 6' I could find. I don't like buying rods online because I like to physically feel them in my hands. It's was fairly cheap, around $60 if in not mistaken. Piece of junk popped 2/3 down the blank when I forgot how hard my drag was set and hooked my lure on a log.

After the initial snap I sperged out and stomped it to pieces

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Does anyone have any infographics or general advice on the different ways to fish spoons?
I have a few and never caught anything on them, but they've been popular for well over a century so they must work. If you've been successful fishing them, I want to know how you do it.

>>1024532
That'll work fine. It'll probably last a good long while too.
Fly reels are much less complicated than even your average cheapshit reel. Very simple designs and construction means that even cheap reels will last you quite awhile if you keep them lubed.

>>1024742

They're meant to imitate the flashing sides of baitfish. Steady reeling interspersed with quick little twitches of the rod tip to impart a darting action.

I have the best luck in clearer water with silvers and blues.

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>>1024742
We threw nothing but spoons when we were in Canada for pike. I tried a bunch of different retrieve styles and none of them seemed to work any better then a steady moderate speed retrieve. The action comes down to the shape and size of the spoon. My favorites are Dr. Spoons like pic related. They have a very unique flip flopping action that has outpeoduced every other spoon we had on the boat by far

>be a nubcake fisher
>only use bobbers, worms and normal hooks
>only catch small sunfish and maybe the mid size large mouth bass
>tried using hardbait/spoons
>catch nothing at all.

god damn I wish I could stop being a nubcake fisher.

>>1024324
The one where he starts his buddies outboard powered yak up and nearly jumps into the prop slays me.

>>1024722
I believe that's a Zman finesse worm in bubble gum

>>1024728
>hit log
>autisticly think you've got a fish and set the hook as hard as you can
>rod snaps
>or even more autistically, know you're hung and bend the rod while trying to pull the snag free

I don't think it was the rods fault anon...
>sperged out and stomped the other half

Definitely not the rods fault.

Got any basic jig tying tips? Im interested in adding some foam to them so they float more, but still easy to cast out since it'll have weight.

>>1024789
It's not bubblegum, I know that. Got a brown streak on the other side and it's closer to purple than pink. Think it might be their PB&J color.

I'll look into their finesse worms.
>>1024796
To be fair, that's like the LAST place a rod should ever break.

>>1024312
this chick is Down syndrome fugly. Tits are nice thought.

>>1024846
I gotcha, I only see pink on my screen, but they might actually be the ZinkerZ

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>>1024861
Okay here's a better pic of it.
>misremembered the color
It's Morning Dawn. Figured that out at least.
Z-Drop in Green Weenie below it for comparison.

>>1024870
Dats a robo worm straight tail yo.

And yes, that's Morning Dawn.

>>1024796
it wasn't even a hard hook set. There isnt even such thing as a hook set with an ultra light I usually just do a sideways linear pull trying to keep it pinned. Also I didnt think it was a fish. I was snagged and figured it was a weed and pulled a little and it popped. I was in awe, hence why I raged

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Got my first pole in the mail, ugly stick elite spinning rod, with a penn fierce 2. Can't wait to start using this guy

>>1024888
why the fuck would you want an ugly stik?

>>1024870
I've never sold or saw one like that without any ribbing before desu, but >>1024873 is probably right

>>1024888
Way to go anon. Your trips are telling you that you have good luck in your future

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>>1024891
It's a robo worm. You can literally read it on the side of the worm.

>>1024728
Was it the Vortex? The one that was $19 for months?

Fuck this casino. $60 spent on sluts in like 30min of playing.

>>1024890
To be fair the elite is the only ugly stik acceptable of owning. It's graphite, not fiberglass like the rest. I admitidly bought one a few years ago as baby boys first bait caster rod. It's not bad

>>1024900
No, the elites aren't terrible, but there's better rods for less money.

Dick's has the Tech-Spec Elite rods, which are really really damn good, on clearance for $44.97 currently.

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>>1024897
Na

>>1024900
>>1024901
I got the elite rod for $25 on Amazon a week ago. It is a 7ft 2pc

>>1024904
That's significantly cheaper than I was expecting. Okay, it's not bad for that money then.

>>1024642
Ask around nicely, find out who "Did you the favour". Lay it on thick enough that people will tell you without lying and saying they did it. Then once the person is identified go ask them, act friendly. Have them admit it. And then you have two options.

1) Immediate satisfaction and do a 180 and explain in very coarse, loud language how they fucked up before handing them an invoice for the wood. Possibly threatening to sue if you have grounds for that.

2) Slow game. Leave after they admit it and slowly earn your revenge over the years. How you do that is ultimately up to you, and which neighbour it was (if it was a genuine mistake or not)

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Got asked for my license for the first time today. Game Warden said that this lake lost a lot of oxygen so a bunch of fish died. I saw a 3lber or so. I hope it was just this part of the lake, cause I've been catching some big ones lately.

On the plus side I found this dope pond. Water is super clear. Only problem is the Mexicans kids in the park screaming, but I can drown it out. Only caught one there, but I saw a few more.


>>1024870
Zoom makes stuff like that in that color

>>1024897
You should pick up one of them Vortex rods they're pretty decent.

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>>1024312
>tfw I found out first hand that Ugly Stiks are shitty

So what's a decent reel that won't fall apart after a week of use

>>1024917
Basically anything not shakespear

>>1024917
My order of preference would be Okuma>Penn>Daiwa>Shimano>Abu

Just picked up a chatterbait because I had extra money burning a hole in my pocket. Good choice? How should I fish it? Jerking, jigging, swimming?

>>1024917
Anything over $50 really. I have a Abu s40 on my gx2 and have zero issues with it so far. Wait for sales if you can.

>>1024928
Abu Orra S40*

>>1024923
>>1024928
What if I just get a Pfluger President?

I can't justify spending alot when I only fish a few weeks outta the year.

>>1024932
I like the Okumas better, and the the Stratus V is close to $30 cheaper, but if you want a President they're solid.
>https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/okuma-stratus-v-spinning-reel-15okuustrtsv10spnree/15okuustrtsv10spnree

>>1024924
Same way as a spinner bait or you can jig it like a lipless crank. Constant retrieve with some twitches has worked best for me though.

just got 300 yds of 20 lb powepro at academy for ten dollars

pretty good deal desu

>>1024751
I know WHAT they are, I just don't have any clue HOW to fish them so that I can get a bite.

>>1024787
So don't be. Expand your horizons a little. The good news is it's easier than you think to pick up some lures that work yet are also easy to fish.
Inline spinners like a Mepps Aglia or Rooster Tail are simple as hell and catch fish. I've had lots of days where those little things outfished bait.
Lipless crankbaits like a Rattletrap are perfect as well. Just get a standard silver and black model in a size that's right for your rod and use it. It's hard to fish wrong as long as you fish it pretty fast, so it's great to use when you're searching for fish.
For summer's late afternoons and evenings, topwater lures are awesome. For dead-simple topwater, you can't beat a Jitterbug. Surface poppers like the Hula Popper and Rebel's Pop-R are also simple to fish and consistently productive.

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What is the longest amount of time you have gone without catching a fish (aside from the time before catching your first). I spent 5 months not fishing last year and it almost killed me.

DAILY REMINDER:

warm water, live bait dry land standers need to kill themselves.

when will you realize the only true fishing is fly fishing?

>>1024985
>being this obese
jesus my man at least put some effort into your own life
fucking disgusting

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>>1024985
Haven't been able to catch one for 2 months still.

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>>1024986
>look mom i posted it again

>>1024985
Fished every single day for 4 months while living in coastal NC without catching a single fish. Probably 600-700 hours' worth of fishing straight.

Worst part was, I was HOOKING fish, and due to a string of unfortunate bullshit not landing them.

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who /pees in their waders/ here?

>>1024995
>have fleece lined neoprene waders with heavily insulated boot feet
No.

Do you know how much of a bitch that'd be to get out?

>>1024917
My buddy just snagged this same rig out of a local pond yesterday and gave it to me. Maybe I'll give it to a kid or something.

>>1024995
why anon
why again

>>1024996
>fleece lined neoprene waders
those actually sound really nice what brand?

>>1024986
i unironically agree desu

>>1025000
Hodgman, although about a dozen companies make them. They're waterfowl hunting waders, which is why I have them.
>3.5mm neoprene
>fleece pile lined
>1600g thinsulate insulated boot foot
>Vibram stud outsole
>800D Cordura exterior with 1600D reinforced crotch and knees
Ran about $350 13 years ago. They look flawless still.

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>>1024728
KEK

>>1024742
some are made for casting
some are made for trolling
some are made for vertical jigging
what kind do you have?

>>1024838
do you want them to float or to slow the sink rate down? the lower hairs of a bucktail are hollow, theyre used for flare and to slow the sink rate of jigs. if youre just adding some foam to a jig then closed cell craft foam will work, the type one uses for a strike indicator.

>>1024888
game on!

>>1025007
>thinking you can wear hunting waders while fishing
>thinking you dont need several specific different wader types for each different sport that you wade in
orvis would like a word with you.

>>1024917
Anything that isn't fucking plastic. That's why I keep telling people not to buy those. Spend $20-$30 more on a combo and you will have something respectable.

>>1024924
I always do better with a slower roll

>>1025008
I have some of each type.
A couple daredevle-style ones, a couple Krocodiles, a Hopkins, Kastmasters, Sprites, Silver Minnows and even a Pet.
Never caught a thing on any of them.

>>1025008
I want to sink the float of a 1/16th oz jig.

>>1025012
Who said shit about wearing them while fishing? They're hunting waders, I hunt in them.

I've got uninsulated rubber hip boots for fishing, since the only species viable to wade-fish for within 100 miles of me is trout, and all the trout are in very groomed trout parks where the water is no more than knee deep at its deepest.

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Should I subscribe to LTB or MTB? I liked LTB's trout box but MTB has Lucky Craft. I only go for trout and Pike if that helps.

>>1025038
>I only go for trout and pike
Then you should just be able to buy a handful of lures that work for each one.
Don't waste your money on scam boxes.

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>>1025027>>1025027
>sink the float of a 1/16th oz jig

add a tiny dot of foam to the collar or head.
a hole punch works well to make this. punch a hole in some foam. [1/8" adhesive backed craft foam would work good for this] push the dot out of the punch and superglue dot on jig and youre dun. no tying required.

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>>1025038
why waste money on shit you dont need?
trout gear is cheap. pike gear not so much but i doubt either box offer has a pike box. LC's you can find on sale for well below the regular prices. i would skip the boxes and focus on the gear you actually need or want.

>>1024985
Bought a 4WD recently, haven't been fishing much in months as when I go /out/ now I go mudding or climbing dunes. Once I get my roof top tent and rack installed I'm gonna go on a weekend trip fishing and camping somewhere.

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>>1024312
AZ welder fag here.

Just dropped 520 bucks on tackle warehouse. I will post the goodies when they get delivered. Basically picked a bunch of sale lures and two new reels because I had 25% off any order total on top of the sale prices so I saved like 125 dollars off the shit.

The reels were like 40 and 35 dollars off.

Don't know when it will show because of memorial day but it's all weird stuff I don't use much and have wanted to try the meme lures so hopefully you guys enjoy. I know Pepsi is a lure whore so he should enjoy it.

I'm so fricken bad at fishing but I love it!!!!

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>>1024990
>Fishing with Lanklet friend from Sunrise to 12. His high metabolism makes nearly faint. Keeps complaining about needing to eat. Let him have a half of my sandwich.
>We pound the water with musky lures. He has to lay down in the boat and rest since he still is faint.
>I keep casting havent eatin since breakfast and Feel like a million bucks.
>5 mins later Booom . 38inch musky hits
>Wake his ass up and make him land it.
>Lanklet Friend Pouts and starts to fish again but I can tell he is wiped out.
>I sit my fat ass down and eat one half of my sandwich.
cont.

>>1025155
So am I.
Thankfully fish are stil pretty good at eating things. That keeps me out of a lot of trouble.

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>>1024990
>>1025206
>I let my friend fish up front for awhile since I caught one already
>Let Lanklet friend cast abunch, he is getting sloppy due to fatigue. Not casting into obvious current breaks.
>Not giving action to his baits and doing crappy figure 8s , even misses a follower cause he brought the bait in too soon.
>Says he is too hungry and tired to fish
> I start to fish again .
>3 minutes later . 41in musky on a figure 8
Sometimes it pays to have a fat reserve, even if its quite a large one.

I want to go fishing this morning but the Memorial Day crowds will be too much in a couple hours. I'd guess there were 50 -75 kayakers out yesterday, and the weather is much nicer today.

>>1025212
im confused. are you trying to say that being morbidly obese is a good thing because one time on a boat you had more energy than a thin person?
jesus fucking christ fatasses are even more delusional than i realized

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>>1024990
>>1025206
>>1025212
This wasnt the first time he missed fish due to his lanklet weaknesses.
>4 years before that day on the river
>Invite my string bean friend to go shore fishing.
>We go in fall and fish a drop off for catfish and do some casting aswell for musky.
>The day is kind of cold and rainy and windy.
>My lanklet friend starts shaking like a leaf.
>Guy has 5 more layers on than me and is still fridgid.
>Tells me hes going back to the car for gloves.
>With my think layer blubber, I feel and home on the cool drizzle.
> Waitng for my friend cat fish rod goes off.
>Fight fish and yell for my friend to get back.
>Ends up being a 43in blind musky that struck a catfish bait on the bottom.
>Lanklet friend is pissed having to run back and net the fish, since I probably would let him reel it in had he been there.
I've heard of musky eating dead whole baits and live bait but never cut bait before. Probably since it was blind it became a scavenger. My friend was really pissed about that since he had been casting with lures for them all week.

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>>1025219
Yup. I am. If he had only ate a little more each day and got some chub on him he could be fishing with the big boys. He was just a bit saltier than you about it. :^)

>>1025215
All my river spots are flooded. Rain has been so shitty this late "Spring". I have had to cancel several trips because of it. If you can get out I would do it regardless of crowds. I try to fish heavier cover or docks when there are crowded waters.

>>1025153
Could you micro lazor weld a small loop on a circle hook. I like to bridle rig live baits, but the bait floss always moves around too much.

>>1025225
Sounds like Lanklet is just dumb and needs to fish with bait more often.
Also, tell him to wear fewer layers when it's cold since his sweating just makes him colder. Better to be a little cold when it's cold than to sweat and then contract hypothermia.

>>1025242
Yeah possibly but it would have to be a stainless hook or non coated steel one and I would need a very fine tungsten and probably an argon purge chamber. It would be 100% possible with a Lazer welder but I don't have access to that kind equipment. Intel does at their plant in AZ probably or Honeywell.

>>1025228
Being fat doesn't make you warmer you dumb fuck. If anything you loose hest more rapidly in the diffuse small blood vessels feeding your fat stores under the skin.

You likely don't feel the cold due to diabetic neuropathy you sugar titted fat idiot. That or you're a drunk.

>>1025219
no he's trying to say its not the best thing to pick up the homeless to take as a fishing buddy to pretend to have freinds

>>1025209
I'm so bad that fish don't even want my stuff

>>1024451
My fishing spots are the same, I'm just backing down flooded roads until my axles are about to take on water then cut sideways and put my boat trailer in the flooded ditch. Cruise away, I caught a 38 pound blue cat in flood Waters

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So it turns out trying to fish on memorial day weekend was a bad move

Find a new spot where i think plenty of crappie and other fish would be, hoping i would be able to catch a new species. (either crappie/walleye/sauger/small mouth) Extremely excited about this spot.

Within minutes i catch a small bluegill ( i haven't caught anything in a few months,) and I had this spot to myself.

Then about 3 minutes later, a non fishing boat zooms buy with about 6 people in it, all drinking heavily, They stop literally 30 yards in front of where I was casting from under a bridge, and begin jumping in the water, then a wake boat comes by and joins em.

I left early and another fishing boat hereby does the same immediately after

non fishing boat fags are cancer, I never wanted to have my AK on me so badly

>>1025343
Yeah this weekend isn't really good for fishing since all these asshats are on the water. I was fishing in a small small river most people would consider a creek if they saw it. Generally there's nothing but Jon boats with 9.9-25 horses and rarely a bass boat. Was fishing Friday on anchor in current and this big ass wake boat blasts literally within 10 feet of me since the creek is so narrow, full throttle throwing rolling whitecapping waves into my little tin boat they didn't even notice or look back. 30 minutes later they came back down river and did it again, waving at us like they are our friends. Still unaware they waked us either time.

>>1025354
Tried fishing at LOZ yesterday. Hadn't been on the water 5 minutes before I watched a wake boat capsize a bass boat that was still launching.

In 3 hours I watched the state police and game wardens write over 100 tickets, make 7 drunk driving arrests, watched 2 boats capsize, and watched a 30+ foot party barge with 50+ college kids on it ram the dock at >15kn because the random 25yo they found to rent it was falling-down drunk and in the process of puking over the side instead of driving it.

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>>1025354
>hook up the boat and get everything packed and ready to go
>drive 30 mins to the boat launch
>huge line of non fishing faggots all trying to launch their boats
>people are brain dead retarded and taking years to launch one boat despite 5 people helping the moron launching it

I turned around and went home real quick. Memorial Day weekend on my home lake is pure cancer.

>>1024312
I know it says big fish only but can anyone point me in the right direction for how to catch bluegill? I have access to a large pond, and I typically fish off the dock in the late afternoon with jigs and live baits. I just don't know how I'm fucking up? Can't catch anything at all. Pond is stocked.

>>1025361
I don't know what it is about non fishing boaters, I mean even the first time I went boating I still had common sense and boated better than 80 percent of people I see out there, especially on a weekend like this.

>>1025374
Try a throw net, or little peices of worms on a #6 snelled hook, or those crappie bites you can buy in a little plastic jar work well. If you hear popping kind of like rice crispys that's bluegill eating bugs. Why are you fishing for bluegill, live bait?

>>1025375
At least with LOZ part of it is most of the boaters have either never driven a boat before or do it extremely rarely, and it's a rental boat with cheap insurance so they have no qualms about fucking it up.

Alcohol is the next biggest factor, at least in my area (all of Missouri and Kentucky, southern halves of IA and IL, parts of TN) if the boat isn't fishing everybody aboard is piss drunk 100% guaranteed regardless of lake/river or time of year.

Here in MO there is no requirement for a boating safety test or anything else, they'll rent a boat to anyone 25 or older even if that person doesn't have a driver's license, and anybody can own and operate a boat. No age requirement, no DL requirement, pretty much the only laws around boats are you can't be intoxicated (.10 BAC instead of .08 like driving) and there has to be a life preserver of some form on the boat for every person on the boat. I think children under 10 have to actually wear one.

>>1025381
I'm in Missouri as well, I was actually fishing in the Osage which leads to Truman which leads to lake of the Ozarks I think? My dad has told me don't even bother putting your boat in on lake of the Ozarks too many rich assholes causing accidents. He said they'll wake someone just for fun and years back they waked an anchored cabin boat overnight while they were sleeping and the people didn't make it out when it sank.

I had to pass my boaters licence, do you not have to get one to rent a boat?

>>1025394
...no?

Dafuq is a boater's license? I've had a boat for 18 years and have never heard of such a thing, and I've interacted with the water cops (both Mo State Police and game wardens) multiple times and nobody's asked me for one either.

>>1025395
just looked it up
>You need education if you were born after Jan. 1, 1984, and will be operating a vessel on any Missouri lake.
Guess that's why nobody's bothered me. Born in '79.

>>1025395
Your probably old, it's only in effect for people born after 84

http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/WaterPatrol/BoatingLaws_Education/boaterEduLawFAQ.html

I guess if you were born before 84 they assume you were born with the ability to safely Captain a boat and already knew the laws, fuck idk.

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Here are some of those green garfish bones for those interested.
I probably wont fillet them again, so much meat is wasted...

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>>1025343

This kind of shit happened last week for the long weekend
>dad's first time fishing
>take him to my usual spot
>as we were about to do our first cast some dumb bitch throws a dog toy into the water in front of us
>her mut german shepherd jumps in
>see 2 trouts scatter close to the shoreline and swim away

Fucking normies.

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That feel when you're fishing before the drunks get here.

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>>1025403

>tfw woke up with a fucked up neck 5 days ago
Fuck me boys. Haven't been able to fish in this time as I can't turn my head

>>1024328
nudes??

Hey guys I bought a Pflueger Trion, I feel like I got a good deal. Did I fuck up or is it solid?

How do you guys with fat fingers thread small hooks? I'm talking a 10 or smaller here. The only knots I really know are palomar and I learned the Snell knot last night.

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>>1025343
I don't understand why people can't do that shit in the middle of the lake.

>>1025374
Get a 1/32 oz jig head and tiny white curly tail grubs. You'll catch something with it. Or one of the little rebel cricket lures.

>>1025395
Texas has one too, but I can't remember the cut off date.

>>1025403
That's pretty neat. Where did you say you were from?

>>1025424
If I see someone with a doggo I usually ask them to do that a little further down. Usually they'll understand.

Is it more productive to fish between 5 AM to 9 AM or 5 PM to 8 PM?

>>1025510

If bass fishing, I prefer the afternoon. Anything else, especially trout and white bass/hybrid, I go in the morning.

Morning is also good for avoiding crowds.

>>1025500
Im from Denmark. Im the one who's posted all the big trout pics recently too.

>>1025510
That depends on time of year, species, weather etc.. For example when I fish for trout in the winter, I have to do it in the middle of the day when the water is at the highest temperature, and now in late spring/summer it's better in the evening or night when the water is a little colder then mid day.

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>>1024888
Nice

Dont worry about >>1024890

They hate Ugly Stik solely because 4chan is contrarian about everything.

Find a list of rods sold in the US (ranked by number sold a year) and everyone here would swear by a rod in the bottom 5; regardless if it was shown to break easy and be a shitty rod etc.

>>1025516
>Find a list of rods sold in the US (ranked by number sold a year) and everyone here would swear by a rod in the bottom 5

To be fair this isn't really a good way to judge how well a rod reforms, but the ugly stick IS probably one of the better cheaper rods, especially for durability.

Great for soaking bait, okay for moving lures, terrible for T-Rigs and jigs

>>1025520
I understand what you're saying, and I'm not saying this is strictly an /out/ problem. It's a 4chan thing.

Basically anything popular will always be dumped on here.

And items no one else uses or heard of will always be the "better" product.

It's autism.

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>>1025296
Or I just have more insulative fat unlike my 6'2 160lb friend. Next time I go fishing though I will tell him those things to make him feel better when he is shivering.

>>1025371
>Everytime I launch some guy is ON the ramp, Unhooking his boat RATHER than using the allotted waiting area to get it launch ready.

>>1025403
Wild.

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Guys is this real

>>1025536
Yes, but also perspective.

>>1025536
no

>>1025536
no, but also perspective.

>>1025510
I would say evening is best for spring with morning being the best for summer and fall is a toss up.

>>1025514
That's pretty neat. Do y'all have your own brands of rods/reels? I'm sure you have Abu and Shimano, but do y'all have okuma, pfluger, ect?

>>1025520
I'll take MILFs all day

>>1025526
I feel. It's kinda funny because when I first started everyone here recommended the uglystik and I didn't know any better, so I just assumed that was about as good as it got. I would still suggest an uglystik to someone who doesnt want to spend a lot of monies.

>>1025536
Yeah TPWD confirmed it. Weighed like 13 pounds, but it's perspective that makes it look like it's as big as him.

>>1025557
>>1025536
I didn't see it said the weight in the pic my bad

>>1025557
We have pretty much the same brands as you and then some, but I guess we dont excactly use the same rod/reel size since about 85% of all the fishing here is coastal seatrout fishing (we're lucky to have a lot of coast here, but not as many rivers and there's only a handful freshwater species).
There's a lot of product lines made for scandinavian fishing primarily (9-12ft rods, 8-40g cast weight), stuff you wont see much of on the american market I guess.

>>1025557
>>1025571
Also flyfishing is HUGE here. 3/4 of all the fishermen that I meet when I fish use fly rods.

lures suck *ss

i've never caught a fish on them

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>implying barbie poles arent the GOAT for fishing

Plebs, all of you

>>1025371
Learned long ago not to bother taking the boat out on holidays and long weekends. Too many dickheads who shouldn't have a boat license.

>>1025528
Nigger you do realize that you're going to die early and are unappealing to the opposite sex....?

Regardless, nice fish you're posting.

anyone here with any experience with the orvis recon? my cheap set up is starting to piss me off and this thing looks about as good as it gets in the $400 range

>>1025580
You're doing it wrong

>>1025640
go back to mistreating fish and your nigger cigarettes you fucking faggot

>>1025640
k then how do i do it right

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Recommend me a light 2-piece pole for mountain lake fishing (i'd take it up when hiking/backpacking).

>>1025637
For the price one of the best fly rods out there. Not quite as good as the Helios 2 but nearly there.

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>>1025153
Anyone want to take some guesses as to the two reels here? I have never seen anyone post them. They are not Shimano or Daiwa.

Pretty cool technique specific reels. Excited to show you guys and report on them being a meme or not.

>>1025655
I take a 2 piece 7' light rod from Shakespeare with me. They are under $20 at Walmart.

You could probably get a shorter 2 piece but I like 7' rods because I can cast further with lighter weights.

I use it for everything from trout to catfish. I have 6lb fluro on a 1000 size reel for trout and 10lb mono on a 2500 for everything else. I keep 3 small hard plastic tackle boxes in my backpack. 1 has 1/8oz, 1/4oz, 1/2oz,, and 1oz egg sinkers and beads, one has my hooks, and the other has lures and misc. stuff.

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>>1025665
>Shakespeare

>>1025655
See
>>1025583


Its 1 piece :^)

>>1025655
I found these as possible lightweight options:

1) https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/ardent-finesse-spinning-combo/16ardufnss5ft6lspcom

2) https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/south-bend-microlite-spinning-combo/16sobumcrlt5lspcmcom

Not sure which though.

>>1025670
>implying it'll ever let you down

If you aren't going for sturgeon or in the Great lakes, or oceans it's all you'll ever need.

>plebs going fishing for more than $30 bucks counting bait
>my freezer is filled

>>1025691
this boy knows what's up

global warming haha

>tfw the water is the highest it's been in my entire lifetime
i thought the world was supposed to turn into a desert

>>1025719
>more water

Where did you think it was going to go?

Any frozen water is a net loss for the environment.

>>1025734
so whats the big deal we just need to move our cities a bit, the world will be warmer and fishing will be better

>>1025737
I dont think its a big deal its all the pansies that dont want to adapt

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>>1025719
Tell me about it, this is what the docks look like at camp right now. Guess it could be worse though. When we crossed the bridge over the thousand islands some of the houses were a few feet underwater. Shit is so fucked

>>1025483
The Trion is Pfluegers cheapest and shittiest reel. Its not great, but usually serves.

It is the primary reason people avoid the brand.

>>1025744
>build on floodplain
>house gets flooded
hmmmm

>>1025753
Southerners are not known for their IQ

>>1025644
use this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUYriO5a2zk

>>1025758
kek

>>1025583
Eyy. I still have my Snoopy rod from when I was like 5. Still catches fish, and has a better drag than the cheaper zebcos.

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>>1025753
Oh except for the fact that ya know.. it's not flood plain...
>>1025757
I live in upstate NY. That water is from Lake Ontario going into a tributary

>>1025765
>northerner admitting to being as thoughtless as a southerner


Ha

>>1025765
okay not a floodplain

flood islands

>>1025769
>hur dur lol it's ur fault someone built a house 120 years ago and now it's lawn is partially flooded XD

Epic my man

>>1025690
The South Bends are shit and fragile. The Ardents are decent.

May I recommend the F&S Tec Lite rods? They're excellent for the money, and are available as a travel rod with hard case.

>>1025773
Anyone that doesnt build a house on a hill is a moron

>>1025510
Yes

If you notice, everyone's favorite time to fish is when the people sitting in the boat aren't uncomfortable. The fish are-and always will be-secondary in that equation.

>>1025670
>using anything over $15 for general purpose freshwater fishing.
It's nice to have nice things, but it's not necessary.
For what most people fish for, a $10 Shakespeare rod from Walmart is more than sufficient. It will almost certainly last longer than their interest in fishing.

>>1025757
>Southerners live in Upstate NY

>>1025510
i've had a lot of success at noon

>>1024985
8 years. No joke. Not 8 full years of trying mind you, but in the like 12 times I've managed to go fishing in that time I haven't caught shit. [spoiler]I live in the desert.[/spoiler]

I mean unless you count snagging my hook on a loose bobber that a trout was still swimming with.

>>1025804
Apparently morons are everywhere :^)

>>1025343
Unless it's a big ass yacht, I will never understand why the fuck anyone would want to go out on the water on a boat and not fish. Seriously, I'd go insane on a "pleasure boat" staring at a body of water and not having a rod to throw out there.

>>1025836
Boat sluts.

Thats about it.

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>>1024312
Went out with my shitty Frankenstein Zebco since my Ugly Stik is fucked up, managed to catch one.

Side note: what angles should I use to actually make my fish look big. This guy wasn't huge by any means, but he's alot bigger than the picture shows.

>>1025839
Hold it up CLOSE to the camera. Or, if it's actually big, hold it in front of a ruler.

>>1025836
Sometimes It's just fun to enjoy a girl's or bro's company with a cold one in your hand out on a body of water... It's about the implication

I killed my first catched fish today. Some local guy that's basically my role model for fishing gave me advice to kill common carp (not officially invasive here) whenever caught.

Took the carp upstream with my net behind the river bend so another angler didn't see me. Took my knife out and slit both gills. Tossed it in the bush. Blood on my hands and knife was rinsed away in the river.
:/

In good news I bought a diawa bg 2500 (local guy took 50$ off for me). And next week I'll be back at the tackle shop, they'll teach me how to cast a fly for free.

>>1025871
>not just konking it with a stick
>not taking it home and eating it
Gratz on the learning experience, but you wasted free food.

Also, tackle shops like that are goldmines of knowledge, and rare. Treasure it.

>>1025889
Something will eat it. A Coon most likely

Heading out for some Cuckifornia surf perching this Wednesday. Any advice on trying to nail some stripers as well? Was going to put some squid or a swimbait on one larger hook, and my normal small hook setup with Gulp! sandworms for perch. Sound ok? Do stripers come right into where the breakers are turning up the surf too?

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>>1025836
yup..helped out a friend last year
>commie bait hauler
>wake up at 3
>on the water by 4
>drag drag drag
>ride to bait receiver
>all work done by 11
>hang out smoking weed bullshitting till 230
>floating around middle of monterey bay
>cant recreational fish off com boats
>mfw fml

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Why does this happen. It is not just in bass it happens to a lot of different fish

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Caught a bunch of pike this weekend but I was also reminded why I like ice fishing more.

>>1025955
Probably the gayest post ever made on 4chan. KYS.

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>>1025627
Never had a prob with women and now Im married so I could not give a shit what some other bitch thinks about me.
I'm not racing to get to a red light and have changed my diet, dropped weight from 325 to 270. I dont really want to live past 70 though. Seems pointless.

>>1026018
>Seems pointless
nigga you can still fish

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>>1025836
Sometimes it feels good to lay out and drink something and relax in the middle of the day when fishing slows. Thats why Abu 6500s have baitclickers. Set it and forget it.

>>1026018
Enjoy being fat and tired.

You're not convincing anyone ham planet. Enjoy your gravity field.

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"cheap fishing"
Is there such thing?
What's the cheapest we are allowed to go fishing?
I mean, is not like being a poorfag is a factor.
I just like to try and see whats the minimal of resources you need to achieve success,
like making your own baits / lures, or using homemade equipment, recicling, natural weights...

I've already get some good results with lures made out of silicone waste. You make a transparent or colored silicone cord over a glass and you cut it in segments and give it fishy or wormy saphes, and you are ready to go

Got me some big tasty makerels in the rocks with those and a cheap as fuck 10€ rod that did come with the reel and line included.

I also made weights out of stones and fishing line, I developed an easy way to tie them so they dont drop away from the line, just check at your back for people or things you could damage in case it loosens. I do this because lead weights are a scam and also pollutes the floors.

These are the things I mean

why don't fish want my powerboat minnows on a jig

>>1026045
Time is money. Therefore the time put into crafting what the industry does efficiently isn't worth it, especially when you get some of the cheap stuff.

Crafting your own lures can be cheaper but usually when you just buy all the tricky parts like how fly tying works, or crafting spinners, you just buy the surplus materials and assemble them yourself.
try jig tying perhaps.
I'd suggest buying jig heads and figuring out things to put on the hook. Sort of like a cheao version of jig tying.
How do you tie rocks? Seems like split shots are better.

>>1026082
1. Fish actually aren't where you're casting
2. Your presentation (retrieve rate etc) is bad
3. Fish aren't big enough for the lure, like can't fit it in their mouth.
4. They're not interested in the lure and prefer to eat something else that isn't represented by your lure

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>>1026036
You bet Sport.

Speaking about gravity fields, does anybody follow moon phases. This was caught during a "Super" full moon. I've talked to catfishing guides that swear the full moon makes fishing horrible though.

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>>1025433
The best feel

>>1025955
Fuck you, I wish I could catch a pike and bitch about it. I can't find them anywhere. Only dumb bass

>>1024312
>Didn't lose a single lure when fishing with braid.
>Switch to mono and have 2 fly off on casts and lose a 3rd in a snag.

Explain this. I thought braid was supposed to be the one that tied unreliably.

>>1026140
i've literally only had braid break at the knot once for me

fluoro and mono snap all the time but with the palomar on 20lb braid i've been able to drag logs out of the river and my hooks always bend before the knot breaks

>>1026140
Your knots suck and/or your line sucks. How old is it and what # test?

I have a random question about fishing and fishing accessories.

When I was a kid, I always pronnounced a fishing lure as: "ler"

My neighbor always pronnounced it as: "lewer"

Which is least incorrect anons?

>>1026147
I saw "loor". It's tomato, tahmahto

>>1026147
It doesnt matter. I say lewer too. For crappie I say "Crah pee" I think im supposed to say "Craw pee" though.

>>1026140
Braid seems to tie knots better for me since it's so soft and cinched down on itself.

>>1026158
fuck I just say "Crap E."

>>1026173
oh, im the same, i meant it like that.

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>>1025925

I'd be too frustrated to work like that. At least a landfag job wouldn't taught me to that extent.

How many types of soft plastics do you guys use? Looking to downsize my collection. Currently have lizards, flukes, grubs, stickbaits, beavers, curlytail worms, and tubes. So far I've only caught fish on grubs and stickbaits. I like swimming the baits slow on the bottom. What's good for this?

>>1026201
>large fluke
>small fluke
>3" stick bait/senko (ned rig, wacky rig, dropshot)
>5" stick bait/senko (wacky rig, Texas rig, dropshot)
>7" curly-tail worm (Texas rig, Carolina rig, dropshot)
>10" curly-tail worm
>6" floating worm
>1.5" tube
>3" tube
>4" tube
>4" lizard
>7" lizard
>4" baby brush hog
>3" craw
>4" craw
>1" grub
>2" grub
>3" grub
>4" grub
>2" shadpole thingies
>2" swimbait
>3" swimbait
>4" swimbait
>5" swimbait
And as a joke I've got an 18" lizard in black, I've fished with it once but usually stick it to the windshield of my buddy's bass boat first thing in the morning to surprise him.
>>1026173
I say Crap E as well, mainly because I can and I find it childishly funny. I think "craw-pee" is more widely accepted though.

>>1026201
Two 10" worms, one 8" lizard, and a shitton of grub jigs.

Happy Memorial Day to all /out/ veterans and active duty members.

Hope you have a great day and enjoy what ever /out/ active you do.

>>1026234
that's veteran's day

>>1026234
dammit Zurich, saying "Happy Memorial Day" is like saying "happy funeral".

you're thinking of veteran's day.

>>1026250
>>1026255
I am thankful for thier service every day of the year. While this day is marked for fallen military members it does not mean I can not express gratitude for living members.

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>>1026266
+1, always gotta be patriotic and support our troops, they keep us safe

>Got this fly reel though
Is it decent enough to start on or did I fuck up? Got the 7/8 in gold

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0191J5A7I/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

>>1026234
>spent the morning planting flags
>could've gone to the VFW for all you can drink beer and all you can eat burgers
>went fishing
>other drunk idiots hook me twice and one guy blasts me in the ankle with a 3oz pyramid sinker from the far shore of the ~4 acre county park pond in the 2 hours I'm there
>nearly get in a fistfight with pyramid sinker dude
>some soccer mom repeatedly slams a stroller into my drivers door as I'm trying to leave then acts like its my fault when I yell at her
World War 3 cant come soon enough

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going to try a method of fishing I've never done before tonight. My buddy and I are going to drive down the lake to a bay and wade into the water in search of walleye. He recommended silver/chrome shadow raps so this morning we made a run to the store and picked a few up. Also got a blade bait. Never used one but have heard good things about them in regard to walleye. I'm hoping I catch at least one so I can cook up a fish dinner tomorrow night. If I get my limit I'll be estatic

>>1026341
Come north, friend

>>1026045

When I don't feel like spending much money, I just bring my cast net, fill a bucket up with whatever's swimming around and live line it.

I've caught all my largest fish that way.

>>1026353
There's not much that swims that can't be caught on a Shadow Rap.

Dafuq is a blade bait?

Canada's gun laws and health care are too shit to entice me north.

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>>1026356
Basicly a flat piece of metal with a weighted front that gives a lipless crank like action. I've never used one so idk how well it's going to work but that action I saw when I swam it in my pool wasn't bad.

>>1026356
>Dafuq is a blade bait?

Like a lipless crankbait, but the body is a flat piece of metal.

>>1026357
>>1026358
Oh, so like a Johnson Thinfisher.

I've done alright on lake trout with those.

>>1026018
Nah dude everyone does what they do. I also don't want to live past 70 but I'd still like to be physically fit, you know?
>>1026125
It's definitely the opposite. Every old timer in Canada that I've talked to says the Muskie bite is best at full moon. Same for all species too according to some dirty mexicans around Riviera Maya

>>1026201
I unironically have a collection of like 120 different colored/designed soft plastics. Might not be a lot for patricians here but any pleb around me has no idea about the soft plastic game

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made up for this >>1025343 day by going out today and catching me a couple of small stocked rainbows on a trout magnet

>Leave mid afternoon (because baby stuff and all)
>go to river to see if I can properly break in this rod I got on some slightly heavier fish
>notadamnthing.jpeg
>far too many kayakers as well
>head into shop and make small talk with local dood that does some serious fishing on the river nearby
>ask him about crappie
>nogo in the area this time of year bankfishing (might get lucky though)
>mention how Im just trying to catch a new species
>get on good terms
>tells me juicy spot for smallies
>intrigued.png
>ask a bunch more
>part ways
>get ready to leave and the dude comes back and hands me a lure I can have
>an old heddon spook, about 2-1/2 inches long
head downriver to try again at trout, see one hit but miss my 1/8 white roostertail
>decide i need to be more subtle with all the fishing pressure from others earlier that day
>throw yellow trout magic drifting and twitching it
>land 2 tiny trout later, one with the yellow and one with a brown+red flake
>leave and decide to try the new spot I was told
>use a Southern Pro Minnow Tube to land pic related
my 1st ever rockbass and smallie

>Holy shit I love small mouth now

The rockbass gave up within a few seconds, I couldnt even tell initially that he was hooked
The smallie fought harder than rainbow trout 3x its size in the swift current it was in.

And it felt nice on an ultra light with 4lbs test, I can only imagine what a 2lbs+ will give me

Had to leave early after 30 minutes of being there (again baby stuff)

Will definitely be back.

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Was only in the water for 45 minutes or so and we started getting fucked by a random thunderstorm storm. Feels like Florida, were gunna wait it out since it's not even starting to get dark yet

>>1026393
Then you meet Skid and now use hard plastics to fill the hole in your life.

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>>1024312
Fly fags know this is true.

>>1024337
Boat stuff has been made with shit quality for a long time man. Especially trolling motors. It's only been getting better in the last 5 or so years.

>>1026393
Damn son. Why though? There cannot possibly be that many scenarios where you need all of those baits

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>>1026449
>and always growing

>>1026449
You underestimate the wiliness of your average fishing gear consumer.
The good tackle seller must have a wide variety of offerings and presentations to entice the wary and heavily pressured customer to successfully take the bait and run with it.

>>1026461
Remember all those infomercial lures, like the Helicopter Lure?

>>1026449
I'm not quite to 120 yet, buuuuut...
>fish for 5 major distinct groups of fish (sunfish, crappie, black/rock bass, white/hybrid/striped bass, pike/muskie), all requiring different types of plastics (yes there's some overlap, but not a ton)
>some of my favorites have been discontinued and trying to find direct replacements requires trial and error. Expensive trial and error.
>5 different knockoff Senkos, because while a Gary Yamamoto Senko will always catch fish, sometimes either the fish aren't particular or you want the damn thing to last more than 2 fish, and real-deal Senkos are expensive compared to Yum or Z-man or Stick-O's
>sometimes bass are finicky eaters, I have at least 3 different colors in every brand and style because one day Tequila Sunrise will be hot, and the next day at the same spot at the same time of day under the same conditions they want Motor Oil and won't touch Tequila Sunrise.
>freebies, shit out of MTB, etc
Could I pare down my bait binders? Yeah probably. But the money's spent, might as well use them. I don't take them all with me every trip, I've got a rubbermaid tote full of spares and out-of-season shit.

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This was a THICCC little dude. Had to be 2.5lbs on a 1lb fish length.

>>1026201
I use pretty much every soft plastic, but mostly worms, lizards, and craws

>>1026449
I just honestly like buying different colors and stuff. I fish a lot of heavy pressured water and I think having a color/lure no one else is throwing can help a lot.

But mostly I just like having the lures cause they're neat.

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>>1024312
What 2 colors of Zoom™ Super Salty Fluke should I get?

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Caught every fish except a walleye. 2 small mouth, 5 pickerel, and a random big ass perch.

>>1026507
white pearl and bubblegum pink

>>1026470

I remember being 13 and spending money I earned mowing lawns on those pieces of shit. My dad tries to warn me, but I wouldn't listen. He never said, "I told you so" either.

I still hadn't learned my lesson until I spent 10 bucks on an AC plug and lost it the first time out fishing.

These days, I'm super minimalist. Yesterday was the first time I years I've just chucked lures.

>>1026473
You may have 5 different knock off senkos, but they still don't perform like the real deal. I wish the Bass Pro ones did because they are cheap and sold in bulk. Oh well.

>>1026524
Gander mountain stick baits are the closest I've found

>>1026526
Those cost as much as the Senko's do though.
>>1026524
No they don't, which is why I also have real-deal Senko's for when bass are being picky. But some days they're not, and I'd rather throw something cheaper if they're gonna hit it anyway, or at least something they're not gonna fuckmangle on the first strike.

>>1026449
Don't know m8. I grew up working since I was like 13 and had a fulltime job all throughout HighSchool. That's usually what I spent my money on until I got to college and learned the ways of the fratbro and women

>>1026514
I caught my first grass pickerel yesterday.

Boy was that underwhelming.
>4" long (which is a good sized one)
>put up exactly zero fight, I literally just reeled it straight in
>didn't even try to bite me

>>1026530
>grass pickerel
The fuck you expect from a 4" long fish?

>>1026532
About as much fight as I get from a 4" long bluegill.

Didn't even get that. Literally didn't even know I had a fish on, and I was using a 6' ultralight rod.

>>1026530
>4" long
>expected a fight

Are you retarded?

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>>1026530
All the ones we caught were all around this size. Only one we got a picture of since it got dark soon after

>>1026536
>>1026535

>>1026537
Jelly. Don't have chain pickerel down this way, and the few lakes that have pike in them were introduced.

World record grass pickerel was 1lb even, and assuming around 14" long. They rarely get over 10" anywhere, and my state record was 9" long.
>http://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Pickerel,%20grass

>>1026528
Pack of 15 is $4.99.

Everywhere around me senkos are $7-8 and you only get 10. So Gander is more expensive that Dingers, Stickos, ect but have a better action imo.

>>1026543
>pack of 15
aww shit forgot about that.

And the Gander here has them for $5.99. Dick's sells Senkos for $6.29 a pack for all but 2 colors (some numbered name that's mostly black, and black w/ large blue flake, which are still $8.99 for some reason).

They might maybe be worth buying once the fishing shit hits >20% off but until then I'll stick with my Zinkerz and Dingers.

>>1026473
Ah. I was asking for bass specifically but that makes a hell of a lot of sense. Tunnel vision I guess

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>>1026547
Ah I always forget about dicks since I don't have one close to me. The Gander by me has bulk packs of 32 (i think) stick baits for $10 so I'm gonna stock up once they drop their prices some more.

>but until then I'll stick with my Zinkerz and Dingers.
I don't blame you

>find amazing looking hole on a river
>Think about what giant could be lurking inside.
>Toss lure
>Just a sunfish
I hate when this happens. This hole did produce a lot of rock bass though.

Normally small fish in a whole means no big fish? Especially if they're all the same species?

>>1026564
>Normally small fish in a whole means no big fish?
wut

>>1026564
Not necessarily. Some of my biggest bass have come out of brush piles I'd been pulling crappie out of for hours, and my biggest catfish (a ~30lb flathead) nailed the 8th bluegill I'd hooked in a whorl.

Good territory is always worth fishing at least briefly.

>all these baitcasters ITT
>implying you'll ever catch a fish large enough to even need it

Cane pole master race

>>1026575
I routinely catch fish that pull drag, but the main reason I use a baitcaster is the ease of repeated casting and the balance of the rod.

>>1026567
I see, maybe I'll commit to a hole next time even after a dozen of dinks. From what I understand about rivers, fish are changing grounds typically so it would have been best if I hit that spot again.

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>>1026567
+1

crappie holes = big bass and cats

Pic related

>>1026507
Shad and watermelon

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>dinkpost

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>>1026589
This fat bastard slammed my roboworm like it owed it money, in about 6" of water.

Despite not being particularly long she's chubby. Probably around 3lbs. Biggest bass I've seen come out of this lake.

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>>1026591
I don't know how this little shit even got hooked, I was using a 2/0 circle hook.

>>1025516
roll

>>1026535
If bluegill got to the size of LMB, all other fish would be an afterthought.

>>1026596
y'know, that is a wholly true statement.

>>1026599
I mean, they do get to the size of dinner plates if you know the right spot.

>>1026605
They do, but even those are only 2lbs or so.
Think of what it would be like to hook a 7lb gill.

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>>1026609
That would be fun. Or if the Mayans got close to that, it would be wild. LMB are fun to catch because they jump but they really don't fight hard for their weight.

Cunts tryin to hit the bump limit while I should be asleep...

seriously though

why can't I catch any fish on hard baits

>>1026617
yer doin' it wrong.

Seriously. What are you fishing for, approximately where do you live, and what hard baits are you trying?

There's a time and a place for everything.

>>1026612
Small mouths fight way harder than LMB

Out around my area we get "stripers" which are hybrid LMBs and they fight good, but oh lord will a 1lb bluegill or sunfish or crappe fight harder than a 5lb LMB.

needlesa to say, my pond is easy as fuck I know where they nest and I know where they hunt and I can see their sillouettes in the water.

If they wont bite, I can basically snag a 10 pounder.

>>1026624
Stripers are their own species (striped bass, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_bass) or hybrids of white bass and striped bass when introduced as such.

No black bass in the mix at all.

>>1026564
>Normally small fish in a whole means no big fish?
What do you think the big fish eat?

>>1026630
Interesting.

The ohio river is full of striped bass and I was always told they were a mixed breed of LMB.

>>1026635
Yeah that's farmers being unedumacated.

White bass are native and naturally occurring in all the major river systems of the midwest and northeast. Turns out they're closely enough related to striped bass (which is technically a saltwater species but tolerates fresh water really well) they can interbreed.

White bass were introduced into just about every major lake in the US and southern Canada as a sport fish, since they really don't have a diet overlap with walleye or sauger and they could do so without permafucking the ecosystem. White bass aren't capable of getting anywhere near as big as striped bass though, so then we imported striped bass into just about every major lake and river in the US. But striped bass don't tolerate Canadian winters, so we bred them with the white bass to create hybrid stripers. Turns out hybrid stripers are bigger than either species by themselves and hardy enough to survive as far north as Manitoba.

>>1026638
Thank you so much for this new knowledge.

>>1024917
Is that even broken? Nothing looks snapped, just seems like the bolt came out..

>>1025526
Ugly stiks are fine but there are a lot of other rods at a slightly higher price point that will be more enjoyable to fish with. I own 3 ugly stiks and they're all I fished with for years but after going graphite I'll never go back or recommend anyone an ugly stik if they will be doing anything but soaking bait in salt water.

>>1026392
>>1026020
>>1026036
Why do you faggots care so much? He's been here forever and posts trophy catches all the time. Mind your own business, the majority of people here are overweight and you shouldn't give a fuck. They know it's unhealthy.

>>1026045
Those look like they would be too light and oddly shaped to work very well.

>>1026507
Baby bass and smokin shad have worked well for speckled trout and redfish

>>1026649
>Why do you faggots care so much? He's been here forever and posts trophy catches all the time. Mind your own business, the majority of people here are overweight and you shouldn't give a fuck. They know it's unhealthy.
ya im fat too

im just saying there's still shit you can do after 70

>>1026619
bass/pike/walleye

Montreal

I've tried jerkbaits, squarebill crankbaits, diving, sinking, lipless, etc

the water temp is like 58 - 61 f

>>1025516
mask off

>>1026649
And so another fatty is triggered.