Fishing & Tackle Thread

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>1075747
>commiefornia
>hurr

>>1075753
Interdasting. Too bad about no SYG and literally everything else about owning a gun in California.

can someone tell me of a good rod+reel for $150-200 mostly for pulling in sharks/rays/general big inshore fish?

got into a fight with a very good sized red, couldn't get him anywhere near the railing and seriously thought my old 6'6 garcia was going to break in half.

>>1075759
I'd stick that on my plano box if it said /dinkposting/ edition instead of the cancer edition

>>1075758
It seems to be widely agreed upon that warm water fresh water fish usually taste like mud.

>>1075763
By who?
Because they are wrong, and comically so.

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>>1075755
as if anyone pays any attention to laws here...kek
it's california no one really gives a fuck.
If you knew the laws around stand your ground you would realize most states have something similar, just not the same as for example Florida.
If someone is feeling endangered you dont have to retreat and can use deadly force.
If someone is just taking your stuff you cant use deadly force.

>as if socialism is a bad thing

>>1075756
Penn senator combo

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>>1075766
I will admit I thought y'all had a duty to retreat outside of the home.

And even if no one follows the law, the laws still being there are a detriment to your constitutional rights.

>If someone is just taking your stuff you cant use deadly force
Trash

>as if socialism is a bad thing
It is

Anyway so we don't get banned for off topic
>talk about fishin and what not

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River fishin is fun.

>>1075771
Do those put up any fight?

>>1075771
Nice eel

>>1075775
Eels?
Yes they do. They're a tube of solid muscle, after all. They just fight differently than almost anything else. Very wiggly and thrashy.
Also, if you thought spinning reels gave you problematic amounts of line twist, you have never caught an eel. It was like hooking up to a handheld mixer beater. My leader was so twisted and full of compacted knots it took 5 minutes to straighten back out. .

im officially a shimanofag

whats next for me?

>>1075785
Fursuit.

>>1075785

Shimano/g loomis only rods

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>>1075785
>envy
>better shimano reels
>more envy
>even better shimano reels
>you will start buying big swimbaits
>cost will matter so you buy moderately
>more envy
>buy another nice reel
>cost will not matter
>nuances of xx reel compared to xxz reel
>forever searching for nirvana
>cost matters but doesnt really matter
>$15k-25k+ invested into your hobby
>you smile and tell some stranger on the internet what a good reel really feels like and how your fishing life has been changed by doing so.

>>1075766
Socialism is for niggers and NEETS, I'm not paying for handouts.
>>1075771
I caught one before and I learned to never put it in a net. I had to slam it to get it to loosen up

Why are trebles banned in certain areas? The only thing I've heard is snagging fish but I just don't see how that warrants a ban.

Are softbaits made of biodegradable rubber?

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>>1075866
Some. Kinda. I mean everything is """biodegradable""" over a long enough period of time.

>>1075851
Easier to foul hook, takes longer and is harder to unhook. Results in more guthooked fish, more fishermen just cutting the hook off and more fish dying because they were hooked.

>>1075851
They shouldn't if they are barbless honestly.

I wonder if they allow a trebel with one hook snapped off too

Why are chatterbaits literally the best lure for bass?

>combines spinnerbait and swim jig, except better
>variety of colors and sizes
>dem reaction strikes
>relatively inexpensive

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>>1075900
I still have never had shit hit full size chatterbaits but the mini ones have gotten me a few fish.

>>1075881
Except for glass. Which sees no measurable amounts of degradation within a million years.

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>>1075745
That doesn't really mean anything. I'd rather get one good bass than ten chodes.

>>1075881
Kek don't say shit like that people will start to think it's okay to leave their trash everywhere

>>1075928
I would rather get 10 chodes in an hour of fishing freshwater than going 12hrs of saltwater fishing without landing anything.

>>1075910
I don't own any glass soft baits.

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Has anyone had to use Fenwicks warranty before? I hardly had any drag on it and I went to pull some drag out for slack and it just snapped

>>1075962
If you don't land anything in 12 hours you're either going at the wrong time, fishing a really bad spot or you just plain suck.

>>1075962
If it's a numbers game I can land 100 pilchards in an hour with a sabiki rig or cast net.

>>1075967
>it just snapped
After being shut in the car door or trunk lid how many times?

Where it broke (almost exactly halfway between tip and last eyelet) is quite telling y'know.

>>1075972
I could do the same with bluegill and mayans and not be surrounded by niggers.

>>1075980
Kek

>>1075968
Hell they are popular spots at dusk with all sorts of baits and still gettin skunked 2/3 of the time or more. If I go for bass at any halfway decent spot for an hour at dusk, 95% chance I will be landing stuff.

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>>1075980
Too bad you're a summerfag that doesn't even know how to read

>>1075985
yeah nah. Fess up and say you shut in the car door, didn't notice any damage, and proceeded to keep using it.

>>1075967
Were you holding the tip of the rod while you were doing that? Why wouldn't you pull it in front of the reel?

didnt one of you work at dicks?

how was it

>>1075991
Still do.

How was what? This was tax free weekend. That sucked for pretty much everyone but me. I spent the whole weekend building bows and ignoring customers because we just hired me some minions.

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>>1075849
if you pay taxes like most americans do you already are paying for handouts. I'm sure the tax bracket you are in will be unaffected by social welfare programs.

>>1075866
no most are made from plastisol. storm, berkley and a couple of other companies use something a little different.

>>1075995
how is it working there, i mean

So has anybody eaten wild caught roe? Do you just gather rinse and salt it or is that asking for food poisoning?

>>1076038
>catch fish
>strip roe from fish
>rinse
>salt
>eat

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>>1076038
theyre pretty good actually. what do you mean by gather? wouldnt go scraping them off rocks if thats what youre thinking of doing.
you cut them out of the fish.

>>1075989
Yeah I was and I pulled it from the tip because I was tying on a flouro leader. I've done this countless times, but never had one break

>>1076044

that's what I meant, take them out of the fishes' egg sack and gather them in a container for preparation to eat

I'm mostly worried about getting a parasite or something, slightly squeamish about eating wild fish bits

>>1076122
If you hold the rod at the tip you're forcing it to bend in a much smaller spot as opposed to bending along the whole length it was designed to. I could definitely see that stressing the rod and causing some hairline fractures.

Not saying that's what happened 100% but it's something to keep in mind.

>>1076008
At least in my store, every day's a shitshow. We're slammed basically from the second the doors open til we're kicking the last dozen people out 20 minutes after we were supposed to actually close. We're understaffed because we don't pay well (less than entry-level fast food) and can't keep employees very long so it's a small cadre of us experienced folk running herd on new people that don't know where anything is.

I'm the lodge department (fishing, camping, hunting, sport shooting, paddle sports, outdoor games) lead. I'm expected to, by myself, run a quarter of the store and perform ALL services in the store.
Lodge services:
>respool and do basic repair/maintenance on fishing reels
>mount and boresight firearms
>do basic gunsmithing (I am an actual, school-trained, degree-holding gunsmith)
>build bows and crossbows and prep them for sale
>tune and repair customer bows and crossbows
Team sports services:
>size and drill bowling balls
>re string tennis, badminton, and racquetball racquets
>re string lacrosse heads
>steam and break in baseball/softball gloves
>replace cleats on football/baseball/softball/track cleats
Bike services:
>build and tune bikes for sale
>repair and tune customer bikes
Golf services:
>fit clubs
>analyze golf swings in the hitting bay
>cut down or extend clubs to fit
>regrip clubs
>adjust loft, lie, toe-in or toe-out, and head weight of clubs
>repair custmer's damaged or broken clubs or facilitate warranty repairs through the manufacturer
All for $11.47 an hour in a county with $10 minimum wage. And I've been with the store 2.5 years.

>>1076136
you're a gunsmith working for anything under 16/hr and that's your own damn fault then. You and the rest of the seniors aren't helping anybody by staying there longer than you should. You said it yourself. It's an entry level job. Work there for 6 months. And move up somewhere else...

>>1076136
That kinda sucks. Almost all retail jobs like that are going to be near minimum wage, but it seems like they could do a little better on pay considering you're a "specialist" and do more besides telling people "Aisle 6 on the left!"

Also the Dick's I deliver to, there's always like 10 employees walking around the front and only one cashier dealing with the person returning 5 shirts that didn't fit while 7 more people are waiting in line.

>>1076122
Sounds like you fucked up somehow. Tell them a fish broke it and hopefully they will help you out. If the guides aren't all smashed in, maybe they will believe you.

>>1076136
>stringing lacrosse heads
You must be in Maryland. I just got hired at Dick's (PA) and I'm only making $8.50 an hour

>>1076147
It's a retirement job for me. I'm retired Army. I work there part-time for the benefits and the ability to take weeks off at once, and other than it being frustrating it's a good fit for me. I don't particularly care all that much about the low pay.

>>1076149
If we have 10 employees in the entire store on anything but a Saturday morning it's a goddamn miracle.

We have an actual bike tech (who supposedly gets paid better than the actual department managers) but due to Corporate fucking with our payroll they only schedule him like 2 shifts a week. Same with golf. We have an actual PGA prostaffer, but he only works 3 days a week.

>>1076152
Missouri. St. Louis to be precise.

It's big here for reasons I don't understand.

There's 3 Dicks in STL, the one outside of St. Louis City Limits starts people at state minimum wage ($7.65 an hour) unless they're a golf pro. They're even more understaffed than we are.

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You guys should all go Makerel fishing sometime. It was a lot of fun. They bleed a lot tho.

>>1075881
>>1076001
Thanks. That's not good, it is so easy to lose them; I don't like the idea that I'm littering the water.

>>1076157
Seriously? I'm 20 minutes from the Maryland line and none of the Dick's stores in my county offer stringing

>>1076165
Idk man. I think it depends on the bait. I believe Gulp breaks down really fast. And one time I was using one of the Strike King KVD shads and snagged it and about 2 weeks later I hooked it. When I pulled it in, you could def tell the plastic was starting to degrade and I could feel some of the little glitter bits because the plastic around it was wearing away.

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>>1076165
Thats why I join river cleanups. Pull a few tires and you've neutralized what you've snagged into the water. I just do them now because it's nice to help and spend time with the people that also volunteer.
Ill always pick up or pull out any fishing line too, that is the worse kind of litter since they act as traps to wildlife.

>>1075765
I don't think they taste good and I have seen it posted in these threads many times. It's a matter of opinion and the popular one seems to be that they taste like mud regardless of what you think.

>>1076187
Even if they don't break down I don't think it really matters much because they'll just be covered with silt and become part of the lake bottom. You should also be removing damaged baits from your hook anyways so a bluegill can't bump it once and make it come off which takes care of like 99% of lost plastics.

>>1076187
I know that gulp will shrink but I dont think it actually degrades into nothing. Just the material condensing down, and sometimes it will break apart.

>>1076038
Do not eat gar eggs is all I know.

>>1076134
Fair enough

>>1076149
Why would they be smashed? I don't throw them around and have rod racks, but I do plan on that

>>1075771
Fuckin chunker of an eel. I hooked into one last week thought i hooked a snake the way they fight.Taste good grilled

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>>1076200
Didnt know that. But roe/eyes/bugs of any sort. I better be starving before I ate that shit.

Caught a snake on a soft fluke.. Haha didn't hook it though.

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>>1076131
you can keep it and use it for bait if you brine them.

>All-Star Graphite Baitcasting and Spinning Fishing Rod Rods - $40

this is shit isn't it? I feel like they are shit but the price is right

https://houston.craigslist.org/spo/d/brand-new-all-star-graphite/6253444162.html

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>>1076160
mackerel are fun to catch

>>1076241
Fucking tasty bastards too

>>1076232
Never even heard of em. He says they're $10 off retail so w/e.

>tfw want to go sunset fishin
>also want to sleep because got no sleep at night
>debating sending a text to my boss tellin him I feel like I'm comin down with something
I want winter to come so it gets dark at 5pm. That way I can go out after work, catch the hour before and hour after sunset, and still make it home early enough to eat dinner, watch a Simpson's episode, and get some rest.

>>1076206
Just saying if you stepped on it or slammed it in the car door and then try to send it back and say it broke while you were fishing, they would probably see the smashed guides and tell you to fuck off. But if they're in good condition you have a better chance of claiming it wasn't user error.

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SKID.

Skid.

I have made a very important discovery.

This shit. Pic related. Chenille and hackle in one for tying crystal buggers. $4 for a several-hundred-feet ball.

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>some mexican is tossing skid's flies on his spincaster combo right now

>>1076269
>More likely,
>some nigger pawned the whole box off to the bait shop for $5

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>>1076272
and the bait shop is now selling skids flies for a profit.

>>1076232
All-Star was bought out by Shakespeare and they're made in China. I'd be cautious. Back when they were their own company they were solid, now people sort of let them fall off the map since no one wants a Shakespeare rod.

>>1076315
Yeah I don't want no chink shit. Thanks mang

>>1076315
Been made in China for 15 years or longer. Everything is made in China anyway. No big deal
http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/53956-clearing-the-air-on-star-rods-manufacturing/

>>1076160
>relatively new to fishing
>go out to montauk
>catch some porgy, sea bass, and mackerel
they were the most fun to catch, put up the most fight
also looking at their patterns once in the bucket was pretty sweet too

Lamson Liquid OR LL Bean Streamlight Ultra?

5/6wt, 5wt rod, for trout fishing

Anyone have any suggestions?

>>1076315
my allstar has been fucking solid.. And wasn't that cheap. I've pulled in 2 30lb gators. And a bunch of baby gators on the damn thing. Along with some fish.. But the gators are by far the biggest.

>on 15lb mono.

>>1076333
>trips of truth

What would be a good weight for a Garcia black max meme caster? Mostly plan on doing ponds, lakes and rivers maybe a little surf

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>>1076194
>It's a matter of opinion and the popular one seems to be that they taste like mud regardless of what you think.

Then people don't know what they're doing and are cooking rotten fish.

Here's a pic of some white cats we caught on Saturday, and they were fantastic. Tender and mild yet flavorful.

>>1076346
I'm actually surprised to see this is actually image of some battered fried food instead of golden retriever puppies after looking at the thumbnail

>>1076194
A potato pic of the bluegill I fried up too.
A little bony because they were big, but they are easily on par with trout.
Scaled and fried in butter with the skin on, seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder. As soon as the ribs can be scraped out of the meat, they're done.
The big secret is to put them on ice as soon as you catch them. That way they don't start to spoil.

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>>1076350

>>1076312
>tfw some guy you don't know is catching fish with your pubeflies.

>>1075967
my HMG snapped today while casting. had it a little less than a year

did you figure out their warranty service?
browsed their site real quick didnt catch it

>>1076346
If you had read the original post you would have seen that it was excluding catfish.

>>1076342
What kind of line? Depends on the lures you want to cast too. Could me a M-fast or x-fast for lots of 1/4oz to 1/2oz or a MH if you want to toss lots of 1/2oz-1oz stuff.

>>1076370
nvm found it

btw has anyone dealt with fenwicks warranty service? im reading that they send replacement if you provide pictures others say you have to send it in

>>1076380
And if you had read my last post, you'd know that I was also talking about bream, which he didn't exclude.

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>>1075910
Well glass is no more a detriment to the environment as ano other benign rock. It's literally just clear obsidion
>>1075991
I didn't care for it much.
>>1076008
Just like any other retail job
Some people are cool but every day some knuckle-dragging failure of evolution makes you wonder how they even got their shoes on, much less drove there
>>1076266
Holy Christ I need it!
Where did you find it?
>>1076269
>>1076272
>>1076312
>>1076355
The very thought pains me

>>1076450
>where did you find it?
Jo-Ann's Fabrics, although it's cheaper online
>https://www.herrschners.com/product/red+heart%26%23174-+scrubby+sparkle%26%238482-+yarn.do
158 meters in a ball. Basically a lifetime supply.

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>>1076450
>>1076453
Oh, also.

Found a new fly fishing store. Went in for bugger parts. Place is AWESOME. I asked advice on which chenille to get (they had about 3 dozen different brands and 2-3 sizes in each brand, was kinda overwhelming) so the guy whipped out a vise and tied up a fistful of them to show me the differences in each material. Then he let me try on his vise with his mats. Then he GAVE me the flies. Like, 8 free buggers.

This is one of the ones I tied while there. Best bugger I've ever tied.

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Idk how trash this gif is gonna be, but hopefully it's not too bad. This bass was funny.

>>1076450
> It's literally just clear obsidion
Obsidian is literally a type of natural glass.

>>1076193
this is actually a nice idea, thanks.

>>1076193
What happens to all of the crap that y'all pull out? Do y'all just rent a dumpster and send it off?

>>1076462
What a cutie.

I've had fish swim between my legs to hide. Also some that almost beach themselves

How do I into surf fishing?

>>1076526
That haul was with a fella and i who wanted to do a quick cleanup. We just load his truck bed up and he gives them to either the county or some tire company to properly dispose of, usually for free but they are supposed to charge you for the disposal of it.
For bigger clean up events the county just handles it. We got a few trucks or canoes to haul them to a spot and at the end of the day the county deals with it

>>1076594
Depends, what state are you in and what are you fishing for?

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>>1076594
Also, it's really hard to beat old Penn Z reels for surf fishing. Get a 710z for a 9' rod, 704z for a 10' and 706z for 11'. They're durable as hell and super easy to maintain. If you drop it in the sand, you can fully take it apart on a towel in under 15 minutes with nothing but a penny and fishing pliers. most of them come with good HT-100 drag washers but some have leather ones, replace the drag if you get one of those.

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>there's fucking nothing inside

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I also use the tiny 712z for small swimbaits for bass and skishing for snook. It gets dunked in saltwater a lot. The entire reel is made of aluminum, marine grade brass and stainless steel so it doesn't rust very easily.

>almost no thread on /out/ has had a reply in 6 hours
Not sure if /out/ is full of employed people or if all the basment dwellers sleep from 2am to noon....

>>1076630
That's basically the case with every decent quality fishing reel ever made since the dawn of time. They're so fucking simple it's a wonder they can convince people to pay $200+ for new ones.
And with basic maintenance they'll last for decades, even centuries.
Unless a reel got dropped in the ocean and you can't get it out, rolled over by a car, worked on by an idiot, or used literally every single day for years on end by a professional fisherman, it's a pretty safe bet that it'll still be solid.

>>1076667
In the past 6 months I have been both of those things
I assume it's a pretty equal mix

>>1075756
Penn senator 4/0 combo for conventional
Penn battle 5000 or 6000 plus a 6 or 7 ft daiwa beefstick for rod.

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Anyone here know anything about old orvis fly rods? Just had this one given to me. The cork grip is best to shit and the label as you can see looks like someone with bad hand writing wrote it on with a gold marker. Any way to determine what weight line it will need? The label is the only marking on the rod

>>1076695
>half-Wells grip
It's no heavier than a 6 weight, pretty much nobody has ever made a 7wt+ rod with anything other than a full Wells grip. I'd throw a 5wt line and reel on it and call it good.

Grip looks fine to me, I'd hardly call that "beat to shit" from what I can see of it.

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>>1076696
heh

>>1076672
>That's basically the case with every decent quality fishing reel ever made since the dawn of time

I don't see many modern fishing reels lasting forever unlike something from the 70's and older. Many modern "high quality" $100+ reels are made in China and probably won't last over 3 years. You'd be daft to not see things have gone down in quality

>>1076698
o

o shid

I rescind my previous statement. In fact, both of them. That's not even a half-Wells, I don't know what the fuck that is. That might have been a handmade Orvis, and is probably even lighter than a 5wt.

Pics of the reel seat and butt?

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>>1076701
Kinda lewd but ok

My google searching is bringing up nothing. I can't find anything under the "powerflex" label that looks anything like what I have here. Idk if it's because I've never used a fiberglass fly rod or what but it feels like a pool noodle 2/3 down the blank

>>1076703
Yeah they're designed to be super limp for very precise, close-range casting on streams narrow enough to step over.

It's probably a 2 or 3 weight rod. They never made the Powerflex series very heavy.

Cabelas is having a pretty decent sale on fishin shit right now

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Got a memecaster

>>1076723
Dick's has a buy 4 get 2 on all lures

>>1076753
For what type of lures

>>1076753
I can't find anything on that deal

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So I've never fished before and I don't know anybody who does. I got a Shakespeare Ugly Stik GX2, 4lb fluorocarbon line, and some Panther Martin spinners pictured here. I'm hoping to catch rainbow trout with these. Am I doing this right?

Also what lures would you guys recommend for smallmouth and largemouth bass?

>>1076766
What size gx2? I would go with some,classic rooster tails

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>>1076766
For small mouth or large mouth, use some spinner baits or senkos, they like plastic shade too, I,like bass pros shop lures as well they have a lot of good hardbaits. I caught this guy first cast on a 5 inch senko

>>1076767
6 feet.

>>1076768
Awesome, thanks.

>>1076752
>he fell for the meme

>>1076773
If its the ultra light your solid, but I've honestly caught many trout on 7 foot poles with 12 pound test, its all on what you use as bait/lures. Ive had amazing luck with pink jig worms for trout in AZ. And it seems like anylure you use for trout can catch bass as well

>>1076776
It was love at first sight, and there is a reason why all professional fisherman use baitcasters. The hook up is so much more accurate as well. Plus I got a 150 rod and reel for 40 because some chad didn't know how to cast it.

>>1076760
Like, everything

>>1076762
>dick's website
>shop by sport
>fishing
>at the bottom is "fishing deals"

Where the fug are all the trout in southern ontario?
Been going all over the credit river trying to find some while getting zip. Can anyone give me some advice about fishing areas in SE Ontario. I really want to catch a trout before the season ends.

>>1076780
Thanks senpai

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>>1076781

>>1076766
Panther Martins are solid. For bass, start out with a Z-Man Chatterbait, 3/0 Gamakatsu offset round bend hooks, and Zoom Baby Brush Hogs. Colors could be black, white, green pumpkin, or chartreuse. Not a single body of water has fish that won't take those colors

why does every youtube fisherman have the same music and editing style

>>1076794
Because its what's popping

>>1076723
>sale on fishin shit right now
B...b...but it is fishing season.

little bro + I are looking for a "small water", not a massive lake, easily fished from shore or with small watercraft, location to fish for northern pike in New York, preferably with camping spots on the water or at least closeby.

Any recommendations?

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why do I want to get this? Twenty dollars. Should I do it?

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Got a $25 gift cars so I think I'm gonna try pic related

>tfw put in the wrong expiration date for the few $$ on my CC and still got a confirmation
Wut?

>>1076406
I looked into the other day when mine broke, need to send it in and if they don't feel it was manufacture defect they will only offer to sell you a rod for a discount. Don't know if they send them back.

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>>1076892
>Rapala MemeStop™

>>1076867
Well darn. Searching the net for reviews on these is impossible. It's like everyone and their mother is trying to unload one. Can't be very valuable but I like the aesthetics.

>>1076911
Yeah. I wanted to try something new tho. I had some Yo-Zuris and X-Raps I was looking at but I already have a handful.

Later this week I might get another one of these award deals from work but I will probably do a Cabela's card instead of BPS. I still want more Flatt Shads but Tackle Warehouse was like the only place that had em and I didn't see a TW gift card. Zuriss got me a cool jointed Lucky Craft jerkbait from Cabela's that I lost and I was lookin for more of those but Bass Pro didn't have them so maybe I can find em online with the Cabela's gift card. BPS did have some Lucky Craft lipless rattlers tho, maybe if I get that next $25 I can grab one of those and a Yo-Zuri lipless since those are nice too.

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>JDM Bass Box
Jesus

I'm sure TXfag will get one. Let us know how it is. I know that one anon swears that Megabass jerkbaits are legit the best thing on planet earth.

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>>1076933
>first the Shadow Rap™ and now this
You can't beat the perfection that is the X-Rap™.

I have 2 of those lipless Yo-Zuri ratl'n vibe's, one in gold and the other in a bluegill pattern. I was fishing the gold one side by side with a buddy throwing a gold rat-l-trap and he got skunked while I caught 3 two pounders. You won't be disappointing. The only thing is that the paint flakes off kind of easily like most gold or chrome lures.

>>1076867
It's $20 bucks, if nothing else you can keep it as an antique decoration

>>1076937
Yeah I already own a couple of the Yo-Zuri rattlers and I do like them. Sebiles are still my favorite but hard to find. Second is a tie between the Yo-Zuri Rattlin Vibe or Rapala Rippin Rap. Strike King Red Eye Shads are good too but they are kinda big for me down here unless it's winter or early spring.

Daily reminder that there are at least 3 different catposters.

>>1076752
Have fun learning how to pick out bird nests

>>1076814
It's the END of peak fishing season, and about to be hunting season.
If it sits on the shelves another month, it's probably going to sit there until next spring.

>>1076950
>>1076937
Just me :3

Trying red snapper for the first time right now. It's ridiculously sweet compared to any other fish I've had but it's got a pretty strong fishy taste.

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>>1076867
Depends. Do you like the idea of direct drive reels with no free spool or drag?
There are pluses to that-the spinning handle acts like a centrifugal spool brake-but also some very obvious minuses. They're not called "knuckle busters" for nothing, after all.

I actually have a couple of those Skilkast reels and fish with them. As old reels go they work pretty well, but they're not modern. That model does have an early anti-backlash adjustment on the left spool tension knob. Get it set right and it'll be pretty good, but it's still no match for a well-trained thumb.

If that reel has a two-piece cork arbor cover, use it. It's meant for using the reel with mono lines (vs the thicker Dacron braid they were originally designed for), you'll get easier casting and fewer tiny wraps of mono awfulness with it on there. If it doesn't, leave the old line at about the half-spool level and tie your new line onto that.
The spindle covers have oil holes. Use them-it matters. Also oil your level wind and put a drop or two in the tiny hole in the center of the nut that holds your handle on. Do that and that reel will come alive again.

>>1076915
Look for stuff on ORCA-the Old Reel Collectors' Association. There are a bunch of Pflueger collectors on there who love those things.

>>1076814
Have y'all been having cooler weather down there? It hasn't broke 100 here for the past week.

>>1076579
Yeah I've had a couple jump back onto shore.

>>1076936
Nah I don't use hard baits that much. I probably only have like ~30 total. I like the mystery boxes cause it's a mix of stuff. It's kind of boring knowing you'll just be getting overpriced jap memebaits.

>>1076966
Fall is better for fishing than summer desu

>>1076980
Jap memebait are best hardbait though

I believe that hardbait is where the price is worth it for the quality

>>1076980
>Fall is better for fishing than summer
No doubt, but people get all excited because they can legally shoot things again, so it's a brand new reason for people to open their wallets.
Fishing's not fresh in people's minds like it was in the spring, and lots of people already have their tackle boxes full for the year.

>>1076909
ive heard if you call / email them they might send a replacement with just a picture of the damage. saw this in a forum post. a few old though.

>>1076979
Oh wow thanks man!
>okaygangsign.jpg

>>1076972
That post was me

>>1076993
I forgot to mention, the weird handle on your reel pic is a Cub handle, and it's a sort of primitive drag system. The drag plates surround the main shaft and are secured by the screws that also set the drag tension.
If it hasn't been maintained in a while (protip: it hasn't) you'll want to unscrew everything, clean and re-oil all the washers and plates, then reassemble. Just be sure to tighten the screws evenly and test your drag often to see if it's set how you like it. Because once it's done, resetting it on the fly is next to impossible.

>>1077003
Cool thanks. So what kind of fishing is this meant for then? Is it just a primitive bait caster? Now I'm on the fence about buying it because if it is I might just sell my black max

wat do i throw in really weedy areas

they wont hit frogs or chatterbait

>>1077008
My solution was to stop bass fishing until the weeds die down

>>1077008
Senkos/fluke weightless and push the eye of the hook all the way into the plastic.

>>1077007
Yes, it's a primitive baitcaster, meant for all of the regular baitcaster-y things.
It's got a 4:1 ratio which is slow compared to modern reels, but I find that a moderate retrieve is just right for getting optimal action out of older-design lures like Zara spooks, jitterbugs, crazy crawlers, topwater poppers, spoons, rapala and rebel minnows, crankbaits and spinners. I can walk a Zara spook across a lake effortlessly with these reels-just twitch as you crank. It's much easier than a spinning reel.

I'd hold off on selling your black Max for a little while until you've used it and are sure you like the older reel better. It works pretty well for what it is, but the feel is definitely different and there is a bit of trial and error in getting it set up. You also might not like it as much as what you've already got.

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>>1077008
weedless lizards.
punch bait w/ big worm.

Any tips on keeping line tension while giving action to a jig? Whats the best way to differentiate weeds and other debris from a fish hitting your lure, I had some weeds that had that surge of power feel that you get from a fish but when I finished reeling in my jig was just swamped in garbage.

>>1076626
California, Southern part.

I really have no clue. I've never been fishing but I kind of want to go get a license and fish at the beach. I don't own a boat, and the local piers are just nuts overcrowded.

>>1077070
>line tension
Small twitches. Braided line. High gear-ratio reel.
>weeds vs. fish
Experience. Braided line. More experience. Setting the hook with the force of a thousand suns into a few logs.

>>1077070
>Whats the best way to differentiate weeds and other debris from a fish hitting your lure
You just have to fish more. You'll start to see the differences. Even after you can reliably tell the difference between bites and cover/rocks/debries you'll still get fooled every once in awhile.

Also, watch your line. When a fish bites, the line will usually jump then start moving in a direction it shouldn't be.

>>1077073
>>1077075
Alright, I've got a mountain of beat to hell lipped hardbaits, I'll just fish those for now and catch me some car tires and logs until i can tell the difference,.

>>1076989
Well I'm calling them regardless tomorrow, so stay tuned

>>1076794
They all copy eachother and it's a cycle
>channel 1 copies channel 3
>channel 2 copies channel 1
>channel 3 copies channel 2
>videos progressively turn more and more similar
>>1076950
And I like it

>>1077072
>>1077072
You should start off with a medium rod 7-8 ft.

Have some carolina rig set up with 1/4-1/2 oz with #8 hook for sand crabs if you find any, gulp sand worm, or a 3 inch perch grub for perch, croaker, corbina

You can catch sand bass, halibut, and big croaker with around 3/8-3/4 oz spoon like kastmaster/kroc, 3-4 inches swimbait, zoom superfluke, or lucky craft flashminnow. Lucky craft flashminnow is an expensive $18 crankbait but it's top quality jap shit and local popular lure on the beach that works in many condition for multiple species.

What city are you at?

>>1077089
I'm in Anaheim. Newport is where I usually go just to hang around, but I've never fished there.

>>1077090
>>1077090
Give it a try

Fish near rocky structure or find a deepest trough you can find on the beach and along there. A trough is where you see a deep drop off then there is a shallow sand bar ahead. Any deep drop off is usually good anyway. Always take some lure in case you can't find sand crab or mussel.

I fish mostly in sunset/bolsa chica. You can try out Newport and see how it is.

>>1076946
Are there any west marine's in your area? The ones here have a few of the old sebile flatt shads. They have liquid inside them that moves around.

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Anyone use duo realis jerkbaits? I landed 5 dinky snook between 20"-25" within 20 minutes yesterday using my 120SP in white/red. Literally every cast or every other cast, never caught this many snook in such a short period of time.

It's ok to crimp barbs on treble hooks on stuff like spinners and jerkbaits right? Ive only done so with hooks that are directly tied to the line

>>1077248
Yeah it's alright to crimp barbs on treble hooks for easier hook removal.

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Hypothetical time
>you find 5000 dollars in the street
>what would you buy and it has to be fishing related
>theres no tax and you have to spend close to 5000 dollars

>>1077254
>most expensive shimemeo baitcaster with a g loomis rod
>a thousand dollars worth of senkos and savage gear bats
>a leopard fursuit made of real leopards

>>1077254
Lifetime supply of waders.
Some kayak to fish from. Some fenwick rods and Daiwa reels.

A lot of tackle that I can just share with friends.

>>1077216
I think those are the "Stik Shads". Dick's has those too. I bought a gold one with the blood inside. They are pretty nice but I'm not a fan of those lipless jerkbaits.

>>1077254
>nice fishing 'yak and all the goodies possibly including fishfinder-$1500
>two saltwater spinning combos, one around 4000 size and one heavier-$500
>two mid-high range memecaster setups for bass-$800
>new UL spinning combo-$200
>new ML spinning combo-$300
And I would probably spend the last ~$1500 on a new tackle bag full of saltwater stuff.

So guys. Are Tenkara rods a meme or actually good?

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>>1077264
No they aren't, they're old flatt shads. The discontinued ones.

All 3 west marines near me have them. Check yours bepsi

>>1077265
They are GOAT for panfish.

>>1077254
A flats boat or pay someone to do the stuff I'm too lazy to do to fix the boat I already have

>>1077254
About 5 different Avid X/Concept A combos, one ML finesse, and one UL panfish combo ($2,500)

Plastic bass boat, electronics, trailer ($2,000)

Waders ($200)

Terminal tackle, lures, storage boxes ($300)

>>1077254
Repairs and upgrades to my XJ so I can get to better spots without worry.

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Would it be ethical to use handmade wooden hooks like these?

>>1077351
Nope.

>>1077254
Used Hobie kayak with all the goodies ($3000)
New surf setup for lures ($400)
Various lures ($600)
Can I keep the last $1000 for gas for fishing trips

>>1077254
>fishing related
Maybe a houseboat

>>1077267
Damn, I'll run in if I'm near any of their stores.

Those are different in a couple ways tho, looks like they rattle and they don't have the weedless hook setup. I really should just order like 10 of em from TW.

>>1077353
Why not?

>>1077351
Out of bone it would be alright, been used for centuries maybe even a millennia+

>>1077226
You gonna jump on that prenium nip lure train right? Now you gotta get yourself a lucky craft flashminnow as well

>>1077369
They are ment more for gut hooking fish.

>>1077254
>Hobie pedal drive fishing 'yak
>Yeti 90
>semicustom Sage 2wt fly rod
And theres 5 grand

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>>1077254
Ez pz

Brand new Hobie 14' pro angler yak
Shimano/Gloomis Asquith fly rod

Would only leave me $100 for a reel which is doable but obviously in this hyposthetical doesn't make any sense

>>1077386
Dis

>>1077385
I have a luckycraft pointer and a megabass 110 that I haven't used yet.

25 dollhairs. Says it's for crappie and beam. I don't even know how to fish those yet. I might have to learn. Thoughts? Good deal? I need a good tackle box too.

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>>1077482
forgot pic

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then I found this for bass and it's only 35 dollhairs. What do?

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Does anybody actually like this "Clown" color? I have a handful of different Rapalas in that color scheme and have never had much luck.

>>1077485
>>1077503
Damn. Not bad. It's not like you got $1500 worth of stuff, but def looks like it will be worth what you paid even if you only use half of it.. You can never have enough of those little crappie grubs or minnows like in the bass box. Most of that crappie stuff, just put them on a jighead that works and bounce it around or swim it or whatever you want to do.

Once you figure out what you like tho, I reccommend getting a tackle bag or maybe a backpack. I've had one too many time where the latches on old school plastic tackle boxes fail and I lose a ton of little shit.

>>1077454
>JDM TYTE

>>1077524
Cool cool senpai thanks. I think I'll go for the bass box. I only got a tiny case rn. Maybe I can keep most stuff in the big box and stick the little case in a bag when I'm out

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At the moment I'm the only guy catching anything, and im ysing one of my autistic skid rigs
>pic related

>>1077254
>fishing kayak
>accessories for it
> (life jacket, anchor, anchor trolley, extra rod holders, registration because ohio)
Then
>shimano tiagra
>penn battalion
>enough #150 power pro to fill it
>#400 mono
>#500 wire
>16/0 circle hooks
>fighting belt
>kayak out big baits with a brick for weight
>catch the fuck out of some big sharks
>>1077265
Western fly fishing blows it out of the water in most scenarios
>>1077351
Go for it
>>1077386
Doesnt matter of you plan to eat them
>>1077482
>>1077503
Jump on them quick

>>1077070
A fish wiggles, logs and weeds don't. They're just heavy.

>>1077254
I'd buy a motherfucking sailboat on a trailer. I'd get it registered, fixed up and put on new ropes and sails.
And that's probably about all I could do, because owning a sailboat is almost as satisfying as putting your cash into a big pile and lighting it on fire.

>>1077541
>Doesnt matter of you plan to eat them
A gamewarden might have a different view.

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>>1077535
You can always buy a couple 3600 or 3700 flat boxes and carry them with whatever backpack you have. Like $10 for two boxes, maybe less. Or get an actual tackle bag on sale. Even the cheaper brands, like Dick's Jawbone will be $20-$30 for a 3600 or 3700 size bag that will come with a couple flat boxes in it and will hold 2-3 more.

Or there's fishing backpacks. Bought my lil bro a Browning one from Bass Pro. They are a little more expensive, I think that one was around $75. But they are nice, it holds 4x3600 flat boxes in the bottom then has a bunch of pockets and shit that just make sense and work well.

FYI 3600 is like medium size and 3700 is large.

And those boxes you have now will work fine, but the bags or backpacks are much easier to carry around, organize your shit better and keep tackle from getting tangled so bad, and you don't have to worry about them opening because the latches failed.

>>1077524
I catch a lot of snook with X-raps in that color

>>1077556
>another snookfag

Where you do you fish?

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>>1077557
In a river in Puerto Rico. I haven't caught anything bigger than 23" though.

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>>1077556
Good to know. Idk if I have any X-Raps in this color, but that was a Clackin Rap in the pic and I know I have a Husky Jerk in Clown too. I'm always enticed by them because some days chartruese is irresistable, but then buy something else because I don't really have luck with them. "Gold" is still my favorite X-Rap color.

No snook for me yet, but I still seem to get the most hits on soft baits when I'm doing salt. Stopped by the intercoastal for like half an hour today and got one hit on a Keitech (ladyfish or little jack probably) but that was it. They don't like to hit the hard bodied jerkbaits as much for some reason.

Still was suprised when Anon Don Juan told me he was getting snook like 10 or 15mi inland on these canals. Snook in the same place as peacocks and largemouth. It would be GOAT if it weren't overfished by minorities. Pic related.

>>1077364
>>1077274
>stopped by West Marine
>7:05pm
>that store closed at 7:00pm
The tackle was right near the front of the store so I was lookin to see if I could spot the Flatt Shads. Saw lots of Yo-Zuris but idk about the Sebiles. There are 3 West Marine stores within 15min of my house so I will keep my eyes open.

>>1077562
>>1077557
>>1077454
Btw for snookfegs, how big are you guys going for jerkbaits and shit? I've been running stuff like 3"-4", but that's also because I would rather get little jacks and no snook instead of getting skunked.

For smaller or medium canal and intercoastal snook, should I be going bigger to get more attention? Lots of Size 10 Rapalas which is about 4" but I do have some larger Gambler soft swimbaits that I could try. Those ones run on like a 5/0 or 6/0 swimbait hook.

>>1077577
Snook in brackish water like to hit that color and they stay close to the shore line and under structure and mangroves.

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>>1077543
Only if its undersized

>>1077579
Snook will hit big baits but it will be a bit harder to hook them. I suggest going with 3/0 or 4/0.

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>>1077577
You gotta call West Marine first, maybe it's only in my area since they didn't sell too well. They have one in an electric chicken color, might get it for spillway snook.

>>1077579
>Btw for snookfegs, how big are you guys going for jerkbaits and shit? I've been running stuff like 3"-4"

Snook really like to key in on size, look around and find out what bait is in the area and match that. I've seen someone catch a huge mother snook on a little mirrodine and I personally have caught tiny snook on 9 inch spoolteks so don't be afraid to go really big or really small. It's the summer time so they will probably be keyed in on bigger bait in your area, size 12 or 14 x-rap is perfect. As for color, white works really good on the beach and darker colors like gold or chartreuse work good is spillways or brackish water.

>I don't want to get skunked
Jacks are really aggressive, they'll hit lures nearly their size.

>For smaller or medium canal and intercoastal snook, should I be going bigger to get more attention?
Try to find out what bait is in the area and match the size. I lost a good snook at the pier on a huge mojarra that I was almost certain even a mother snook wouldn't be able to fit in her mouth but it did. These fuckers will swallow foot long ladyfish or mullet like nothing so don't be afraid to throw huge gamblers or swing impact fats if you see big bait in the area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV468nQv4dw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462jk5af8ws

>>1077627
Almost forgot
>pic isn't me but it is the kind of jacks you catch at Juno if you're lucky enough to not be broken off

>>1077524
Pike seem to like that color. Never got a bass on one though

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First foul hook today. Feels bad. But what did I hook into?

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>some fishing lodge club posted an ad on local fishing forum
>$1700 for a trial period for 3 months
>5700$ for full year, but also a 12,000$ payment for newcomers.
>Local posters collectively shit on it

Thank you, local bros

Best spinning/light tackle set up for under 200?

if i fish mostly a lake for couple lb bass it might be overkill but i want a nice rod

i have a daiwa conbo right now and while its okay i really want something nice

Im thinking eother daiwa ballistic or shimano stradic in 2000 or 2500

What are good rods too?

>>1077637
Green sunfish I think.

>>1077640
Diawa bg has been doing me good.

>>1077640
St. Croix Bass X 6'9" ML with a Pflueger President XT 2500 size. Will run you $180 before tax

>>1077642
Nah, the green sunnies around here are much darker and not red. I was thinking it's a redbreast considering the long operculum but there is no red on the underside. So maybe a longear? But I didn't think they lived around here

>>1077637
Looks like you snagged a very young longear sunfish.

>>1077650
It has the markings like a green sunfish, but they're very very subtle. I've always seen them relatively bright not, subdued like that. Probably a hybrid.

>>1077655
Could be a longear/greenie hybrid I suppose. The "ear" is way too long and pointed, and it's way too light colored to be a full blooded greenie.

But yes, the electric blue on the cheeks is inconsistent with a full blooded longear too.

Green sunfish would have different pectoral fins actually, probably a longer.

>>1077658
>The "ear" is way too long and pointed, and it's way too light colored to be a full blooded greenie.
Definitely. I don't know enough about the other species of sunfish to really make any other guesses.

On the note of panfish, does anyone know of one that's really light on the front end and striped on the back? I've been seeing these in the creeks in the hill country, but I haven't been able to catch one. In the water they look almost white and black.

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Clearly a bowfin.

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>>1077663
Time to whip out flies or super small jigs. If you truly want to find out.

Could be creek chub if I understand your description.

>>1077668
>Could be creek chub if I understand your description.

Definitely not. It has the same body as a regular sunfish, and the color split is along the vertical axis of its body.

Come to think of it, I've only seen them in the pedernales river. Maybe it's a mutation exclusive to that river and it's shoot offs? Next time I go I'm definitely bringing the fly rod.

>>1077672
Where at I might go catch some this weekend.

>>1077672
Check up banded sunfish. Can you be a bit more clear with the body color?

what magic is in senkos?

when i cant catch shit they always work

>>1077684
how do you rig them?

>>1077684
Do you ever use other plastic worms? Try seeing if a zoom Shakey head is any different.

Could be the scent too honestly. Accidentally got that salt in my mouth once tying line.

Ive found so many senkos I should try fishing one of them. Only problem is that if I find them that probably means the fish see that lure a lot

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>>1077674
The state park. I saw two or three by the falls and two by the swimming area.

>>1077675
>banded sunfish
I'm thinking it might be that.

They looked sort of like this, but the entire head section looked white. The stripes on the tail end were thicker, and black and white. That's why they stood out to me. It didn't look like that had really any color at all.

It could be possible I just wasn't noticing the stripes on the head.

>>1077684
Jap magic

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>people spend >$50 on a rod and reel to fish smallies and crappies
>tfw used $8 Zebco to catch my limit of yellow perch today

any advise for someone giving cane rod fishing a try for the first time?

>>1077695
More money will have the product last longer, not out perform. Although I do prefer using a light rod and a smooth reel since its more comfortable to fish with.

A big smallie will take you for a ride btw.

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What kinda fish is this? Looks like a smelt

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>>1077703

>>1077703
>>1077707
Maybe a threadfin shad?

>>1077703
roach

>>1077684
just weightless tx rig
>>1077689
i want to try out dingers and see if senkos are just a meme. would be nice to find something cheaper and more durable

Question about pike/walleye fishing.

I recently moved to northern Saskatchewan and have done a couple days of fishing up here. I have almost zero fishing experience prior to this.

I have a collection of basic spinner rods rigged with 8lb monofil line that my friends and I shared - all basically the same setup. Using a few different spinners, we were able to catch a few pike around 5lb or less, but whenever anything significantly bigger/stronger got hooked we lost it (we lost a few 10lb+ pike). A couple were from hooks pulling out, and a few from snapped lines. We always used leaders so cut line shouldn't have been the issue.

Are we just doing something wrong when it comes to fighting the fish (eg. should I relax the drag, spend more time allowing the fish to move and tire out?) or should I look into getting a beefier setup like a baitcaster or even just a stronger spinner+braided line?

>>1077725
>are we just doing something wrong?
Most likely

In order of priority:
>make sure the line isn't old and UV-degraded
If it's more than 3 years old but spent most of that time sitting in the shed/basement/garage, respool. If it's more than 1 year old but spend most of that time outside, respool. If it's more than 6 months old and has been used a lot, respool.
>drag
There's no solid consensus on what exactly your drag should be set at, but a general guideline is 50% of your line's rated strength if you're using an improved clinch or palomar knot for your lure, or 60% of your knot strength if you're using any other knot (don't do this, use a palomar). Cheap reels (Shakespeares, Zebcos, any spinning reel under $30, any spincasting reel regardless of price) have inconsistent drags and are not to be trusted and you would do well to go even lighter on drag.
>time fighting
The shorter the better. If this requires heavier line or a stouter rod, so be it. Yes, in theory, you can play a fish a long time on very light line, but specifically for pike the odds of it breaking you off on shit in the water is pretty high as is and goes up rapidly if you fight it a long time.
>style of fighting
Keep pulling on the fish at least a little, never let it go slack, as that leads to spit hooks or fish getting turned around backwards and getting your line cut above the leader on gill covers or dorsal spines. If the fish jumps, drop your rod tip down and away from the fish to pull his head down while keeping pressure on him.

>>1077703
Shiner

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does anyone fish with big swimbaits? thinking about picking some up. they look cool. wonder how they will work for cats.

>>1077739
I catch a ton of channel cats on 3" paddletails so I would assume so

>>1077735
Thanks, I will give it another go with the gear that I have and see if I fare any better with your advice.

My line is new as of a week ago, and personally I didn't have any line snap with my setup, but I did also hook some fish that I wasn't able to reel in.

If I feel like there are still problems then I will reassess and considering picking up some beefier gear.

>>1077748
8lb line on a ML or medium rod is just fine for walleye, perch, and dink pike, but if you're targeting pike specifically you might want to step up.

I recently came into some fishing gear and with it was a couple memecaster reels, there was a daiwa sp1000 and a pflueger templar, are these any good? And does anyone have recommendations for some decent but cheaper rods to go with these?

>>1077752
Yes, both of those are decent.

If you have a Dick's nearby, go buy a F&S Tech Spec Elite 7' medium. They're on clearance for $40 and are pretty good. Otherwise, try to find somewhere that has the Abu Veritas 2's on sale, should be able to get them for $60. They're *slightly* better than the F&S rods, but not $20 better.

>>1077759
Thx m8
Also I pulled apart the daiwa and cleaned some shit off but didn't replace anything, and I noticed sometimes when casting it it makes this squealing noise but it doesn't really seem to affect the cast itself
Should I try to replace some of the internals?

>>1077761
Grease the levelwind and put a drop of oil on the gears.

>>1077638
They better have their fishing made from solid gold and free caviar and champagne with those prices.

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you guys ever stock up on fishin lures? buy a bunch at a time?

Anybody have any luck with Johnson lures such as their min-o-spins and Sprite spoons, as well as how well they will last?

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>>1077806
I caught my first and only redfish on a gold Johnson sprite spoon. I've also been using their beetle spins for bass since I was little because it's super effective in dirty water.

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>>1077800
I'm the kind of autist that buys one bag of soft plastics or one hard lure at a time.

>>1077800
Yes with jigs, cause even when using wire mackerel will sometimes cut me off a foot above it.

Can I use my 6' medium action spinning rod with 8 lb line for bass and catfish or should I get heavier line?

>>1077977
Bass definitely. It would also be a good option for shit like farm pond channel cats. I would want something heavier if I'm chasing river cats or lake flatheads.

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>>1077254
Spinning set
Zenaq PLAISIR ANSWER rod plus shimano Stella 3000 spinning reel about 1800 usd
Shore Jigging Set
Zenaq Defi Mythos rod plus Daiwa Saltiga 5500w about 1800 usd
Eging Set
Yamaga Blanks Calista 90M rod plus
Daiwa Emeraldas reel about 800usd
the whole Yamashita Maria Egi OH Live catalogue about 360usd
Braid and fluorocarbon for all the above mentioned reels about 250 usd
went over budget for about 10 usd.

thoughts on a MH 7ft GX2? i got a gift card and want another cheap but indestructible rod for throwing out bait on.

>>1078020
>Zenaq PLAISIR ANSWER rod plus shimano Stella 3000 spinning reel about 1800 usd

Why would you buy a $1k rod?

>>1078020
>>1078069
Nevermind I realized I was looking at the wrong Stella's. I didn't remember them costing that much.

>>1077800
I stock up on 1/16oz white rooster tails, because they catch EVERYTHING (including rocks, trees and brushpiles) when nothing else does, and they're available for cheap at Walmart.

Anyone here fish saltwater piers? I'm doing this next week (in SC) and need to know what shit to bring if I want to eat my catch. A cooler with ice? I've cleaned fish before, just at home after they've been on a stringer. Using a cat rod, 14lb test, carolina rigs. Probably shrimp as bait.

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>>1078131
>catfish rod for fishing with shrimp

We've got a googan over here.

>>1078111
Checked.

And 1/16oz? Those are the tiny ones.

>>1078044
You should try a Lightning Rod and you will never buy another Ugly Stik. Any rod will break if you do something stupid with it and most rods will last years if you don't do anything stupid.

>>1077806
Beetle Spins are great.

>>1077800
With those Sebiles when Gander Mtn was still open, I would buy 3 at a time. I need to order more soon, I have one 66 and one 50 left because your favorite lure that you use all the time is bound to get lost.

I have lots of other stuff where there's multiples of the same size in different colors or sizes. But the one lure I actually have multiples of the same thing would be Mepps Agila with the natural brown skirt in size 2 and 3. One of those things where I'll be shopping at Bass Pro and grab a bunch of other stuff but throw an extra Mepps in the basket too.

Chartruese Gulp curly tail mullet and Zoom Lizards are a couple more where I will grab a new pack when I still have half a pack left.

>>1078020
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>>1078181
>1/16oz? Those are the tiny ones
Yes they are, but panfish LOVE them, as do larger fish like bass (pic related). I've caught 8 fish in half an hour before on them. They make my UL rig go.

I also firmly believe that it is better to be catching fish than not. Get to where you're consistently catching fish-even if they're dinks-and the big fish will come. At least then you know what you're doing is effective.

On the flip side, I have NEVER caught anything on a beetle spin. I don't even know if I'm doing anything wrong with them.

Question for people that fish fresh and salt-

Does the weather and pressure make a big difference with salt? You always hear about seasons and tide, but not weather as much. It has been rainy all day and feels like it cooled off a couple degrees so I'm not sure if I should hit some freshwater today.

>>1078245
I just don't trust such a small lure for hooking big LMB. My little bro was using a 1/8oz Rooster Tail awhile back and landed a bass that must have been near 5lbs and I was suprised he got the thing in. I'm always down with finesse fishing, but I don't like targeting bass with any inlines smaller than 1/4oz because of the hook size.

>>1078249
>tfw have landed 15lb carp on #16 scud hooks
I can fit three of them on my thumbnail and have thumbnail left over. The hooks on a Rooster Tail are fine.

>>1078246
Tide is literally the most important thing when saltwater fishing. I have never caught bass in the middle of the day but I can crush bluefish for a solid hour in the middle of the day if it's almost high tide. The peak fishing times are an 1-2 hours before a tide change.

>>1078246
It's a whole different game. They aren't like bass where they turn off after it rains.

>>1078259
>carp
>head shakes and jumps

Pick one my friend.

That being said I've caught decent bass on those little spinners just fine, but it's definitely easier to lose fish.

>>1078259
Carp are different than bass. Catfish too. Like with snakeheads, I have no problem going for 18"+ sneks with a #1 or #2 Mepps. But with LMB, so much of the area around their mouth is that thin layer of skin.

>>1078263
Interesting. The one day I actually had luck and was getting those little jacks on the intercoastal, it was about 6pm and the tide was pretty low. Went twice after that with higher tide and didn't get shit.

>>1078268
That's what I figured. And with bass it doesn't seem like it's even about the rain since I can go out right before an afternoon thunderstorm almost every day here and it doesn't necessarily mean good fishing. But if there's a T-storm coming with a cold front, the hour before that storm will normally be great and then the next 2 days of cooler weather will be shitty. And sometimes the cold front hits without rain and the bass will hit good if I get out there right as the temp drops a degree or two.

>>1078271
+1.

I was thinking tho the tiny hooks on the 1/16oz might almost be better than a 1/8oz or 1/6oz because the gap is so small that you have a decent chance of hitting that ~1/4" of thicker skin on the edge or their top or bottom lip.

>>1078278
Really depends on the area and the fish when it comes to tide. For example the spillway near me only produces on high tide and I can't catch shit on low tide.

>>1078249
One of my two PB 5-1/2lb largemouths was caught on a 1/8oz rooster tail and drug through weed beds on 4lb test.
The hooks-and the line, and the knot-held.
That pic above was a 3lb fish. So it can be done. All you have to do is all the things you should do anyway when you've got a fish on the line and not be afraid.

>>1078286
I never really read into it much aside from when I researched fishing the inlet a bit. It said something like rising tide and fish on the inside of the inlet, falling tide and go outside the inlet because baitfish will be following the flow of water and predators will be waiting for them to get funneled thru. But I hate watching the clock with tide since I'm gonna go fishin when I want to go fishin.

It just works out well for bass and freshwater since I normally have time to fish right around dusk.

>>1078319
It affects predator fish more than scavengers and like all fishing you will still have your random outlier. Think of it this way your tide change is like a front. You know you will have good fishing around that time. The key is to know where to go and when.

I know this does not help you because it is not your style but for me...
>Get out early before others show up
>Great spot that I know fish will run each tide change
>Set up cooler, chair, speaker, rod holders
>Nigger spread the shit of my spot so I have room to fish
>Get drunk and soak bait till the fish start moving through
>Pull up poles in front of me but leave side poles
>Cast lures in my open spot till the run stops
>Drink and wait for next run

>>1078359
Ahh so a full 14hrs gettin drunk, soaking bait, and fighting off minorities who get too close.

Sounds like a good Tuesday.

>>1076753
If you know how to use them, you won't be picking out birdsnest, I've already made 500+ casts not a single birdnest. Its all about the setting on the reel and way you cast

>>1078278
ah, yeah, hadn't considered the skin tearing around it, thought you were just talking about the hooks pulling straight.

I've only had that happen with Mustad hooks and Eagle Claw #6 or smaller aberdeens. Needless to say I don't use Mustad or Eagle Claw any more.

>>1078370
>the way you cast
That's what took me a long time to realize and I try to emphasize when I tell people how to use their new memecaster. Once you get the cast down, then you can really back off the brakes and tension and start launching lighter baits. These days I just leave the spool tension really low and turn the brakes up a bit if I'm casting into the wind.

>>1078363
And now I regret saying I will work this Sunday. Oh well I still have the gun range then BBQ in Lockhart followed buy fishing in Pedernales on Saturday.

>>1078374
So, coming from a baitcasting noob, what does the correct casting style look/feel like?

>>1078391
Less snappy/jerky than with a spinning rod.

>>1078391
It takes practice to get it down right. But you want to throw it flat, baitcasters don't like when you lob baits at a 45deg+ angle. Also it seems like it works better if you use your wrist more, sorta throw the bait using just the rod tip, not using your whole arm and moving the entire rod and reel. That's also why it's nice to get light and balanced rods with baitcasters.

And keep practicing until you figure it out. I think I owned my first one for close to a year and barely used it, then bought my second one and didn't really use that for another 6mos until I forced myself to use them and I got the casting motion down. Brakes and tension set high to start and use a heavy and dense lure for the smallest chances of backlashes. Rat-L-Traps or other sinking lipless cranks and heavy jigs both work well to start.

>>1078391
Watch videos of pros doing it. The key thing is to be smooth. Once you get a good smooth cast then start speeding it up.

Anyone know where 13 Fishing makes their stuff? I'm trying to buy American if possible and want to know if they're what I'm looking for. I know they advertise Japanese parts but I'm wondering if any of the production process is done on US soil

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This looks kinda cool. Says it comes with 2 large (3700?) and one med (3600?) boxes. Maybe a little smaller than the full backpack,

There are lots of vests and fanny packs and ass packs on sale right now and some of them look like they could be useful but I just could never wear one of those around.

Savage gear basically has an ad on /r/fishing with lake trout "definitely just got caught on these lures"

Sponsored through some guide who already spams his service

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Anyone else Happy Gilmore their casts when you try and bomb lures? It's honestly one of the only ways I cast a frog. The more water I can cover the more success I have. Only problem is I'm able to max out on distance with that curado. The #40 braid is certainly hurting my distance but idk what else it could be. I keep all extra brakes other than the centrifugal ones off and my spool tension as loose as you can appropriately make it. Still not getting the distance I know I am capable of

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>>1078442
Gay. Can you report em for shilling? And why do you even go on there?

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Behold, a gook blond casting a cobia jig on a 10 foot uglystik
>grainyc blurry pic related

>>1078044
For soaking bait it's fine. Also a good rod for gotcha plugs w/ braided line, the soft tip really Helps absorb a 6 pound spanish mackerel slamming your bait with #10 braid
>>1078131
>#25 mono leader
>dropper loops, however many you can be bothered to tie
>4 oz weight on the bottom
> short length of #14 mono on the dropper loops
>#4 circle hook on each length of #14 mono
>fishbites on each hook
You cant fuck this up, trust me.

>>1078455
Nice to see the normies side of fishing. Occasionally good arguments in the comments and good and committed anglers.

>>1078457
>>1078442
>Readit
Not even once.

>>1078457
This >>1078460


And fresh bread in oven

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>>1078462
>>1078462
>>1078462
>>1078462

>>1078412
It's shit Pepsi. The boxes it comes with aren't true standardized 3600/3700 sizes, they're slightly smaller, and a real deal Plano 3700 is a really tight fit. You're not getting 3 of them in there and 2 will occasionally get stuck.

Also the sewing is subpar and it will fall apart on you in a season or two.

>>1078456
Was there at least a cobia there?

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>>1077254
my boat dream set
slow pitch jigging
Beat Jigging Propagate rod plus Daiwa Saltiga 15L about 1100 usd
Tai Rubber/Tenya/inchiku/light jigging
Zenaq Nerf rod plus Ryoga Bay Jigging reel about 1200 usd
Trolling
Okuma Makaira Boat rod plus Aiko Trolling 6000 reel about 700usd
a Yamaha 20hp 4 stroke outboard motor instead of my shity 2 stroke suzuki for about 1400usd plus a Minnkota Powerdrive Trolling Motor about 600usd
>>1078210
I think I am the only one eging in this board...

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>>1078410
>korea

>>1078374
Im just getting to that point of lowering the tension and easing of the brakes, and besides that it doesn't take that long to get out a birdsnest. It's way more proficient to use a memecaster when going after bass and fishing higher covered areas where the accuracy of every cast counts.

>>1078391
From the side and slow, unlike a open face reel where you cast from behind you, watch 1rod1reel's technique, I literally learned from studying his videos and practicing

>>1075744
what the fuck is a memecaster?

>>1077070
Raise your rod tip to keep up line tension when in doubt. If its trying to swim the other way, its usually a fish. I find that fish always slam the jig full tilt, i dont think ive ever had a strike on a jig that resulted in the fish spitting out the jig again, your jigging motion and the way the fish goes full force in the strike should literally always result in a properly hooked fish, if you keep losing fish anyway, sharpen your hooks or maybe think about using slightly smaller ones.

Unless its like pike or some other large fish, in that case use an offset treble or something