Fishing & Tackle Thread

>>864199
And russians are already here!
While 2ch is down.

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>>864199
>"No Fapping" Edition
>posts 3D loli

You've never been to /b/ before have you?

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And this is my brother.
He like to drink vodka and catch fish.

>>864209
Isn't that all Russians?
"Hello, I am petrovski, my hobbies are vodka, and ak47"

>>864211
Show me russian who don't like the vodka.

>>864211
Typical russian ice fishing https://youtu.be/jqUq3ivt8mA

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>>864203
I'm still not sure if they are just trolls

>>864205
This is how we find the pedos and try to get then v&.

I also like to include everybody. We did a couple anime OP pics, a couple dudes, and a furfaggotry one for skid.

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>>864218
This is how we ice fish in the US

>>864221
Hot fishing.
I'm shure ice melting.

Is Bass gay? Why yours baits like a rainbow? Russian fish eat only iron and copper baits. And broke all hooks.

>>864227
Bass maybe gay, but pearch is true hetero alpha male.

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>>864225
Kek, yeah it can be rough.

>>864227
Possibly. But some days they go crazy for the bright stuff.

>>864227
Bass """"fishing"""" is a total meme. It's basically a scam since the lures catch more people than fish.

>>864231
This is not pearch.
True earch don't have this black dot.

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>>864233
i don't understand
can you explain it for russian?

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>>864219
>This is how we find the pedos and try to get then v&.
>says the guy posting loli, both real and animated

>>864233
So very true. Freshwater fishing is so consumerist it isn't even funny.

>>864218
Russia is basically Europe's trailer park, right?

>>864237
Ribalka Na bassa eto meme. Eto stalo mashennichestvom s teh por, kak Na primanki popalos bolshe ludey chem ribi. It refers to marketing and consumption.

>>864241
Don't get it - sorry.

>>864237
People buy lots of lures because they look pretty instead of buying whats only needed. At least it's good for the economy though

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>>864234
Peacock bass, no perch near me. And the perch in North America aren't quite the same as the ones in Europe. Those perch are more like our walleye or sauger but they are only really in the northern part of the US.

>>864248
But this is all kind of fishing not only bass.
If you wan't to have your own profit from fishing - use nets and become poacher.

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>>864250
This is the peach that I caught in the last year.

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Also in Moscow recently it appeared fish ROTAN from the Chinese border. IMHO it looks like bass but pretty small.

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>>864250
Local earchh and sander

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>>864270
*pearch and sander

>>864262
Russia or North America?

That looks more like the "Yellow Perch" in the US where ~12" is a reasonable size and they don't really have teeth. I see Yuros post "Perch" that are larger with teeth and look much more like our walleye.

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>>864275
It's european perch "oкyнь". It seems like yellow perch but has bigger humpback. It also hasn't teeth and biggest ones have about 2-4 pounds.

>>864290
Your perch are better than ours
Our world record perch is 2 pounds 6 ounces
You get them double that

Where are flies and trouts? I thought in USA everybody catch trout by fly-fishing only like Will Graham in Hannibal. But I see bass and iron lures. wtf guys?

>>864306
>>864290
Nvm that's the icefishong record
The ifga all tackle record was set in 1865 with a 4 pound perch but 2 pounds is trophy size

>>864309
I flyfish but no trout in my area
I want to get a steelhead this year though

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I got a new general image from facebook today.. Not as good as the eww girl but its santa fishing (this guy has images of him dressed as a mall santa)

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>>864309
I think that's a big spring thing as well. Too warm where I live for trout. Some people do flyfish in saltwater but it isn't super popular.

>>864323
Post the santa one in another couple of months

>>864359
>Some people do flyfish in saltwater but it isn't super popular.

Can confirm. Only ever seen evidence of fly fishing (lures broken off in mangroves from false casting) but never anyone actually doing it. I fly fish in salt a little here and there but I'm largely unsuccessful.

>>864365
I've encountered exactly 3 flyfishermen and two of them couldn't cast
One had more leader than fly line and was just giving a gentle flick to catch dink bluegills to throw in his pond to feed his bass
He didn't even use a fly, just a small hook and maggot
The other was using his fly rod as a pole, not even casting just dropping a fly in the water
At least he had a fly

>>864373
>stop doing things not my ideal way reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Sometimes i slay bluegill on those stupid pipecleaner jigs. And sometimes all I catch is grass in the exact same spot. Just because he didn't catch dick doesn't mean he don't know what the fuck hes doing...

I saw a guy once swimming outside my hotel in the keys near a bouy. And he was just swimming around. 30 minutes later he swims back with this massive fish. And he caught it with a hook, baitfish, and about 10 feet of line.. Never have I seen anything like it. But he produced.

>>864309
Spring and fall are the trout times around here atleast
I trout fish but not super often since I know where they're all at and I feel chesty

I would have been posting more pics often but we're in a moderate drought and there are fishing bans on the river to help protect the year class of trout

Especially since everything iwas dying earlier this year

>>864386
Its stupid to spend 20 dollars on flyline then 3 + on a tippit and then another 30+ on a fly combo to do something you can do with a 15 dollar cane pole from Walmart

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>>864309
I catch trout but on jigs instead of flyfishing.

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>>864386
>>864373
>>864398
>panfish problems

wew lads

>>864410
Is it C H E B A Q U E ?

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>>864306
Meh, big perch is the most coolest fish in our region. The only available alternative to your bass :C

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>>864426
Yep. It's winter.
MEANWHILE IN SOVIET RUSSIA ANGLERS GO ICE FISHING WITHOUT ICE ON RIVER

>>864426
I'll give you a breeding pair of bass for a breeding pair of perch
>>864417
Imagine spending 50 bucks on a combo just to drop maggots into a lake 5 feet from a dock for 4 inch bluegills

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>>864426
>>864428
So the the only fish you guys have is perch and pike? no sport fish?

>>864439
How is that any better than the people who spends hundreds on fly fishing gear to catch tiny stocked trout?

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Happy now skid?

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tell me what I need to know before starting fishing with alabama rigs?

>>864455
100%
11/10 meme
My dank-o-meter went around 3 times
>>864442
There is a skill to catching trout
You can't spook them and your fly has to be in the right spot looking like the right food
Dink bluegill you can catch on a piece of paper after throwing rocks the size of softballs in the water
I'd rather spend 100 bucks on dink trout than 100 bucks on Pepsi's dink bass. A fish on a fly rod feels 10x bigger than a fish on conventional gear too, throw a foam spider or something at big gills on a 4 weight, you'll have more fun than with worms on an ultralight combo
Plus its been scientifically proven that fly fishing is therapeutic for stress relief in the same way that tai chi and yoga are

>>864459
>Alabama rigs
Is that what they're calling them now?

I actually saw some Booyah ones on clearance at Dick's and almost grabbed one but I hate dealing with that big, overcomplicated stuff. Looks fine if you are trolling and in hardcore mode but I don't even really like Dropshots so fuck messing with all that.

Also remember that you aren't going to want to cast the thing on your regular medium bass rod. I have this other goofy Booyah wire spinner thing and once you stick a bait on there you def need a MH and it is probably still around 1oz. Those Umbrella rigs are going to end up at like 4oz depending what you put on them.

>>864461
Thanks for confirming that fly fishing is the ultimate meme, kek

>>864463
>>Alabama rigs
>Is that what they're calling them now?

Yeah... its what they have always been called...

>>864468
>always
Never seen it. Only as umbrella rigs. And even then they have only been around for a few years.

But yeah, make sure you have a real stout rod for those fuckers. Tie 3 of your heaviest jigs to your rod and cast it. That is what those things will feel like.

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>>864419
I searched "chebaque" and found a rap video and a VK page about skateboarding. Both were in Russian. What does this mean?

>>864466
It may be a meme but it is a meme of nearly 2,000 years, so it must be a good meme

>>864478
>people have been fishing for 20,000+ years
>fly fishing was only invented 2,000 years ago
>not a meme

right, gotcha.

>>864485
>implying I ever said it wasn't a meme
Lern 2 reed

>>864488
>fly fishing confirmed meme by fur boy himself

you played yourself, kek

>>864489
I played nothing
I just refused to pretend that flyfishing wasn't a meme, unlike so many bass anglers -cough Pepsi cough- who refuse to fish for anything else to spite an entirely unexplored world right outside his back door
But if you want to play the meme game, anything other than canepoles, handlines, and traps with natural bait is a meme
The first reference to lures is fly fishing, so your "conventional" gear is just a bastardisation of the original fishing meme

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>>864494
I only use a cast net. Check mate.

>>864496
Then you're not a sportsman and you only fish because your too poor to buy food

>>864499
I catch and release only.

>>864501
Then you're just some weirdo who likes to throw a net
There is no skill to it
Even less skill than catching bluegill
You just pick a direction and throw
There is no fight
No technique that can't be mastered in an afternoon
You're a commercial fisherman wannabe who doesn't have the balls for it so you run around splashing in the water with a net

>>864509
>Even less skill than catching bluegill

Not true at all. Being proficient with a cast net is not something you just pick up and can be good at. Exploring new areas and finding new species of fish is much more fun than flipping your rod back in forth for a 1 pound river trout

>>864509

>theres no skill to it

What, and tossing a line out while getting drunk takes skill? There is no skill in fishing, period, it's all patience and luck.

Throwing a cast net correctly takes way more skill than brain dead fishing.

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>>864499
>>864509

>skid posting absolutely 100% retarded bullshit

Why am I not surprised?

>>864515
>implying trout are all that are fished for
If it is predatory it can be caught on fly, even some that are not predatory can be had that way
I am 100% certain that if you give me someone who has never even touched a cast net I could have them catching fish reliably on their own in under an hour
But teaching someone to fly fish?
First you need hours in a wide open are just to teach them to cast, then you have to get them turning flies over, reading water, matching the forage, detecting strikes
Cast nets can be learned in a day and mastered in a week
Fly fishing takes years to learn just the local area, once you start going abroad there is no mastering it

>>864521
You've never flyfished
It takes absolute focus to flyfish, you have to focus on getting a tight coil, delecately placing the fly exactly where you want it, mending your line for a consistent and natural drift, reading water to find fishy areas, detecting a subtle bite, and matching what the fish are eating

>>864526
your only making the argument that its a meme even worse. Almost all the fish that can be caught on a fly can be done on a simple spinning reel and rod combo. I said trout because they require a meme presentation just to get caught in rivers.

>>864529
but remember guys.. this is a proven form of therapy... only the most sophisticated and disciplined anglers can attain a skill such as skids

>>864531
We've been over this
Unless you're fishing natural bait on a cane pole or handline, or using a net, its a meme

>>864536
Never said it wasn't a meme. Just by your standards a much simplier way to catch the exact same fish that you could with a fly

>>864535
I don't think you understand the science behind its theraputic effects
Its the complicity that makes it therapeutic
When you're putting absolute focus on a perfect cast into the perfect spot for a perfect drift the rest of the world melts away
You forget about everything
You forget the stresses of day to day life
Ask any flyfisherman and they will tell you that there is something spiritual about fly fishing, and even mainebub admits that a trout on fly is a borderline religious experience
It is a form of meditation for many

>>864539
kek, what ever you say boss

>>864538
What's the fun in taking the easy way out? Why only play video games on the easy setting? Why only read kids bbooks? Why not push to the harder levels and more advanced reading? Why not get the satisfaction of looking down at your catch and knowing exactly how many minutes hours days weeks and years went into it? If you were a musician would you be more satisfied with the song you recorded in one try then autotuned to sound right, or the one you played a dozen times until you got it right for real? Would you be as satisfied losing 30 pounds with liposuction as you would be if you lost those same pounds with excercize?

>>864545
t. autism

>>864545
Time for bed Skid. You're getting too worked up.

>>864551
I'll concede that
I've not been sleeping much and what I've been sleeping hasn't been very good and I should sleep
Tuck me in pepsi-san sempai?

>>864548
No shit. This is fucking retarded.

Talk about fishin'.

>>864559
I've been talking about fishing

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Calm down skid, dream about growing a tail.

>>864562
No, you've been arguing with a troll.

>>864571
About fishing

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I like the new rod. I'm not crazy about the line, but I'll use it until I wear it down enough to throw some flouro/braid on it. I didn't catch anything much bigger, this was just the first.

>>864573

arguing with a troll /=/ getting trolled

go to bed

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Get on my level, cucks. I get in the water, pursue the fish, and catch them in my mouth like an otter. I spend nothing on gear and it's way more rewarding than all these meme techniques that i see people use.
>pic related it's a trout I hunted last week.

>>864501
>>864496

That's the dumbest shit I've read from anon since 22 long rifle

>>864471
Hey EastBayCAguy!

I went to Crissy Field and fished from the shore on Sunday. Got skunked, it was way too warm (32C), and I was standing there like an idiot in jeans and a long sleeve. Saw some nice booties though, so worth. And no wind knots at all, and no lost lures either.

>>864630
Nice. What were you targeting? I wish I was there to do some more saltwater fishing.

>>864631
I started near the yacht club going for striped bass. I tangled into an older guy. He cast right across me, I was casting dead straight. I offered to cut my line because it was kind of a mess, and he didn't even thank me. He said stripers have been slow these days. Also he was using a swimbait, something I still need to get.

Then I got to Crissy and a dad fishing with his son told me there's surfperch in the area so I was hoping for that. I was using a 3/4 oz. Kastmaster and a 1.5oz Mickey Jig.

>>864177
>not a single original rapala
Disgusting, the small one is a panfish slayer if you just twitch it every few seconds on top of the water and the 4 incher has caught a shit ton of bass and flounder for me.

>>864526
I got a fly rod when i was six and was reliably casting and reeling in blue gill withing 20 minutes of having it. I've been trying to throw a cast net for 15 years and it still doesn't open 70% of the time.

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Why do you use these rods like a girl, real men catch fish with fishnet

>>864661
>I've been trying to throw a cast net for 15 years and it still doesn't open 70% of the time.

Use your mouth method. Careful not to knock ur teeth on the weights.

Friend taught me how to throw one litearlly learned how to do it in like 15 minutes. And spent that whole beach day tossin a little 10 foot net.

>>864663
Real mean can afford a nylon weave net... Plebian.

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>>864665
I've tried every method. Mouth works the best for me but I can't throw it far and don't really like putting things that have been in the same bucket as rotting fish in my mouth.

What we really need is an upscaled rocket fishing rod that is boat mounted and fires 12 ft nets

>>864668
Hmmm maybe you just got a shitty net? Or is it with all nets?

Have you actually thrown a REAL net? Something that cost more then say 80 bucks for a ten footer? Not saying you need to be posh with a full nylon 12 foot cast net (should be around 300 bucks for that size)

>>864673
all nets, right now I just have an 8 ft walmart one though.

My friends can pancake it every time so I don't think it's the net.

>>864241
You of all people talking shit about trailer parks... wow.

>>864463
Why do you switch between KVD and Pepsifag? That's weird.

>>864471
CHEBAQUE [чeбaк] is our local meme. This word means provincial name of roach. But just for lulz we call CHEBAQUE all white scaled fish like roach, chub, ide, etc.

>>864440
Well... Yes. But we also have many zander! We haven't got competitions for certain species of fish, excepting popular jdm-like trout-area competition.

>>864663
Cyka blyat!

>>864661
There's a bunch of Originals in there.

>>864687
KVD is for posting the OP and shilling KVD™ lures and baits.

>>864215
Is not easy to be Russian hockey player

Yo, fishin' guys.

What's the best lightweight, compact fishing gear I can bring in a backpack that isn't a rod? A gill net? Got any recommendations?

>>864803
Do you want to use a hook and line or net? There are a bunch of compact ways to spool some line on random shit.

>>864806
The most versatile solution, really.

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>>864819
I mean if you want a compact rod and reel, there's always telescoping or 4pc+ rods that will break down to 12"-18". Otherwise there is a ton of DIY stuff like pic related. I used to always see the Mexicans at my pond as a kid using an empty beer can with line wrapped around it.

>>864652
pick up a few spro bucktails and go towards ft point. theyve been nailing stripers there. crissy is good for halibut

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>>864819
you might like a cuban yoyo. basically a handline but very castable so you can actually catch fish.

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Some of these new MTB kits are interesting. There are a couple lures in each that look sweet. Then I realize I may be getting $45 worth of tackle for $29, but I could just buy the 2 or 3 baits I will actually use for $20.

Spanish mackerel are fun to catch. They don't put up a great fight like jacks or blues but they're entertaining.

>>864845
>cuban yoyo
neato

>>864856

Wow, congratulations! You aren't a complete retard.

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>tfw I forgot my knife and had to kill my first snek with scissors.

The bastard damn near straightened my hook, dunno how that happened

>>864952
just snip the gills

>>864459
>banned from competitive angling

lol Bunch of baby whiners.

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>>864463
>>864459
Stuff like this is far better for trolling. Normally you use a "gang troll" which is essentially the same thing, as they both mimic a school/shoal of baitfish either when reeling in or jigging.

>>864470
>they have only been around for a few years.

I've seen similar ones in the 1970s. My brother used one all the time back then. It is just a reinvention made much more popular due to the internet. I've never liked them as they are a paint to use.

>>864952
What X rating is your hook? 4X is normally the strongest.

As someone who has been around for untold decades and has seen the wonders of the internet arise from nothing, I'm extremely surprised there isn't a big fishing wiki website. Like with all the lures, gear, knots, and techniques described.

Everything I google is for wikipedia or fishing skills in various video games. I think there's really a niche here going unfilled.

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>>864952
Ayy you got one. Inline spinner? And where were you at?

They hit pretty hard, right?

>>864963
>>864952
I'd totally put one in my 500gal aquarium.

>>864241
i think they imprison people like you so it can't be that bad of a place

>>864967
For the furry thing, gay thing, or retarded thing?

>>864963

texas rigged walmart worm. I was over where atlantic hits sawgrass.

>>864309
most of my state is too warm for trout. it has gotten over 32C every day since mid-May. I have to go high up into the mountains to find them this time of year. That's true for a lot of states in the US. you'll see a lot more trout on here in the winter.

>>864963

oh and it was a little dissapointing because he basically jumped on the bank when he hit. I'm just glad I finally got one.

>>864461
i normally just rip small crankbaits or inlines across holes and catch trout. fly fishing isn't really necessary unless you're going for something in super small waters like appalachian brookies.

>>864526

>skid goes wikipedia mode on something he doesn't know anything about

it took me about 10 minutes to figure out the cast and start catching gills on a foam spider. it's not that hard dude.

>>864529
>detecting a subtle bite

really hard to detect a brown blowing up a dry fly. only sensei-tier anglers can do that.

fly-fishing is exactly the same concept as any other type of fishing just with a different cast and a different retrieve.

>>864598
what's the action/lure weight on that? i'm looking for a baitcaster that i can use for bass techniques but also horsing in cats if i want

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>>864974
That sucks, they normally fight hard and try to dig and dig. Wait until you get a feisty 24"+ snek.

Just got this lil guy. He must have been hungry sunce he hit that big ass chartruese worm as I was reeling it in to get some weeds off.

>>864545
A skilled fly fisherman can fish circles around most spinning reel fisherman. anyone can put a worm on a hook and catch something. fucking 2 year olds are capable of landing fish on a spinning reel. it's a very boring passive form of fishing. i prefer fly fishing because it is active... i'm always doing something and it requires focus and precision to do it correctly. it's just not for little stocker trout either. catching and landing a small mouth bass on a flyrod is infinitely more enjoyable than on a memecaster with 30 lb.+ brad. you actually have to work the fish and be patient rather than just horse it in as quickly as possible. you can also catch larger freshwater species like stripers, pike, and musky. or saltwater gamefish like bonefish and tarpon. it just takes a lot more work developing the correct techniques, casts, presentations, etc.

>>864984
after a long night of skid-posting i've never been happier to see a certified pepsi dink

>>864983
You gotta go play with the rods and figure it out. My cheaper memecaster is on an Ugly Stik. It is a 6'6" M with fast action but it feels closer to a MH Ugly Stik spinning rod. A handful of rods are like that where the M casting rods feel heavier and faster than the same rod model in M for a spinning reel.

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>>864984

Nice, where are you at? I had a gator creeping up on my too

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>>864199
for the anon who asked about preparing the catch a couple months ago, there's many ways, but for the last fish I kept, I prepared it with lime and onion, wrapped it in buttered foil, baked it at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, and served it over salad. I left the head on because on most salmonid species, there are two pockets of cheek meat that are fucking delicious. Pic related.

>>864628
this pic is cringeworthy. Please tell me that you ate the poor fucker.

>>864990
i definitely want a dual duty rod. not sure if i want to make it a bass/cat and go with a low-profile reel/M rod or make it a cat/salt rod with a conventional reel/mh rod. the abu ambassadeur s combos seem like they'd be good for the latter.

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>>864989
>certified
It actually rained and cooled off a bit today so I was stoked but then I went to pull some weeds off of my lure and the water is still like bathtub warm. It's going to take like a month of <80F days before the bass really start moving again.

>>864991
Over off 10th St and 95. It's right down the street so I like to stop by there for a quick 30min session. No sneks in there as far as I can tell but I know the spots to hit at sunset so I can normally catch something. Some days I will get a few decent 2lb-3lb fish from that little place.

>>865000
Checked.

And you could easily rub a low profile memecaster with 30lb braid on a M or MH rod and run 1/4oz+ lures for bass and still be able to run heavier catfish stuff.

Skid tried to bass fish with his Ambadsadeur with 30lb braid and he said it wasn't much good unless running 1/2oz+ lures the whole time.

>>865015
>Skid tried to bass fish with his Ambadsadeur with 30lb braid and he said it wasn't much good unless running 1/2oz+ lures the whole time.

skids a moron. where i fish a normal lmb is around 2 but its mostly white bass and the occasional striper so i plan throwing bigger lures

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>>865017
To be fair, even with big bass, sometimes you have to throw a 1/8oz shakey head rig with a finesse worm if they are being picky. I get that a lot with the peacocks where they won't touch a 6" lizard with a 1/2oz bullet weight but I could rig up a 4"-5" lizard with a 3/16oz weight and they will grab it.

Same will happen with texas rigs on a muddy or weedy bottom, you can't run real heavy weights.

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>>865017
If you're going to get an ambassador, do yourself a favor and get it in the c3 or c4 model. They arnt that much more and arnt made with cheap plastic shit that will wear out. I use my c4 on a 7'6" Fenwick heavy rod for pike and muskie.

>>865021

So I'm rebuilding my tacklebox for south florida. Do you have any suggestions on what lures/soft baits to pick up? I've just been grabbing the cheapest shit at walmart to figure out what works, but I wouldn't mind some advice.

>>865033
what rod do you have that paired with?

>>865036
Fenwick HMX 7'6" heavy fast action

>>864987
Thank you
>>865015
No I can get down to 3/8 easily but that's mostly the reel
With my w&m sabalos with 40 pound braid I could get down yo 1/4 ounce
>>865039
I've got mine on an 8'6" feneisk silverhawk ss I got on sale for 54 bucks

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>>865034
For largemouth, like 3/4 of the year you will probably be wanting to run soft plastics. Lizards, brush hogs, worms, all that shit. I have a ton of cranks and spinners and I rarely use them for largemouth outside of Dec-Feb. I had such shitty luck when I first moved down here from IL because I could always get bass on a Mepps and a Rapala and it isn't the same with the warm water.

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Fucking turtle. He managed to get the hook on my chatterbait through both of his eyes. It seemed to only humane thing to do was to kill him. Got my lure back though. Still feel pretty shitty about it.

>>864983
It's a MH with a fast action, but it seems a little bit slower than fast to me. The lure weight is 3/16-3/4. You could probably use it for cats too if they aren't monsters.

>>865069
where did you fish in IL?

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>>865073
On the plus side I caught this dude so that's cool I guess

>>865073
Poor turtle
I think you did the right thing
Even if you took him to a vet he would have spent the rest of his life totally blind

>>865075
Frogs are <3
I don't know what I'll do now that algae is clearing up and frogs are settling down
All but 2-3 of my bass this year were on frogs

>>865074
NW suburbs, a bunch of random spots around there. But I stopped for a long time and then picked up again after like 10 years a couple months before I moved down here.

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>>864309
Seemingly the only dedicated fly anon that visits these threads.
Here's a rainbow I caught a bit ago. Went this week today and yesterday. Got myself two small brown trout and a rainbow today. Got on brown and one rainbow yesterday. Won't be fishing again until later this week/next week as work and school are picking up this week for me.
Anyway, enjoy the picture.
Been using caddis emerger, hares ear, and various nymphs.
Will report again in a later thread with a more updated picture once I get a sizeable fish.

>>865159
Is that an okuma cascade?
What's the rod?

>>864426
What about Жepeх

>>865159
Uh... This pic is a brown anon

>>865161
It's a 4 piece reddington path. Forget the weight, but it's a nice beginner rod and portable as all hell.

Also, correction on the pic in >>865159
It's actually a brown trout, I believe, too lazy to double check. Not a rainbow for sure

>>865165
I've been using the Cabela's three forks
I've got a 4 and 8 weight and I'm debating between getting their three forks combo or just the rod and an okuma cascade and doing it up like that
Or possibly going to another brand

>>865165
I still wish I had trout in Ohio
There steelhead but I've never landed one and there are very few chances for me to go an hour north (minimum) for them

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What do you all suggest for fishing in a small stream, like creek size up to your knees at most, and with lil fishies that I can only identify as sunnies, suckers, and some other species which might be bass (figuring out what that one is my motivation)

I actually tried to use a net and just leave it laying down in the water with me dangling like a crane right over it waiting for curious fish to get in the right spot.

Gee its the most interesting thing, just watching fish investigate what this creature is in wading in the water with this black and shiny net

The longer you stay still the closer they get, but damn the second you make a movement they're out of site. Their so quick.

I don't want to cast net or trap, I want some elegance in it, so maybe an ultra light rod with the smallest hooks I got.

Also don't want to hurt the lil guys so I might de-barb the hooks.

At this point I'm considering line and hook only, maybe a stick even, basically no rod. I'm in love with these lil fellas.
Pic unrelated

>>865178
I fish creeks like this using a bamboo pole I built, but a normal ultralight rod or cane pole will do the trick. Try using some really small jig heads and plastics. Also, a technique I have had a lot of success with is to carve a small float out of styrofoam using a razor, cut a slit in the side of the float, and push the line down into the slit. With a small enough float, you don't need to tie it on at all, so you can switch from float to bottom rig instantly. Here's a video where I'm doing some fishing similar to what you describe.

https://youtu.be/PrNwF3-u6oI

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>>865178
Get some waxworms on a tiny hook. Or those tiny Gulp! grubs or minnows on like a 1/32 jighead. Pic related are great for little stuff too. You could even do some small flies.

>>865178
Yeah in my experience, the best way to fish creeks like that is with ultralight gear, being sneaky, salmon egg hooks with pinched barbs, worms, and fishing from down stream. If you can get the bait to flow towards you with your retrieve, you're more likely to hook up because the bait is being presented naturally.

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>>865178
And here's a pic with those jars of Gulp! and other assorted panfish stuff.

So I'm planning on trying to do a little trip to coastal Maine or New Hampshire, and I'm trying to figure out how the fuck I would do some shore fishing or something in that area. Any advice for a retard like me?

>>864997
Yes, I did. The trout was already dead when that photo was taken.

>>865190
>Gulp
I bought some gulp nightcrawlers and nothing will touch them.

Anyone use those bags of preserved fish (shad I suppose) like they sell at Walmart? Are those catfish only kinda things? I've also seen minnows. I can't imagine they don't stink like hell and completely ruin anything they touch but if they work.....

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>>865178
Take a size 22-30 midge hook and either an ice fishing bobber or a pinch on foam strike indicator and either 7x or 8x tippit and a tiny spliyshot (3bb or so) (all of those should be available in a fly shop or I can get you amazon links)
Tie a foot of tippit to the end of your line on an ultra light rod and use a davyknot or similar to tie on your midge hook
Pinch on the strike indicator so the bait is just barely off the bottom and the splitshot at the 1/3 mark between the hook and the float (favoring the hook end) then bait a single maggot like pic related

>>865198
>>865178
Or if you got a pole (bamboo or telescopic) just tie a section of tippit 2/3-3/4 the length of the pole and you can flick and drop baits right where you want them

>>865170
>>865174
I can't really speak for cabela's products, only this reddington I have. I believe it's a 5 weight.
Currently I'm too poor to go about and get a new rod/reel. The rod I have works out great for me, but the reel, which is aluminum cast, is kind of shit. It performs quite well, but theres a gap between the frame and the spool where my line always seems to slip through. It's kind of annoying. Supposedly the reel is good quality, so maybe when it was casted it was just done poorly.
As far as the Okuma reel goes, I'd say you're probably better off going with a cheapest option, seeing as you don't sound like you fly fish much. A metal reel will last you longer, but I don't think a Cabela reel will be that much better than a low low-mid tier plastic reel.

As for the steelhead, I'd say I feel quite the opposite, haha. I only have small sized trout around where I live (northern utah) and wish to catch a sizeable salmon one day. Once I get a steady job and am out of school, I'll be able to travel to Idaho for some better fishing for sure

>>865073
poor turtle how the hell did it go through both eyes

>>865200
I'd rather be able to play with dink trout on a 4 or 3 weight whenever than have no choice but to ride an hour just to freeze in a river in the hopes of hooking an over grown rainbow that lost all its colour and 80% of the Tims get skunked
But I guess the grass is always greener, eh?
>>865199
>>865198
>>865178
I went ahead and got a list anyways

Tippet
https://www.aumazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005IKDKOK/ref=sxts1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475033493&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&th=1&psc=1

Hooks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B369WAY/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_2_5?colid=J5NSM3S8ADHC&coliid=I1MPASD1BL079E&vs=1

Float
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0040ZLW1M/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475033635&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=strike%2Bindicator&dpPl=1&dpID=31gD3DWSIxL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1

Strike indicator
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LO88VY8/ref=mp_s_a_1_44?ie=UTF8&qid=1475033735&sr=8-44&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=strike+indicator&dpPl=1&dpID=41yKpok8wwL&ref=plSrch
I'd reccomend those because they can be used as more than just strike indicators

Weights
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0072GW8NM/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1475034192&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=flyfishing%2Bsplit%2Bshot&th=1&psc=1

And get some itty bitty little foreceps

>>865211
>Strike indicator
what the hell is this? if you've got a float, why do you need these? also why can't you just use like a brightly colored rubber band, or a piece of water balloon instead? both are 1 dollar at the DOLLAR TREE.

>lead free splitshot
lel kay. why not just tie a pebble...? lmao

>>865222
>fishing line
Why buy it I've got sewing thread at home
>hooks
Just bend a paper clip
>rod
Tie your line to a stick
>floats
Tie a smaller stick on instead of buying a float
>fishing
Why pour money into it when you can buy a fish at the grocrie store

>>865222
>>865223
Btfo

>>865222
Skid has a way of bringing his autism into things that should be simple and then overcomplicating them.

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>>865178
I do a lot of microfishing search "tanago hooks" or "tenkara bum" these are what you need for those little fuckers.
Use just a tiny sliver of worm, shrimp, 1/2 grain of cooked rice ect for bait and the smallest pinch weight (split shot) you can find.

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holy shit lads how big do you think that cat is and what species?

>TFW long weekend starting thursday afternoon
>4 epic days off
>the rods, the rods are calling me
>going to nail me some flatheads this weekend
>going after tailor via kayak on sunday

>>865258
For DIY lightweight split shot. Save all your busted splitshot. And when you have enough melt them down into molten lead. Find a flat surface to dump the lead and pour let it spread out. Should make a puddle of thin lead. Now smash it to like a 1mm thick. Now use tin snips and cut strips of lead... Take a long straight steel of some sort with a sorta sharp edge. I use half of old scissors. And lay it across your lead strips you cut. And smack lightly the top of your metal piece. To make a tiny groove no deeper then 0.25mm then take a pair of pliers and squeeze the lead sheet into half with the groove on the inside. Until the sheet is almost closed but a big of enough gap to fit your line into easily.

Bam! Endless amount of lead weights...

And if you're really anal about exact weight. On a rainy day you can cut and weigh them to sizes you like.

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>>864248
Lol. I sell 2-5oz bank sinkers because spoonbill fisher drag the river.... $0.25 oz all day long. But for $1. Make ingots, cast sinks, cut sprus, 4x profit.

>>865223
>>865230
Sick samefagging

>>865278

Stay ass blasted semi diyfag

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Hey, rednecks, look at me! Now I gonna catch some bear-sized perches with my jdm tackle near kremlin!

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>>865319
Meh, not too huge, but still funny ;3

>>865195
It's not just supposed to replace live bait on a bobber. You still gotta jig em or swim em or whatever rig. The curly tail minnows/mullets work really well in fresh and salt.

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>>865319
Brown bear or black bear?

And how easy is it to get knockoff Chinese tackle over there? I was looking at sone Shishamo baitcasters on Aliexpress and they looked sweet but it will probably take 3 months to get them.

>>865087
That's kind of what I was thinking. Still feel kinda bad about it.

>>865210
I don't know ;_; I guess he was trying to bite it and missed and I was ripping it across the water so I guess that did it.

>>864962
This would be awesome anon. Could potentially make some dough if you get enough traffic too

>>865336
Great work comrade!
Catch more fish for Mother Russia!

>>864962
For North America or fishing in general?

>>865336
Is that the Moskva river? I thought perch prefer still water.

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>>865415
>>864962
Ayy we're trying. The Pastebin and Imgur are a start.

A few of the pics on the Imgur are from one website that is pretty damn good. I think it's called "Line On Fishing" or something and they have really good graphics and info for all sorts of stuff. Pic related is from that site and they have a bunch of text to go along with everything.

>>865364
I absolutely fucking destroyed spotted seatrout and a bunch of smaller redfish on the gulp smelt rigged on a 1/8th jig head.

Also, they really do replace live bait. I've caught a shit ton of trout with a gulp shrimp under a popping cork/just letting it freeline out with the current and pinfish/bream will eat little pieces of gulp baits if you cut them up.

When you buy a reel does it come with instructions or is it just something anglers are expected to know?

>>865444
they usually come with instructions for things like drag placement, line recommended line weights, etc. Knowing how to actually use it is probably expected of the angler because I don't recall ever seeing instructions on how to cast or anything like that.

>>865444
Never bought a reel that doesn't have at least a schematic. If for what ever it doesn't you can find it online

whats generally recommended around here for babbys first memecaster?

i have maybe 150 to spend. im assuming prices for fishing shit drop at bps and cabelas during winter?

>>865462
Lol depends where you live. I never seen the bass pro do special sales in January here in florida for say bass tackle.. But these sporting stores are so fucking random sometimes...

>>865462

Curado

>>865416
Yep, that's it. In city it's very slow flow, nearly still.
But our european perch also lives well in quick streams with chub and grayling

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>>865462
My babbys fist bait caster is a bass pro shop tourney special that I currently have strapped to an old MH shimano rod. I've pulled in some nice fish using that reel with 20lb braid. I use it in the surf but I find myself breaking it down to clean the salt out every time afterwards. Reel is about $60.

Caught this lady friend on said reel. Used a stronger rod than it's on now though.

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>>865462
Tatula CT Type-R ~$150 on ebay. Nice reel, srsly.

>>865415
The entire world of course. You'd have it divided up into freshwater, brackishwater, saltwater, and other regional dividers, lakes, rivers, countries, etc.

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Got a flying C for targeting salmon. Also got a couple packs of these creme frogs. Thought they were pretty neat because I'd never seen a soft body frog that was this small. Not sure what I will catch on them though.

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>>865485
>salmon
>not swinging a pink marabou mop through the bottom of deep holes in January on a fly rod while standing in waste-deep 33°F water
Do you even "frozen few"?

>picture unrelated hit the cuyahoga after work for a few hours, only got 3 of pic related and a dink smallie
Still fun on light tackle though

>>865462
Pic one. Can't go wrong with any of the major companies that people have mentioned, but those Bass Pro combos are getting really nice. Everybody who uses them seems to love them, from the cheaper stuff up to the more expensive ones. Take a look at some of the Bass Pro Johnny Morris setups. You will definitely get more for your money than buying a Shimano.

And as far as sales, after Christmas clearance is the only time they ever put big stuff like that on sale to make room for a new model for the new year. I reccommend checking them out in-store first and then you can look on eBay and see if a reputable seller has a good deal on it. That's what I did for my Revo, it was $160 in all of the stores but I found it online for $115 with free shipping.

>>865441
I mean panfish will take the little shit all day, but those big Gulp nightcrawlers anon was talking about probably won't pull too many bass just hanging off a bobber. They need some movement.

>>865467
Bass Pro is the worst place for sales on larger stuff because they know they will eventually sell the shit. They will occaisionally have deals on the store brand stuff though. Got my Johnny Morris rod for $80 off of $120. I prefer to shop at Dick's for that stuff. They have much better regular sales (although rarely on more expensive Shimano and Abu stuff) but you can still find those on clearance sometimes. And people don't go to Dick's for $150 rods and $200 reels, so when they mark stuff on clearance down 40%, it will be there for more than a day unlike Bass Pro.

> 2016
> Still buying not daiwa/shimano reels
Seriously? Ineducable...

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>>865525
>no Penn

>>865534
>TFW I made the exact same thing

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>full metal and aluminum
>sealed drag and gears
>ht100 drag washers
>probably the smoothest reel you can buy in the price range

I fucking love this thing.

>>865535
I love it. I can add or remove holders when ever I want and it was super cheap to make.

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>>865539
Mine is full now. I gotta get some of those cheap wall mounts with the next setup

>>865543
It's not full. You can fit more rods in there if you flip the reels over

>>865549
They would all have to be UL reels for that to work. Those things aren't meant for more than 12 rods and reels. If it were just rods, the 24 would fit.

>>865551
You see how the reels are facing outward? Put new ones inward.

>>865552
They would hit eachother unless they were all like 500 size reels. Even with them on the outside, the 3500+ reels will hit eachother.

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>>865462
>>865468
seriously, do yourself a favor and skip the hassle and problems that come with junk reels. Get a Curado, they are one of the best mid-range baitcasters on the market. You wont regret it.

>>865525
>randomly shitposting about being in that camp instead of your camp

>>865479
It would be awesome but needs to be promoted on various fishing forums and local communities

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>>865571
Kek.

If you aren't a Shimano fanboi, there are a lot of other great options and you honestly don't get a ton for your money with Shimano most of the time. Not that a $150 Shimano will be shitty, but spend the same on a Bass Pro reel and you will probably get a few more bells and whistles.

>>865589
I was just on that LineOnFishing.com and idk if it is run by a baitshop or what but that fucker had so much info on just setting up freshwater rigs for Walleye or whatever. Definitely not all-encompassing, but a lot of really good stuff, especially for people living in the northern US and Canada.

I have stolen a bunch of pics from there for the imgur. Just added a couple more.

>>865589
And therein lies the problem. Those communities are expansive for a reason. So many variables, so many opinions, so much geography to cover. If it were possible to have a wiki with entries like "For Largemouth Bass in clear water June-August, USDA Zone 5a, air temp 70-94 F, overcast conditions <5MPH wind, water depth 3-12 ft use chartreuse pepper flake yum zingers on a #3 EWG, wacky rigged with 1/4 oz bell sinker, reel 3 times, jerk twice, wait 2 seconds after line goes slack, one long tug, repeat" I'd already have the URL and be charging $20/month to users.

Now I know that's a bit specific but that's what an encyclopedia is, specific. Basic info like Brad's imgur and pastebin is available all over the place. Getting too specific and covering a large geographic location would be folly. He moved from Illinois to Florida and can vouch for that first hand.

Th daiwa Megaforce seems like a cool concept but it seems to not work
There is a lever on top that just reels in 7 inches of Line every time its pressed but it seems to have issues

>>865608
Thanks for your input Skid.

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>>865603
Even fishing for the same species of fish in similar little lakes is so much different 1000mi away. I used to love the natural colors up there but a lot of days the bright colors kill it here even in similar water conditions. That's why so much of the stuff is just generalized and the correct answer is often "ask your local tackle shop". There's tons of good jnfo to get you going but people are always going to dispute it and the only real way is to get some line in the water and figure out what works in that water.

>>865609
I'm just trying to spark conversation not really giving input on much of a anything

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My senko got tore up on the nose part (shocker) so I just started wacky rigging it with a 4/0 hook lol. Worked out alright.

>>865625
What's that combo?

>>865625
>wacky rigging

it's called jury rigging you fucking quack

>>865632
Lews Mach 2

>>865633
jesus, you dont even know the right termanology and youre calling someone a "fucking quack"

its called JERRY RIGGING

>>865633
>jury rigging

Thats literally not even a real thing.

ive never caught anything wacky rigged

im pretty sure its impossible to do it wrong too

>>865636
>>865633
Jerry rigging is improvising a solution to a problem
Wacky rigging is hooking a soft plastic sideways to get a new action
>>865634
Is it nice?

>>865643
I had one bite once with a wacky rigged lizard other than that nothing

>>865645
You'll have to wait for TX anon to let you know. I just knew what combo it was

>>865652
Oh
I thought you were he but your trip broke but tis not the case

You know what reel is bolted onto the combo? I Googled less mach ii but didn't get a reel model

>>865643
I normally never have luck with it either. I think this is the first time I've caught a fish wacky rigged.

>>865645
>Is it nice?
I like it. The reel so far been great. It's pretty smooth and the 7.5:1 gear ratio is killer. It cast lighter lures just as good as the heavier ones. The rod isn't the best, but it's far from the worst. It loads up nice and you can feel most of what's going on. For under $200 it's not a bad deal at all. Every thing feels really solid on it.

>>865659
>>865660
What's the reel model? I might have to put a lh version on my back burner to pair with a decent rod
I want a light-medium light finesse casting combo some day

>>865662
I think it's just the newest speed spool. I don't know if the reel handles are different because it's a combo or if they'll sell just the reel with the green handles.

That's another thing I really like about it is the green parts are rubbery and they're really grippy.

>>865664
I'll look into one
I'll probably put it on something Fenwick
They seem to make nice stuff

>>865664
No offense man. But ive fought 14 foot gators on a pole with crappy foam handles. What kind of limp wristed grip strength you got to need "more grip"?

>>865662
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_Mach_Speed_Spool_MCS_Casting_Reel/descpage-LMC.html

>>865668
You got some nice reading comprehension their bud

>>865670
there*, kek, guess my spelling is much better

>>865668
It's not that I need it, it's just nice.

>>865668
>I want to death grip my rod all day long

It's nice to have a good quality surface on something you're going to hold on to for hours that could potentially be jerked out of your hand at any second.

>>865668
You are supposed to do work with the tool. The tool isn't supposed to work you. Properly designed tools are a pleasure to use.

>>865636
I think you mean nigger rigging

>>865660
The last largemouth I got was on a wacky rigged yum dinger. It's a fun technique.

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On the one hand I want to get up and fish before work(open water will be gone before I know it). On the other hand I don't want to go to bed.

Absolutely pouring rain still

Flash flooding all over the place

Feel like fishing might be shit in the day or two after it ends

>>865817
>flash flooding

Just fish from ur front door.

>>865597
> Not that a $150 Shimano will be shitty, but spend the same on a Bass Pro reel and you will probably cast under your feet.
Daiwa and shimano have great opportunity for tuning, many custom parts, you can easily found new parts, if u brake smthng.
Buy BPS reel is the same, than buying reels like Haibo on AliExpress, but haibo is not too overpriced shit.

Pepsi how is Winter fishing down there? I won't be working this December through February. Thinking of taking my camper down to Florida and fish.

>>865485
I have some of those frogs that are about the size of my pinky nail. Got some 1/32 jig heads and tossed them around for about 2 hours and didn't get anything, so I don't know how well you'll do with em.

Probably would be good for gills and crappie if you are at the right place at the right time.

>>865831
Winter is the 100% best time to catch fish here. It's when they're all moving and feeling frisky enough to go for topwater and other fun stuff that they usually won't hit while the water is warm.

For bass atleast.

>>865837
Sorry, I meant real fishing, not bass fishing. Any good spots I can take my boat out? Should I stay on the Gulf side or Atlantic side?

>>865841

All pepsi fishes for is dink bass, panfish and sneks you fucking retard.

>>865841
I definitely prefer the gulf side. If you want a REALLY nice place to catch some spotted seatrout and redfish check out a place called Rocky Creek. They just built a nice boatramp there in the last couple of months and it's all backwater saw grass creeks & a short ride out to really nice grass flats.

It's a little south of Steinhatchee so you could stay at the sea hag marina hotel and ride down or just put in there. If you go to rocky creek bring gulp shrimp, gulp smelt, or some of those redfish magic plastics with the white body and red tail and just jig them around cover/through deep holes. Winter is the best time for redfish here and is also when the gator trout decide to move in and hide in 8+ feet of water.

I put some circles for some of my favorite spots. I usually stop at the first one on the way out, it's marked with a white channel marker and is an oyster bar with a 15-20 ft hole right infront of it. This post is getting kind of long but yeah, rocky creek is great. 10/10 recommendation

>>865844
>has to spell snakefish "sneks" like a 9gag child
>thinks he has the right to call others retarded

>>865847
this desu I've always hated when people here call them "sneks". Especially when it's accompanied by 12 pictures of a fish with a spike through it's skull to go to waste.

>>865848
>desu

Why can't you kids keep your meme vocabulary on /b/ and 9gag

>>865485
sup man. back in the bay area now. lets go fishing

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>>865848
4u

>>865854
Stupid weeb website automatically changes "fa.m" to "desu"

>>865847
>snakefish
What the hell is a snakefish?

>>865831
Idk about salt, but you can't beat the weather Dec-Feb and the bass fishing is GOAT in February. I think early Feb is the best couple weeks of the whole year.

And for Atlatic vs Gulf, it's a lot of different fish I think. No redfish or sea trout over here on the Atlantic side, right?

>>865883
>No redfish or sea trout over here on the Atlantic side, right?

That's not the case Mr. Van Dam. I catch sea trout frequently, and red is a popular fish in my area. I live in Brevard county for reference

>>865908
>>865883


How come only the north and south parts of Florida have human beings? Everything in the middle is toothless inbred hicks. I went road tripping to Miami few years back and like 90% of the people through there were nasty as fuck. Seen cleaner looking people in the parts of Arkansas where pot holes in the road are bigger than cars.

>>865911
I have all of my teeth. Just depends on what parts you visit. For instance, the town I live in has mostly normal people with minimal pill zombies. Drive down the main road 5 miles and it's like walking into a scene from Deliverance.

>>865911
>90% of the people through there were nasty as fuck

Most of the people south of the Mason-Dickson line are like that. Everyone else is just a tourist.

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>>865911
I don't like going north of Boca Raton without leaving the state of Florida.

>>865908
Where are the sea trout at? Isn't there some big river up there? I wasn't sure about the trout but everything I see about redfish is always on the Gulf.

>>865922
They're in the Indian river lagoon which is connected to the Atlantic. So I've never caught trout in the ocean directly but I'd imagine that's how they get in the IRL. Reds are in the IRL as well the Atlantic. They're much more "red" in the lagoon due to tannic acid. The few I've seen people catch on the beach are much more pale.

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>woke up early to get to that lake before he sun came up
>get there
>white caps rolling
>too much for my little John boat and had to turn back and go home

Feels bad.

>>865991
I know that feel. Took my 11.5 footer out on Lake Harney. Wind picked up a little, got my ass kicked getting back to the river tributary we came in on. Love my little boat but she hates the wind.

>>865911
Lmao you say this acting like you didn't take the highway the whole fucking time.

Because if you didn't you would know that both centeral florida and miami is fucking BIG Puerto rico and little cuba. In and in between. The hick shit is like the top like 20% of the state. After that it doesn't really exist any more. Just use dudes from the south without a southern accent.

>>865922

Nice Redfish.

Girl is ok.

>>865863
I made that tripcode before I went to Sacramento for college. I'm going to change it eventually so I stop confusing people.

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>flash sale

>>865694
I'm gonna try to use it some more.

>>866017
Well fugg there goes $20

what do you guys think about lews tournament pro G? i could pick it up for about $160 on ebay. could i do better in a similar price range?

also, whats been everyones general experience with buying fishing stuff off ebay? i abandoned the site after being shipped some knock off shoes.

>>866026

>20$

something doesn't add up.

>>866017

5$ off of ~46$, what an amazing deal. I guess I better fill my tackle box with useless hardbaits. This is why you are still a bank fisherman.

>>866056

Never mind thought it was 5$ off an order of 4 when it is actually 5$ each when you buy 4.

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>>866056
>>866060
They do that deal in-store sometimes too. You can't leave without getting the 5 Rapalas for $20.

Pic related, all those hardbaits were $4ea if you buy 3.

>>866017
Was in Dick's Monday. Salt Rapalas for 19.99 or $5 each if you bought 2.

So I started fishing again, saltwater.

I'm using my dad's rods and I wanted a couple of cheap ones. The guy at the store suggested me a 140€ rod that's "good for beginners".

My dad just said, get a cheap rod and a decent reel. I think I'm gonna trust him.

>>866099

Yeah, if you're fishing to fish and relax any old rod will do. Just gotta know what the fish you're trying to catch bite.

Generally people who work at bait stores/rod stores are slimy dicks who will act like your friend, and seem like they're helping you out.

In reality they're just redneck hicks trying to get that sweet, sweet commission.

>>866102
The guy owns the store, so he's even a bigger jew, I already smelled it.

I'm probably buying two 30 bucks rods and get done since I don't have much time to go fishing.

>>866106
If you're just fishing bait, go for it. Cheaper rods won't make nearly as much of a difference as long as you aren't abusing them.

Keep in mind that you could probably find combos for $100 (or €) and they will come with a $70 reel and $50 rod so you can save a few bucks if you aren't picky and want a reel too.

>>866115
There's pretty much no big game fishing in saltwater where I live, if you catch something over 1 kg you can call it a day.

Last time I was on a rocky zone like, 200 m from the beach so I don't really need long throws.

Hell I used a 25-30 years old rod+reel and I did just fine.

Got my eye on cheap fiber glass rods, 3 pieces so I expect them to at least be durable, they got 2 years warranty as well.

>>866116
3pc rods? Why?

Do you have a big outdoors retailer like Bass Pro or Cabela's over there? They are good for that cheaper shit. Bass Pro's Graphite Series rods are bretty gud for $40, and they have even cheaper ones for like $10-$20. I bought one of the $20 rods for a light reel I've had laying around and I can't complain with what I paid for it. Similar rods from a major manufacturer would probably cost like 20%+ more.

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>>866118
From my past experience, more durable and easy to repair.

They're the most used ones here.

No big outdoors retailers for fishing related stuff where I live (Spain). Some small stores here and there and huge sports mall with a couple of cheap rods and some low-mid tier reels.

This is the one I'm probably getting.

Also considered a telescopic? (not sure if that's the correct term in english), mostly for convenience since I have a small car.

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>>866125
Nah the telescopic ones are like pic related where they slide out.

I always use 1pc rods since I can fit them in my car fine. Idk if I would call 2pc or 3pc rods more durable, common sense would say the opposite is probably true. And you lose a tiny bit of action but I doubt you will even really notice.

>>866128
I meant one like the pic you posted by telescopic.

112 cm vs 146 cm for the 3 pc.

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>>866087
pic related

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>>865164
I realized that.
For you, a rainbow

>>866155
I like the yellow lip on that one, it's cool. They make X-Raps in a real similar color to that.

>>865693

the polictically correct term is afro-engineering.

>>866155
do deals like this generally last one day?

>>866179
The Dick's sales will often go for a week or two. Only problem is they will sell out quick ob popular stuff. A couple months back they had Yo-Zuri 3DB's for $5ea if you buy 4 and I was at 3 or 4 different Dick's in that time and they were totally wiped out.

If you have the Score Card rewards thing from Dick's, they will send you emails about those sales. It is one of the few emails I actually open.

>>866242
>Dat ass so fat the built in wedgie maker isn't doing its job.

Nice!

>>866242

>flo grown

Florida girls best girls

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>>866268
>dat flo-grown hat tho
Kinda ruins it for me.

I'm just tryin to hit 310 before I pass out. Where is Skid anyway?

>>866271
310 get.

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>NEW
>>866272

>>866271

>pic ruined because of hat you can barely read

You gay, Pepsi? I'd be focusing on dat ass more than I would her sense of fashion.

>>866169
The purple one is or night. I don't think I've seen you post a lot about night fishing. When you look at the surface of the water from below at night it's silver so black/purples pop at night to fish.
Blurple is pretty popular here