Fishing & Tackle Thread

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>>873946
I'll get a pic when I go to lunch

>>871496
You just need a longer pole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMi-gDooIS4

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>>873994
That's what she said

>>873994
Too long of a rod or pole gets cumbersome
I've seen those 40 foot poles but I've never seen them as much more than a novelty for modern fishing
13-20 feet and a pair of waders is infinitely more practical

>>874009
Some places you can't wade, like in channels.

>>874019
And most places that are not over fished you don't have a straight line 40 feet back to shove a pole

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Since I didnt getmuch of an answer last thread, Ill try again

Heavy action casting rod for frog fishing around ~$50-$80

also any opinions on the Daiwa Aird X line?

>>874037
Idk about heavy, but there are some Abu and Fenwick rods in that range that would probably by nice. Shimano Sellus too, those are normally fairly heavy, come in cool sizes like 6'9", and I like the reel seat design a lot. Otherwise see if you can find a good deal on a Bass Pro brand rod.

Rods are strange though, you really just need to go play around with them and see what you like. It's hard to reccommend stuff because everybody has different preferences.

Do you really need all that expensive, fancy gear to fish? Can I just tie a line to a solid branch and put a worm on the hook?

>>874039
I have a shinamo sellus 7"2 MH XF rod and not sure If I should try frogs with heavier braid on it, currently setup for wormin/jigs (as the rod has marked as a worm/jig rod)

>>874030
The pole can disassemble as you pull it in. So you can use any length you need, kid.

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I'm debating between checking out the Tuscarawas river or sleeping

What do?

>>874070
No, you don't need all that crap. You can literally catch most fish using a cane pole. Different types of live bait will be needed for some species.

>>874073
Or you can not use a 40 foot pole and use a rod and reel instead
If you've got room to swing around a 40 foot pole you can manage a 7 foot rod

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>>873982
>>873946

>>874081
What abomination is this lol. 2 props and rattles. I wonder if it works

>>874079
Who would want to look like a moron swinging a 40ft pole

>>874076
I guess the go-to approach is to use bait such as shellfish and snails and whatnot from the local area?

>>874089
Never thought of using a snail lol

>>874084
Apparently your wife had no problem with it yesterday. ;^)

>>874092
2cheeky4me lol

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>>874030
its telescopic. you can sit in one place and feed out the rod, when you hook up you feed it back into its self. its lazy fishing. watched a guy slay crappie with one of those.

>>874037
checked one out on the rack. looked like a good deal for $50. Its not for me and theres certainly better rods out there that cost more. but for 50 its a deal. buy it online and get the warrantee card so if it breaks you can return it.

>>874070
yeah its a requirement actually.

>>874082
spybait

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>>874082
Kek I know. I'll probably try it out this weekend. Might work great since I've never even seen one until now.

>>874113
Yeah the bass might be into it who knows.

>>874073
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Hows middleschool?

>>874084
That's a figure of speech

But considering I can buy a 16 foot pole for under 30 dollars
And a 40' pole will run about 130 dollars
Is the extra 24 feet 100 dollars more fun? 100 dollars more useful?

>>874126
>...skid !TCEaAwseXw
>10/12/16(Wed)10:13:58 No.874133
Don't give kid posters any (You)'s

>>874071
It's pretty beefy, right? I was looking at some of the 6'9" ones, I think they were just M and there were jigging ones and something else and they seemed pretty heavy for a medium rod.

>>874081
>reaction strike
Paint it chartruese and it could work when you really want to piss off nesting bass.

>>874070
Yes. All of it.

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This is now a kid thread.

Can anyone recommend a small dingy? There is a 6 acre 'pond' in town open year round that I fish a lot, and I'd love to get off the shore. I'd be down to spend up to like 200$ Maybe 300$; my biggest criteria are 1) able to fit in my hatchback 2) stable and won't dump me in the water

>>874157
Get a Craigslist yak and have fun

>>874158
Never been in a yak, isn't that kinda unstable? I'm 215lbs without gear lol

>>874161
80% of kayaks are rated 250-275 lbs
The rest are 5 foot kids kayaks and touring kayaks with 300-500 pound capacity
Buy it and take it on the water a few times
Then just tie your rods and tackle boxes to the yak or to big bouies so you don't lose everything should you tip over

>>874161
$300 can get you a new Sun Dolphin Aruba 10' and it has a capacity of 250 lbs. I doubt you'll be brining 35 lbs of gear, but even then you should be fine for the most part on a calm pond as long as you don't try and stand up or something. You could probably find a nicer one on CL for $300ish.

i think i found one of the few places in illinois with wild trout

how would you guys target wild trout on spinning gear ?

>>874164
>>874172
How often does tipping happen? I'm not the greatest swimmer and I'd be a goner in full clothes lol. Guess I could wear my Hydrostatic PFF that I never use. However, I don't think a 10 footer will fit in my hatch. Probably could swing 7ft or so
>>874174
A live worm on a small hook, wacky, no weight, cast upstream and let it drift

>>874126
Middleschool in the 1980s was the best thing ever. You could bring knives and rifles to school and on the bus. In fact if you didn't have a pocket knife, you were useless in school for shop-type classes. And, at lunch we'd plink targets, on the ball fields, with some of the teachers with our rifles or shoot the rabbits or groundhogs and roast them for lunch before returning to class. The worst thing that ever happened was when a chick named Carla chopped 1/4" off her pinky finger while using a saw in shop class.

>>874177
Just get a aluminum jon boat and forget this kayak meme. You'll thank me later.

>>874177
I've only seen people tipping doing whitewater. It's really hard to do if you aren't trying to do it on purpose.

>>874180
>aluminum Jon boat
>in/on a hatchback

Lol okay anon

>>874180
I want to get a 'yak, but mostly because the lakes I fish might be somewhat pess than legal to fish in so I want to be able to get it back on the roof of my car as quick as possible. If it weren't for that, I would be looking at aluminum boats

>>874177
I've not been in a 'yak much but its never happened
And that's what they make life vests for isn't it?
Don't worry too much about it sticking out
Tie the front end to a seat, bunjee-cord the rear hatch as closed as you can, then tie a bright red piece of cloth to the end sticking out
It really won't be a problem

>>874174
By not being a skrub and buying fly gear

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>>874184
Don't project your failures onto other people, please. Plenty of people around here carry large jon boats on top of their cars. They make use of luggage racks and such.

>>874185
>somewhat pess than legal to fish

Maybe if we are lucky, you'll get shot. Filthy trespasser.

>>874205
Anon pls. I have a real boat. If I'm gonna put something on top of my car it's not going to be something that weighs several hundred pounds.

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>>874216
>>874199
>>874185
>>874184
>>874180
So I have heard a lot of pro Kayak arguments. Anyone have thoughts on inflatables? Inflatable rafts look kinda uncomfortable, but has anyone been on an inflatable pontoon boat? Pic related, only 379$ on amazon

>>874216
We were talking about a jon boat. Do you know what a jon boat is? You can pick most of them up with 1 hand.

>>874218
I mean they're nice because they are light, portable, you can actually cover some ground without an engine, and most places you won't have to register them like a boat. Aluminum boats take fucking forever to go anywhere if you are paddling them and you will probably need a trailer.

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>>874226
That's pretty optimistic.

>>874230
Without the motor of course. lol

>>874226
>Jon boat
100lbs
>engine
100lbs or so

>just throw it on your car!

Unless you mean get one and paddle with it which is even more retarded. Have you ever used a kayak compared to an aluminum boat? One is much much much easier to paddle compared to the other. And I'll give you a hint. It's not the Jon boat.

>>874228
I'm leaning toward the pontoon boat desu. Looks the most stable and comfortable to fish in.

>>874235
would be my choice, if i didnt live in gatorville USA

>>874236
It's California, nothing of that nature here

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Does anyone have any suggestions for catching northern pike? From what I read it doesn't really seem like there's any more to it than just casting big lures near weedbeds

>>874177
>I'd be a goner in full clothes
Don't get a kayak if you can't swim in clothes. Period.

>>874218
The biggest negative I've heard about them is having to fuck with reinflating them every time you go out....to the point that several people I've talked to don't take theirs as often as they'd like to.

>>874250
What about a pontoon boat like this:
>>874218
I also have a PFD I can wear with 32lbs of buoyancy

>>874245
You can fly fish for them, baitcast and spinning rod of course as well. Fish is their primary prey, so live bait would do well with them. They also do not snub deadbait or crayfish. When you get them ready for the grill or oven, be wary of the bones. Some people have ways to clean them where the bones don't come with, but I never figured it out.

>>874254
The biggest down side I can see is having to inflate it constantly and hooks are sharp and pointy.

>>874257
Good point on the hooks. Thrashing fish with trebles is bad news. Where id be using it I would never be more than 50 yards from the bank and I think I could probably stand most places. I have no problem getting a nice pump for it. Someone in the reviews said less than 15 min with a high volume manual pump.

>>874230
They sell large "cheap" boats in the orlando bass pro. I think they are like 6 or 8 grand. But come with a trailer. And motor... Ive thought about it but I don't got a truck or anything to haul a boat behind.

>>874265
Those boats at Bass Pro seem overpriced. Even those little green Trackers with no motor or anything. Plus boats, along with all toys like that, lose a bunch of their value the second you put them in the water. The used market is the way to go for boats, they are always the first thing to go when somebody needs money and you can snag them cheap.

And you can haul a little boat on anything. Go to Uhaul and get a quote on a hitch. The trailers don't weigh much either and as long as you load everything right so it's balanced, you don't need an F-350 for a small aluminum boat.

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>>874265

>>874268
>you don't need an F-350 for a small aluminum boat

Can confirm. I move my 12' around with a 2008 Toyota Corolla with zero issue. Installing a trailer hitch yourself is a pretty easy thing to do as well. Just make sure you order the right stuff.

>>874275
what kind of boat is that?! I could fit that in my hatchback and close it no problem

>>874268
I don't own a car m80 I only own motorcycles.

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>>874278
>>874268
>>874283

Most hatchbacks have a 1 ton towing capacity or more.

>>874296
Yes but I have nowhere to park a trailer

>>874292
Talk to Skid. He has some retarded ideas in that department

>>874302
The trailer on a small boat is like 2 feet longer than the boat. Also there's folding trailers.

>>874304
Fair enough - back to my other question, what kind of boat is that
>>874275
Or something comparable. I googled around for a while and didn't find anything shorter than 8ft, must have been searching the wrong terms

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New $10 off code for MTB...

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>>874283
>>874306

If you really do need a tiny boat, I suggest looking into coracles.

>>874325
>coracle
As a coracle owner... Don't. You get pushed around by even smallest of motorized boats.

>>874330
There will be no motorized boats I'm using it for a 6 acre pond. I've seen a dude on a tiny sailboat and two dudes on a rowboat. Both were maybe 5-6ft long. So I'm kinda looking for something like that, or perhaps an inflatable pontoon boat

>>874332
Oh yeah. Well good luck building one tho. Well you can build one its just not that easy.

>>874334
Actually, it is excessively easy. It is literally basket weaving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2WJeuA_iKY

I'm sure what you do at work is more difficult, mowing lawns all day.

>>874330
That happens with all tiny boats though.

>>874336
It's not like I'm not capable of building this , but if my time is with 25-30$ an hour I should probably just buy a cheap boat lol

>>874339
Worth**

>>874339
>my time is with 25-30$ an hour

Not on 4chan it isn't, kid. You've already wasted $5.50 posting here since >>874330

>>874342
See:
>>874147
Also that wasn't even my post but nice try

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I don't even know who to quote, but if you are willing to do the pontoon and get wet, there is always pic related...

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>>874292
BMW r1200 gs or goldwing
Theoretically zx14r, concourse 14, or 'busa

>>874346
I had a 1975 Honda Goldwing in my garage in IL forever and was too lazy to ever get the thing running. No clue what happened to it.

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>>874342

>>874345
That looks pretty cool but I think the pond bottom might be mucky. I'm pretty set on the inflatable pontoon at this point.

Pros
>will fit inside car without bunjeeing the hatch
>decent price point
>great reviews even from people heavier than me
>looks sturdy
>rod holders, space for tackle box

Cons
>inflation and deflation hassle
>potential for puncture
>75lbs could become annoying

>>874350
I'm sure you can find or adapt a 12V air pump for that thing too so you can pump it up right at your car

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>>874354
You need a decent inflator that'll make some pressure too. A Walmart mattress inflator won't work well.

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Overtons-12V-High-Pressure-Inflator-Deflator&i=44211

The above is what I use for my boat towable tube. It'll get it very hard.

It's about time to start killing bunnies. Is there usually a hunting thread with a focus on something other than deer?

>>874363
Just the PETA shit-flinging threads and threads that get nearly 0 posts.

>>874354
>>874363
The reviews for the pontoon boat said that motor pumps won't be strong enough to open the valve. Kinda sounds like bullshit to me, they recommend a high volume foot pump though

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>>874365
I can't fucking wait til they merge /an/ with us

>>874371
If it's a boston valve (and it should be) any decent boating related inflator shouldn't have an issue. Hell, my intex air mattress inflator will work a boston valve, it just won't work well enough to inflate it to the proper pressure. 15 minutes with a hand/foot pump is a LONG damn time.

>>874371
Don't go inflatable
You'll punch a hole in it and drown

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So I got this in my LTB. It's like a jig head/skirt without the hook. I'm assuming it's so you can Texas rig a craw to be completely weedless, but still get that jig look. I'll post my Tackle Warehouse shit in a sec.

>>874383
I'm pretty sure its for punching
You rig a craw Texas rig style then punch through matted shit a regular jig would be caught up on

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>>874384
Yeah that's kind of what I was thinking but it threw me for a loop at first

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>>874386
These are neat. The one on the left is a tube and the one on the right was just too weird not to buy.

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>>874387
I'm actually pretty excited to try this one out

>>874389
There's a bait shop in my area that sells floating duckings with treble hooks. Under certain conditions they slay muskie. They'd better for $20!

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>>874332
>>874334
>>874339
super easy one sheet boat.

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>>874389
Looks pike it will wobble like a jitter bug
>>874386
I need a skilled bass fisherman to test my crazy ideas like pic related
>curly tail senko
>double ended senko
>paddle tail senko
>stock/base senko (yum dinger)

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Gosh darnit, I need help, im feeling terrible now.

Im fishing pequest for trout, and I finally find a good spot where the trout are this trip.

Only problem is that they didnt bite!

I threw everything I had on me in their faces. Worms literally scared them sometimes, like if it was floating to them they'd either ignore it like a leaf in the water or they'd actually move away from it.

Same for soft plastic worms

A spinner lure actually got their attention but they only followed it. I would sometimes see them chase but never bite it, but it was never too aggressive and they always lost interest.

I tried some minnow lures and it was even worse.

They would get so up close to me too, like I had one 5 feet infront of me and I danced a worm infront of its face; nothing. It backed off after a while.

Can someone help me in this regard? I spoke with some other fishermen on the river that day and they had the same experiences, even a guy using flies.

>>873994

Europeans and their crazy fishing.

That said, I met some guys who were using the whole carp fishing set up and I have to say, it's pretty fucking awesome for drum, catfish, gar, or any other kind of still fishing.

>>874398
Try in the very early morning. Like breaking daylight.

>>874382
>double hull pontoon bladders
>Heavy-duty pontoons with abrasion-resistant PVC bottoms and tough nylon tops.

What do you think I'll puncture on, skid? It is a largish pond (6 acres) I'm trying to do this for, and I'd never be more than 25 yards from shallow water.Genuine question, not being a sarcastic jerk. Don't really want to drown but I was strongly considering getting it

>>874398
>>874403
And try twitching the inline or pausing it
Often fish will strike on a pause or twitch

>>874405
If you use anything with treble hooks they can come loose from a fish or snag and hook deeply into things
Catfish have big spikes in their pectoral and dorsal fins
If you have a fishing knife you might drop it and puncture it
Storraige might develop a seam that leaks after inflation
You probably won't drown but I see a lot of scenarios where shit can go wrong

>>874403
I got a feeling it was something about the setting. The fish were active, saw a few fighting a current which was very interesting to see. One literally just stood in the current too. Others would sort of group together ontop of where the current was, where it was a lot slower. They moved around but just weren't hungry for anything.

>>874180
Can confirm, bought a "fishing" kayak, less than a year later said fuck this bought a 14" aluminum v bottom with trailer 9.9 gas motor and casting deck with foot controlled trolling motor for 500 bucks. It's amazing compared to paddling a kayak around.

>>874260
I can connect to my boat trailer in less than a minute, back the boat in in similar time, and hooks never pierce my aluminum hull.

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>>874228
in my experience the higher a boat sits on the water the more of a bitch it is to paddle. no way i'd suggest an inflatable for a lake.>>874218

>>874391
As long as it catches me one fish I'll be happy

>>874395
I like the double ended one. Idk about the curly tail. Would they even fall fast enough to make give it any extra action? I could see the paddle tails either working great or not at all.

>>874408
Fugg, you're probably right. Why can't I find a hard hull boat less than 8 feet long

>>874448
Why not build something? Some plywood and 2x4 screw everything together and coat it with epoxy
Lowes will cut all your wood how you want it so you can just have them cut it all out, then take it home with a gallon of epoxy, and coat it inside and out
Presto change you have a boat
Just don't forget a seat

>>874448
just get a kayak from walmart. I was just there, they had a pretty big fishing kayak with an area on the back for storage and it was only $400 I think

babbys first memecaster coming soon

looking to use it for pike and bass but im not sure what size or type of line to use.

most forums say starting off with 12lb mono to deal with backlashes - i rather go straight to braid or flouro

what u niggas think

>>874457
I found braid to be easier to get untangled. I've never had to cut my line when getting out birds nests with braid.

>>874460
+1. I think braid is slightly easier to nest up, but it is a whole lot easier to untangle.

>>874457
I went braid immediately on my first and did not regret the decision.

>>874453
gonna do this, I'm pretty bad at carpentry but my girl does construction so I'll make her do it lol. Plus that way I can custom build it to fit my car

>>874457
start with el cheapo zebco line (2.59-3.00 for 700 yds?) And give 0 fucks about fixing a birdsnest with a knife
>>874453
>>874448
I can give you some easy plans for a 4 foot by 6 foot jonboat

>>874469
Its real easy
You should be able to get it knocked out in a weekend
Some 2x2, some cheap metal brackets, some plywood, and a gallon of epoxy, you'll have a little johnboat in no time not counting glue dry time

>>874350
Kayak Pros
>will fit on top of a car easily
>decent price point
>great reviews from everyone who owns one
>very sturdy if you buy the right kind
>rod holders, stowaway compartments, and tie downs
>infinitely more useful for literally everything over an inflatable
>you'll always have water to paddle on from all the bitches who get wet when you tell them you own a kayak

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Thinking about selling my tube. It's just a damn shame... so amped up to get one and finally do, get out probably 10 times on it which is great, but it's so much god damn work lugging everything around.

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hard body toon. no pumping no puncturing. $200 on cl

Anyone tried breeding fish at home for bait?? Either minnows or brine shrimps, how sustainable is it and how hard is it doing it in big numbers

>>874632
Go check it out and if it's not a complete piece of shit offer the guy $150 cash right there

Throw a trolling motor on there so you're not stuck rowing everywhere and you'd be good to go

>>874386
Fuck, that's the spinnerbait I saw at Bass Pro once and have been looking for every time since.

>>874386
Would get that zero gravity jig just for testing water depth

>>874389
Imagine what people walking by and seeing you fishing with that will think

>>874654
They wouldn't swim in the water, or it looks like you're autistic and love playing with rubber duckies

>>874526
Hey girl you wanna go to the lake, you can watch me paddle around on my kayak

Vs

You wanna go to the lake, we can both go out on my boat, you can bring a couple friends too.

>>874667
Yeah you can bring wine coolers, there's plenty of room on the boat. You drive them in your truck that gets county girls wet to the lake, they see your backing skills and bite their lips in sexual frustration.

Rig them up with a bobber and worm so they slay panfish all day, they are miring you pull in bass with finess rigs. They're downing a cooler full of Smirnoff.

"Anon we were trying to come up with a way to thank you for such a fun day on the lake, maybe we can take turns giving you head?"

What a relaxing time on the lake, then some road head in your bench seat truck on the way home.

But hey, a at least you guys can strap your memeyak on top of your shitbox, that's cool right?

>>874643
I had one before. I was trying to throw it under a dock, and I ended up hitting the dock and breaking off one of the blades.

>>874649
I like them a lot. they are really light though I almost can't use my meme caster

>>874654
Kek I know

>>874649
I got one in my mtb box last year and I refuse to use it in any water below 5-6 feet. I have it rigged with a big kvd soft plastic craw on the hook and it still sinks so god damn slow. Takes like 30 seconds to get to the bottom in 5 foot

>>874667
>Hey girl want to go out for a paddle?
>Sure you can sit on my lap I dont mind

I have literally done exactly this multiple times
And it hasn't ever failed to work

>>874453
http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/rowing-boat-plans.html
Might build the jolly roger from that page. Other option is this guy's build http://www.safishingforum.com/threads/how-to-build-a-simple-inexpensive-fishing-boat.115/

They are both 8 feet. Any plans for something 6 feet?

>>874703
Looks like the Sea midge on the first page is 7ft2, probably looking at that then

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>Wanted to be on the lake by 9.
>hasn't stopped raining yet
>mfw

>>874460
>>874467

what size line do you guys recommend? i was thinking #40

>>874703
Its real easy
Itbwill be one man only but its a little Jon boat
Its about 3x6 and I've never personally tested it but it should be easy enough

>>874721
I'd go 20; 30 tops

>>874709
>Not on the water by sunrise
>Giving a fuck about weather

You'd die out here kayak fishing in the Pacific

>>874721
What skid suggested. I use #20 for the extra distance but #30 isn't overkill yet.

>>874727
Which one were you talking about? I linked 3

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>>874739
Decided to say fuck it and went anyway

>>874721
30lb or 40lb if you aren't gonna go under 1/2oz, 20lb if you want to cast 1/4oz baits and don't have to drag through tons of lillies.

As long as you are patient and don't do anything too stupid, you should be fine with the braid.

>>874759
I was talking about a design o had but lost but remember
Its a 3x6 johnboat made of 45° and 90°angles

>>874784
>>874759
Fuq forgot trip

>>874640
Minnows are pretty difficult because if there are any changes in the water they'll all die really quickly. You gotta have the right equipment and really keep an eye on them.

>>874667
Because 2 people let alone 4 can fit on a fucking coracle. Lel.

>>874709
>wanted to be on the river by 1
>don't want to struggle to get my kayak down 3 flights of stairs and than drive 30 minutes to catch dink bass

I miss being on the coast

>>874784
>>874785
Fuck that sounds perfect. If you think of where you found it let me know. If I find something similar I'll post it too

>>874797
>>874784
How about this: http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/dinghy44/dinghy4.htm

>>874797
I remember it about flawlessly
You need 2x2, plywood, a 2x6, and a fuckload of epoxy
You need two of each of the following in 2x2

6 feet one end cut at 45° the other 90°
4 feet one end cut at 45° the other 90°
30.5 inches both ends at 45° from opposite sides (you want a parallelogram not a trapezoid)
20.5 inches both ends 90°
Piece those together so you have half a frame
Then cut 4 pieces 32.5 inches long
One will go between the frame at evert corner (one at the very front, one where the deck meets the bow, one at the bottom rear and one atbthe top rear)

Then for plywood you need a sheet 3x4 feet
Two 6 feet by 2 feet
One 3 feet x 34 inches
And one 3x2 feet
Screw the panels to the frame and screw the 2x6 to the top of the frame where you want a seat, them mix up enough epoxy to just barely cover the inside and let it sit over night
Flip it over in the morning and coat the outside
Let it sit all day then after 12+ hours paint the inside again and in the morning paint the outside again
Let it sit a few days and youre done

I'm 95% sure that's how it went

>>874802
http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/oss_sam/oss_sam.htm Also an option

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>>874760
Well that wasn't very fun.. wind picked back up after 30 mins and my boat was getting blasted by 4-5 foot white caps. Pulled out 2 eater perch and had one big smallie that I lost at the boat

>>874793
It's hard for me to even fish with shiners because the heat catches up to them so quick. Warm water doesn't hold o2 for shit either. Even at 7am, the sun will get that bucket warm so fast.

>>874640
Try breeding worms. It is easy as fuck if you aren't trying to go commercial. And they are great bait mate

(Accidentally posted this in the old thread)

Dumb question: I have only ever tried saltwater fishing (trout, cod, gar). So i wanna try something different, but the good fishing lakes around me require a lake specific permit, which Im not interested in paying for.
So my question is, could I go looking for small unstocked ponds that aren't ever fished and still expect to find fish there, or is the big proper lakes the only way to go?

>>874825
Where there's food there's fish is what I've been told. Unless it's hypoxic or something. The fish might be turbo dinks though. If you don't get anything with normal bass gear go as small as possible, like a size 12-22 hook with a chunk of Nightcrawler

>>874825
Nothing I fish is really stocked. If you find spot that isn't pressured by other anglers, it will probably be better than the stocked lakes.

>>874794
I'm not taking about a coracle, I'm talking about a real boat, 18' bass boat.

>>874850
Well the conversation was coracle vs kayak and he said he had decided on the coracle.

>>874837
>>874839
How does the size of the water factor in? Some of the ponds I have in mind are hardly 20m across

>If you don't get anything with normal bass gear go as small as possible, like a size 12-22 hook with a chunk of Nightcrawler

We don't have freshwater bass species in this part of the world I think, so if anything ill look for either perch or pike.

>>874859
I once got a 33 inch pike in a creek 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep with chocolate milk for bait

>>874873
Water* fuq chocolate milk water

>>874793
Yeah minnows might be hard to breed , will have to keep restocking with those, but i think shrimbs must be easy to breed and grow and they are a good bait too.

As for worms yea they are easy to breed but i dont think they work well with "deep" water fishing for predators.

>>874859
In my experience, it only takes a couple acres of healthy water to produce really big bass.

I fished this tiny puddle a few months back because I was curious. It was probably 1/4 acre and there were a ton if 10" bass in there. I wouldn't be suprised to find a couple 16" fish.

Depends on the species too. Carp can get huge in little ponds. Catfish can get fairly large too. Pond I fished as a kid was 300' by 100' and I got a 9lb carp out of there.

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Had a good weekend for Perch. Walleye were not hitting, so we decided to aim for some Perch.

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Going Trout fishing in NE Iowa in a couple weeks. Anyone have some tips?

>>874815
Keep it in a cooler with ice and a bubbler
Keep the water temp under 70 and you should be good

>>874904
>Anyone have some tips?
Yeah use a fishing rod.

>>874703
>http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/rowing-boat-plans.html
I fucking despise old timey plans. They always say shit like "procure one dram of lamp black" and "your local druggist carries carmpon for such a purpose". The worst is when you can tell it's just some hair-brained idea the author has obviously never tried themselves.

>http://www.safishingforum.com/threads/how-to-build-a-simple-inexpensive-fishing-boat.115/
I'm not sure I'd get in a boat with a floor made from a material I can punch through. Looks great otherwise!

>>874904
>>874916
Line and hooks are important too

isnt a pelican like $500

>>874795
What you should've done is taken a blanket wrapped it around your yak then drug it down the stairs. Easy af mang. Hell you could probably do it without the blanket and be fine depending on what the stairs are made out of

>>874923
>tfw can't find a 6 ft aluminum dinghy
Is this not something there is demand for? seems to be completely nonexistent.

>>874937
That's not the problem, I can carry it while walking down stairs fine. The problem is taking the turns on the stairs where i have to lift it over the railing and have 3/4ths of it sticking off the 3rd story ledge while I try to get around to the next flight.

Definitely a good idea though, I might just start wrapping it in a blanket so all I have to do is throw it on my roof and strap it down. I'm getting tired of using pool noodles for my roof padding, I get a lot of weird looks and if theres any wind getting the yak up there before they blow off is impossible.

Might try a piece of carpet or something, I don't know.

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>>874873

>>874942
>EARS REEEEE

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>>874942
>>874943
>trip reee
REEEEEE
ABHDBJJDJFJDJDDTJSKDLFOLGFJHESLW
>and forgot pic
≥RE

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>>874945

>>874950
Flawless

>>874950
He's too busy posting in trap and furry threads on /b/ so it erases the trip

>>874818
But then you have to keep worms in your fridge with your food...

>>874955
Nah, you can do it outside or in the garage

>>874930
Where the fuck do you even buy worms these days? I went to 6 places last week and none of them sold them. 3 convenience stores right next to lakes, Dicks, Bass Pro and Walmart. Wtf man.

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>>874973
I've never had an issue with Walmarts except that I despise going into them for a $3 tub of worms.

I should go fishin for a bit today

>>874955
i just have a plastic stowaway container i filled with a mixture of moss, leaves, and potting soil that I dumped leftover worms in after fishing for a few months. Only put 50-60 worms in there but haven't put any more in years and still have plenty of them. It's outside in florida btw, they do fine.

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>putting rods in car to go fishin
>starts raining
Of course. It will be done in 10min, but fuck the bugs and humidity.

Does /out/ into cast nets?
Any luck with the mullet?
What's everyone use?

>>875001
I used to have one
I would catch shad for catfish and turtle bait

>>874955
Nah that is only some species and only for keeping them alive longer in the bait containers. In a bigger enclosure they are fine at room temp
>>874973
For breeding your own you buy them by the pound off the internet. The two best species are red worms (Eisenia fetida) and euro nightcrawlers (Eisenia hortensis). Don't bother with African nightcrawlers, they are prone to disease. I've been growin worms since before I started fishing lol

>>874973
I dig for my own worms. Here in florida just find an area with dark muck. And shoot like 1 foot away from the watery part. And dig like 10 inches. And they will be squirming around. I get maybe 2 dozen. I have some stored now.. But gonna go fishing here soon and use them up. A few already died. Keeping worms is a pita. They need like 50 degree tempature because above 70s they get dehydrated..

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>>875040
Pic related is how I keep my worms. Ignore the weird orange and black bug. Idk where it came from but it cant escape the container...

>>875046
Wtf you just let them crawl around your house?

>>875049
Just leave the bucket in the garage. Not like they are going to escape.

>>875040
Extension cord worms are best worms. Bucket or soapy water works bretty gud too.

>>875062
No look up electro-worming
Its easy once you build the rig

>>875062
>Extension cord worms
I'm listening....

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>>875077
You stick a steel rod into one of the slots in an extension cord, stick it in damp dirt, plug it in, and nightcrawlers will start wiggling out of the dirt within maybe a 10' or 20' diameter. Haven't done it since I was a kid.

>>875089
This looks safe

>>875090
Ehh, you probably shouldn't do it barefoot.

When we were kids, I did the soapy water trick much more often. Worked well a couple hours after it rains when the dirt is moiste. Put a squirt of dish soap in a 5gal bucket of water and pour it over a patch of dirt. You will get a bunch of em. If the ground is dry, you can soak it with the hose a few hours prior to draw the worms a little shallower.

>>874302
Where are you keeping the boat?

>>874973
Walmart and academy near me have them.

>>874941
Oh yeah that does sound like a pain in the ass. I'm glad The top of my car is already beat up so I don't have to worry about it.

>>875040
Wild caught worms need low temp, as they are earthworms, cultivated worms are composting worms and are species selected to be fine at room temp unless you live in arizona lol

>>875136
Unless you have heating vents down there a basement holds a pretty consistent upper 50s

>>875136
Yeah I know.. Ive been trying to keep them cool in my closet on the concrete floor. >>875145
As there arent really basements down here in florida. Lol i thought about trying to find a metal dish with a lid on it. And digging a hole in my yard and putting the worms in that and dropping them in the hole. Idk tho may just stick to digging them up the day before.

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>>875136
Im in California, I have year round outdoor worm farms of several different species. Primarily done to produce compost for plants and remediate waste materials. But I have tens of thousands of worms probably. For ~40-50 bucks, some patience, and a lack of mental retardation you could have your own infinite supply of bait. If anyone has questions hit me with it, I've dealt with it all.

>>875149
Do you worm charm? And if so. How the fuck do I do it? I know where to find them.. But they are such a pita to extract.

>>875148
Here is an idea
Cut a piece of turf out of your lawn the size of a big tupperwear thing
Keep the turf in tact
Dig a hole that perfectly encapsulates the tupperwear thing
(I mean the big 1x2x3 foot ones for storraige)
Put the removed dirt back in there plus some worm food
Have it stand 2 inches proud of the top of the turf then put the layer of turf you removed on top
That will keep it nice and cool but readily available right?
Pull off the turf, open the lid, worms
Put the lid back and the turf and your worms are protected
Yeah?

>>874009

>40 foot pole

Jesus Christ, why do retards pole fish at all? Get a REAL rod, aka one with rod rings and a reel. Pole fishing is a special kind of stupid.

>>875161
Around my house its all sand. Its about dry around 15 inches down. Doesn't get cool and damp until then. So they need to go pretty deep... I think storing them in my concrete floor and making sure they have water is gonna have to do..

>>875164
Maybe just buy some worms that can handle some heat and farm those?
>>875163
You misread. Don't worry anyone could
I'm arguing against a 40 foot pole, its a 100 dollar joke at worst and an over priced toy at best
But there are times a shorter pole (13-20 feet) is handy
Example- crappie fishing
You can work a marabou jig vertically around cover from far enough away to not spook the fish and not having to cast but instead just give a flick for micro fishing is convenient
Pole fishing has its place, but only in a range of lengths
Too short and you spook fish
Too long and you lose precision
10-12 feet is a little short and 18-20 feet starts getting shaky
A 16 foot pole is perfect imo
On that same note
>stop liking things I don't like ree

>>874904
Don't get mad when you are throwing various baits and lures infront if trout's faces and getting no bites. Use polarized lenses for sunglasses, really do help

>>875163
>>875171
It is for ultra light presentation for extremely pressured fish. It is like fly fishing when you can't be fly fishing.

>>875159
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILoGcSxCAY

You can use vibration to make them surface

dont brits fish with 40ft rods

>>875184
Ive seen this before. The problem is the most important part the metal piece. Doesn't get shown on the working side... So I don't know how to replicate it.

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>>875148
Don't be discouraged - Florida is extremely tricky due to humidity, temperature, etc. If outdoors, be sure they are on the side of your house that has the least sun exposure. If I were you I would try digging down a couple feet and burying a plastic tub with a bit of drainage into the ground. Leave it an inch or two above ground so you can apply a lid. Cut a 4in x 7in hole in the lid of the tub and epoxy or glue a section of window screen over it to keep critters out. Keep the medium inside moist, and cover with a few sheets of soaked newspaper

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>>875190
Actually, the most critical component is just the production of vibration. Other people will use a wood stake and a chainsaw. They put the chainsaw on the stake and rev the engine.

For like 20 dollars or something there is a commercial product called the Worm Gitter that is 2 wood rods with grooves in them that you can use to produce the same affect

>>875176
I wouldn't say its like fly fishing
But yeah
Its a good technique for finnicky fish
I'd almost compare it more to flipping/pitching because of the precision with which you can deliver a bait
>>875186
You're thinking of their ever popular 4.2 meter rods
Something like 13-14 feet and considering 15 feet isn't uncommon in the States . . .
>>875195
Hello new namefag friend
How long til you turn on a trip?

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>>875204
it is done

>>875223
Hella

So, MTB sent me something I truly would never buy myself, a deep diving crank. How do they not snag and get lost on the first cast?

>>875287
Fish them in deep water
I know some bridges that a deep diving crank is the only way to fish them from shore

I dont know about u guys but i use worms as surfcasting bait from the beach or shallow vertical fishing from the boat, but for deeper water hunting for predators a live shrimp is a much better lure, thats why i am asking , anyonw managed to breed and grow brine shrimps to a good size for bait? How sustainable is it

>>875172
thanks, any specific lures you would recommend?

>>875295
Most places are very strict about not fishing from bridges and you will get a ticket if you do for good reason
Lots of people get hit every year fishing from bridges and roads

Unless you have a boat there's really no point in buying anything that will dive >4'

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>>874395
>double ended senko
Case Plastics makes a soft-plastic called a Wacky Jack like that but with long taper on each end. I've had pretty good luck with them.

>>875332
Wacky rigged I'm assuming?

>>875336
Yeah. My first success with senkos and wacky rigging was back in May while fishing up in PA. Lots of smallies and largemouth were caught with Yamamoto Senkos. The Watermelon/Orange ones with lots of red and copper fleck were my biggest producer.

There is a shop near Raystown Lake that actually has a lot of old-but-not-super-old stuff which included some bags of those Wacky Jacks and some Gitzit-esque tubes also made by Case. Some of the bags still had Case's address as somewhere in Virginia but the newer looking bags had them in Michigan somewhere if I remember right (not at home to check). I actually picked up a couple of old Heddon Swayback Spooks from one of their bargain bins of hard baits.

Anyway the only way I've fished these kinds of baits successfully has been with wacky rigged on weighted hooks. I think the ones i'm using are weedless VMC wacky hooks in either 1/8 or 1/16 oz. Just something to help them drop a little faster and add more weight to feel when twitching the rod tip.

>>875287
Even from shore, you can get away with it in certain spots. I have one lake where I fish from these rocks maybe 6' above the water so the angle is sharp enough that it will make deep diving cranks come towards the surface when they get close to shore.

Also the long lips on them help to keep the hooks off the bottom. The lip will hit any snags before hooks do most of the time.

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>>875195
Ah yes, the fingerbox snipe hunt of the fishing world.

>>875192
>Florida is extremely tricky due to humidity, temperature, etc.

Just like every other location on Earth.

>>875359
Man old hole in the wall tackle shops are great

>>875317
Spinners actually get a reaction from them. But they just followed them and never bit. The most success I had that trip. >>874398 this was my post if it explains my anger :(

>>875421
I miss my shop in IL. The knowledge is worth the extra couple bucks.

>>875411
If you have not had luck grunting, a few things to try -
>morning or evening is best
>after a rain or mist when it is moist is best
>worms have to actually be there to be grunted

>>875412
Florida is a humid subtropical region unlike a lot of places in the world, especially other places in the USA. What are you getting at?

>>875444
I think he meant that every part of the world is going to have its own unique issues with temp and humidity.

>>875438
lee's?

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How do you cast in a thicker treeline?

Found this nice little lake through a 10 minute stumble inna woods

Couldn't really find any place to cast, edges were too steep to stand in and the areas with the least tree coverage were still impossible to do anything in besides tossing frogs

>>875518
Only options are either 1. Get a shorter rod, or 2. Keep walking until you find an opening or a rock to stand on. If it's in the middle of knowwhere and you don't have to worry about a property owner getting pissed, you could bring a little hack saw and an axe and clear some spots for yourself

>>875522
Nowhere* idk what that was

>>875522

It's all crown land as far as I know. There's a hunting cabin nearby, but I don't think its private land. Guess I'll just have to bushwhack my way through it

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>>875149
how far do worms roam? if i bought a couple lbs of worms off the internet and dumped them in my garden would they breed in my garden or GTFO?

>>875551
You could do what one of my friends grandpa did and filled one of those big pool supply containers full of dirt and when ever he goes fishing he just lifts the lid and picks out as many as he needs.

>>875517
Nah I think we talked about this, Salmon Shop in Palatine. Been to Lee's before a few times back in the day because it's right by Busse.

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Just home from fishing. Was about to go home when this guy decided to strike my goby wobbler. 52cm long and new PR.

>>875583
>putting raw fish on porous stone counter top

Enjoy your diseases

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>bamboo pole
>cheap hook
>wine cork as a floater
>bolt nut as sinker
>dug up earth worms or sea snails as bait

What's the cheapest possible line I could get away with that'd still be inconspicuous to the fishies? I'm trying to complete my ghetto set.

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I need a tiny as fuck fishing set to take with me while backpacking around the world.

I've been looking at this $15 aluminium rod from DealExtreme. Anyone have experience with these Chinese pieces of shit? Some in the reviews claim they're just toys, while others say they've caught 6lb salmons with them.

>>875596
Or buy a really short UL or ice fishing rod and a cheap reel. I promise it will be infinitely better.

>>875592
South Bend Mono. It has to be at least #20 or else it isn't really ghetto.

The line is so shitty they carry it in the "Arts & Crafts" section at Walmart.

>>875596
Aluminum? Why? Is the entire rod aliminum? If so, I wouldn't do it because aluminum will crack way before some springy steel if they were making a rod from metal for some reason. There are a million other telescoping and 4+ pc travel rods made of normal materials.

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>>875592 here
I was looking up homemade hooks when I came across these.

What in the actual fuck? Have people actually caught fish with these?

>>875608
In one of Ray Mears' shows he catches fish with a homemade hook. One of his earlier shows if I remember correctly

>>875608
Bluegill have tiny mouths so I could see that working as long as you keep tension on the line.

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>>875608
Yes, with bone, wood, & shell too. Sometimes they were just a spike at the end of a stick similar to those bramble hooks.

It is more about maintaining tension on the line while the fish is on the hook than anything else.

>>875528
there was a video about casting techniques that talked about this

someone else find it im lazy

>>875551
>>875570
Most species of worm migrate only 3 yards a year BUT that is only in favorable conditions. Basically if you don't keep it moist enough or there is not enough organic matter they will surface and try to get as far away as possible in a survival effort. Contrary to popular assumption the worms that are easily cultivated are all composting worms, NOT earthworms. The difference is that compost worms (what you will need) use organic matter NOT soil as a habitat. Imagine the top 6 inches of a forest floor covered in decaying leaves and other materials. Earthworms make great bait but they are not breedable in captivity because;
>their life cycle is very long and some even take 5+ years from birth to sexual maturity. Composting worms reach maturity in a month or so
>they don't like tolerate enclosed spaces as in the wild they burrow vertical shafts up to 20 feet or deeper. Composting worms stay in the top 18 inches of medium almost 100% of the time

So here's what I'd recommend;
>Dig a trench. You want a solid amount or surface area, go for at least 3sq ft, more would be better.
>backfill with a mix of 40% autumn leaves, 40% shredded cardboard, 10% fruit and vegetable scraps, 5% soil, 5% sand (or gardening lime, the important part is that it is gritty). Mix well
>Moisten until a few drops come out when you squeeze a handful of medium
>Walk away and leave it alone for 2 weeks
>make sure to check the moisture level and make sure it is as described above. If not, adjust it.
>add worms on top. Do not bury them they will naturally want to dig down.
>DO NOT FEED for the first 48 hours
>after this time period add fruit/veg scraps or a blender processed feed mix of 25%wheat flour, 25% oats, 25%cornmeal, 20% coffee grounds, 5% calcium source (egg shell, oyster shell, or garden lime)
>DO NOT cover the entire surface with food. At most, cover half.

>>875518
https://youtu.be/ZsuOij5WYqg

>>875596
Look into a daiwa mini spin. It's a 5 piece 5'6" ultra light. It's a fun combo

>>875325
>fishing from bridge
Are you daft? You go under the bridge
>>875608
I once tied a stick about 1/4 inch long and sharp ended to my line
Worked a piece of night crawler on it and got a bluegill
It lodged sideways in its thoat so that took some work with forceps to get out

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>>875596
I've had two
One broke on a stocked trout (they stopped stocking a while ago)
The other broke before 4lb berkly triline reeling in idk what
I like my eagle claw telescopic rod
The reel is crap but a decent 1500 size reel should fit nicely on it
It is 5'6" band collapses to about a foot long
Pic unrelated

I have a light action ugly stik elite 1 piece that is 5ft long and a 5ft6 st croix panfish UL that are both great for hiking and casting under cover

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Feisty lil goyim.

Bass like this, right around 14", are always fun to catch despite not being huge (provided you aren't using heavy tackle). They will hit all sorts of lures and they normally fight good.

>>875704
Most of the bass around me are this size so I fish for them on UL rods with 1000 size reels. Tons of fun. Will actually strip some drag if they are feeling pissy

>>875708
Yeah that's like what I had up north most places and they were a blast on 4lb or 6lb mono.

Went to a different lake because wind, the second one is a sneky lek I haven't been to in months. Right when I got there, threw an inline spinner along the grass. Big snek, probably 20"-22" and fat, came chasing after it. Then it saw me and dipped. Those things are skittish.

>>875299
shrimps are harder than minnows to raise, they're extremely sensetive and you need a lot of equipment and chemicals in the right amounts to keep their water habitable.

>>875722
I use 6lb spider wire braid in camo color and never bother with a leader. The no stretch material makes it a lot easier to set the hook with the UL rod. And the camo color is invisible to my eye underwater. My reel for this has max 4lb drag and I set it low. It's a total blast. And bigger bass will hit tiny baits. I had a 2-3 pounder hit my 1.5in minnow swim jig and fight me for a couple minutes

>>875591
I've never gave a shit about food saftey within reason and have never gotten sick from it.

That shit is way overblown unless you're elderly or have aids or something.

>>875728
+1

Unless I'm cooking for someone else I give 0 fucks

>>875730
McDonald's has me paranoid that if I don't use good food safty a manager will come crashing through my window to yell at me

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>>875615
Making hooks is pretty easy. In fact you can save tons of money using DIY hooks. Pic fully related.

>>875744
cmon dog... what are hooks like $1.50 for 6? I can see making almost every other piece of tackle but when you can get much better hooks that wont bend out on anything over a pound for that cheap I just dont see the point in ever making my own unless to just say I did.

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>>875750
Kek, I saw that coming. Hooks are overpriced for what they are. The cheapest 3/0 worm hooks at most retailers are Eagle Claws for ~$3 for a 5pk. But I think that price is split between paying for the brand and paying the retailer. Bass Pro has bulk packs of their store brand hooks for really cheap comparitively. Only problem is they purposely don't carry the popular sizes so you are stuck paying $7 for a 6pk of Gamakatsus.

>>875762
>Hooks are overpriced for what they are.

how is 6 sturdy, sharpened and barbed hooks overpriced at $1.50 lmao? sure the bigger ones will cost more if you dont look around but for what that anon fishes for he doesnt need anything more than a pack of snells

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>>875766
>$1.50
Nah man, did you read what I wrote? Thin ass Eagle Claws are $3 for a 5pk of 3/0 worm hooks. 60¢ is a lot for that shitty piece of wire. Mid-grade hooks like Gamakatsu or VMC end up at 80¢ to $1 per hook, and higher end hooks are close to $2 per hook.

I did admit though, the retailer and the brand both need to make something on these little hooks, and after shipping and packaging and overhead, it wouldn't be worth it to sell them for a 10¢ profit.

I'm talking about plain 1/0 to 5/0 worm hooks, nothing special. I'm sure you can get them for much, much cheaper buying in bulk online but the recreatonal fisherman doesn't need 300 2/0 worm hooks at once.

>>875771
Pretty sure Im aware of the price.. I bought 4 packs at walmart yesterday and they were 1.50. regardless, my point is that getting them for that cheap compared to what it would take to get anything handmade even close to as good without experience is silly

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>>875782
I agree with that. Depending what you are fishing for, that is a lot of weight on a thin wire so it might be better left to the pros. I still think hooks are overpriced for what they are, but even on a bad weekend with lots of snags, I might lose $5 worth of hooks. Not enough to make me attempt to build my own.

I do like seeing the homemade stuff as long as the anons making it aren't trying to convince themselves that they are the exact same thing you get at Bass Pro.

And I think even at Walmart, Eagle Claws still run like $2.47 for the 5pk of worm hooks. The one thing they got the best pricing on is the lead bullet weights at 98¢ (which is still way more than they are worth) because Bass Pro only sells their stupid expensive painted ones in-store and cost like 4 times as much.

>>875766
>>875782
>"Hey, where did you get these hooks?"
>"Walmart.."

>"Hey, where did you get these hooks?"
>"I made them myself."
>"ooo"

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>>875744
I cab understand this if you are fishing for food and get no money ever
But if you're a weekend warrior who does catch and release you have to think: is it worth it to Save a little money on a hook by skimping on materials and spending time crafting them when you could instead buy hooks AND the hooks will do more damage to the fish because its flat (make bigger holes)
>picture unrelated; dink I got today

Those hand-made coin hooks are legit.

Coins and spoons man, thats the secret.

>>875793
>spending time crafting them

Time better spent than posting on 4chan.

>>875793
>the hooks will do more damage to the fish because its flat (make bigger holes)
This. Personally I believe in minimizing the impact on the fish and fishery. I wouldn't use these unless catching for sustenance.
>>875786
I don't see losing $5 in hooks as a problem personally. Almost any hobby has some maintenance costs associated with it. It's better than losing 5x$20 crank baits in a weekend. If I'm gonna take the time to handcraft something to fish with it is going to be
>flies
>inline spinners
>hand carved wood lures
IDK, seems more efficient to use my time to do stuff like that. Hooks are cheap per unit so there is very little reason in my world to spend time on it.

>>875799
I disagree. I work 40-60hrs a week. Posting on 4chan feels like leisure, hook crafting would probably feel like more work. At least with the list I gave above, there is a heavy aspect of creativity to them. To each their own.

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we /nuclearwar/ now. goodbye lads

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>>875815
cant wait. pic related

>>875817
thank you that is very rare, may I save it?

>>875820
sure. its an original so be gentle with it

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25 pound salmon someone caught

>>875826
Woah. Where was this? Bait and/or rig?

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>>875826
Wewlad I caught this 55lb bass today on a 4 inch live worm.

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>>875859
Noice.

I got my PB Peacock last weekend but he was only 37lb 4oz

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>>875859
>>875861
Anyone else /bigfishonly/ here?

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I shared a couple /fishing/ tips in the "/out/ hacks" thread and maybe somebody will find this info useful if you didn't already know.
>>875880
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>>875886
I highly reccommend the rubber band trick if you store hard baits together. And the info on storing soft plastics is really important as well because it isn't difficult to destroy $5-$10 spinnerbaits and jigs if you aren't careful.

>>875876
Yee boi.

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>>875888
That texas rig tip is not something that should be advocated lmao. its just pure laziness

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>>875902
Yeah that's why I kinda prefaced it with that whole point. But when I'm running 20lb braid to a 12lb flouro leader and catching 14" bass, it hasn't failed me.

If I were right at the limit, like 6lb mono to a 6lb flouro leader and catching 4lb+ bass all day, there would probably be a couple lost fish at the surgeon's loop in the flouro.

I posted another one in there about my Plano box customization. That is an easy way to make life a little more simple.

I'm going catfishing with both a reel and a trot line this weekend.

Any first-timer trotline advice?

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>>875903
>Plano box customization

Mine already come like that

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>>875910
Is that a deep one or regular? 3600 or 3700?

I have a 3600 with some different compartments, but most places only sell basic 3700 size boxes. I'm sure you can order them online, but I would rather just customize it myself exactly how I need it. The one in the earlier pic is for all my spinners. So I made two big opening for the regular spinnerbaits and then kept a bunch of small ones for inlines and spoons.

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>>875905
Try not to drown and male sure to bait your hooks
>>875888
>>875876
/big 'uns/
One ounce shy of matching the ifga world record

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Anyone from California?
What's the fine for "Attempting to Snag Salmon"?
My dad's an amateur fisher and one of his friends took him to the Nimbus Dam in Sacramento. He says he wasn't trying to snag he just did a hard pull so the hook gets attached on the fish's mouth.

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>>875905
Channel cats?

Idk about trot lines, but for channel cats it's bretty simple. Chicken liver, nightcrawlers, dead baitfish will all work. Stick em on whatever hook and get it out to the bottom. If you don't get any bites within 10 or 15 minutes, change spots until you find em.

If you plan on using commercial bait, stay away from the dough bait. It sucks. Dip bait (or punch bait) works so much better. Pic related. Find the hooks or rigd for dip bait and coat those fuckers with the stuff. I normally get the ones with the treble hooks that have a sponge over them and then a foam or rubber tube right above the hook. I will put a stick in the end of the tube, jam it into the jar, swirl it around until it's coated, and then pull it out by the line. That way you don't have to even touch the bait. Trying to form those dough balls is awful and your hands will smell for days.

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>>875912
The back said it's model number is 3750. I also usually use a couple of these smaller 3650's if I only need a few baits and don't need my whole tackle box

>>875929
Ok, that's a 3700 size then. Those are the larger ones and 3600s are the medium. But then you will see like 3702, 3650, etc and those are just kinda model numbers for the designs of the compartments.

That's a good setup in that one. They still need more customization sometimes tho. And even Bass Pro is really limited with what they sell. For 3700 size boxes, they have the ones with horizontal slots and I think ones with vertical. Not a good selection. And the pricing is awful, I think they want around $10 for regular Plano brand boxes and $8 for the Bass Pro brands. I bought that 3600 with the cool compartments from Walmart for like $2.50.

But that's how Bass Pro gets ya. Most of their stuff is competitive, but they rape you on the little stuff you really need like their $5 packs of lead weights. They cost 5x as much as the regular ones they sell everywhere else because they are painted black!

>>875931
Im about to put an order in for a nice supply of tungsten weights. I got about $50 bucks worth of weights in my cart rn but its definitely worth it considering if I got the same amount and kind of weights at the store it would be ~$325. plus over $40 is free shipping which isnt bad for a box with 65 sinkers in there. I imagine it should last me a couple years

>>875793
That's a bass right? Young one ofc. What do they bite?

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>>875731
you work at mcdonalds?
JC skid I know you're autistic but you could do better than that.

>>875792
honestly if someone said they made their own hooks I'd think they're fuckin weird cause again, a pack costs ~$3 and lasts forever

>>875861
your hand probably gave that fish AIDS

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>>875859
that things at least 1500 pixels long

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>>876058
actually i just did the math

>>875944
Its either a river chub or a black nose dace, not sure which
>>875969
I applied for a job at dix and gander mountain
I can handle most of gandermountain, and I can bs my way through most of dix