Fishing & Tackle Thread

Pepsi what are the average water temps in the ocean for any given time of year (average winter, spring, summer, fall temps) and air temps?

Should I put a plastic on a chatterbait or just run it raw?

>>886356
I normaly run a little trailer but I don't think it will make a huge difference. The action of the lure and skirt itself is plenty. Rawdoggin is always fun ;^)

>>886351
Idk, the Atlantic is real warm around here all year round because of the Gulfstream. Like 80s most of the year but don't quote me on that. Air temps in with winter are mid-high 70s during the day and like mid 60s at night with a handful of cold nights into the 50s. Summer temps are mid-high 80s in the day and mid-high 70s at night.

>>886318
Had a dog that looked just like that, hurts bad man.

>posting your phone number

Has anyone been ice fishing with the hut and all that? Thinking about doing it this winter but will have to travel for it and not sure if it's worth it. Do trout hit more or less when the lake freezes over?

>>886366
Good to know
I looked online immediately after I realised "why am I asking cpl.nosalt about the ocean?" And found it dips to about mid 50s and peaks mid 80s in the water so I think the Rio fly line I'm looking at will be good

Shooting head fag, does line temperature rating refer to water or air? How far outside the rating could I push? I've changed my mind on just 15 feet of 50 mono line to grab then 40 braid for the rest, I think I will just do straight Dacron for 100 feet or so that is about .025 inches maybe then some thinner braid for backing (maybe I'll see if I can call up my local bait shop and only spend a little bit for 150 feet of heavy power pro, maybe some #80 hollow ace for that seamless loop or something)

>>886429
>50s
Not around here mang. It's like a heated pool.

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>>886429
...and forgot pic

But mid 70s is the coldest it gets around here. But this area in FL, like just north of Miami to around Palm Beach is where the Gulfstream is right on the coast. I have mentioned it before, it's like a river if you go float out in the ocean and you will end up a ways north if you don't pay attention.

>>886440
>>886437
No I'd be near Englewood just south of tampa

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>>886457
The Gulf side is completely different.

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Fly fishing anon back after a hiatus due to school and research.
Caught my two biggest trout of the season in pic related. It's hard to grasp size, but bottom trout is the average size trout I normally catch

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>>886475
Also pic related, one of the bigger trout I caught

>>886477
what model is that rod? i'm looking to get a butterstick in 3

>>886482
It's a 4 piece reddington path. I believe it's a 5 weight. I got it in a bundle with the reel, case, and all. I'm sort of new o fly fishing so I don't know a whole lot. My next investment is going to be one waders, especially since it's starting to cool down now. Eventually I'd like to get a better rod and definately a better reel.

>>886490
I like my Cabela's stockingfoot neoprene
They're a little hot in summer though
>>886458
Yeah
>>886475
Nice haul but unless its stocked id leave the trout in the river and just take the picture and memory


Where is bub?

And shooting head anon

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Top states for fishing? Bass fags don't reply. Asking for real fisherman. Saltwater, catfish, pike, trout, etc.

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TY to the anon who recommended these a thread or two ago. Will report once I've given them a go. Kinda weird that the jig bodies are curved and not straight but it looks like thats what gives it some swim action

>>886505
What does the color coding refer to here...

>>886505
Pa, steelhead in the northwest, plenty of cats, ice fishing, pike, muskie, trout, and a skip hop and a jump and you're on either the NY, virginia, or nj coast, plenty of every type of body of water available from there
>>886510
They look like weird spoons

>>886319
So cute!

>>886523
Yeah they do. I'm not sure what if anything will bite on these around here but the box says they are great for flatfish. Plan to use them off the piers here, maybe off the shore a bit too

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whats your go-to fall bass lures?

soft plastic and hard bait

>>886531
Just use your fancy fish finder. It literally requires no skill to catch bass.

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>>886505
Florida.

The International Game Fish Association is right next to my local Bass Pro.

But seriously, anywhere that it gets cold is shit for fishing. The freshwater fish don't get as big and you can't fish year round. Florida is easily the best saltwater fishing too (not that I would know anything about that). West of the Mississippi isn't known for shit as far as fishing until you get to the Pacific and if you want trophy freshwater you need to go to warmer states, like Kentucky and Virginia south. I do love fishing in Northern WI and MN but FL rapes em.

>>886532
And throwing out bait hoping you get a bite does?

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>>886531
Break out yer spinners and chatters. Probably lipless rattlers? For soft plastics, get some paddle tails like the KVD Caffeine Shads.Idk because everything is off for largemouth in FL but Mystery Tackle Box sends some good emails about shit like that.

>>886532
Thank god I'm a snek wrangler!

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I'm gonna post this one again too:

>Fishing & Tackle Secret Santa

-around a $20 budget for gifts
-email GetSomeMemes @ gmail with shipping info and what kind of fishing you do
-don't use a burner email, because we will have a deadline some time in December and at that point I'm going to email everybody back to make sure they are still on board to buy gifts
-after that I will randomly draw names and email everybody with an anon to buy gifts for so they can order right off their favorite tackle website
-once you have bought gifts for your anon, feel free to email me back with an order confirmation so we know everybody is getting their gifts, and I could possibly even send anons tracking #s for their gifts
-if any anons flake out and receive gifts without buying anything for their person, enjoy the constant pizza guys that show up and stacks of gay furry porn that Skid will mail you. I hope it was worth saving the $20.

If you're ultra paranoid and afraid that one anon will have your address, then don't even participate. You don't even have to include your real name if you don't want. We're just trying to have a little fun with the holidays.

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>>886531
Jerkbaits, chatterbaits, liplesss crank

I don't throw that much soft plastic in the fall but if I do I'll usually use a big swim bait or sometimes a drop shot rig if it's deep
>>886532
K

>>886534
Do I have to be black to fit in down there? Was thinking of moving around Orlando but decided to stay up north. Then I thought of moving to Louisville but I went by there once while working at it was a cesspool. Currently staying in a condo in Virginia Beach. I want a rural /out/ paradise with a body of water to fish from that can compete with the rivers we got here. No little dinky lakes or ponds make me happy. Can't afford to live here in a house with land unless I want to live in a trailer. Only got $200K.

>>886536
>doesn't understand breeding and feeding patterns
>doesn't know how lakes and rivers work and where fish would likely be
>is completely lost without a fish finder to tell him

Yes, no skill or experience required.

>>886547
>too poor to afford a boat
>projects his inadequacy on others
>can totally find cover in the middle of the lake because he "knows how lakes work"
>thinks bass will take any lure at any given time

Anon I think you may be slightly retarded

>>886546
No. You could be Dominican or Cuban or Puerto Rican or Jamaican with lighter skin.

Seriously though, fuck Orlando. Why would you move to Florida and not be near the ocean? If you go to school in Orlando it's one thing, but I prefer where I am. The east coast Boca and south. There's a lot more white trash in other parts of the state. Plus the weather here is nicer than further inland.

>>886549
>owns 2 boats
>projecting the truth
>I have fished the bodies of water around here for decades and know my goat spots
>thinks bass is for people who don't really enjoy fishing and just want to be seen

I fixed it for you.

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>>886549

>>886550
I'm white senpai.

And I don't want to live too far south in Florida. I'd never make money. I'm an anon flatbed fag on Tfag thread

>>886551
>owns 2 boats
Where are the proofs?

>I have fished the bodies of water around here for decades and know my goat spots
This just in. Cover never changes and neither does the layout of the lake!

>thinks bass is for people who don't really enjoy fishing and just want to be seen
This is dumb and an opinion.

All your points are just "look at me I'm a REAL fisherman because I don't need any fancy electronics." If you wanna handicap your fishing go right ahead, but don't pretend like you're a better angler than someone who uses a fish finder.

Btw I have never used a fish finder in my life

>>886554
Yeah freight does suck down here unless you can get a good local job. Just stay in like GA or TN. That's probably where I would go if I left FL and didn't want to deal with Chicago winters.

>>886556
You do understand what an opinion is don't you? And to get so butthurt when somebody has a different opinion than you is unhealthy right?

>>886556
He's not better than other people because he doesn't use a fish finder. He's better than you because he fishes for catfish instead of bass. I guess.

>>886557
I was thinking of >>886523 but all the houses under $200K are trash.

Tennessee isn't a bad state, just very low IQ people. Never thought of Georgia. Was thinking of just buying a RV or Camper and living in a campground around here. I'm only home a week a month anyways.

>>886128
I unironically fapped to the thought of this happening to me.

>>886560
Yes and an opinion can be wrong. I'm not upset, just bored enough to reply to obvious bait.

>>886562
He KNOWS how the lake WORKS, Peps, that must be why he's better.

Let's be honest here. The only real fishermen out there are salties. Freshwater fishermen are consumerist whores that have a mental addiction to buying lures.

>>886575
+1 I agree anon

>>886575
Eh it's hard to call a flyfisherman consumerist
He may have over 200 dollars worth of fly tying materials on a bench in his basement but it would cost 6x that to buy his flies
>hooks are $3/100
>thread is $2.50 for 50 yds
>a pheasant tail feather is about 50¢
>lead wire is $5 for 50 yd
>those combine to be sold as a $1.50 pheasant tail
>after selling 10 flies you've paid for your material and made profit
>keep the other 90 flies for yourself, they cost you nothing

>>886585
>spend another $500 on a decent rod >$200 for decent reel
>hundereds on flys
>hundreds on waders, clippers, line, vests, etc..

>can catch the same fish with a $50 Walmart spinning combo

Kek, nah

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>>886505
California is pretty good but I'm biased because I haven't fished outside the state except a few times in Oregon.
>Shore fishing along the entire coast
>Rockfish, lingcod, cabezon, a half dozen types of perch, striper, halibut, jacksmelt, corbina, bonito, mackerel. Different types of fish depending on how far north or south you are.
>Several types of sharks and rays that put up a great fight.
>There's also a lot of offshore fishing for tuna, deep sea species, salmon, yellowtail if you're into that.
>Rivers from the Oregon border down to the Sacramento river system have chinook and steelhead runs.
>Sierra Nevada mountains have rivers and lakes with brook, brown, rainbow, golden, and cutthroat trout.
>tfw catching a limit of brookies out of a lake at 11000 feet and cooking them for breakfast.
>Delta and reservoirs have a lot of big bass.
It definitely has variety, I'd put it on the same level as Florida in terms of overall good fishing.

>>886578
> get out to the beach early in the morninf
> cold as fuck
> condition is calm, no wind, high tide
> baitfishes, look like smelts, being pushed to the shore, can literally see them swimming 3 ft away from shoreline
> perfect halibut condition other than the temperature being a bit too cold and cloudy sky

Throw my memecraft flashminnow for 4 hrs and only managed one small halibut but keep getting hit by big ass jack smelts. I landed like 5 jacksmelts but a lot of them don't get hook up because they got small mouth.

at least I didn't get skunked. I expected some more halibut and even a wsb with that kind of condition. Oh well. I should tried keeping some jacksmelts and see how they taste like. I heard they are decent. I didn't bring my bucket though since i usually just keep it in the car and haul the legal halibut or wsb back to it if i ever get one ( only fishes i usually keep)

>>886590
>implying most flyfishermen ever spend more than 250 on a combo for anything other than salt

Let's even say this fly fisherman spent 2k on his rod, reel, waders, lines, and flies
That's still 1/10 what the bass fisherman's boat costs

>>886592
i would say florida is a bit better since they have bigger and stronger fishes year round. They also don't have drought that can fuck up freshwater fishing for years. However, the weather is definitely not as comfy for fishing. The inshore of florida is also more interesting as well. The baitfishes that run inshore in florida ( bunker) is basically the size of normal catch of california regular fishes like croaker/perch/jacksmelts. Even florida's bonito, mackerel, and barracuda get bigger than ours.

I live in socal though, which is slightly behind northcal in term of fishing. We don't have stripers here. However, i guess we have more opportunity to take outshore fishing trip to baja for exotic species. I never had the opportunity to fish outshore, one day.

>>886598
$20K is 1/3 of a bass boat

They care more about shiny brand name stuff than functionality and enjoyment of just fishing. Gotta show off their boat trailers with spinners on the rims and jacked up F150 full of bumper stickers showing how consumerist they are. They spend more time blocking the boat ramp telling people how awesome their setup is than they spend fishing.

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>>886598
>$250 on a combo for anything other than salt

Bro I just spent $300 on a fly rod, reel, line, and couple flies and I haven even had a chance to use it yet. This was the absolute beginner set up above the combo for children. Shit ain't cheap
>>886601
Lmfao.... I could link you several turn key too of the line setups on Craigslist right now for under 25k. There are several nice boats under 5k even. Pic related, guys asking 3

>>886601
Yeah I don't even fish I just have all the stuff and act like I fish but really I just spend enormous amounts of money all the time

>>886604
I got into it for under 100 bucks a combo and I can double haul my 25 dollar 8 weight line 80 feet and still turn over a 9 foot 2x leader with a chunk of couch foam on the end and trust my budget combo enough to take it to the ocean

>>886617
Ok? Good for you I guess? I could still catch the same fish with a bottom of the line Walmart combo

>>886622
Thats true of a lot of fish
A 25 dollar Walmart catfish combo can handle a 5 foot ray in the ocean
The 20 dollar Walmart fly combo can still catch trout
The 3 dollar spool of zebco line works
But none are as pleasant as quality equipment

>>886505
New Jersey
I'm clueless and this is my home state, and I sometimes assume NJ is really shitty but it's just cause I'm central jersey and not north or south.

But I have to say we got a lil bit of everything freshwater and then an amazing coast.

Also some huge lakes but nothing great lake size unfortunately. But hey have fun going saltwater anywhere in Michigan etc

Also just the right temp, hot summers and cold winters but no extremes (sometimes we get blizzards and sometimes we get +100F heat)

I suppose cold winters opens up with ice fishing as another opportunity, to explain.

>>886596
I've eaten a lot of jacksmelt, they taste great if you put some effort in. I usually get some oil heated up, throw the filets skin down on the oil, let the skin get real brown, flip them, hit the other side with some high heat for a minute, then flip them back, put a little salt and some crushed garlic on em, and then put the lid on and let it cook on med-low for another seven or so minutes. One thing you should be prepared for is that almost every jacksmelt has 1' long worms in it that can be kinda unsettling. Almost all of them are on the internal organs, but there will be one or two in the meat that you want to dig out with a knife. That's why I filet them to make the meat nice and thin so that it heats up all the way through.

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>>886319
Anybody here live in Arizona and want to meet up for some urban lake fishing?

>>886634
big ass parasite like worms are scary but not harmful to human once cooked so im not too worried about that. Chemical contaminants are scarier even and they are invisible to plain eye since they can't be get rid off during cleaning and cooking proccess.

Jacksmelt are pretty low on contaminants if i remembered correctly so that's why i'm interested. The ones I caught today are good size and seem pretty meaty. I heard some people said that they taste better than mackerel and the meat is a bit less fishy.

>>886537
Why all the bowfin violence

>>886647
>the bowfin meme again
Isn't that dead yet?

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>>886429
relative water temps. I would try to stay within the medium range of the lines. warm water lines are probably what you want there.
check out some discount fishing places for a running line. gander, overstock ect.. dacron is fine to use just get a fatter diameter to save your fingers and remember about those knots slamming your stripper guide. itll knock the rings out your guides if you dont make them thin enough.

The bass retards at it again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLCn1vUJP0

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>>886510
youre welcome bro. and yeah the bodies shape give it the waggle. slow retrieve gives it the best waggle. but when theyre bustin on top Ive had good luck with them using as a skip jig. cast and dragged fast across the surface like a escaping chovie for pelagics. If you have smelt around a little sliver of prism tape on the lateral line does the trick.

>>886694
So then get tropical for Florida and a cold weather head for nj stripers? And I was thinking about phoning up a shop I know and seeing if they'd mail me some thick ass power pro hollow ace but only like 150 feet (maybe .025 inches thick?) So I have something to grab then I can have #40 powerpro regular for backing
Think that would do?

>>886694
Oh and what do saltwater lines have special that freshwater lines dont if anything?

>>886697
Do you just cast as far as possible and slow retrieve with twitches?

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>>886707
yeah thatll work, a lot of shops will sell you whatever lengths you want off the bulk spools.
they charge by the yard so should be no prob.

I wouldnt sweat the temp ratings so much but buy yeah buy lines according to the areas temps.

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>>886709
in shooting lines? the tapers are different than the usual steelhead/salmon shooting lines (skagit ect..) and the sw coatings are more uv resistant.

>>886711
depends. from the bank, toss them and drag them back work them like a jerk bait. twitch twitch pause retrieve. lots of hits on the drop. on the boat I like to cast and rip them or yoyo them with slow jigging methods. depends on your quarry.

>>886714
>>886714
That's the plan with the hollow ace
I'll probably phone them up and say "hay do you have power pro hollow ace in x lb test ? Would you mind packaging up 150 feet and mailing it to me in Ohio if I pay shipping and a little extra per yard? I know its a weird request but its not in Ohio and I don't want to buy 3 times what I want minimum "
And I'm 200% sure they'll say yes
Or maybe I can harass pepsi, he knows I'm good for paypal. Just give him a little extra for the added effort

Idk

I'm just having trouble finding existing shooting tips and really don't want to build my own

Is there anything particularly special about saltwater line that freshwater doesn't have or does differently?

>>886718
Probably will be mostly pier fishing, maybe some shore fishing. When I surf fish I mostly target perch which probably wont hit one of these

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>>886719
>>886718
I'm having hella trouble finding anything but the Rio 30 foot 50°f to 80°f line and the 35 foot one by I forget the company for 40°f to 80°f meant for fresh and salt

>>886722
>>886718
Maybe I should buy Cabela's prestige plus wf 10 or 11 weight saltwater and some of those Rio loops then cut a little off the tip and then the running line off the back then shorten it little by little til it is just barely over loading my rod

havent caught a fish in weeks

tell me what to toss out there bros i might just go with something reasonable like live bait

>>886739
Chattermeme

>>886739
Fish in the nude

>>886739
Small plastics in natural colors

Mepps Aglia or black fury should draw them out as well

More importantly make sure you're fishing the right part of the lake for where the fish are in the fall (usually shallow and near the bank as they're fattening up for the winter on all the baitfish that feed on insects near the bank)

>tfw I saw a furry during Halloween
This is the only time of the year where they can go out dressed in public with out suspicion. Did you go out skid?

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>>886652
That fish sure is dead.

>>886739
What are you going for? Sometimes if big baits aren't working, go smaller. Like my big chatterbaits weren't catching shit but then the small 1/8oz one has been hookin stuff. Otherwise just run like a 1/16oz or 1/8oz jighead with a curly tail grub or even a mini mite.

>>886775
What part of the lake do bass go to in the fall?

>>886776
Idk, I mean the bass should be coming up a little bit more shallow and be active and feeding so they can bulk up. But if the water is already cooling off a lot, the deeper water might be warmer and more comfy.

Like I said, I'm in FL so everything is upside down. I usually have a lot of luck right at sunset but the past week or two with slightly cooler weather it seems like I hit stuff an hour or two before sunset and then it dies off.

>>886477
What a beautiful fish. God damn, nature is marvelous.

>>886539
TFW I really want to participate but if my wife saw what 4chan is she'd shit a kitten.

>>886841
Go for it anyway. I could add a note on for whoever shops for you to try and get it shipped to you in a Bass Pro box or whatever.

>hfw I put some random chick's name on the return address and draw a little heart on the box

>>886857
>>hfw I put some random chick's name on the return address and draw a little heart on the box
Precisely. It'll be wrapped in some weeb whackoff material bullshit paper too.

>>886861
Eh, maybe for the /r9k/ secret santa but /out/ is normie as fuck by 4chan standards. I have mailed and received tons of stuff on /o/ and never had an issue, plus I'm guessing a lot of people will just order right from a tackle website and have it shipped straight to the person.

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>>886776
>>886739
I found this for you. I knew MTB would have something on it. It is vague in certain respects, but sometimes that is nice because fishing isn't an exact science and a lot can change between lakes.

https://mysterytacklebox.com/blog/fall-fish-movements/

>tfw you go to furaffinity.net and find out fish furry porn exists
I should print it out and use it to wrap the Secret Santa box.

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>>886783
Look up a dolly varden in its breeding run colors and prepare to be impressed.

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>>886861
>>886893
Atodaso, a fuckin atodaso.

>>886893
You underestimate how much free time these people have. I mean they have no relationships or friends to occupy their time.

>>886896
>implying I don't have a good job and friends
>implying it takes a long time to do this

>>886894
Seriously though, dollys have the best spawn colors

>>886898
Skid pls, do you even have a job right now?

>>886904
>implying I'm skid

>>886894
Damn that is a pretty feesh.
I've always thought spanish mackerel were beautiful.

>>886505
>Real fishermen
>Catfish
>Trout
Kek You anti bass fags need to die

>>886926
"oh wow dude you spent more than 3 cents for your fishing tackle??? HAHAHAH literary kill yourself you consumerist cock sucking goy!"

I feel like its the same autistic anon that stops by every once in a while to trigger new fags

>>886946
>it's totally just one guy because there's nobody else on earth that thinks you're a bunch of retards for owning 20 times more lures than any other fishermen

Fuck you basscuck. You might as well set up a direct deposit to Kevin Van Dams bank account.

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>>886954
sure thing bud

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>>886946
>>886956
So do you need my Paypal or what?

>>886960
kek, guess so.

Maybe you can use it to clean that fucking car

>>886960
>mirrolure

So you're finally hitting the salt?

>>886964
Ehh, it's hopeless. Ash, coffee, and dirty hands from work do not get along with a light interior.

>>886968
I wanted a dark crank for night and nobody really sells them. I'm not a huge fan of those, especially for the price. I expected them to have more action.

>>886954
You know you can catch bass with just a small tackle box, it's just the type of people who get into it are easily tricked out of their shekels

>>886645
L like mackerel as well, especially the smaller green jack mackerel. One of the best fish preps I did was I put a few jack mackerel in a pan with some butter and salt on em, and stuck em in the oven, they turned out great. At the same time I've had some big pacific mackerel that turned out terrible, maybe I should have filleted those.

>>886970
You have to create the action by working it like a spook except underwater.

>>887016
You ever made it down to Monterey bay? I'm trying so to get more into salt fishing, only really have experience fishing for surf perch. Have easy access to two piers - SC and Capitola

>>887013
I don't even know which mackerel i ate. i think it was the pacific mackerel. I caught them off the pier.

Gonna head out again later in the evening. Hopefully, the bait fishes run yesterday attracted some big halibut near shore. If the wind is too rough( they usually are in the evening) i might just throw some spoon or bucktail/fluke dropshot instead of memecraft sp

>>887024
Do you drop shot off piers? Would you consider a high low rig drop shotting

>>887024
Also how do you work a lucky craft lure off a pier

>>887027
You don't use lucky craft off a pier. You need to be in low ground to use crankbait. I only use it for the surf. You can also use it for bay/ harbor or jetty but I'm too scared to lose them there with so many hard structures. Use spoon, dropshot, swimbait, or hi- low at the pier. I also use a pseudo dropshot hi low when i use the bucktail as the weight and have a line with super fluke above that. You can also use bonito bubble splash rig at pier if you want to catch bonito.

>>887029
Ok good I thought I was missing something on The crankbait.

I've heard of that rig where the terminal weight is a swim bait on a heavy jig or a buck tail with a plastic a foot or so above. There's a name for it but I forgot lol

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>>886886
Thanks girl

>>887026
I would only consider it dropshotting if you're using lures
>>887029
I do that for flounder with gulp alive mullet
I've gotten pretty good bites like that
New topic

Would Rio shooting head be servicable in both cold water (with a stretch) and in tropical water even though its only marked 50° to 80°?
For shooting line what's the thinnest spectra I could adequately run? .022 inches?

chartreuse memebait with a white ice super fluke trailer

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>>887070
I'm gonna go on a hunt for more of the mini ones. Or at least get a second white one if I see it because a fat bass or snek is going to rip it off the 10lb braid one day.

>>887104
I need to get a brown chatterbait and maybe use a craw as a trailer

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>>887124
I think this is the one I'm trying to post. Gold blade and it has like a gold and brown skirt. I believe I got it at Bass Pro.

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>>887124
this is my go too memebait

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>>887131
Wut brand is that? I have a Z-Man with a real similar color and the black chrome blade.

trailer hook on memebait?

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Jerkbaits are best baits. There's this one spot at the lake that has a underwater current and I could see the bass busting on the shad in it. I caught 3 in just under five minutes.

>>887134
>has 6 chatter baits
>barely uses them

I'm not much better with soft plastics though

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>>887131
The one that's worked best for me is like a chartreuse/yellow one

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>>887143
This guy put up a pretty good fight. There was a point that the current passed by and he was just chillen on the side of it and he absolutely smashed my jerk.

And of course i ended up losing that jerkbait. In the summer I'm gonna buy a snorkel and some goggles and go to that spot and get all my lures back.

Is anyone else having a warmer than usual fall? I'm ready to wear a hoodie dammit.

How do I take good fish selfies? Maybe I'm just too ugly.

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>>887149
Have some random black dude nearby hold it.

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>>887149
I struggle with this too anon. I mean I probably wouldn't post it on here anyway so it doesn't matter too much.

>pic related is best memebait color

Has anyone here ever used hard swimbaits with success? Like the decently sized swimbaits with several joints.

>>887134
its a z-man. pretty sure its the 'pro' or 'elite' version, something along those lines

>>887160
very technical type of fishing. Also a very unforgiving way of fishing on the wallet due to the ridiculous price each one costs. Youtube Tacticalbassin, big time swimbait fishermen. Unfortunately I have never used them nor seen anyone use one

>>887154
good way to have it stole imo

tfw when i finally successfully take apart, grease, and put back together a spinning reel.

It's silky smooth now


The kinda only downside is that now I have an extra reel. I thought it was broken and never managed to successful put it together after taking apart and regrease. Now that I fixed it, it's just lying there for no reason.

>>887149
>lay the fish in the dirt or grass, lay down next to it, snap pic

>>887191
selfie stick helps too

>>887186
Looks like it's time to buy a new rod...

>>887191
Kek I'm gonna do this now

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Power pro 150 lb as shooting line for 8 weight in salt? I'll probably treat it with mucilin to keep it from getting water logged
I'd love super slick 8 but it only comes up to 80 and I'm not sure .017 is thick enough to grab

A friend (marlin) also gave me a quantum bill dance rod that he broke 4 inches off of (car door I think) that I fixed
It may only be 6'2" but I'm making it my frogging/jig stick

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aQuJUbAQJ58

This is why people suggest uglystiks

>>887263
Note that it only broke there cause it was locked into a spot so that it was being pulled back by a piece of steel 1/8 inch thick right on the bare blank
It probably would have taken it if he had been on the grip with his harness

>>887263
Best rod for catfishing imo and it's cheap.

I've been using GX2's for years catching cats. Biggest was a 67lb flathead in 2013. See all these people carrying huge saltwater rods and Ugly Stik Tiger rods.

I'm 22 and have been fishing regularly since I could walk and have only witnessed 1 break in my life time, and it didn't really break but it was a 2 piece rod that came apart while netting a big cat.

They aren't good if you prefer fast action though.

Some questions for shore casting with a trout spinner.

Ive seen a bunch of rigs for them but im not sure what to use.

the one ive seen the most is just a swivel at the end of your line with the spinner at the end of the swivel.

Ive also seen some with splitshots on them.

Goin fishing at this lake that just got restocked, so any help would be nice.

>>887277
The only critique is the weight and sensitivity but for soaking baits its fine

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>>887181
Who cares if he steals the fish, it's better than letting him use your phone to take a pic.

>>887285
Don't use a split shot. Different blade shapes run at different depths or you can run flourocarbon line and that will make it run deeper.

/>>887176
>>887160
Dick's has sales on the LiveTarget ones all the time. There are some bigger bluegill and crappie ones.

>>887285
Not sure about this, but the splitshot is probably attached to get longer cast or to reach deeper in the water. It depends on the lake so can't tell you what to do, try some different stuff out and see how people around you are fishing.

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>tfw not making a living off YouTube fishing and shilling products because I'm too ugly and autistic

>>887332
Even if you were good looking and charismatic you wouldn't be able to

The market is saturated

Best thing you can do if you want to get paid to fish is become a guide

>>887339
And even that's saturated.

Every weekend fisher here has some "guide serve" printed on his truck and boat. They don't even teach you how to fish. Just takes you to a honey hole to get a bunch of dinky bass and perch. Fun for the kids I guess.

It doesn't take much to get sponsorships on YouTube. Especially in a niche market like fishing, you don't need a ton of subscribers to make money. I'd say once you hit 5,000 subs, you'll start getting offers. They won't be much but it's a start. I have a friend that posted hiking videos. After only a few thousand subs he started getting inquiries about shilling products. Now all he mostly does is product reviews or day hikes shilling some product. Quite annoying, but it pays well.

It really depends on your intentions though. Steve Douglas only has 42K subs and makes a living off YouTube with product sponsors. Then there's channels like Catfish and Carp that has double the subscribers but doesn't really shill anything and just uploads videos as a hobby.

>>887340
If I was going to go be a guide I'd go to the ocean and see if a charter boat captain needs a deck hand then go from there
Being the captain sucks; you just drive the boat
The deck hand gets to do the rigging and catch the bait, help land the fish, and actually teach the clients
Or just do all his work by himself
I may be weird but I like the intricate rigs on big bait
Rigging is fun imo

>>887340
I definitely thought it would've taken more subs to make money like that

Flukemaster and 1rod1cuck must really be bringing home a decent amount

Still kinda shitty though as you'll have to buy your own health insurance which is expensive as fuck especially if you have a family to support and there's no benefits like a matching 401k, paid time off, etc

You've really got to stay putting out good OC or you're fucked

>>887341
One of my buddies down in Louisiana does that (deck hand on a charter boat) and it looks like a blast especially since the captain and the deckhands will periodically go out by themselves to fish

>>887351
I need to withdraw my 401k and buy saltwater gear with it. Pepsi only matched 50¢ to every dollar though. Better than nothing I guess.

>>887146
>Is anyone else having a warmer than usual fall
Yes, North America is.

>>887359
they really give only 50 cents to the dollar? That's crazy, I always imagined pepsicos benefits were pretty good. Publix matches the amount you put in.

>>887359
For fucks sake, don't do this. You can't even be serious.

>>886647
... bowfin shouldn't get violence. That was a snakehead. They are easy to tell apart.


Are snakeheads in any way palatable?

>>887369
Everything besides that is decent. The one good thing is they give you all your insurance and benefits on day 1. You don't have to wait 3mos or 6mos for health insurance like most places.

>>887370
What isn't sensible about it?

>>886894
Bowfin breeding colors are pretty nuts. Check them out. For serious.

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>>887376
Somebody here said they weren't a fan but everybody else seems to say they are good. They got introduced to Florida because they were being farmed for food.

>>887377
>What isn't sensible about it?
If you're younger than 60 you'll get taxed 10%, you'll lose 20% for withdrawing it in the first place, and when you're retired and need the money you won't give one flying fuck that you bought saltwater gear.

https://www.wellsfargo.com/investing/retirement/tools/401k-early-withdrawal-calculator/

WIth as much as you spend on freshwater gear there's no reason you can't save up a bit of cash by not buying it for a while.

You've given me sage advice and now I'm returning in. Don't touch you goddamn 401K until retirement.

>>887359
You act like that is bad. Is there a maximum? That's a 50% return. You'd be lucky to get a 10% return investing it in the stock market.

>>887384
I can't remember what the max is, I think I do like 7%, probably 8% with the new year. I looked at it the other day for the first time in like a year and a half and it's starting to add up.

>>887383
I'm never going to live long enough to retire anyway.

>>887390
>never going to live long enough
until you do and then you'll be fucked. I never thought I'd make 23 and here I am at 53.

So do those smaller plugs for trout really work?

A friend of mine said dont bother unless your going for bass but, wanted to give it a try.

>>887340
Catfish and carp is a lawyer and I don't think needs to worry about money. Thats why he is one of the better YouTube dudes.

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What is up my dudes, I like fishing but know fuck all about it other than putting some bait onto a hook and throwing it into the water.

Are there some helpful fishing 101 guides or infographs you got to share? Not looking for an entire textbook on information, but knowing the basics would help me a lot.

>>887488
There's the pastebin and imgur in the OP. Where are you and are you trying to fish salt, fresh, rivers, lakes?

>>887430
I was fishing a lake with really clear water (50ft visibility) and the trout weren't hitting anything until I tried out a 3" rebel minnow. Got the only fish of the day, a nice hard fighting rainbow trout about 13". I'd say it's worth it to have a couple small minnow cranks. I've also got trout on the rebel tracdown 2" at my local river.

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>>887359
You already HAVE saltwater gear.

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>>887510
Fuck I wish I could find these little guys somewhere. And if they made a larger one, I would jump on it in a second.

>>887517
Join us in the Secret Santa nigger

>>887519
>black guy calls other user nigger
Love this website
But seriously you actually are set up for salt already
Just go out to those docks with some shiny lures on bass gear and have fun

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Very disappointing day

I found an ad in a bulletin board for cleaning out a guy's garage. Job didn't pay nothing but could keep anything I wanted. Said there was a ton of fishing gear among other things.

I get there and it was nothing but garbage Walmart/K-Mart tier crap with spincasters that's old and dry rotted. I did get a few folding tables and got a generator running though. But sad I didn't find anything good that they thought was worthless.

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>>887562
What kind of nigger are you that you clean out garages for extra money?

>>887568
It's called a broke Uni student kind of nigger

>>887562
Why did you do the job then? A once over of the garage and "no thanks, not for me" should have sufficed.

>>887519
>nigger
>>887540
>nigger
>>887568
>nigger
>>887574
>nigger

>using the N word in this age of PCness.

>>887583
Don't act like you don't know where you are, mate.

>>887518
Are those bitsy on the bottom. If so it is one of my favorite cranks for bream. Ive caught more fish on the bitsy minnow than all my cranks combined.

>>887580
I guess that's what a white person would do. They are inconsiderate as fuck. Best case scenario I sell these $2 each at a flea market and make $40. Not to mention all the old tackle. Got at least 100 lures. Could sell them a quarter each. And the generator could sell for $250 minimum on Craigslist. All it needed was a new pulley.

All that is a couple month's worth of groceries.

>>887594
OK, so you got stuff, just no holy grail. Fair enough...

>>887583
Cry me a river, then I'll invite everyone to fish in it

>>887583
Kill yourself nigger.

Go catch some more blue runner and eat them like they are actually good.

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>>887594
>I guess that's what a white person would do
>getting fair wages and compensation is white person trait/desire
>not working for garage trash and flea market sale stock, and slave wages is a white thing

Kek. You're actually a nigger or some other sort of melanin "enhanced" individual.

Priceless. Never fails. Never fucking fails.

Next you'll tell me the guy with the garage was a jew.

>>887641
I'm actually half German half Scottish. Although I am like "8%" Cherokee Indian according to my Grandmother but she's delusional. My ancestor was a United States politician that abolished same sex marriage and formed one of the first KKK groups in his state. Imagine going through US History class with that last name. Went through Ancestry and he actually is a late Uncle of mine.

Picking up gigs on Craigslist is more fun than getting a part time job at McDonald's that doesn't give a shit about your class schedule.

>>887583
but i use a mac

>>887381
Damn gooks will eat anything

I wouldn't trust it

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http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/241314-eternal-life-of-a-gotcha-plug/

>tfw that feel

>tfw have tons of lures I got from LTB and MTB to give away for secret santa
>tfw afraid to give pepsi my address because he'll send me a million pizzas for constantly bothering him about saltwater fishing

>>887732
enough of your shit Jeffery

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>>887696
>lying this much on the Internet

>>887736
Who's jeffery

Think I may have to get on the water earlier than I have been

Haven't been catching shit in the past couple weeks and up until then I was absolutely killing it

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>>887696

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>>887696
>50% GERMAN
>50% SCOTTISH

>........ALSO 8% CHEROKEE INDIAN

>MFW

>>887620
Pepsi wouldn't, that would be salty

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>>887746
This is a top quality post

>>887746
>>887758
Indeed it is

>>887758
That's a fatty

What lure is that?

>>887815
Zoom brush hog in sapphire something. I can't remember the exact name. That dude choked it though

Isnt there a channel cat anon here who posted his rig and recommended CJs Punch Bait? I'm gonna go channel fishing in Edward Medard Park here in FL next week, what else can I bring to guarantee a big bucket of cats?

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>>887583
>>>/reddit/

>>887724
The DNR reccommends eating them.

>>887732
That's always a possibility, but probably not. I literally have about 150 names and addresses in my email from anons on /o/ who I sent stickers to.

>>887830
Those dark colors do so well for some reason.

>>887585
I think they are. The top 2 are the Rapala UL baits, and the middle ones are the ones I bought years ago and can't figure out who made then or anything. Those are the best.

>>887953
>cubes

I can forgive you for this ONLY because you're an Illinois native and even then you should be a fan of the non meme team

Tribe let me down big time
Now I have to avoid /sp/ until bowl season comes around and /mlb/ possibly forever

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>>887965
Fuck the sox. Nobody really likes them. Cubs fans outnumber Sox fans 10-1. And 50% of those Sox """fans""" aren't even really Sox fans, just edgelords who talk shit about the Cubs.

>>887967
I know you're black but please refrain from posting obese women

On an unrelated note I too have by far the most success when sticking to natural colors like California 420, black, and pumpkinseed
Also a color called Big Texan from Reaction Innovations

>>887967
Literally 95% of >cubes fans are bandwagoning hipsters who only rooted for them because they perpetually sucked ass and couldn't even win a pennant

Expect they fan base to drop by orders of magnitude now that they ended their 108-year long dry spell

Cleveland>Chiraq btw

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>>887968
I do better with dark stuff like Junebug compared to natural colors. Zoom's Sprayed Grass is still one of my favorite colors.

>>887970
>Cleveland being better than anywhere
It's ok. Even if the Cubs lost, I was fine with it because the people of the Mistake By The Lake need something good in their lives.

>>887972
NBA champs you nig

King James singlehandedly beat the dream team

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>>887978
He's such a fake ass. Talkin about how he was a Yankees fan and then starts showing up to Indians games in the World Series.

>>887981
Top 5 best NBA players in order

>LeBron
>MJ
>Kobe
>Russell
>Magic

Also that was before he rediscovered his roots as a good Ohio boy

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>>887985

My Walmart is dumping 20 or so varities of Zoom plastic worms, flukes, and creatures for a dollar each. Just a heads up.

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>>888011
Stop telling me these things

>>888011
Fugggg I hope they're still gonna carry them. It's a pain in the ass to go to academy unless I have to.

>>888020
They still had them in the regular place, just a bunch clearanced.

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>>888020
I'm walking out of a Walmart as we speak right now. This one probably had the best fishing selection of any I've been too. Or at least the most well-stocked. So many of them are all picked through but this one actually had 1/4oz bullet weights in stock.

No $1 Zoom baits. But they had a couple 150yd spools of 14lb FireLine for $7, I might come back and do some shopping this weekend. Also these tiny Yum baits, it's hard to find real small panfish stuff. The bigger Mayans can hit smaller Rapalas but sometimes they won't do it and will only take real tiny shit. These were like 3/4" long.

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>>888033
And this was some of their other outdoors stuff. Def a good selection for a Walmart around here. I kinda want that Camillus Machete for sneks but idk if it would be a good idea walking around with it strapped to my tackle bag.

>>888021
>>888033
I'll have to look

>>888044
>but idk if it would be a good idea walking around with it strapped to my tackle bag.

After a quick look at y'alls laws it should be legal to carry. Nigs will probably look at you funny.

>>888047
FL laws allow you to carry pretty much anything while hunting and fishing I believe. My only concern is that I'm fishing in business parks and shit and I might get funny looks from the people coming out of the offices and warehouses.

Does crabbing belong here?

>>888149
I don't see why not.

>>888149
There have been a few crab anons posting here but I haven't heard much lately. Can you do it year round in the NE?

I think it's Snow Crab season around here, I should find some of those fuckers.

>>888149
Are crabs fish? No.
So no.

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>>888190
Sneks aren't fish either

>>888044
Don't wast money on camillus.

>>888149
What do you do?

I usually set a few pyramid traps (use mullet I catch in the cast net for bait) around the dock in the salt marsh then I'll take a canoe out and cast net for shrimp and come back a few hours later and pull up the traps and they'll be full of blue crab

>>888223
It's not much money at least. Only $25 and that other Camillus fixed blade was like 5" and only $10. I probably won't actually get a machete but I wouldn't mind something a little larger for my tackle bag. That Kershaw is 4.25" or some shit like that and it would be cool to have a good 6" blade in there but I'm not trying to spend $150 on an Esee or Ka-Bar as much as I wish I had that money to waste.

Stopped by a local lake for an hour or so and didn't get shit today. I think I should've gone later a little closer to sunset. Plus that lake is kinda overfished but I didn't feel like driving far in traffic.

>>888285
Camillus blades are brittle. The edges chip and 2 days ago I had a carnivore snap in half while batoning wood.

>>888288
Also the handle is coming apart. That being said it could cut the head clean off a 4 foot gar.

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had a BIG bass on but he got off

fucking REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>888334
That's what you get for high sticking your rod and letting fish flop on the surface.

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>>888334
When running big and heavy baits for big bass, it can make it easy for them to shake it.

I'd like to see that Spooltek company put that design into some other baits for freshwater fishing. I wonder if they could design a weedless crawdad or something.

>>888339
I still don't see how this would make a difference with soft plastics

>>888339
there are tons of lures that have that. I have a few

>>888163
>crabbing year round in the NE?
Not on Cape Cod, haven't seen one since late August/early Sept

>>888341
Depends how you rig them. If you set the hook on Texas rigs correctly, they are much more difficult for bass to shake than a crank bait because of how the weight slides up the line. But then Texas rigs can also be tricky to set when you get a bite. Switch it to a jighead instead and you will get a better hook set but it is much, much easier for the fish to shake it loose.

>>888343
Whatchu got? I've only ever seen them on the Spooltek ones.

>>888349
I have a couple by Optimum baits and a few rat-l-trap pro lip-less cranks

i mouth hooked dink and he started bleeding

why bros i felt bad for thr little guy

>>888339
Been thinking about what to do to make money was leaning towards knife making but maybe designing tackle would be good.

>>888362
There is a good chance he lived. If not then he becomes food for other fish.

Don't feel too bad the circle of life keeps turning.

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>>888355
Nah, that isn't what we're talking about with the Spoolteks. They have a retractable leader that comes out so when the fish bites, the hook comes out of the lure and the fish can't use the momentum and weight of the whole bait to shake it loose.

>>888362
Did you get the tongue or what?

>>888368
Good luck. That market is fucking saturated. That's why half the stuff you find in MTB or LTB will be discontinued within 6 months.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why the reel handle on my STX is coming lose? I've tightened the nut down and stuff, but it shouldn't be coming loose since it has a keeper. Pls halp. It's not really a huge deal just mildly annoying.

>>888349
Even with a jig head I don't really seem to have issues with it getting thrown. It's really only on hard baits. Maybe I'm just lucky I dunno.

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>>888385
How? It's just one nut, isn't it? Idk since I never took mine apart.

>>888388
>How
I don't know ;_;

It's confusing the fuck out of me. It should be literally impossible for it to come loose unless threads get stripped and I checked and they were fine. If it comes loose again I'm gonna lock tight the nut.

>>888390
It tightens up and then gets loose after some use or what? If that's the case, then clean it off and go for the Loc-Tite. Otherwise be careful and don't break something more trying to torque the fuck out of it if you don't know what you're doing.

>>888375
thats... what I have... the trebles arnt attached to the lure, they come out when you hook into a fish

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>>888398
Alright I see with the Optimum ones. I haven't seen it from other brands before and when I googled em it looked like they were just those half hard and half soft bodied swimbaits and cranks. I'm suprised that shit hasn't caught on more. I see the Spoolteks at Bass Pro and Dick's but nothing else like that.

>>888398
What Optimums do you have btw? How much were they? And are they worth it?

>>888393
Yeah i tightened probably a month or so ago and it started to be loose again. I haven't been torquing the fuck out of it or anything, just to where the nut is snug. I still don't understand how I can come loose with the keeper but whatever.

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>>888407
I think those BLT swim shad were like 5-7 bucks? I dont really remember. I like the ghost colored ones for large mouth. their action is pretty good

pic related is the type of rat-l-traps I have a few of

>>888417
Damn I have never seen those, I would love to get one like that in the smaller panfish size (1/8oz?).

I need to get to one of those fishing shows at a convention center. I see millions of ads for gun shows but not fishing ones and I know there has to be a bunch. I used to go to them when I was younger and there was always a shit ton of cheap stuff and lots of lures you can't find at big retailers.

>>888433
>I know there has to be a bunch.

Maybe in Florida. I've never seen a show just for fishing in DFW. I know there's a big one in Houston I might try to go to one year. We have a bunch of gun shows up here though. There was 2 in October and one two weekends from now. I'm surprised the local businesses haven't tried to arrange a small one.

>>888437
I know we had multiple ones in IL around Chicago. I can't remember if they were both just fishing shows, they might have been outdoors shows. But they had one every winter at the horse track right by my house up there and then at least one more at a convention center right by O'hare.

There has to be a bunch around here though because it is a huge metropolitan area with tons of sport fishing.

>>888446
I guess more people are into hunting/shooting here than fishing. It would make more sense in Houston since it's by the coast. After I win the lotto I'm gonna have a winter house in Florida.

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>>888433
Yeah we get the fred hall shows and ISE. Its gets a little overwhelming sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=G8mI_pjapqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIkY6xvaQA0

thoughts on dropshotting a wacky rig?

>>888535
It works but it tangles up easily in the line when you jig it up and down.

Just throw a normal one and use a drop shot normally.

>>887961
DAMN now thats a big smallie

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>>888535
I don't see why not. That's a really popular way of running drop-shots

whats this have to do with shapoopi?

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>>888649
Hwut?

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>All of the blue crab literature is about crabs in the Chesapeake bay
>Literally nothing notable written about their behavior and occurance in the Gulf of Mexico
All of my reeee

>>888739
Whoever they caught is fucked

>>888752
How fucked

There's a dude selling his Bronco for $800, it's in decent condition, and it only needs minor work. I also want monies for boat stuff, so I don't know what I'm gonna do. Peps pls send monies.

>>888761
At a minimum he's having his car, equipment, and shut seized and sold on top of thousands and thousands of dollars of fines and maybe jail.

>>888044
Those Ozark Trail multitools (at the bottom right of the photo) they sell for around 13 dollars are terrible. Split my hand open because the side tools aren't secured and just flip out when any centrifugal force is applied. tl;dr don't buy them, go for quality if you are buying a multi-tool if you can. It will save you money in the long run.

>>888766
Kek, what would he have done with all those fish if he didn't get caught? Surely it isn't worth the risk

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>>888774
ah like a douk-douk

>>888739
What kind of fish are those? Looks like good fishing. Carp or catfish? Would have been an epic venture if they catch and released.

>>888779
I'm lucky it didn't hit any of my tendons. There's this hook tool on there that I assume is for severing rope that's razor sharp. Dangerous when it just unhinges like a switchblade if you swing it right. I got to see what my subdermal adipose (fat) tissue looks like. Didn't hurt as much as I would have thought.

>>888774
Yeah I have never found a cheap multitool that works worth a damn. You can get away with cheap knives most of the time but the pliers on knockoff Leathermans never work right and all or the folding tools are just shit.

That said I have a few cheap ass ones at home and I might drop one in the Secret Santa box along with whatever else I send.

>>888789
>Merry Christmas! Here's your stitches in a box.

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>>888774
Correction: Guidesman is the manufacturer, not Ozark Trail. Payed $13 for it at a hardware superstore. The folding tool is a "gut hook".

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>>888795
Which one do you want?

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>>888804
Neither. Going with a Swiss Army knife and surgical pliers.

>>888776
He would eat or sell them. A lot of agencies filet fish or butcher game meat that's been poached and donate it to food pantries and banks for the poor.

That guy who illegally caught those probably has his fishing and hunting rights banned for life.

>>888809
Fuck I need to steal more of those pliers from my mom. I know she has some and I gave my last one to Miami anon.

>>888762
Old school Bronco? I miss my '72

fish

>>888784
that would be 69 snagged salmon in upstate NY, I saw that article in a local site's email I get.

>>888812
3 guys... and they ran on a high speed chase. Fun night was had by all.

>>888838
Yeah so they are DEFINITELY fucked then.

Ruined their entire lives because they could just throw spoons and catch a few salmon the correct way.

What a bunch of idiots. Really shows why we have to have the laws and limits on catches/harvest.

Indian reservations are shitholes because they catch and kill everything from squirrels to creek chubs to salmon.

They all use sein nets and gill nets and kill sturgeon all the time.

Truly the niggers of the USA when it comes to wildlife atrocities.

>>888829
84 4 speed. It seems like a good deal, and I've been wanting to get an older vehicle to work on so idk.

>>888874
They really need to remake the Bronco, or even the Blazer. A real 2-door SUV that can do some offroading and isn't a Jeep Wrangler.

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>>888739
Kek, these fish are from right next to my camp. Little faggot snaggers go out at like 2-3 am. I see them all the time. It's hilarious to watch them shit themselves when the DEC shows up after I call them. Little faggots

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Shall we try and get 8s for Mepps A Best?

>>888884
Not sure what happened to the rest of my post but that pic related is the clearance sale at my local Gander Mtn. Not sure if it's the same at every one but they were selling DT-10 to16s and scatter raps for $2

>>888888
FUCK YOU THAT WAS MY GET

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>>888888
nice

>>888884
Fugg I'm going after work anyway to grab some 4.99 rapalas

>>888881
I'm just tryna be like Longmire

>>888888
Whoah son

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Went to LL.Bean and spent way too much money today. Got some more flies that I couldn't find at the local fly shop.

Think I'll be set for the spring skid?

>>888896
>$800
>just needs minor work

Nah pham shit is FUCKED

Just check out what people are asking for Broncos on Auto Trader

>>888921
Dude said everything was fine except the carb. It needs a new side window, and tires. I haven't seen the interior though and that's probably what is fucked, but I'll just find some seats from a ranger and call it good. I might go look at it this weekend and see.

>>888921
Depends if dude "knows what I gots!" Or thinks he just has an old truck that doesn't run.

>>888896
Dick's has been tryin to clear out a lot of the ones in the orange boxes (shad raps?) so they have the $4ea if you buy 3+ a lot od the time or they are just marked down to $5-$6 on clearance.

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>>888884
Oh yeah forgot to mention, Gander is also having a sale on ff's. coped this one $150 off regular price

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>>888940
Dicks is too far away from me for that to be reasonable lol

Looks pretty good, the only patterns I would add is pheasant tails (trout are selective feeders, and surprisingly often will turn down a size 8 stonefly nymph in favor of a size 14 mayfly nymph)
And I'd get some small foam ants, beetles, and/or spiders for panfish, and those micro splitshots (they come in a little rotary container in carrying sizes, I'd get up to 4 grams down to 1 gram, and that will cover most of your splitshotting
If you need multiple splitshots space them out so the lightest I'd closest to the fly and the heaviest is far away to turn over more easily. Make sure they're 6-8 inches apart and use the minimum weight you can get away with)
Then fir tippits id get a 9 foot 0x or 1x, that will be 10-14 lb for smallies, a 9foot 3x or 4x, that will ve 6-8lb for triut streamers, and bigger nymohs/flies (14+), then id get 9 foot 5x or 6x ((3-5lb) for panfish and small nymphs (14-)
And id advise either investing in tippet rings (here's a vid on them https://youtu.be/NFTrjx98P3s ) and tippet material or tying your own tippets (that same channel has good info on that topic; blood knot, improved blood knot, and perfection loop)
Either one will save you money in the long run

>>888952
>>888901
Bloody hell I missed the reply

>>888952
>>888954
thanks bud, preciate it. Only thing left I need to figure out is the tippits like you said.

The mono that came with the combo was a long strip that starte out fairl thick and tappered down to a very thin thread. Do I tie the tippits to the end of that thin line or is that the tippit? If so cant I just buy replacment ones in various sizes?

That probably sounded retarded but oh well

>>888949
Man I like those Clackin minnows. Makes me want to get up there and grab some. What other colors besides the Firetiger?

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Anyone have luck with flexi-jigs or is it just a meme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPwWxmyhUhc&ab_channel=ThundermistLures
They aren't sold in stores where I live so I would have to order them online.

>>888973
What the hell is the point of those?

>>888983
Supposedly provides a better hookset

>>888986
Ok, so kinda like how a snell knot is supposed to be better when setting the hook?

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>>888888

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>>888991
Yee buddy, Mepps™ are that great!

About time for #98

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>>888996

>>888959
Well there are tapered leaders and tied leaders
the difference should be obvious
The tippit you have is tapered buy I've got no idea what size it is
Tippits are measured in x ratings (1x 2x 3x 4x) and so on to about 8x with about 1lb breaking strength
In the tapered leaders the tippit is about the last 18 inches, on a tied leader its the last sections
What I'd reccimend for now is either buying a tippit kit (it will have all the materials you need to make tippits as well as formulas and just replenish everything as nessesary)
Or buy tippet rings, tapered leaders, and matching tippet spools then do like in the video and cut 12-18 inches up, put on a tippet ring, then tie the tippet back on
So like buy a 1x tapered leader, a 3x, and a 5x then buy a 30 foot spool of 1x, one of 3x, then one of 5x and as you run out of tippet from cutting and tying flies on cut the old tippet at the ring and put on new tippet
Tippets are easily the most complicated part, along with line

>>889030
This must be the real skid because he is posting in stale breads

>>888888
Noice