Fishing & Tackle Thread

>>888996
What have you been catching most of your bass on recently?

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>>889012
Idk, they started moving a little bit more lately so I have been getting them on shit besides Texas rigs. I think the last time I was out on Sunday, the largemouth hit the Mepps and peacock grabbed that 1/8oz chatterbait. And the weekend before that I got a nice lil largemouth on an X-Rap. I think pic related was last week and can't remember if he took the chatterbait or what.

>>888968
I got like 4 fire tiger ones in different sizes, a big gold one, and two perch/baby bass color ones.

>>889012
Jerkbaits

Smashed the plastic (although this one was some weird plastc shit) off the front of my surface lure. What are these called so i can pick up a few from ebay?

Also, fishing in a fast flower canal in Australia.Think I should be going for surface or diving lures? new to fishing, having only every used bait. Much prefer to the constant casting. Been aiming my baits for the backside of a small bridge but no luck this arvo. But it was incredibly windy and quite bright.

>>889076
I'd definitely go sub surface unless the water is real calm, I'd say run an inline like a mepps past any breaks in the current or a curly tail grub on a jig in slack/seams where there's less current

tomato seed senko doin work these days

>>889106
Pics

>>889104
cheers dude. Made the right call today then. Was pretty tough going. Not the best at casting at the best of times, but with a strong wind going in the oposite direction to the current it made things tough.

Trying against first thing tomorrow morning. Might try a little further down. THere's a sharp bend in the canal which looked a little calmer when i drove by.

Probably doesn't help that the rivers are still flooding. Dropping, but still up a few meters.

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Pelican don't give a fuck.

>>889119
I'd try near that bend, I know in the states predators like bends for some reason, I think its because the water on the outside is moving faster than the water on the inside so they can watch the turbulent water for disoriented bait
Just try to cast about 1-2m up stream and a few meters past the cover you're targeting so the current pushes your lure back towards the cover and it has Time to get down
I'd probably try running a heavy jighead with a curly tail grub if the water is high
Good luck

If I wanted to switch out my trebles for single hooks, what size should I go? I don't want to go too big and fuck up the action, but I also don't want to go too small so they can throw the hook easily.

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>>889234
I can't answer your question but I do have one of my own. What are you trying to accomplish?

>>889237
Sometimes trebles are a bitch to get out when multiple hooks are involved and I don't have my plyers. It's easier to keep a fish hooked on a bigger single hook. I've noticed on jerks or longer baits if the fish is turning a lot during the fight the hooks can get snagged on the fish's body, which does a lot of damage to the fish if he gets snagged early on. Also, I think it would make the lure less snag prone on lay downs and the like.

>>888996
>he didn't use the pictures people made from him in that other thread

kys my dude

Hey guys I do a lot of surf fishing in inlets but I'm about to go surf fishing on a regular beach in South Carolina. I have a few questions because it's a little out of my normal mode. I aim to target redfish, should I use my 5foot 6 flounder rod or this 7 foot 6 surf rod? Also, what type of bait and rig should I use?
Thanks in advance friends.

>>889251
You really want at least a 9', preferably 10-11' if you need to toss a distance. That said I've used my 7' but mainly near channels.
You can get a Penn Pursuit or similar for under $80 for a 10'/8k reel. I kept the reel for a backup and swapped on a 6k spinfisher and it works great for the $ spent.

>>889264
Can I get by with my 7 foot 6? I don't really have the funds to buy a new rod since I'm already saving up for a new inshore combo. Also what kind of bait/rig? Thanks for your help comrade

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>>889065
>tfw never enough suspending jerkbaits

>>889266
>daiwa beefstick
>30 bucks

Unless the fish are really close by, you won't be getting much.

>>889268
I almost bought a shadow rap yesterday but I was already spending $60 so

>>889269
Skid pls

>>889271
>implying I'm skid

Beefsticks are cheap and solid surf rods.

>>889271
I have one of them. I think it is the sinking one (there is a sinking and floating, one has 2 hooks and one has 3) but I haven't used it enough to really make a judgement on it.

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Where should I go fishing today?

*freshwater ofc

I kinda want to walk down the block and cast into that little canal but idk if anything will actually be in there.

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do they have freshwater trout in florida?

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>>889284
Nah, there are some inshore saltwater trout.

This reminds me, I would love to find a knifefish.

And look at the catfish, I guess we don't have many. I wonder if the white catfish is a channel cat. And I have never gotten a bullhead down here, and if they are around they should've grabbed a nightcrawler when I use those. The species do change a bit though between the north part of the state and further south.

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>>889290
Disregard what I said about catfish. I didn't look at the list for very long. I still have yet to catch any type of catfish or bullhead tho.

>>889266
Yea you can provided you aren't using a shit ton of weight
I can outcast most people with my 8 ft surf rod (provided weight needed is under 3.5 ounces )

>>889284
>Ridiculous water temps
>Expecting trout to survive

>>889266
Unless you can fish and tread water at the same time probably not
Go get a daiwa beefstick
>>889282
Salt water
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>>889274
See I'm not that insane
>>889284
No

>>889284
>>889290
No but we have saltwater speckled trout.

They somewhat resemble freshwater trouts but are from the drum family and not related.

>>889375
Woah saltwater trout aren't actual trout?

>tfw no more spooky skellingtons

quick question, what is the best spinner brand?

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>>889397
Inline or traditional spinner?

Mepps a best for inline spinners. The Blue Fox Vibrax are good too if you really want to make some noise.

For regular spinnerbaits, Terminators are really good but expensive compared to others. All of the Strike Kings seem to work well and they have cheaper ~$4 Banshee ones and then some $7-$10 ones like the KVD line. I don't even know what brand most of mine are. I use the Booyah Pond Magic ones a bit and those are nice along with most other Booyah stuff.

>>889152
Thanks for the advice. No luck however. Either the water is just moving too quickly, or my lure is too big for what fish are in there.

It should be fine for murray cod, they'll hit, apparently, any sized lure. But I'm not sure about golden perch or red fin.

I tried retreiving the lure very slowly, thinking that becauce it's fairly cold, the fish might not chase too fast. Tried going really fast. Normal speed too. Tried pausing, flicking the rod in different ways. Nothing.

Might try bait next weekend, but I generally don't like that kind of passive fishing.

Soon as the water goes down a bit (the river, rather than the canal) I'll give surface lures another go. It's a bit tricky getting to decent spots currently.

But, at least I'm a lot more accurate casting now. Still pretty shocking, but i've got it down to a decent sized cone. Distance is still lacking in both reach and accuracy. But both days have been fairly windy which might play a part.

Gonna try a bait caster setup. Should be something interesting to learn anyway.

>>889397
>>889403
If you are talking about regular spinnerbaits (not inlines) I wanted to add this:

I have had issues with cheap inlines before, but cheap spinnerbait seem to perform fine. The durability might not be the best on them but the blades still spin well and everything else unlike some cheap inlines.

Just make sure you go with the right colors, weight, and blade type.

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>windy as fuck, like steady 20mph winds coming from my 10 o'clock as I'm facing shore
>casting little chart 1/8oz underspin with this Yum ~2" chart creature bait
>just swimming if fairly fast so I can see the lure under the surface
>can barely feel bites anyway because of the wind
>see chart bait disappear, set hook, catch dink!
It's almost like fishing with a bobber.

>>889410
Lure fishing rivers during the muzza cod closed season is a cunt act.

Lakes not so much

>>889426
Why? It's not like I keep em. Shitty eating fish.

>>889427
https://youtu.be/n5sqIj4b4Ec

Too lazy to explain so watch the video, sums it up perfectly.

Tell other cunts too, I used to be a shitcunt who would lure fish in the off season

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>>889427
>shitty eating fish

Must be why we nearly drove them to extinction in the 1900's.

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>>889410
Where you at? Vic? Sa? River is too fast flowing and too murky to bother with lure fishing to be honest and it's still on the rise. Was going to have a few days off work for the Cod opening season on Dec 1st but it kinda seems pointless now. All these lures are just collecting dust atm :'(

>>889384

Nope. Compare the mouths and fins, and you'll see they're more similar to red drum and croaker than they are to a rainbow trout or salmon. They even make the croaking sound.

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>>889410
Golden Perch (we call them Callop in SA for some reason) are greedy cunts and will go anything due to their big gob, they are always a bycatch when targeting Murray Cod mate.

>>889439
It's ok, but not great. Definitely not a fish I'd be targeting if all i wanted was a meal.

>>889442
Southern NSW. Deniliquin if you know the area. Bout 75km from echuca.

Fishing on the Edward River or Mulwala canal. Not really a keen fishermen in the past, but I've just had the urge the last ew weeks. Finding it a lot more fun nowadays.

>>888996

do they take off their tops to help attract the fish?

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>>889449
Never tried it myself but a bloke here in Renmark breeds them up in a farm and sells them to restaurants, keen to try one. Heard of Deniliquin but never really fished in NSW, if you don't count fishing on the Vic Murray river side technically. You should go to Lake Mulwala if you're so close, fucking HUGE Callop in that.

>>889429
Well shit, never thought of it like that, lucky catching a Cod on a lure is rare as fuck here.

>>889458
>>889458
You're not alone, I used to get heaps of cod as by catch while targeting yellow belly. Now I only bait fish in rivers until the season opens, spread the word.

Also would recommend the rest of Robbie's youtube videos, he's one switched on cunt.

>>889451
hmm. Under 2 hours. Might be worth it if I can snag a boat some time soon.

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>pepsi owns literally thousands of dollars worth of lures
>he doesn't own a spooltek

Why?
>x-rap tier versatility
>casts a mile
>deployable metal leader that helps when fishing around structure
>fish won't get loose with violent head shakes
>replaceable tail
I'm really surprised these haven't caught on with bassfags. Just about every snook fisherman uses them.

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Can't wait to murder the perch in the morning. My dad and his buddie caught about 200 a couple days ago, kept 50. I've got a double drop shot with size 8 short shank octopus hooks. Just hoping its not cold as fuck.

Pic unrelated, bought it for $1.50 at Gander in the clearance bin

>>889467
Yeah he seems pretty switched on, I still lure though and fish bait as a secondary option, never caught a Cod in SA..

>>889477
Do it cunt, it's a 7 hour drive from here otherwise I'd go there regularly. It's always featured in fishing mags for a reason.

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>>889517
>overpriced
>looks retarded

>>889528
Wow that's a great price for that lil dude. They're 6.99 everywhere I've seen.

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Well I went to academy looking for hooks to replace trebles with and I couldn't find the right kind, but I just bigger rigged regular hooks with two spilt rings on there. Lure works has a good action but I didn't get any bites on it.

Also pic related is why I love my local academy. Whole wall is zoom.

>>889538
Got it sorted for chrissy. Either gonna steal my pops tinnie or buy a kayak.

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>>889517
I've looked at them but I'm fine rigging the KVD shads with swimbait hooks if I want to run a paddle tail.

>>889546
Look for them online. I don't think it is a common thing to find in stores but I believe VMC makes ones specifically for hard baits like that.

>>889557
Yeah I've just already spent too much shit on fishing this weekend. Next tackle warehouse order I'll get some.

>>889541
don't forget
>they actually work good unlike most gimmicky lures

Those metal leaders have saved me countless times when the snook run around the pilings. I've lost snook on 60# flouro.

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TY for all the advice anons and tripfags, I popped my pier cherry and caught a few small fish today off the local pier. I was using a high-low near the breakers for perch most of the time. Got a TON of hits and nibbles but only hooked up on this small guy. Using a size 4 or 6 circle hook - should I ditch the circle hooks and use a hook that I can hookset with?

>pic related

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Oh yeah and thanks to whoever recommended the spro swimming jigs. Caught whatever this is on a 1oz jig. Hook got set through its eyeball and when I took it out the eye popped out of it's head.

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>>889581
better pic if anyone can ID. Pacific california coast. Some guy near me said it was a sculpin but it doesn't look like any sculpin I see in google images

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Whats your guy's official state fish? Brook trout here.

>tfw Connecticut is a Shad

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>>889587
Largemouth bass and pic related

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>>889587
native to two small streams. Pretty awesome looking fish

>>889587
shad

>>889591
Out of all the cool freshwater fish in Florida they pic the fucking LMB, wew
>>889592
that things insane looking. Only native trout here is the brook
>>889595
kek

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>>889599
Almost all the cool freshwater fish are invaisives. Plus I guess there is a specific Florida Bass (which for all purposes is a largemouth) so I think it is that one.

IL has the bluegill.

>>889583
I think its a California Lizardfish btw

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>>889517
only thing keeping me form buy a 4 inch one of these other than price is a feel like the leader deploying would cause problems setting the hook but part of me thinks it could help with it because it moves the bait out of the way.

kind of surprised they don't make them auto wind like yo yo reels

>>889607
I've never had an issue setting the hook. It sits in there pretty tight.

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>>889587
Guadalupe bass

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>>889587
Blue Groper

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>>889587
MO here
have two, the other one is channel catfish

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>>889583
can confirm its the invasive lizard fish.

pic not related

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>>889581
good to see you catchin' what pier did you fish?

>>889591
>pic related
not like you'd know...

>>889580
Nice perch. I remember catching tons of those lizardfish in Santa Cruz, they can get pretty annoying when there's a lot of them around. Wish I was on some salt.

>>889587
NC

Red drum

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>>889587
Ohio
Walleye

Used to be the smallmouth bass

>>889696
I love smoked walleye

One of my uncles has a place on Lake of the Woods and all of the meat he eats is stuff that he hunts and fishes right there

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>>889580
yeah use a regular j hook. mosquito hooks work good for perch. put on a sabiki with the same size hooks tipped with market shrimp and drag it in slowww..

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Did the clocks roll back today? So is it gonna get light out an hour earlier now? I may have to try n get out at sunrise if I don't fall asleep.

>>889706
Yes

I'll be taking to opportunity to attempt to correct my ass backwards sleep schedule

>>889719
My sleep schedule gets fucked up every single weekend. I wake up at 4:30am on weekdays which is entirely too early for any human bean. Then I'm exhausted by the weekend so I sleep til 11am on Saturdays. Then I stay up late on Sat, sleep in on Sunday, and end up going to sleep at 2am on Sunday. So I get like 2hrs of sleep on Sunday night before I have to get ready for a long day at work.

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>>889607
I've caught 30+ bass and 2 snook on my 4" and I've never had one issue with hook setting. My 6" has taken 3 snook and no issues as well.

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>>889756
It's no Mepps™
>>888888

I finally woke up early and got out fishing, and ended up at this clear water lake with the peacocks and largemouth that always blueballs me.

The peacocks just spawned. I have seen a couple giant schools of fry with two adults swimming with them. I was casting this underspin with that chartruese yum thing on it and they would just charge at it but not really bite it. So I ran it faster and finally hooked one. Landed a nice ~16" fish (which is def better than a 16" largemouth) and those fuckers are feisty so of couse as soon as I lipped him and took out the hook, he got free before I could take a pic. Dammit.

>>889763
Mepps can't catch tarpon, snook and redfish.

>>889774
I'm going to prove you wrong on that one of these days.

>>889777
>you
>ever making a single cast into the ocean

Not even a million dollars would bring you to a pier or jetty.

I have no doubt in my mind a bluefish would smash an inline spinner but it might be unusable after one fish. I have an old white rooster tail I might try during the next bluefish run.

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Sc guy that was surf fishing for redfish here. What the fuck is this?

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>>889785
Idk, they old up bretty well. Especially if you get one that isn't dressed.

I have this one that I run mostly for sneks and have gotten a lot of bigger bass on it too. Sneks have really thick skin around their mouths so it is a bitch to unhook them but even after a ton of casts through mucky canals and rocky shorelines and some big sneks, it is still going strong.

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>>889792
I don't think you would have any issue, especially if it wasn't dressed. That Mepps with the pink blade I posted, I actually did most of the damage to that one when I hooked a snek in the tongue and it was almost impossible to get the hook out.

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>>889774
Really? Cause this redfish was caught on a mepps while fishing for speckled trout who also destroy them.

>>889788
It looks like a grunt/porgie

>>889796
Noice. Now I don't even have to go down the street to the ocean to prove anon wrong.

>>889796
Was it a Mepps inline spinner?

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>>889803
>Now I don't even have to go down the street to the ocean to prove anon wrong.

Anything to get out of fishing in the salt right?

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>>889807
I'm gonna be down by the beach later this afternoon/evening too. I mean I'm already like 5min away but will actually be in the sand so maybe that will make me want to go back tomorrow.

I went out this morning and got that peacock but left after not too long. I think this afternoon before I head to the beach I'm gonna go back over to the area I got that big snek, peacock, and largemouth last Sunday.

>>889811
>pepsi decides to go saltwater fishing for the first time in years
>chooses to go after the mullet run so it might be kinda dead
ya blew it

>>889812
We'll see about it tomorrow

>>889815
>tomorrow
Well meme'd friend!

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>>889788
I also caught a nice blue last night. Fought like hell on the 7 foot 6 rod

>>889826
Bluefish are so entertaining. They're easy to catch and fight like they know they're gonna die.

>>889830
Yes my friend they are good sport

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Painted up

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Heads up pepsi. Spoolteks at gander mtn on northlake are half off.

>>889634
is it invasive? I'm in california and its called the California Lizardfish
>>889637
This was Capitola pier in santa cruz county on the monterey bay
>>889679
Haha, just so happens I'm in Santa Cruz. I dont really care if I catch a ton of them I just want some action on my rod ;)

>>889700
Thanks. Are circle hooks a meme for bad fishermen? Or just meant to prevent guthooks or something? I get such shit tier hookup ratio with them


Gonna go back out for a lot longer today on the bigger pier in town

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Hey y'all. Pretty new to fishing here and I'm hoping someone will be willing to offer some sage advice.

I want to try targeting a fish I have never targeted before; Yellow Perch. I'll be fishing a medium sized inland lake in south east Michigan with depths from 8-38 feet. There are a lot of areas with heavy weedy cover as well as some submerged logs. I'm planning on going out in a few days before the sun rises to fish all day until after the sun sets. Weather is looking like it'll be sunny, around 60 degrees, and 13 mph winds. I'll be fishing from a canoe.

What bait/lures should I be using for targeting perch? What depth should i stick to? What is your favorite perch rig (pics would be greatly appreciated). Any other general tips you can offer a newbie?

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>>889895
Never fished em myself because they aren't really native around my area, but I've heard that you want to go with small cranks like the jointed rap minnow on the left here

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>>889895
Never specifically targeted yellow perch but have gotten a few before. I bet you will have some good luck jigging. Get down on some of those white PowerBait 2" Curly Tail Grubs and ~1/8oz jigheads and bounce them or swim them near the some structure. Those white grubs kill it for panfish and small bass.

>>889899
Wut is that long ass inline by the Panther Marlin?

>>889870
So ghetto I love it

>>889895
baby rapalas and mepps/other brand spinners. Perch are easy and will go after damn near anything. They basically jump into my 'yak when I'm out targeting trout.

>>889870
Wtf I thought this was one of those water dispensers

>>889904
>>889916

Thanks for the responses guys. What depth should I be targeting them at?

>>889890
Circle hooks are great for fishing with live/dead bait since you can avoid gut hook and you don't really miss hook up since the fish will hold real bait in their mouth longer.

circle hook on lure is possible, but you will limit yourself to slow retrieve and presentation. You also will miss more hook up, especially on hardbait. You should never really gut hook while fishing lure anyway

However, there is situation to call for circle hook on lure, such as tarpon fishing when there will be long fight and tarpon can jump and headshake very hard. Circle hook will decrease the chance of the fish throwing the hook, and that's a good enough trade off for worse hook up rate for some people. Tarpon is also lazy most of the time and prefer slower presentation anyway from what I've read about them.

>>889889
>tfw they were actually $7 for the 4"

I just got 2 of them.

>>889927
depends on the water body and temp but generally 5-15ish ft. That's ~2-5m for you metrical fags.

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>>889928
Makes sense. For perch I mostly use gulp worms and cut shrimp, but even on the cut shrimp the hookup rate is abysmal. Will try some J hook action

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>>889889
Nice digits

I told you how I feel about going up there. Goin north of Boca without leaving the state of Florida is a terrible feeling.

>>889919
Why would a water dispenser have speed holes?

So this is how you fish that prop thing I got awhile back.

http://spybaiting.com/spybaiting-techniques/

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>>889890
>is it invasive

i'm the guy that showed you those lures.
theyve shown up in huge numbers in cali over the past 5 years. caught one that was like 11" on a live anchovy fishing off pleasure point last month.

>>889637
was anything else hitting in capitola? were macs around? I need lingcod bait. i'll probably hit buoy 3 on my yak and stock up baits this week unless i go crabbing.

>>889679
you can use them for bait. hook them in back of the dorsal fin, they always want to swim down to the bottom so if you keep them just off the bottom theyre always struggling to swim down. do the same for shiner perch you catch. bring a bait rod and a rod to toss lures and your covered.

>>889700
dont waste your time with circle hooks on those piers. theres no advantage to using them for the fish youll catch there, they do work great and a hook in the corner of the mouth prevents getting chewed off but a j hook is best off the piers and truthfully if you gut hook a fish just chop the line at the hook eye and the hook will eventually rust out.

good luck!

>>889870
hit it with a good automotive clear coat should shine up nice. how did you prep the surface for painting? did you use an etching primer? Is that rattlecan paint you used? I have a old mitchell 304 Ive been planning on doing something with..

>>889970
>stripped off all the paint with aircraft paint remover and a wire brush
>sanded down the entire aluminum body
>used alcohol to clean the surface
>sprayed it with rust-oleum professional aluminum primer
>let it dry for 2 days
>forgot to sand down the primer because I'm an idiot and began painting it with green duplicolor metal specks paint
>going to seal it with gloss duplicolor clear coat after it cures in 7 days

The surface has a very slight and barely noticeable texture because I didn't sand down the primer but it's too late now.

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>>889970
You know what must be done.

Does anyone know a decent rod that's black with purple accents?

>>889978
That reel would look terrible no matter what colors were on it

>>889981
>hating on old Mitchell's

>>889969
Didn't see anyone catching anything there was a lot of kelp buildup. I couldn't use a carolina rig it was so thick had to switch to a high-low. I mostly fished the breakers for perch, there were a lot of bites there and they were pretty small. Can you use surf perch for cut bait or live bait?

Also, am I tripping or are sabiki rigs super illegal in california? I see people using them but I'm pretty sure we are only allowed 2 hooks or some shit

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>>889981

>>889983
I'm sure it works great. It's just ugly.

>>889985
>post purple rod with black accents
But that should work

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>>889985
>>889988
Never mind that picture makes it look a lot more purple than it is. I think I almost bought one of those awhile ago.

>>889991
I thought the Mojo Bass rods were black with the purple writing on it. Unless they changed the color for a bew model year.

Send me one of your memecasting combos. I need to stop spending money on real life purchases like rent and the cable bill and get more fishin stuff.

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>>889991
Idk why those pics make the rod look maroon. This is moreso what I remember...

Otherwise look around at inshore rods maybe because I know some companies like to do that blue and purple on thier inshore shit.

>>889993
Kek I only have 4. I guess I could send you the black max on the uglystik if you really wanted it, but I think I'm gonna start using that for channel cats. The other 3 I use a lot so you're out of luck mang.

>>889993
You need to buy a Penn combo. Even if you don't go saltwater fishing they're still extremely solid.

>>889995
Nah I'm straight on the Ugly Stik.

I want to set up another one some day and try maybe a Daiwa. That Lew's combo you got looks pretty straight too. Sucks Christmas is coming up though because I will be spending all my money on gifts and I will end up getting clothes from my sister and mom. I mean I probably could ask them to pool in and grab me something like that but I feel bad asking them for stuff.

My birthday was a few weeks ago too, I should've conned them into buying it for me but I'm too old to be asking for presents. I need a GF so I could tell her to buy me the stuff even though it would probably be with my money.

>>889997
I want another memecaster combo before I get another spinning setup. If I do get on salt more I will probably grab a Fierce or Spinfisher combo. I also have that President 35 setup on the MH rod which wouldn't be bad for salt and I never even use it for fresh because it is a little too heavy unless I throw like 1oz jigs. And I would rather throw those jigs on the memecaster.

I need to quit smoking. I would have so much extra money not spending $150/wk on cigs.

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>>889999
That lews combo is very solid. The rod isn't super sensitive. It's a tad slow for T-rigged stuff and jigs imo, but it may be fast enough for you.

The reel is fantastic though. It cast light lures just as well as heavier ones. It's pretty smooth all around.

>I will be spending all my money on gifts and I will end up getting clothes from my sister and mom.

Why not ask for gift cards?

>>890004
>because it is a little too heavy unless I throw like 1oz jigs

Maybe im weird but for anything over a 1/4 oz I use a MH until 3/4-1oz then go up to a H. I don't like the way rods cast when they're on the upper end of their recommended weight I guess.

Also if you caught bigger fish you'd like heavier rods :-)

>>890013
The only time you need big rods for bass fishing is when working large swimbaits.

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>>890015
You're right, but MH isn't really big though. ~3lb bass still put up a decent fight on them and most of the lures I use cast best (in my opinion) on them. Obviously you don't need them to catch bass, but they're the most comfortable to me.

My favorite spinning rod is a M and I use it a whole lot, but it also isn't the best option in areas with lots of cover.

>>890013
They like clothes shopping.

And the rod on that President setup is really stiff for a MH rod. Casting a 1oz jig would barely even bend the tip.

>>889583

>freshie plebs will never know the joys of catching REAL fish like this

>>890019
Is that one of those Zoom Catepillars or is it a Finesse Worm?

I have yet to see Brush Hogs or Trick Worms in chart pepper yet. I have like everything besides that.

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>>890022
women are difficult
>pic related

>Casting a 1oz jig would barely even bend the tip.
Jesus

>>890028
It's a gander mountain senko. I got way more excited than I should have when I saw it.

>>890027
Just about any saltwater game fish will put up the fight of a lifetime. Freshwater """"""""""gamefish"""""""""" either do a few hops before letting you reel them in or feel like reeling in a heavy log.

>>890027
Why are freshies always so salty?

Went for cats and carp with hotdogs with jello/garlic today, but got no bites.

What could have gone wrong? Fishing the d&r canal which is basically a 7 foot deep man-made river, hella long.

>>890034
You should hook a peacock bass.

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Brety good day on the lake today boys! Caught about 200 but most of them were dinks

>>890068
whats the point

>>890068
Live bait? Other anon was curious here: >>889895

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>>890076
What do you mean what's the point? They're delicious.
>>890078
Live minnows. I used a double drop shot rig so I could reel them in two at a time. I switched over to soft plastic minnows when the wind started to pic up because my hands were freezing and they worked just as good. Just gotta find where they are

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>>890068
Those are some tiny ass Redfin.

Anyone in florida interested in meeting up and hunting/fishing/camping?

Never been hunting before but I'm licensed and have firearms/saftey knowledge. Doubt anyone will take me up on that but I'm 19 and in alachua county.

>>890034
I don't know, man. I fish saltwater 99% of the time but bass are one of the funnest fish to catch. It's satisfying as fuck to finally get one since it's usually hard to find them and figure out what they're biting on. Most days in saltwater you just look for seagulls and bait running and you're catching fish on whatever you throw to them.

>>890083
not that guy but I wonder what the point is also, those fillets are so small. I like eating bream and small fish but I would definitely scale & cook them whole, that doesn't even look like it'd be worth the time taken to fillet them all and looks pretty wasteful to boot.

I'd hate to be that animal and know I died for half a bite of fish.

>>890096
That was my first time filleting fish so I probably didnt get the optimal fillet. Regardless thats what literally every single fisherman ive ever met prepares perch. I was only out for 2 hours and got 15 nice keepers (30 fillets). Ive got another probably 200 in the freezer from my dads buddy who only perch fishes.

>I'd hate to be that animal and know I died for half a bite of fish.

cry me a river lmao

>>890099
No need to be aggressive, my salty dude.

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>>890101
>No need to be aggressive, my salty dude.

wut

>>890104
>cry me a river lmao

>>890039
I've never done good with hotdogs, try either chicken liver or cut up bream/mullet.

as popular as it is I swear to god hotdogs/jello is a joke that everyone is in on but me

>tfw I lost my x rap

god damn it

>>890106
lmfao. how does that imply that im salty? You're the one crying that I didnt cook it whole to get the few extra morsels of meat out of it. its a 80 square mile lake, with millions and millions of perch, who cares

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>>890108
Sorry, I was raised to not be a little shit and to actually respect nature. Just preferring them to be filleted is fine but you're being a self centered cunt who doesn't care about any life but your own.

Yes it's "just a fish" but you could kill 2 and get the same meat as you would from 6 filleted fish.. Stop getting so defensive, my insecure and salty dood. Maybe someday someone will kill you. After all, there are billions and billions of humans, my salty crybaby dude.

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>>890112
WEW

has anyone tried out that rap fat DT?

looks interesting

I just lost either a double digit bass, or nice size drum. I had one of those yum craw bugs on a jig head and whatever fish hit it hard as fuck, then ran with it and nearly ripped the rod out of my hands. He spit it out before I could get a hook set.

I also forgot about daylight savings and only had about 20 minutes to fish and I thought I'd have at least an hour.

>>890119
Probably a drum

What's a good rod/other essential gear to get as a beginner? I've been fishing for awhile with some friends of mine, and it's time to get some gear so I can go on my own. I do freshwater shore fishing in Michigan.

>>890141
Read links in OP post

>>890141
I recently got a shimano stimula and really like it
It's only 20 bucks but it feels nice and is pretty sensative
Pair a medium one with a shakespeare excursion and some #8 mono, buy a thing of assorted Aberdeen hooks, a thing of assorted splitshot, and some cheapo red and white bobbers and fish for bluegill with little pieces of night crawler

You'll also need some needle nose pliers and/or forceps, some cheap nail clippers for cutting line easily (optional), probably a small knife (just a cheap buck folder is fine, you can get them at Wal-Mart) and you'll need a tackle box, you'll have to decide for yourself if a tackle bag traditional box is better for yiu

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>>890093
You an Aussie? Yellow perch don't typically get very big, especially considering they live in lots of cold water places like Wisconsin and Minnesota.

>>890083
Best tasting freshwater US fish imo.

>>890141
I posted my copypasta in the OP but it is pretty much this >>890146

There is a link for good combos under $100. Get yourself a spinning rod and reel, 6'6" M rod and it should be paired with something like a 30 or 3000 size reel. Spool up some good 8lb mono like Trilene, then assorted aberdeen hooks, assorted split shots, bobbers, pliers, and a pocket knoife.

Tackle bags are GOAT but you can get away with whatever if you don't have a ton of lures. Rapalas and Rooster Tails are two of the easiest lures to start with if you want to fish with artificial stuff. Jigheads with curly tail grubs are great for panfish and bass too.

Just sucks it's November and lakes will be frozen before you know it.

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>>890107
You need moar.
>tfw never enough suspending jerkbaits

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First cast of the day and the mepps produced

Switched to a 4" power worm after that cause the cover was way too heavy for anything but plastics
Only threw the mepps because it's what I had tied on

Didn't get anything on that so I moved and tied the mepps back on and got bit again

Water has finally cooled down a bit

>>890151
So much nicer being able to fish stuff besides soft plastics again. We got pretty lucky and it cooled off after Matthew rolled past and never really warmed back up. But it's still sunny and high 70s everyday so it's not like we have real fall fishing weather. Late Jan and early Feb is always the best.

Mepps™ A Best

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Caught a couple new species today. Still learning how to fish piers but I started just drop shotting gulp sandworms near the pilings and was getting a bunch of bites. Here's a jacksmelt

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>>890158
Walleye Perch

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>>890158
>>890159
White Croaker

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>>890158
>>890159
>>890161
Baby kelp bass??? Anyone confirm?

I had a great time except some hobo guy was harshing my solitude by hovering over my shoulder asking if he could take and eat each fish I caught

>>890117
for those wondering

https://youtu.be/snu2mtmbWrM

i guess theyre shit because theyve been out for a while and this is the first time hearing of them

>>890165
I'm sure they're good cranks. I have just never been a fan of the fat bodied ones like that. I do much, much better with the longer skinny jerkbaits for some reason.

>>890163
You should've just murdered him and left him in a dumpster. Nobody would even notice. If anything they would give you a medal or something for getting rid of part of the plague that is hobos.

>>890161
Good job

If you ever want to try to go for quality over quanity, you should try spots farther away from piling though. Piling are great for smaller fishes to hide from bigger predators. Predators are usually a bit farther away from the piling waiting for bait fishes to get out of the cover to strike. Fish on the spot where the current is pushing away or squirl from the piling, forcing bait out to the open and disorientated them.

>>890140
That's kind of what I'm thinking. I would've been fine with that. I caught a huge drum one time. Probably two and half feet long or so. Ask the buddy I was with to take a picture and that big fucker flopped right out of my hands and back into the water. I was so pissed. I was using a yum craw bug that time too so I wouldn't be surprised

>>890150
Is this gonna be a meme now?

>>890183
I'll try casting farther, but the rod I used today is 1oz max weight and it drifts in the current at that weight. I have a heavier rod that I will bring next time

>>890175
He was nice enough, seemed like he was hungry as fuck. He unsnagged my line at one point lol. Wasn't a bad guy except for being a hobo but I was just in the mood to fish with no interaction. Not really something you get on a massively popular public pier Iguess lol. I'm more used to surf fishing but the surf at this time of year is insane, too dangerous for my blood

>>890188
>is this gonna be a meme?
It's true though. Suspending jerkbaits might be the best cranks or plugs.

>>890194
Ever consider dropping the back treble and putting a bigger one in the middle? I hear it gives more action in the water and keeps bluegill from getting hooked by nipping at the tail

>>890197
I never have a problem with bluegill since I will run Size 10 Rapalas running for bass and even the Mayans won't hit those. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to try out though. I hate when I mouth hook fish on the middle treble and the rear one gets caught on their face somewhere.

Size 10 is the largest I go because above that they put 3 trebles on everything and it just pisses me off.

>>890190
It's okay if your lure drift. If it drift sideway, simply cast a bit to one side to compensate. You can adjust which side of the pier you fish from as well. If you have a lot of space on the pier, you can always walk along the path of your lure drifting and cover a lot of water each cast

>>890149
Do you call them Yellow Perch over there? Shame they don't get very big there because they are tasty AF.

>>890200
Eh I sometimes get bluegill on bass poppers
Not small ones either, the full size ones

>>890216
They're different types of perch

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>>890204

Thanks mate. Where would you fish this pier? I fished it on the top side near the place it turns

>>890225
I'd go all the vway to the end to get in that blue water

>>890229
On the weekends it is shoulder to shoulder vietnamese fisherman down at the end. Maybe if I stake out a decent spot early tho

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>>890229
How about this one? It's the other one I have easy access to and it has no deeper water

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>>890244
>>890229
This one is interesting too. This picture is inaccurate - the entire ship has broken apart since then and makes a lot of structure. Thinking about going there but it's like an hour away

>>890232
Maybe

>>890247
How deep is the water?

>>890252
Idk, not super deep. The water I was fishing at pier1 today (not even the blue water) it was taking my 1oz weight about 10 seconds to hit bottom

>>890258
Dang
I know at my preferred pier it's only about 15 feet deep at the end but I'm on the east coast

>>890232
Get an INS jacket...

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>>890266
Kek, I wish. IDK if they are illegal though. Friendly enough but some don't speak much english and they are very clique-y and roll in large numbers
>pic unrelated

>>890268
Just call immigration.

It's as easy as that.

>>890278
Just show up with cyanide egg rolls and hand them out.

>>890268
>tfw being vietnamese
pls no bully. There aren't many illegal vietnamese though because there were legal means for them to immigrate here after the vietnam war for people from South Vietnam. There are definitely some illegals now with visa overstay though. However, the process of getting visa is hard. I do agree that a lot of Vietnamese fisherman are keeping way too much stuffs that they catch though. Vietnamese- American used to create one of the strongest conservative stronghold in OC because of their past experience with communism in Vietnam. Sadly, that changed in recent years due to media brainwashing and the Democrat promises of more gibs.

I hate crowded pier and hasn't fished there for a long time. I mostly fish on the beach now. I enjoy running into 1 or 2 other fisherman once in a while to have a chat, but not crammed on a pier shoulder to shoulder.

I would say that going for mid pier spot can allow you to have more enjoyable fishing experience. People on end of pier are there to catch mostly mackerel and maybe bonito and also likely to keep everything they catched. Mackerels get really boring after a few of them since they are so easy to catch and sometimes they get in the way when you try to target other shit. They are godly as bait though. Bonitos are fun, but their run near the pier are pretty brief and maybe only last 30 min and happens twice a day. There are plenty of fishes even in 5 ft deep water so you can definitely catches stuff in any part of the pier.

>>890308
Why do the Vietnamese fish so hard? Is there a shortage of stray cats?

>>890322
Vietnamese prizes fresh fishes, no matter what species. They think that the fishes in the American markets are not fresh or something because fishes are in package. Therefore, they will keep a lot of fishes while fishing even if they are trash fishes or there are health advisories to avoid eating them. Maybe they just see fishes caught as "free" food.

If you ever go to a vietnamese market, there will be tanks full of live seafoods that can be bought and butchered. That's why the whole market will smell like fishes as soon as you step in the door.

I just like fishing because it's comfy or maybe I'm just austitic. I don't really keep much fishes other than something that I know is a good eating fish that doesn't have major health advisories against eating it. Only one I kept this year so far is a legal halibut.

>>890155
Definitely

I was getting tired of the same old small plastics and the same finesse techniques
They worked quite well
I was killing it even during 100° days but it is definitely nice to be able to vary my presentations a lot more now

I've got a 6" jointed rapala that I've been wanting to put to work

>>890333
Nice trips

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>>890229
The pier by me, it's impossible to get a spot at the end unless it's empty.

>>890220
I think size 7-8 is the biggest Rapala that will get hit by Mayans and Bluegill. #3 for Mepps.

>>890359
So then maybe if you take a size 7 and put a bigger treble on the front and empty the back you'll get more bass and less bluegill/Mayans
Though I bet a UL combo with a tiny husky jerk (the 2 inch one) would be fun

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>>890364
I'd like to try the single hooks too if I can find the proper ones like TXfag is tryin to do. I normally don't even run stuff smaller that a Size 10 unless I'm targeting Mayans. I guess I could run a smaler one if the bass ate being picky and not taking big baits but the Size 10 Rapalas really aren't big if you are catching 15"+ bass. I think Size 10 is 10mm so just under 4".

>>889013
did you catch a shoe?

>>889583
Lizardfish

>>889785
I've caught stripers on bluefish and they held up, but I think all the direction changes from bluefish would ruin them.

>>890436
You can just save the ruined ones and put all the individual pieces back onto a new wire shaft. 5min of effort

>>890163
Baby rockfish, not sure what kind.

>>890436
*on mepps

>>890439
Thank you, I was confused as shit thinking you were using bluefish as bait for stripers.
I need to get my ass out. Thought the stripers were essentially gone but the last week people have been catching 50-200 schoolies with occasional keeper mixed in.

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>>890394
You never caught a shoe before? They don't fight much but they will bite anything with a hook.

Plastic bags are probably the worse though. Fuck those things.

>>890469
I wonder how long it takes for them to get keeper size. Largemouth will grow to keeper size pretty fast and then they slow down as they get older but put on exponentially more weight every inch they grow.

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>>890394
This one time I caught two shoes at once. Luckily I had a channel cat nearby to use as a size comparison

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>>890493
>how long to get keeper size
pic related

>>890571
Wow, it takes them a minute to get big. Fuck the assholes who keep schoolies.

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Everybody out fishing tonight or what?

>>890729
Daylight savings is fucking me real good. Used to have about 45 minutes to fish after work, now it's dark by the time I get off. Right now I'm working 10 hour days but only 4 days a week. I might try to go back to 5 days a week and get off at 3:30, but it's nice having 3 days off. Guess I could break out the catfish gear and go for bullheads and dink Channel cats with punch bait.

>>890731
Idk, I got off work at like 1:15p today so I don't mind it. The summer was actually rough because if I try and go out right at dusk and hit the bass at the best time, I end up at the lake til 9:30pm and by the time I get home and eat dinner and go to bed, it's 11pm and I gotta wake up at 4:30am.

What should I throw in the morning?

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>>890752
Poppers if you see fish jumping. I can't wait for the water to cool off a couple more deg around herr.

>>890752
Topwater if it's calm but about an hour after sunrise that's slowed down

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>>890757
Funny thing is I do better with topwater if there is a very light chop to the water than when it is glass smooth.

>>890757
>>890760
What's the best popper to get?

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Made a few more purchases. finally getting some gear together. mistakingly bought two leader lines. OH we nll.

Anyway. lucky big purple got smashed into a bridge and the plastic thibg that makes him pop up onto the water broke. whats a replacement called?

Going out for my third fishing trip. hopefully i catch one this time.

>>890803
El cheapo rebel pop, it's cheap and works well

>>890837
I have a Haddon in a bass color but that and my bass colored cranks don't seem to work too well around here cause I fish places that don't get much pressure at all

Plenty of panfish for the bass to feed on so no need to them cannibalize

>>890803
The one in the pics I posted is a Rapala Skitter Pop in the brown frog color. That thing has caught a lot of bass. But you camd get a cheaper one too like the Rebels or Strike King Banshees.

>>890847
I like the silver/natural colour

>>890034
Have you never fished trout, pickerel, perch or even largemouth?

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>>890879
Obviously not. But largemouth are hit or miss. You can get a 14" fish that will dive and jump and run a bunch before you land them and then sometimes you will hook an 18"+ fish that feels like a log until you get them 5' from shore and then they finally try to run a little bit.

I'm becoming a big fan of those peacocks. Every single one fights and tries to dive and run and they fight much harder than similar sized largemouth.

>>890888
Yeah, LMB are hit or miss, but I've never caught a trout that wasn't fun. I'll take a 12" trout on ultra-light gear while I'm in the river over any deep sea fish.

Biggest fight I've ever had from a freshwater fish was a 2 foot LMB that felt like a whale. Snapped my line after a few seconds, but holy shit was it strong. For consistent fights, I've never caught a pickerel that didn't fight like hell the whole way.

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>>889895
I fish Erie & Huron. I wouldn't fish for great lakes perch with anything but life bait on a crappie rig near bottom. Usually emerald shiners. Unless ice fishing. Issue with lures like small mepps in 40fow is you're simply not going to get down to where the fish are. Small jigs work great ice fishing but may be a pain being blown around in a canoe and take awhile to get deep.

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>>890894
You need to hit a Mayan with UL gear. They are like fat bluegill on steroids and they will just run back and forth parallel to the shoreline trying to wrap you around shit. Sneks are fun too because as soon as you set the hook, they just start digging and diving.

>>889743
It's not like you're driving a 80,000 lb death machine though....

>>890900
Unfortunately, I'm a long ways from Florida so I don't see myself getting any Mayans soon. There are supposedly sneks and gar around where I live now, so that should be fun if I can find them.

>>890904
Yeah it's a different type of snek (Northern Snek vs Bullseye Snek down here) but I think they grow to similar sizes. Search online for where you can find them and run a Mepps in some calm water fairly deep near small patches of weeds and they will jump out.

>>890903
I have pulled so many all-nighters because it's not even worth going to sleep for 2hrs. I'm not at 80k with this daycab though, maybe around 50k on heavier days.

>>890911
I'm actually the guy from RI who mentioned (like 4 months ago) that I was moving to Tokyo for school. I'm not going to lie, going from being able to fish at a number of ponds, rivers and lakes all within a few minutes of my house literally every day if I wanted to, to being in the middle of a city is murder. A friend of mine lives right on a river about an hour away and I've crashed there and gone fishing in the morning, but despite reading online that SOME bass live there, all I see is carp. Hundreds and hundreds of carp. There are so many fucking carp you wouldn't believe it.

Anyways, I'm thinking of going to a man made fishing pond in the city next week just so I can actually catch a fish, as I'm going into withdrawal at this point. After that, my friend and apparently all of her coworkers are huge on fishing, so we'll be going on expeditions together to other parts of the country, and even chartering some boats and going for some big game.

I just want a nice pretty lake with bass, and maybe some pike or pike family type fish with some bluegill swimming around to feed the big ones. I miss freshwater like that.

>>890814
Tell me those prices aren't US dollars....

>>890920
It can't be. Hopefully it is AUD because that would be tall even for $CAD. Everything in Australia is expensive because of the exchange rate and importing.

That spinnerbait does look decent though.

>>890914
Rugged. Tokyo is a terrible place to live

>>890934
>Tokyo is a terrible place to live
The moment I find a fishable pond nearby, I'll have everything I've ever wanted (as a student).

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-blog post warning-

I had an interview at dicks abd they'll have me working in the lodge selling guns and fishing shit if I'm hired so I'll get to push my autism onto others.
Real life, live action shit posting!
/Blog post
>Picture Semi related, bike outside dicks a few minutes before the interview

To get more on topic, is 0x (14 pound) tippet right for the salt or should I buy 1x (12 pound) tippet?

>>890949
Dua forgot my trip

is a trailer hook on a chatterbait a thing ?

i had a bass whiff hard as it crossed his nose

>>890958
I don't see why it couldn't be but it may make it less weedless

I wanna try fishing for king mackerel on the pier. I need a recommendation for a fighting rod and reel, preferably spinning.

>>890949
>Driving a KLR as a daily

They are uncomfortable bikes and shitty on the highway. Street fighter and naked style bikes are better on the road and you can actually pass semi trucks and cats swiftly on the highway and get the fuck away from other cars.

That being said I would own a KLR but only for cross country back roads trips and off road road mix. But honestly I would rather have a DRZ or something by KLM.

>>891016
KTM not KLM. Fucking phone.

>>890949
The local gander by me has openings at the gun counter... I kind of want to apply just for some hours on weekends and dem discounts.

>>891079
My friend did that at Cabela's and actually made some good money. When people would come in trying to sell or trade a gun, Cabela's would offer the standard lowball price so he would tell these people to meet him on his lunch break and buy the gun himself for a fair price and flip them.

tfw need a fishing pic for my okcupid profile but can't catch any fish

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>>891153
I'll loan you this one. She will think you're packing.

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>>891156
Or of she's lookin for something a lil younger

>>891158
>dietpepsi.jpg

>>891016
I'll admit it's a bit of a pain on the freeway but I have no trouble keeping up in the fast lane
I top out about 95 mph and after 85 I get minor speed wobbles and the thing feels like a butterfly could knock it off the road but I seldom have to brake 75. I want an r1200gs though
Its really not that bad on freeway though
My dream garage is a red r1200gs, a white zx6r and then either a red grom (it's a 3000 dollar joke and the best one I know) or a Suzuki yellow Dr-z400sm

>>891018
>>891183
Ktm is nice but it's high maintainence
That said I wanted a 690 enduro with the rally raid kit but 12k for essentially an over engineered klr650 or Dr650

>>891002
I've never caught a king but at my local pier here's what the people I've seen that have caught them do.

>set up a trolley rig using a surf rod 9-10' surf rod tied to the pier railings with a pvc pipe and a bungie cord
>fighting rod is a 7ft MH
>reel is a high capacity conventional reel like a penn or avet with 20# mono
>tie on a thin wire king rig with a fat mullet or ladyfish on the end

I've always been told using mono is really important for kings (fully spooled or topshot) because they strike really hard and have soft mouths. If you have to use a spinning reel I'd get a used penn 704z from ebay since they hold a lot of mono, are super easy to maintain and are built to last a lifetime unlike most modern reels.

>>891187
>>891002
This is what I do except my fighting rod is a 5'6" rod with #50 mono and a penn long beach no.68 and my anchor ror is a 12 foot mh surf rod with a 10-15 inch bluefish as bait

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What kind of stuff do I need to buy in order to stream a camera to my phone from a crab pot under water? I want to be able to leave a camera in a crab pot, dump it off a pier, and watch it live while I'm fishing to see if there's crab in there before pulling it up.

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>>891197
Best price for a WiFi camera I reckon is pic related. I have the non-WiFi version and it's pretty sweet for the price.

>>891199
I have a SJ CAM and I couldn't stream wifi viewing through more than six inches of water. I was really disappointed as I work at a swimming pool with a really big diving well.

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>>891200
Oh. Whelp that sucks. I guess water is like to WiFi as lead is to Superman.

>>891200
Also, are you a prevert?

Gonna rain tomorrow

What do in regards of fishing?

>>891213
you can't rainfish?

>>891202
Take a second and read that again
You should figure out what you said wrong pretty fast
>>891213
Go to the lake and wet a line, that's how

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>>891229
well there was an unintentional superfluous "like" but I didn't think that would be an issue for anyone, skidderz.

>>891232
It's a bad anology, and his chemicals are wrong
Any kryptonite debilitated super man, it's more like "water is to WiFi as lead is to radiation"

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>>891235
but superman can't see through lead. lead blinds superman. it blocks his eyes. like the wifi can't see through water. the water blinds the wifi. it blocks the signal.

it has nothing to do with kryptonite or radiation.

also, aren't you fake skid?

>>891236
I'm real skid but I forgot my actual trip bs so now I'm using this
Here's a pic of my foot as proof
>Pic related

And is there a minimum thickness for the lead that superman can't see through? Like do you need a minimum amount of thickness before it works ?

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>>891240
Forgot pic

>>891240
I don't know anything about the physiology or physics of superman's eyesight, only that lead blocks his x-ray vision.

>>891200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49K2hjV9OOY

found this, basically make a long ass antenna.

Went out in the afternoon on the beach, fish and got 5 yellowfin croakers in 2 hrs of fishing. Glad to know the hole is still there and I didn't get skunked this week. Weather was extremely comfy for an afternoon with low wind and the sunset was beautiful.

>>890920
>>890934
Yeah, Aussie prices. I looked online, but the savings weren't enough so i figured I'd support the local store.

Buying from america might be an option. But i think the exchange rate would rape me

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Peps can smoke the pots now while fishing

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Thank you based Pepsifag for helping with Florida.

We're fucked

>>891271
Better get some health insurance... or don't, at least you won't get fined.

>>891267
>>891266
I can't believe he actually won. All the nigs in the hood will be freaking out and I'm just going to laugh. I had to listen to some crazy black chick yeaterday talk about how Trump will destroy the country and Hillary hasn't done anything wrong and she told the Cuban girl (who voted for Trump) that he would send her back. Me and the Cuban girl were both lookin at eachother like "How do you even reply to somebody who thinks Hillary is a saint?"

I didn't think Trump had a chance until the past week after talking to a lot of different minorities who hate Hillary and said they are voting for The Donald.

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>>891271
Hahahahaha. Kill yourself.

>>891271
t. 19 year old chronically depressed obese man

Nothing and I mean NOTHING is funnier than a fat guy on a motorcycle

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>>891288
Kek.

Memes are real.

Chatter meme is the best bait.

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>>891292
>CUBS WIN!!
One week later...
>TRUMP WINS!!!

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How will trump solve the illegal asian immigrant fisherman problem? They're known for poaching, keeping every single thing they catch and ruining your fishing trip.

>>891300
Tweet him

>>891300
>asian poachers
I can certainy give a few locations where I've observerd this on a daily basis. There's only so many times I can show them legal size requirements and watch them ignore me. The locals did chase off a few but I'm waiting for the one psycho with a gun to fuck up everyone's day.

Congratulations my yankie friends. The poor Australian media is flippng out. After spending much of the last year lying about and basing poor Trump, they're now almost speaking of Americans like they're retarded. Bloody sickening.


But on fishy related note. Berley/chum in a river system. When should I be placing it? 24 hours before, 12 before, just as i'm starting to fish?

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>>891292
>Chatter meme is the best bait.
Indeed my friend

>>891396
There's so much ass hurt. People honestly think he's gonna 1.) deport them 2.) put them in jail for being brown 3.) start world war 3. I really wish people would actually listen to what each candidate says as opposed to listening to cnn showing clips of him saying mean things.

Just as an aside, trump was not my first pick and never would be, but I like my guns and money so. Anyway enough of that; talk about fishin

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Muh dik

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>>891401
All of the Hillary fearmongering commercials didn't help either. Most of my facebook is upper-middle class Suburban kids from IL and the butthurt was so strong I went on for the first time in like a year just to talk shit.

I always wanted to see a business guy run for prez instead of a career liar (politician) but I wish it were somebody beside Trump. It took me moving to a Red state to stop voting Dem though. I enjoy keeping the money I make.

And I want to believe chattermeme is best meme but they have failed to produce like the Mepps meme. It is getting better with the cooler weather and I have had hope since the beginning because those things do have a really good swimming action.

>>891412
Gander Mtn?

You better stock up on those X-Raps. The Yamamotos aren't bad at all either.

>>891415
Yeah thats Gander.

I already have most of the stuff in there but for those that dont they had some sweet jerk baits, cranks and soft plastics in there

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Bought some Keitechs for the first time today. Opened them up and almost puked they smelled so fucking bad

>>891414
>I always wanted to see a business guy run for prez instead of a career liar (politician)
There are actually people bitching about Trump not being a politician, and saying stuff like "I shouldn't have to have any experience to be a doctor since he got elected."

It truly boggles the mind.

And for the chatter meme the super fluke jrs fit on there really well. ive read that some people will take off the skirt and run it with just a swim bait. I might try it one of these days, but it's probably about to get too cold here for them to be super effective

>>891396
I toss a bit of chum out when I first start fishing and then evey 30 mins or so after. Or fill an old sock with chum and tie it to a rock and sink it.

>>891423
Where in TX are you? The water must not get nearly as warm as it does here. But that is also more of a desert heat I think where it cools off at night. Here in FL, the sun is so strong in the summer that it will be 85F by like 9am, then 88F all throughout the day until the sun goes down, and only get down to like 79F at the coolest point in the night because of the ocean.

That Super Fluke Jr thing seems like a good idea because the chatterbaits give such a good struggling baitfish movement. I still need to pick up more of those mini ones from Walmart but they only have them in white. One of those with a Gulp minnow would probably be great. I have a few different Power Bait minnows that would work well too.

>>891467
Texas has multiple climates his is more cool and dry for this time of year where as 3 hours down from him where I am its warmer and wetter.

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This is it pepsi.

I'm finally giving up on bothering you into going saltwater fishing, it's time for something new. Give me one good reason why you aren't bass fishing with large swimbaits. Not only do they look awesome but they're great for weeding out the dinks in the lake.
>inb4 price
You've spent more on lures than some people have spent buying a car.

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>>891271
>skid was a hilldog supported

Not surprised.

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>>891477
With the warm water, they won't even hit baits like that (swimming or large baits) except for a couple months out of the year.

>>891479
>implying it's not worth trying

quality over quantity. I'd rather catch one good fatty than 10 dinks.

>>891482
>not catching dink fish.

>>891482
I have tried big baits, don't you worry. I could probably run them in another month or two. Literally like late Jan into early Feb is the only good window where they really hit big baits like those and full size spinnerbaits.