Fishing & Tackle Thread

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its raining here

I know that feel, tried to catch some catfish and just got pissed off at the wind. I'm ready for it to be gone tomorrow so I can actually go out.

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>>935417
Really over the "look at girls fishing" title images of women pretending to like fishing. I prefer the last threads stupid emoticon one to this.

90% of these hoes got paid to hold the fish or their husband forced them out there. Would much rather just look at a picture of lures, fish, or water than these bimbos.

Just FYI guys you can Google "boobies" and see all the naked women you want. You will never get a fisherwoman gf. Get over it. They don't like fishing and they will never understand it.

>muh girl like fishing

No she doesn't. She just likes you so she puts up with it the way you put up with her cunt mother and going shopping at bed bath and beyond.

What a tease, it's about 47F, brought pupper for walk around pond. Can see trout rising in the center.
Rain coming and 50+ winds tomorrow.

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Start off with my first pickerel again.

These light weighted tiny tubes have been responsible for so many fish lately.

I noticed heavier jigs fall through the cold water too fast, and I think all my strikes have been when the tube is slowly sinking.

>>935424
Not long ago I saw a girl and her mom fishing at my local pond. They didn't take photos of what they caught and had a great time.

So that's funny.

>>935424
Faggot detected

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>>935424
>She just likes you so she puts up with it
Sure about that?

>>935427
Was the mom 900 pounds? Because they usually are. Fat girls always "love" hunting and fishing because it's the only way they can get men to talk them outside of being literal whores.

>>935431
100% buddy. If you left her she would never be out there again. If her new boyfriend shot at gun ranges she would be there pretending to like that too.

>>935432
Nope, white and looked in shape. Not sure why you're so upset lol. Did your mother not approve of your fishing hobby?

>>935434
No but it never stopped me lol.

I'm obviously exaggerating and trolling a bit but these "hot" girls fishing pictures are cringe inducing.

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>>935424
One of her catches

I will give you that she's not that into lure fishing and doesn't get all 'spergy about styles and tides and times but if we miss a few days she'll be asking to go.

>>935433
>shot at gun ranges she would be there pretending to like that too
already does like that. Goes with a few female friends of hers occasionally. But I'm sure your retort will be that she's got a bf on the side.

>>935436
Some of them are actually girls that enjoy fishing. Additionally its just the thread theme to use hot girls in photoshoots to hide our amazing sexual desires of lmb succing our dicks

>>935437
Fair enough but still. I have yet in my entire life to see a girl alone with a kitted out tackle bag fishing a coast, owning their own fishing boat, or on some golf course pond pitching for bass without a boyfriend or husband dragging her along.

Never. And I have fished all over this fucking country.

Same way I have never run into a woman I'm the woods with a compound bow trying to kill something for food without a man. Not even in the Midwest where fat girls can just sit in tree stands or blinds and wait for corn fed white tail to feed their corn fed fat asses.

Well after I dumped $200 on brand new ice fishing shit it turns out there's not going to be ice this year

On the bright side ponds are finally getting open again
Super early springtime maybe

Was going to go hammer my pickerel pond today since it's open but ended up doing shit around the house instead

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>>935442
I would prefer up close pictures of fish assholes/cloacal openings at this point if I'm honest.

>>935441
She probably does or that's a trap you're posting.

Does she also have a Harley Davidson motorcycle and do everything else that no women do?

If I say she has penis will you tell me "oh aktchually um she haz one and often uses it with her gurlfriends sometimes on the weekends occasionally"

>>935444
That's cause gender is a social structure and they are brainwashed not to have such fun.
...
Can't believe I said that but I think there's some truth to my 2ns statement.

That and girls naturally don't have that "competitive" blood in them, such as they hardly play competitiven video games.

>>935451
>deny what I'm saying with your first sentence with sjw autism and double think
>prove my point with your last statement about video games and competitive sport

Thanks.

>>935444
One of my co-workers went down to the shore on most weekends
Kayaked out to her favorite spot. And fished for stripers and blues.
Lures mostly but sometimes throwing eels
Not super kitted out on gear (actually really under geared) but she caught fish
Found this out when I texted her on the weekend and I was down at the shore and the bite was slow. And she said she was at the shore too
Turns out she was in the next town over in a spot I used to fish

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>>935447
You know how salmon look when spawning? Like how they open there jaws to flex the muscles in there sexual organs...
Damn...

>>935453
We still need different title images man...

It's getting really old.

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>>935454
I just want HD pics of fish sperm and egg sacs. It would still be better. I would prefer a picture of skid in a salmon outfit getting eaten by a furry bear suit person at this point as well.

That would be less cringe inducing than this autistic fishergirl picture fest.

>>935455
Oh I agree with that
Though it makes it really easy to find it in the catalog

We should probably start new threads with pictures of fish we caught ourselves
Same labels and thread numbers. But instead of girls posing
Fish we caught

Will encourage people to dink post. But I'd rather see dinks than bimbos caked in makeup pretending to fish

>>935456
You should have posted that earlier,. On my old phone I had some pretty high def pictures of fish eggs from when I was spawning at work
Just all over my hand

>>935457
Yes. I very much agree.

Or we ironically post pictures of deer hunters with shot deer and title it a thread for fishing.

>>935459
Lol. I laughed way to hard at this.

>>935464
I'm not even fucking kidding
I had like half a dozen pictures of fish eggs
Brookies
Brown's
Kokanee's
Mostly brookie though

I saw a this dead sunfish floating down the canal today. Black and had an orange belly. Black tail too.

What sunfish was it? Thought it was a bluegill until I noticed the colors.

Felt bad seeing a dead one with that kind of color.

>>935472
Actually nvm, from online its just an orange belly. Just lost his shine i guess

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>>935423
I got teased. Caught that largemouth on the second cast and then just got frustrated for the next hour.

>>935433
I always thought the gun range would be a perfect date for some dumb girl that you're just tryin to fuck. You can get all close to "teach proper form" and you won't be able to hear any of the dumb shit she says.

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Fish/fishing tackle/equipment needs to be very prominent in the image for a new thread. Otherwise, it may as well be invisible to me.

>>935475
Being dead tends to do that.

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Caught 28 speckled perch the other day in central FL. They are bedding good. All caught on cane poles and minnows around buggy whips.

>>935484
I've always wondered how many people Ctually use their live well. Most people I know, at least, put them directly into an ice chest with ice. The prevailing theory, in my circles anyway, is something about the meat not being full of blood if you freeze them to death instead of just cutting the gills or something before cleaning.

I don't know how true that is.

I can see, I do see the merit in using a live well. You can keep fishing all day and toss back little ones after you limit. That right there would get me to use it if I owned a boat.

>>935484
Nice. I'm gonna try to go crappie fishing for the first time in the next few weeks, there are a few lakes near me that a decent amount in them. I'll probably be trying a variety of minnows and jigs, the biggest issue will likely be finding them though. Water temps in the lakes around here are still in the 50's so I doubt the crappie are bedding down yet.

>>935488
I grew up on crappie fishing (they call them sac au lait back home).

The biggest advice I can give is to reel in slowly and gently. They have thin mouths and will tear right off the hook.

Also, they love chartreuse tube jigs, but spook easy. Use as long a rod as you can.

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>>935484
>speckled perch

This is why people need to drop common names and use scientific names (Pomoxis annularis). Perch and crappie are not even in the same family let alone the same genus.

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>>935493
>Pomoxis annularis
oops Pomoxis nigromaculatus

>>935493
>Perch and crappie are not even in the same family let alone the same genus.

Well, if you're gonna go that route then We'll have to rename all the black basses as they're in the sunfish family and aren't "true bass".

Ok so how do i fish a fucking river?!

I cast upstream, and while reeling in, the line makes a U shape, and i reel the lure first perfectly downsteram, then it makes a U-turn, and then upstream towards me right next to the bank.

Sure this is okay for wobblers and poppers, but i ahve no clue what it does to softies i try to go deep with..

>>935486
We fillet them while they are alive So the meat is some what tense, to relax the meat and get all the blood out just put it in a bowl of saltwater and put it in a fridge over night. Not over salted but just a little and itll relax the meat and take away some of the "fishy" taste that some people don't like.

>>935500
Pitch into slow current or pools where they meet current.

>>935500
Best way to do it is to get in the middle of the river and cast down into deep slow pools

I've had days where I walk up on a spot with 3 or 4 guys
Ask em if they've had luck and get no for an answer. Then I go upriver a ways
Wade down to the pool they're fishing. And hammer 3-4 trout

>>935492
Thanks for the tips. I knew that they have really fragile mouths and that you've gotta be careful you don't rip the hook out. I'll probably be using 6'-7' light rods, it'd be nicer to have some longer rods just for crappie jigging but I don't feel like buying any right now when I've never even fished for them before.

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>>935424
>what are pinups

>muh girl likes fishing
My ex used to go by herself when I couldn't. You need to look harder.

>>935484
>speckled perch
Wut?

I wish we got those down here but the Mayans and other cichlids pretty much replaced then.

>>935477
Just look for the link in the old thread if anything.

>>935515
>Everyone mysteriously now has girlfriends and they all love to fish more than them.

Sure bud. Sure she does.

You're probably the kind of person who like Dani-bow legged-Patrick.

>>935519
Redneck for Crappie.

He's a retard. Ignore.

>>935521
>what is an ex?

You should stop, you're just embarrassing yourself.

>>935457
Why do pictures of women trigger your autism so badly? You only have to look at it for a couple seconds before letting your thoughts go back to gay furry porn.

>>935525
>somehow the fact that she left you makes your attempts to show "muh girls fish" even sadder

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>>935514
Sure thing, dude. It's one of my favorite species. When you hit a school that's biting, it's nonstop.

Back home in LA, the limit was 50. I'd go out with my dad and grandpa and spend a day limiting out.

We use 10 foot fly rods rigged up with 4lb mono and automatic fly reels. It's about the best crappie rig on the planet.

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>>935417
>Requesting pic related as thread #122
>"I'm a Gay Fish Edition"

Pretty please?

>>935496
No, you just use the scientific name. That is all. Your point merely reinforces the point of >>935493

>>935527
>she left me
Nah

Like I said, you're embarrassing yourself.

>>935523
I mean I coulda just called them specs...

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>>935556
at least you caught some...

I haven't seen skid in a while
>tfw mike pence got to him

>>935523
>>935532
The autism in these threads never ceases to amaze me.

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Wind was 35-40 mph gust today. Pretty sure I missed a couple bites but oh well.

>>935424
It's okay to be gay anon, but pls keep it to yourself

>>935543
>maybe if I act nonchalant I will look cool
>i.....i...le...left her she didn't leave me!

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>>935530
>Kanye Edition
Saved

>>935576
Kek. He's probably still posting in #117

>>935578
I feel ya. The wind was so bad for me today. I was out there like an hour before I had to go do other shit but if it weren't for that bass on the 2nd cast I woulda left after like 15min

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>>935577
Jealous?

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>>935577
You think that until your fishing license is taken away for poaching, simply because you used common names instead of scientific names, and mixed up fish specifics.

Do you guys ask permission before fishing at like golf courses and shit?

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>>935616
Legally you should. Sometimes you need a special permit you pin to your shirt. If they say, "nope" then you move on to the next spot. If they say, "yes" then your golden, but if they would have said "yes" and you didn't ask, you will probably get "banned." It really depends on the gold course policy and the person you talk to. Sometimes there's a good reason not to be fishing, like no fish or special hazards.

>>935616
Private property yes
Golf courses
I've only ever fished one
The fishing was crap and some dude came and started yelling at me ( I even moved out of the way when he was near ) and tried swinging his club at me. So I threw his ball in the pond and ran into the woods

>>935616
Get memed into the idea by Asian boy 1cuck1reel?

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>>935616
I never do golf courses, but I like to "test the waters" when I go to new spots that are private property. Saturday afternoons and Sundays are the best to go to industrial and commercial area lakes because nobody is there. But the first time I will stay for like 20min just to see if anybody says anything, then next time maybe 45min or an hour, and after a few short trips without getting hassled then I will fish whenever I want and stay there all afternoon if I feel like it.

>>935556
Specs could be interpreted to mean speckled trout...That's what I think when I hear specs.

>>935626
I loled. I've fished a grand total of 3 golf course ponds, and all I've ever caught was some wormed up brim.

>>935635
I even had permission to fish the place(verbal and written)
Got out of the way when he went to drive his ball
Was friendly and tried to explain what was going on/that I had permission
Then the cunt took a swing at me. So I said "fuck you man". And ran
Grabbing and throwing his ball

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>>935635
Do you catch a lot of Cynoscion nebulosus?

>golf course fishing

That's because they usually don't stock the water hazards. It takes a fair amount of money to stock a pond properly. You have to do it over the course of about 5 years building the food chain up from the bottom.

Personally, if I had a golf course, it'd have a shit load of water hazard ponds with nice fish structures in it and be fully stocked. People could fish or golf, but not on the same day of the week. Yes, the fishermen could use the golf carts on their fishing days.

>>935639
Is that the webm? Too lazy to download them because iPhone.

If dude swung at me, I would fucking tackle him and beat his ass with his own golf clubs. Fuck that. Probably wouldn't be allowed to fish there anymore but golfer dude would def be in an ambulance.

>>935643
Nah

No WebM
I was like 17 at the time so if he had hit me it would have been assault on a minor
And he would have gotten in deep shit

>>935635
It's an area thing then I guess lol. I had never heard of crappie until just recently lol

>>935646
>17
Damn. You def should've ran up on him and tried to grab one of the clubs.

>>935650
Looking back should have let him hit me. Gone to the ground and sued.
Oh well
Need to go back to that course and fish the ponds
Don't think there are bass but there might be shiners I can catch for bait

>>935655
>sued
Nah, that's a pussy move. That's everything wrong with millenials right there. You should've taken his eye out with a putter.

>>935656
wouldnt have ever gotten my sweet ass job if i had goten arrested

>>935658
>golfer douche starts swinging at 17yo kid fishing
>kid defends himself
You would've been fine. If anything, more of a man for it.

>>935662
pepsi iyou get an ultralight yet?
that 7 ft 6 shit?
theyre so nice
>just made an ultra ultra light rod
anything over 4 inches feels like a monster

>>935662
>17yo
>kid

No, if he did that he'd probably not end up in juve and would be tried as an adult.

>>935673
yes at the tie i was already in trouble and was being told it was going to stay on my record and (scare tactics) i was going to be tried as an adault
even though it wasnt a big deal

>>935673
Still would've been clear cut self defense, unless he lived in a shitty state.

my state is attempting to ban the sale
AND FUCKING USE of anything lead
and that would mean throwing out all lead, all floats ( that hae lead counterweights)
all hard baits that have any lead weights or rattles etc in the

fuck this shit man
fuck the loons let those niggas protect themselves

>>935685
i get banning the sale, as long as they replace shit with tungsten then people eventually ween off of lead but fuck banning the use

>>935685
Calexit when?

>>935693
wat?

>>935693
Let em go. Fuck them.

>>935700
not even cali
>fuk

though y state does have some nice laws benifiting fishermen
including if people try to stop you from legally hunting/fishing/trapping they get arrested

>>935685
Switch to tungsten. It is heavier than lead, legal, and already being sold for lures and weights replacing lead.

>>935704
im actually going to go out and buy a bunch of lead before the law passes
i have a few pounds of it in my garage that i can melt down for leads myself if worst comes to worst

>>935710
If it's like Maine laws, getting actual lead to make small weights will be easy since I think something like 1oz+ is still allowed for lead because they are too big for the dumb birds to eat. You could just buy some giant 8oz pyramids and mold whatever from those. Or just buy raw lead ingots for cheap as fuck.

>>935715
the bill doesnt specify currently hopefully it wont pass with drumpf incharge

>>935710
FYI, lead prices are going up and up and won't stop going up, ever.

>>935717
i could also make copper weights ive got a shit ton of copper
20 or so pounds

>>935718
Wouldn't be a good idea, as it'll corrode and eventually weaken. You're better of scrapping it

>>935724
that or cement weights for big weights

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>>935718
>>935727
If you only need weights for sinkers and not specifically for lures you can just epoxy swivels or wire clips to rocks and such.

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>>935730
D...do you have a hand made fleshlite?

>>935734
http://4chandata.org/diy/6-axis-SEX-ROBOT-a796974
http://4chandata.org/diy/6-axis-SEX-ROBOT-a813829
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGGzV7vDS4

>>935736
Not sure what I love more.

The fact that this happened...
Or the fact that even in a fishing thread on the slowest board, an anon responded with this in less than 8 minutes.

This shit right here is why I have called 4chan home for all these years.

>>935616
>golf courses
If you do fish a course catch & release only. You don't want to eat what is running off into those ponds.

>>935685
Usually anything you already own is grandfathered in for use. Typically ban will be for sale only at 1st. Also it's not usually everything. Either over or under a certain weight. Brain nonfunctional from alcohol & football.

>>935710
Tire shops.... they throw out shittons of wheel balancing weights they pull off old tires.

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Gotta love /b/
At least I live in fishland

>>935750
I really don't think they do that anymore due to how much lead costs now. Every place I know recycles it.

>>935752
>I'm in fish
Aww yeeea

>>935761
>basically Mexico

Triggered

>>935765
HOLY GOD DANMED SHIT

I waz joking about that shit...then I looked over and saw that they put Cali on the god danm map.

I will fucking cut a fuck euro trash right now I swear to fucking god. You can point out fucking shit cock sucking komieforina but you call Texas "basically mexico"

FUCK YOU SWEDEN YOU KEKED FUCKS!!!

Alright I need to figure out a way over some deep mud
Mud is probably knee deep maybe waist deep in some spots
But kinda firm on the top
Once you break through you're fucked

Need to cross 20 ft of it with minimal supplies
No waiders
Can't bring too much shit to the spot
Help me figure this shit out.

>>935771
Belly slid that shit.

>>935776
I feel like that will end poorly since 200 lbs and my whole goal was to stay clean and dry

Any other genius ideas?
Was going to try to make a bridge out of some decorative grasses etc

>>935778
Look real talk

Unless you are bringing plywood then you are out of fucking luck for mud that deep.

So...

Get fucking muddy or go home.

>>935505
>We fillet them while they are alive

Pretty shitty practice, honestly. Just put them on ice.

>>935787
Eh, I throw all the fish I keep on ice as soon as I catch them but sometimes catfish will still be alive and kicking even after a couple hours in the cooler.

Any company make a bigger (maybe 8") version of the Brush Hog? I really like Zoom's 4" and 6" offerings, but wish they made one a little bigger.

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>>935578
I like your reel mate. Also dat ratio, I got gypped.

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>>935635
specs commonly are in the fishing world speckled trout. op is just retarded and trying to make bait.

>>935626
>The fishing was crap
you misspelled carp

>>935616
I stocked my local muni course lake myself but use it as a casting pond. the ground keepers are cool. common carp, bluegill/red ear, cats, no bass yet, a few big goldfish koi. I added last march a mature oscar, a couple dozen convict cichlids, six red eared sliders and a foot long plecostomus because my tank got fucked up. it costs me about $10 a month in fish chow to feed them. funny thing is when I'm fly casting a lot of the golfers always say something and come over to talk and ask questions they act totally interested in fly fishing.

>>935658
your court record as a minor could be expunged when you become an adult.
shouldve "defended" yourself....

>>935685
So...

>>935730
Dude...i made some of these with epoxy putty for the hanger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcxh1trgvQM

>>935750
they actually recycle them now. used to be the hookup. I would bring a case of beers and they would give me buckets of them. now when i go i give them cash for the lead because they sorta know what they can get for it.

>>935505
get fucking spike and at least spike them asshole.

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Drunk as fuck

Stole some dryed meat from the HEB.

Thinking about going fishing and swimming if i can still some bait from wallymary.

The fuck y'all doing? OZ fags y'all bout the o ly ones up rit nlw.

>>935819
>The fuck y'all doing?

Having a beer and chilling in the air con on the computer, was over 40c in South Australia today, too hot to go fishing.

>>935819
Also don't get drunk and go swimming, bad idea, last and only time I did I swam across the river and ran out of steam about 3 quarters of the way back, got a bit scary for a moment and realized how easy it is to drown, especially if you're a barely competent swimmer in the first place and a heavy smoker.

>>935821
Y'all stop floodn? That shit sucks. The fuck is 40 in burger? Im a Texas burger so if that shit anit atlest 100 then yoh can fuck off. Lov e you upsidedown nighers.

>>935823
Im fat as fu k so i cant drown i just flot and the river in my town is always some fucking 72 degres bull shit or sometjinf. So it's not realy "cold"

>>935824
Waters gone back to almost normal, fish are on the bite again and every ones catching hundreds of Yabbies (basically small freshwater crayfish). 40c is around 104f. It fucking sucks because my car died before christmas and the cheap car I bought to get to work doesn't have a tow bar so I can't take my boat out.

>>935826
Well that's an advantage I guess.

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>when you're with your boyfriend instead of dinkposting
Im back, commence the shit posting
>>935457
Seconded
>>935460
This sounds fun too
>>935484
>when the locals are thick and Don t know what the fuck a fish is called
>>935493
I agree about 80%
Not scientific names but proper names.
>>935500
Get a fly rod
>>935556
>specs
Ask any one who knows fish and they'll say that's a speckled trout
>>935576
Just getting kinky with the boyfriend
>pic related
>>935601
>Kek. He's probably still posting in #117
Lol
>>935715
Or shot for reloading shotgun shells
>>935771
Get a sheet of ply wood, but it in half to make 4x4 sheets, drill holes all over it (so it doesnt suction on to the mud) then some rope to each one. Toss one down, walk across, toss the next, use the rope to peel up the last shit, repeat until across.

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>>935457
/thread

>>935500
center pin. google it.

>>935819
>stolen sausage
>>>935849
>>Just getting kinky with the boyfriend

KeK'd..

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>>935819
>The fuck y'all doing?

5 hours 40mins ago? Sleeping. Before that? Pedaling my ass off making more lure blanks. I have close to 40 blanks and I'm about half way finished I think.

>>935804
I like it

>>935826
Did u died?

>>935826
>fat drunk people can't drown
>he thinks you can't die in 70 degree water or cooler from hypothermia or have muscles give up from the cold and heat loss from booze expanding blood vessels in the limbs

You guys are seriously retarded. You kayak around drunk and not you go swimming in a river drunk?

>>935906
How do you make those triangular power clips, what material did you use?

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>>935417

>>935923
Kek. We need more silly shit like this.

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>>935919
Tools:

Xuron 2193 (spring steel wire cutter/memory wire cutter)
Needle Nosed Pliers
Safety Glasses

Wire:

Spring-tempered 302 Stainless Steel Music Wire in diameters 0.031" and 0.045" (Precision Brand from https://www.grainger.com/)

Holy shit dat price. It is $35 more than I paid in November!!
https://www.grainger.com/product/PRECISION-BRAND-Music-Wire-5XE96

https://www.grainger.com/product/PRECISION-BRAND-Music-Wire-5XU13

I didn't use anything else once I got the hang of it. You may want to use a second pair of pliers to help you along until you get used to how to make them.

>>935906
What are these baby crank baits for? Bream/Blue gill or what?

>>935931
Damn it that shit is expensive, I would of never guess it would be that much, probably just going to keep on buying them premade unless I can find some local. Thanks though anon for everything you share

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>out of little split shots for lure weights
>time to make my own lure weights
>Paul Adams lead mold style

Now I can cut off however much I want to insert into the micro plugs and such. Though, I dislike using lead.

>>935985
Yeah, it is double what I paid only last November, 2016. That's insane.

>>935944
Panfish. Anything from black bass to little baitfish sunfish will hit on them.

>>935849
>complains about using proper names
>doesn't use the proper name for Spotted Seatrout

Fuck this thread is full of morons. Crappie are commonly called Speckled Perch or Specks in the south, just as Speckled Trout or Specks is a nickname for Spotted Seatrout. Yes, they share a (less common) nickname. No, this doesn't lead to confusion unless you're literally retarded.

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>>936006
>using common names

Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Pomoxis annularis
Cynoscion nebulosus

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>>935928
I can't into photoshop, but I would gladly post it if somebody makes em. I'm already too lazy to find the images and put the text on them.

I think this was the next pic on the list for #122. Or maybe that gayfish one.

>>935457
I was doing that in the beginning but it got boring. Then #23 I posted a pic of Jordan fishing and found lots of pics with grills and kept going with that.

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spot·ted
/spädəd/ adjective
adjective: spotted
marked or decorated with spots.
synonyms: mottled, dappled, speckled, flecked, freckled, freckly, dotted, stippled, brindle, brindled;

mfw: spotted and speckled are the same thing. why wouldnt they just call them spots instead of specs?

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>>936019
Because they are black crappie

>>936019
Most people think of very small markings when they hear the word "speckled" and larger markings when they hear "spotted".

>>936017
I know this girl. By chance is this you in the pic? Not gonna ask for name but did you at one point live in California then move to Idaho?

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>>936024
Yes. That's me in the pic with the girl. I'm the bass.

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>speckled bass

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>>936021
>Because they are Pomoxis nigromaculatus

And because they are not Pomoxis annularis; which are not as speckled and more striped. I've literally heard people call these, "stripers" and say you are "full of fucking shit" when you tell them you've caught some 20lbs "stripers".

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>>936033
Pic related is a jaguar bass I got last week

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>>936024
>I know her! She fishes at my pond!

Everyone e should just call them what they are and say hey caught a bunch of feesh
Who needs names

>>936044
People who don't want to keep the wrong species and get caught for poaching.

>>935507
>>935509
>>935849
>>935852
Its a relatively deep river, and we fish off the bank at the mouth of the river up to about 700m upstream from the actual tip of the bank at the mouth where it flows into the sea.

We fish for seabass with standard sea fishing lures, soft baits or wobblers, occasionally when bluefish are there, poppers too.

It's just incredibly annoying when it flows faster than usual, i just have NO clue what the lure is doing under the water, unless its a quality wobbler.

>>936053
Invest in some heavier jig heads or either add a drop shot rig to them if it gets too bad

>>936045
You've got to be literally retarded to do this, it's not hard to learn 1/2 local names for fish. Speckled perch/crappie... Wew lad that was hard as fuck.

>>936065
This anon: >>936044 said to call everything "feesh" instead of even their common names. Your point is completely moot.

>>936079

It was also an excuse given earlier in the thread, though. There is no species of perch that is called the Speckled Perch, it is solely a nickname for the Black Crappie. The only people who could possibly get confused enough to cause them to keep the wrong species shouldn't be fishing in the first place.

>>936085
But people should call fish what they are
If it's a black crappie it's a black crappie
Not a long eared speckled sapsipping trout
I don't care if thousand of people call it a long ear speckled sapsipping trout
Those thousands of people are wrong

Or I agree with the other anon. Just call everything fish or feesh

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>tfw 72F, sunny, and I got off work early
>but this...

It was windy as fuck yesterday and just annoying. Idk, maybe I need to go out and cast some heavy lipless cranks but it sucks because I can barely even use the memecasters without the brakes cranked way up unless I can get to the right shoreline and the wind isn't changing directions.

>>936024
He's lying. That's lake fork guys wife from YouTube

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>>936111
Gay

>>936112
Pepsi. Go fish please
I'd love to be out fishing but I have to do a bunch of landscaping shit since the weather isn't terrible and I'm behind
On the bright side I might go out tomorrow

>>936114
That's definitely not LFGs wife

>>936121
No that other guys lying. That's my wife after her sex change to remove her feminine penis.

>>936107

You realize that language is a living thing, and words/names are not concrete?

Those thousands of people aren't wrong, that's literally how language works.

>>936127
So what you're telling me is if a handful of retards want to start calling a great Dane a big beagle. They're right?
That's literally what calling one fish a "insert discribing word here" then another fish species name is doing

>>936133
>>936133
Kek

>>936127
Also this is why scientific names use Latin because it's a dead language and doesn't change

>>936127
If thousands of people start calling one species of something a different species of something. It does in fact make them wrong
Hillary didn't get elected
This isn't your sjw world where if you call a dude in a dress a girl she's a girl
This is real life where things are what they are. And they don't change

>Typical Hillary voter detected

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Sac au lait, Choupique, and Chickapen.

Say it with me.

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>>936144
C-R-A-P-P-Y

>>936144
Crappie

>>936036
Please, that's obviously a Leopard Bass.

>>936151
Not a largemouth tuna
You nigs don't even know language is evolving

>>936034
Damn that tiger perch though. Pretty jealous

>>936162
It's a stripey catfish you ignorant fuck

>>936144
Speckled perch

>>936173
Polka dotted marlin

>>936176
Calico bass

>>936177
Nigger

>Does 4chan block the word nigger?

>>936183
Wow I tried like 4 times but it thought my post was spam whenever it had the word nigger in it

>>936185
>t. dumb nigger

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What kind of music yall play while fishing?
>Great fishing/drinking song

>>936085
>>936107
>>936127
>>936133
Scientific names are literally named for what the thing is. It is a descriptive name. Take "Pomoxis nigromaculatus" "Pomoxis" means "opercle sharp" as in the gills are covered in spines. "Nigr" means "Black," and "maculates" means spots or specks; Black specs. Pomoxis annularis on the other hand, "annularis" is "annu" meaning "nothing" or "lack of something" meaning the white in between and "laris" means "thief or burglar" and the fish has bars/strips on it like jail bars or the bars on a prisoner from the era when this was named.

Pomoxis nigromaculatus = Sharp-gilled black spotted fish (Black Crappie)
Pomoxis annularis = Sharp-gilled barred fish. (White Crappie)

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>>936185
fucking gook moot continuing to ruin this place.

seriously what the fuck is up with this shit. First I tried responding with a simple "kek". Didn't let me. I typed out a original message and it still didn't let me. Only thing I can think of is I had nigger in the pictures file name.

two nukes weren't enough obviously

>>936222
kek

>>936222
Fuck the gook moot nigger trying to stop us from our thoughts!

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Hey Pepsi how are those snagless sebiles? Have you fucked up any hook sets because of those double hooks? I might get some.

>no big fishes are biting recently

>go fishing for shiners so i have bait
>actually have fun catching shiners on ultra ultra light

>>936235
Is the lure on the right side a suspending twitch bait? Recently bought a Mirrolure (for saltwater) and am interested in the style of lures etc.

>>935436
you are literally a faggot

>>936216
And saying crappie/spec/speckled perch means you don't have autism

last 3 threads have been shit

can you fags stop arguing

fags

>>936240
No but the one on the left is.
>use a loop knot, anything else will kill the action
>point your rod tip towards the water and give them short sharp jerks
>use a twitch twitch pause cadence if the fish aren't active, constant twitches if they're actively chasing baitfish

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>>936235
They work much better than expected. Gander Mtn had a really weak selection but there were a few of the Flatt Shads left in the 66mm Extra Heavy so I reccommend them. Great little lures for launching into the wind.

I'm only really goin for largemouth with em tho so idk about other species. But I was expecting to lose way more fish than I have because of the weedless setup. Considering how heavy they are and the rocky dropoffs on so many of these lakes, it's probably a good tradeoff.

The one I lost wasn't even because of a snag. I was trying to launch the thing into the wind on 10lb braid and it got caught in the hook keeper and broke the line. Of course it was fucking SpiderWire too, probably wouldn't have happened if it were Power Pro in the same situation.

>>936240
Just remember those MirroLure suspending twitch baits aren't really like most suspensing jerk baits. They won't swim anything like an X-Rap on the retrieve so you really need to get the pause and twitch action down by working the rod.

tomorrow do i go down the road to try to hit my pickerel pond?
water level is down ton making access really difficult due to mud

or do i go a bit further to another pond and fish for anything from creek chubs to largemouth and catfish etc

>>936137
>calling one species of something a different species of something

They aren't species names, they are localized nicknames. Same as a red drum being called a "redfish" despite it not being the proper name. Guess you're going to cry about people calling a king mackerel a "kingfish" because hey, they're different than a true kingfish (and god forbid those assholes that call kingfish whiting!)

Idiot.

Jesus...what happened to these thread? Used to just be talk about catches and tackle, now a bunch of fucking aspies are bitching because they have a different regional name for a fucking fish.

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>>936283
>what happened?
Mild winter. Too cold to fish but too warm to ice fish.

>>936283
idiots thinking if you call a duck a small goose its okay

>>936283
Kiwis/New Zealandcucks call amberjack fucking kingies and or king fish. It disgusts me a great deal.

They also will take a bite of fish and say "thats yum mate" instead of saying "tastes great" or something similar with their dumb fucking mouth full of cum accent. I hear it out of Irish and Australiacucks as well. I wish them death.

>>936283
idiots caling things they arent
>ice fishing with a coupple guys ive never ice fished with
>talk about calaco bass
> assume they mean black crappie
>catch black crappie
>"nice calico"
>catch white crappie
>nice calico
>catch yellow perch
>nice calico
>fucking leave

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>>936244
>brainlet defence mechanism detected

>>936270
what lure is that?

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>>936327
Sebile Flatt Shad.

I need moar of these fuckers now. Never enough. I have been doing really well with them.

>>936332
peps what do tomorrow?
>>936276
pickerel pond will be chucking lures
other spot will mostly be baitfishing for shiners then throwing them for bass

>>936339
Debating calling off work, and then going to work. Tuesdays are normally shitty days.

>>936340
but what should i do?
also do it, lifes too short to not fish

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>that sketchy feel when you haven't created anything all day long

I ordered some Devcon 2-ton epoxy today. I can't wait to get into working on the lure blanks when it gets here. I need to decide on some common color schemes though. Stuff based on local water insects, fry, and minnows.

While researching stuff, I found this:

>Ultra Light Insect Lures
>1.5 cm, 2 cm or 2.5cm long
>£6.99-£7.99 each!
https://ulspinning.co.uk/epages/06883bfc-cfa8-40dc-8852-005719b2bc44.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/06883bfc-cfa8-40dc-8852-005719b2bc44/Categories/Category2/Stephanow_Fishing/INSECTS

>Mini Wobblers
https://ulspinning.co.uk/epages/06883bfc-cfa8-40dc-8852-005719b2bc44.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=807383&ViewAction=ViewFaceted&FacetValue_CategoryID=807383

My smallest one is 2cm long. I can't imagine 1.5cm lol Something to strive for I guess.

Then this crap,
....$0.87 each. Thanks China....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/262477913584

>Error: Our system thinks your post is spam. Please reformat and try again.
>tried using google link shortener

>>936343
Make lures.

>>936352
im severely understocked on things lie wire and eppoxy currntly
attempt fishing my pickerel pond or other pond for shiners, bass and bullhead

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>>936358
I suppose work on things until you have the rest of the supplies.

Rivers are raging here and everything is a soupy muddy mess where ground is concerned. I'll have to content myself with retro fitting and upgrading old tackle I made.

>>936363
i just need to take a trip to home depot and spend a bunch of money
aybe i will fuck around with some small lures tomorrow

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>>936364
You should. This one was made from a hardwood twig using a knife. In >>936363 all those scratches are from tons of fish teeth over the past 15-20 years. I'm sanding it down now for a repaint and epoxy. It has only been spray painted all these years and didn't have a ballast weight and it still held up to catching 100s of panfish.

>>936366
thru wire or what?
thats the one thing im trying to figure out
looking at weather its going to be rainy so i may as well sit in my garrage and work on lures

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>>936366
That one in >>936363 and here uses those screw eyelets. Creating blanks until you have wire or eyelets is good enough. All my new plugs are through wire with or without split rings ( >>935477 >>935906 ) simply because the small limbs I'm using have a tiny amount of pith in the core I can push the wire/needle though with easy. No drilling needed.

>>936370
i think ive got a little bit of picture hanging wire somewhere,

>>936352
Have you tested any of those little dudes yet? I made a little wood crankbait like that a while ago and it dove down but didn't wobble at all.

>>936270
>Gander Mtn had a really weak selection
When I was there like a week ago they had plenty of them, today when I went they were pretty much sold out. Seems like they're becoming more popular.

I'm probably gonna get the green back heavy.

>considering buying 1 or 2 saltwater jigging rods
>dont even have a boat

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>>936413
shore jigging is a common thing in many locales bruh.

>>936421
not so uch around here,, if i were goin for a surf rod id use a much much different style rod

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>>936421
shore jigging rods are different than boat jigging rods. the actions on shore jigging rods are fast and made to cast lures further. boat jigging rods are meant to drop vertically and typically have slower actions. shore jigging rods are stiffer and have a faster action than an average surf bait rod. theres a number of 10' "seabass" jigging rods available. most are japanese since thats where the fad has been happening. europe has a number of their own specific jigging type rods which are very nice but japan has a 10 year lead on all of the jigging methods these days. where about are you located?

>>936421
Them pompano son.

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>>936422
sorry im drunk bruh bruh..replied to my own fucking post....Reeeeee
para ustedes >>>936440

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>>936443
dem pomps are def fun bruh..fight like a ghetto nigga with 2 friends..

>>936440
>>936453
not even necessarily looking at jigging specific rods, moreso just short saltwater rods from one custom maker
id like a light ish one for bottom fishing or when tides arent ripping and id like a heavier one i can work diamond jigs up to a pound with

need to look into prices then try to figure out a good reel for them

ordering custom rods can be a bitch because id always like to go and handle rods myslf before buying them so i know i like them

>tfw even gone to stores, taken a rod, taken a reel
asked employee for 10 ft of line and tied it to a jig i might be using to see if everything matched up alright and the rod would handle the jig size well

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I've been reading one of those "General Knowledge For Men" books

It had a couple of interested fishing tidbits.

Just curious what /out/ thought. and pepsi of course.

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>>936467
the other one

>>936470
the whole being stealthy when fishing really does make a difference
if fish arent biting i usually crouch down and hve more luck

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>>936144
Not related but who cares....

>>936467
Most of those are good lures, you need to know how and in what situations to use them though.

>>936470
Some good info, some not so good info.

>the best rubber worm colors are black for nighttime fishing and purple for daytime fishing

Black is best at night but choosing a color to use in the daytime depends on lots of things; what the fish are feeding on, whether it's sunny or cloudy, whether the water is clear or murky, etc. A general rule of thumb is to use lighter colors when the sun is shining brightly and darker colors in lower light situations but there isn't really one "go-to" lure color for fishing in the daytime. I personally don't use purple soft plastics very often, I like black, white, chartreuse, reds, browns, pinks, and combinations of those.

>use lightweight line -- 4-6 for perch & trout, 6-12 for larger fish

Depends on the fish species and whether or not they're "tackle shy". Catfish, for example, aren't really line or tackle shy so you can use heavy line and huge hooks and sinkers/floats without spooking them. Other fish are incredibly line/tackle shy.

>Avoid hooks bigger than size 10. The fish will notice them.

See above, hook size depends entirely on the species of fish that you're targeting.

>>936162
>>936162
>>936164
>>936173
>>936176
>>936177
The lot of you are thick. It's clearly a grey striped mako
>>936201
None, I listen to nature.
>>936236
Nice
>>936243
As opposed to figuratively?
>>936467
7/10 for me, but lacking, even for a simple list.

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>>936459
ah.. bottom bouncing. so how you do that from shore with 1#bridgeports? have you played with the trevala line of rods? they arent custom but they are a good starting point for jigging light or heavy opposed to cu$tom wrapped. All the 'custom' rods Ive made and own Ive been able to bend prior. either at fittings with the wrapper or in home prior to wrap. its pretty easy to have your body specs (*not crappie related) like seat height and fore grip length to figure power band and drag pressures incurred most of the better wrappers will do this for you.

reels..for shore casting? or shore jigging? or jigging jigging? lol.. you fishin conventional of spin? If spin I would look into jig and pop instead of solely verticals. then you only need the one rod and reel for both actions. if you break it down and only buy the deep jigger then just make the retrieve rate around 30"- 40" that doesnt mean the reels ratio but line retrieval rate. big difference and its usually listed for jigging specific models.

in all, you might be better suited for short "standup" rods rather than "jigging blanks"
especially if youre solely bouncing diamond jigs which require no real jigging method.

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>>936177
>Calico bass

No..

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>>936381
Yes. They look odd, but perform correctly in the water. I had to tweak a few.

It has to do with material density, lip length & style, and weight. Wood is much denser than the typical hollow plastic body lures. Heavy dense hardwoods have less action than very light woods. That is why balsa wood is so popular. It takes some trial and error to get it just right. However, even a terrible bait that swerves to one side and/or lazily spins can be a magnet for fish even if it twists up your line. That's how some dying minnows look. You can even treat those "failures" as a type of jerkbait sometimes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-TcLxlkc2pA

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did at 1 am drinking

>>936507
Is this where the want sum fuck bb meme originated?

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>>936467
>Mepps not #1
Bretty gud aside from that. It's funny how those few basic lures continue to stand the test of time.

>>936467
No senko?

>>936694
>memeko's

One fish and it's done.

>was going to go out fishes
>6 inches of snow, rain, slush last night
> not feelin it right now

>>936702
Knockoff brands are almost as good and far cheaper. Sure, they're not super resilient but I've caught far more fish on senkos than any other lure.

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>>936053
ah a center pin would be useless there. sorry for that.

a side planer might be useful there. especially with the water current moving.

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>>935578
Right hand wind

>>936604
Aren't mepps mostly for reaction strikes? I can't catch fish on em year round

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>>936804
Nah, they are supposed to imitate baitfish. They definitely work better when fish are hunting with their lateral line and vibrations than rather than sight. My best time for bass with Mepps is like 30min afrer sunset.

Anyone here use no8 blackout rods? They seem fairly cheap but I don't know anyone with one and I have heard mixed things about their durability.

>>936803
I am left handed and I right hand wind. Does this trigger you?

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>fuck crystal flashabou

It looks great, but is a real pain to work with sometimes. I still haven't got the right pattern I want for it yet. these things look amazing in the water.

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>>936828
me too. there wasnt many lefty reels available. when i was growing up.

>>936849
Dat image reminds me to check for new "Hand Expression" videos on youtube....

>>936826
TXfag loves his but he also admits he heard mixed things on durability.

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>>936846
Those look good. I still really dislike the skirts on basically every inline aside from the natural squirrel tail Mepps. The colored ones (white, yellow, pink, black) are made of a thicker fiber that doesn't pulse like the natural brown and then Rooster Tail's feather dressed hooks aren't nearly as prominent and they tend to wear out quick.

>>936884
Going to be pond hopping a couple of featureless farm ponds. What do? The water temp will be in the high 40s low 50s. Not too good with featureless ponds.

>>936905
soft plastic swimbait in white and just try to cover water until you find a feature

>>936905
Idk, those are rough. Last week I tried out this new lake that had like no vegetation, just a sandy bottom and we weren't getting shit. If you can find some weedd, go on the deep side of those.

But I have no clue what I'm doing in cold water anymore. I think those are the temps that you really want to cover some water so maybe get a Rat-L-Trap or something else that you can get some distance on and find the fish.

>>936935
what about lakes that are 100% weed
alot of lakes around e end up getting totally weeded up all the way across with only small patches of bare water ( different anon)

>>936935
The ponds on my families land during the winter I throw dropshots. But I know where to throw them so I will give moving baits a try. The water is really stained so I was thinking a chatter bait or a rattletrap like you said.

>>936826
I have two and I love them

>>936939
Top water or something like a weightless senko

>>936966
weightless senko wont go through weeds

Tomorrow I may target pickerel in the canals. Mind cold water temps probably around 40.
Should I be fishing slow for them? The one I caught here >>935426 was on a mini tube going slowly.
Would appreciate some of the larger ones however. Would the larger ones still strike small lures, like 1 inchers?
Im thinking uping the size is a must?
Right now thinking about a pearl zoom fluke on a ewg with some steel leader that I want to use.

Also should I not bother with the areas away from the locks/dams on the canal?

>>936970
dont use steel leader, use 15 ln flouro, should be more than enough
i did alot of pickerel fishing this past spring and i hammered them,

>>936939
>100% weeded
Fuck that.

I only ever get smaller bass out of weeds anyway. But if I'm going for it, weedless hollow body frog or a Zoom Horny Toad with a 4/0 EWG and no weight. Otherwise I have rigged Zoom Lizards weightless and done well with those. 3/0 or 4/0 EWG and either steady retrieve or kinda walk it around on top of the weeds.

>>936970
>>936973
+1 on skipping the steel. Just get sumn decent flouro.

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>>936892
Yeah, Rooster Tails always lose their tails quickly for some odd reason. I think nearly have the design right. These use 2 feathers and I'm layering the crystal flashabou under and between them. When it is in use it looks like a free swimming octopus. Too bad the water clarity is only 5 inches right now in the pond I test lure action.

Will weather be decent tomorrow?
Who knows
Want to try to go fishing but weather is going to be shit probably

>>936939
Sounds like frog time.

>>936967
I wasn't sure if you meant like weeds under the water or weeds that go through the surface.

>>937052
moprolly 50/50 to the surface and under the water, but theres maybe only 1-3 ft of water over the weeds, that arent to the surface

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>>937058
I've had really good luck throwing weightless senkos over weeds like that. It just kinda chills on top of the weeds and the fish will come out and get it, and it doesn't really ever get snagged up.

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I have some theories about memecasters and line other than braid.

Feel free to call me a faggot and tell me I'm dumb.

1.) For practical, bass fishing casting distances, line size does not negatively effect the distance of your cast meaningfully. (Within reason of course I'm sure anything above ~20# will destroy your distance)

2.) Lighter line causes backlash easier. My theory is: since lighter line tends to have a lower memory than heavier line, the lighter line wants to "jump" off the spool more. Whereas heavier line wants to stay close to the spool, so it doesn't come off and loop as much.

This is moreso true when the line is new, but I've found it still be true even after the line has gotten a memory. I'm gonna test this out more bc all of this is from different reels, so it could be the way the reel acts.

3.) Rod and Reel make more of a difference in distance than line size. (Again within reason). I've come to this conclusion because if I take a 1/2 jig and throw it on my MH Blackout with the Revo STX and 20# power pro, it goes x distance.

If I take the same jig and put it on my Lews Mach II with 12lb copolymer it will go x+ 5 to 10 yards.

I believe this is because the Blackout has an extremely fast action, so the rod doesn't load up as much. The Lews has a little slower action, so it loads up the lure better and will outcast the Blackout.

Oh and that lews will absolutely launch a 1/2oz lipless crank. Shits cray.

>tfw you have more autism than skid

>>937144
I always spooled up 12 lb Berkley xl smooth mono for throwing spoons for salmon in lake Michigan. I could launch a fucking 1oz kast master spoon comically far on a 7.5 or 8 foot rod.

Made all the 50 year old spinning reel fags mad and say "you don't have the power to reel in a salmon" then when I would get them in they said "uhh your lucky boy thing should have got off". I'm in my 20s. Sorry your shitty giant spinning reel with 50lb braid on a 5.5 foot catfish pole broom stick tosses a spoon 20 yards.

Fucking tards. I had a Shimano 300E Curado. The biggest spool one. I had tons of line and smooth drag. Caught all types of salmonids from a few pounds to 20 pounds or so.

More cast distance = more spoon in water over time.

Meme casters are great for salmon when throwing spoons and heavy lipless cranks during the runs.

I could even toss half oz cleo spoons fucking far. Kasmasters launch stupid far though man. They are basically a metal rod.

On smaller bait casters I can literally cast the entirety of the line off the reel with a 1oz kastmaster.

You could kill stuff on the coast in bays doing the same thing but I would probably use heavy braid if I was in salt.

>tfw no more salmon because arizona

>>937166
BTW I used Berkley xl smooth cast because a 1000 yard spool is cheap and it ties improved fisherman's clinch knots very well.

I wish I had money for some super meme line but I changed line out on the reel like every 2 weeks. I would cast well over 1000 times each day fishing spoons so the stuff would wear out. If you don't change it and retie knots and clip the top 10 feet of line throughout the day to retie you will start breaking your lure off on the launch/cast at or around the knot.

>>937168
is the line actually that cheap? ive seen it listed online and assumed it was a typo

>>937168
>>937166
I guess my point is that lure wight and rod length matter more. I used medium or medium heavy rods with a fast action tip. 8 to 7 feet. I'm also in shape, not a manlet, and don't have girl arms so that helpe. If your man tits get in the way you can't cast as far. Same reason why fat fucks can't golf/tee off as well as slim dudes. No articulation to get the torque and load the rod up.

I regularly break lures off casting if I used a medium slow or medium fast action tip. I load it up too hard and kiss crank baits goodbye so I have to remember not to throw so hard. Slower action rods are needed to not rip treble hooks out of lips on lipped cranks imo.

>TL;DR - AUTISM

>>937171
I would get it cheap at my local place. 1000 yards for like 18.99 or so. I haven't bought it in a while as AZ has lots of clear water so I use fluorocarbon these days a lot. Not for top water obviously but yeah my top water rod has that Berkley on it.

>>937173
The Berkley mono is good quality too compared to cheaper budget lines like Andy or whatever has that marlin on it and is spooled on a fucking sewing string center basically lol

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Caught a ladyfish (or whatever you picky fucks want to call them) off some cheap top water lure.

>>937234
I heard lady fish tastes terrible but strip and chunks of them are good bait? Is this true?

They are cool looking fish

>>937239
Lots of tiny bones. Basically it's mini tarpon. Fun to catch, they hit hard for their size.

What are some good structures to try to build? They'd be going in a river. I'm thinking some cinderblocks.

>>937244
Please don't dam some river with cinder blocks dude. The topographics of the river bottom look like that for a reason and if the water level runs really low a bunch of shit you tossed in there could fuck with bait fish and smaller critters escaping up or down stream from water level changes.

>>937246
>mile wide river
>thinks stacking some cinder blocks next to a sea wall will dam up the whole river
>the lowest tide of the whole year already happened 2 weeks ago

>4 day weekend
>brother says he's coming up from the city with his family to camp and wants me to come along
>they're camping at the lake in my town
>shitty sand/scrub environment, no firewood, hardly any shade and only European Carp in the lake unless you have a boat

Just gonna bring a can of Corn for bait, no point wasting a punnet of worms on the fuckers. Is there a way to guarantee getting bigger carp so at least the fishing will be fun? I'm thinking putting big fuckoff hooks on with 10 bits of corn on each one and maybe floating a berley pot of creamed corn near the lines overnight.

>>937257
I thought you were throwing cinder blocks into la small Midwestern river man.

Also unless you are at the Mississippi no river in the US is a mile wide so kill yourself.

>>937234
Skipjack

>>937271
>Mississippi

Not even the widest river in the US.

>>937273
Kill yourself. It's a ladyfish.

Skipjack are skipjack tuna.

You're probably the same kind of fag who calls Patagonian tooth fish "Chilean Sea Bass".

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>>937276
Well duh....... the widest river is your mom's pussy when it opens up to dump all my cum.

>Pic related
>your mum

>>937281
Slide down dick mountain mouth first you cum breathed tranny pier skank

>>937285
Kek. That's pretty funny actually but you gotta admit my mom joke was funny too hahahahahaha.

Dick mountain. Kek.

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Is it ok to fish in front of a Campfire or is John Wayne right and the shadow scares away the fish? I don't wanna be cold while I fish.

>>937326
It's fine. John Wayne is a tard.

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Should've called off work and gone fishin

>>937355
What do you do for work fagit?

>>937355
We all should have. I hate getting up in the morning. Worst part of my day.

>>937355
>stayed up till 2 playing Civ 5 last night
>have work till 6

Fuck

>>937373
>>937370
What do you other fagits do for work?

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>>937355
Just check into work then pay someone else to drive the truck around and do your job while you fish. You can pay them half your day's work. Then you get paid to fish.

>>937395
Is Pepsi one of those guys u see in Kroger or an affiliate store stacking soda bottles on liquor on the shelf in a weird Polo?

>>937377
I work at a car dealership. I basically wash cars all day, but I get to do cool stuff sometimes so it evens out.

>>937395
Kek do this

>>936822
Okay cool. That's the same time I catch the most fish on mepps as well

>>937422
>>936822
Which kind of Mepps usually? Dark colors I assume.

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I made a few non-female-poser thread OP images. Instead of spamming the thread with them, I put them in a rar file. Use winzip or 7-zip or winrar or whatever to open:

>FishingThreads.rar
>4.69 MB
https://www.mediafire.com/?x3vgx5tdov435bv

Basically, they show the fish predominantly with high contrast text for easy recognizing in the catalog.

>>937413
That's terrible dude you just wash cars? How much money do you make?

Or are you a car salesman who just washes cars when nothing is going on?

>>937426
This pleases me

>>937424
Yeee, black fury or gold blade with the natural tail

>>937413
>I get to do cool stuff sometimes
>car dealership

I had a friend who worked as a car salesmen (he's now a preacher; irony.) I'm not sure what "cool stuff" happens at a dealership.

>>937437
Jerking off other fat BBQ Americans in Texas is probably the height of the fun stuff going on. He occasionally may be lot boy and move sports cars around. It sounds like a job an 18 year old would have in the summer between classes.

I hope he's not like 25.

>>937439
Don't downplay someone's job. Level of pay and job are not something you should tease or vilify. Doing so creates a vicious cycle of discontent and revolving door status among those jobs. It is another reason why foreigners take so many jobs in the USA. Americans think they are "above" those types of jobs and when they work those jobs they do not respect the job. Thus, they quit or get fired and someone with an entirely different cultural view of working takes there place and does far better.

>>937442
Lol dude calm down just because you work at McDonald's doesn't mean it's a good thing. A job like that should be a stepping stone for someone to a better place.

You nigs need to go to trade school or something. Stop wiping chrome down and stocking shelves.

Imagine how much more fishing bulls hit you could buy with another 30k to 50k a year starting after 2 years of trade school.

Unless you dumb fucks are convicted felons or drug addicts you can find better jobs.

No one here has a boat that I have seen man.

>what am I doing?
>trade school

>>937443
I'm retired, but thanks for playing.

>I'm in trade school.

I hope your attitude isn't correlative to trade school, kid.