Fishing & Tackle Thread

Trying to decide between a daiwa coastal tws and a Shimano citica for salt, any reason I should go the Shimano? I'm a bit biased towards daiwa, my daiwa zillion coastal is still working perfectly after 6 or so years. Mostly upgrading for left hand retrieve as I can control the rod better with my right.

>>939828
Can't go wrong with either. Go play with them and see which one feels better in your palm.

>>939829
Kek. That's crazy. There are a few pier dudes who take it too far but most of the hardcore dudes will be on boats.

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>>939837
I take it too far with my pond fishin but a lot of the time I just leave my tackle in the car and take a couple rods and some pliers with me.

I still need to grab pic related. Almost bought it when I was at Gander Mtn yesterday. It's the perfect small bag.

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

>tfw no kids

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>>939817

>>939859
Kids are a double edged sword anon. They can have so much joy when the only things you can get to bite are little pinfish and yet at the same time, they can get bored and want to leave when the action is on fire. Just do your best to impart a love of fishing when they're young but dont force it.

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Hey look another saltwater dink.

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Am I the only one who feels like fishing after a cold front rolls thru is always really shitty? I mean this is a good time of year to bass fish around here but a cold front came in last night and it was cool all day and the lake was just dead this afternoon.

Went back to the car to put my sunglasses away because it got dark. I kinda want to keep fishing but not sure if I should stay here and toss around a #3 or #4 Black Fury, go a couple blocks over and toss some catfish rigs and shitpost while nothing bites, grab some squid and go to the pier where nothing worthwhile will bite, or go home and watch TV.

>>939861
It was originally going to be "Kanye Edition"

>>939876
At least you get a variety of shit

Ice pls go

open water please come
warmth please come

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Caught this 24" red at 6am this morning on a zman trout eye jig with a zman minnowz in morning glory. Water temp was 52.5°F, but they still haven't changed to their winter patterns. Anyone else notice later winter patterns?

>>939909
It defiantly does in my experience, if you have a pier to go to and can get some kind of shellfish go try for on a drop shot rig

>>939928
Go try for sheepshead

>>939925
Nice red. All I got today was a ton of jacks and a snook that broke me off. I have yet to land a snook at this park I've been going to, ironically I've had better luck landing snook at the pier.
>first one jumped and spit the hook
>second one broke me off in the mangroves
Hopefully I can get one tomorrow.

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>>939925
Those are pretty fish. They are mostly on the Gulf side tho, right?

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>>939951
I've always wanted to catch a snook, but they are pretty rare in SC, but those jacks are fun as hell on light set ups.
>>939970
They run down the East coast and the gulf as well

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Since the feesh weren't biting, it's time to see where my crankbait inventory is at...

>>940002
Snook are among the most difficult fish on earth to catch. They're super fucking temperamental and they're easy to loose if you manage to hook one.

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>>939909
You need to use lures that are slow, lazy, and unthreatening. Not noisy inline spinners, big billed plugs, rattling stuff, or stuff the has tons of movement. You use all that stuff before and during the front. Try, senko worms, willow blade spinners, lazy swimbaits, small thin spoons, and thing lipless cranks without rattles.

For catfish you'll need to use small, stinky, cut bait and chum.

Y'all think I need to use a leader for panfish in bath tub clear water? I have it tied to braid and they were following it and nipping, but they wouldn't take it.

i need a reel for my ugly stik thats laying around

i want to get into catfish/pike fishing, is there a reel that i could double up to do both?

i think i want to rig some livebait on there

pref around 100bux or less cuz currently poor

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>>940009
I was going to break out a 4" lizard or something small but I kept on running lipless cranks and chatterbaits because it's late January. I probably fucked up there. Next cold front I will treat it like a hot summer day and run the finesse stuff.

>>940004
I assume that you will lose the hook up because of a jump? If that's the case just bow to the king and keep a tight line and should be good right?

On side note, does anyone have a spinfisher v live liner that they've had problems with? I have two and both live liner systems have fucked up in 4 months since purchase. Am thinking the rear drag seal is poorly made

>>940035
I wonder if Bass Pro still has the Shimano Saharas on sale. You should definitely keep an eye on sales at Dick's or Bass Pro. For that, a 3500 or 4000 size reel should work well and those are often sizes that you can find for cheap since the smaller 2000-3000 that are good for bass and panfish sell out first.

Otherwise Pflueger President. $60 and will last for decades. Size 35 or the next size up for catfish and (northern?) pike.

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>>939909
>name is Kevin Van Dam
>isn't aware of pre- front and post-front conditions

>>940037
>jumps

Jumps are the least of your worries. Snook will run around any structure they can find.

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Anybody like these Yo-Zuri cranks? They have great action like most $10+ Yo-Zuri lures, but it would be cool to find some smaller ones since I never hit shit on those style 1/2oz+ cranks.

>>940043
I mean I know that the fishing is good as the fronts are rolling in as the pressure is dropping. Low pressure is better, right? High pressure sucks, but then stable low low pressure is shitty too or something.

I mean I'm gonna go fishing when I have time no matter what the pressure is doing. Sometimes I make an effort to get out right before a storm and it can pay off but often it doesn't since the FL storms most of the time are little tropical cells that blow in off the ocean in the morning or Everglades at night and don't come with a full on pressure system.

>>940037
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP_nTaVfxGQ

Watch this video, not only with they do everything they can to get away but they have sandpaper lips that will fuck up lighter leaders.

Went out fishing today
Caught one creek chubs and scarred some punk shitless
Think I'm going to go back tomorrow because there was some shit I wanted to urbex and also want to go for a little hike/walk
IL pro ably bring my rod again

>>940055
>scarred some punk
Dank

And you really need to fix that auto-correct so it stops changing "I'll" to "Illinois"

>>940049
I fish in every condition as well. I don't mind not catching many fish as I take the conditions into the equation. i enjoy the aspect of being successful where others fail. Catching a 5 fish limit in terrible conditions often feels better to me than catching 50+ fish in easy conditions to fish. You have to adjust accordingly for post-front conditions and build of what gives you success. I basically narrow it down to 3 different bites. The feeding bite, the reaction bite, and the territorial bite. What I use and how I use it depends on what bite, or combination of bite I feel will be most successful in a given condition. asking yourself why fish stop biting in post-front conditions will cut out a selection of tackle that targets the bite that isn't happening,

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>>940063
Makes sense. I have just been trying to take advantage of the month or two of cooler water and run stuff for the "feeding bite" because I spend all fucking summer running Texas rigs aside from the occaisional Mepps for snakeheads.

Those snakeheads are pissing me off lately too. I honestly think I made quite a dent at this one little lake by killing off like a dozen bigger ones. At least the shoreline I fish at. The only ones left over there are too smart to hit the Mepps anymore.

>>940066
Luckily I don't have snakeheads in my area. Lots of chain pickerel though. They're basically just as aggressive but native.

>>940056
Was fishing in a little Brook off the beaten path ( keep in mind this is winter and you can see through the woods very well)
Heard some shit turned around and saw some punk
Probably my age maybe a bit younger
With a grill smoking
Guy has gun in his hand
Keep fishing and hear pops
Not loud enough to be a .22 so probably a pellet gun
Lots of pops
Suddenly shit whizzing through the brush by me
Yell something along the lines of " are you trying to get your ass beat boy" and rush out of the woods at him
Clearly hadn't seen me but still was blindly firing into the woods on public property right by a road etc where people often are
Or maybe he did see me and was trying to impress the girl by being a dick
Lucky he ran and didn't try to confront me
Do they know how he didnt see me
Was wearing greens blues and browns. But I was moving and fishing
He panics. Trips over his own feet
Drops his blunt and I think his pellet gun turns and runs like a bitch

>>940046
>>940050
Fair enough and appreciate the tid bits, so when I do target them I'll be more successful.

>>940076
Apologies for scrambled messages
On mobile and I fucked stuff up
Now il autocorrects to I'm

>>939925
>>939970
>be me
>be fishing
>catch 22" red early in the morning
>limit is 22"
>intotheicechest.jpeg
>3 pm still fishing
>game warden stops
>gotta measure that red
>measures 21.5"
>he keeps the red
>I get a $250 fine

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What's the scoop on fish mortality with catch n release?

I understand you shouldn't be dragging fish in the dirt upon landing , doing the wiggle when releasing it back into water (revolving) and leaving the hook if the fish is gut hooked.

But there is other stuff like barbed hooks, not touching the fish, using a net, even not using a non-rubber one, and even avoid taking it out of the water at all.

I appreciate fish, and don't want to be the reason good fish die, so I'm concerned about these things. I guess I'm focusing on trout and pike with these questions.

>>940032
Yes, if anything I don't get how you just fish with a UL set up if you're going for pannies and dimes.

>>939909
barometric pressure low? or falling rapidly?
bite drops...

>>940124
Yeah never ice them when they are right at the limit.

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>>940149
My C&R is less devastating to the feesh than any minority hooking them so I'm not really concerned with any of this shit.

LMB's are resilient enough. Sneks gonna die anyway. And who cares about the cichlids?

>>940149
pond i learned to fish at this summer is full of dumb kids that im sure mishandle fish

theres a dumbass 3 1/2 lmb that hits anything that i caught a few times. im sure its been caught a few times and its still being all fishy and shit

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>>939876
Looks like acanthoclinus fuscus. my guess is that you didnt catch that in the bay bruh.

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>this fucking toad jack ripped up my Kevin VanMeme Perfect Plastic
>too fucked up to melt back
These things get annoying when targeting snook.

>>940386
I wouldn't buy his bait based solely on his douchery.

If you ever watch him in TV tournaments, he behaves like such a little prick.

>>940036
>>940049
>>939909
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA9IA_DIkyw

For fuck sake watch that before you go back out.

>>940397
>professional bassfags
>not being smug little bitches

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>>940043
>>940397
>>940432
>Kevin Van Dam

I didn't even know that person.

>google
>looks like a Nascar driver

People actually follow commercialized whores like this? You can't trust a single word out of their mouth.

>>940437
The tarpon, snook and jacks are keyed in on white soft plastics now and these were the only white swimbaits they had so I got them. Kevin VanMeme is a giant douchebag but this lure has a nice action to it.

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>>940448
>says the self proclaimed shill

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>>940451
I shill old Penn Z's for free.

>>940424
Ugh.
Americans really are increadily vulgar

>>940437
Yeah, I was watching an old Bass Elite video the other day, I think it was the 2016 Toledo Bend lake (which I grew up fishing btw) and he was a total asshat.

He was yelling at locals to back their boats up and to move and shit. He was telling them that he was trying to fish a tournament. It's public land, they have as much right to be there as he does. It's as if he doesn't realize it's their tax dollars that manage that lake.

>>940473
I like that guy tho. The channel is pretty silly when it comes to putting ads into the video, and they're always goofy.

>>940473
He dresses poorly and his hands shake a lot, but he had solid advice and is a very good speaker (when compared to most). The ads are the worst thing, but easily skipped.

>>940485
After that, I'd probably have trolled my boat around his his all damn day cutting his line as much as possible and giving him as much of my wake as the boat can displace without flipping him.

>>940424
>38min
Man, I don't have that attention span.

>>940386
Those Perfect Plastic™ swibaits are bretty gud, right? I prefer the Swimmin Caffeine Shads™ to any Zoom or other similar paddle tails.

>>940437
You wouldn't totally sell out to get any tackle and boats you wanted and get paid good money just to fish? I would do it 11/10 times.

Hi Guys.

I can't decide if this is the best or worst video I've ever seen;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6BJcPt34Ho

What do you think?

>>940522
I like keitech's even better tbfh

>>939876
That's a bowfin

>>940315
Yeah I caught it when I was in New Zealand a few weeks ago.

>>940558
no its not you fucking mong
dont state something as a fact unless youre more than 90% sure

the poster even stated it was caught in saltwater

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>>940562
This is a bowfin as well

>>940562
Bowfins can live in fresh and salt water just like bull sharks you mong. Don't state facts you don't know.

>>940565
its clearly not a bowfin, do you have eyes?

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>>940568
It's clearly a bowfin man lol. Are you stupid?

>>940569
b8

>>940558
>>940569

It's an olive rockfish. Not even in the same order.


Don't respond to me or my sons posts ever again, I have a certification for fish identification

>>940580
It's clearly a bowfin bro

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>ice fishing derby in a week
>still haven't caught anything this season

does anyone have any spicy hardwater rigs?

I've been back and tail hooking minnows on my tipups and jigging various lures or just doing whatever rig it is with the attractor (like line -> gold/silver spoon -> more line -> hook -> minnow or worm)

found out a few days ago the lake I was fishing for brookies got fished out like a day or two after the season opened, have only gone out once to a different place so far, didn't get shit, but the derby is soon and I need to find a spot to camp out

>>940592
what are you fishing for , i have soe sweet homemade jigs

>>940592
Looks like you caught a nice Bowfin before stuff iced up in that picture though so that's good

>>940594

lake trout, pike, and perch are the derby prize categories (3 places for each), so either of them

I'm signed up with three other guys, probably going to take turns jigging in shallower water where the pike and panfish are moving and watching the tip ups in the deeper part of the lake where the trout all are

>>940596

that isn't me, just a picture i had on my desktop i thought was neat

think it's a snakehead

>>940597
It's definitely a Bowfin bro

>>940597
i wont be much help for akers and not so much for pike ( though i have caught some enormous pickerel on tiny tiny jigs)

i can post some homemade jigs if you want but what i would advise ( depending on where you live) is drilling 2 holes side by side about 3 ft apart, work a rippin rap or a larger bait to cause a comotion in one hole, then work the other hole with a jig for perch and other panfish,
ive even done this with 3 holes
one with an ultralight rippin rap, one with a deadstick and one bouncing a jig and waxworm

ive noticed that the comotion draws in panfish etc even if they dont bite on it
and alot of the time larger fish see the smaller fish and come in and smack the rippin rap etc

>>940602

how do you do that solo?

i'm not exactly too sure what to do while im using a rod, i pretty must just vibrate it around with my wrist and watch my tip ups

can you just leave a line in the hole while you use a different rod? wouldn't it get pulled in if something bit?

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>>940592
Damn nice bowfin

Check this bowfin!

>>940630
You can tell it's a Bowlin by the tail spot

>>940623
I use the rippin rap in my left hand and just rip it hard
In my right hand I use a small jig with a dangling hook and bounce it
Small short movements with the occasional hard pop
The deadstick I prop up so it's tip is a bit off the ground and I watch the tip while I work the other two rods

>>940149
Crimp the barb if you're strictly C&R

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Had a nice day out on the ice today. Fishing was slow at first , but I decided to try a small spoon instead of my usual choice of a jigging rap and caught some nice perch.

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>tfw needing an airbrush

>>940526
PVC stuff like that, made simpler, are great to be used as an attracter.

>>940658
Exceptional.

>>940658
Looks tasty. Not a big fan of eating fish except when I see some perch.

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>>940658
Wow I wish there was ice near me. I made this bamboo ice rod that I still need to bind the guides onto, but I will probably need several days to get to a lake that is small and high enough to have walkable ice on it.

How are heddon lures?

>>939817
New to fishing. I live on the coast of sotu Florida. I have no idea where to begin. What kind of gear do I need to get? What should I fish for? Any help would be greatly appreciated

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>>940681
Classic topwaters. Only thing with topwaters is that you have to use them at the correct times or they are worthless. But when the fish are hitting topwaters, it is a blast.

Heddon Torpedoes and Zara Spooks are classic lures.

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>>940685
Be just like me! I live 5min from the ocean but drive 45min+ to fish freshwater.

>>940686
Super spook jr is probably the most popular one here

>>940689
I don't know anything about fishing period. Fresh or salt. I hunt, and go camping regularly, but I have absolutely no experience with fishing. I would really like to learn

>>940672
nice, kinda reminds me of my ultra ultralight that ive been using for microfishing

wish i had some bamboo around here id make a bunch of rods

>>940696
It's pretty awesome, and easy. Buy a rod and reel and a can of worms, and go have a ball.

>>940696
I mean freshwater, I have my copypasta in the Pastebin in the OP explaining it all. Just a medium weight rod and reel with 8lb-10lb test will work well for any of the lakes and canals.

Otherwise saltwater, there is a million ways to do it. If you want to surf fish from the beach, you normally want a long rod (8'+) otherwise for piers and jetties you could get a MH rod, maybe 7', 12lb+ line.

You said South Florida? Where at? If you have a local shop nearby or just Bass Pro, you could go there with a realistic budget and ask where they fish and what they normally do if you are thinking saltwater.

And if you get a medium freshwater setup, you can still do some saltwater with it but when bigger fish are running then you will be pushing the limit.

>>940709
Thanks I'm going to look into this. I live in stuart, it's about 45 minutes north of wpb

>>940711
For sure. You are by that 704z fag. He is always at Juno Pier. There is a Bass Pro in Port St Lucie, Gander Mtn in Palm Beach Gardens, or Dick's is decent and cheap as well as Walmart to an extent. Bass Pro is probably the best place to ask for advice though.

I mean if you want a rod and reel that isn't a complete POS, budget $60-$100 for that depending on what you like and fresh or salt. Then get some hooks, weights, bobbers possibly, and bait as well as whatever tackle bag or box and you will be on your way. Figure out everything with natural bait and then you can move on to lures if you want.

>>940124
That happens when you keep minimum size fish. They shrink when they die.

>>940686
When do I fish topwaters? All of the anglers on the river near my swear by topwaters, saying they produce better than anything else. apparently because the river is shallow they work well.

>>940035
Go to a pawn shop and look around. Find the biggest cheapest spin real you can.
>>940042
>old rusty shimano something 4000
>80lb Braid line for shits and giggles (had it just laying around)
>spare rod
Catfish set up = $0

>>940386
I can't get one of those fuckers to save my life
>shrimp lures / baits
>mullets swim baits
>minnow lures
>shrimp on popper bobber thing
Nada.
>morning
>afternoon
>evening
Nope.
What the fuck am I doing wrong?

>>940745
Can't get what, snook or jacks?

>>940746
Jacks
Well, snooks too, but more so the jacks. I've caught snook, but never a jack.

>>940751
Where do you fish? Jacks are super easy to catch, if you're not getting them then they probably aren't in your area. They ferocious just like bluefish and will hit just about any lure you can think of but they mainly like shiny lures like gotcha plugs, spoons and diamond jigs.

>>940686
What are you going to use that bomber for?

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>>940769
>South West Florida on Caloosahatchee river
I see them swimming by, casted all sorts of lures out in front of whatever direction they're heading. Nothing.
>forgot to mention I've also tried spoons
>pic only thing I caught lately

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>>940776
That's so weird, jacks usually smash anything you throw in their face. Maybe try cast netting some bait and live lining it? The little guys are annoying but jacks 5 pounds and up are fun as hell. This one took a sardine head on a fish finder rig.

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>>940774
That pic was actually what TXfag sent to Zuriss for the Secret Santa.

Yuro got me the big black spook. Skid claims the Heddon Jitterbug in that black color is the best night lure.

>>940726
For me, topwaters are best at dawn and dusk with fairly calm water when you can see the fish at the top.

>>940741
Whenever I see pawn shop stuff online, it is a ripoff. It is either old stuff that was expensive but is beat up as hell and like 15% off retail of a new model or it is cheap Walmart stuff that is basically retail price.

>>940788
Skid is fucking autistic
Though the jitterbug at night does. Produce some nice fish
I've been meaning to get a jackal pompadour. Because it supposedly has a similar action
But $14 or whatever it is is killer

>>940796
Skid never posts here any more. Mike Pence probably shocked him to death.

>>940800
going to sound rude but
>death
>counsiling
either may be good choce for him

Is skid the guy that thinks he's an IRL furry?

>>940804
yeah

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I can't seem to stop making lures even when I'm not intending to make lures. I'm seeing lures in everything.

>>940580
You got meme'd hard. This was a discussion like 15 threads ago and I'm pretty sure the bowfin/snakehead thing is just a dank meme to the people who were there now. Just claiming anythkng that looks vaguely like a bowfin is one.

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>>940662
yfw: i'm about to throw these away because just gotta mucho better one.

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>>940844
Y-you could probably make those into some sweet jigs.

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>now this is dink posting

You guys ever impale a baby fish while reeling in an inline spinner or something? I didn't get a pic of it, was 99% sure the fish was going to die

>>940850
Happens to me a few times a year.

Is it just me or do rock bass take the stress of being caught really poorly? A significant amount of the time I catch them, after I release them, they swim in circles very slowly and act dazed for a long time, some times even floating upside down. I try to revitalize them by running water over their gills by holding them under and pushing them back and forth but many times they don't seem to recover.

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>>940848
Pepsi pls.

>>940796
My favorite topwater is still the Rapala Skitter Pop. Works well for me late spring at dawn or dusk when there is a slight ripple on the surface of the lake.

Stuff like the Zoom Horny Toads are ok too if you want to run over weeds. Rig them up weightless with a 4/0 EWG. I tend to get a lot of 12"-14" bass out of the weeds like that tho where I'm hitting 16"+ bass outside of the weeds with the Skitter Pop.

I have a Yo-Zuri 3DB popper that has some nice action too. It's just a silver one but there is a green frog pattern one I have been meaning to pick up. I just need to wait for a sale tho because I don't love them enough to pay $11 for em.

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>>940832
flip it around and make a pencil popper.

>>940846
lol..I have too many projects as it is..I'll set some of the part aside and see if i can incorporate the parts into shiny lures.

>>940858
could be the from being fought too long. are you using light tackle? lactic acid builds up fast in some fish. and holding them up for pics is also stressful since they arent breathing. pisses me off on tv shows when they sit there holding the fish talking about their catch and you know its dying right in front of your eyes.

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>>940867
The rock bass are little dinks, it's less of a fight and more just tugging them out of the water.

pic related is generally how it goes

>>940870
Kek

>>940858
never had an issue, caught about 1000 last year

>>940870
Lol. I had that same look on my face when I got abducted by aliens last week.

>>940870
I love how none of them react.

>sick of your shit billy

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>>940804
Your going to make him...

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>>940911
He's gone...

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>>940924
Creepy as fuck. I remember when some fag reported this because it is the same rule as furfaggotry

>tfw slept all day today because rainy and cold
>have to be at work by 5am tomorrow
Idk if it's even worth trying to get some sleep or just stay up all night.

>>940927
That is the best OP ever
>salmon man
fucking kek

>>940927
Weresalmons aren't furries. Furries have fur.

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>>940941
The rule technically covers any sort of animorphic bullshit because furries are so fucked in the head that they need to keep that shit on /mlp/ or risk scaring away the normies and their ad revenue stream.

>>940948
>4chan
>normies

>>940948
I don't thin even /mlp/ allows furry.

The only time I have been there was to spam fluffies after they raid our thread on /b/

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>>940964

>>940972
Nothing good but.....

I just poped over to /mlp/ to see if their sticky had anything about rules...they don't have a sticky and the things I saw where...I'm not sure how to describe them.

I feel like I should go to chruch.

>pepsi has never tried a ned rig
What's your excuse?

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Laker from today. Crap picture but hands were freezing and slimy.

>>940981
http://www.4chan.org/rules#mlp

Fluffies are the least of their problems.

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The only thing I dislike about Devcon 2-ton epoxy is that it takes up to 12 hours to cure properly. Then again, once I flesh out the designs and mass produce some of them, that 30-min working time will be great. I'll need to make a larger rotary drier.

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>>940997
>Filly Funtasia
>clop
I don't even want to know.

Is that a busy board? Do people actually go on it? I might have to go funpoast over there one of these days when I'm bored.

>>941021
Wut is going on here?

>>941022
It's just a meme that got too big and now there's a serious following of it, it's too real

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>>941024
Learning how to foil. It is the one thing I've never done before. In >>941021 top left is a pencil plug from >>940832 that has base coat of epoxy curing. Bottom left is a rebuild. 2nd attempt at foil. Top right and bottom right is an upside down plug; 3rd attempt at foil. The foil plugs are drying their eyes and awaiting a top coat of epoxy.

I threw away the first attempt at foiling. It was a train wreck.

>>941035
I would run that little foil one if it had some action to it. Reminds me of those baby cranks that work well for me.

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>>941042
The smaller one on the right will have more wiggle than the one on the left. The left one is to be an injured baitfish.

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I walked for a solid 3 miles down this creek and didn't see any fish. No gills or bass anywhere. I caught that dink bass on the last cast of the day though, so I guess they're in there. I just figured I'd see at least one.

It's crazy seeing water this clear. Up here like 3 foot of visibility is clear. This was straight up like a bathtub.

>>940864
Suffix the best power pro a shit

>>940927
>Furfag turning into a scalefag
Now I've seen everything

>>941056
Related question; aren't most fish downstream in the winter since they prefer deep water, and come back up in warmer seasons? Hence creeks are empty?

I always saw fish in my creeks last summer but now see jack shit.

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>>941079
That sounds probable. I didnt realize how far upstream I was. Still a good time though it was really pretty and I saw a girl with 10/10 tits tanning topless.

>tfw when walking by her
>tfw not wanting to stare
>mfw she started talking me and asking me if there were fish here
>tfw she asked me if I was okay when I busted ass unsnagging a lure
>girl I was with visibly jealous

Good times. Gonna go father down stream next time.

>>940890
How can people catch this many fish? I caught maybe 20 fish last spring and summer and that was with me going fishing at least once or twice a week.

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I found this in the bait tank at the gas station I work at in WI. I've been fishing my entire life and I've never seen one of these. What is it?

>>940992
Why is your reel zip tied to your rod?

>>941162
Bullfrog tadpole.

>>941162
>>941169
I think this was bait

>>941167
looks like a new combo he's using..

>>941162
It's one of those Asian fish that swims up your peehole

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>>941162
>never seen a tadpole before

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>>941162
Nigga that's a baby bowfin. All these retards lying saying it's some fucking frog baby? Please.

>>941288
>pic

Nice bearded bowfin, did you draw it?

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>>941292
I haven't landed a beardie bow since I moved to FL. I miss em. Not even a mini bullbeard bowfin. I used to hit those all the time whenever I had a nightcrawler in the water.

>>941292
Yeah its drawn from bowfin blood

>>940149
>I appreciate fish, and don't want to be the reason good fish die, so I'm concerned about these things.
Then fishing is not the right sport for you.
I have a bit of a grudge against those holier than thou C&R fishers. If you care so much about the fish then maybe the first thing to do would be to stop putting hooks in them for your own amusement?
(sorry if I put words in your mouth here Anon)

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I just saw an Academy semi truck pulling out from a Sports Authority. My best guess is maybe Academy bought out the old Sports Authority inventory possibly? I have no clue. Unless they are opening an Academy there but that would be odd because they haven't even taken the Sports Authority sign down.

>>941307
+1

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As always... Interesting deals at Dick's this week.

If they had the Flatt Shads I def would've gotten down on this. Those things don't look bad but idk if I want for of them.

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>>941327
And then this. I almost got on it but idk what I would do with 5 of them. They also had a bunch of goofy as nu-baits like Molix shit on sale for "Buy One Get One 50% Off". I'm sure those will be discontinued by the end of the summer and they will be in the fall MTB and LTB.

>>940149
Jesus Christ grow a pair of balls you fucking fag.

Do you eat meat? If yes. Shut the fuck up.

If you don't eat meat. Congrats, lots of animals die to grow the veggies you eat all around the globe from pesticides and farmers murdering deer.

Fucking yuppie pussies. Jesus christ. The fish isn't going to have their life flash before it's eyes wishing it died of old age in a set of cashmere pajamas in a warm bed. It doesn't look in a mirror in the morning and say "lookin good John make sure you get home to your wife and don't bite any senkos".

Fucking fag.

>>941327
If you don't exclusively buy megabass jerkbaits you're doing it wrong

>>941340
More like meme bass.

That shit is so fucking over priced it's ridiculous. Same with lucky craft and live target. All three of those companies have like 2 or 3 good lures. That's it.

Rapala x raps and shadow raps are cheaper and work better. Especially of you get the old models on ebay in lots of 5 or 10.

>>941329
Yeah but it feels bad to catch a fish for fun and put it back in the water dead or in bad shape.

Waiting for the top of the tide to move to 6pm ish to try that river mouth again.
Been three times at the lowest fuckin tide ever and of course caught nothing.

>>941329
Calm the fuck down dude. There is nothing wrong trying to minimize the impact fishing has on the ecosystem.

>>941345
Kek yeah I was just joking I don't own anything that megabass has made. $25 for a jerkbait is the most unreasonable pricing for lures I've seen in awhile.

Lucky crafts aren't too overpriced imo they have a really good action. Live targets are cool, but I wouldn't buy one at full price and they're pretty gimmicky.

Bagley lures have been my favorite hard baits.

>>941340
I like their poppers but no way I'm going to pay $25 for them. If they ever have a sale like 2 for $20, I would go for it. That is less than I pay for those Rapala Skitter Pops.

>>941345
Lots of Live Target stuff got down to reasonable prices. And if not, they are always on sale because they don't sell for shit. I have a LT hollow body frog and a couple of lipless rattlers. Oh, and two Bait Balls. I would rather spend the money on Rapala. And Dick's carries those Lucky Craft USA lures now and they are only $10 which isn't bad compared to the $15-$20 that people ask for the Jap ones.

>>941358
>>941351
I'm not saying fucking punt them like a football back into he water you retards but if you're going to cry like some fat girl with blue hair when a jerkbait hooks the odd fish in the eyeball you should not fish and probably kill yourself.

>>941370
But the post you were replying to didn't make the ridiculous statements you're making, he was simply asking how he could minimize harm to the fish while partaking in the sport.
Strictly C&R fishermen should be encouraged - they pay for the same fishing license that pays for stocking without depleting fish stocks.

>>941307
Hell no I'd pass down fishing over just to feel better about them, the question was more focused on being responsible. If I could do one lil thing that improves thier mortality I'm fine, but ofc it can never be 0%

>>941329
I'm trying to simply increase thier survivability and not be a dummy basically killing them and throwing them back in. Sorry to unsettle your inner redneck however.

>>941390
Good luck releasing trout and not killing them lol.

>>941401
Why? Do they just handle the stress like shit?

Trout are wierd tho because of how they stock em everywhere and they don't even breed in the wild most places. There is so much I don't understand about being a trouter.

>>941402
Yes. Stocked fish always die when you release them and they stress poorly which is odd because they travel well during stocking but hooking them fucks them up.

Wild trout caught on small flies have a better chance but they die easily. They fight to the death and then people just toss them back into the water in heavy current.

>>941401
>>941402
Trout do totally fine with catch and release if you unhook them quick and return them to the water within two minutes
They aren't as robust as bass or catfish that you can keep out of water for 5 minuites and have them still be kinda okay
Brown's and brookies are more resilient than rainbows
Rainbows stress real easy and die really easy ,. They're only good for about a minute out of the water then they struggle

>>941407
Not sure where you live. But the trout they're raising there must suck compared to most other places

>>941409
Bass can take 5 whole minutes out of the water? Huh.

>>941413
Maybe not quite that long but they are more resilient than most trout
They handle stress significantly better too

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>>941316
thought sports authority went out of business?
they closed the one in my area months ago.

>>941345
LC makes a bunch of great lures in great colors. i agree overpriced but when all the other companies are copying their lead it must mean something...

live target is junk. bills break, bodies crack and leak. megaB is unaffordable but the lures are finished nicely.

>>941401
as if releasing trout is hard?

I haven't fished since I was 6 but I've been wanting to get back into it for a while now. I've been reading up and I ran through the OP but one thing never seems to be properly covered...

I live in Ontario fishing zone 17, Durham region, apparently some of the best fishing in the world, but I can't seem to find any proper definition of where I can and cannot fish. So far all I can come up with is:
>Not within 150 meters of a hydroelectric dam
>Not on private property
>Not within a designated fish sanctuary
Aside from that it would appear that if there is water I can cast a line but I know that shit's going to get me fined or just make me look like an asshole at some point. Do you have any rules of thumb for this?

I'm not ambitious, I'll start with small fry, if I can work up to a rainbow by the end of the year I'd be thrilled.

>>941433
dont take it from me but start with smaller bodies of water. Some great fishing in even the smallest ponds and creeks sometimes and it teaches you more since you can understand it small scale

>>941413
Especially bigger bass can easily do 5min.

>>941424
Dick's bought up Sports Authority and closed em all up I guess. They haven't done anything with the stores since they closed them a few months ago, the signs are still up and everything. But there aren't any Academy stores anywhere around here and I have seen a few of their trucks around. So idk if Academy is trying to take over the stores or maybe they bought the old Sports Authority inventory and their trucks are picking it up.

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>>941413
Also there's carp. Those fuckers will last out of water for hours. Catfish seem to do bretty gud out of the water as well. And the goddamn sneks will last like indefinitely out of water as long as they don't dry out. I hate those fuckers.

>>941329
it's called responsibility you dumbfuck

>>941458
Catfish and gar can still breath out of the water. I have wraped catfish in a wet towel and transplanted them up to 45 mins later. I have found gar on the bank still alive many times.

>>941480
Kys

>>941458
I wonder if you could do this experiment with snakeheads?

http://www.livescience.com/47582-unusual-fish-bichir-animal-evolution.html

>>941517
I bet you could. They're interesting on land, they don't just flop around like most fish. They take their time a bit more and slither like a snake back towards the water.

what kind of music do you fucks like?
going on a binge downloading spree

>>941528
Not nigger music

>>941528
Outlaw country
Bluegrass

Bluegrass is scientifically proven to attract fish. (As tested by me)

>>941534
i dont listen to nigger music either,
currently downloading a shit ton of
sabaton
twenty one pilots
gorillaz
bright light social hour
and a bunch of miscelanous songs ,
trying to remember what else i listen to

>>941537
ive go to download some bluegrass type music, i rarley listen to it often butwhen i do i enjoy it
thanks for reminding me
il put that to the test as well

>>941541
The steeldrivers
Old crow medicine show
Town mountain
Infamous stringdusters

Are some of my favorites.

>>941543
thanks man, il check it out

>>941528
Just found xxxtentacion yesterday. Check out "I spoke With the Devil in Miami" and "Tightrope"

>>941538
21 pilots and gorillaz is nig music

>>941549
only reason i listen to 21 pilots was becaue i had a really cute chick in my criminal and civil law class liked them and i wanted to have something to talk to her about, found a handfull of songs i liked and fucked her for about three months
pretty worth it

we had a quicky on the river once even

>>941528
Synthwave

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I have my guides bound on and epoxied, now I can sit around pretending to jig in an ice hole.

>>941555
>california
>ice
hows that one going mate?

>>941528

These are not in order

>Mexican fiesta music
>Sam and Dave
>metal
>90s to early 2000s nig music
>country older than ~2010
>Texas country (best music)
>bluegrass (2nd best)
>blues (has to be recorded before ~1970 otherwise it's not the same)

>>941543
>No Turnpike
Am disappoint

>>941555
Kek

>>941559
do you know the bright light social hour? since texas?

>>940182
I make 500 extra month in the cichlids I catch in my area. I put them on Craigslist and online. I get contacted in a day or two then the fish is gone.

>>941528
im into a lot of music but listening outdoors is not a thing for me, cant filter out the outdoor sounds. Playing music on guitar is fun however, and I plan on doing that if I get into lazy shore fishing like carp and cats.

However if you're just looking for music from your fellow /out/bros:

Animal Collective if you want to listen to something energetic, kind of freaky and experimental, and sometimes very natural/raw sounding and other times very pop.

Radiohead if you want to dive into muh-despression but still appreciate some solid fucking tunes.

Early Coldplay if you want a light version of that, post-X&Y coldplay if you want the best pop music from the last couple of years.

Sufjan Stevens if you want good modern folk thats more about your nostalgic childhood/teen years traveling around the country with family or friends.

Beck if you want all of the above.

Brian Eno if you want to morph into the wind and become a part of the 4th dimension.

>>941549
gorillaz is the only exception, id say they're mostly a white fanbase too.

>>941565
i rarley listen when outdoors, alot of time when im on the dirtbike i listen because cant hear nature anywyas
or soaking baits sometimes i listen

im going on some long flights in a few months and want to have some new music to listen too,

>>941560
I've never heard of them

>>941565
I agree picking on a guitar next to the river with a line in is great.

>Sufjan Stevens if you want good modern folk thats more about your nostalgic childhood/teen years traveling around the country with family or friends.
You like Gregory Alan Isokov?

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>>941528
Here's a few:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01XRSB-7dA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwR6w2TgxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0NqRY9GTZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuuvNpURz3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TX5gsKBo88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VARyFuO5w10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoT7MPS8WDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Egf1OZ1CuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H30fW-brzNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJA3gQ6jmxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6VPg-ff3vg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY66fdMt4vc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DgAfs4FutI

>>941485
I've had massive flathead catfish live 2 hours out of the water in the back of my pickup truck.

>>941555
Looking good. I'm sitting around twiddling my thumbs waiting for epoxy to cure on some alligator sticks I made.

>>941424
Are those tool handles? lol

>>941569
never heard of him. Lord Huron is another amazing folk artist however. Thing about Sufjan is that he incoporates folk very well with modern instruments.

Currently checking out Gregory's The Weatherman. Reminded me of lord huron

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>>941528
narcocorridos para me.

Just thought of this

Do fish eat a lot before a weather front comes because they want to fuel up for deeper and swifter waters?

>>941593
All animals eat up prior to storms.

>>941598
Just like ur mum before she gets a shower of cum

>>941558
There are some lakes in the Sierras that freeze thick enough to walk on but I might not make it there this season.

>>941559
Turnpike troubadours?
They are on my outlaw country station.

>>940716
>Bass Pro is probably the best place to ask for advice
>>940711
Go to a small local bait shop. They will have 100X the knowledge of BPS as a rule. At BPS you may get lucky but only if you talk to the guy that fishes exactly what you're looking to.

If you're going salt rinse your shit when you get home. I'm notoriously bad about this and will probably regret it one day.

>>941327
My Dick's had something (was already empty)
9.99-19.99 regular, $4 each when you buy 3 or more. No brainer.

>>941401
keep 'em in the water, remove hook, watch them swim away. It's not rocket science.
Sucks the limit is 3/day here

>>941565
>Brian Eno
Eno & Fripp, some good shit.

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Would you guys eat anything caught in the Detroit river? Or any similar body of water, for that matter. I'm new to the area, haven't had the chance to go fishing yet but I have heard that come springtime that river will be full of walleye.

>>941695
Always check local consumption advisory before eating anything.

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/explore/fisheries/hooking-and-cooking-eating-fish-from-around-the-great-lakes/detroit-river-fish-consumption-advisories/

I wouldn't until there was better info on what levels of pollution there are in the average fish species I'd want to eat.

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>>941558
june lake among many in the eastern sierras has 7' of ice right now. (pic was taken yesterday) We have ice fishing throughout the eastern sierras every year a number of mountain lakes in the sierras freeze thick.
not an unusual occurrence here at all.

>>941636
mammoth area lakes will stay frozen probably until april...you still has time bruh.

>>941561
how do you treat them for sale?

>>941662
Of the big places mentioned, Bass Pro is good. Local places are the best but hopefully they have a good selection of stuff to get a beginner set up. So many of the tackle shops I have been to around here are basically only good for live bait and advice, not actually buying tackle.

>>941543
All I know from that is "Don't Ride That Horse" from Old Crow. Good ol' heroin songs.

>>941528
Katy Perry mostly

whats a good braid to braid knot

>>941753
double uni
alberto

>>941753
FG Knot works really well and doesn't go clunk-clunk through the rod eyes as you cast it. It is far thinner than any other knot I think.

>>941789
FG only works to tie braid to mono, and works best with higher diameter mono (10lb and up is ideal)

>>941848
I used the FG knot to tie a 6lb flouro leader on to 10lb braid. Would there be a better knot to use?

>>941856
That sounds fine. What really matters is that the braid is able to dig into the mono. I tried to do 20lb braid to 10lb mono and it was tough to tighten up but it worked fine. 10lb braid is pretty thin so it can tie to a pretty thin mono line. I think fluorocarbon will work the same as mono, but you might as well test it to be sure.

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>>941848
>>941875
>>941856
I use it for mono to braided and braided to braided of the same diameter. They never ever pull out even when tested. Something else always breaks. I don't use it for mono to mono and haven't tried.

>>941879
I never need to tie braid-braid knots but I may give that a try. Always figured that the un-knotted piece of braid would be too smooth and slip out.

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>>941883
You know how you move the working end back and forth as you weave it around the main line? Hold the knot between your fingers and make sure the entire knot rolls in that direction to. It will flip once then when you go the other direction with the working end you reverse that flip. Thus, the knot gets flipped back and forth as you tie it. This action keeps it from bunching up and becoming thick and allows both pieces of line to bite into each other.

>>941528
When /out/ I only listen to music if I don't feel like talking to the inevitable passers-by. Else I like the sound of the /out/doors
When listening it's usually metal, rock in various forms, talking debate radio or audio-books.

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>>941886
those look cool.

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Has anyone used the YoZuri crystal minnow for inshore species, if so how's the best way to work them and when are the right conditions for them?

>>941972
Rod tip twitches and reeling in between. Pause. Twitch. Reel. Multiple twitches. Reel.

Rapala has a good saltwater lineup. I love me some you zuri though. Their lipless rattle cranks are bad ass.

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>>942004
>Rapala
The X-Rap line has so much cool stuff, especially the saltwater line. I was looking at a jointed X-Rap yesterday at Dick's and it was pretty big but would def slam big bass or northern/muskie.

>>942033
Yeah the salt stuff is built better too. Plus they offer them with single hooks so you don't torque treble hooks out on big fish.

>>942043
>>942043
Also some places require those single circle hooks by law for all lures.

>>941955
Time will tell if they will be any good (how can they not be good when fishing for panfish). The smaller one has a weight now and is epoxied. It was a repaint job of something that is far older and had caught 100s of fish in the past. It should be more durable and cast much easier.

>>941972
It looks like you may be able to use it as a jerkbait in addition to pulling it straight in. So, use it as a jerkbait. Jerk, slack, jerk, slack, pause 5 seconds jerk, slack, jerk, slack, jerk, pause 10 seconds, repeat.

>>942071
On lures too? I thought those laws were normally for bait fishing.

>>942043
Ehh idk about better. The bodies are the same. There is more variety with the saltwater ones and they use beefier hooks like most saltwater lures. I don't like using those heavy duty hooks for freshwater when it isn't needed because they are so visible.

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>>942081
>4chan cookie monster eats another image

>snowing today
Well I could go out fishing
Not sure where I'd want to go though desu. Nothing's really biting

>>940009
I've caught catfish on a panther martin before. He identified with the trout population I was after.

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>>942071
name one.

>>941167

I've always just left the zip ties from the store on my reels. A little extra security if they loosen up while I'm fishing.

>>941724
>7' of ice

holy fukk... got to be too thick to even fish. Anyone have a 7 foot auger??

Ice was 10 inches where I fished Sunday and even that was kind of annoying.

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>>942119
There are always exceptions. I've caught turtles on inline spinners I've made.

someone who lives where channel cats are plentiful pls send me a baby or two
like 2-4 inches
>>942144
im going to start killing snapping turtles for turtle soup

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>>942143
You use an ice saws & ice chisels/spuds with long handles and auger extensions for the gas powered augers.

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>>942145
>im going to start killing snapping turtles for turtle soup

I've always found cleaning them to be a pain in the ass for some reason. They have too much personality for me to kill when I'm not starving and fish are easier to catch and clean.

>baby channel cats

I found that the best way to catch juvenile catfish is to use a seine at night in waters that have gravely/stony bottoms about 6" to 2' deep. Start from the deep section and move towards the shore. Sometimes I'd catch 100+, 1" catfish that look like tadpoles in a single night without too much work.

>>942147
i have a game dinner i go to and the owner makes a killer turtle soup, though he usually has trouble getting turtles
so il kill 1-4 bleed them and he can clean and cook them

send me a giant goldfish bag of baby catfish
where im from we dont have too many catfish desu and its a shame we have some ponds with alot of bullhead but i want to raise some channel and maybe blue cats in my aquarium then when they get big my pond

>>942150
>have someone else clean the turtles

That really is the best way!

>goldfish bag of baby catfish

Wrong time of year. Everything is flooding and dangerous. You may want to google up some fisheries/hatcheries in your area and drop them a line to see how much a few would be. It'll most likely cost more in fuel to get there than the price of the fish.

>>942153
there are surprisingly few public hatcherys where im from, ive called all of them ( less than 10) and only 2 of them do channel catfish, both are like a 45 min drive and i probably will end up going to them when the weather is a bit better

having someone else clean and cook anything for you is best
>4 steps to a game dinner
>catch
>clean
>cook
>eat

ive told him il help with step #1 and 4 with anything he wants

>>942136
You seriously think circle hooks are not required on certain reef locations?

>>942145
Make sure you don't need a hunting license for that

>>942156
>both are like a 45 min drive
That's not bad at all and totally worth it for feesh

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>>942143
auger is 4' with an extention its 8' you could get through but its not consistently 7' all the way across. most holes are around 2'

>>942157
no i dont doubt you, i asked you to name one.
I know of 2 that require them when bait fishing for certain target species but not required solely on lures and jigs.

>>942172
to catch snapping turtles by Manned hook and line they need to be a minimu size, and you need to have a fishing license

to catch them by turtle trap it needs to be a live catch trap so you can maitain the minimum size and you need to have a trapping certification and license

i have all of that, though im going to just kill the ones that bite my fucking lures or hooks because theyre dumb cunts
>walk a mile back on a highly populated bike path with 2 headless bleeding turtles
thatl go over well

>>942178
Neat. In Texas you have to have a hunting license if you want to keep them.

>>942179
interdasting
nah i make sure to check all the laws and shit
though funny enough laws for harvesting snapping turtles are 100 times more clear than general trapping laws

can it please either get cold and freeze up so i can iceifish, or thaw and get slightly warmer so i can fish softwater comfortably

>>942202
This.

It is like some kid is playing with the thermostat.

>>942205
if it gets cold i can go hamer gills and perch on hard water, if it gets warmer i can start kayaking again or even waiding if it warms up quick
i could buy some waiders and do that now but i have other more important shit to buy

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kvd is a genius.
he reshaped the soft frog design
and made it into a...fish!
kvd put a popper where the mouth is and
used a frog hook and..skirt material
to make a tail.

the man is on fire!
what will he do next?

>>942210
That will catch no more fish than any other soft frog will that has a popper mouth.

>>942119
I got a decent sized channel cat on a beetle spin a couple years ago. That was fun on a UL with 4lb mono.

>>942136
There is a law like that in FL on the Atlantic side further north in the state. Idk all the details but I doubt it applies to lures too.

>>942216
peps send me exotic florida catfishes

>>942210
Is that a hollow body or solid?
>tfw Hula Poppers have been around for decades
That's assuming it's a hard body. But I have a hollow body frog with a popper mouth like that too. Can't remember what brand it is, maybe Booyah or something.

>>942178
I fucking hate snapping turtles. Red ears and painted turtles are one thing but snappers are cunts, especially because they will rip at bigger lures that sliders won't touch.

Years ago when I was walleye fishing on a river, I had a big soft shell turtle hit the minnows on the river rig and that thing was a cunt. It was probably 18" and had some sharp ass claws. Trying to get the hooks out, those fuckers are clawing at you and the line while pulling their head back in the shells. I think I'm just going to leave the barb in next time.

>4chan and their gay ass IP ban when I'm on the cell network
My pass just expired too. Bought it last year when the same shit happened. But it always goes away after a day or two so I think I'm gonna hold out. With all these retarded ads and shit now, I really don't feel like giving Mook any money.

>>942217
I haven't caught a single cat since living down here. I remember years ago I was fishing with my cousin in Tampa Bay and we got some white catfish but that was saltwater.

We do have plecos aka sailfin cats. And idk what the distribution of channels and flatheads is like. I wasn't sure if we even had them here until I saw a dying channel cat floating in the weeds at a lake out west. I would think if there were lots of cats around here I would've hit them on a Texas rig or other lure with how much I cast. Plus I have tossed out nightcrawlers and stink bait a handful of times at a couple nearby lakes and haven't gotten anything like that.

>>942222
Saltwater catfish and gaftop taste great. Just skin them, batter, and fry them. Better than channel and flathead catfish imo.

>>942231
seconded, il probably be eating some in april when i visit texas and soak some baits,
never tried hardheads but il take a few gaftops for dinner one night

>>942233
They taste less muddy or something. They must have a different diet.

>>942235
the hardheads are better than gaftop?

trying to decide if i should fly with some rods or not, if i do bring my surf rod i need to grab a spool of 40 lb braid, since halfway through my 50 lb braid thats on my surf rod its tied together because i managed to cut it somehow

>>942236
I think the hardhead have slightly better texture at large sizes.

I was saying both salt species taste less muddy than the freshwater cats.

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>>942248
Wut brand is that popper? And does that Size 12 have 2 or 3 hooks?

>>942257
2 hooks, its the same size and color that caught my first Leerfish.

The popper is DTD, its a croatian brand, mainly makes squid jigs and small jigs, which are very good and productive in my experience. In the recent years they delved into the world of wobblers and other hardbaits.

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>>942260
Nice. I might need to get down on one or two of those Size 12s.

>>942263
Do you got any of these xrap subwalks?
this one is the biggest i found 07 size, but is 13 grams, so i assume with its small size it should cast almost adequately

>>942269
Nah never messed with those. I don't think they have em for freshwater and I don't spend a lot of time in the salt section.

Looks like a shallow suspending twitch bait.

>>942272
yeah, now i feel its a good compromise between size and weight, because my other topwaters could arguably be too big (Even thought that's not true)

water please stop being hard

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>>942341
Bruh.

Or just bring your mom to the lake. I get soft whenever I see her. Keep your little sister away tho.

Couldn't make time for fishing today so I made a few minnow traps out of old plastic bottles
Atleast next year IL have plenty of bait , provided I can find some half decent places to put them

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Fucking turtles

>>942434
Is this a problem that people encounter regularly?
Do they survive? I know frogs sometimes take lures and it's pretty deadly to them.

>>942439
I think it's more of a problem with live/cut bait. This turtle was just unlucky and got snagged in the foot. I got it out and he was using all his legs to swim so he's most likely fine.

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>>942434
kek

I have lots of problems with stinkpots when using live/cut bait. They are so foul too.

>>942503
Dude just put the hooks on with split rings and split ring pliers. It would save so much hassle.

Winter catfishing is a thing right?
I want to target a section of river that used to be an old gravel pit
Rumors say it's anywhere from 30-100 ft deep in certain spots but I honestly have no fucking clue
No depth maps of it , and I don't have an fish finder to find depths myself

Access is in half a dozen on shore spots or from a kayak ( not kayaking in winter)
So I'm pretty limited to just a few on shore spots

Is my best bet to just bring a chair and hobo stove , Chuck out some cut bait and hope for the best ?
I'm not sure there is much else I can do

Will post an aerial view tomorrow with spots marked on it and what ( little ) I know about each spot

This spot also has high potentials of nearly any state record freshwater fish , some monster fish are living in there

>>942434
Cunts

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>tfw had to renew my pass because of Mook's moneygrab and these IP bans
I hate this place. At least I don't have to deal with captchas for another year.

>>942658
nocaptchasquad

>>942658
I don't really care about techniques or gear.

I just want know how to get a hot chick to want to go fishing with me.

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>>942746
+1

I think you have to get the girl first and if you have enough to offer her, maybe she will go fishing.

Do you have that kind of money

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>>942509
dude.. your comment makes no sense

>>942746
>nice boat
>nice truck
>nice dog
>nice girl

its not hard bruh.

>>942759
>buy split rings
>buy split ring pliers
>Use split rings and pliers to attach hooks to the wire loops on lures after painting.

It would be much easier and less ghetto

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>>942746
Don't do it. They don't listen when you tell them this half ounce jig will come back flying if it gets unstuck and this happens.

>>942746
What are you gay?

>>942768
Kek. At least it wasn't the hook

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>>942543
what spots would you guys target? river is a very slow flow from bottom left up and around with miscelanious cross curents etc
white is shallow
green is a possible weed bed
descriptions of the spots are in picture

going to do a few winter night fishing trips just soaking baits or soaking shiners

>>942807
Spot 4 because no risk no reward

>tfw finally time for fresh bred

>>942809
theres not too much risk, i also think it might be shallow
trying to find deep spots to soak baits for catfish, eels , and soak creek chubs for whatever will bite
going to repost in new thread

>>942772
Maybe. I'm pretty happily.married, but she doesn't like fishing. I'd be down for a bro-job while fighting red drum or something.

>>942768
Damn, son. It could have been worse though.

>>942807
I agree with 4. The way those waters run into each other will cause some weird currents and make some calm voids where the fish will hang out at.

Also, don't break the law. It's not worth it for a fishing spot.

>>942813
>some scum bag on 4chan is trying to cheat on his wife with girls while fishing

Kill yourself.