Fishing & Tackle Thread

>>989662
>dat chin

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Has anyone used these?

Headed to FL for easter. Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier will be nearby. I'd really like to catch some pompano. I usually fish for specks and redfish in my state. Anyone have advice (bait, terminal tackle, tactics) for hooking pompano off a pier?

>>989802
Hook type/size for live or cutbait would be really helpful.

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is this good for a first rod

>>989858
The ugly stik rods arent really that great, nor are the reel, check out the pastebin in th op for better options

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How many pounds do you think this fish is? Had no scale

>>989868
hard to tell but decent fish, theres one guy here who will probably tell you its a pound and a half
my guess could be anywhere from 2.5 to 4 lbs
hard to judge by picture

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>>989802
Lures
>Doc's goofy jigs in chartreuse or orange with a pink teaser
>pink pompano jigs

Bait
>sand fleas, frozen or live. You can catch them at the beach
>shrimp
>clams
>fishbites strips in either sand flea, shrimp or clam flavor

Rigs
>use a 10#-20# leader for lures
>use a 20# double drop rig with yellow floats, pink beads and 1/0 or 2/0 size circle or Kahle hooks

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>>989876

>>989895
looks on the smaller side in tat pic

>>989868
bout 2.5.
why da fuck you usin boga grip?

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>Go fishing in my kayak this morning
>Too damn windy, keeps blowing me around
>Come back to the bank and fish
>Still pretty strong gusts, makes casting difficult
>Don't get any bites
>But I do see a largemouth chase my lure in before getting spooked and swimming off
>Finally load up and get all my stuff to leave
>Wind stops blowing

Why is it that even crappy days of fishing are still pretty good?

>>989887
Thanks. I've got plenty of double drops made up. Might take an extra pole to try out some jigs while waiting for action on livebait.

>>989997
>Why is it that even crappy days of fishing are still pretty good?
A crappie day of fishing beats a good day at work.

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>>990037
That's so not funny, it should be put on a bumper sticker.

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>>989895
that fish is half a pound, max.

>that fucking lip clip meme magic.

trying to trigger me huh?

check out my massive 4 pounder.

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>>990059
>>990037
Crappie fishing is gud

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>>990091
That's not four pounds lmao. This dude was at least six.

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>>990112
My state record
At least 12 lbs

>>990030
Most of the pomps I catch are near the shore eating sand fleas, might want to skip running to the end of the pier unless you see people catching them there. Also, the color of the little floats on the rig do make a difference

>pink/white for clear water
>chartreuse for stained water
>dark green for murky water

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Might b neat

Is a texas-rigged senko too light for a medium-action rod? It doesn't seem to cast great compared to my lightweight rod.

>>990121
Do you pop the corks like you do for speckled trout?

>>989858
Reels are all plastic and complete garbage and the rods have no action so are terrible if you ever want to get into lures. If you spend $10-$20 more, there are a ton of better options.

>>990115
Did you actually catch that on a hook?

>>990122
That would make a lot more sense for me and other people in the south. But idk if I would like getting soft plastics for 10 months out of the year.

>>990134
If you had a boat you could fish more than soft plastics...

>>989858
Its a good combo, maybe not for that price. Look at some of the cheaper ugly stick combos or find a better rod in that price range.

Ignore everyone saying ugly stiks are bad, I fished with nothing but ugly sticks for years and have never had a problem with them. They are very good rods and the price is right.

>>990135
Yeah probably. In the summer here the only way to get anything decent sized is either right at dusk, during a really good pressure system, or launching a Texas rig with a 1/2oz+ weight on the memecaster.

>>990155
>fished with nothing but Ugly Stiks
>they're not bad
Maybe one day you will try something different. Even in the same price range, almost everything else has way better action. Ugly Stiks are fine if you want to soak bait on mono for carp or catfish, but terrible for anything beyond that.

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>>990132
>corks

You don't use corks. I'm talking about the pompano rig floats

>>990169
Fished is past tense, I have $400 setups now.
Ugly stiks are perfectly fine for their price point, stop being a gear queer.

Why do you even dislike them so much? They're kind of soft but still plenty sensitive for whatever kind of fishing you want to do.

>>990178
Heavy ass fiberglass and they are just so flimsy and wobbly. Any of the store brand rods for the same price will feel better and the Lightning Rods for the same money actually feel like a respectable rod. Ugly Stiks feel like the $10 generic Bass Pro rods.

>>989868
About three fiddy

>>990179
>heavy
1.2 lbs instead of 1

>flimsy and wobbly
Maybe if you put a 1 ounce weight on a rod made for 1/8th

They've caught millions of fish and you can find them for extremely cheap. Theres no problem whatsoever with using them.

>>990188
>for soaking bait

theres a stocked trout lake near my house that i've been fishing pretty heavily. probably taken 20 out so far. no idea how many they put in.
should i let other people have a chance at them, or just continue filling my freezer with as much free fish as possible?

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>>990115
Smallest fish?

>>990198
Fly rod or what?

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>>990200
Fly rod boii

>>990178
>I have $400 setups now.

lets see em then

>>987913
>Pelican hanging around line
>every time I cast spinnerbait in it would lunge for it
>start lobbing small rocks in its general direction to spook it
>doesn't phase him after an hour
>pick up fist size rock and throw it towards him
>THWOCK
>boom headshot
>pelican gets the message and goes away

Feel kinda bad about it now though.

>>990188
Why do your rods weigh pounds?

>>989868
Bigger than anything Pepsi ever had and ever will catch

>>990193
Are you actually going to eat them or just let them sit there frozen for a year.

>>990227
Nice aim tho. I hate terns lunging after my topwater baits. Seagulls are goofy motherfuckers though they steal bait right out of the bucket if you don't watch it.

>>990251
If you prepare your fish properly they can last well over a year

>>990257
You have them vacuum sealed in freezer bags?

>>990192
Nope, I fish exclusively with lures for saltwater fish.
Several old timers who have fished longer than you have been alive have also told me that ugly stiks are perfectly fine and everyone they know are alright with them... they all also have crazy expensive setups. The only people who say ugly stiks are bad are online circle jerk communities who are salty that they don't cost $1000 for a rod.

>>990233
You can't manipulate one pound around for a while?

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>>990134
Yes I did
Will go twke a picture of hooks I use
Also where you at bebps

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>>990284
Always slackin on the weekends but last night me and coffee grill got some miles in on the beach and will get a few more tomorrow.

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>>990287
Thumb for reference
I have even smaller ones but can't find them

>>990282
If you really have nice stuff then you'll understand why I asked the question. You'd also understand that GX2s have garbage sensitivity.

>>990313
All glass heavy rods do.

Ugly stick is the worst. It has metal spring steel in it.

>>990313
"Garbage sensetivity"
I can feel when minnows and very small bream peck at bait just fine, detecting a hit from a bass is not a problem whatsoever. The only thing more expensive rods do vastly better is feeling bottom structure but I can still feel just fine with an ugly stik + a beginner doesn't really need to worry about that when they're starting.

I fish all day from sunup to sun down and I have NEVER went home sore from casting all day, rod weight shouldn't matter whatsoever if it stays under a couple of pounds.

>>990323
you clearly havent ever fished from hours befor sunrise until far fter sunset with an 8, 9, or 10 ft surf rod, hucking 2-4 ounce plugs all day

>>990327
"rod weight shouldn't matter whatsoever if it stays under a couple of pounds."

Sorry, was it not clear we talking about light rods for bass and shit rather than obnoxiously large surf combos? Also go to the gym, if you are tired from throwing lures you need to work out your little skeleton arms. The only thing that should tire you out fishing is fighting large fish.

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>fishing pond near college
>Great day out so kids out around park
>Couple cone by and I let them fish
>Unfortunately they didn't get anything but I pulled sunnies out for them
>Remember the pb bass i missed under a walk way
>Toss big Texas rigged worm around it
>Nothing
>Give up on bass and keep going for sunnies with crappie jigs
>toss it into pb bass hole by walkway
>Hit a log
>It's actually the Hugh Jackman Mungus Bass
>Kid walks by and grabs photo
>Thank him and I fish with him afterward, gets casting down in one try
>Grab a sunny out for him too

Probably the best fishing day I've had since I started last year.

I was pretty shitty handling him but I didn't see him belly up in the water 3 hours later so I think he's ok.

Crappie jigs ate the bomb

>>990344
That one pound bass is your pb?

>>990319
My 7' 8" St. Croix weighs 7oz

>>990323
Yeah you can feel it if they actually it the lure good. If it's a light strike it's very hard to tell if you got bit. Not to mention actually being able to tell the difference from a bite or a rock.

>I fish all day from sunup to sun down and I have NEVER went home sore from casting all day, rod weight shouldn't matter whatsoever if it stays under a couple of pounds.

Yeah homie I didn't say anything about being tired. Just that a nice rod shouldn't weigh anywhere close to a pound.

>>990350
I think pepsi just dropped trip

>>990356
>>990323
I should also mention I'm talking about the spinning rods. The casting rods are much better. I also don't hate uglystiks and still think they're decent for a beginner.

>>990359
Kek

>>990323
My dad only uses ugly stick and my first rods were all ugly sticks. I'll never buy one again. They are shit. Everyone here agrees that the only thing they do will is not break. Get over it

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>>990350
Fishing for hardly a year so far, mostly in cold season. Seems like a good start to warmer days.
Had a few other bass just a bit smaller than this in the midst of winter.

Sunnies normally get a hint of purple?

>>990171
I see. I'll have to pick some up down there. Thanks

>>990282
I find UglyStix to be good for reeling in a hooked fish, but total crap for casting and working the lure. They were hot shit 30 years ago though.

>>990356
>>990363
IDK maybe I've just got the feel with them since I have used them for so long but I really don't have a problem detecting bites whatsoever. I don't do much bass fishing but the few times I went there were zero problems detecting bass hits or anything. If they hit it light enough that you can't feel it they probably don't have the bait in their mouth far enough to get hooked anyways.

The casting rods aren't flimsy at all and the spinning rods are flimsy as fuck but they are still perfectly fine.

>>990367
But you are the only people I've ever seen talk shit about ugly stiks. The dozens of people I've asked about them who actually know their shit and have been bassing their entire lives say that they are fine and have never heard anything bad about them and my experience backs it up.

are baitcasting reels generally for bassin'?

are they appropriate or desireable in other species fishing?

>>990134
>there are a ton of better options
there's too many suggestions in the pastebin... i have literally no idea what to get for my first rod/reel

>>990398
round baitcasters like shimano calcutta's are used for inshore fishing

>>990401
If you really want 2 good rods that will last a lifetime get a bass pro extreme series rod and Shimano curado and do the same for the spinning rod and get a Shimano ultegra spinning reel.

Or get a st Croix MOJO bass series rod. If you want to get spendy buy daiwa or Shimano or get Loomis rods.

What I listed is like 150ish to 225 a setup.

If the reels are too much get the citicia and a Sahara by Shimano and a bionic blade from bass pro or Abu vendetta rods.

Learn how to fix eyelets or just save 50 bucks for rod repair if you break one.

Want super cheap entry stuff you will upgrade in 6 months? Get some browning Roda and reels or low end abu, or Shimano, and Daiwa stuff.

Get two matching 7 foot rods. Medium heavy for the bait cast rod fast action and medium weight fact action for the spinning rod.

Any reel around 100 dollars is probably going to be fine. Read reviews.

If all you can afford is an ugly stik fine. Just get a Sedona or sienna spinning reel for it. The Shakespeare reels are fucking trash. I would use an ugly stik. I would never use one of the reels they come with if I had the choice.

>>990403
Which is hilarious. Their drag power is weak and they don't have good torque even with a power handle. Most low profile reels with deep spools are better.

People just like them because they are gold and made of metal so they think they are better even though their drag blows and their cast control sucks.

>>990408
ty

when would i use a baitcaster vs a spinning reel

actually i'll just google it i dont want you to waste your time on my stupid questions

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>>990410
Like this. Much better.

30lbs of drag. Spool a reel like this up with braid and bang. Kill fish all day and don't have to hold a fuck huge Calcutta that weighs 45 ounces.

>>990411
Just YouTube it man. Ultimately it's a personal choice. You can cast heavier lures more often and faster and further with a baitcaster. Stuff 1/4 ounce and up is very easy to baitcast. Learn how the reel works before you rage when you tangle it. Start with a 1 ounce or 3/4 ounce lure.

Spinning reels are good for everything but they don't excell at launching spinner baits and cranks far.

I use them for drop shots, shaky headys, small jerkbaits, lures under 1/4 of an ounce or right at 1/4 oz. Etc etc.

YouTube informative fisherman and tactical bassin. The tactical bassin guys are sort of autists but they know their shit and one guy has a ridiculous huge g loomis collection. Like 8k in rods alone so they really care about the stuff and guide for a living.

>>990268
Yeah you could use vaccuum sealed bags. I dry my fish after cleaning and wrap them in aluminum foil. Then I stuff them in a freezer ziploc bag and keep them frozen till I need them. They keep fresh as long you don't thaw and re freeze them.

mono or braided on a spinner

>>990423
Braid with a mono or fluorocarbon leader is objectively best. But if your lazy use copolymer.

>>990416
>turns into a rusty piece of shit in one outing

>>990439
Do they really? I have one and it's a great reel, but I've never used it for salt.

>>990441
you can use anything in salt so long as you rinse it with fresh water after use. The majority of the reels and tackle I use for inshore fishing are for freshwater equipment but I just douse everything with a bottle of water when done and occasionally put a coat of oil on. No rust whatsoever if you take care of it.

>>990192
>soaking bait
I use my ugli UL all the time with little kastmasters and mepps. Works fine. I don't know if I'd want to do it from shore.

>>990445
That's what I thought. All those 13 fishing reels are suppose to be corrosion resistant though, so that's why I was wondering.

The only reel I wouldn't fish salt with is my chronarch. Apparently the spool material is very supceptable to corruption. (According to Shimano)

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>>990439
Pic related

>>990439
As would any reel you don't rinse the fuck off with fresh water. There is a reason they get cleaned often. If you submerge a Calcutta and don't wash it the thing is fucked.

That 13 fishing reel isn't gonna rust from a day of use you dumb fuck.

Stop being a dumb troll. You're probably mad your Calcutta has baby gears

>>990450
Thats fucked up that they would use something that corrodes that easily. Atleast they make notice of it so people don't ruin their reels. It's most likely just for people who use it in salt and don't clean it off so that they can't send in for a warranty replacement or something though.

>>990449
I actually love ugly stiks for little lures like that. The bendyness actually makes it really easy to flick light lures super far with just a little wrist movement and fish typically slam things like spinners and shit while also hooking themselves so the lack of sensitivity doesn't matter whatsoever.

>>990423
Braid is a LOT better. I switched around a year ago and hated it for the first couple months but now I can never go back to mono. The lack of line memory and extra sensitivity really make it a lot better.

>>990411
Get a spincast for your first rod. Something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Pflueger-PFLPRES2-662MCOMBO-President-Spinning-Combo/dp/B00DTTRY0S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1491959335&sr=8-2&keywords=spinning+reel+combo
or this
https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Stik-GX2-Spinning-Combo/dp/B00F0KMLCK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491959335&sr=8-3&keywords=spinning+reel+combo

spooled with 8-10 lb mono or 15-20 lb braid these would be perfect and would last you a long time until you decide to upgrade to something better.

>It's most likely just for people who use it in salt and don't clean it off so that they can't send in for a warranty replacement or something though.

That's kinda what I think, but I'd rather not risk it when I have a whole lot of other reels I can use.

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Derp

>>990470
Meant for
>>990462

>>990410

>calcuttas have no torque
>calcutta drag blows
>cast control sucks


wew

I have 4 of them and the drag & torque are easily top tier. Especially if you replace the old Dartanium drag washers with Carbon fiber washers.

>>990471

>he fell for the quantum jew

throw them all away and stick with shimano.

>>990462
>unironically recommending a spin cast reel

Kill yourself.

>>990490
My bad. Thought you meant button press spin cast baby reels. Didn't see the link.

>>990479
11 pounds of drag and reel that weighs as much as a neutron star are good things.

Will Shimano dick riders ever learn?

They make good stuff but the calcuttas are old hat outdated reels that are marketed towards retardals. Their gear ratio is ridiculously slow.

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>>990480
>won the bass master classic

Rlly makes u think

>>990131
i can't even cast a weightless senko with one of my rods.

>>990497
6lb test and ultralight and I can cast a weightless zoom fluke pretty far.

im a weeb so shimano is for me

>>990494
That's true. Not the guy or the Shimano gear nigger poster but most companies have pretty comparable stuff at over 75 dollars to150 dollars.

It really only makes sense to argue at the 300 dollar mark up and up.

At those high end prices Shimano Daiwa and Abu tend to be the go to fresh water shit with 13 fishing being close.

>>990506
And Daiwa and megabass are what then?

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>>989858

>81 CAN

You can get them like $20 cheaper from The Fishin Hole senpai.

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>>990518
+1

At the $300 mark I'd argue you're getting pretty close to diminishing returns. They're definitely better than the lower cost reels, but if you only fish once or twice a month they probably aren't worth the monies.

Not trying to discourage anyone from buying a high end reel. Just don't feel like you absolutely need to spend a car payment on a reel. The $100-200 reels are more than good enough for most freshwater fishin.

>>990537
Spend another 500 or so and get and old town pdl with the prop or a native watercraft with a prop.

>>990131
>>990497
>>990505
My Abu Black Max/Vengeance Combo is a few years old now and still my go-to for Jigs and Texas Rigs. 6' 9" rod, Medium Heavy, rated for 1/4 to 1oz lures. 14 lb fluoro on the reel.

Anything weightless or even weighted wacky rigging I stick to spinning tackle. 6' Quantum Array Medium-Light with an Abu Cardinal SX10 and 6 lb mono. Rod is rated for 1/16 to 3/8 oz. Same setup I use for jig spinners. If they still made it think it'd be nice to get the 6' 6" Medium, maybe an SX20 and throw 8 lb mono just to run some larger soft plastics or use heavier weights when conditions call for it.

>>990131
>>990551
With a Yamamoto senko it shouldn't be. They weigh a little over a 1/3oz. Other brands may be lighter though I'm not sure.

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I only use 2 rod setups and basically the same dozen or so lures 99% of the time. Is this weird?

>>990588
Nah, I take about a half-dozen rods when I'm on the jon boat but if I'm hoofing it forget that noise. When fishing around the local neighborhood ponds I always keep the spinning rod mentioned above on hand and then I'll switch what my second rod is depending on conditions. Usually it's either that Abu jig/t-rig combo or my topwater setup. Middle of the year when grass mats and algae get nasty I go for the frog setup.

It isn't uncommon for me to have a selection of rods on the truck plus a bulky tackle bag after a day on the water. Especially on a Monday if I fished late the previous day and didn't feel like unloading everything. But I'll go fishing right after work so it's nice to have all the options. If my second rod isn't working I can always walk back to the truck and grab one for a different tactic. I can also change out the lures in the small tackle boxes I keep in my vest pockets. But I still won't carry more than two and small assortment of tackle for them. Between two rods I can usually cover a fairly wide amount of tactics.

but tl;dr - Not weird at all.

>>990492

>not having a slow-rolling set up

LMAOing @ ur life senpai

Calcuttas are the Gods of crankbait,swimbaits and all around conventonality.

You cannot buy a better built reel.

Sounds like you are a gear nigger poorfag

>>990611
Slow rolling? Yeah its called reeling slower. It's more important to have more drag and recover line quickly to pull fish off structure.

That's why that little christ cuck Lawson Lindsay fishing loses his fish so often

>>990610
>Nah, I take about a half-dozen rods when I'm on the jon boat but if I'm hoofing it forget that noise. When fishing around the local neighborhood ponds I always keep the spinning rod mentioned above on hand and then I'll switch what my second rod is depending on conditions.

I'm never hoofing it or at ponds though...motorized canoe on a 29k acre lake. I probably should be using all sorts of rods/presentations but I just haven't seen the need, take less stuff every year.

When you take 6 rods out what purposes are they getting used for? Jigging, crankbait, topwater, plastics, etc? How are you finding a use for all those presentations in the same place, same time of year?

>>990642
I fish with only one rod the vast majority of the time and only own two but you can't deny that having multiple rods is just better. It's so much easier to have several different baits to throw around until you find out what the fish are biting than it is to constantly cut your line and retie different baits.

Also different rods for different types of fishing, obviously if you were gonna start flipping you wouldn't use the same rod and reel as if you were just jigging a light bait.

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>>990642
>How are you finding a use for all those presentations in the same place, same time of year?
I fish for anything that bites. Pic related and a dozen similar charts for various species kind of explain why I carry so much. And charts are okay and show how much overlap there is in tackle selection throughout the seasons, but also personal experience and lots of media consumption justify it - at least in my mind. Especially on a first-outing of the year to any body of water.

That grass mat that didn't show up until late June last year might already be a thick carpet by mid May this year and I won't know until I'm on the water. If I didn't pack the broomstick & braid then I've nothing to frog over it or punch into it I've robbed myself of a potentially successful spot. Just as one example.

Another example might be I'd planned on bottom-fishing deep with jigs or worms because of a week of exceptionally warm weather combined with the grasses and shoreline cover not taking off yet to provide cool shade. So I figure the fish are sticking to the bottom in deep waters and pack the jigging stick, but that 20% chance of precipitation gets bumped to 90% a few hours into fishing and a nice cool rain and cloud cover bring the fish up and moving around more. Sure I can go back to jig spinners but the cloud cover cuts back on the flash of the blades. Maybe I throw the little squarebills that aren't too big for my spinning setup and I start nailing dink after dink. Now in my mind I'll be thinking "What if I had a 2.5 rattling squarebill on my cranking stick? Maybe a big jerkbait? Would I have found a new personal best?"

It's a disease I'll admit. The unattainable goal of being ready for everything. I know it can't be achieved but it doesn't keep me from trying.

>>990680
>Also different rods for different types of fishing
This too. The truth is I could combine a couple of my setups. Two are identical in every way except 12 lb mono vs 12 lb fluoro. But I have strong preferences that keep me from doing it. It has to mono for this, fluoro for that, braid for the other thing... I think it just helps with confidence and sometimes fishing confidently is all it takes to improve your bite.

Sounds hokey but confidence probably does some subconscious stuff for you. Maybe something subtle about the cadence with which you bounce a football jig or twitch a jerkbait that improves the bite. I still haven't figured it out. Like breaking in a brand new setup or testing out a nifty new lure, it seems like the days I'm feeling good about fishing I catch more fish. Could just as likely be that when I'm catching more fish I feel good about fishing.

>>990687
I like that, gonna add it to the Imgur. Only problem is for down here in the south, you basically have to switch summer and winter around.

>>990628
>that's why he looses fish

Confirmed for never catching a single snook in your life. Also, that YouTuber is a better fisherman that you will ever be basscuck.

Is tungsten a meme? Why can't I just use lead for punching grass mats?

>>990806
It's smaller so it will get caught up less. I normally use tungsten for anything over a 1/4oz, but punching is where I'd say you get the most out of it.

>>990806
Because the dumbass loons will eat the lead

>>990611
>Calcuttas stronk

Amen to that. I have one that is over 20 years old. Bought it way back in high school. It's silver, they don't even make silver ones any more. It doesn't compete with my modern Curados or Tatulas, but the thing is a tank and still going strong.

>>990825

Get a Conquest or an older GT TE; even the older ones BTFO of all the base baitcasting models (like curados).

Just picked up a 50GT TE in mint condition and can't fucking wait to get a rod for it.

are lead weights dangerous to health?

>>990854

just don't eat them and you'll be good family

>>990854
wash your hands before sticking them in your mouth/nose/eyes

If you want to watch a fish ladder check this out
http://raritanfishcam.weebly.com/
stream of fish ladder in raritan river, nj
So far ive seen some shad.

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>>990872
and i just spotted this

>>990873
the fucking ocean can be creepy dog

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>>990883
just a river, 15 miles from shore. Mostly seeing shad.

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>>990883
on 2nd thought the river is as scary at times

>>990855
>tfw all those times I just used my teeth to clamp lead split shots on the line
I guess it's a good excuse if anybody ever asks why I'm retarded.

>>990896
Im sure lead doesnt shave off like that. It's malleable, and i always see my pliers' teeth marks on it when i climp splitshots down
Never any left on the plier itself

>>990902
it's still a good idea not to put it in your mouth tho since really small particles can get into your body

not enough to do any real damage probably but better safe than sorry

>>990178
Amen

>>990368
That is a good start

>>990917
>biting lead weights is bad for you
Shit I'm probably retarded by now

>>990401
It doesn't really matter what you get as long as it feels good and looks good to you and doesn't crack your wallet in half. Get something that's nice and average and simple. Get an uglystick if you like them or get a spinning combo from Walmart.

>>990917
Yea, but i think alone those lead wont do anything. Probably a combo of other ways of intaking it. like eating fish

>>990423
Got braid on my new spinning setup and its so much better than I expected. The lack of memory is so nice.

>>990480
Hang.
Shimano is just another name for a company that takes your money for fishing gear.
I appreciate your enthusiasm but you're retarded.

>>990588
No, that's good. You're already smarter than everyone in this thread.

>>990954
yeah he should really just smarten up and start making his own rods and reels

Buying things from companies is retarded

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>>990954

>implying the Japanese do not make the best fishing gear in the world

This is common knowledge; Shimano and Diawa are the master race of gear, and I so happen to enjoy Shimano's quality.

There is no question that Pure Fishing TM is a shit designed for burger-claps who think they are getting a good deal when in reality they fell for the Quantity>Quality jew.

>>991007

Buy once cry once!

Can anyone recommend a minimal set of lures, hooks, bait and weights and stuff for freshwater fishing? I want to add fishing to my multiday camping trip in Sweden. My plan is to catch some trout or other small fishes in order to cook them over a campfire. I already bought a cheap telescopic rod, a spinning wheel and a spool of 10 lb line. But what amount of tackle/bait should I bring with me? I would see fishermen usually carry huge boxes full of tackle with them; however I obviously won’t have the place in my pack for a lot of gear.

>>991022
Make sure to bring your dick sucking lips for all the refugees and niggers

>>991022
>Hooks, live bait, sinkers, bobbers

>Inline spinners

Basically all you should really need.

Maybe some small soft plastics if you want to change it

>>991022
If you don't want to dick with live bait get some 2" curly tail grubs/trout magnets and light jig heads.

is the ned rig a meme?

had a bunch of frozen fish i caught defrosting in a ziplock in my sink. ziplock leaked, bag full of sink water. they were probably soaking in this for 3 hours before i got home.
are they fucked?

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>>991007
>top-tier Jap gear
It's true. Shimano and Diawa is all I use now.

>>991044
No they should be fine.

>>991022
Small metal spoons from 1/4 oz down to 1/12 oz. Inline spinners. Bright colored trout dough bait if they have that in Sweden. Hooks "octopus" type in size 10 and size 6. Sliding egg shape weights in 1/4 and 1/2 oz. Swivels. Worms if you can find or buy them. That is all you should need.

>>991022
size 10 hooks work pretty well all around. add a small split shot assortment and maybe a float.

panfish are probably the easiest thing to catch. hook bobber splitshot worm. you can occasioanally catch other fish, just about anything will eat a worm. cast out different places let it sit a few minutes.

10lb seems kind of heavy for trout but i dunno. if they're stocked trout, floating powerbait on a slip sinker rig works wonders. wild trout will hit inline spinners and small jigs w/ soft plastics.

also europe has some wacky fishing laws from what i understand. you might need to take a class to get a permit

>>991044
>sink water

Like old dirty dish water?

>>991078
not exactly..sink was "clean" as in no dirty dishes in it or standing water(except what i filled it with to thaw the fish), but not something id want to eat out of either. i occasional mop my floor using the sink as a bucket. cant remember if i wiped it out since the last time i did that..

>>990949
The lack of memory and sensitivity are probably my favorite parts of braid. The strength is nice too,

Fuck whatever cunt keeps trying to get every fucking mobile IP around here b&. I appealed 3 of em today.

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>>991045

Nice.

Newest edition to the family, Calcutta 50GT TE. pristine condition, not a scratch on it. Still packed full of factory grease.

Gonna rinse the bearings in mineral oil, add some Bantam oil and replace the dartanium drag pads with carbon fiber

This little babby will be with me for life, like all my Calcuttas

>>991097
>tfw was banned to responding to a guy that hates furries

There is literally nothing wrong with being a furry. I'd go fishing with skid over the real life furry half man half ape creatures we call niggers.

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>>991148

>nothing wrong with being a furry
>nothing wrong with being a sexual deviant who can only get off by sexually identifying with an animal

wew

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>>991148
>furries aren't worse than niggers
That isn't saying much.

And these aren't my bans, there must be somebody in the area just shitposting and shitposting. Literally getting so many IPs b&. I ran into one of the bans, sent an email telling them it's a cell IP, went to airplane mode for 5min for a new one, and when I came back the next fucking IP was b& for something else.

It's spring break so it's probably some kid fucking around. I've told them in like half the emails to just implement the IP range ban (they did it before and I had to buy the pass to post) so that way they can ban the pass instead of the IP and if that fag wants to evade it he will have to pay another $20 for a new pass.

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I really wanna go fishing for exotics in Miami.

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>>991158
Wut catfish is that? Looks fun.

>>991162
Redtail catfish it was on instagram. Say bepis are most canals easy to access?

>>991168
Kind of. But the ones that are easy to access and clearly visible are also the ones that are overfished and shitty. You could get all over if you launched a kayak into one of em tho.

>>991171
Ah I see, hopefully next year I could do a road trip down to florida and fish.

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MTB is taking art submission from googan squad fans so they can hang it in the house and this was the first one submitted.

Which one of you was it

>>991155
pepsi what's your pb bass?

>>991155
me on the left

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>>991192
whats yours?

>>991207
14#11oz

>>991221
>no picture

Yeah, sure thing, kid

Just like the anon who has "$400 setups" but won't take a picture to prove it.

>>991178
Should have one of peric being loaded onto the train to dachau lol

>>991246
Did that thoroughly salt you? Would it make you even angrier if I told you that I had multiple of the aforementioned setups and then continued to not take a picture because I'm not going to walk out to the shop at 9 pm to prove a jealous anon wrong?

Cause I think it will.

>>991148
>>991150
>>991155
Furries are fucking revolting but they would be a lot less of a problem if everyone but furfags just shut the fuck up about them. 99% of the time I see people talking about them there isn't even a furry involved, it's just other closeted fags bullying the mentally disabled.

>>990588
Not at all, the last 5 or so times I went out I've only used 2 lures. If you know what the fish will bite in an area/time you don't really need a huge tackle box full of lures. Gulp jerk baits and DOA paddle tails are just about the only baits I use anymore with a zara spook thrown in occasionally. DESU going out with just a couple of baits makes me feel like I'll do better too since I'm not constantly second guessing my lure choice and just focus on fishing.

>>991127
Good choice, I love my calcuttas. I don't know why but even the few oldass ones I've got still feel like they just cast infinitely better than newer low profile reels.

>>991155
I tried to post last night and there was an expired ban, read went back tried to post again and there was a second ban.

>>991281
>continues to lie on the internet in an attempt to impress strangers

Lmao

>my calcuttas cast infinitely better then low profile reels

Way to out yourself for being a retard. Obviously they arnt bad but you arnt throwing a weightless Texas rig on a Calcutta there bud

>>991293
>even more triggered than before
Why is it so easy to make jealous children salty? Also I never throw weightless anything, buddy.

>>991293
wew lad

I exclusively fish my Calcutta 50's with light cranks, weightless plastics, poppers and weightless flukes.

I even fish weightless plastics on my 100's.

Now you might have a point with the B series and below (and even then, you can upgrade to ABEC-7's or Hedgehog Studio bearings), but The GT TE and Conquest models cast better than any other reel aside from the Antares and Metaniums.

Sounds like you're just a buttmad poorfag who has never owned one.

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>>991301
Congrats on buying the only conventional reel that is good at nothing. It's not as good at throwing large baits as larger conventional and it's not as good at throwing smaller baits then a low profile.

Kek, buyers remorse I guess

>"I know! I'll just keep saying he's mad! That'll show em"

Let's see some hogs you landed on those sweet setups bro! Oh..wait..

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>>991305

>round reels don't cast heavy things well

Wew

I've got a Calcutta 200GTB STOCK not even supertuned and I can cast even 3/8 oz a mile.

That's on a designated swim bait/glide bait rod

S T A Y M A D. P O O R. F A G

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>>991293
bro, I cast flys on my calcutta

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>>991192
Like 27" and it was a fatty

Doesn't help that I fish dink ponds from shore

>bout to meet up with coffee grill
>run thru Dunkin for a cup of coffee
>younger black chick there who I have seen a couple times and leaves a smiley on my cup (I never even talk to her besided "thanks")
>meet up with coffee grill
>she wants dunkin too
>go back to dunkin where qt black girl just gave me smiley coffee less than 5min earlier and now I have a girl in my car and I still don't know what is going on with her
>needless to say, coffee grill's iced coffee did not have a smiley face on it
Why do I suck at life so much, /out/?

>>991301
We get it. You have buyers remorse.

If you actually liked them and knew they were better you wouldn't be defending them so hard. They are just okay and people buy them because they are shiny and gold and think 15 ounces of cosmetic aluminum on a reel is a good thng.

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>>991327

thats some real heavy projecting you have going on there lad

first you tried to say you cannot cast light lures on Calcuttas and got BTFO

Then you said you can't cast heavy lures on Calcuttas and got LMAO'ed

Why and how could I have buyers remorse when I own not one, not two, not three, FOUR Calcuttas?

I get it, you're a poorfag. I bet you have a succubus GF who robs you of all your money and thats why you can't afford anything of actual quality.

Not to mention, I own low-pro's. I love them. I also love my round reels. But i get it, you are a 1 set up fag and jealous.

When I sell one of my fly reels, Im buying a new Antares DC and i'll be sure to post here first to witness the utter ASS DEVASTATION.

>>991311
I throw huddlestons on my sienna size 50, works fine.

I want poor fags to leave

>>991337
thats a different anon

LOL

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>>991337

oh and would ya look at that

LEET get

>>991327


btfo'ed forever, gear nigger.

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Crappie jigs at their finest again

Landed me my first trout.

Up next is a smallmouth bass. So far got sunnies, perch, crappie, lmb, foul hooked catfish, pickerel, and trout all on crappie jigs.

>>991348
Did you know you can throw a weightless crappie jig on a Calcutta.

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>>991315
>takes women to dunkin' donuts
>wonders why he sucks at life

no starbucks around huhn?
no barnies coffee around huhn?

>>991351
>he doesn't ice fish 1/64 oz jigs with his Calcutta

lmao'ing at ur lives

>>991337
I'm a different anon than the other guy so.......

The shimano tranx is a better reel for what retards buy a Calcutta to be used for.

The Calcutta reels weigh way too much and have a baby tier drag pressure. You can watch people on YouTube get stripped off into pier piling by 25 inch snook on them.

That 13 fishing reel that was posted is a better option. For inshore lure tossing as are several other shimano, daiwa, and Abu options.

>>991266
Fuck this made me laugh at my moms birthday dinner

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>>991355
She loves Dunkin. Medium iced coffee, add cream, shot of coconut flavor. We were on the way to the beach and just hit the drive thru.

I'm just going to give up on life.

>>991351
Calcutta? Google tells me it's a baitcaster.

I just use an UL rod. i got it far enough, a bit past the middle of the river.

Need some weight or the plastic is gonna float and sink waaaaay to slow especially in that current

>>991359

Where is this video you speak of?

the Tranx is a good reel. Thought about buying one for a pike/muskie set up.

as for 13 gear, i've never fished it. Can't really say i have an opinion.

>>991368
Oh i just realized you were memeing now that I look at some post before mine.

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>>991359
I'm loving my tranx. Almost as much as my lexa 400.

>>991373
I've yet to catch something on hotdogs just like that. Next time I'm at the pond I'll have one rod with one on while I slay crappies. Did it recently but water was murky and cold and absolutely no fish. Now that it's spring I should be able to get one of those carps

>>991315
>>991315
>27" bass
>no pics

wew

>>991362
Glad to help lol

>>991369
The Calcutta is obviously not a trash reel. They are built well and everything but it's and old design that his been outpaced at that price point. They cost a bunch because all that metal is machined

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>>991380
lots of recipes out there to try.

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>>991386
4u

>>991405
nice little pounder

not bad

>>991392
I currently have a batch in the freezer with salt, jello, garlic, and some flour.
Surprisingly only smells like garlic still since the last time I cracked the tubawate pen

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>>991411
He was pushin 1.5lb, I swear

I needed Miami anon near when I took this. If a girl held this or at least a trap with girly hands and not my big paws, it would look as huge as it was

>>991411
Looks like 2 pounds at least.

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>>991162
Nice jaguar bowfin. Where in south Florida do you have to go to find those? I'm moving from here to the Richmond area and trying to complete a Florida invasive species bucket list. Just got my first oscar off of Alligator Alley last weekend.

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>>991431
Only place I have got them was in Weston. These two little ponds. I heard of people getting em other places tho.

>>991266
Fucking kek. Thank you for this.

>>991432
Nice, I'll check that area out. I need to figure out where to go for some of the weirder shit like Midas cichlids, and I still haven't managed a snek yet even though I caught an actual bowfin lol. I really doubt I'd be able to get one bank fishing Lake Ida, but a clown knifefish would be fucking awesome too. It's insane the kinds of weird released aquarium fish we get down here.

>>991366
just tll her you jizz is coconut flavor

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>>991458
Who wants to take bets on the weight and length of coffee shop girl? Is she a big ol' breeder female pushing Mamma June proportions or is she a slim pickerel?

I'm going to conservatively guess 5 foot 5 inches tall and 180 pounds with a penchant for big salty black senkos Pepsi doesn't know about yet.

>pepsi's face when he sees the nude pics of her hooked in the mouth and foul hooked on her anus with big black senkos.

what size mono backing should i go for if im tying on 6lb braid?

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>>991508
>projecting
why you so salty son?
this here is a fishing thread. talk fish.

>>991530
Well I know whales are mammals but they live in the water and now coffee shops apparently so that's close to fish talk.

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>>991513
Just do like 4lb or 6lb. You don't need much at all and you should never actually get down to the mono while fishing.

>>991542
You would be suprised. She is shorter (maybe like 5'6") but not fat at all. Black girl at Dunkin was skinny n cute too but I think she younger.

>>991578
She should probably get that armpit mole checked out.

as a finesse fisherman i rarely use baitcasters

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>>991591
Yeah spinning reels are more versatile but when you want to get that 3/4oz bait way the fuck out there, memecasters are pretty nice.

>>991590
Lel u just mad that she lookin better than you thought. That's why I was stoked on this whole thing. She is nice, not terribly crazy, and looks good.

>>991591
Tell me about how you fish.
I'm the anon that is only successful n crappie jigs, tubes and grubs.
When I go out for smallmouth I got to use some farther casting since the river is huge and it's ok to up the hook size since they have the mouths for it, unlike trout and panfish.
As long as I have 1/4 ounce of weight I should be fine. Any suggestions?

>>991604
i fish for largemouth (no smallmouth in my region) and almost exclusively use 1/16oz and 1/8oz slider heads (think it's a 1/0 offset shank not sure though) with mini lizards, 4" or 3" senkos, and smallie beavers

the 4" senko casts pretty far on the 1/16oz and the 3" does too guess it's just a sweet spot for my setup

try a senko on that 1/4oz and it should really sail out there and fish it slow along the bottom with some twitches and jerks cause the senko really darts around well underwater

>>991616
Oh yea, when i put on large plastics that's normally all I need to get it out there, weight is just to make it sink faster. I think senkos and some lil crawfish plastics I got are a good shot.

Thanks

>>991619
get some smallie beavers if you can they're made by reaction innovations

they're kinda like a crawdad i like the big texan and california 420 colors for those
corndog is a good one too it's like a darker pumpkinseed but the claws are chartreuse and for some reason they seem to really piss off spawning bass so they'll always hit it

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Is it worth buying 4 of these for $20? Are they any good or comparable to X-raps/husky jerks?
Never used em but they look good online

>>991417
>referring to his hands as "big paws"
Pepsi confirmed for furry

Anyone ever use missile d bombs? Are they good baits?

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>>991632
Go for it. I bought a few when they were on sale. Can't go wrong with Yo-Zuri. I think those are just a discontinued model so they are on sale all the time.

>>991640
No sir. Not me.
>my hand lipping it vs girly trap hand poking at it

>>991632
Pure trash meme baits

>>991127
Very nice.

Where are you getting these older 'Cuttas? Ebay? Pawn shops? Fudd garage sales? Do tell.

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>>991578
2/10 would not bang

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Been fishing every morning this week.

When I get there fish are breaking water all around me. This goes one all morning. Not one bite.

Am I being trolled by bass? Or are they most likely carp?

If they are bass, how can I get them to hit?

>>991682
Most likely carp. Especially if your water is dirtier.

>>991682
Oh and if it is bass use a spook or some kind of walking bait. They're most likely feeding on shad so a white or silver color would be best. A frog should work too.

>>991687
I tried a frog and a couple of topwaters but nothing

am i allowed to fish anywhere

how do i know where im allowed to fish

>>991694
I mean most places you won't get in trouble for trespassing until the police kick you out the first time, warn you, and then you get caught a second time.

>>991669
Lel ok

>>991632
Damn I just saw that sale and there is some other decent stuff too.

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>>989662
Is there anything wrong with me keeping my soft plastics in ziploc bags? I have another plano box but it won't fit in my bag.

>>991704
nah, thats what i do aswell

>>991704
I've only ever heard they can dry out if they're loose in a Plano but if they're in a sealed bag, their own or a ziplock, I bet they'll be fine

>>991691
Freshwater right? Are you sure they are bass? You see them pop out of the water and not just lil taps on the topwater? Because i know bream/sunnies do get aggressive on the top sometimes. Meaning those small fish arent interested in eating a big lure

>>991694
Check google maps first for parks by water ways in your area. Pretty obvious, just look for blue parts on the map with green land since google represents green as a park/forest.
Once you find one just look at the park's website to see if it allows fishing.

Now for other spots, like a river, or a place that is public but doesnt have great parking, look on the road view to look for parking spaces and posted property signs while your at it.

Take a look at your state's tax map, mine has one so it's easy to see if the spot im looking for is owned. I figured out a spot on a river that is mostly private but one section is owned by the state and they allow fishing there too, for example.

Sometimes the place you want to fish just cant be fished, so always have a backup spot locally.

>>991712
Freshwater yes

I assume they are bass.

I keep hearing the water break and when I look, then the fish is gone and ripples left.

Only once did I catch a glimpse of the actual fish and it was good sized what looked like a largemouth.

>>991432
How do y'all tell which ponds and canals and shit actually have fish in them?

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>>989662
Do I need these stupid hooks to wacky rig senkos, or can I just use a normal circle hook? Also, what size should I be looking for? I'd probably be mostly throwing 4 inch.

>>991734
You don't need them but maybe try them out and decide if it's worth it. For 4 inch senkos I would try either size 1 or 1/0 hooks.
>>991733
Usually if you see some little fish along the bank that is a good sign that there are fish there. But a better rule of thumb is that everything has fish in it, because that is generally the case.

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>tfw the memecaster dunnit again
Almost all redfish I've caught have had 1 spot but today I caught a few that had 3 and even 4 spots on them and the one in the pic had 2. Must be a lot more common than I thought it was.

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>tfw first fish of spring
>too excited to get a good picture of it
New York is suffering but I guess it's a good sign

>>991796
NY is ranked the 3rd best fishing state in the Country

fuck off

>>991773
It is

>>991807
Kek by who? Other New Yorkers?

>>991812
I read it in a great lakes tributary mag. Dont feel like digging it out to find the source. google best fishing states and NY is on all of them so yeah

>>991807
Yeah, I don't live that far upstate tripfriend. Almost everywhere you go around here is pretty pressured.

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Last season of River monsters in 2 weeks


Gonna miss this show lads.

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>>991854
They still have new episodes coming out?

>>991855

Yeah it's been on for almost 10 year, I know it's sometimes a little over the top but the build up of each episode is intense. I mean, he fished in the cooling pond of fucking Chernobyl and caught a gigantic cat fish.

>>991858
I remember the cooling pond, I thought he was going for sturgeon there. But it's been awhile since I watched that show. I think most memorable episode was the one with the giant freshwater rays because he caught a fuckhueg one and then an even fuckhueger one after that.

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>>991860

Damn, I haven't seen that episode. I looked it up and he said it took him almost 4 hours to reel in. I've fought some big fish for 20 mins and was dead tired. Can only imagine 4 fucking hours

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>>991863
The stingray was 4hrs? It has been awhile but it wouldn't suprise me.

And ok, here's what gets me, he was there shooting for like a week trying to catch one of these things and he landed this. Imagine what a record ray would be like.

>>991865
if im not mistaken he tore his shoulder muscle fighting this monster permanently fucking his muscle up a bit

>he fishes from land

LMAO!

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At the pond by college again. I actually got one of the kids from the park to catch a fish. Got a sunny first but then a catfish. Never had one hit a lure before.
That made the kids day.

Feels good man

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>>991926
Getting hooks out of these guys is tricky sometimes.

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>>991928
This is the biggest sunny I had that day, and he wasn't even in the pond, but in the dam spill hiding in this pipe!
I thought I snagged the inside at first.

Caught like 6 other dink bass, no more than 4 inches. I wonder where the pounders were?

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>everything but guns, ammo and marine electronics are 20% off at gander mtn

Better stock up Pepsi, look at my new daiwa bg

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>>991926
>>991928
I think that's a bullhead. But good jerb otherwise.

And sneks can be like catfish too. One time I hooked a snek in the tongue and I pretty much had to rip his head off to get my lure back.

>>991944
Definitely a bullhead, but I thought catfish was descriptive enough. (especially for the kids)
I noticed that, if they want to, they keep their mouth sharp and it's like sand paper. Luckily didn't put my hand in there. Thank thin pliers

>>991948
Shut* not sharp. It's easy to open up a sunnies mouth.

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Man, I can't wait for the summer

>>990800
Log off of 4chan Lawson. Don't you have to be getting ready for church this easter?

>>991949
>>991948
All cats and bullhead are like that. They love to clamp down and you almost need a mini fucking pry bar just to hold the mouth open while you grab the hook with your other hand.

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>>991958

>>991960
There must be some way of touching/massaging it such that it reacts and opens its mouth.
I'll experiment next time. Maybe if I rub its belly. Or shove senko up its vent

>>991958
kek

>>991967
>Come back from /b/
>Greated with this post under a pic of a furry

I'm just going go pack for the coast.

>>991974
>>Come back from /b/
So you liked both of those post?

>>991958
Edgier than an Eagle Claw TroKar™ hook

>>991981
Those hooks are bretty gud but I think I probably like medium quality like Gamakatsu for Texas-rigs and stuff. Cheap Eagle Claws can bend and flex when you are trying to unhook a fish but Gamakatsus are always fine yet with braid you can sometimes bend em off a snag without breaking the line.

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>>991928
It's a black bullhead, learn to name your fish properly.

>>991987
The spear that pierced Christ's side was a trocar style tipped spear.

Was Christ secretly a fish and the Roman soldier gaffing him like a mackerel a fisherman? The world may never know.

Christ cucks worship a guy who was killed like flopping tuna caught on an umbrella rig.

>>991987
The only hooks I've ever had issues with are Mustad 2x trebles. I replaced all of the rusted hooks on my mirrolures with them and I lost 1 bluefish and 2 jacks because they bent them out. I didn't have the drag hammered nor did I try to horse them in. The stock mirrolure hooks were better.

>>991926
You're doing the lords work friend.


PS I hear if you grab a car just right it feels like a nice breast.

>>992042
Cat*

Fucking phone posting

>>991972
praise kek!

>>991988
It's actually a brown bullhead, Blacks aren't native here also.

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>>992042
I know

>>992057
cute little bowfin

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How close are y'all to the maximum free shit?
I'll probably hit the last goal tomorrow

>>992059
It's not a bowfin. I know it's hard to tell the difference, but by touch it's simple.

Does it feel like a nice breast? It's a cat

>>991988
I think you mean black bull bowfin

>>992061
How do you do miles instead of steps?

>>992068
Motivation

>>992068
Android device and a track my run app

>>992080
Map my run
My bad

>>990104
Crappie fishing is the final redpill.

>>992090
Crappie you say?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ok3fxX-Do0

>>992095
That's an excellent track and I really dig it but it doesn't hold a candle to the original fishing rappers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loen8o1IQL8

>>992057
Nice brown breasthead

do anons here have any mounted fish? how do you know when a fish is worth mounting? i guess its something you just know? like, would it be okay to get a regular size fish stuffed just to commemorate a fun trip or is that just a waste of money in your eyes?

idk tell me about the fish you've had stuffed

>>992096
Kek that's great

>>992098
You don't have to keep the fish if you want a mount. Just get measurements and good pictures. Pls don't kill the big fishes for no reason.

>>991944

fucking metal

Are telescoping rods worth it for taking on a backpacking trip, and if so who makes the good stuff ?

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>>992056
I was figuring, but all I saw was it's head so I didn't have anything to work with.

>>992119
That's a nice breast

>>992117
you can get decent rods that weigh basically nothing and break down to 3.5 feet segments to tie off to the side of a bag, the real luggage is the tacklebox. I'm always hearing problems with telescoping rods sticking or breaking.

>>992122
That's a bummer, they seem like a neat idea. I have a little tackle box that seems like the perfect size so I guess it's time to hunt for some breakdowns

>>992061
I should hit the 150pts today. And then it isn't much more to 300pts. Probably won't hit the 600pts since I don't do shit on weekends.

Guys I've been bassing every morning this week and not caught anything.

Going again this morning. Send your /out/ luck power this way in hopes that I finally catch one this morning.

>>992278
I always do best at dusk. Dawn is 2nd best but I think dusk is normally much, much better. Early morning fishin kinda a meme.

>>992280
Yah I like to do mornings just to avoid other fishers. Plus I work night shifts right now so I can't really go in the evenings.

wew

>>992289
>tfw 310!

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>>992302
>>992302
>>992302
>>992302

>>992284
when in doubt throw a senko