islandbass

Size of components are blade size, wire gauge, Clevis and type, length and weight of the body are factors. typically, you want the length of the blade to at least cover or slightly exceed the length of the body. The is a margin here to go slightly longer or shorter that the body, but stay close another is ensuring there is enough space for the clevis to both move along the wire shaft and spin along it. If the space is too small between the head loop (wire tie hole) and the body, this can affect the clevis’ ability to freely spin. Also, diameter of the clevis must be able to accommodate the wire shaft diameter to. another huge one is the weight of the lure body. The blade creates some lift when it spins. If it body is too heavy, the blade will not be able to create the lift required to keep it moving horizontally. It might also have a hard time spinning. The converse can also happen. Too much lift and the in-line spinner will quickly rise to the surface and “top out” if the blade is too big and the body too light for the blade. Perhaps the easiest ways to avoid these pitfalls is to build your in-line spinners as closely as you can to tried and try ones like Mepps, rooster tails, etc. master mimicking these first. Good luck and keep us posted. ??

You got me and just imagine if you waited to post this on 4/1/23. Might have had more impact on me, lol. ?

Congrats. I’ll have to admit the thought of waking away was from fishing. Whew!!!?

I’d go barbless and when I get them close to shore, I consider that the win. I let the line go slack and they easily throw off the lure. I discovered this when trout fishing with some homemade in-line spinners that just happened to have barbless single hooks. The first one I caught I realized that I didn’t feel like going down on my knees to pick it up but I was obligated to, lol. When I leaned the rod on the dock, the line went slack and voila! The trout, which was no bigger than my hand, easily shook the hook off and went on its way. I thought, “Hmmm. Not bad. Pretty cool and I don’t need to get my hands fishy ?”. I caught 4 more trout within 15 minutes time and each one, I brought close to the dock, let the line go slack, and they all freed themselves with zero effort from me. That was amazing and very convenient for me and them, and they didn’t have to suffer being touched by human hands. So if a tiny, planter trout can easily free itself, just about any bass should be able to do the same thing.

Yeah, I remember that. I found it too, lol.

Or roach motel. Remember that? They can check in but they don’t check out, lol.

Sounds like you could benefit from a rod quiver ?. Since you carry 5-7 rods, I would use the same principles from my triangular one but use the shape of a hexagon. Depending on its shape, a hexagon could easily hold as few as 6 (one rod per side) and comfortably 8 if the two sides parallel to each other are long enough to accommodate 2 rods. If built correctly, a trapezoid might be able to hold just enough rods too. I too would go nuts if my reels got dirt on them. I thought I was the only one, but it’s also why I built my quiver. No there is practically zero chance that the rigs not in use touch the ground. It is a blessing when fishing banks or shore that is sandy.

The short answer is yes. I usually bring 3 but if pressed for time, then one. If I have a lot of time, I might bring 4. I designed through necessity what I dubbed a rod quiver. I can easily hold 3 rods with one hand and I can prop the quiver on my bag to keep it off the ground. If the ground is flat, I can keep it propped straight up.

Well tell that warm weather to come up to Seattle. Winter is trying to hold on and it’s strange but 45F is feeling like 30F these past two days and it’s aggravating, lol.

It depends on where I am. If I’m in my area, I top it off. Gas is around $4.20 give or take. If I’m low on gas like in Seattle and I really need some gas, and this is rare (1/4 tank is my usual indicator to refill), I will put in maybe $10 since that would be more than enough to get home. Some parts around Seattle you will see > or = to $5. Yeah, I can afford it, but just because I can, doesn’t mean I have to. The money saved might be enough to buy a pack of roboworms. In the words and Stan Lee, ‘Nuff said. ?

I wish that were my case. I am however a shore angler so I can’t always reach where I want to place my lures. I can only get 2-4 bass in a spot IF I am lucky. It’s usually just one and then move on. It’s almost as if the caught bass sends the others a signal to the other bass with a communique I imagine goes like this: Caught Bass: “Dagnabbit. Islandbass suckered me again with that spinnerbait. Whatever you do don’t bite it. Only bite if he throws a whopper plopper. Other bass: Why? Caught Bass: Because I just read here on BR that he doesn’t have one.” I also have reason to believe that our bass population aren’t as large or as dense in the smaller lakes I fish. In addition, bass are transplants and not native here. They receive no support from our fish and wildlife department. It leads me to believe that 40 bass day is not going to very likely.

Drop shot that puppy and make sure you hold on to your rod. ?? Via bait monkey to bait monkey communication, you might want to get the Aaron’s magic color scheme if you haven’t already. I’m debating whether or not to try that whopper plopper. Not sure if it’s a fit for my neck of the woods. ?

So true! I personally experienced this. It’s dumb if you ask me because the passport is not expired, but the airline gets to make the call. Nearly ruined my trip.

Indeed. I have not though of doing that, but I do this for my fishing license.

3” and 5” Senkos Yum baby brush hogs Roboworms paca craws reaction innovation beavers if they were still made, sniper lures snubs. A true smallie killer

You will be pleasantly surprised with those superhero kiddie poles. I thought just like you did. I was wrong. They really work and that was nearly 20 years ago. Matter of fact, I still have my daughter’s Barbie princess pole and she’s now 23. No, she doesn’t still use it, lol but I’m keeping it for memory’s sake. She nailed bass, blue gill, pumpkin seed, and trout with hers. The other plus is because they’re cheap, you won’t be so upset if they drop it in the lake to never be seen again. My son lost 4 of his in the drink. Better the Spider-Man pole than your $80 dollar ultra light rod and spinning reel. Update: I forgot to add you might want to heavily consider going with live bait (worms) on the bottom or with a float. 1) it increases their odds of catching many fish species 2) using “bass” lures at this age, might be a bit too much for them. Maybe and this is a big maybe, in-line spinners with the chuck and wind in mind, but I’d honestly reserve that for later.

Indeed. So true. They are not equal. I’ve been drinking coconut water since I was able to climb coconut trees to pick them and de-husk them and then crack the shell in a way that you don’t lose the juice. Drinking coconut juice is nothing new. What’s even better than drinking the juice is eating the sweet flesh of a young coconut. Everything you see in desserts and such is the hard, mature, coconut flesh. Yes, it is still good, but it doesn’t hold a candle to young coconut flesh.

I don’t know anything about building/repairing rods (kinda always wanted to learn) but if I had a rod like yours that had a lot of sentimental value and I a loved it a lot, I would swim the English Channel and back to repair it. From a theoretical pov, the process appears to be simple. * Strip epoxy * clean/clear that area thread the new guide on - from what I’ve seen from others, is that you might need to shape the feet of the guide to improve its fit to the rod. * cover the guide feet with appropriate epoxy and voila! I had a similar incident with one of my favorite rods, but I was lucky that it was the tip guide. But if the guide were in between like yours, I would have also attempted to fix it. I felt like I graduated from rod repair 101 even though it was the end guide, lol. I also feel like my bond with that rod is much better, ? If someone like me can do it, anyone can do it. I will assume your case has slightly more work involved but, I know you’d be able to do it. Come in now, you are the discochef after all. ?

We need another option. The Pokémon option… All of the above because I want to catch them all, ?. I think and it’s a tough call, but I think I’d have to choose the smallie. There is just something about how a smallie fights is primarily my reason why. Besides, a smallie that big might fight like a 27.875 largemouth ??

I’ve been meaning to get one for the weeds but now it would be dual purpose. Tool monkey has awoken, lol.

I am with you on the time. I haven’t had a charcoal grill in years (miss it, lol) but I am a believer in using a charcoal chimney. I think it cuts that 30-60 minute time to 1/3-1/2. To the topic. Gosh I miss charcoal grilled steaks. But my wife wanted to get a traeger and that’s what we use now. I might have to buy a small hibachi grill for goodness sake to satiate that need that this thread rekindled, lol.

Dagnabbit, I’ve been reading your comment since last night in my mind over and over like a broken record trying to figure out what was so funny. Ding, ding! ???Nearly lost some sleep while pondering lol. ?

Well, it is the winter so this is a good topic. I’ve thought about that myself in the past on occasion, and while there might some psychology behind it, like when rods started changing from 6.5’ to 7’, I KNOW some people jumped ship for the former rods, lol. I think depending on the application, some of the 7 footers had the potential for becoming tip heavy or more tip heavy, so what could be done? Shorten it by 2-3” and voila!! The tip heavy issue is likely resolved — while of course, adjusting the taper accordingly. That’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it.

I agree 100%. to the op: a reel is called left or right handed because it is telling us what hand will be turning the handle. It has nothing to do with an angler’s hand dominance. A “right-handed” reel will have the handle on the right side of the reel and consequently, the angler’s right hand will turn the crank — regardless of whether the angler is left or right-hand dominant. ?

@gimruis: True about dogs. To the topic, I’ve had a hooligan story that I described here before encountering a poacher. 5’4” me was ready to take on a refrigerator perry size guy who threatened me, and he would have lost. I have another hooligan story from my early 20s, two of them attempting to mug me at 3am as I was walking home from a lab. Come on man, I need a Karen encounter, lol.