Low_Budget_Hooker

My favorite frog has to be kermit. especially when he used to do "Sesame Street News" (loved the hat and coat) but still,...you gotta appreciate the frog that came up with the "kiss me and I'll turn into a price" angle,.....that was slick.

ahhh, memories of my first carburetor rebuild

June moon frenzy One of the few weeks a year we pay any credit to the moon phases This ones for you GW

Get us a few pics and we'll steer you right.

Both. I buy *** in bulk. Brent has a great price for 1000 trick sticks and he'll even break it into 4 colors for you, now THAT'S service!

That new slot is great news for us up here I wonder if the weakfish and flats getting wiped our by the stripers.

All work and no play,..... We have SOOoo much in common ;D ;)8-) Hurry back buddy

Sure, other species too. Matter of fact, I'll bet $$ that this fish is from your state. Most of our stripers come from the Chesapeake., The revival of the Chesapeake brought striper fishing back for Narragansett Bay. Just goes to show you what a quality job they did and what an impact it can have hundreds of miles away. When I was a kid, it was all Bluefish in the bay and if you caught a schoolie striper it was something else. My elders spoke of days when you could walk across the bay on the backs of cow stripers. Slowly but surely, each year is better and better with larger keeper fish being found further North each year. These are a few (small) keepers caught throwing a fluke with the freshwater rods, what a blast. Nonstop action. The fish were piled up and feeding off the eddies of a current formed from the outgoing tide. Check out the video below. FISHY PLACES-short video

Our bass have tried to get me to quit repeatedly, I don't know if they just don't like the taste and smell or if they actually , truly care about me I DO know that the wiggle of a trick stick is irresistible either way!

The tag was already there. They are used to track the migration and growth rates of the fish. When you turn in the tag info they send back a history of the fish and a patch I think. I tagged quite a few fish but never caught a tagged one. I used to be a member of the littoral society a few years back but have since let my membership expire as I'm not on the salt water like I used to be. I spent like $80 and got my membership and like 150 tags. They make it very easy to get the info back to them w/ a form on their site.

VIEW THIS FIRST OOOOOoooh MAN!!! We hit the bay bright and early today. 4-8 lb stripers were had on white salty super flukes and it was just fish after fish with a few keepers taken with the light gear. So much fun, it made your arms hurt. The Flechero rod and Daiwa Tierra have found their niche!! Then, later on, trolling over by Pine Hill, I had a storm swimbait running on the short line and the rod almost got yanked into the ocean. Thank God I had a grip on it and my drag was loose!! We had to pull all the lines as she started to run we started the boat and headed after her. I only had about 120 yards of 6lb diameter,12 lb test spiderwire fusion on. This is a 6'6" Med action quantum rod and a calcutta 251. CERTAINLY not the gear for fish this big. She came extremely close to spooling me twice and if Cap'n Bob wasn't as quick at the helm as he was, we would have never caught the fish. This was like tuna fishing, miniaturized. With tuna, 1 guy runs the boat and 1 guy brings the fish to the bow rod holder. Then you just keep the boat in line with the angler and his fish and follow orders. WHAT A BLAST!!! What a TEAM!! It was like a friggin' fire drill,lol. This fish is absolutely one of the top ten catches in my life based on the pure fun of it. We laughed all morning Great morning again here in RI

Cork reel grips, Do they make them for the Calcutta (251)?

Fish it wacky, no scent needed. Just add water Good luck and remember,....if you throw it,...they will come.

nah, I just don't want to open the door one Sunday morning to 2 guys named Benny the brick and Paully 2 pipes. :-? and if I ever DO open the door to them and YOU didn't send them,....I want my shirt so I can show them I'm on the same team

I'll get that out to you muddy, just been slammed at work.

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Are reels (baitcasters) made balanced? Let me explain. Is the weight distribution equal, front to back from the center point on the reel seat? If not, is it a universal imbalance?

I swear I want to create my own rod and reel company named BEST. Forum boards would lock up around the country,lol. Best advice is to take the rod you want to put it on and try each of the reels on it, your body will tell you the answer. Good luck.

Locked, let's move along, there's nothing left to say here.

Octopus or finesse wide gap. If you are getting gut hooked too much switch to a circle hook.

Have meatball for me!! Safe travels

Bummer, I was JUST about to order that new $22k coffeetable ,touchtop PC (That thing is darn cool, I don't care WHAT you support,lol) I guess we have to respect Mr. Gates opinion as the constitution allows him to support whoever he wants. I just wish I were as rich as him so I could create a counter-campaign.

*** -plastics Heddon-anything topwater

Welcome Aboard. The size of the float you use is relevant to the weight of the bait you are using. No need for a big one if there is a nightcrawler on the other end, however, if it's an XL shiner you are using, you want one big enough where your bait can't pull it under.

Welcome Aboard and congrats on graduating!