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i used to see everyone rave about gammy hooks, now it seems owner is the #1 hook people now. ive never had a hook straighten out on me. wether it be matzuo , gammy , eagle claw , tru turn....

ill give the 4/0 and 5/0 ewg a shot. thanks guys. and btw , have any of you guys also noticed the differences between the monsters? like with the number of baits per bag and the appearance of the tail?

hooks.

2/0 or 3/0 for a 10" worm? :-? funny you ask what im fishing because i dont even know yet. i went to get my license but im not a NC resident yet , and when i become one , the non-resident license wont work and ill have to pay to get a resident one. it was a bait monkey type thing.

yep , the bait monkey made me do it. i picked up my first pack of zoom ol monsters. they had a 10 count bag and a 9 count bag. one of them had some indents on the tail while the others didnt. :-? the ones i grabbed were the 9 count green pumpkin kind with the smooth tail...along with some strike king plastics dicks had on clearance for $.97 a bag. but yeah , im curious. what size hooks do you guys use with these beasts? 5/0 ewg?

thanks. thats what i thought it was at first , but ive never seen one in person.

after picking up one of the state fishing and game regulation digest book things , it may have been a large mouth. i will post a picture when i get another one. fish from the grocery store cost money. id rather spend that on more bait/lures. ;D

no live well here. im shore bound.

Thanks! High mercury levels have been found in black crappie caught south and east of Interstate 95. im west of it , so i should be good. and nothing in the areas i plan to fish as far as i know.

im not 100% positive it was a smallmouth , but the hinge of its jaw was in front of its eyes. isnt that the way to determine if its a smallie? please correct me if im wrong. i never thought about the local magazines... any where in particular they would have them? im VERY new to this area (just moved here a few weeks ago). the pond in question has a huge 'no trespassing , no fishing , beastly attack dog on site' sign on the front of the property so the only people who fish there are friends of the family.

thats what i thought as well. i showed the pic to an old co-worker and thats what he told me. i have never cought one and it does look similar to the pics ive seen. oh well..

is this a red? brought it in on my ul rig in a lake in broward county. f7 floating rapala. broke the line as soon as it was over the net. one hell of a fight.

good stuff. from what ive been seeing , crappie are one of the easier fish to clean as well. seeing as ive never had to clean one myself (besides a few dolphin a couple years ago) , i may just go for it. is there a recipe thread somewhere? as far as bass , eh. i may give that a shot sometime once i get my fish cleaning/cooking skills up there.

from what im told , no one fishes out of there and it almost seems over populated. its around an acre in size. last winter we went and were catching 10"-12"+ crappie all morning. we went about a week or so ago in the afternoon and every one of them was less than 10" along with the single smallmouth. also , do you guys have a size preference on crappie? or do they all taste the same no matter the size?

im curious , how do you guys know when the lake/pond your fishing is safe to eat the fish out of? im aware the fishery people do water tests monthly (or whenever) , but i would imagine they dont go to every single pond around. i do go to this private pond and always catch black crappie , but the water looks super stained. is there any sure fire way to know if its safe to eat the fish out of there?

question. what is a good size to keep crappie for food? fillets or nuggets? i may have to give these a shot...

Maybe that means the government doesn't have you under surveillance .......yet. :-/ or maybe thats what they want us to think...

this. it doesnt seem like it would help much , but that one place that seems impossible , may become easily accessible just by getting your feet wet. i always fish from shore , and everytime this topic comes up (which it does alot) it seems i learn something new.

always stand. unless im out fishing for more than 3+ hours , OR if some buddies are around and drinks/BSing is involved.

apparently , virtual earth is now bing.com/maps. just a fyi.

oh ja? a 15 foot crappie?

if you dont mind me asking , what do your two setups consist of?

im down to two setups. on my light/UL spinning rig , i throw anything under 1/4oz. 1/4oz+ goes to the M action baitcaster.

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago. other than that , they are very useful.

of course. it just felt heavier to the hand than my previous reel and it obviously is. i am keeping the 801. the 601 should be going back today.