mrlitetackle

wow...nice fish!!! your fishing out of Switzerland I'm assuming, and getting the prespawn....most all where i am here in Florida are just finishing the spawn, with the exception of a few stragglers...........nice job!!!

as we will all agree.........i hope everything is fine in the end, until then my thoughts, prayers, and wishes go out to the lost and the family...

the women's nylons to cover the livers sounds great actually!!! Obviously, i haven't tried it yet, but wow.......that's a great idea!! it will hold the bait, and let all of the scent trail out......this is why i love this site and everyone in it.....hopefully i get more ideas of this nature, and i am definitely gonna try the hot dogs as well now.

number one.....musky (fresh) number one.....mahi mahi (salt)

good to have ya!!! this place rocks!

I'm sure that ill get plenty of good idea's and responses from this one...i really want to hear what everyone loves to use..... as for me, i love fresh chicken livers, problem is they dont want to stay hooked very well, that is until the water hardens them up a little, but then they aren't all gooey and awesome still.... what do you all use for cats????????

as with my little sister (7), you never truly know what they will say next!!

ahhh, man...this thread is horribly awesome. These amazing bodily functions always seem to happen with me when my old lady is around, its a real bummer too, because she usually gets grossed out.....where if i had my fishn'/drinkn' buddies around i would get nothing but praise!!!!!

freshwater drum, eh....guess that explains why it so highly resembled a red......

who really cares what it is, or how it looks for that matter. If it catches fish, then it catches fish..........I i could use my old lady's hair clip with a treble in it and catch fish then i wouldn't have to spend so much at BPS ;D

Thanks guys. Its nice to have a place where i can show the fish to people who actually appreciate them. The old ball and chain has grown bored over the last few years of constantly seeing all the pics...(she likes that i have a hobby that i love doing, she's just not all that interested in seeing them all the time now)..

I hope someone can help you out.... i really want to know what that is as well.......although it does highly resemble a saltwater redfish, minus the spot on the tail,,,,kinda weird!! (PS....IM not a total moran and think that it is a red, its just quirky with the resemblance.)

OK...so maybe im the oddball here, but i never fish the "elite" rods. i like to keep mine within the 40-70 $ range...i used to fish shimano rods, but now have fallen in love with the BPS microlite (md.lite action) for my bass applications. Some may call me crazy for this, but there's nonthin like hookin up with a large fish on a lite action rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i see you know of the "locals" already here.........its an awesome place to seek info and interact with "our" type........glad your here to say the least!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is a few pics of some of the better ones i have caught in the last few weeks from my top secret "lunker lake" (as i have deemed it). Its a small pond/lake to say the least, and my buddy and I are the only one's to ever fish it (its great!!).. I always throw them all back as well............(you can see some houses that border it in one pic, but no one is ever fishing here except for me and my pal, so i you live in orlando and by some chance recognize this, consider it my present to you!)....happy fishing to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

join the gang....its great in here!!! good to have ya.

Wow!!! to say the least.... I guess i am fortunate enough to have a BPS within 15 min. of my house!! I've never tried the whole mail order aspect of it, and at this point dont intend too.

Honestly I'd let the fish keep those man. C'mon.....you said that you have costa's already.

ya, well.....................................I'm totally jealous to say the least. But great catch (also good to hear you put'em back)

congrats man....great fish, i wish that i had been fishing today as well!!

This will largely be a choice of your lure and conditions.....but most of all experience level if you have never used a baitcaster....Most all truly avid anglers will swear by a baitcaster (given the right lure weight and scenario), but they have their drawbacks........casting light lures, and casting into the wind (without experience!!)..Personally, i always use a spinning reel (shimano saros 3000), and love it........the baitcaster is admittedly better if experienced with it and using the right lure weight...if you are a novice and use only one setup with varying lure weights (from really light to heavy) a spinner is the way to go. They do have their drawbacks as well, such as line twist! Better spinners don't have the problem as much, but it is inherent.

OK,,,,first I have had this same scenario happen many times. The first thing i did was sharpen the hooks to an amazingly needle sharp point!! Next, i am assuming that you are fishing "barbed" hooks...they take much more pressure to penetrate than barbless hooks. Ive seen a demonstration on Mark Sosin's show that was very telling on this matter....either way, my best solution is what i have started doing for years now........make sure your hooks are extremely sharp first, then after you have set the hook for the first time and reeled a slight bit of slack ...... give the line 2 to 3 hard pumps while keeping the line tight. this will ensure your hooks puncture rather than rest on the fish's mouth. (if you are using light lb. line i might recommend staying away from this technique though).... good luck!!

ya, ya, i see from the subject that you've been one of us long before joining!! this site is great and im sure you'll get just as addicted as everyone else.....good to have ya!!

you picked the right place for good info and good people, glad to have ya!!

your sure to love this place!! welcome aboard.