Tuckahoe Joe

Hooked a beaver on my hula popper. Made the cast and then this beaver pops up right between me and the lure and starts swimming toward my line resting on the water. He swims into it, keeps going, and pulls the popper into the side of his neck. Fought him for about 3 minutes and was about to cut the line but by the time I got to my knife he had gotten himself off. Made me happy that I didn't have to lose my lure but felt pretty bad for the beaver cuz I'm sure that the trebles hurt like hell. I also recall a time when I was probably no more than 8 or 9 years old. I was crabbing with my dad. We had a 1000 foot trout line with chicken necks tied ever 3 feet or so. My dad was dipping and all of a sudden up comes this snapping turtle on one of the chicken necks. So my dad just takes the dip net and flips it into the boat. The shell on this thing was the same diameter of our bushel baskets. Seen bigger turtles since then but for an 8 year old kid, that thing was huge.

1. Break my personal best largemouth of 3.75lbs. 2. 5lb largemouth 3. Catch first smallie ever 4. Get off the bank 5. Improve my flippin/pitchin and catch my first jig fish 6. Help my little brother catch his first bass 7. Catch a tiger muskie 8. Fish as much as possible

This is stupid. It needs to get warm so I can fish. Now they're calling for more snow. Such crap...

I had them pestering me about a vacation the first time I ever went there. Someone asked me if I wanted to enter a sweepstakes for a free boat. Hell yeah! Why wouldn't I? Didn't realize that that's how they get ya. As I'm filling out the card, this guy approaches and starts with the 20 questions about where I usually go on vacation and how much I spend on one on average and if I'd ever been here or there and if I could go anywhere in the US where would it be and BPS has vacation packages available in this state and that state, etc. etc. etc... Didn't bother him in the slightest when I told him I delivered pizzas for a living and could barely afford to pay my rent. I even told the guy I only had enough money to pay for the rod I was planning on buying and the guy said that if I put that money towards one of their vacation that he'd give me that much plus an extra $25 bucks in BPS gift cards. And then after I finally got away from them, I was approached 2 or 3 more times while I was shopping. Very annoying.

Saw them on TW the other day. They look pretty cool. I've heard someone say that most of the paint schemes on lures are designed to catch fisherman rather than fish. Well I'm guilty as charged when it comes to this. I'm not gonna run out and buy one of every color or anything but I'll most likely pick up a couple. They probably won't catch fish any better or worse than any other crank out there but it's a cool design either way.

I've caught them on everything except topwater but they seem partial to spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps

I'd appreciate that. I'll shoot you a PM.

The Pro Qualifier seems to be a common denominator here and its a nice thought but I have a $60 gift card for Dick's that I'm going to be putting toward it so that's out. I might try and save up a couple more bucks and look at some of these other options though.

I'm trying to decide on a reel for my new setup. It's going to pretty much primarily be a setup for flippin/pitchin jigs. I'm on a budget and really like my BlackMax so I'm looking at either the SilverMax or ProMax. The ProMax has the higher gear ratio which I understand is important when jig fishing but the SilverMax has a flippin' switch which seems intriguing/useful. Which would you choose in this situation?

Went to Dundee Creek for a couple hours today but no luck. We did see some fish jumping but I guess they just weren't interested in what we were throwing. The water still felt pretty cold. Probably gonna wait till we get a couple solid weeks of warmer weather before trying for bass again.

I use it to flip and pitch to heavy cover. T-rigged on a 4/0 EWG with a pegged 1/2oz weight.

It must vary from store to store cuz I went to a different WalMart in the area and this one had no deals whatsoever on rods but a couple tables with Abu spinning/casting reels marked $10-$20 off. The other night was the only time I've gotten in on the awesome WalMart sales I hear people talk about. Maybe I was just in the right place at the right time.

Just a heads up guys. Don't know if this is just my store or just my region or what but I just got some stupid deals at WalMart the other night. Picked up a 7ft MH Vendetta for the wife for $20 and picked up a 6'10'' Heavy Falcon Bucoo Micro Guide casting rod for myself for $25. Total savings of approx. $150-$160! I wasn't even planning on buying fishing rods but with prices like that, I figured they wouldn't last long so I jumped at the chance while I still had it. There was a whole bin of rods with sale prices like this. All kinds of brands, models, lengths, actions, and powers. There was also a box full of Bomber, Heddon, and Arbogast lures for like $2.50! It's definitely worth a look on your next trip to WalMart.

The wife and I are planning on going out Sunday. Not sure if I'm expecting to catch anything or not. It'll be nice just to be able to get out and wet a line.

I'm planning on fishing Loch Raven. Definitely gonna rent a boat but don't have the cash to rent one every time. I've fished the area your talking about a couple times but never really did very well. Just trying to expand my fishing horizons and give myself as many options as possible. Also thinking I might buy a setup for stripers. Theres a lot of parks near me with salt/brackish water and fishing piers.

Cool man, thanks. Looking at google maps, it looks like all 3 are relatively close to each other so I'll probably check them all out and see whats gonna work best for me. How bout Harford county...any one know any good spots from the bank up in that area?

Nice fish! Never caught one and actually never even seen one til this pic but my wife's nephew catches them a lot and I'll say it again, that's good eatin'!

Still looking for some good spots since the move. I've recently been considering Centennial Lake in Howard County. From the pics Ive seen and what Ive read it seems like there's a ton of accessible shoreline to fish and the possibility of a tiger muskie is intriguing. Anyone ever fished it?

Great show! My wife and I love it. It was really neat to turn it on earlier today and see Glenn on there. Awesome show Mike!

Thanks man. That's really helpful. I caught some trout out of the Gunpowder this past month in the Hereford area. Looks like Dundee Creek is just up the road from me. Any tips on where the most access is from the shore? Like would I be better off going down by Marshy Point Nature Center or Gunpowder Park down at the end of Eastern Ave? Also the Gunpowder is pretty long with lots of different areas. Do you recommend any for bass? Most of what I've seen of the Gunpowder looks more like trout waters than bass.

Thanks for the link Munkin. I'll give definitely give a few of those spots a try.

Oh...my mistake...just realized that I posted pretty much that same message a month ago. Oh well. Guess well just call that a 'bump'.

Wow...its been almost a month since anyone else posted on here? Anyway, I've just had the misfortune of moving back to Dundalk in scenic Baltimore County. I grew up here but didn't start fishing til I moved to the Eastern Shore so I'm at a loss for bass spots next season. Does anyone know any goods spots where I can fish from the bank within about an hours drive? I'm planning on renting a boat at Loch Raven Reservoir but that can get costly depending on how often I plan on going. Heck, I might even be willing to get a PA license if the spots worth it and it isn't too far over the line. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks guys...happy holidays!

Nice looking fish!

Awesome fish...that thing looks like a football!