coryn h. fishowl
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Just one more reason for braid DocBar
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She has them in her gallery. CONGRATS. Good lord we have so many emoticom options
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How large are they?
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The bolded section being the key words here, they are probably bluegill, I doubt they are waves
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Fascinating but not entirely unprecedented as it has been proven that does have a (however limited) effect on the health of a fish. Therefore, a fish that has never been caught would likely be slightly more fit than its easily caught counterpart. This is without even mentioning that some with will inevitably die from the stress of being caught. Natural Selection will whittle down any genetic predispositions toward habits that endanger the health/ability to sire more offspring. Fascinating Watson!!
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I am black and in my area there is an all black fishing club (though I'm not a member due to my belief that we shouldn't segment ourselves and exclude others along the line of race) to which I posed the question of if they ever made any connection to the Zara Spook being racist/insensitive. Not one of them did. However, they did all believe it to be one of the best topwater lures ever made. One of them said that "even if that is how it was intended, it's no longer the meaning behind it. It's a (bleep) good bait, and if I didn't use it, I'd miss out on half the topwater fish I catch."
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x2, if one wants to have philosophical discussions, hey that is what PM's are for, but reaching too far into personal opinions to the point that arguments break out can get a topic deleted or archived. KyakR I personally respect your opinion, and even more so your knowledge and command of the English language....not to mention you could probably out-fish half the people on BR We should practice that most important virtue of anglers, patience, and should seek to have restraint, to be sensitive, non-abrasive, and seek to not offend or be offended any more than necessary, while still delving into depths of important topics.
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Just send someone a private message (me if you want to) with info about what setup you currently use and what braid you would swap it out with. I've come to LOVE the stuff. I even use it for serving in my bow.
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I'll post something tomorrow but I just fell asleep twice int the last 2 minutes...time to sign off, but before I do, don't be afraid of braid. I use it on my MH graphite soft platics/jig/spinnerbait/lipless crank spinning rod just fine. If you are afraid of backlashes just upsize. 20 pound braid has the diameter of 6 pound mono, but still floats. So rather than using the test line that your reel is made for, use the diameter it was made for. MY reel on that rod is made for up to 14 pound mono, but with 30 pound braid (which has the diameter of about 10 lb test) it runs like a charm.
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I go fishing in every pond first and find some kind of lake map. It really does help. I'm enlisting in the army, so hopefully this time next year I'll be fishing from a jonboat. Hey, at least I know who to give a shout out to if I manage to make my way up there to buffalo
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It is long overdue my friend. I'm in the same boat as you. With the exception that my parents still dictate my fishing times for the next year haha. How's it feel to now be able to fish at will
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Funny and true
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I've never read bad advice from this man.
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I hadn't taken into account the region your in. A. What forage do you see around the lake and what size? Are the bluegill small enough to be a significant food source. Are there many frogs, etc. B. what kind of vegatation is around there. C. how much is there D. U can use the dropshot or a football head jig to determine depth, bottom content, structure etc. 1. Name every bit of structure you can- using polarized glasses, if you have any, will help 2. take note of the bank slop as it enters the water. This will be indicative of the slope underwater. E. Give us more info and we can get you more fish. F. HAVE FUN
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Actually, given that poison is very metabolically expensive to make, very few utilize them. Far more however, mimic poisonous ones, but this is a double edged sword. As poisonous animals are usually colorful, the mimics must be also, and any predator that has not tangled with a toxic creature (which is likely, given that due to the metabolic price, toxic amphibians have generally few offspring) would eat them. Most amphibians are fine with using camouflage, and given that much of their metabolic efforts are not focused on making toxins, will grow faster/larger e.g. an non toxic eatern hellbender is non toxic and larger, the poisonous spotted salamander are much smaller. The NE has a particularly high # of poisonous salamanders such as Spotted salamanders, so if usind lizard baits in that regions, I would stick with pumpkinseed colored baits.
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A weight of a name is only as large and offensive as we allow it to be. If you want to call a lure (as Reaction Innovation did) donkey punch, then go ahead. I will buy it if it is a good lure and after all, the name grabs my attention and gives a good chuckle. Besides, if a kid sees the name, he won't understand it, and if he does, so what, it is not going to scar him for life and afflict him with some violent mental depravity.
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A friend of mine recently noticed that at a lake he fished, during summer, after a cold front would sweep through, and the shallows would get foggy, the LM left and SM came in. Myself wanting to be a wildlife biologist/animal behaviorist, this was a neat nut to crack. I realized than the temp/ barometric pressure would have been uncomfortable for bass and bluegill who would leave the shallows, one following the other. With competition gone SM would then go to the most crawfish/minnow rich portion of the lake...the shallows that the big mouths were leaving. The largemouth fed mostly on the numerous meal sized bluegill, channel cats, frogs and even garter snakes in that area, while mostly ignoring the crawfish/minnows that SM seemed to seek. (I assume because they found those to be a less rewarding food source and because the crawfish were markedly more active during foggy times, probably because the overall numbers of predators had suddenly dropped.) Afterwards, when temps went up and the fog cleared, the largemouth chased away smallies who returned to deeper areas with different forage.
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If the spinning set up is spooled with braid though, you can get pretty impressive distances with it. When I cast a spinning reel, I keep my free hand close to the line so I can stop it. I'll even pitch with it. Baitcasters though, for heavier lures/cover and accuracy, can't be beat
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quite frankly, I'd be happy just to break even and be able to keep a few jigs
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I'm quite familiar with this myself. I was asking rather, if anyone has noticed anyone specific differences in groups of bass; perhaps bass in one region prefer crawfish more, or that they've noticed one species has a faster cruising speed than another or how NE bass are less likely to strike (brightly colored) salamander baits because the real thing, inn that area, is usually poisonous.
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no prob
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Oh, I wasn't looking for serious profit, just a way to make a few bucks with a hobby I'll have during the Illinois cabin fever season
