fishinthedacks

Haha I keep hearing about these wal mart deals so the wife went to wal mart the other day and asked if I wanted anything. SO I said yea you know what I fish pick me up some stuff.... She came back with a few flies (I've never even fly fished) and a 2" Rebel Cricket lol then she goes there you said you want to fish out of your comfort zone try these out... smh... idk if i'll use the flies but I hope I land a monster on that cricket (even though the treble hooks are tiny) just so I can rub it in for her being such a smart a..

It may all be marketing hoopla but who knows? It looks like it's of good quality. Movements at the right parts, good color, hooks look solid, and theres something about that tail? I haven't used a lot of swim baits in the past this year I have 3 and I'm going to buy a 4th. I don't even know if I like them yet so adding this as a fifth? Tempting, but I'm already stepping way out of my realm this year when it comes to fishing style hoping to improve my tournament numbers. If you pick it up let me know how it performs for you.

wow that's a steal the imo for that quality. I always have multiple tabs open and last night was researching antique baits so I must have gotten confused. Guess I'll have to get one next week.

That sounds awesome I do a lot of war collecting myself. Narrowing down the collection myself. I also know ww2 vets and i cant see your pic on my phone so you could be 16-90 haha cant tell.

Thanks a lot I still have a huge grin. I know there's people who deserve it more than me so once im in good I hope to help others interested.

lol gonna have to say you were in ww2 and you're a farmer. Or last name is farmer

My wifes grandmother knows I like to fish so she brought me a bunch of old fly reels, and a very old fly rod. I've never fly fished before. The reels are in great shape but definately pre 1980's. Haven't looked them up yet to get exact age. Newest one seems to have an auto retrieve on it. My question is do these old reels have any purpose? Anything I should look at to see if they are usable etc? I don't know how to fly fish so I couldn't tell you the first thing about them so any info would be of great help. I see a lot of guys having good success with fly fishing around me so I wouldn't mind at least learning but want to know if I should just toss these and get a new set up or what. The line looks really thick and heavy seems to be in good shape but is it like regular fishing line and should it be changed even though it looks brand new? What I have: The newest looking one is Herter's Inc model 703A (Green) made in Japan. Bristol No.65 from the horton mfg company Bristol CT all black with a tan handle have a few more but these are the nicest ones i can make out. A lot of the literature in the bag she gave me is from the 30's even had a metal thing of survival waterproof matches for the teens. Some pretty cool stuff. A lot of spinners and old lures id date back to the 20's or so without knowing for sure but i have a lot of 40's spoons etc that look a lot different than these.

haha figured it was easy since a lot of locals have messaged me about meeting up to fish this year.

No I totally get that. 2 is my limit on new baits. Have to try both ends of the spectrum. Honestly stuff that doesn't work for me a lot of times the kids just like variety so the stuff that doesn't work I throw in the kids tackle box (my backup) then they can try it. It either works for them or doesn't but at least they have fun trying. Sometimes they do so well with stuff I gave up on it ends up back in my tackle box for another go round haha. Sometimes testing lure is as much fun for them as catching fish.

I showed everyone in my house and they all thought it was a real live trout. Impressive. Never fished a swim bait. I have a couple I'm going to use this year. If they work out for me I may invest the 30.00 on one of these. Heck I could see having pool parts tying up a weight on it instead of a hook and trying to fool people by tying it to like a 3lb test on the little dock demon pole my 4 yr old uses see if I could trick some people. So if it didn't catch fish I may be able to pull a prank or two haha

honestly my best working bait of last season was pumpkin seed bass bustin baits lizards. Unreal, and I got way more than what I had expected. Let down last year was a rapala crank bait cant remember which one without looking but tossed it 5-6 dif trips last year and caught me nothing when all my other cranks seemed to be nailining em in the same spot. Have to get out my spare tackle box to see which it was. Waste of 10.99

Colors? Why not? If you buy a light and dark you can get a good gauge for them. If you're throwing a white belly and the fish don't want it why not try the dark it may be what they wanted? So many people fish the wrong colors at times and discard the bait as garbage. I've had days where watermelon just wasn't working for certain soft plastics, I'd switched the pumpkin of the same exact bait and pulled in 10-20 bass. Switched back to watermelon and nada. I never buy two similar colors but if there's a bait I really like what I've seen and want to try I give it a real try. I do a lot of research and go All In on what I buy. I don't just have a bunch of 1.00 baits for the sake of having them, I buy quality over quantity. Just my oppinion on the subject.

I agree and amen. Couldn't have said it any better myself. Which is why I push my son (who is 4) to be better than my g/f's kids who are 8 and 12. I push them just as much but I think a competitive spirit and nature is something this country is greatly lacking. A sense of pride in what they do is another, and hard work? Forget about it. For instance they wanted a snowmobile so I went out and bought a couple of old ski doos that I grew up on and told them it's not all fun ,and they were going to learn to break trails. I told them how to do it and said good luck. They spent allllll day shoveling themselves out because they didn't listen. Then after 3-4 hours of watching them bust their butt I hopped on and broke the trails for them and they got to enjoy the last couple of hours. But boy did it make me proud to see these kids who when I moved in wouldn't leave the video games alone out there working for what they wanted. Not many kids would put in that kind of work like we did as a kid and I'm a firm believer the type of mentality we have and our used to starts young and sticks with you. You become complacent as you get older so if you're allowed to become complacent at 12 forget about it get your hand out for welfare now. (don't get me wrong some people need assistance but it shouldn't be a way of life). That being said I did get a trial sponsorship. they are sending me a jersey, hat, stickers/patches, tackle to try out, discount tackle to start and if I can sell x amount to local bait shops. tackle at cost and free tackle depending on amount plus a percentage. Also are going to pay for my first three tournaments this year and depending on how I place, and how I'm performing in sales we can restructer and they have a pretty good compensation plan the better I do. So it's a start for an awesome company, and will take some financial responsibility off my current local sponsors, and they are still allowing me to work with them and show off their logo etc as well. Thanks for those of you who were behind me on this one. I'll post a picture of me all decked out when it come in. Never owned an actual "fishing jersey" before. Can't wait to see how it feels. I think my voice cracked a few times on the phone after they told me the details. I was like a kid on christmas. The best part is they are leaving it up to me to perform. I love the pressure. So If I do great I don't have to worry about being stuck under a basic contract. The downside is I could get the boot pretty fast,. but I have faith. So for those of you looking for sponsorship put your name and face out there worst they can say is no but in my case I got lucky to have had a foot in the door.

Mines obvious.. I think? I fish mostly in the Adirondak Mountains. However I recently moved towards the Catsklills. So would fishintheskills sound better? idk i like fishinthedacks

I see through the water best with amber and yellow oakleys. Visibility through the water is amazing. My brother insurance mostly covered a 600.00 pair of oakley prescription sunglasses. He came out of pocket like 80.00

I dont care if I caught anything or not I'd just like to test out the 4-5 dozen new lures etc i've got see how they move. I miss Florida.

Thanks for your support. I think you're the first to get my point and passion. I kind of felt like I was stuck defending myself a lot as most people seem to do on this subforum. Sure some of us may need it but we need equal parts encouragement and support as well.

Ones a soft and ones a hard body, dif hook sets, etc

I love the r2s dhalberg. I now own multiple of both. Cant wait to tell you which is better.

I used to keep em in boxes.... When I had the room lol not it gets taken out and I rip off the cardboad saying what it is in case I forget. The obvious stuff no need but if I'm trying something new if it works well id hate to forget what it is. This goes double for stuff I get in the winter

Oh I totally agree. I'm just saying I don't know what direction they are wanting me to go. Just because I'd like a sponsor of a product I love doesn't mean I want to be a famous pro. Pipe dream? Maybe. If it happens great. I'm just excited ive had interest.

Eh car sales suck around here. I was doing 6 figures in a car sales in Melbourne Florida. Unfortunately in this area of NY the typical household income is around 40-45k. Thats 2 people. I also do defferred comp if I come close to 100k. Tax purposes. Not to mention I never see 17% of it because of child support even though I have my son 50% of the time. Honestly if I could find a sales job in this area that'd cap 100k I'd be shocked. Most the businesses in this area would be lucky to hit 100k in gross in 2 years. Other than Eagle chevrolet top salesman does about 6-7 cars a month around here. I gave it a shot when I first moved back but I learned quick even if they offer 30-40%... 30-40% of nothing is still nothing. Pack fees etc are so bad with dealerships trying to survive you're lucky to see 500.00 gross which equate to all flats. Things must be good in Virgina though but Fulton/Hamilton/Montgomery county New York. No dice. And being in Virgina I'm sure (especially your West Virgina bretheren) know that Frontier Communications is dying haha unfortunately unless I want to travel 3 hours to Manhattan I'm not going to go find many jobs that break that 100k cap with 17% going to the ex. Just hoping to dive off this sinking ship before I start working for them as a technician. :-p But thanks for the dig. As it is they dropped our commission % before laying us off for the winter to "rebuild". Laying off all of your account executives is only detrimental to business. not to mention they shipped off our entire noc department to Texas where they can pay them 15.00 an hour compared to the 60.00 an hour they were making here. Call centers moved from union states to South Carolina, and other non union areas.

Boy I use Oakleys have 4 total pair. My wire frame with amber hd lenses work the best for depth finding. For instance the one spillway I fish is exactly 15 ft deep where I stand and heavy waves obviously. I can see right to the bottom on most days. Thanks to those days when the huge carp file in (about once a month) they have saved me a lot of hassle of not bothering to fish. They bully out most fish on those days and will snag my bait and snap my line depending on what and how i'm fishing. May have to try the costas though. Usually get a new pair of oakleys every spring and swear by them but whats one odd pair of glasses if they end up being that much better.

Also to this comment, when I entered in my career field I had no background in phone systems, t1s,fiber or fiberoptics, etc. They were looking for people with 3+ years experience. I had 0. I showed a willingness to learn and push their product as gospel and now I hold accounts with with almost every major company in New York even small companies (took me 5 months my first year to break the NY sales record), and am the best at what I do. This is slightly different because most people we see are pros and superstars in the profession but keep in mind for every KVD there are 100 Bobs making about 1/3rd what they do hitting the streets to push product and about 10,000 people getting a cool patch and discount bait. Anyone who wants something just has to push to get it. I see a lot of younger kids on this forum that are impressive, and good members of their community. I see a lot of these kids getting sponsered some day if they want it bad enough but most of them probably wont need it. If they show the kind of resolve in real life as they do on here they will be just fine no matter what they do. But I certaintly wouldn't stomp on their dreams of fishing for a large company because it's not an easy thing to do. Some people buy Nike because Jordan and LeBron wear it, but sometimes it takes a Bob to get you to understand why you're going to spend $150.00 on shoes. Or the guy at the local bait shop to push one product over another, and a local face and name to lean back on if something doesn't seem to go right goes a long way to a lot of the "good ole boys" I know who own bait shops, and a lot of those guys would rather have that handshake from a local vs the word of a pro who alters his baits or uses different bait anyways. As others have said if anyone could just use KVDs bait and immediately gain superstar status it'd be as simple as spending 400.00 on a rod/reel, and about 100.00 in kvd bait lol. But I do appreciate your view and oppinion.

Well heck honestly if I could get paid even half of my normal years commissions to sell fishing products and to fish in tournaments and get paid for it I'd do it in a heart beat. I'll be honest I love the money I make, and I love sales but I HATE the services I sell. They are inferior. It is a product that holds many people especially rural companies over a fire because we are the only option, and it's my job to sell them slightly above what they need in case they expand. I'm the best. Top in New York in fact and top 10 nationwide. But I'm sick of it. So if they are looking for someone to go on full time in sales and sponser me at events I can tell you I'd put 300% behind it. I've never been anxious for an interview. I've walked into every interview knowing they'd hire me on the spot. This is the first time since I was 18 I have sat down and practiced. It could be all for nothing and I could be blowing it out of proportion, but the possibilities of what it COULD mean? Not saying I'd be the next KVD but if I could be in a position to even fish with the guys, and do some traveling for a company I mean it could be a dream oppurtunity. I was basically head hunted after a successful sales meeting with the companies VP, and IT guy, and the contact has been constant. To be honest this is one reason I joined this forum to read and interact. Get consumer oppinions and just put me in touch with a virtual angler base not just the local base. Since being on here I have learned a lot of things, and view points I wouldn't have otherwise considered or known. I do have to say though A lot of forums are pretty tight knit and outsiders unwelcome this one has been really great, and I do feel I can open up about things like this with little redicule or backlash. So regardless of the outcome I will definately continue reading and posting. Already talked to and met a lot of people on here that are local who I hope to fish with this year.