Texas Hawg Hunter
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Actually I wasn't prepared for the 37 degree weather and only stayed about 30 min. before my hands went numb...it was 78 yesterday. So, no.
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"KVD unicorn tears" hahaha I just told that to my wife
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Just Googled it. Looks interesting, don't know much about "hybrid" line. I tried braid for the first time today after this flouro incident and really like it.
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Do tell.
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I went out and made a few casts this afternoon with braided line for the first time. The increased sensitivity is definitely there but I really liked how it casts...seems to go farther and be more accurate (but that could be my imagination). The "no memory" aspect give it a nice feel too...more controllable I guess, hard to describe if you haven't used it. I used 30# spiderwire ultracast invisibraid with no leader on a baitcaster.
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lol thanks, that was after the morning deer hunt
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Thanks all! Based on your comments I'll try a different brand in the future. Flouro also seems like a "high maintenance" line which I don't like (line conditioner, weak when dry, etc...). I'm going to explore braid for a while and revisit flouro later.
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It was pretty much every cast there for a while in one location. I usually throw spinnerbaits, t-rigs, and jigs which are all pretty weedless. Out of curiosity, how many lipless cranks do you typically lose?
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nice fish! Thanks, that clears it up for me.
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I haven't really used lipless cranks much so I'm trying to use them more. Tonight it seemed like every cast I was pulling vegetation out of the hooks. Is this normal or should I not be throwing the lure in this area?
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Tonight I made a cast and was clearing a backlash when all the sudden I'm holding a broken off piece of line in my hand that had totally separated from the rest of the line in the spool. I retrieved my lure by taking up the line with my hands. This was 17 pound Stren Flourocast and my first spool of flouro...have been using it for a month or two. I heard flouro was brittle but geez. I'm taking this opportunity to try out braid for the first time. Purchased some 30 pound spiderwire ultracast invisibraid. Before this I used mono my whole life and never had this happen...not too excited about continuing with flouro.
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great comments guys, that gives me a few ideas...have never heard of suspendots but they look like a cool thing to experiment with!
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Tradition says fish deep. However, lots of guys say fish shallow. The great thing about fishing is there are always exceptions to rules and experimentation is key.
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It's nice to hear about lures that don't work for folks for a change, rather than the ones that do. Spinnerbaits work really well for me. I would really like my jigs to be productive but have never caught a fish on one.
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What are types of lures that you use but have never caught fish? I'm talking broad categories like crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs, etc...
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See that 8 lb. bass in my picture? I threw her back because I caught her on a small private pond. If I caught her on a big lake I might have mounted her. Google something called "selective harvesting" -- from what I understand it is the same principle as pruning a tree...take the smaller ones so there will be fewer fish with more food available so the ones that are left grow big.
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Anyone ever put slip sinkers on hard lures to make them more castable like light spinnerbaits or light crankbaits? This is assuming you don't have a light rod of course.
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I gave serious thought to mounting her but since it is a small pond I put her back to make more big fish babies.
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That's pretty good for only thirty minutes.
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Caught this on Nov 22, 2014 standing on a dock on a small pond in Centerville Texas. Used a chartreuse and white 1/2 oz. Booyah spinnerbait with a colorado blade. 3 ft. of clear water during a drizzle.-
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Caught my personal best this weekend fishing from a dock on a small pond at our deer lease in Centerville, Tx. We didn't have a scale but compared it to pics and videos online and we estimate 7-8 pounds. Caught on a 1/2 oz. Booyah spinnerbait during light rain in about 3 ft of clear water.
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Ive heard some guys say they use mono for crankbaits to "give the fish a chance" of getting the bait. Is that what you're getting at?
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How were you fishing the spinner and what kind of blades? Slow rolled Colorado?
