Troutfisher

Amazing pictures!

It was right up there with Taken and Gran Torino as one of the best movies of 2009 in my book. I really enjoyed it.

No problem man. I always look forward to the trout season. I've been fortunate to catch a few already this year, and I'm looking forward to a good 2010.

Awesome!

Great deer! Congratulations. Good shot.

Will do, and thanks guys! I appreciate it. Brushhoggin', wish I could help you out. They've become overpopulated in a lot of cities. Our capitol city of Charleston issued permits for bow and arrow deer hunting.

Haha, I'm not a huge fan of either team, but Drew Brees and the Saints are pretty hot this year, and I bet they'll be in the Super Bowl.

How've you been, Avid? I order magazines off of Ebay, but I've never had the problem you're talking about. I usually get my Bassmaster and other magazines that way, it's a lot cheaper.

I heard that Burley's really been slamming them. I try to keep up with him some on Facebook. He got a nice one a while back. Hope your buddy gets one too!

X2 x3. Very well said.

I love to fish for trout in some of the streams and lakes around me here in West Virginia. My friend and I are also college students. Usually, we go after trout with spinning rods from 6 1/2 to 7 ft in length with line varying from 4-6 lb test. Here's some of the lures, live bait, and dough bait we use to go after them. Lures: Super Dupers - These are small metallic lures with one treble hook at the end. They come in several different colors, such as gold, silver, and dark green. Spoons - I really like the smaller, silver spoons for trout, just heavy enough to cast pretty far out in the river or pond. Trout Magnets - I like to fish these about 2 ft under a cigar bobber with an attached weight on it. I tip them with waxworms or power eggs (I'll discuss those later). Black and White Jigs - These are also excellent baits to fish below a bobber, about 2 ft. I like to twitch the bobber about 3-5 times, and let it rest for about 4-5 seconds (about the same as the trout magnet rig). Live Bait: 1/4 of a nightcrawler - This makes an excellent bait to fish with one split shot on the bottom. Remember, the lighter the outfit, the more likely the fish won't feel the weight and drop the bait. Just use about 1/4th of the nightcrawler, not the whole thing. Mealworms - These are great to tip on a bobber outfit like I mentioned above with the jigs or trout magnets. Waxworms - Same with mealworms, except these can be fished weightless on the bottom. These can be DEADLY if they are fished with no weight. Even if the bait is only 8-10 feet out in the water, the fish will come to it. The key is no weight at all with this set up. Dough Baits/Other: Corn Yellow Powerbait - This can be balled up and put onto a jig to work with the bobber set up. Rainbow Glitter Powerbait - Same as the corn powerbait, and both types of powerbait can be rolled up into a small ball and use with about 2 small split shots on the bottom. Powerbait floats, so be sure to have some split shot on it. Berkeley Power Eggs - These are salmon egg imitators made with the same material as powerbait itself. These are great to tip on the jig or trout magnet set up. Mike's Salmon Eggs - These can be fished with one split shot in a stream. As for what terminal tackle to use, I would purchase a couple 3 inch cigar bright orange bobbers with attached weight on the bottom of the bobber. These can be found at any Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods, Cabelas, etc. For hook sizes, I would use a size 8 or size 10. Definitely no bigger than a size 6. Trout like a smaller hook, and you honestly can't go too small with trout hooks, at least I think. Hope that helped some! -TF

Infiniti anyone?

I like that gift the best, haha. I'd like to get more into baitcasting for bass and catfish, as I'm pretty much stuck in spin mode right now. I can handle a baitcaster all right, but I want to take it to the next level. Some new crankbaits and soft plastics would probably help as well.

Hahahahahaha! Great stuff.

I had one in our evening paper. They're having some great deals, and if I had the time, I'd definitely be taking advantage of some of it.

I feel like an outsider these days! Happy Thanksgiving guys.

Hey guys, I was lucky enough to get a deer Tuesday morning. It was my first buck, and I was happy with it. I've attached some pictures for you guys to see. This deer was taken behind my house, in some of the 250 acres behind it. It was a great one-shot kill. I was using a 30-30 with scope. It was wet, and I was hunting from a tree stand, and saw him out of the corner of my eye. There was no hearing him, he just appeared into my line of vision. I waited on a good shot, and it all went great - probably about a 30 yard shot. Anyway, here are the pics. Thanks! TF [img width=360 height=480]http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn84/amk_fisher/7.jpg

This will make for some great winter reading.

Awesome!

As mentioned, Greenbrier is the more wider and shallow stream. That's actually my preferred stream, simply because I know it a lot better. It is running a lot better than normal this time of year, where we got a lot of rain this past spring.

Dunkaroos...haha. I used to eat those when I was little.

Prayers to you!

I may actually be able to make this one, even though I'm a college student on a budget. This isn't too far away from West Virginia, I could easily drive it. 8-)

Mook wasn't in there! ;D I seriously didn't know that dictionary was in there though. I'm going to have to go through that when I get some time.

I love the Onion! You'd be surprised at some of the people who actually take them seriously sometimes. It's hilarious!