SimonSays

Tyrius said it all, the secrets to running a search on the forums, searching 1 year back might take a little bit longer than searching the past week, so be patient!

Sorry, I'm gonna have to pass also...trip to Australia was pretty unexpected, I thought I could pull off going fishing in the AM and head to the airport later, but apparently for international flights they want you to check in 01982750256 hrs early....

Heya Dan, gonna go visit family for spring break, got alot over there =D That book sounds awesome, I'm STILL working on my casting though...I recently picked up some of Orvis' Wonderline gen 3 bass taper or whatever...it's nice! but it was like $60-70, painful...

Yea, weekend looks nice so far, so I'll be there too unless the ish hits the fan...but I'll have to head out at 12 to catch a flight to Australia =P

I can't say first hand...but when my uncle took me fishing awhile back he said to tip just like a restaurant, 15% for a normal trip, 20% for an awesome trip.

I had the worst luck with the Owner phantom hooks, i'd get a bite and set the hook...I'd feel the fish on and fight it for about 3-5secs then nothing. This happened about 3-4times before I said screw it to the owner hooks and just used a bullet weight and a 3/0 ewg.

Nice! I've been in richmond for so long and i've yet to fish the upper james! one day i'll make it over there ;D

With the freakishly cold weather, maybe we should push the meet back a week or 2?

I keep trying to find these hornets! the BPS sales guy didn't know anything about them and I searched without any luck. What section of baits does your BPS have them in?

Sounds like Fountainhead is the place! so... Fountainhead March 7th 6:30AM (prep time to get on water by 7) sounds good =D?

The felt helps you grip slippery rocks. If you can try getting the felt with the metal studs, they help out a bunch. Also even though felt might work wonders on rocks it sucks on boats and kayaks. So keep that in mind if you're thinking of using it for both wading and on a small craft. I believe orvis is having a sale on their entry level waders

anyone have any other suggestions on place? We have a vote for Bull Run Marina, hows the bank for fishing around there? we might have some people on foot

I want to be like The Natural and buy 5 zillions at once

RW recently posted about these hornets I think...he used a 1/2oz hornet with a Lake Fork Magic shad as a trailer...been meaning to give it a shot, looks promising.

My current fav setup is... Rod: St croix 6'6" MHF Legend Tournament Reel: Shimano Curado E7 Line: ~20lb Suffix Braid in Neon fire, w/ Berkley 100% fluoro Lure: Simple 1/2oz white spinnerbait

that's my motto!

I love the coffee tubes...they smell great =D If I were a fish I'd want one in the morning

What Unc Leo said...the only thing I would consider is not always going mod for cranking, I have a MF rod which works well with cranking small/med shallow cranks. It has a pretty soft tip

If fishing soft plastics like the senko stick to the MH, it works well with the lighter jigs and allows you to cast the senko's pretty easily. Go for a fast or xf tip for the quick hooksetting power

yep, our SOT's are pretty stable, I don't think i've ever come close to being flipped while in Andrew's yak, his is 13ft I think and wide so stability is good. I've been in the bay with my 10fter with a decent amount of waves and stability still really wasn't an issue. Getting wet does suck though so waders are a must. Also a bunch of guys over at the Kayak Fishing stuff forum did a few tests in a pool and they found that with waders, a jacket, and a PFD, totally submerged in water, only a little water gets into the waders, (I always thought it was a rushing torrent ). Turns out the PFD compresses the jacket onto the waders and onto you keeping water out and the waders above the waterline.

stick to shopping at TW or some place...6hrs....save that time to go fish! TW has free shipping on over $50 .... i can never leave BPS with less than $100 .... it's only down the road from me =/

awesome! sounds like fun

Hiya! I've only fished there a few times but I know there's a flat area around here when I fished it the water was really low, so the area was only in about 2-3ft of water, the levels have probably risen since then but there was a drop off past the flat that went from 2-3ft to 15ft pretty steeply, caught a few there. There's also an old road bed i think that runs through there where I caught a few but it's hard to pinpoint a location. good luck! Also...how do you enter this tourny?

np any time!

at BPS: CUS 72MH x2 CUS 72M x2 CUS 76M x2 at GT CUS 76M CUS DX 68M CUS 72MH CUS DX 72M CUS 68M CUS 72M CUS 68MH