Everything posted by 2tall79
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Live Target type baits
I found these on Amazon and thought I'd play around with them a little. They obviously will provide an interesting challenge. Does anyone have any experience with "multi-eyed" baits? Tips and ideas would be welcome. Thank You. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N808QVN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Starting Over
Hey all, when you airbrush a crankbait and you are unhappy with how it looks, how do you start over? Assuming it is before clear coating, do you need to remove all the previous paint or can you just shoot another coat of primer and start anew? I use all Createx and Wicked acrylics. Thanks in advance.
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Airbrushing Glide Baits, et al
For those of you who paint your own lures, how do you handle the soft plastic tails and fins that sometime come with the bait? Soft plastic dye colors are so limited. Will a acrylic such as Createx adhere to them? Thanks for any suggestions here.
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Midway
Just read that they are going to begin filming a $100M remake of "Midway" at Oahu/Pearl Harbor next month. I love the original and watch it every time it comes on (even though I own the DVD.) I hope they make a production befitting this incredible event and leave out the extraneous love stories this time around.
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Great Stuff Foam incident
I use to work for a guy who threw a full can of that stuff in the tool box in the back of his rig. The can punctured, he slammed the lid and the next day started cutting his tools out of the block of foam. ?
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Band Of Brothers / The Pacific
If you are able, Watch "The Pacific War in Color" on the Smithsonian channel. Great footage I've never seen before.
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Racheting Winch
I want to replace my DL 1400lb stock winch on my RangerTrail with a racheting type winch. Any suggestions as to brand or type? Thanks
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Weighing fish in a grocery bag?
If it is anywhere near a record of some sort...it needs to be weighed on state certified scales. Hence the grocery store.
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Fish Photos
I'm beginning to become more and more serious about air-brushing glide baits and some topwaters. Can anyone recommend a book depicting full color photos of North American fresh water fishes? Thank You
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Question for you Musky/Pike guys
Being born and raised in Western Washington, I know nothing about these species. Several years ago the state started stocking sterile Tiger Muskies in some of our lakes in an effort to control some of the less desirable species that have appeared. My question is...when bass fishing in lakes that hold these fish, do you routinely use wire leaders? Or just roll the dice that you won't be surprised by a toothy critter? I would love to catch one (must release if under 50"), but I would hate to lose one along with some expensive gear. Thanks
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Painting Soft baits?
This stuff is amazing. Sticks to all soft plastics and won't rub off. https://www.ispikeit.com/category/72/sb-coat-solvent-based
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What type of bass is this??
Yup, I'd say smallmouth. They change colors like a chameleon. I could always tell at weigh-in if fish were caught on rocks or in weeds by the color variation.
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Picking a Day Based on Weather Trends
Friday. Water has had time to warm up and should be pre-frontal. I would be looking for transitions into spawning areas and throwing alot of spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and jerkbaits. Not necessarally. I fish a large lake that is 8 feet deep at it's deepest point. Two hours of continuous sunshine is enough to effect the water temp.
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Line shy or not
Abolutely! My home lake is clear enough to see a dime on the bottom in 20 FOW. Trust me, when I fish stained or off colored water, I'm definitely using high vis line. After 40 years in construction, I have lost a lot of sensation in my hands and where I haven't lost it they're covered with callouses. After all, I am a line watcher first and foremost.
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Line shy or not
One particular instance that is etched in my memory. My brother and I were fishing a hump on my home lake which is gin clear water. I began catching 2-3 lb smallies on a Fat Gitzit. After my 3rd fish my brother asked to borrow some of the tubes. Still, I caught fish and he didn't. As an experiment, we switched poles...his with 10# Stren Flourescent Blue, mine with 8# Green Trilene XL. He caught a 4# smallie on his first cast and several following while I managed to catch one dink. I am not here to convince anybody that line type makes a difference, but in my experience it can.
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Line shy or not
Too many times I have fished with a guy in the backseat where one is catching and one isn't and the only difference is the line being used. So yes, I do believe fish can be line shy.
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How to fish shallow cover
This screams out frog to me. Also, would be doing a Johnson's Silver Minnow all day.
- Where to find these cold water bass????
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Collapsable Rods
Back in the day when rod lockers were 6' long, some rods were made to collapse from 7'6'' or more to 6'. I still use a couple of flipping sticks and crankbait rods that were made like that. Do they still make these?
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One piece of advice for a newbie
Keep your line wet! And come here often.
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Silver Minnows
Anybody using these on a regular basis? I fished out of a guys backseat at a tournament last year and he kicked my butt with one. He was in first place with big fish after the first day. He was throwing a black 3/4 oz model with an 8" black culprit trailer. And he was throwing it in fairly open water. I've used them before but usually only in a pad field or fairly dense vegetation. Needless to say, I ordered a couple but haven't had a chance to try them out yet. Anybody using them?
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where do you buy most of your gear
TDub
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Screen name
As my avatar shows....I have a '79 CJ that my wife says is "too tall" for her to get in.
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Airbrushing Lures?
When I first started out, I went thru several before I settled on this one. It does everything I need it to do and is easy to clean and maintain. Good Luck. https://www.amazon.com/Badger-Air-Brush-Patriot-Gravity-Airbrush/dp/B002W84GTO
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It happened last night
Inch of snow in the backyard this morning.