CrankFate

1. People that put a bait on a hook. Cast it out with a heavy sinker. And just wait for fish. But never know why they don’t catch any. 2. When the guy doing that tells you the fish will only eat something that stays completely still, because they hate eating things that move.

Those are some lucky cranks, with their little booties on so they don’t get ice and salt in their paws when you take them out for a walk in the winter ?

No. And I’ve never had a problem with a rod that was less than 10-15 years old. That’s why I do not consider warranties when I buy rods. I look for stuff that I expect to last 10-15 years.

Me, too. I have fished crowded spots where a lot of other guys were there without any problems, even though it was crowded, because they knew what they were doing and weren’t acting like animals with a territory to tick on. I’ve also fished spots where it only takes one jerk to ruin the entire area. That’s usually how it is. Yes, there are certain places that are almost always overrun with jerks. That’s really just life. Not just fishing.

I love mod fast rods. But, at least for me, they don’t work too well with jerkbaits and topwaters. I’d go with the fastest rods I have for these two techniques.

Or mask and hat.

I do not fish this method, but take @Dwight Hottle ‘s advice. I have a Kistler KLX Heavy Mod that has been amazing for similar techniques in saltwater. For heavier and deeper applications these are more versatile rods than they are marketed as.

It looks like you already got your answers. I would point out that those answers are good because they are not limited to just two specific rods or two specific brands. Brand loyalty is great, but sometimes it helps to sample new brands. And gear you weren’t thinking of. There’s a lot of good stuff out there. Don’t limit yourself.

No, but if I fly fish, I fish with the rod in my left hand.

I don’t always like to post these things online, but since I tried the LS Pointer 95 based on an older @A-Jay post, I will say I never used these before and did very good with them this year. Including a few 5lb+ fish which are huge where I fish. There is a certain unorthodox way to fish these that other guys were telling me won’t work, basically while laughing, but it does. I know it works because I happened to do this out of frustration of no bites for several hours, when all of the sudden, I realized fish were coming from far away and getting all worked by it. I’ll leave it at that. Great bait in lots of conditions where you can’t or shouldn’t drag bottom.

I see it like @Bird does. Having had exactly what he described happen to me TWICE when I was fishing the Yellowstone area in Montana this past August, at two different spots, on two different days, I myself appreciate that type of gesture. Especially coming from the city, where I see people regularly leaving long coils of string. 6 Pack plastic, that literally winds up on bird’s necks. And throwing beer cans in the water. I can’t stand the slobs, either. And, you know, these are also the same people taking prohibited fish, whenever they get the chance. But when someone is an actual fisherman, I have no problem with helping them out. To me, that’s the difference. Are they fishermen? Or just jerks that don’t care about anything but catching all the fish they can possibly kill, as easy as possible, without any concern for how easy it is to destroy a good fishery? Those guys aren’t fishermen.

Ooops! Forgot about that!!! I guess they can’t all be men of @A-Jay’s caliber.

@VolFan Strange coincidence, I knew a guy in that field. Never could pay his bills. Had his wife and kids living off his mother. Still does AFAIK. Also, the only person I ever knew to get foreclosed. Wasn’t very good at fishing. Only man of the sea I ever knew who couldn’t even tie any knots. I always assumed he was also responsible for spreading rumors about me being broke, which have persisted on the internet for years, even though it was never true and is 100% made up. Type of person that can’t even post anything on the internet with a fake name and a mask on. Weird coincidence that you mention those guys here.

Just something to think about….there are butterflies that can fly from Canada when they are released there all the way to Mexico to find the rest of the butterflies. Most of us would die if we tried that just by getting up one day and walking. With no maps, no roads, no money and no food. Their brains are about the size of a grain of sand. So I always assume there’s a lot more a tiny brain can do than we give them credit for. I’ve seen fish reason. I’ve seen them do all kinds of things they shouldn’t be able to do, and like @king fisher is saying, even people with our supposedly superior brains still make a lot of silly mistakes. Whenever I think about that, I always think we’re lucky we’re not really prey to anything else or more of those mistakes would have been the end of us.

I’m sorry, but for what it’s worth, it takes more of a man to land a monster with a “fairy stick” than it does with a broomstick. I consider ultralight and lighter than what is supposed to be fished with to be the true “power” fishing.

Awesome. Unfortunately, I don’t think my garage is not big enough to do this. The door is in the way on one end. And the shelving is in the way on the other end.

@Koz I agree. One of my sons says he wants to be a professional/civil engineer. I said do it. There is a shortage. PE’s are making more money than ever and the shortage is expected to get worse. He’s only 11 now, so who knows what happens, but it’s fine with me. @InfantryMP I don’t know which one is a bigger problem now. But we are in a horrible student loan bubble. They are horrible because you don’t need credit. You do t need income. You don’t need anything, except registering for school. And bam $10,000, $25,000, $100,000 — it’s yours no questions asked. At one point I worked is a pretty bad area and there was a building with dozens of people waiting outside day after day, rain, snow, freezing. Every single day. I finally asked what they were waiting there for. I learned it was a bogus school that just got approved for student loans. The people were registering, taking out thousands of dollars in student loans that they were never intending to pay back without ever attending a class. If you can do that. If it’s that easy, it’s subprime crisis 2.0, except there are no houses that are worth half the value of the debt. So it’s going to eventually be even worse.

I agree with @Koz & @Smallies And in my opinion, you need to run your life like a business. Yes, making money matters. But, IMO, handling your expenses by keeping them as low as possible is more important than making more money. There is a reason that there are pro ball players and musicians and actors who make millions and still go broke. They just spend everything they make. That is even easier for everyone else when you’re not making millions and millions of dollars. First and foremost, control your expenses. The best way to do that is to not borrow money. Because you can always reduce your spending if you have to. But you cannot do that if you have recurring monthly payments on credit accounts. Next, is schooling. Today, it is a waste of money for most people. You have to be realistic about what you spend on school vs how much you’ll truly make per year. The posted starting salaries on the internet are close to double what people make in reality. So dont fall for it. Many schools have been sued for fraud by claiming the grads make more than they really do. And they lost those lawsuits. The websites like pay scale aren’t as easy to sue. I am a professional. I went to grad school. However, I started college at a good private school with a scholarship. The school lost a lot of funding and eliminated several scholarships. I had the choice of borrowing tens of thousands of dollars a year to stay there. I didn’t. I knew I was going to grad school and I knew how much it cost and how much I’d make after graduating. Plus, real estate prices are ridiculous where I live, so I transferred to community college. It cost $1,200 per year. I also worked full time most of the time in college. I worked full time going to grad school also. So in the end I graduated with much much less debt than most people I know. I know many people that graduated with $250,000 to $375,000 in debt and they are not likely to make $100,000 per year. That is horrible business judgment. Basically more than I ever owed in my life and I own a pretty expensive house. Not bragging about that, but it gets annoying when you get people who assume you’re dying trying to keep up with the payments, too. The whole point is to do anything and everything you possibly can to avoid becoming a slave to monthly payments. Especially today, when job loss is to be expected and high paying jobs are scarce because everyone already has a degree. And because of better heath, most people who have high paying jobs are working into their mid 70’s, leaving fewer jobs for the next generations. You need to start off with the power to immediately stop all of your expenses if a catastrophe occurs. Whether it is a severe injury, job loss or illness. Having seen many of these, including my wife having cancer, it wouldn’t have worked out so well if I was a slave to debt payments. There is no magic. There is no secret. You just have to save a large portion of your income and not just spend everything you make. Or worse, borrow to get things you can’t afford. Including an education that is worth less than it cost. If you start out by doing that, you will give yourself the freedom to get a job that you like that pays enough to live. If you can’t manage your own business affairs, no amount of money will ever be enough.

I put them on ice. I don’t throw them directly on ice. I save old t-shirts and things like that and put a cloth over the ice and throw the fish on the cloth. You don’t have to do this, but I find the direct icing sometimes affects the texture of the meat, IMO.

Sorry for your loss. The deaths are real. I had an uncle die at 59, with 4 high school & college aged kids. Worst time to go. Another guy I know that was only 42 and in good health. Dead. My neighbor across the street’s wife. Dead. I also know quite a few others that were in the ICU for weeks, including a cousin. And then there are the ones with “long haul” Covid. Still not recovered after half a year. It’s no joke. I got shot # 3 yesterday, I was eligible since my BMI is 31.7, and I’ve been suffering from obesity ever since I was born ? This is the worst one yet. Within 15 minutes the injection site on my right shoulder started having severe pain when I try to raise my arm. My clothes are sort of hurting my skin where’ve there is any weight on my skin. But still, the vaccine reduces the infection rate by at least 90% - I work in a building that has several medical offices in it, so I’m not taking any chances. Just a week at home with the flu would create a terrible backlog for me.

What an inurig? The opposite of the Nekorig?

Yes, too many people want to live longer. But too few are up for the fight shown in the videos posted in this thread.

d**n you (Jk). And d**n the calories!!! I am getting leaner. Ever so slowly. I have reduced my calories. I will not gain weight over the winter this year, like I usually do. Hopefully, by the spring I’ll see real results. I am at a lot more calories burned and miles ran in 2021 than I had in 2019 and 2020. So I’m on the right track. The problem with progress is it slows progress.

Leftovers. Filet Mignon with porcini mushroom au poivre cream sauce. I do steak like fishing rods. I get the good ribeyes all the time. Anything else is just a waste of money. So stuff like this is never on the menu. Since the city gave everyone up to $1,200 in food stamps per kid ? to make up for the missed school lunches during the lockdown, I broke with tradition.

Almost completely back into the swing of things. Since I still look a bit lockdown soft, this will be the first winter that I do cardio all they way through to summer since I started working out seriously about 11-12 years ago. No way I’m going up to close to 250 again. Too old for that now. The worst thing about lockdown was that I would make everyone in my family run a mile at least 3x per week. My 13 y/o son would run his first half mile at a 5 minute or better pace (then walk the rest and still finish in under 10 minutes). That got me down to anywhere from 7 to 8 minutes for the mile. Now, I can’t run my usual 10 minutes at 6.0 MPH on the treadmill at the start of each session, because it’s too slow. Not the progress I was looking for. Did nothing to reduce my softness. Except in my legs. Hopefully the next 6 months of cardio every session will get my BF% down to where it should be.