Everything posted by GreenPig
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What do you have to force yourself to do in 2020?
Fish my magnum spoons(8 & 9")
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Dark Sleeper
Pro Tip: Never taste test a lure that's attached to a rod.
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Going back to budget?
It's the indian not the bow. KVD could out fish most with a cane pole. Not that that there's anything wrong with expensive, light, sensitive, great casting rod.
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Biggest Fish of 2019
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What are you giving up on?
The bait monkey gave me a beating the last time I just considered giving up on a lure.
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Vehicle Organization? Mandatory Gear?
2020 Silverado LTZ Scale, spare needle nose pliers, and a change of clothes in case I take a unplanned swim.
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Looking for a new cranking reel..
It cast ok but every standard capacity reel I own will out cast it with the same lure. My Curado 70 and Revo ALX easily out cast the Winch. All that line capacity isn't needed for my cranking style as I spool with 10 - 12 lb and I can't come close to a 100 yard cast(half the capacity).
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So what did you get?
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(Winter Thread) The perfect tube of crazy glue?
I also use the Loctite Gel Easy Squeeze. I store it in my 3700 Ned box. I've never had the cap come off. Maybe use some medium strength (blue) loctite thread lock on the cap.?
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What lures did you lose the most in 2019?
8-10 Cotton Cordell spoons fishing timber. Stripers just love to zig & zag thru the trees.
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Looking for a new cranking reel..
When I pickup another cranking reel it'll definitely be a Tranx 200 over another Winch.
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Looking for a new cranking reel..
The Abu Winch is a powerful cranking reel but the huge spool capacity (200 yards of 10 lb fluorocarbon) hurts distance casting a bit. IMO
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Old memories...
Several years ago I had the great honor to take a 94 year old veteran and his son to fish at my pond. Head said all he wanted to do was catch a mess of bream for him a his old friend (also a veteran) to fry. So we got him set up in a comfortable chair with one of my ultralights and crickets with me on his right taking fish off and his son on his left baiting his hook. Over the next couple hours he caught 80 to 90 bream and I put 25 or so of the bigger ones in his cooler and they headed home. A week later his son called and let me know his father and his friend had their fish fry and had a great time. He also told me his father went on and on about how it was the best fishing trip he'd ever been on in his life. Now I've taken several people for their first time and I've caught some really nice fish and had many great trips but that day was my most memorable fishing trip and I never even made a cast.
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Curado K
Over 2 years with my Curado K HG and zero problems.
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Braid TO FC Leader
Water clarity determines whether I use a leader or straight braid. But I usually use a leader just in case, unless it's very muddy.
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Jon Boat
I've fished Georgia, Alabama, South and North Carolina, and Florida in my 1448 Lowe flat bottom. It's powered with a 25 hp 2 stroke and 80 lb Terrova. With a large front aluminum deck and floor and 3 group 31 batteries the Terrova will pull it along at 4.3 mph. I did weld pods on to help float the 189 lbs of batteries in the back seat. I've fished full days when small craft advisories were in affect. I think it's a great little boat but if I were going to take a partner I'd get a 16'. Deck
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Fishmas Gifts 2019
My wife gave me a Shimano Tranx 400a. The real shocker was I won the TJ81 50k subscribers give away, which I consider a gift.
- Famous Fisherman By State
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Shakey Head Plastics Question
Zoom Trick, Zoom finesse, Zoom Shakey Head reg & magnum, and Roboworm make up the bulk of my SH fishing. If I had to pick one it'd be the Zoom finesse .
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Need a new spinning reel
Be careful about using info from salesmen. I spent 45 minutes talking to BPS guy about electronics and he slipped up and told me he'd never even owned a boat. So basically he's just regurgitating what he's been told or read and had no real world experience with electronics. I was looking at buying a Solix 15($3600) so I wanted a little better info.
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California Spotted Bass - Slow Winter Fishing
Here in Ga. I've been catching them on shakey heads the last 3 weeks in 10-15 FOW on hard bottom. 3-5' visibility and water temp 53-56.
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A-Jay's 2nd Annual Ice Out / Open Water Countdown Thread ~
Happy pup.
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Fun Christmas Idea
Great idea. Goodluck. I could go for a 6 pack of Megabass(assorted) jerkbaits.?
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BP Company Response to E10 Additives
E-Free for all my engines here. Cost a bit more to fill up but less than a new engine and I get much better performance and mpg's.
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When all else fails...
Buckeye Lures Spot Remover Pro 1/8 oz with a Zoom Shakey Head worm in Watermelon Red or Junebug will usually produce a few buck bass. But I really don't care about catching a bass, I want the "BASS".