Darth-Baiter

we are going to do Alaska. a combo Halibut and Salmon trip. we booked a single day where we fly on a float plane to a remote spot to try for Silver Salmon. but a day of halibut, and then multi-day trying for kings. this trip..8 friends going!! we asked for a great weekend and the service showed us the best halibut tide conditions. we said.."okay, we want that". it is more than a year out. hahahha..

WAIT WUT!!!! your wives do the laundry?!!! hell, I'm doing them now. signed: Cinderella.

no. I'm 4 foot 7 on a good day.

it was always and odd rod to me. I bought it cheap used from a cool dude here on the forum. it looks good to me. but I didnt feel it pitched all that well. not for me. so it stayed home a lot. the other day, I put a reel with braid on it and tried it for topwater. it was great!! (the reel was mediocre) I pulled off aging line on a Curado 150DC, spooled it with 50lb braid and at least this summer, it will be topwater action for it. I can pitch if I wanted I suppose. the DC reel was also unused. just around for winter long range cranking and striper fishing. I just test casted it and it is so fun. I can get unreal distances with a practice plug. I was gunning for the basketball hoop at the end of the circle and center punching it from way out.

SICK!! that looks like Seven to me, but...my radar might need reorientation.

when I gut and clean a fish, that is fish smell. me lipping one? nah..that is just a hint. that stainless steel thing works. this is making me laugh...hahahha...

well said!!! this is exactly how I learned about tariffs in 8th grade.

dang it...I hate reading about this. bud, I dont know you, but I feel like I do. I wish the best for you and the other fellow fisher people suffering similarly. sorry, I am not much of a word smith in situations like this.

the best tiny swimbait for me is the (megabass) spark shad or Hazadong shad. both work surprisingly well as a finesse jig trailer. either on that spin head thing is fun.. I want to use them on elephant butte white bass. it would be mayhem.

I once went fishing with 3 in the boat. Delta somewhere. water was dirty. one guy got on on a seiko tex rigged. we kept doing our own thing. me on the free rig and my other friend pitching a creature. mr Senko kept catching. so we in desperation switched up to try and catch up. nope and nope. a few weeks later, they went again. Mr Senko after a decade of fishing together (finally gives up his secret) said, he rigs up his Texas rigs with the hook eye sticking out of the end of the worm prominently. that way the tungsten weight as something to "click" on. not sure if that was the diff..but yea.

I have the small ones and they did well on the drop shot. I havent drilled deep with this bait. just scratching the surface

personally, I would go down a level in power. for me topwater is not an all day bite. around here, I just seem to get topwater love in the wee hours of the morning --> mid morning and it switches off. a lighter rig will let you tie on something else and keep using it. just me.

I love the free rig, almost unnaturally. it produces for me. I am thinking the Dep Bullflats or Bellows Gill would be beneficial further away from the sinker so they can drift. or the Snooper Frog!! I see frogs swimming underwater all the time in the nature settings.. C-Rigging a snooper frog could be dang exciting.

I was at the fishing store buying some stuff. the kid selling me things was 20something. I asked about the C-rig and I got a blank stare. the entire store laughed at us when I told the guy, "never mind...you're too young to know what a Carolina rig is". hahah..I am going to try it. the tube fooled the bass.. I bet the C-rig does as well. Bass: "well, what is this new thing?" nobody fishes it around my lakes. hoping it comes back like bell-bottoms... no?

thank you!! refraining from casting in the front yard now. .................................................. okay, I caved. I went out in the front yard!! you might be on to something!! "and it will be more than you think" seems to be way better. my weight was slow dropping, and I backed off the brakes and sent it. no lash!! looking forward to taking it out on the water with the Carolina rig...thanks again.

I bought some stuff. I'll get it done.. you running leader material? or just clipping a 24" section from the main line and adding terminal tackle in between?

I do have flouro. 14lb Sniper. I was trying what you stated, but only just a smidge..I'll keep chasing it down. I can skip with it more and more.

my store didnt carry the keepers. i bought (GAG) some swivels. going old school. not going to TW, cuz i would by $6 bucks worth of keepers and $44 worth of other stuff to get the free shipping

(d**n!)

i must have grabbed it by mistake sometime. it is a senko with a paddle tail. i tossed it into my kayak box, but i seriously dont know what to do with it. it is 6", i think. (label is gone). weighless tex rig? shakey head? i have one bag. please give me some strategies.

i love both..but i have been cussing at my Bantam more, recently. the Zillion is just a pleasure. i dont know where i have my centrifugal weight things. i havent opened it in a while. i do know i have my knob set at 10. both of them are set up exactly the same. i can move with relative ease between baits that are heavier or lighter than each other and i dont touch a thing. i think the finish is a bit dainty, and one of mine looks older than it is from a single trip down south. let me know if you hate it... i'll dispose of it with respect and dignity.

I like the Ryugi tungsten G2 ball heads where I add the hook. I can select the hook that best fits the bait.

Whoa. this is quite the trajectory!!! mine was much less of a steep curve. i worked about 5 Dobyns Fury rods into my curve

its been a minute since i hiked a bank. but i do know i wanted distance. distance in casting. what do you have now? you're already fishing right? what is your current rod. when i first started i did everything with one setup. was it ideal?, nope. but it was fun and i got it done.

stepping knee deep into the lake Saturday felt like enter a bath. it was warm feeling. 75 on my fish finder. the morning air by comparison was chilly. so trying to think like a bass, i figured early morning they might be shallow and feeding. as the sun gets higher, i think they go deep. i am actually thinking about trying the carolina-rig. i am not an expert on it. i am thinking the bait of my choosing gets to float and act freely of the weight. and i can therefor choose a heavier weight to pull the entire set up down quicker with no negative side effects to the soft plastic i am dragging. is the tiny ball swivel still the standard? i seem to remember some carolina sleeves you pinch open with pliers and insert line and let out enough tag end to tie the hook. (carolina keepers?? did i dream it?) i hate tying more knots than i need.