46 minutes ago, thediscochef said:

I feel you, I started with spinning tackle and I was proficient with it before I ever touched a baitcaster

 

Does being okey-dokey with spinning gear make us these two? If it does, I'm good with it because, well, they're riding a hawg!

 

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Wish I had a fishing companion like Dolly 🙂

Well.......I'm not as cute as Dolly.....and I sure as heck ain't lickin' fish....but I'm available! I excel at netting and that's all you really need!   😁

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 I can hit the pockets with my spinning rods. I guess the credit goes to decades of using them. 

 

1 hour ago, thediscochef said:

I feel you, I started with spinning tackle and I was proficient with it before I ever touched a baitcaster

 

.

 

 

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Amazing day Pat!   20lb sacks = cracking the code 😎

 

@The Baron   Thanks friend!   Overnight I tried to pre rig a few more senkos with the #4s......first two broke so back to the drawing board.   Wish there was a size b/t #4 and #5.  

 

@Aaron_H  Thanks for the excellent tip brother, think a trip to Lowes is in my future.   

 

@PhishLI  gave me some excellent advice as well, he crosses over two orings so I'm going to give that a try as well. 

 

Thanks Woody!   I hear ya on the spinning gear, until I catch a fish on them they tend to drive me nuts many days.   I know I could reduce some of those headaches running braid to leader.   Gonna have to get a second setup so I try that out.  

 

Wish I had a fishing companion like Dolly 🙂

Braid to leader merely creates more headaches in my experience 

30 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Braid to leader merely creates more headaches in my experience 

??????

On casting gear maybe.

But when done correctly,

not on spinning tackle.

Don't make me come over there . . . 

🤪

A-Jay

 

I LOVE fishing spinning rods and can relate to all the 'it was all I did for many years ' people and I don't dislike when I do use them for something but for around here you get your heart broken a LOT less when you go 12 lb and up for your clear line and that just generally rules out spinning rods most of the time for me.  I rarely go lower than 15 lb and still occasionally get snapped off in trees by big fish.  I try to avoid that at all costs for me and for the fish.  I hate them swimming around with stuff stuck in their face because of me.  I like fishing them at the small ponds when bass are feeding on the flats.  Nothing to break off on there!

16 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

You might have a cardiac event if I posted a picture with my hair down

You best get it trimmed before I get my energy back. 😎

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

??????

On casting gear maybe.

But when done correctly,

not on spinning tackle.

Don't make me come over there . . . 

🤪

A-Jay

 

I tried it for a couple years, no bueno. We fish two different worlds, no sand here 

 

personally I’d rather be fishing than FGing around all day 

3 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

 I know I could reduce some of those headaches running braid to leader.   Gonna have to get a second setup so I try that out.  

Braid to hook has worked well for me. 😉

Caught 6 Spots and 4 LM today on the T - Rigged TRD

19 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Braid to hook has worked well for me. 😉

I shred that too but 50-65 lb holds up pretty well 

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I shred that too but 50-65 lb holds up pretty well 

Yeah, light braid doesn't hold up well to rock, but 20-30 works great for weightless senkos, and holds up fine to weeds and wood. 

I was skunked today. There were three limiting factors:

 

I fished from a narrow shore.

 

I only cast about 20 times.

 

I walked through snow to reach the water. 

 

 

I remember biking through snow to fish with my brothers about 60 years ago and catching nothing. Clearly, I've learned nothing in 60 years. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Well.......I'm not as cute as Dolly.....and I sure as heck ain't lickin' fish....but I'm available! I excel at netting and that's all you really need!   😁

It would be my absolute pleasure to have you come fish with me.....you ever get a bit more south, and a bit more in banjo country, hit me up friend!  I'm in central Alabama.  

 

That goes for all my friends in this thread, you got a spot in boat anytime!   

I went back to where I was snagging shad yesterday equipped with a brand new 5’ dip net for shad from academy. Of course different generators were on and I could barely see any shad. I had also brought my cast net…… and tossed it enough times to get it stuck and lose it.
 

So I went back 45 minutes closer to home at crackhead creek and netted some shad on my first scoop and caught two bass. I also saw a snake that I thought was dead, I poked its tail and it slithered away. Then went to banff film festival with my wife, fun day other than losing my 25-30th cast net in the same spot 😂 

Not a danger noodle I surmise?   

 

I'll pour one out for your lost casting net 😢

8 hours ago, gimruis said:

You best get it trimmed before I get my energy back. 😎

 

You're not my real dad, you can't tell me what to do!

3 hours ago, Aaron_H said:

 

You're not my real dad, you can't tell me what to do!

Do ya see that Andy? Do ya? What we have here is a complete and total disrespect for the law. You can't allow that. No siree. You gotta nip it. Nip it in the bud. He's got to learn to respect the law. Otherwise he's gonna grow up to be one of those long hair dirty hippies. Next thing you know, he'll be walking around in jeans with holes in the knees too.

9 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Not a danger noodle I surmise?   

 

I'll pour one out for your lost casting net 😢

Northern banded watersnake (pretty sure anyway) 😂 

danger noodles don’t live here, at least in the water. We have rattle snake and copper head but typically only in on near the mtns. Too cold for the moccasins (thank god!) 

@TnRiver46  Aren’t you glad you are far enough East for no cottonmouths or Pygmy rattlesnakes?  I also only have copperheads and timber rattlesnakes in my area.

Lately the biggest concern here has been the giant wasps that will menacingly investigate our boat a half mile from their nests lining the banks -  'winnie the pooh' style giant nests hanging from trees...let me tell you from personal experience - you do NOT want to hang a bait in that tree!

1 hour ago, Jmilburn76 said:

@TnRiver46  Aren’t you glad you are far enough East for no cottonmouths or Pygmy rattlesnakes?  I also only have copperheads and timber rattlesnakes in my area.

I don’t miss them 

15 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

It would be my absolute pleasure to have you come fish with me.....you ever get a bit more south, and a bit more in banjo country, hit me up friend!  I'm in central Alabama.  

 

That goes for all my friends in this thread, you got a spot in boat anytime!   

     Your on my bucket list Alex! It would be an honor to be your net man! Right now I'm trying to get my daughters bottle babies out of the house!  😬

     Sorry about the sideways picture. Don't know how to rectify.

11 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

crackhead creek 

Tell me there's not a place called Crackhead Creek! I'm loosing faith in humanity!

@Blue Raider Bob, that’s not the actual name of it , but it’s what I call it based on the amount of crackheads that hang out there

16 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

It would be my absolute pleasure to have you come fish with me.....you ever get a bit more south, and a bit more in banjo country, hit me up friend!  I'm in central Alabama.  

 

That goes for all my friends in this thread, you got a spot in boat anytime!   

 

Thanks, Alex. Ditto.