Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by Tokugawa » Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:17 pm

Good to see you back on the water! Gorgeous smallies! :big grin:

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Post by IlliniDawg01 » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:43 pm

Went to Okeechobee for the first time Friday-Sunday with my dad, uncle, and cousin. The artificial bite was nearly non existent, though I managed a couple each day just to prove I could do it. Caught a new personal best on a wild shiner though on Saturday. ~8lb 12oz

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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by zalan » Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:58 am

Nicest pike so far for me. Also I tested my brand new Abu C3 and this was the first fish on it.

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Post by Gone Phishin » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:07 am

Here's a nice pike caught off of our pier. Texas rigged Lake Fork Baby Ring Fry:

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Post by rockchalk06 » Sun Dec 03, 2017 4:55 pm

Caught one nice toad today off a Zinker in a creek by the house. Caught a few dinks, but this was the toad.

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Post by zodiak311 » Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:31 pm

Mud Minnow, my favorite!!! Nice fish.
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Post by Dexter » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:52 am

Hey Gone Phishin, damn fine pike!!! Look's like a reel line cutter. Lip hook?

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Post by Gone Phishin » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:42 pm

Dexter wrote:Hey Gone Phishin, damn fine pike!!! Look's like a reel line cutter. Lip hook?
Thank ya! 8-)

Luckily yes...just inside the ridge on the top of the mouth....8lb fluoro. I believe I was using the 7'1" Cumulus that day, and that stick is so darn sensitive I was able to get off a quick hookset.

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Post by Dexter » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:23 pm

8# fluor...that's awesome! Well played sir. No ice yet. Good luck in '18.

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Post by Gone Phishin » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:02 am

Dexter wrote:8# fluor...that's awesome! Well played sir. No ice yet. Good luck in '18.
Cheers my friend. :cool1:

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Post by Jeffbro999 » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:03 am

No shortage of big structure out there right now. Between the old bridge, the new bridge they are putting in and new pilings going in 50yds down current of the old bridge, all the barges and equipment, and the rough conditions, these fish were a handful. Gotta stay in control at all times. NRX and Conquest rods owned some fish with ease.
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Post by Cristo » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:38 am

Keepem' coming Fellow TTers! Great pix, stories and all around sharing! =D>

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Post by Jeffbro999 » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:48 am

What a great way to start the New Year! Made it out yesterday in the coldest temps we have ever had in FL, and pushed up a small creek looking for some speckled trout and bass. After catching several of each, I felt a solid thump on the Shadow Rap Shad. When I set the hook, thought I had snagged another stump, until it started head shaking! Fight was pretty awesome with all the wood in the water, but the NRX 842/Chronarch CI4 did its job!
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Post by zodiak311 » Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:48 am

JBcrankaddict wrote:What a great way to start the New Year! Made it out yesterday in the coldest temps we have ever had in FL, and pushed up a small creek looking for some speckled trout and bass. After catching several of each, I felt a solid thump on the Shadow Rap Shad. When I set the hook, thought I had snagged another stump, until it started head shaking! Fight was pretty awesome with all the wood in the water, but the NRX 842/Chronarch CI4 did its job!
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Man, that is a Whopper!
The NRC 842MBR is a sleeper rod for me, has the perfect tip for many applications. I even use mine for small scroungers, it really gets the light stuff out there.
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Post by Jeffbro999 » Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:36 pm

zodiak311 wrote: Man, that is a Whopper!
The NRC 842MBR is a sleeper rod for me, has the perfect tip for many applications. I even use mine for small scroungers, it really gets the light stuff out there.
I agree, that tip is very light and loads nicely from 1/8-1/2oz. Rod works great with all types of baits in that range. I fish jerkbaits and topwaters 90% of the time on it, but won't hesitate to tie on a 1/16-3/8oz ball jig and start working the bottom. Sounds like I need to tie on a Scrounger and go to work! Biggest surprise in my hands is the amount of backbone it has compared to that tip. It's not easy to turn one of those reds from cover, but it does. My most used rod in my arsenal, and it shows! It's looking rough but still hammering some big fish.

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