Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

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

Post by mhood » Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:57 pm

Let's go back 35 years to the best fishing trip this old boy ever went on. This is Lake Texoma in Texas.
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by SteveSchmelzle » Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:58 am

dig ya catch those "open water" trolling with big stick baits?

I love big water trolling for stripers. It's like trolling for walleye on Erie, but these walleye get big, and you know, pull back, lol.
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by mhood » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:11 pm

SteveSchmelzle wrote:dig ya catch those "open water" trolling with big stick baits?

I love big water trolling for stripers. It's like trolling for walleye on Erie, but these walleye get big, and you know, pull back, lol.
Yep. :big grin:
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by Obz » Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:27 pm

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Thought you guys might think this is cool. My first stergeon. Took 30min to reel in!
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by uljersey » Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:09 am

Not me or anyone I know personally, but noteworthy just the same. 11 year old girl here in New Jersey pulls a 4 lb 19.5" black crappie through the ice the other day. That's a slab no matter what state you're in =D>

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

Post by Tokugawa » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:11 am

State record? That thing is enormous! :shock:

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Post by uljersey » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:17 pm

Tokugawa wrote:State record? That thing is enormous! :shock:
Doubt it. State record for a black crappie here is 4 lb 8 oz. According to her dad's Facebook post, hers was 4 lbs even.

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

Post by spencerinstl » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:50 pm

uljersey wrote:
Tokugawa wrote:State record? That thing is enormous! :shock:
Doubt it. State record for a black crappie here is 4 lb 8 oz. According to her dad's Facebook post, hers was 4 lbs even.
Maybe not a record, but that would be a decent size for a bass let alone a crappie.
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by Polkfish1 » Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:38 am

Suspect found along banks acting suspiciously
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I've had more success bank fishing the beds this year. Two things I'm trying. My shorter and visually more acute daughter spots them and tells me where to cast. The no drag set up with the DR 100 just takes one thing out of the equation for me. So, it's just set hook and to the races. What really simplifies is not messing around with a boat, trolling motor...

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

Post by Kingofpool12 » Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:11 pm

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

Post by hoohoorjoo » Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:21 pm

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Dude, that's some fine eating! Pleasse say you kept it!
Try not to let your mind wander. It is much too small to be outside unsupervised.

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Post by Kingofpool12 » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:33 pm

lol nope bro...but if i knew i was gonna catch as many as i did that day, i would have! :doh:

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

Post by domthewon » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:32 pm

I guess this is why there called largemouth.
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by Jeffbro999 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:37 pm

Fishing in the marsh in the spring is a lot of fun, and nothing better to throw through all the milfoil than a chatterbait. There's a really nice variety of bass, redfish, and trout in there...among other things. This redfish crushed that chatterbait off a solid rip out of the grass, and felt like hooking into a speeding truck when I set that hook hard :lol: 843 NRX/'13 Metanium HG worked great at stopping those huge drag ripping runs.
Fishing into the mouth of a small creek, this 8' alligator decided he also wanted to eat my chatterbait, and it was a crazy fight on the 843 NRX/Curado 51E with 20lb Maxcuatro tied to 15lb leader. Was able to lift him to the surface several times for some pictures and video, and tried to get my bait back to no avail.
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Re: Enough with the tackle. LETS SEE SOME FISH!

Post by hoohoorjoo » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:00 pm

Nice red! Yep, I have had a gator decide to eat my bait a few times, mostly on Seminole and the Stick Marsh, but in a couple of ponds down in south GA, too....and never anything that size! Unless they are 3 ft or less, I don't even attempt to retrieve my lure lol!
Try not to let your mind wander. It is much too small to be outside unsupervised.

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