Official Fishing Thread. Just a bunch of outdoorsy ballers.

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by * J Y *, May 26, 2010.

  1. poor paul

    poor paul Well-Known Member
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    Just not a fan. I keep the one I throat hook and that’s about it.
     
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  2. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Tripletail, pompano, and flounder are the holy trinity of inshore fish.
     
  3. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Sheephead throats are great too. That’s the Mount Rushmore.
     
  4. poor paul

    poor paul Well-Known Member
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    Snook but yeah those are definitely the top I’d put on non-tropical inshore fish.

    mangrove (or gray) snapper would also be up there for gulf inshore species.
     
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  5. Tarpon Nole

    Tarpon Nole Well-Known Member
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    Redfish and trout aren't even top 10

    Pompano is amazing and one of the best fish you can have

    Triple tail, pompano and hogfish are top 3 you can catch and eat around here
     
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  6. pockets

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    Redfish are trash fish. Anything is good with butter and blackened seasoning
     
  7. Pharm

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    I fell out my kayak for the first time today. Luckily only me and didn’t lose anything
     
  8. poor paul

    poor paul Well-Known Member
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    Love to catch them, rarely keep them, never keep them over like 23 inches.
     
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  9. roggins

    roggins Butcher of Bakersfield & Chris Gaines impersonator
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    Flounder out. Snook in.
     
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  10. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    New fishing technique

     
  11. Tarpon Nole

    Tarpon Nole Well-Known Member
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    They aren't trash, they just aren't special. I rarely keep any redfish, but when I do I like to stuff with crab and bake. They're also good friend fresh

    Trout are probably a better table fare, but just aren't worth the effort imo

    I haven't kept a snook over 10 years, and probably won't ever again. Idk if I'll keep a redfish again locally with all the issues we've had

    Would make me sad when in Louisiana and guys at the ramp had coolers of dink trout and redfish just beacuse they could. What a waste of a resource
     
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  12. RJF-GUMP

    RJF-GUMP Daubert Qualified in Cooler Thermodynamics
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    Louisisana has a fuck ton of trout and redfish. Gaurantee those coon asses had fish fries for the entire family and ate every fish.
     
  13. RJF-GUMP

    RJF-GUMP Daubert Qualified in Cooler Thermodynamics
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    It's not that bad. I like redfish if cooked properly.
     
  14. Tarpon Nole

    Tarpon Nole Well-Known Member
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    It's a joke they allow that many fish as a bag limit. It's disgusting
     
  15. RJF-GUMP

    RJF-GUMP Daubert Qualified in Cooler Thermodynamics
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    12 in for trout . Has to be 15 over here. Can keep 5 reds. Can only keep 3 over here. I think they can keep 16 in reds. Have to be 18 over here.
     
  16. Tarpon Nole

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    Yeah 12 inches. We'd see boats coming back to the ramp with 4 or 5 dudes and a huge cooler of 12-14 inch trout. Extremely silly and a waste

    It's like the guys here you see at the ramp in the winter mornings with limits of blue bills tht you know damn well aren't doing anything with other than taking pictures for the gram
     
  17. Pharm

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    People are complaining here about them putting a limit on croaker to 50 a day.
     
  18. RJF-GUMP

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    :laugh: croaker are disgusting
     
  19. Pharm

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    they cited rising food costs due to inflation.
     
  20. RJF-GUMP

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    there are people here that love to eat them as well. At that tarpon rodeo where they had fish on display I saw a croaker that was like 15 inches , disturbing.
     
  21. Pharm

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    I’m like 50 per person per day is fucking plenty
     
  22. Pharm

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    They are also opening up a Goliath grouper season but it’s hardly worth it it. 10 dollar to enter raffle, 500 dollar tag if you win, and can keep 1, 20-36 inches
     
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  23. RJF-GUMP

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    What do yall think? My dad bought me this Penn Fierce 6000 combo years ago when I asked for a trout rod. It is way too big for a trout rod. So I haven't been using it. It is rated for 30/40/50 braided or 15/20/25 mono. So I just tried to set it up for cobia. Not monster cobia but 20-30 pounders maybe something a little bigger. So 40 pound braided line to a swivel to 40 pound fluro, to a buck tail jig. If they are on the surface then I could just throw this jig out to them with some live bait and keep reeling so it doesn't sink. If they are deep then I can let it drop to the bottom. Also my buddy was poopoo'ing on this rod in terms of catching snapper but I bet you could catch smaller red snapper and mangrove snapper all day long on this thing.
     
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  24. Funshot Residue

    Funshot Residue Mammoth Stabber
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    I think what the fuck happened to your thumb!?!?
     
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  25. RJF-GUMP

    RJF-GUMP Daubert Qualified in Cooler Thermodynamics
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    nothing. It's tucked under my fist in that pic
     
  26. pockets

    pockets Lesser-Known Member
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    I meant they’re a trash fish in general, like catfish. I was joking… kind of.
     
  27. pockets

    pockets Lesser-Known Member
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    They’re trying to get them to become a gamefish across the gulf coast. A limit is where they’re starting with the fight.
     
  28. panchoswanson

    panchoswanson Well-Known Member

    Never fished in the snow before. The fingers were too cold to make the phone work to get fish pics that day, but it warmed up to be a perfect couple days after that.

    Edit: I’ve got a new appreciation for those who gracefully keep the reel out of the water while picking the ice out of the end guides.

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  29. M'ark Pepperonio

    M'ark Pepperonio Free mahi mahi! Free mahi mahi!
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    Dude wtf
     
  30. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    If you put the guides that have ice in the water with a little bit of flow for a couple seconds it will melt it/clean them off.
     
  31. RJF-GUMP

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    In practice , in states near LA, pretty much all ppl from Louisiana , especially coast trash ppl, are referred to as coonasses, it has nothing to do with race or ethnicity, it's just a fun way of making fun of people from Louisiana.
     
  32. M'ark Pepperonio

    M'ark Pepperonio Free mahi mahi! Free mahi mahi!
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    Seems like there are much better ways to do this and avoid any confusion.
     
  33. Bo Pelinis

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    Coonass is a pretty ubiquitous term that directly refers to cajun people.
     
  34. wes tegg

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    It’s from a French word for “dirty whore.” Seriously.
     
  35. Bo Pelinis

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    Seems pretty appropriate as a shit talking term of endearment for cajuns tbh
     
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  36. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
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    A dirty French whore sounds quite nice on this gorgeous Monday afternoon, if I do say so myself.
     
  37. Cornfed Buffalo

    Cornfed Buffalo What's a Narduzzi?
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    Shot in the dark. Anyone have any experience with Sixgill rods and reels?
     
  38. M'ark Pepperonio

    M'ark Pepperonio Free mahi mahi! Free mahi mahi!
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    Though I wasn't familiar with the term, it does appear things are a bit more complicated than that. This was an interesting read.

    https://ethnology.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Ethnology/article/viewPDFInterstitial/6064/6263

    https://northdallasgazette.com/2014/07/31/texas-politian-refers-to-black-children-as-coonass/
     
  39. RJF-GUMP

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  40. pockets

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  41. Cornfed Buffalo

    Cornfed Buffalo What's a Narduzzi?
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    Crisp 35 degrees this morning but it'd been too long

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  42. RJF-GUMP

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    Whenever I see offshore forecast like this it makes me want to take work off and run offshore :
    MON...S to SW winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable less
    than 5 kt. Seas 3 ft or less.
    .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW
    10 kt late. Seas 3 ft or less.
    .TUE...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft or less.
    .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft or less.
     
  43. Cornfed Buffalo

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    I think we can all relate

     
  44. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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  45. RJF-GUMP

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    what is that last fish? A freshwater drum? kinda looks like a redfish
     
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  46. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Bluehead chub
     
  47. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    I always knew them as horny head chubs. They look real weird sometimes, I assume when spawning. The head turns pink/red with white horns all over. They're the whitefish of this area.
     
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  48. Cornfed Buffalo

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    Imma be sappy.

    Sixgill and Autism Anglers are some amazing people.

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  49. Pharm

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  50. The Milkman

    The Milkman Send lawyers, guns and money, shit has hit the fan
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    Finalized my itinerary for my Argentina January trip. 4 days on the Rio Pico, 4 days on the Barrancoso River/Lago Strabel. Fucking pumped to throw giant dry flies for trophy browns/rainbows.