I understand it's a private pond and you do what you like with the fish you catch, but this pic makes me sad. That's around 100 bass, I wonder how much of it went to waste.
Nope it's the Pescadore 12. Same company though http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4018040&cp=4406646.4413993.4417832
Gotcha. I've been wanting a Gheenoe for a while but just can't justify it right now. Might have to "settle" for a yak instead.
We cull the pond every year. My buddy works for a large contractor and these fish went to some construction workers. That being said, sometimes, when I'm feeling lazy and I catch a cull bass, I just throw it over my shoulder into the tall grass.
A lot of times when I'm invited to fish private ponds around here they ask you to cull anything less than 2lbs. Very nice problem to have.
speaking of tournaments, there isnt going to be a bay point invitational this summer because of fuel prices. im sure youll see more of this.
Yeah I'm sure there will be a bunch of the smaller tournaments that get cancelled. The bigs ones won't though, there's so much money involved in them, it would take diesel getting to $10 before they cancel them.
I agree with pretty much all of this. All you need to know about casting to get started is 10 -2, and wait until you feel the line load before you fire forward. Lefty's rods are solid for the price, as are the starter rods from LL Bean. Be warned: Fly fishing can be an expensive and time consuming hobby, especially when you start tying your own flies. My Dad builds Bamboo rods and never sells one for less than 2K.
By far the biggest mistake I see with beginning flycasters is taking the rod past 2 on the backcast. Most also don't hold the rod high enough to let to where they can really feel the line load and create a tight loop. Does your dad have a website or anything? I've never fished with split bamboo but I can only imagine how buttery smooth it is.
I do. Fish coves on the lakes here, and then fish inshore on the Gulf back home. I love fishing out of a yak. Seems a little more peaceful, and in my experience you can slip up on fish (especially surface feeding fish) much easier. I've got a Mainstream Kingfish, but I'm looking at upgrading this year. The Ascend line from Bass Pro has been getting some good reviews, and a lot of feature for the price point.
Yeah I was looking at the ascend models and the pescadore sport. They both have great reviews and are the same price, the pescadore is just a rebranded Wilderness systems tarpon 120. Do you have any pics of how you have your yak rigged up?
my buddies have been catching monster snook out of st. Pete, so I hope to get a quick trip in the next few weeks.
These are old but this was my setup for striper fishing in Lake Texoma. The blue thing is a soft side cooler, and then a milk crate with one of the organizer things you hang on the back of a car seat. Crankbaits and first aid kit
Next week is spring break, so I hope to get down to Texoma, they are blistering the striper right now.
Yeah the tarpon is one of the best reviewed kayaks for fishing I have seen, and the pescadore is made by the same company, and based on the 07-08 model I think. Academy has them for 499 and dicks has one with the anchor trolley and a few extra rod holders for like 689 or something. I'm gonna try to get them to price match academy's so I can get a few extras thrown in.
My brother in law is bout to do the same. He was looking at the Pescadores and the Ascends at bass pro. Next thursday I leave for Arkansas trout fishing. Got a 9 mile paddle down the White River planned for Friday. Should come cruising into camp with a stringer of rainbows for supper. Our view campsite last year: Kind of blurry but there was a light fog that morning.
watch first 60 seconds then skip ahead to 3:00 minute mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyftJByLORE
prob a big fish fry. we've caught that many in an afternoon (usually crappie or bream though in terms of catching 100+ fish), cleaned them, and put them all straight in the fryer. either that or give them to the black folk.
crappie or bream, sure... but that's like 100 2 lb+ bass. It's all good, the poster explained that it was population management the necessitated the cull.
the ugly ass snakehead. they're already here in the states and there is some fear that they will overtake our waters like the Asian carp has i thought the video was a goof and there would be no way to cast that thing. fucking Japs, man... how do they work?
i caught one a few years ago, ill see if i can find the pic but this fucker was 2 feet long and destroyed a buzzbait I had. bent the damn thing in half.
love those. Feel really dumb for not getting out to our pond in MS while i was in home last week. Weather was awesome, and everyone I know said they wore them out.
has anyone here caught bowfin before (looking at you florida people)? they put up a hell of a fight but are some nasty fish
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20120318/NEWS/120319723/1015/sports?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar State record catfish. Reading the article and the comments are golden
My dad fishes for Blue Cats in the winter up the James River in Virginia. Can't keep any of them b/c of the toxic waste spill years back.
"Nichols was using an 8-ounce weight on a 7-foot Ugly Stick with a Shakespeare Contender spinning reel spooled with 40-pound test line. At the end of the line was an 8/0 circle hook." Christ, that's a heavy set-up. Gotta feel like you're casting an anchor.
we used some pretty absurdly big jigs and about 50 pound test gorilla braided line fishing for stripers at the turbines at the Pickwick damn. Had to cast out about 100 yards from the catwalk to reach them. You could get in a boat, but someone had to be driving at all times, so it was more a pain in the ass that way.
Picture my buddy sent me from this weekend. Taken at his farm in Safford AL. He said we need to cull 900lbs this year. This was a good start.
8oz is pretty light. I've bottom fished with anything from 16oz-24oz weights depending on bad the current is. I'm pretty sure when a lot of people deep drop in 200-300 feet of water they'll use 32oz lead to hold bottom.
Size of the fish make up for the weight I guess. A lot depends on how the current is running. I've been out before in the same location and could hold bottom w/ 4oz and other times couldn't with 16oz. Sometimes with wire-line trolling for strippers I've had to use 32oz of weight to hold the bottom next to pilings or a rock pile. Lot of weight, but the fish are usually over 20lbs.