Searched around & only found the video fishing & BassMasters threads, i know their are plenty of outdoorsman here, so i figured it'd be cool to draw upon the Planets vast experience in all things fishing.
I only use spincast reels & fish mostly large/smallmouth bass & cats. My choice of reels is quite the source of derision from many people i know 'duffer gear', but i haul in my share of 6 pound bass & 10-20 pound cats on that gear no problem. With a little know-how you can use just about any technique you want to on 'duffer gear'.
Berkley Powerbaits are a big part of my trick bag, the difference between those & regular stuff is night & day. My best action last summer came on Mister Twister scented white curly tail grubs, on one day fishing from shore to a bridge pier, i caught smallies, bigmouths, perch & even 1 carp believe it or not... great day. But my bread & butter is a texas rigged Berkley worm, it'll wiggle through any kind of cover without getting hung up.
With cats i strictly bottom fish, no bobber & bait is just as basic... but its always in 2's to give'em a real treat... a shrimp/with a nightcrawler, liver/chunk of cheese etc. Cats are mostly for night sport to me, time to kick back a lil...
So thats me style, how do the rest of you guys get your fish on? What do you fish for, what do you use? IIRC Missouri's trout season just kicked off, anyone getting anything? [Reply]
I'm picking up my new Lowe Fishing Machine this Saturday. Can't wait to get it broke in and then spend many weekends at Truman catching limits of crappie. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
I'm picking up my new Lowe Fishing Machine this Saturday. Can't wait to get it broke in and then spend many weekends at Truman catching limits of crappie.
next time you head this way shoot me a PM. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
I'm picking up my new Lowe Fishing Machine this Saturday. Can't wait to get it broke in and then spend many weekends at Truman catching limits of crappie.
Pretty sure I know the answer to this but checking the braintrust of CP.
Been charging my trolling motor deep cycle battery getting it ready off and on for a month or so. Each time I go to charge it, I check the volts and it reads about 12.1. Well I charged it all day yesterday and it never completed at 2 amps. It usually does complete but takes some time like all day. It read 14.1 or something like that when I stopped yesterday. Put it back on this morning.
It is 5 years old this spring. It may not be toast but not sure I should trust it under a heavy load if I have motor problems. What does the planet think.? TIA. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ptlyon:
Pretty sure I know the answer to this but checking the braintrust of CP.
Been charging my trolling motor deep cycle battery getting it ready off and on for a month or so. Each time I go to charge it, I check the volts and it reads about 12.1. Well I charged it all day yesterday and it never completed at 2 amps. It usually does complete but takes some time like all day. It read 14.1 or something like that when I stopped yesterday. Put it back on this morning.
It is 5 years old this spring. It may not be toast but not sure I should trust it under a heavy load if I have motor problems. What does the planet think.? TIA.
Your voltages look pretty good, not sure I'd be in a hurry to replace.
Course, if you go out and get stranded don't go blaming "that fucking Radar guy on CP" for it. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Sweet spankin new boat, Dartgod... thanks for sharing that.
Looks like fishing weather is finally here, supposed to be warm all week, gonna go get the line wet this weekend.
Thanks. I got it registered and licensed this morning. Hope to take it out to Longview this weekend to break in the motor and then I can get down to some fishing. Won't be long before the crappie are spawning the way the weather has been and will be. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
Thanks. I got it registered and licensed this morning. Hope to take it out to Longview this weekend to break in the motor and then I can get down to some fishing. Won't be long before the crappie are spawning the way the weather has been and will be.
Good luck, hope you knock 'em dead.
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
About freak'n time too.
The new season of River Monsters starts tonight at 8 central, this time he's after a supposed 20 foot creature in a Canadian lake.
He says we havent seen every monster out there yet, but I'd bet good money that what he ends up with is a sturgeon... and he's already been there and done that in Alaska.
I'm gonna break something if he suckers me on this... [Reply]
Fat bass are slowly moving back into shallows. Caught a 21 inch female this week. She was cruising the shallows. Probably half ripe with eggs. Bluegills are getting active as well [Reply]
