What’s the dumbest thing you have ever purchased to catch fish ?
Texas Fishing
Jan 28, 2024 16:18:12 #
Chuck56
Loc: Texas
Was just looking through my tackle stuff , planning a trip to rayburn for 4 days next month . I came across a thing I bought from a lure company ( I won’t name ) called a predator a couple of years ago . It’s a plastic bullet - looking thing that comes with 2 weight discs . I bought the green / black model. Thought it would work good for a Carolina rig . When you submerge it in water , it gives off a low noise that is supposed to attract fish. First , to see if it worked, I put in in a glass of water . Sure enough after AWHILE , it gave off a very , very low chirping noise . So, I put it in about a gallon of water , thinking the sound would amplify . Nope. So I never put it on . I was hoping this thing would be louder than what it was but it wasn’t . Maybe the one I bought was defective ? Anyway, I learned not to pay much attention to gimmicky stuff . Anybody ever done something like I did ? …my 2cents…
Jan 28, 2024 16:22:02 #
Yeah, but it was given to me when I was out fishing. A Lure Retriever. Never tried it as it was for a short retrieve.
Jan 28, 2024 16:59:07 #
Jan 28, 2024 17:17:12 #
Chuck56 wrote:
Was just looking through my tackle stuff , planni... (show quote)
I actually bought a Ronco Pocket Fisherman. Was watching TV late after a wicked drinking session and other stuff, and I thought it looked like a great idea. Out came the credit card, and that was that. You could jig a bit with it from the boat, but ya couldn't really get a hookset, but I was determined and finally hooked and boated a little yellow perch. Then I threw it in the trunk and left it there even after selling the car. Good riddance!
Jan 28, 2024 17:50:50 #
seesalt
Loc: Pisgah Forest, NC
audigger53 wrote:
Yeah, but it was given to me when I was out fishing. A Lure Retriever. Never tried it as it was for a short retrieve.
When I a kid, my dad bought some kind of gimmicky lure that I think you put either baking soda or an alka seltzer inside. It would fizz and propel the lure. I just have vague memories of it. Don't know if he caught anything or not
Jan 28, 2024 20:38:49 #
A Color C Lector, was supposed to tell you the best color artificial bait to use in all types of water. It always read chartreuse no matter if it was clear, stained or muddy water.
Jan 28, 2024 20:57:57 #
Chuck56 wrote:
Was just looking through my tackle stuff , planni... (show quote)
A glow popper. Spent more time shining the flash light on it to make it glow then fishing with it.
Jan 28, 2024 22:12:46 #
Jan 28, 2024 22:42:42 #
OJdidit wrote:
A Color C Lector, was supposed to tell you the best color artificial bait to use in all types of water. It always read chartreuse no matter if it was clear, stained or muddy water.
I read up on lighting for fishing and remember green as being the best chartreuse is that neon super color when it comes to fishing because:
Why are fish attracted to green?
Green has a high lumen output of 130 per LED alongside a 520 nm wavelength. Shrimp and insects have both of these wavelengths in their color vision alongside green light receptors around 530 um. Therefore, a green light is both bright and attracts the bait that many other fish will feed on.
So bait color is along the same line of thinking. Don’t get this information or what i’m saying wrong because definitely a different color can be the hot bait on that day but on average it’s due to distance it can travel through water as well as other bait fish that are attracted to the area. When we go on the ocean the captain uses his sonar to find baitfish not the target fish. Where there is bait fish there usually is target size and type fish.
Jan 29, 2024 01:02:55 #
charlykilo wrote:
Most times it's a license?
Out here in California, that's a fact.
Course, on the other hand, you wanna play you gotta PAY.
Jan 29, 2024 01:59:59 #
A stripper pole that fits into the threaded hole on my back fishing deck. I can't keep Still above Water, the bus, and Saw1 off the damn thing.
Jan 29, 2024 02:29:50 #
NoCal Steve wrote:
A stripper pole that fits into the threaded hole on my back fishing deck. I can't keep Still above Water, the bus, and Saw1 off the damn thing.
It sure makes those SLOW fishin days more FUN though !
Jan 29, 2024 07:42:45 #
E.pa.al
Loc: Martin's Creek
NoCal Steve wrote:
A stripper pole that fits into the threaded hole on my back fishing deck. I can't keep Still above Water, the bus, and Saw1 off the damn thing.
😂😂
Jan 29, 2024 08:32:54 #
Jan 29, 2024 08:37:40 #
hueey
Loc: Lake Fork Tx
NoCal Steve wrote:
A stripper pole that fits into the threaded hole on my back fishing deck. I can't keep Still above Water, the bus, and Saw1 off the damn thing.
Hey that is so cool. Where can I get one for my boat??
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