Posts for: StevenT
May 30, 2021 21:40:01 #
May 30, 2021 17:09:21 #
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Spiritof27 wrote:
Pinch or file the barbs down. If you ever find a source of 10's or 12's, please let me know. Don't know of anyone making the smaller circle hooks.
Don’t know anything about this brand, but i need to replenish my box and I saw these supposed size 10 circles.
May 29, 2021 21:08:15 #
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Spiritof27 wrote:
Where'd you pull that hog from? The last trout I caught was about that size, but FAT - I couldn't get my hands around it. I didn't weigh it but I'm guessing it was around 8 pounds. That was Dec 2019 and I haven't caught one since. And not for lack of trying. Some how I've lost the knack.
Fishing this weekend in the NC mountains @ the Cherokee Reservation Memorial Day trout tourney. Lots of stocked fish, some tagged, $10K out there swimming around. A young guy in my vicinity caught on of the tagged fish, made mine look like a baby. Beautiful fish.
May 29, 2021 18:04:57 #
May 29, 2021 17:53:12 #
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So far hooks work great except on the occasion of operator error. 50 years of hook setting in streams will take some time to unlearn.
May 28, 2021 23:03:14 #
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Spiritof27 wrote:
Pinch or file the barbs down. If you ever find a source of 10's or 12's, please let me know. Don't know of anyone making the smaller circle hooks.
Have crimped them for sure. No luck finding 10’s or 12’s, wish i could.
May 28, 2021 19:27:10 #
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I bought eagle claw size 8’s, but they are barbed.
May 28, 2021 18:39:50 #
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OldBassGuy wrote:
Was at Lake Skinner and fishing was O.K. Got three, lost two. Can you guess the weight on the biggest one?
Feeling 7.2.
May 28, 2021 18:13:30 #
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Brothers & Sisters,
Anyone care to comment on using circle hooks to fish trout in a stream? I use them for most other fishing, but have never tried floating salmon eggs, mice tails, etc with a circle hook.
Thanks,
Steve
Anyone care to comment on using circle hooks to fish trout in a stream? I use them for most other fishing, but have never tried floating salmon eggs, mice tails, etc with a circle hook.
Thanks,
Steve
May 26, 2021 15:17:15 #
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PNWTrout wrote:
Some nice fat rainbows out near Hat Creek.
Gorgeous fish. Those stockers in CA or have they got sometime in the water? Here in GA or back home in PA, it'd be quite the catch getting even one that size out of public water.
May 22, 2021 19:07:56 #
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FS Digest wrote:
So I just tried carp fishing for the first time ye... (show quote)
May 22, 2021 18:59:27 #
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FS Digest wrote:
Hey everyone, i’m new to buying saltwater pole and... (show quote)
5000 series reel works well for me as i’m not hunting sea monsters. As for the rod, depends how far you want to cast really. I fish the 5000 on a 7ft fast action, medium weight rod to a 13ft fast action medium heavy surf rod when i wanna get way out there. I’m a tightwad so i bought a Kast King Sharky Baitfeeder 3 paired with the 7ft Ugly Stick and 13ft Berry Pro Shadow Hunter.
May 16, 2021 18:07:29 #
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Make normal doughball then boil them till they get to a hardness you like and can cast. The hair on the hair rig is to be pushed through the boilie so it’s attached below the bare hook. Carp suck the back on hair line down the gullet and the circle hook is hopefully well placed in it’s jaw.
May 16, 2021 18:02:11 #
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I can’t either, but I worked for a while in Europe where carp are a serious game fish and table fare, and I had some opportunities to fish with coworkers.
Here at home, I normally just use a #2 treble hooks with the barbs crimped down for my dough. Basically freeze it and keep it in a cooler w/ ice while fishing so i can cast it but as it warms in the water it can flake off.
Here at home, I normally just use a #2 treble hooks with the barbs crimped down for my dough. Basically freeze it and keep it in a cooler w/ ice while fishing so i can cast it but as it warms in the water it can flake off.
May 16, 2021 14:43:28 #
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I don’t either. They only work in an area that has been well chummed. It’s line fishing with a fried hush puppy. I believe you’re better served to fish a soft bait that disintegrates and attracts fish.