Posts for: Salty Dog
Mar 14, 2020 17:01:13 #
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Hello Martin J. Used to live in Boca Raton and fished there quite often off the jetty. Lots of \Snook inside and outside the inlet. Especially productive were 1/2 to 1 oz. jig heads with about 4 inches of white and red hair with a plastic worm. Need to fish these slowly and must be on the bottom. Lot's of sharks too. Mostly spinners. It's the shark bite capital of the US. No fatalities I ever heard of since most of the sharks are small ones. They love surfer's feet!
Down at the Boca Pier you can get Tarpon when they are following the mullet migration. Only place I ever saw Manta Rays; two of them and they where amazing to see! Cobia often trail them. Again, jigs are the favorite.
Summer Flounder can be good at times too.
Good luck and enjoy!
Cheers 🐟
Down at the Boca Pier you can get Tarpon when they are following the mullet migration. Only place I ever saw Manta Rays; two of them and they where amazing to see! Cobia often trail them. Again, jigs are the favorite.
Summer Flounder can be good at times too.
Good luck and enjoy!
Cheers 🐟
Mar 1, 2020 14:56:03 #
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MasterCon wrote:
What exactly is a "circle hook"? Is it any wide circular hook? Does it have a certain offset? I'm confused. I hear about them all the time. I went to my local Bait shop and the owner pulled out his order book and we looked at all the different hooks offered. None of them were called "circle hook". Please, can someone help? If possible, maybe post pics.
All great reply's to your question. They also work great with lures, if you can overcome the "urge" to set the hook. I make most of my lures and have switched from J hooks to Circles on hard baits (swimmers, crank baits, jerk baits, surface lures), soft plastics, and synthetic body lures and no longer have issues with gill/gut hooked fish. I mostly do catch and release, so Circle Hooks virtually eliminates injured and mortally wounded fish common with J and Treble Hooks. The way they work is when a fish grabs your bait/lure, as they swim off, the hook gets pulled out towards their mouth where the turned in barb catches on the fish's lip. The fish literally hooks itself. If you try to set the hook, all you do is pull it out of their mouth without it catching on the lip. You can see this more clearly by taking a Circle Hook and holding it between your thumb and index finger and slowly pull it free. It will catch instead. Pull it away faster and it will not catch. Naturally, you want to be careful doing this so you don't impale yourself. These hooks are ultra sharp. Cheers 🐟
Feb 19, 2020 23:50:52 #
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BTW, here is a catch from a Cape Coral canal that made it on the news today!
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41733127/fisherman-reels-in-catch-of-a-lifetime-on-cape-coral-canal
Also, on that Fishin Frank's url I first posted, if you click on the names of the areas in the fishing reports, it will take you to maps of the specific locations being reported on and photos of spots that have pier and shoreline fishing.
Cheers 🐟
https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41733127/fisherman-reels-in-catch-of-a-lifetime-on-cape-coral-canal
Also, on that Fishin Frank's url I first posted, if you click on the names of the areas in the fishing reports, it will take you to maps of the specific locations being reported on and photos of spots that have pier and shoreline fishing.
Cheers 🐟
Feb 19, 2020 17:04:23 #
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Toolnaround wrote:
Down in Cape Coral, any advice for fishing from the shore or bridge. Thanks
Here's a popular fishing report sit the covers all of Charlotte harbor down to Fort Myers.
https://fishinfranks.com/fishin_report.htm
Much of these reports are places accessible only by boat, but others cover pier and shore spots.
Check with the local bait and tackle places near you, as they will be more than happy to clue you in on local spots from land, especially if you buy some bait and tackle from them.
Cheers 🐟
Feb 18, 2020 20:33:33 #
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Contact the FWC, https://myfwc.com/contact/fwc-office/. Explain your limitations and where the best places to fish are for your situation. I'm sure they can help you out.
Cheers 🐟
Cheers 🐟
Feb 18, 2020 20:29:45 #
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Black drum feed mainly on crabs, oysters, shrimp, and other shell fish. They will cruise the seawalls, banks, and bridge supports. Bait only. Never heard of them taking a lure unless it's an imitation of one of the above, like Gulp crabs. Have to fish it by letting it drift along the above areas. Be prepared for snags. If you do catch one, it will be in the 10 to 50 lb. range though.
Cheers 🐟
Cheers 🐟
Feb 18, 2020 20:22:24 #
Feb 18, 2020 20:19:21 #
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FS Digest wrote:
I don't plan on breaking the rules. My communities lake is catch and release only. I can't seem to find any good sources on why that would be the case for a central florida lake that is not a retention pond. Could it possibly be due to the amount of weed killer being used by the landscaping companies? The fish stock is far from scarce as well. I'm just interested in finding out the answer. Any insight would be appreciated.
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Call FWC and find out. https://myfwc.com/contact/
Cheers 🐟
Feb 17, 2020 16:21:40 #
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FS Digest wrote:
All I want to do is catch a red. I live in Sarasot... (show quote)
Hey Doc! Have you tried a gold spoon? Like a Johnson Sprite or a Johnson Minnow Spoon? Tip it with a red grub twister tail and concentrate you fishing to shallow shoreline areas. Watch also for "tailing" Reds, where they are feeding off the bottom in the shallows and causes their tails to stick out of the water. You need to be somewhat stealthy when approaching fish in the shallows as they spook easily. Practice and patience and you'll be posting photos of Reds here in no time! Cheers.🐟
Feb 14, 2020 16:24:50 #
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Jplovich wrote:
What size snap swivels to use for bass fishing?
#=lbs?
I can’t remember what size I used to purchase.
Your input will be appreciated. I will be 82
In May and if God allows I would like to do some fishing again this spring so am cleaning
My gear and adding new line etc.
Have a great season ignore the weathercaster.
#=lbs?
I can’t remember what size I used to purchase.
Your input will be appreciated. I will be 82
In May and if God allows I would like to do some fishing again this spring so am cleaning
My gear and adding new line etc.
Have a great season ignore the weathercaster.
Rosco #10 swivel with #32 coastlock snap. 30 lb. test, so no worries of it failing catching bass. The weakness of all snaps is that every time you open and close it the metal fatigues and eventually will break from being bent open and closed. So, to prevent this change them out every dozen fishing trips or so. Also, you don't really need the swivel part, just the snap tied to line or leader. These swivels do not prevent line twist as much as they are touted to. JMHO. Cheers!🐟
Feb 13, 2020 12:56:47 #
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Bogey wrote:
I’m going to buy a couple new spinning reels this spring. I have seen reels with drag poundage from 5 to 25 pounds of drag. Is drag poundage that important and if so why??
I fish walleye and bass in central Minnesota.
I fish walleye and bass in central Minnesota.
Great article that explains what drag settings work best, as well as what to do as spool diameter decreases as line is pulled off the reel with a running fish.
https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/how-to-manage-your-drag/
Cheers!🐟
Feb 10, 2020 17:07:56 #
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If you dunk your reel in saltwater, it will get into your drags, under your spool and depending on how well greased your reel is (they never come well greased from the manufacturer) water can get in the gear drive casing. Rinsing with a hose may well remove some of this saltwater, but it will also remove reel lube.
The only real solution is take it apart and clean it with warm soapy water, they wipe it dry and re-grease and re-lube. Or you can just wait till the reel fails and buy a new one!
If you are mechanically inclined, taking a reel apart is not all that complicated providing you have the tools and a schematic. If this is not your thing, the advice provided already about having the reel serviced is the way to go. Just make sure whoever you take it to will thoroughly clean it. Realize this is a labor intensive job, so in order for a reel repair guy to be profitable, it's going to cost.
Since keeping reels from getting dunked now and then is impossible, better to learn how to do this right yourself. There's plenty of online/youtube tutorials to guide you. Cheers🐟
The only real solution is take it apart and clean it with warm soapy water, they wipe it dry and re-grease and re-lube. Or you can just wait till the reel fails and buy a new one!
If you are mechanically inclined, taking a reel apart is not all that complicated providing you have the tools and a schematic. If this is not your thing, the advice provided already about having the reel serviced is the way to go. Just make sure whoever you take it to will thoroughly clean it. Realize this is a labor intensive job, so in order for a reel repair guy to be profitable, it's going to cost.
Since keeping reels from getting dunked now and then is impossible, better to learn how to do this right yourself. There's plenty of online/youtube tutorials to guide you. Cheers🐟
Feb 10, 2020 16:51:43 #
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flyguy wrote:
Any of you Ol' Salts have a secret to catching she... (show quote)
Sheepshead are short biters. You have to be quick to hook them, like Tautog (Blackfish) up North. Best hook is the Virginia Hook. Like a Mustad 4011E. It's a shorter barb bend than regular J hooks. Size 1 will catch any size Sheepshead.
Best bait, hands down is Crabs. First, if you wade near shore and turn over rocks you will find a crab that is green, and although not a true Green Crab, cut into halves or quarters on a Virginia Hook these crabs are something no Sheepshead can pass up. Never saw these for sale in any bait shops. You have to collect them yourself with a small hand held bait net. Second best is Fiddler Crabs. You can find them, believe it or not, in small trees along salt and brackish waterways as well as on sandy beaches. Just look for a lot of small burrows/holes in the sand and dig them out.
Cheers 🐟
Feb 8, 2020 01:06:01 #
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FS Digest wrote:
Hey guys, I'm having some serious issues with my n... (show quote)
There is one other potential problem. You are not releasing the line from your index finger soon enough during the cast, therefore your cast hits the water in front of you, in the distance you described. Try doing "gentle" casts rather than power casts, and release the line at different positions during the cast. You will immediately see different cast distances if this is the problem. Cheers 🐟
Feb 6, 2020 20:22:22 #
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FS Digest wrote:
Hey guys, I'm having some serious issues with my n... (show quote)
Why is your drag set to the "lowest"? This will cause the spool to slip when casting, so less line can come off it and therefore shorter casts. A spinning reel is an open spool. There are no obstructions to the line until it reaches the guides on the rod, where the progressively smaller guide sizes "knock" the line down so that by the time it exist the tip guide it is running straight. The friction involved with contact to the guides will reduce casting distance, but not anything that would create the results you're getting, unless you are using a rod with conventional guides. That will not work for getting distance with a spinning reel.