does anyone fish anymore
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From: North Van BC, Canada. EH!
Originally Posted by sierraben
Why you calling Dolly Vardon a fish. She's not a bad country singer. 
I remember seeing tons of fishing boats near Campbell River and Nanaimo.
Never made it to Bella Coola, though.
I remember seeing tons of fishing boats near Campbell River and Nanaimo.
Never made it to Bella Coola, though.
Dolly Parton
Both SMELL like fish, but only one is really edible.
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From: Clearwater, Fl
23inch snook and 20 inch red on saturday, sunday i went to tarpon lake, threw the cast net a couple of times and had some shiners and shad to put out under some corks for large mouth, only cought 1 about 17 inches
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From: Concord NC
Ah, but they all swam away to be caught again. The rod rack was my design and welded up by my buddy. That's a design 20 years in the making. Never really thought about fishing off the front bumper at the coast and the rear bumper on the lakes. LOL
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From: cornelia ga.
went 2day, the water was 2 muddy,nothin 2 speek of.if i said i caught a fish 2day i would have 2 b lying!
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From: conroe tx
I got question for yall, I changed the line out on Zebco 733 to a 15/60lb test spider wire and now it wont cast.
is it just b/c its a spin cast reel or what? It did great before I changed it, but I wanted a stronger line for when I go to the lake.
any ideas or suggestions?
is it just b/c its a spin cast reel or what? It did great before I changed it, but I wanted a stronger line for when I go to the lake.
any ideas or suggestions?
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From: cornelia ga.
line re-spoolin
make sure that the line comes off your spool the same way it goes on your reel.this prevents line twist,also some reels when going 2 a larger line diam. u have 2 use less line. braid is funny , it works great sometimes it dont.hope this helped.
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alright I'll try and re-spool today, and see if that helps thanks.
its funny though I didn't think the spider wire was any bigger than what I took off, it actually looks smaller, maybe it's the braid?
its funny though I didn't think the spider wire was any bigger than what I took off, it actually looks smaller, maybe it's the braid?
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From: Clearwater, Fl
all i use is braid with longgggggggg leaders, you have to use it like fly line.....take a 15ft piece of mono, tie it on to your reel, connect the braid and mono and spool it up.
braid is very hard to start the spool with, its stiff like mentioned above, and doesnt grab the spool in the beginning. once the mono is on, then the braid will go on tight on the reel, and then problems like not casting are solved, along with other problems that will occur if you dont use this method.
trust me theres more fisherman,registerd boat owners here in fla than anywhwere in the us, i have lost probably well over 100 bucks on braid not knowing that simple stupid little rule......you might be able to get away with it on your larger reels, but not on smaller reels........now tie on a piece of leader and your good to go
braid is very hard to start the spool with, its stiff like mentioned above, and doesnt grab the spool in the beginning. once the mono is on, then the braid will go on tight on the reel, and then problems like not casting are solved, along with other problems that will occur if you dont use this method.
trust me theres more fisherman,registerd boat owners here in fla than anywhwere in the us, i have lost probably well over 100 bucks on braid not knowing that simple stupid little rule......you might be able to get away with it on your larger reels, but not on smaller reels........now tie on a piece of leader and your good to go
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I never tie any type of line to my reel; only because if that fish takes all of your
line off of your reel, it could possibly pull your rod and reel out of your hand, and it's lost.
In my case, I'd rather lose a line $70 fly line, $15 backing, $5 leader, and a $5 fly,
than a $250 fly reel and a $500 fly rod.
line off of your reel, it could possibly pull your rod and reel out of your hand, and it's lost.
In my case, I'd rather lose a line $70 fly line, $15 backing, $5 leader, and a $5 fly,
than a $250 fly reel and a $500 fly rod.