buckaclark
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Atlantic Sheepshead mixed in average 10-15
The fishing thread ( not about fish fertilizer)
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buckaclark
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We have those too.Fight like hell.
Jjgrow420
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I dont target them anymore, used to as a kid though. Still get the odd one here and there depending where/how I'm fishing. They were alot of fun on lighter gear no doubt
buckaclark
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Late Dec. Rockfish
buckaclark
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When I was a kid we had Buffalo in our trout streams,very big and very wary.If you used a worm with no weight and it wiggled,they would pick it up.
Jjgrow420
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We have some big head buffalo around here too only ever got one fishing for bait (white suckers)
buckaclark
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Also d
We used to suckered fish in winter in high water conditions. My dad was the best, I would bait like his and throw next to him and he still got me 4-1
raratt
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We call those Stripers.
buckaclark
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Yes sir, we do as well.But I always think about eating them ,and cooks call them Rockfish
buckaclark
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Just pulled a bit of rabbit and ribeye off the grill.
That's a Black Drum.
Here's what we called Sheepshead on the east coast of the US & in the Gulf of Mexico.
raratt
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They have people teeth. I guess they eat barnacles or something.
Jjgrow420
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'lake crapper'. Gold
Star Dog
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Has anyone built or repaired rods before, I've done minor repairs but I've never tackled a real seat and handle.
I've a sage z axis 10ft #7,
I'm thinking about changing the reel seat/handle for one with a 3" screw in extension so that i can use the rod double and/or single handed.
In higher water i use a 10ft #7 over my 9.6ft #6, the 10ft #7 is heavier, the lines are heavier and the flies are bigger/heavier and more resistant to casting, my wrist and elbows are getting to worn for it.
I've a sage z axis 10ft #7,
I'm thinking about changing the reel seat/handle for one with a 3" screw in extension so that i can use the rod double and/or single handed.
In higher water i use a 10ft #7 over my 9.6ft #6, the 10ft #7 is heavier, the lines are heavier and the flies are bigger/heavier and more resistant to casting, my wrist and elbows are getting to worn for it.
I've built several dozen fly rods years ago & changing a reel seat is not something I'd tackle. The seat and cork is almost always epoxied on & trying to remove that would likely be fatal to the blank.
Were I you I'd probably opt to buy/build another rod.
Primarily starfish, sea urchin, sea cucumber, barnacles, clams, crabs, oysters & shrimp. They are typically found around pilings, sea walls & rocky reef's.
raratt
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We had them in Mississippi. Never did catch one. Caught white and speckled sea trout, flounder, and redfish. Used to throw net for shrimp and had nets for blue crab. Hooked a gar once, it was too heavy to lift it up out of the bay.
Star Dog
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Thank you @GreatwhiteNorth I'll look at some other options.
I did consider selling it and buying another but I like the rod, to get something similar I'd need to spend money i don't really have for that I've a dozen+ rods.
I'll email a couple of rod builders and see how it goes.
I did consider selling it and buying another but I like the rod, to get something similar I'd need to spend money i don't really have for that I've a dozen+ rods.
I'll email a couple of rod builders and see how it goes.
wascaptain
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View attachment 5250806Just pulled a bit of rabbit and ribeye off the grill.
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chow time!
i sure do miss eating rabbits..
i kept a buck and 2 does for years