Budley Doright
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As GWN said re styrofoam, I assume the floatation/core is gone. Wonder if the policy covers that lol.
The fishing thread ( not about fish fertilizer)
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Golfito, Costa Rica.I’ve filled the bucket with some amazing trips. Mostly last minute cancelations that were hugely discounted. Alaska, Vancouver Island, Labrador, Ungava bay, and Guatemala (sailfish). But not a lot of inshore salt water stuff. I’m drilling through 18” of ice right now to wet a line. Looking forward to trying this spot. View attachment 5257758
Rooster fish.
Budley Doright
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We did a day of inshore trolling in Guat but didn’t hookup with a rooster
. The sail fishing was phenomenal though. Trip of a lifetime and I went for 50% off, the bonus of hanging with rich (I’m not lol) busy guys and a job I could leave at a minutes notice lol.
raratt
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Caught a giant trevally from the beach on Guam at night. That was fun running down the beach to keep up with it. Didn't have a scale but it had to be 30# plus. Those things are built for speed and tasted great, some of the best fish I have had. Found out recently that they can be toxic like oysters at times though. Not my pic.
GT's are awesome (closely related to Roosters) and hopefully I'll get to play with one someday.
Edit: I believe the toxicity you're talking about is from Ciguatera. Cuda and other reef fish predators can get/accumulate it.
BOY GENIUS
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Guess I’ll be using conventional gear tomorrow…I don’t know how, but it wasn’t a car door!
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dang! About how long is the front section (tip to break)? And how long of the line do you work with on your casts? Wondering if you can convert it to a shooting head of some sort.
BOY GENIUS
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This is a skagit head Switch Chucker. It’s about two feet. Honestly it’s too heavy for my switch rod with any mow tips. Is there a way to create a seamless end loop?
I taper the end over maybe 1/2 inch with a xacto knife, form a loop to make a smooth taper against the main line, tightly wind the tapered section plus an inch with thread, then coat that with thinned contact cement (thinned so that the cement soaks through the thread), then coat that 2x with unthinned contact cement and let it thoroughly dry (at least 24 hours). Its a fairly smooth transition...no knots to hang up on anything.
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buckaclark
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Nothing wrong with taking out any skirt that is around your blade.I start every skirted lure by pulling a few out .For luck
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Rufus T. Firefly
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Nice, what's your water temp?
buckaclark
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High 40s
Rufus T. Firefly
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I guess I need to start getting my mind wrapped around the season starting
buckaclark
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This is great for early season.
Rufus T. Firefly
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I think I'll head out tomorrow, seems early for here but if it's on it's on I'm not gonna argue lol.
buckaclark
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In spring I wait for a good rain to cloud the water.With good sun a couple days makes the upper water column warmer because sunlight diffuses in the cloudy water near the surface.I use the jig on a float with about 3 ft.line below.We also seek out windy inlets on the main lake where the surface water is rolling in,more structure ,the better.
Rufus T. Firefly
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I gotta finish
I think the water is still gonna be too cold but It'll be good to start scouting it out.
It was 62 today and super sunny and supposed to be 65 tomorrow
I think the water is still gonna be too cold but It'll be good to start scouting it out.