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What are you horsing those big fish out with... straight braid??? Extra Heavy rod?


The two rods I took were a Castaway medium mag heavy spinning rod with 30 pound braid and a Dobyns Mag heavy bait caster with 40 pound braid. That bigger fish was peeling out drag and going through all types of ...

Eastern Sierra (although it probably works just find other places as well) tip:
Check out maps of creeks/rivers to find the ones that have drive-in campgrounds along their course. Rock Creek and Lee Vining Creek are good examples.
Park your car at the lowest campground or somewhere nearby.
Fish ...

Why yes, I am sorting my old photo files.

One local creek has plenty of bullheads, but never encountered a bigger cat after some 15 years of scratching around.

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Same spot a year later. At first I thought it was the same fish, but it was a nearly two inches shorter ...

I just found the site and wanted to get things going again. I got this nice red ear sunfish at lake 5 on a night crawler.

I got to the lake about 6:30am, caught five bass real quick, all males cruising the bank, so i thought I would try for a few bluegill.
Caught six nice ones .
I’ll try to post the pictures of bluegill.

Lately I have been visiting Santee Lakes and catching bass, but also watching the newly hatched bluegill grow from one inch to more than three inches. They always seem to be feeding on heavy concentrations of freshwater plankton and also on hatching bugs in the heat of the day. They are usually ...

Congratulations. You are a serious angler and deserve it. It beats my personal best by almost a pound.

Congratulations. You are a serious angler and deserve it.


I'm honored, as you are truly the panfish master! Your experience, knowledge and information sharing over the years is inspirational to many in the panfish community.

I hope that we'll all be surprised at the size of fish caught this ...

Can’t beat the gray weather, I arrived to a lite crowd. The fish were hanging in the same areas.
Largest one 2.15 lbs, a lot of very colorful specimens.

Beautiful fish.

So with these high end tubes, what’s the reason for not building out a kayak for roughly the same cost? Why give up the extra maneuverability of a yak?

I can only speak for myself, but I like the feel of fishing from a tube better than fishing from a kayak. I may not be able to go as fast or as ...

The attacking is already starting. Just leave it in the past and get over it. Anyone can guess why the site is gone and we will probably never know. Keep it neutral and move on. Bashing has started. -spilt milk, water under the bridge… If someone sees that there is all ready badmouthing against them ...

Friend sent this article to me recently, it's a great read, and some of the basis of us (the USA) becoming the country we are.

“These are the times that try men’s souls”
Thomas Paine
THE AMERICAN CRISIS, No. 1, 1776
Dec. 19, 1776: Published as a pamphlet in Philadelphia.
Dec. 24, 1776: Read to ...

Folks, I do apologize for being at least partially responsible for this forced upgrade from .com to .org by my postings in the old Lounge since I never had something meaningful to brag for and post on other forums. Having said this, I may only rarely post here but I'll strictly follow the rules ...

Every time I get sad about this weather I look at my last summer's electric bills and I start feeling much better all of a sudden

A lot of people are counting on the El Nino again to bring all those fish up deep south in Mexican waters but to me it sure seemed like last year was an El Nino instead seeing how close and in large numbers those Dorado were. BUT for anybody that works outside for their occupation must be pretty ...

"human-induced climate change to push global temperatures into uncharted territory,”

It means weather is like a box of chocolates, never know what you're going to get.
Tom Hanks , said it best.
A 50yr weather prediction seems silly..

But a 2 month weather prediction is a gold mine. Citadel makes billions off of its better weather predictions.

https://markets ...

I really want to extend a huge Thank You to the SDFish community for bringing me on here.
Although I seem to be mostly a guitar builder these days, I haven't gone anywhere yet. I just renewed my Captain's License for another 5 years. Yes, I am still guiding. Expect pics and reports as the season ...

“619bassin” seems generic. Bring back “ChuckLai”!!