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That’s the purpose of sabiki rigs. To make bait, primarily macs

Gotfish. You might as well start slamming the broken windows…crystal meth. By your logic, in moderation that stuff won’t kill you. Even though the ingredients are harmful, the damage will be minimal if you use it here and there.

Scratch that… the links you ingest daily are way more harmful

Night is just day with no light haha

Cuidado con la corvina vs white seabass!!!

I personally have zero issues bait fishing. If you you wanna have a great day with a lot heavy fish. Stitch Dads.part of the fun is making the bait. There’s just as much technique involved as stitching a worm.

Mcfish wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:31 pm Post it! Some of the biggest bass in the 60s-80s were caught with live or cut bait. Some were caught with trout power bait!

You could have stopped at trout.

Let about a rod length of line out and cast in a pendulum motion rotating the rod to where the reel is upside down on the release. You can actually cast far with less energy.
Being smooth is key

If you have the room, a golf swing/pitch from the hip will actually cast further than over hand ...

I fish the double fluke rig a lot. One trick that works to change it up is through a bigger fluke on the back and then a micro lake fork or micro fluke (if you can find them) on a drop shot hook on the top. I’ve still doubled up that way but have got a lot on the micro bait vs the bigger.
The ...

Pourboy wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:09 pm Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!

Is that the fish Snag Long posed with?

Love to see those big bass! Even better to catch one!


Is that the fish Snag Long posed with?


Pretty funny, but no. I caught that at Lake Miramar in 1998 on a live waterdog. 19lbs 4oz. One of my favorite fishing memories of all time. And it jumped 3 times!


That’s awesome. That pic had ...

Thumb “technique” at your own risk. I’ve witnessed many many MANY fish lost with people thumbing the spool when a fish is trying to run.

Sounds like the plan is working

Nice

Bill Murphy only fished spinning rods

Yes. They used to be loaded back in the day with big rainbows but I’m 99% sure they haven’t stocked them in many, many years. This was back in 80’s and 90’s. There could be some epic fishing in sweetwater “river”. You might be able to catch some bullhead cats in the deep pools still.

Perfect float tube anchor for those windy days at Barrett

A few years back I saw some people pull out trout from Sweet Water River in the Green Valley area, so they're out there. Just need to find the right pool. Not sure how much water is running through it right now. I'm planning for some camping as Paso the week after next. If Green Valley is open I ...

Again. Who’s behind the fact checkers? I’m sure there were many people on the koolaid like yourself when nazi Germany were blowing all the “facts” over the loudspeakers leading up to WW2. Germans who worked, played and broke bread with their Jewish friends prior to being brain washed with the “facts ...