fishinwrench

Shook my whole house so I turned on the scanner. Sounds like they got reports from areas 100 miles away. Some are saying sonic boom but I remember those from when I was a kid and this thing sounded like a giant explosion. Who all heard it ?

Yep, good stuff there. That's how bass would act too....if they weren't constantly being relocated to unfamiliar territory. Our fish nowadays are in a perpetual state of being lost.

He wuvs you!

The importance of balanced tackle can be taught over a forum like this, but proper hook setting is something learned over time, kinda like a golf swing. Just keep fishing. The longer you do it the better you become.

The only reason to keep the screwing part to yourself would be because you ain't proud enough of it. Best place to throw your back out would be while loading or unloading the canoe, instead of 4 miles downstream in a yak. I've done just enough yak paddling to learn that it is hard on my upper back. Paddling a canoe involves all the muscles from your knees to your hands, kinda spreads it out. Paddling a yak is all upper body (shoulders and arms). You only have to be able to lift 1/2 a canoe to load/unload it, unless you're putting it on top of a Winnebago.

If the hook is pulling out and you aren't "setting the hook" then start setting the hook. A nice jab is required with even the sharpest of hooks, much less the stock hooks on a Rooster tail spinner. What fish is in that Busch CA lake demanding 2# line ? Most folks I know throw inline spinners on 6-8# line. It takes a relatively high quality reel to have a drag system truly suitable for 2# line, and you never mentioned the make/model of your reel.

Once as a young angler I was throwing a Johnson Silver Minnow spoon with a twin tail pork strip on it. After throwing it awhile with no bites I decided to change baits but didn't want to waste that pork strip so I was fighting to get it back off. Well after some serious twisting and as much pressure as I could muster that thing finally let go, and for some reason that wicked hook with the insanely evil barb thrusted deeply and directly under my thumbnail. The salt on the pork immediately began to sting and then 1/2 second later the nerves under my thumbnail began to scream messages to my brain saying GET IT OUT NOW!!!! So I grabbed that Johnson spoon and ripped that sumbitch outa there in a panic. It pulled a piece of tender meat out with it and then I had a 1/2 inch worm of bloody throbbing meat hanging from my thumb and the pain was indescribable. Since then I've suffered through and seen many accidental hookings and hook removals, and I always laugh because NONE OF THEM could ever be as painful as that one was.

One time I was Drunker than a hoot owl and fell out of my canoe, and lost my darn fly rod. When I got back to the bank I realized that my cigs were soaked and my stupid lighter wouldn't work . That's when I knew I was totally screwed.

The laziest way to fish ? Hmmm. I can't think of one, they all take relatively the same amount of effort from beginning to end. So a better comparison would be effectiveness per hour spent, and since jug lines are taboo in a catfish tourney I think we know how that averages out.

Everything about fishing is an accident. Some make you happy, others hurt. If you fish and you haven't fallen on a slick rock yet, you're going to.

Sorry, but you said "mid 50's" as if you were nearing geriatric stage. Hell boy, you're in the prime of your life, quit whining about how much that canoe weighs and keep fishing out of it. Hoisting that beast is what keeps you healthy. Seriously though. Why with all these "medical advancements" are there so many 50 year olds that can't do anything anymore? When I was in my 20's I was surrounded by 55-60 year olds that smoked 2 packs of cigs a day, drank like fish, did drugs, screwed every woman in 5 counties.... and could work me to death just keeping up with them. Now we're all really smart, don't smoke, eat better, sleep better, take only prescribed drugs, and get more regular health exams and treatments.....yet everyone starts going to hell after 45. It just doesn't add up. Am I the only one to notice this?

If you think them catfish boys are lazy go try to whoop ones @ss, and (after you heal up) let us know how that worked out. In all fairness a narrow channel area is a way better place to catch cats than it is to pull your kids on a tube. There are plenty of great areas to go tubing, so if they choose to do loopty-loos amongst a fleet of jugs then maybe loosing a arm/leg is just the medicine they need to smarten them up a bit.

Some people 8 miles North of here said their dishes rattled, walls and doors creaked, and their pets freaked out. My dog, who looses his mind if a possum passes quietly through the yard, noticed nothing.

Yeah if they are left and unmonitored then they are nothing but litter. Get the name or conservation number off of the one that's stretched clear across the channel and report it to MDC. That's not cool, and besides the MDC agents desperately need something to do, they haven't EARNED a paycheck in awhile.

The biggest disaster imaginable would be if Truman dam failed, dumping 45+ feet into Lake O. Man what a mess that would be ! Busted docks, boats, and houses for miles. Scary to even think about.

You ever think about what you'd do if you were on a large reservoir when the dam failed ? I think I'd try to make it to a mud flat, but if none were close I'd run to the back of a cove, trim the motor up and let her sit. I'd sure wanna get off the water fast and stay as far from the mainlake as possible.

Anchored jugs or free floaters? Either way the right thing for you to do is stay clear of them.

What are the dates again ?

If you were to take the money you'll spend on entry, fuel, lodging, wear&tear on your boat/motor, ect. and invest it in scratcher tickets (less the amount for a weekend of fun fishing at your home lake on a date of your own choice) I bet you'll come out ahead on the scratchers.

That's interesting. The more sites the better, I reckon.

Ah yes, the bi-annual event where every bass 3 lbs. and over is relocated to Workman hollow, PB2, and Standing rock cove. <heavy sigh!> Here's to blown powerheads, shelled out gearcases, and busted trolling motors. <cheers>

My sounding off on this kinda stuff is spawned from fishing with a guy that is constantly advising me to change which rods/reels that I do everything with. Currently I've been doing pretty well with a swim jig, and I fish it on a Med. 6'6" with one of my 5.3:1 round reels, and here he starts in with... "Ya know you SHOULD be fishing that on your 7 foot Fenwick and a faster reel, because of blah-blah-blah" . And I'm like Dude, in the time it took you to explain to me why I need to totally re-rig I have put 2 more keepers in the boat, so shut up and fish! ?

That boat is tits. I'd really REALLY like to own one.

Me too. I can't imagine that there will ever be a better component for fishing rods than graphite fiber. They knocked the ball out of the park with that development.