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Topic: Looking for Trouts and Reds |
chap_cat
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Views: 8317
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:28 am Subject: Looking for Trouts and Reds |
| It is really hard to say. There are many variables such as wind, weather and tides, etc. If the wind is not blowing, and the water fairly clear and breakers not real high, the surf is a great place ... |
Topic: Night Fishing the Surf |
chap_cat
Replies: 11
Views: 12399
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:56 pm Subject: Night Fishing the Surf |
| The biggest/best overall trout catching I've ever seen was many nights in a row on BHP. This was in the old days when the pier was wood and had lights only ever so often, and the lights may have been ... |
Topic: Night Fishing the Surf |
chap_cat
Replies: 11
Views: 12399
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:19 pm Subject: Night Fishing the Surf |
I swear I had a 12 foot hammerhead glide down my leg while wade fishing the surf one night.
Or maybe like rawlbay mentioned, it was a clumsy whiting. I'll never know for sure.
:shoc ... |
Topic: Braided vs. Mono Fishing Line Need some Advice |
chap_cat
Replies: 15
Views: 10827
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:31 am Subject: Braided vs. Mono Fishing Line Need some Advice |
In my experience with braid, and that's a lot: "wind knots" (a really misleading name) come from reeling the line in with very little tension. Sometimes this is tough to avoid, like when ... |
Topic: Night Fishing the Surf |
chap_cat
Replies: 11
Views: 12399
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:12 am Subject: Night Fishing the Surf |
| It seems that the surf water conditions the past few days have been ideal, but the trout bite during the day not so much. In another thread, someone mentioned that the trout are probably feeding at ni ... |
Topic: surf fishing questions |
chap_cat
Replies: 6
Views: 3618
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:08 am Subject: Re: surf fishing questions |
| I have been wade fishing the surf around packery and whitecap beach. We have been using live shrimp and last time croakers. All we have caught is a bunch of lady fish and some sheephead. Any advice ... |
Topic: Indian Point 5.30.15 - Fishing Report |
chap_cat
Replies: 13
Views: 9819
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:04 am Subject: Indian Point 5.30.15 - Fishing Report |
.. i caught my first fish there on a cane pole when I was 5, a keeper Redfish! That was 55 years ago,......
Back then, what wasn't a keeper Redfish?!?!
Same for trout. Back in th ... |
Topic: Mustang Island Surf Report 6/2 |
chap_cat
Replies: 2
Views: 2456
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:54 am Subject: Mustang Island Surf Report 6/2 |
| Went out a couple of hours this morning near access road 3. Surf was beautiful and clear, with breakers 1-2 ft. I threw a silver spoon, a chartreuse and chrome Mirrolure, and a Rapala X-Rap silver w ... |
Topic: Mustang surf/ port a sharks |
chap_cat
Replies: 6
Views: 4091
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 7:16 pm Subject: Mustang surf/ port a sharks |
| I just got back from fishing in the surf at marker 100. Started out about 4pm and threw spoons and soft plastics, and got nary a decent bite. Rigged up with fish bites and caught a good suppers worth ... |
Topic: FINALLY OUR FIRST SHARK! What kind is it? |
chap_cat
Replies: 4
Views: 4120
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 9:26 am Subject: FINALLY OUR FIRST SHARK! What kind is it? |
| Looks like a Blacktip Shark to me. |
Topic: If you could only have one |
chap_cat
Replies: 23
Views: 9830
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 2:39 pm Subject: If you could only have one |
| I would opt for a silver spoon. I have caught more fish on that lure than any other over the years, and the nice thing is they are cheaper. |
Topic: Wadefishing Copano Bay.....Advice Needed |
chap_cat
Replies: 6
Views: 4522
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 11:02 am Subject: Wadefishing Copano Bay.....Advice Needed |
And all of that depends on how heavy you are and how big your feet are I wouldn't know anything about that personally
I look like a 6'6" two-legged moose stuck in a quagm ... |
Topic: Wadefishing Copano Bay.....Advice Needed |
chap_cat
Replies: 6
Views: 4522
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:32 am Subject: Wadefishing Copano Bay.....Advice Needed |
| My buddy and I want to find a place to wade that is protected from the stronger SE winds we have been having that has a good chance to produce trout. According to Ray Crawford's book, Airport Park on ... |
Topic: Mustang Island Surf Fishing Report 5/22 |
chap_cat
Replies: 13
Views: 10273
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:09 am Subject: Mustang Island Surf Fishing Report 5/22 |
| I have been researching how people prepare these Jack Crevalle to eat, as they are consumed regularly in S Florida and in the Caribbean islands. Next time I catch one, I am going to fillet that sucke ... |
Topic: Fishergirl |
chap_cat
Replies: 12
Views: 9422
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Forum: General Saltwater Fishing Forum Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:34 am Subject: Fishergirl |
She will remember that moment for the rest of her life. Thats what it is all about.
I would wager most everyone here can remember their first fish and the joy it brought. |
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