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[Donnie]

I fished BHP this morning - early 5 ish to around 9 or so - was catching hardheads at first , one sand trout, which I cut up for bait on my 'big' reel. An old timer (older than me, dont laugh) came by and mentioned that he had done very well on nice whiting the day before - I was putting shrimp over my fish bites - and he said, "i wouldnt do that - when we used only fishbites, we caught whiting - when we added shrimp - hard heads all over."

I heard from some going down pins that they were catching hard heads galore too as I was my last trips down - and I was doing the shrimp and fish bites together. I stopped after the old timer passed me the tip - and sure enough, didnt catch but one hard head - caught a few more sand trout and - I caught my best red - this on cut whiting. Filet by the way, the cut slices - didnt happen, but the filet is what got bit. May not mean anything but I will pass it on. Here is my red from this morning - he was a few inches over my 36 inch fish ruler, so call it 38.


Nice looking fish, she high fived me as she swam away, by the way.
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Don - permanent prescription of salt water therapy.

[ziacatcher]

Nice redfish there Donnie. Way to go. Thanks for the tips on the shrimp and fish bites

[landlocked beachbum]

Nice going Donnie👌! So, does this mean that you have graduated from Hardhead Slayer to Whiting Whipper? Might save a good bit of $$$ on shrimp.... maybe enough to offset the gas for more fishing trips? ?!?
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Dave


"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[Donnie]

[Tyler]

Thanks and great report. That was great to find out on the fishbites versus hardheads using shrimp.
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[Sinker]

Congrats Donnie
Nice catch!
The HH miss you.

[Donnie]

Tried BHP again last night - got out there around 6ish - two groups of fishermen, they both left - leaving the whole pier to me and my one rig. I found a place to set up - and using just fishbites, caught a small bucket full of sand trout. Well a full quart ziplock bag of fillets anyway. It was not too windy, but large waves, rain and drizzle , but I had a nice fishing sweater and a raincoat, so I just sat and enjoyed the peace and quiet - which I know wont be there very soon as the crowds start to show up. But the fishbites only are catching sandtrout, whiting and avoiding hard heads. The last family to leave were using squid and shrimp and were catching hardheads (doubles - as this cute little 6 year ofd fishing gal told me) and gafftops. Couple of more weeks and I may go back to my evenings at Pins - after Daylight savings is back.
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[landlocked beachbum]

It's great that you still have the drive Donnie. Alas..... I sometimes find it hard to drag myself to a great deer stand during the prerut, or even to the lake in about 2-3 weeks when the bass are up in the newly flooded woods!


I still go, but that burning desire to get out the door just packed up and left many years ago..... it's very frustrating and vexing at times!
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Dave


"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[Donnie]

[landlocked beachbum]

That's surely a part of it.... maybe more than I realize. I need Lumbar surgery, and have for decades. Keep putting it off, hoping that procedures improve so that there is less down time and post surgical pain, AND PT!!!

Sitting down isn't too bad in a decent chair, but those are almost as rare as hen's teeth! Standing up and still, as in one location, is what really gets me going in the pain department. I hike a lot, and have gone as far as 9 miles, but usually do 3 in very mountainous terrain. That's not too bad, but standing on a jetty or pier in one spot for longer than 20-30 minutes REALLY makes me look for a place to sit down!!! Holding something out in front of me inly adds to the misery......

The other part is just being jaded with fishing. I fished a LOT as a kid, and a darn good deal since. Especially in freshwater, it seems like the effort is rarely worth the reward.... unless it's Striper fishing!
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[Donnie]

Dave, thats the walking I miss. Right now I am up to about 150 yards, thats without the cane or the walker, without limping - thats well rested. I have to get tough enough to not limp because limping makes other places , like the hip and the back hurt. To get to the spot I fished on BHP last night took 4 stops on those little benches to rest and the getting up from the bench is kind of tough. So you balance how much you are hurting from the walking with how much its going to hurt to get back up.

Like I have said on here, 3 years (actually 3 years tomorrow) ago, I was jogging 3 miles 4 days a week and 5 miles on Friday night. And I dont know how far I could walk back then, because nothing stopped me.

And I still really enjoy fishing, I lay in the hospital bed for so long hoping and praying that I could again, didnt think then, I would recover as much as I have. And right now, except for the rain prediction for today, I am thinking, bhp tonight, or down pins.

I am very lucky I live here.
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Don - permanent prescription of salt water therapy.

[Rxfire]

I am sure most of us these days have been helped by surgeries. I am hopeful that more can get help for pain in the back and legs.

This seemingly basic website was the most help for me understanding the symptoms I was having prior to surgery in 2007 (and what happens when I over-do the lifting of heavy objects now...)

General back pain site link (don't let the "chiro" fool you, this guy knows his stuff, and has suffered from dissc problems himself):

https://www.chirogeek.com/


Sciatica link from that site:

https://www.chirogeek.com/Sciatica/sciatica.html

from the above link:

SURGERY TIMING: When To "Pull The Trigger" And Try Surgery?
It is generally agreed upon, assuming the patient is NOT improving, that one should not wait too long before undergoing decompression via discectomy. The the experts can't seem to agree upon is how long the patient should be allowed to suffer. The forthcoming investigations all yield different opinions on when surgery should be performed; however, they all agree that a suffering patient should not wait longer than one year. The average time is currently 4.6 months, so waiting longer than this might decrease your chances of having a successful discectomy. I would seem to be living proof of this, i.e., I waited 15 months and my surgery failed miserably.

Couple of good links from that site:

https://www.chirogeek.com/Anatomy%20Page/lumbarAnatomy.html

https://www.chirogeek.com/Dermatome%20101/dermatomes.html

Good luck, and sorry for a momentary hijack of your thread.

[landlocked beachbum]

To add to that: I have gotten much better info from chiropractors than MD's. They may not be able to do you much good with an injury/mechanical issue, but at least they aren't HIGHLY overpaid dope pushers!!!!

Chiropracters have been poo pooed by MD's for way too long. There are "quacks", jerks and hacks in all medical fields, and the opposite is certainly true, and applies to every other aspect of humanity!
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[Donnie]

[Donnie]

Hit Bob Hall around 7 - sand trout and whiting were there as well as hardheads - but keeping the fish bites only on my hook, I only brought one hard head in. Just so I wouldnt forget the pos, he left me a scratch about an inch long, and like some others, I am on heavy heart meds, which means blood flows - lots. A couple of concerned young guys that were exploring BHP for the first time - were concerned enough to want to call someone, I cleaned the blood off to show them, it was truly a scratch. Nice young men.

Anyway, back to the important stuff, caught enough for a quart size bag of fillets , almost without getting out of my chair, one rod on each side of me, fish bites on, no shrimp, seems to be the trick for now, at least for avoiding hard heads.

I got this great idea about - throwing out a line right beside the fish cleaning station, took a piece of the first fish I cleaned and put it on a red fish size hook and cast it close to where the waste comes off the table. I still think it was a great idea, but I didnt fool any fish that had to have been hanging around waiting for leftovers.

Not going to bhp or pins tomorrow, going to rest up for the PINS clean up on Saturday ! I have a ton of work to do on Sunday or I would head back down PINS to take pictures, cant wait to see how it looks after the cleanup.
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Don - permanent prescription of salt water therapy.