OT: spring fishing...how's it going out there. Let's see some pics.
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A couple I caught in Florida this spring ... Red Drum (bigger) and a Black Drum ... both excellent to eat.
Cool looking fish on the bottom.A couple I caught in Florida this spring ... Red Drum (bigger) and a Black Drum ... both excellent to eat.
They fight like a carp on steroids... I use 18 lbs test and it barely lands a 12 lb Black Drum. They taste exactly like Cod.
Caught this not long after.
Took my drift boat down the Mississippi west of the Twin Cities on Friday afternoon and killed the smallies, caught close to 40 fish in a 5 mile drift including at least 8 over 4 lbs between myself and my buddy. Here's a few pics.
Sure hope you blackened that Redfish, only way to eat 'em IMHO! Nice fish!A couple I caught in Florida this spring ... Red Drum (bigger) and a Black Drum ... both excellent to eat.
Took my drift boat down the Mississippi west of the Twin Cities on Friday afternoon and killed the smallies, caught close to 40 fish in a 5 mile drift including at least 8 over 4 lbs between myself and my buddy. Here's a few pics.
Wow... that's a damn good haul for a day. I wouldn't mind a smally day like that
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What a fun day. Smallies are sooooo fun to catch.Took my drift boat down the Mississippi west of the Twin Cities on Friday afternoon and killed the smallies, caught close to 40 fish in a 5 mile drift including at least 8 over 4 lbs between myself and my buddy. Here's a few pics.
I've got two boys playing baseball also, good thing for me their two favorite activities are baseball and fishing! Let's just say it's a little hard to find time to mow the lawn. Took the 8 year old out for an hour last night before it got dark and he did okay! It was fun because big brother was in Omaha playing ball and it was some quality one-on-one time. Note the pic with the two fish... guess which one was Dad's - he thought it was pretty funny.
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My kids usually out fish me, too. What kind of boat u fishing out of?I've got two boys playing baseball also, good thing for me their two favorite activities are baseball and fishing! Let's just say it's a little hard to find time to mow the lawn. Took the 8 year old out for an hour last night before it got dark and he did okay! It was fun because big brother was in Omaha playing ball and it was some quality one-on-one time. Note the pic with the two fish... guess which one was Dad's - he thought it was pretty funny.
It's a plywood "stitch and glue" boat that we built last winter. Here's the place we got the plans from: http://spirainternational.com/hp_miss.php
We have a ski boat but I wanted something easy to slip in and out of local ponds. It's been a blast with the kids but it's small! I have been seriously jonesing for a 16.5' Tracker Pro Guide.
We have a ski boat but I wanted something easy to slip in and out of local ponds. It's been a blast with the kids but it's small! I have been seriously jonesing for a 16.5' Tracker Pro Guide.
I used the same process to make my Beavertail Drifter, there are a lot of good sites with plans for all types of wooden boat building but I really like the stitch and glue method Montana River Boats and Butler Projects both have a good selection of plans online as does Bateau.com Paul Butler at Butler Projects has boats of all types that are stitch and glue and built without a jig or stanchions. Here's a pic of my Beavertail.It's a plywood "stitch and glue" boat that we built last winter. Here's the place we got the plans from: http://spirainternational.com/hp_miss.php
We have a ski boat but I wanted something easy to slip in and out of local ponds. It's been a blast with the kids but it's small! I have been seriously jonesing for a 16.5' Tracker Pro Guide.
That's cool, but it looks heavy. You got a little trailer or do you he-man that sucker into the back of a truck.It's a plywood "stitch and glue" boat that we built last winter. Here's the place we got the plans from: http://spirainternational.com/hp_miss.php
We have a ski boat but I wanted something easy to slip in and out of local ponds. It's been a blast with the kids but it's small! I have been seriously jonesing for a 16.5' Tracker Pro Guide.
My dad has a 1650 tracker pro guide. It's a nice boat. I have a 1650 crestliner fishhawk. I like mine better......
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It's 16' and weighs less than 270 lbs and yes I trailer it, it drafts less than 8" with 3 adults on board and has fiberglass and epoxy both inside and out as well as graphite powder added to the final coat of epoxy on the bottom to add extra strength.
Built exactly to plan it's supposed to weigh 65lbs, but I put two layers of fiberglass cloth on the outside and added the seat in the front. I'd guess it weighs 100lbs (without the battery and trolling motor). It would be no problem to slide in and out of a pickup, but I have a small utility trailer we pull it around on. Keep in mind it's only 1/4" plywood for the sides and bottom!
Nice drift boat Reedm!
Nice drift boat Reedm!
What depth are those smallies hanging out at? Could you fly fish for them with a sink tip line?
I used the same process to make my Beavertail Drifter, there are a lot of good sites with plans for all types of wooden boat building but I really like the stitch and glue method Montana River Boats and Butler Projects both have a good selection of plans online as does Bateau.com Paul Butler at Butler Projects has boats of all types that are stitch and glue and built without a jig or stanchions. Here's a pic of my Beavertail.
Beautiful boat. I will have one someday - once I move out of the fresh water-less hell that is SoCal.
Travelling back to MO in two weeks to go camping and fly fishing with two of my best friends, one of which received a week of leave from the Army. So I will resurrect this thread at the appropriate time! Hopefully one of us gets a big brown trout.
I love the White River in Ark below the Bull Shoals dam, stay at a great place (a lot cheaper than Gaston's) called Newland's great cabins right on the river about a mile downstream from the dam, huge browns below that dam many over 30 lbs!
No need for a sink tip, they are between 6" and 6' down I use a regular floating line, I use a 9' 8 weight rod and tie the streamer flies myself, the poppers I buy cause I'm just not crafty enough to spin the different colors of hair and cut the properly to get a good looking popper. I have a set of go to flies that I have great luck with, the two fish I'n holding (guy in the straw hat) came on a fly I created as a variation of the Avalon Crab Fly, I call it an Avalon Craw Fly it was fished 6' below a large strike indicator on an 8 Lbs flouro tapered leader.
Awesome! Had no idea you were a fly fisherman. I love fishing for smallies on the fly. I've tied some poppers, but none of them turned out well. Fortunately, bass aren't nearly as selective as trout.
Tim Holschlag has the best advice I've seen for fly fishing for smallies, his Holschlag hackle fly is one of my go to flies although I often fish one that is heavier than he recommends as the currents in the Mississippi are often a little swifter and it takes 1/32 to 1/16 oz fly to get down. below is a link to a great starter article for fly fishing for smallies by Tim and a description of the fly and how and why it works.
http://www.flyfishersrepublic.com/tactics/super-sized-smallmouth/
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