Posted: April 18th, 2006, 1:03 pm
You da manRHTFISH wrote:When in doubt...
ADD MORE BOXES!
So much tackle...so little time!
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Posted: April 18th, 2006, 1:16 pm
Tackle Strategy:
Buy a bunch of whatever's on sale. Ya' never know when it's gonna' work.
Buy a bunch of whatever's working right now. So as you change lures/tactics you'll still have a bunch of what was working to fall back on.
Buy a bunch of what's working over there. Ya' never know when you might go fishing there.
Never buy only one of anything. If you do, that will be the one that works. You'll lose it. You won't be able to find another one.
Buy a bunch of whatever's on sale. Ya' never know when it's gonna' work.
Buy a bunch of whatever's working right now. So as you change lures/tactics you'll still have a bunch of what was working to fall back on.
Buy a bunch of what's working over there. Ya' never know when you might go fishing there.
Never buy only one of anything. If you do, that will be the one that works. You'll lose it. You won't be able to find another one.
Posted: April 18th, 2006, 1:23 pm
Thanks Nathan, I doubt I'll be able to get away for some fishing but would love to otherwise. I've got some good memories from fishing over there when visiting family.
So what about the flutter hooks? Or squeeze on leads. Anybody use them with soft plastics? I though about getting some, the only reason I am considering trying new stuff is I used three of the plastics that came in that riptide sample bag from the social and caught fish on all of them. I normally wouldn't have fished with them, so it got me thinking maybe I should expand my tackle selection a little.
I hear ya charles, good strategy buy everything you can!
And it's so true about only having one lure thats working and you get a breakoff.
Having two lures can also come in handy when fishing with a partner who doesn't have that kind of lure, if thats the only thing they're biting you can set your price for the other one.
So what about the flutter hooks? Or squeeze on leads. Anybody use them with soft plastics? I though about getting some, the only reason I am considering trying new stuff is I used three of the plastics that came in that riptide sample bag from the social and caught fish on all of them. I normally wouldn't have fished with them, so it got me thinking maybe I should expand my tackle selection a little.
I hear ya charles, good strategy buy everything you can!
And it's so true about only having one lure thats working and you get a breakoff.
Having two lures can also come in handy when fishing with a partner who doesn't have that kind of lure, if thats the only thing they're biting you can set your price for the other one.
Posted: April 18th, 2006, 4:39 pm
No way it'll out catch a "walk the dog" type topwater lure.Littoral wrote: Somebody needs to work one side by side when he's got the Skitter Walk. My bets are on the Chug Bug.
Posted: April 18th, 2006, 5:42 pm
I've had this happen, but I'll loan the lure rather than sell, and if he loses it I'll just write it off.T Smith wrote:Having two lures can also come in handy when fishing with a partner who doesn't have that kind of lure, if thats the only thing they're biting you can set your price for the other one.
But the really funny thing about this is when you're still catching fish and he's still not.
Posted: April 18th, 2006, 8:33 pm
I'll take them odds, but I'm using a Spook.Chalk wrote:I'll give you two to one oddsLittoral wrote: My bets are on the Chug Bug.
Posted: April 18th, 2006, 8:53 pm
Charles, I loan em out too, after a little heckling to see how high I can get em. 
When the boat catches more fish it only makes the capt look better. Plus you can always say "Ya know,those are really my fish cause your using my plug".
When the boat catches more fish it only makes the capt look better. Plus you can always say "Ya know,those are really my fish cause your using my plug".
Posted: April 19th, 2006, 8:06 am
I suddenly feel the need to go to Walmart.... 
(I'll take a Skitterwalk in trout color any day )
(I'll take a Skitterwalk in trout color any day
)Posted: April 19th, 2006, 7:37 pm
If you had thrown that trout colored skitterwalk today, I would have spanked your butt. Never caught a fish on one today. Didn't catch them on a chug bug, either.
Posted: April 19th, 2006, 7:43 pm
You gotta pull anchor every now and then and move aroundtin can wrote:If you had thrown that trout colored skitterwalk today, I would have spanked your butt. Never caught a fish on one today. Didn't catch them on a chug bug, either.
Posted: April 19th, 2006, 8:05 pm
Only anchored once all day, Ding Dong. And that was to re tie my bait without getting blown up on the hill.Chalk wrote:You gotta pull anchor every now and then and move aroundtin can wrote:If you had thrown that trout colored skitterwalk today, I would have spanked your butt. Never caught a fish on one today. Didn't catch them on a chug bug, either.
Posted: April 19th, 2006, 8:11 pm
4 hours in one spot is too long dhaddy O....I'll show yal how to feed them skitterwalks to them Friday afternoontin can wrote:Only anchored once all day
Posted: April 19th, 2006, 9:29 pm
You wait till our next trip. You're gonna wish you had an anchor.Chalk wrote:4 hours in one spot is too long dhaddy O....I'll show yal how to feed them skitterwalks to them Friday afternoontin can wrote:Only anchored once all day
Posted: April 20th, 2006, 7:29 am
Maybe its just me, but I sense a little personal tension in these exchangestin can wrote:You wait till our next trip. You're gonna wish you had an anchor.Chalk wrote:4 hours in one spot is too long dhaddy O....I'll show yal how to feed them skitterwalks to them Friday afternoontin can wrote:Only anchored once all day
Posted: April 20th, 2006, 7:32 am
tin can wrote:You wait till our next trip. You're gonna wish you had an anchor.