Fishing BS Thread

Same here. Everytime a package arrives my GF says "dont you have enough fisihing crap?"

 

well if shes the right one she wont have a problem with it...

 

Nope she doesnt, and she likes coming out on the boat with me.

 

That is almost exactly what I told my girlfriend when we started dating too.

 

my now wife bought me a K-bar for a present...I knew then she was for me We go hunting and fishing all the time.

 

just need the right boat
something like this...

 

My wife is good with the money I spend fishing. I have no other hobby's, no tobacco, no alcohol. I work, update the house and fish. I could not ask for a better wife.

 

Bassmaster Classic is in my town this weekend. On my commute into work this morning I stopped and watched the send-off.

Thousands of people! I had no idea there was such a following

 

I work in downtown Knoxville and there's people everywhere! The hometown angler just caught a 17 pound bass!

 

is that in TN where he caught that?

 

https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra/fishing/awards-fish-records-photos.html#records

 

Well it's a lazy Friday here. Time for the annual take all the tackle out and clean everything up. Will post pictures of gear in a bit.

 

Alright here we go, going to be a bit longer of a post. Here is just about my complete setup.

Let's start with tackle. I fish for just about everything so I've got a wide array of stuff.

Here are my 4 main boxes. Shad raps, jigs, jerkbaits, and a terminal tackle/panfish/bobbers/other stuff. I've got another junk box/bass hooks that's not pictured.


Next are all my plastics, and holy cow do I have a lot. I have all of them separated by type. I found that a ziplock bag works really well for storage. You can compress all of them down and save probably 50% of the room you have. I will admit, I do have a bit of a love affair with zman plastics. They work so well and last FOREVER.

Stick baits and swim baits.


Ned rig baits.


Tubes


Dropshot stuff


The best part is it all fits into a backpack sized tacklebox. It's easy to take everywhere and it holds everything.


Now for rods and reels. I'm not super loyal to any one brand, I've fished just about every major brand and I've found pros and cons to each one. From left to right.

An ancient gander mountain rod with a Diawa lexa.
Ancient Diawa rod with a Lews tournament MG.
Enigma rod with a 13 fishing concept A.
Fenwick elite tech bass rod that needs a new guide on it.
Fenwick HMG with a pfluger president
St Croix eyecon, usually has another pfluger president, but just spooled up a new reel.


I love the pfluger president reels. They are rock solid and smooth. Best reel for under $100 hands down. I've got a bit more stuff not pictured.

 

Had a great day today! Bite was slow, but still managed to land a 4.5 lb bass. First big one of the year!

 

Nice! Pond fish? I spent a couple hours on the river and a couple more at Lake Frederick yesterday...was just too darn cold and windy

 

Pond in Culpeper. I’ve been to Frederick a few times but only got skunked. Try out Germantown lake in Warrenton. I at least caught a few small ones there last year. Some bugs ones in there though.

 

Never even heard of that one. I'll look into it tho. Thanks for the tip

 

Just bought my California Fishing licences yesterday: $71.29. My long standing gripe with it. - besides the price, is that it it expires at the end of The year, regardless of what day you purchased it. Example: If you bought it on Dec 30th 2019. It is only good for two days, - It expires on Jan 1 2020.

 

I think that is pretty common to have them expire on the same date every year. Minnesota fishing licenses expire the last day of Feb every year. I know Wisconsin and South Dakota are the same day as well...maybe not the same date, but same concept.

 

It’s not a huge lake but it’s at Crockett Park in Fauquier County. Very big bass there from what I have heard and read. Like I said I’ve only went once or twice and just caught some little ones. They rent boats and stuff though.