[BenderBR]

I never wear anything so the **** dont get on the bait.

[surge101]

Insect repellent on your hands = insect repellent on your bait = fish repelling bait.

[The Grazing Gazelle]

you know those bracelets they sell, do they actually work?

[MutR.]

Thermacell FTW

[bam wannabe]

Originally Posted by Nah 85

For those that shark fish. How the hell do you get the hook out without losing a limb?

carefully.

if it's a lip hook, we can use a dehooker that's a few feet long. or use a rope and loop it over the hook so it's down in the curve of it. have someone hold the leader attached the hook so it's tight, and when you yank the rope in the opposite direction of the leader the hook will usually pop loose. hard to explain, but it's the most effective.
throat hooks, dehooker
for gut hooks/swallowed hooks (very rare, but they happen) we have no choice but to cut the leader as close to the shark as we can. the leader/hook will dissolve in a few weeks time of being in the salt water.
for all scenarios we have someone mounted on the sharks back carefully holding it's mouth open like pictured above. i've had my legs scratched apart from their skin plenty of times doing that ****. just like road rash.

[buddaspankedu]

hooked into a largemouth yesterday that no **** looked about as wide as a football is long... it threw its head once and ripped thru 55 lbs braided ****ing line... i was pissed as hell and i was just about to ****in land the fish too

fish easily weighed about 16 or 17 lbs

[shpak10]

when i was young i caught a smallmouth bass with fishing string and a hook. didnt even have a pole. now i cant catch anything......

[Nah 85]

Remember I said couple days ago corn wasn't doing **** for me? Found my new favorite thing, spam sausage! I was hooking fish left and right. Caught a nice brown trout.

Oh and I hate sunfish dearly. ****ers won't leave my bait alone so I can catch the few carp's I saw.

My friend's flyfishing setup wasn't doing anything for him today.

[stalefishsk8er]

whats the best bait to use to catch rockfish?

[atomicbadgerman]

Hooked something huge today. Snapped an eye off my rod, bent 2 others, and broke my 30lb line.

Didn't even get to see what it was The way it was fighting, though, it was either a massive flounder, or some kind of skate/ray.

[ikilledkenny]

damn, broke off an eye and bent 2? how tight was your drag?

[Corrupt_Paintball]

Originally Posted by surge101

...the only reason he would fish for bass anymore is because he couldn't make it to the salt.

Thats why I do it. Every time I come home from saltwater fishing, I am ready to pack up and move to the coast. I would sell my bass stuff in a second if I could be closer to the coast.

BUT, I am working on a boat right now that I am going to outfit for some near shore bottom fishing, trolling, etc. Assuming I can get it running reliably, I hope to start stocking up on bottom fishing gear soon.

Originally Posted by ikilledkenny

in the last pic, is the shark missing a fin?

Shark fin soup, duh.

[midman112]

Originally Posted by buddaspankedu

hooked into a largemouth yesterday that no **** looked about as wide as a football is long... it threw its head once and ripped thru 55 lbs braided ****ing line... i was pissed as hell and i was just about to ****in land the fish too

fish easily weighed about 16 or 17 lbs

I lost a huge fish this weekend on a Sammie. I don't know if it was a huge largemouth or a stripe I just know it was really ****ing big.

[atomicbadgerman]

Originally Posted by ikilledkenny

damn, broke off an eye and bent 2? how tight was your drag?

I didn't think it was too tight, whatever it was certainly had no problem running line lol

[maxearing]

what would be the best time to go to a place that is pen for 7am to 7pm for catfishing?

[bam wannabe]

6 hours of sitting on the beach yesterday and all i got was a bad sunburn.
the 13 wind surfers didn't help with the fishing either. had 2 of them run right into my lines. rage.

i'll stick with night fishing.

[surge101]

I hate when i'm home not doing anything, i'm always thinking about what could be biting on the pier.

[atomicbadgerman]

Any recommendations for a decent surf / pier / icw rod? Looking in the 30-50$ new or used range. I was thinking something 7-8'

[Nah 85]

I just plan on getting the ugly stick combo from Walmart when I head to Va Beach for a few days next month.

I ****ing hate sunfish. They won't leave my bait alone >:

[atomicbadgerman]

Stupid dogfish here are the same way. They always swallow the entire damn hook too

[surge101]

Originally Posted by atomicbadgerman

Any recommendations for a decent surf / pier / icw rod? Looking in the 30-50$ new or used range. I was thinking something 7-8'

For $30-50 i'd look at bass pro/offshore angler brand stuff.