On Aug 25, 10:19*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Wayne B" *wrote in message

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On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:29:54 -0400, JustWait

wrote:
When I was a kid we were pretty poor.. and I mean literally. My dad and
I couldn't afford the 15-20 bucks for a proper fishing reel so we made
them. For the first couple years at the pond at the museum he was a
curator at, we used tomato stakes, string and brads (nails) to catch
bullheads, perch, and huge sunfish. As I got more into fishing and
started taking my bike with friends to local lakes and ponds, I used a
Michelob bottle (best shape for hand casting) and I bought a spool of
line once a year... I could cast that line as good as most of the other
kids with poles, however I didn't land fish as consistently. I really
didn't know much better, I just wanted to be fishing...

I can relate to some of that, used to spend a lot of time drooling
over fishing gear that I couldn't afford as a kid. * The native guys
down in the islands fish with some amazingly primitive home made gear
and they do OK with it.

Reply:
Most of the Panguero's in Baja fish hand lines. *land some large fish on
those lines. *I fish a lot of different types if fish, living near the coast
of N. Calif. *Trout in lakes and streams (flys in the stream), Trout from
both the boat and Kayak. *Plus California Halibut in SF bay. *Most in the
5-15# range, striped bass in the bay and delta, and I also fish out of San
Diego and SoCal ports. *Last week of July I went on a 7 day long range trip
out of Pt. Loma in San Diego. *Tuna and Yellowtail and some Dorado. *We
fished Rocas ilijos which is 467 miles from SD and 150 miles off Baja. *Need
good gear for these. *Plus both bait fish and fish jigs. *Tossing 5oz Sala's
and Tady jigs is both fun and takes decent rod and reel to handle the
casting. *Biggest fish on the trip was 105# and my jackpot fish was 95.6.http://www.pbase.com/q105/coastside_7_day* photo of me on the left with the
large Ahi.

Dude! Now that's some feesh!