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Interesting Day Fishing on Long Island Sound
On Aug 25, 11:19*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Wayne B" *wrote in message ... 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. Yum... poppers  |
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Interesting Day Fishing on Long Island Sound
On Aug 25, 10:19*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Wayne B" *wrote in message ... 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! |
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