While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,
though I did "connect" with a guy who builds very nice custom rod at
decent prices.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

On Feb 9, 12:53*pm, HK wrote:
While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,

Of course, because you are far superior to any other fishermen
anywhere.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

Umbrella rigs aren't the only way to catch stripers. I don't know why
you bash striper fishing so much, they are one of the best fighting
fish there are, and they taste good too. Fishing for stripers isn't
nearly as boring as bottom fishing for flounder.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

But striper fishing is SO far beneath someone of your extreme
sophistication.

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:09:29 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Feb 9, 12:53*pm, HK wrote:
While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,

Of course, because you are far superior to any other fishermen
anywhere.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

Umbrella rigs aren't the only way to catch stripers. I don't know why
you bash striper fishing so much, they are one of the best fighting
fish there are, and they taste good too. Fishing for stripers isn't
nearly as boring as bottom fishing for flounder.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

But striper fishing is SO far beneath someone of your extreme
sophistication.

If you'll look carefully, you'll find very few pics of Harry and fish. Ever
wonder why?
--
John H

wrote:
On Feb 9, 12:53 pm, HK wrote:
While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,

Of course, because you are far superior to any other fishermen
anywhere.
Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

Umbrella rigs aren't the only way to catch stripers. I don't know why
you bash striper fishing so much, they are one of the best fighting
fish there are, and they taste good too. Fishing for stripers isn't
nearly as boring as bottom fishing for flounder.
But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

But striper fishing is SO far beneath someone of your extreme
sophistication.



Loogypicker - the *official* rec.boats idiot.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:53:29 -0500, HK wrote:

While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,
though I did "connect" with a guy who builds very nice custom rod at
decent prices.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

Never modified a lure, but you've said you replace the treble hooks.
How do you go about that?

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:53:29 -0500, HK wrote:

While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,
though I did "connect" with a guy who builds very nice custom rod at
decent prices.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

Never modified a lure, but you've said you replace the treble hooks.
How do you go about that?

--Vic


It depends on how they are attached to the lure. In the case of these
plugs, the builder used miniature "cup hooks" to hold on the trebles.
I'll be able to open the cup hooks a hair, slip off the treble, and slip
on a single hook. Sometimes I use a short piece of 50# braid to attach a
single hook to a lure.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:16:06 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:46:49 -0600, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:53:29 -0500, HK wrote:

While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,
though I did "connect" with a guy who builds very nice custom rod at
decent prices.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

Never modified a lure, but you've said you replace the treble hooks.
How do you go about that?

--Vic

A lot of catch-and-release fishermen do this. Nothing like a thrashing
fish and 6 sharp barbed points to make a release a moot point.

Changing one hook for another depends a lot of the method of
manufacture.

Yeah, it was sort of a silly question, since they are attached
differently. Some of the plastics might have the trebles on a
molded-in loop and have to be cut off. Maybe that's where Harry would
use line to attach the single hook.
I have only a few lures now since I gave up freshwater fishing,
but seem to recall my muskie lures, the Suicks at least, having
the trebles on an eye-screw, which might be some work to replace.

--Vic

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:25:32 -0600, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:16:06 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:46:49 -0600, Vic Smith penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:53:29 -0500, HK wrote:

While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,
though I did "connect" with a guy who builds very nice custom rod at
decent prices.

Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.
Never modified a lure, but you've said you replace the treble hooks.
How do you go about that?

--Vic
A lot of catch-and-release fishermen do this. Nothing like a thrashing
fish and 6 sharp barbed points to make a release a moot point.

Changing one hook for another depends a lot of the method of
manufacture.
Yeah, it was sort of a silly question, since they are attached
differently. Some of the plastics might have the trebles on a
molded-in loop and have to be cut off. Maybe that's where Harry would
use line to attach the single hook.
I have only a few lures now since I gave up freshwater fishing,
but seem to recall my muskie lures, the Suicks at least, having
the trebles on an eye-screw, which might be some work to replace.

--Vic

You know, there seems to be a big movement toward artificial lures
among the sal****er crowd. I've no real experience with artificial
salt water lures, but I know at least one local guide that doesn't
have anything to do with live bait....

It is on my to-do list this Spring.....



Try the Berkley GULP shrimp, the ones that come packed in a jar of
"brine." It's not a lure, of course...it is bait. But...damned stuff
works. Flounder love it, and I suspect if we had reds up here with any
consistency, they would, too. Also sea trout.

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:50:50 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:



You know, there seems to be a big movement toward artificial lures
among the sal****er crowd. I've no real experience with artificial
salt water lures, but I know at least one local guide that doesn't
have anything to do with live bait....

It is on my to-do list this Spring.....

This past year I got tired of the little ones eating my shrimp and
squid while fishing off the Tampa Skyway fishing pier.
Tied on a yellow haired jig after hooking on a plastic flutter tail
and pretty quickly got some almost decent mackerels and had
my line cut twice - no leader.
Lot more fun than throwing back babies.
Since the tidal current is nearly always keeping the jig suspended,
there's no casting work.
Never cared for "working" type fishing, as my arms are big enough.
We hired a guide once in Wisconsin for muskies, and he worked the hell
out of us. He was well worth the hire as my buddies were muskie
fanatics, and he got Stan hooked to a monster, which got off.
Too much work for me. Hey, I'm just fishing.
But I do like to keep up.

--Vic

HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 9, 12:53 pm, HK wrote:
While one of rec.boats sh*theads (aka Jim) was here posing as me, I was
in Deale early this morning at the Tri-State Marine fisherman's flea
market. I was amazed by the crowd. The market opened at 7:30, I got
there just before 8, and there were at least 300 people inside, looking
over stuff on the vendors' tables. Very little there interested me,

Of course, because you are far superior to any other fishermen
anywhere.
Most of the gear being sold was targeted at the guys who tow heavy
umbrella rigs ISO stripers. Not for me.

Umbrella rigs aren't the only way to catch stripers. I don't know why
you bash striper fishing so much, they are one of the best fighting
fish there are, and they taste good too. Fishing for stripers isn't
nearly as boring as bottom fishing for flounder.
But I did buy a handful of nice wood topwater plugs from a fellow
selling this guy's wares:

http://www.piersonplugs.com/

I bought a couple of each. They're not very expensive, they're "pretty,"
and the guy hawking them told me how he caught some nice stripers up at
the Bay Bridge.

I prefer sight and topwater fishing, so I'm sure these will be fun.

But striper fishing is SO far beneath someone of your extreme
sophistication.



Loogypicker - the *official* rec.boats idiot.

I'm not a fan of him either, but this post defines your narcissism, Krause.