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[roosterhavoc]

Yeah well if it's not caught on a fly it doesn't count, just so you know

 

[JShubin]

smelly bait is for lazy people right.

 

[JShubin]

@sdm111 sorry about your representative, Scalise. Got to watch out for those Bernie supporters

 

[Then I Will]

I really like the chicken leashes I see on some of these stags. Are they purchasable somewhere or do you folks make your own?

 

[flypen]

I really like the chicken leashes I see on some of these stags. Are they purchasable somewhere or do you folks make your own?

I buy my cords already made up and the material to build more from Wood's enterprises.

 

[roosterhavoc]

smelly bait is for lazy people right.

Well I wouldn't say that. They lug those buckets of sh*t all around. They catch more fish, more often
And usually bigger fish too. I on the other hand am just kinda dumb. I will sit for hours tying something up that resembles food. Often times only to go home empty handed. This is kinda tough more recently when I see a few of the regular surf fishermen pulling stuff in. Lol when it all comes together though it can't be beat.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I buy my cords already made up and the material to build more from Wood's enterprises.

Same here. Fast shipping, never an issue.

 

[roosterhavoc]

For me fishing with bait would mean I'm taking those fish home to eat. Often times the fish will take bait fairly deep. Nothing better than seeing some idiot catch a fish on bait that was inhaled. Yank the hook from its guts and then hold up the bloody fish by its gills for all to see his prize. Once released most of these fish will die anyway. So imo if your eating em no problem. Either way if more people would handle them with a little more care the fish would be better off

 

[roosterhavoc]

That dogfish shark i posted the other day was most likely rough handled after a catch and ultimately end up dying, becoming a snack for the seagulls.

 

[JShubin]

For me fishing with bait would mean I'm taking those fish home to eat. Often times the fish will take bait fairly deep. Nothing better than seeing some idiot catch a fish on bait that was inhaled. Yank the hook from its guts and then hold up the bloody fish by its gills for all to see his prize. Once released most of these fish will die anyway. So imo if your eating em no problem. Either way if more people would handle them with a little more care the fish would be better off

yea thats the problem. Catching undersize fish results in death a lot of times. I remember my dad using big hooks (relative to fish we trying to catch) so that they wouldnt swallow, but makes it harder to set the hook. Having big chunk of bait helps too, but we would have to smoosh it into a ball because anything hanging would be nipped away by sardines and small fish.

Frozen squid usually, but we would fill live bait tank with sardines and hook them on their back so they could swim still (appearing injured as well).

Hard work of fly fishing promotes sense of accomplishment. Its like hunting duck with a snorkel and spear.