RetiredUSNChief
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Just wondering if anyone had any experience with this or if it's not worth the effort.
OK, let's get something straight here right now:
The fishin's ALWAYS good. You may not catch anything, but the fishin's ALWAYS good.
Just wondering if anyone had any experience with this or if it's not worth the effort.
I beg to differ. When the NWS gets the marine forecast wrong, and you head out of the jetties at 3AM, and suddenly find yourself, in a 26' center console, contending with 10-12 foot seas with 35-foot wave intervals, that is definitely NOT good.OK, let's get something straight here right now:
The fishin's ALWAYS good. You may not catch anything, but the fishin's ALWAYS good.
This is the #1 reason I will never go deep-sea fishing! There ain't a fish on this earth worth dying over folks, so I'll confine my fishing to the (relatively) tame creeks, rivers, and lakes of the Ozarks.The weather was also much colder than we had expected. We all got soaked. When we got back to the dock, I was in hypothermia. We went to a restaurant for hot coffee, and I was shivering so hard, I couldn't keep the coffee in my cup. It took me at least a half-hour to stop shivering like that.
Yep, the fishin's ALWAYS good, even though fish are ALWAYS bad as far as I'm concerned.The fishin's ALWAYS good.
I beg to differ. When the NWS gets the marine forecast wrong, and you head out of the jetties at 3AM, and suddenly find yourself, in a 26' center console, contending with 10-12 foot seas with 35-foot wave intervals, that is definitely NOT good.
That happened to me once (the forecast was for 1 to 2 foot seas out of the south, but we had the waves I just described out of the NE), and if not for the courage and competence of our captain, 6 of us likely would have died that morning. We had to head SE until dawn just so we could see well enough to turn around, and then ride in that all the way back to the jetties.
The weather was also much colder than we had expected. We all got soaked. When we got back to the dock, I was in hypothermia. We went to a restaurant for hot coffee, and I was shivering so hard, I couldn't keep the coffee in my cup. It took me at least a half-hour to stop shivering like that.
What color lure works best for you?I deer hunted a lot from a river system where there were no roads. In the middle of the day I'd sometimes fish for brim and bass. I didn't get many at high noon hours but it killed the time before I went back to the deer. Hint: use a beetle spin lure. I have caught most every kind of fresh-water fish using one.
White, Chartreuse, and white with black spots all work well.What color lure works best for you?
I like the idea of “cast & blast”.
A triple ripple curly-tail plastic grub on the Beetle spin or a blue and white one. These worked best for me in Florida waters.What color lure works best for you?
⅛Oz Or ³/16oz black with chartreuse stripes (Betts)What color lure works best for you?