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I am righty on everything. I grew up using a baitcaster the majority of the time so when I started saltwater fishing and bought spinning gear, it felt too awkward to reel with my left. 

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On 6/25/2025 at 3:53 PM, Hmbre97 said:

I am righty on everything. I grew up using a baitcaster the majority of the time so when I started saltwater fishing and bought spinning gear, it felt too awkward to reel with my left. 

Im exactly the same. A couple of times people looked at me like a leper for switching the handle on a spinning reel to the right side. 

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[mention=1769]Chewbacca[/mention] what did you end up going with?

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Scott rod and Ross Colorado reel. Needless to say, I blew the budget but I love it.

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Was certainly targeting bigger fish and hoped to get some keeper calico bass and hopefully a yellowtail.  But it wasn’t to be. Fished all over both trolling a rapala and just got hounded by mackerel.  Caught a couple short calicos on the plastic (see attached).  But when I’m bored on the boat, I throw a 4lb test spinner over the side and typically get little pinners.  And that happened again.  Did get a whitefish once on the tiny spinner that my boy and I added to a fat calico we caught and made good fish tacos.  But this sheephead was my fattest fish I got to the boat when I was just fucking  around.  I knew if I tried to boat it on 4 lb test the line wouldn’t be able to lift it out.  But I didn’t want gaff hi: because I have no interest in boating one fish to filet.  But they are really tasty.  Look at those teeth.  They scour the sand and rocks for crustaceans.  And they taste like crab.  And they are a super weird fish.  All sheephead are born female, and as they age (like this guy) they turn male.  

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My son has been going harder and harder into fishing as he’s gotten older.

Now at 13, he’s fishing as much as he can in this north Texas heat.

Every extra dollar he collects goes towards gear.

I finally joined in on the fun again after not really fishing for the last couple of decades.

Picked up a new Abu Garcia baitcaster and immediately remembered how easy it is to backlash that bad boy.

Took a minute to dial it in on different lures but I’m back on the fishing “boat” again.

But it’s usually more fun to watch him fish

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Rojo Jr upgraded his PB Tarpon in Belize last week. Family trip, so only broke away for a day. I fed a big one, but it spit the hook fast, then had another 70ish pounder swipe at my fly and miss (I probably took it away from it)

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11 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

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Rojo Jr upgraded his PB Tarpon in Belize last week. Family trip, so only broke away for a day. I fed a big one, but it spit the hook fast, then had another 70ish pounder swipe at my fly and miss (I probably took it away from it)

You betta Belize there aint nothin better than the sargasso cook-off. Any permit??

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1 hour ago, texastough said:

You betta Belize there aint nothin better than the sargasso cook-off. Any permit??

No, but we’re going Permit fishing first week of August in Mexico.

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Fished a memorial weekend tournament Fri and Sat starting at 4amm Over two days we worked from Cotton to way past panther cove. Lots of best stringers were from way south
We grinded all overz; thought I had 2nd place red fee grand that died on me cost a 1/lb and has enough from 2-4. Dammit.
Fun time. Had to fight for them. Rememberwered why Tues rules

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Thinking about adding one of these for my 5wt rod.  I'm not 100% sure I like the styling, but you can't get the Ross Animas with the Coors logo anymore.  It's only the Cimarron now. What do you think? It's heavy, too.  5.8 oz for the 4/5 wt reel.

 

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Had a good Friday and Saturday fishing about 30 miles offshore of Quepos. 3 blue marlin 23 sails and a lot of yellowfin. Currently headed 100 miles offshore for a 3 day trip for marlin, bite has been pretty good lately so hoping it holds up. 

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On 7/23/2025 at 9:25 PM, justhookit said:

Had a good Friday and Saturday fishing about 30 miles offshore of Quepos. 3 blue marlin 23 sails and a lot of yellowfin. Currently headed 100 miles offshore for a 3 day trip for marlin, bite has been pretty good lately so hoping it holds up. 

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Might need to find some deeper water??? ;)

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Anyone ever used Marker 54 shrimp lures in Galveston Bay? Heard they're the bees knees but havent heard which color, glide vs jerk, shrimplet vs full size etc. 

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On 7/21/2025 at 3:59 PM, Damor said:

Yeah, well, I went to the creek out back after work yesterday.

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Look upon my catch, ye mighty, and despair.

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i'm headed to park city for my 50th in a few weeks, impromptu trip for a long weekend, actually my 50th trip is to morocco in october but there aren't no fish in the Saraha. anyway, learn me some trout fishing in park city, wouldya?

what shops, any spots, guide possibly, thoughts on august fishing there. i'll figure it out on my own if I have to but help a sista out she's turning fiddy.

thank you mucho.

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Spent a couple hours fishing this morning on the San Gabriel.  A bunch of changes since the flood.   Ended up catching several sunfish and largemouth bass.
The Rio Grande Ciclids are my favorite, though. 
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32 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Spent a couple hours fishing this morning on the San Gabriel.  A bunch of changes since the flood.   Ended up catching several sunfish and largemouth bass.

The Rio Grade Ciclids are my favorite, though. 

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Jealous.

 

I fished the back of our cove on LT last night around dusk. Sinking leader and a large injured bait fish fly. A bright white and chartreuse one and a pitch black one. Nada. post-flood visibility is still real bad, water is still really brown, and you can only see 18-24 inches tops. 

 

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16 minutes ago, troph said:

Jealous.

 

I fished the back of our cove on LT last night around dusk. Sinking leader and a large injured bait fish fly. A bright white and chartreuse one and a pitch black one. Nada. post-flood visibility is still real bad, water is still really brown, and you can only see 18-24 inches tops. 

 

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Have you ever fished the lighted docks at night?  We used to slay whites, blacks, and the occasional striper.

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22 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Have you ever fished the lighted docks at night?  We used to slay whites, blacks, and the occasional striper.

As an exclusively fly fishing angler I gravitate to the masochistic ways of fishing and not catching. 

I rarely fish LT but I think two things are coming soon - night fishing off the back of my dock with my under water boat lights on, and the white bass runs in the winter up river on the Colorado.

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1 hour ago, troph said:

Jealous.

 

I fished the back of our cove on LT last night around dusk. Sinking leader and a large injured bait fish fly. A bright white and chartreuse one and a pitch black one. Nada. post-flood visibility is still real bad, water is still really brown, and you can only see 18-24 inches tops. 

 

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You should also try some large top water flies up in the newly submerged grass.   

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49 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

You should also try some large top water flies up in the newly submerged grass.   

Where I can fish there is no submerged grass (we are on the cliff side) unless I crawl way up in the back of the cove but that’s a good idea. I assumed with the heat the big ones are 10-20 feet down, so trying to entice them up with an injured bait fish pattern. I wasn’t trying that hard. I have some big as poppers if we take the boat out this week I might bring my rod with me, bee creek around the corner from us has a ton of submerged grass. 

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4 minutes ago, troph said:

Where I can fish there is no submerged grass (we are on the cliff side) unless I crawl way up in the back of the cove but that’s a good idea. I assumed with the heat the big ones are 10-20 feet down, so trying to entice them up with an injured bait fish pattern. I wasn’t trying that hard. I have some big as poppers if we take the boat out this week I might bring my rod with me, bee creek around the corner from us has a ton of submerged grass. 

Bee Creek is a great area.  My dad used to have a cabin on Bee Creek.  We've caught multiple 5+ pound bass back there - fishing conventional.  Most bass caught back there were on 2" smoke twist tailed grubs.  Point being that it wouldn't be difficult to catch bass on your injured fish pattern.  There also used to be several docks with great lights for fishing at night.

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3 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Bee Creek is a great area.  My dad used to have a cabin on Bee Creek.  We've caught multiple 5+ pound bass back there - fishing conventional.  Most bass caught back there were on 2" smoke twist tailed grubs.  Point being that it wouldn't be difficult to catch bass on your injured fish pattern.  There also used to be several docks with great lights for fishing at night.

We walk Lakehurst Loop all the time and I’m jealous of some of those houses now that the water is back. Nothing better than a waterfront spot on a deep, quiet cove. 

I might have a mouse top water and some large poppers to go with the sinking line set up.

Might give it a try this week. 

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