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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | ... at the boat ramp at the end of one of my local streets. Well actually, it was Wednesday...
That's a 28.5" keeper snook caught on a 5'9" Ugly Stik Lite, lil' Penn 4300SS and 8# red PowerPro with a 20# florocarbon leader using a live 4" sardine (locally aka white bait).
What was really a kick was when I released it. The other 'resident ramp rats' couldn't believe I'd commit such a travesty! BTW, if I catch him again, it's grilled snook for supper... 
Now if ya think our string topics are 'diverse' here, just get into a rod/reel/tackle setup conversation with the ramp rats! :eek: |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Someone once asked me, if I had to give up either fishing or guitar playing, which would I choose. I honestly couldn't answer them. One makes me crazy, one keeps me sane. And those are interchangable! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | (Oh yeah, and they said that some of us don't have a life. What else IS there in life besides music and fishing?!!) |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | How do they fight when you catch 'em?? It's ugly fish season - sorry elephant fish season down here and I caught one of those for the 1st time last week when I went out with my brother.
I've got the bug back :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | flack,
I saw your post on the the 'e' fish! :eek:
Snook is THE desired inshore game fish 'round here due to their strong runs and ability to find anything to break ya off. They also have razor edged gill plates which makes ya hold your breath and pray your leader doesn't get sliced. Plus they're soooo tasty.
What was really exciting 'bout this one was I saw the top water hit. Looked like a washing machine on high speed agitate. It left a hole in the water... !!!
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Location: Melbourne Australia | Iffy, now THAT would be heady stuff!!! We have a guy called Rex Hunt who does a fishing show down here and he kisses them before he relaeases them :cool: |
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| All I can think of is Bill Engvall and the Dork Fish story.
Whatcha Got There Skeeter?
Awwwhha Nothin....... |
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Location: CA | I thought these posts were supposed to be in English. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | OK Oddball,
Which part can I translate fer ya and what vernacular would ya prefer?  |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Iffy , did the fish get away..?..
( the only thing I know about fish is something to do with salmon and spinach )
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Location: South of most, North of few | OK, two questions. Why don't I see a picture of this fish, and why on earth would you release it? |
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| Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Which part can I translate fer ya Start here:
"That's a 28.5" keeper snook caught on a 5'9" Ugly Stik Lite, lil' Penn 4300SS and 8# red PowerPro with a 20# florocarbon leader using a live 4" sardine (locally aka white bait)." |
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Location: south east Michigan | The St. Clair Flats area here is known for big muskies.
There is a long, drawn out joke about how a little puppy fell overboard and was taken by a huge muskie. It wouldn't translate well here but the punchline has a charter boat captain pretending to care but really trying to find out "... what color was the dog?" |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Losov:
5'9" Ugly Stik Lite = fishing rod
Penn 4300SS =fishing reel
8# red PowerPro = fishing line Don't know what happened to the pic. Let's try this...
As to why I released it, I already had fish in the freezer. Plus I knew I'd get a 'reaction' from the 'rats'... ;)
Geeez, now the first pic is back... :rolleyes: |
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| I've had a lot of hobbies over the years, golf, bicycling, shooting, reading, guitar playing, to name a few - but I could never get into fishing. Probably because I never knew until I saw Jimmy Whats-His-Name on TV and read Hiaasen's "Double Whammy" that: YOU DON"T HAVE TO KEEP THE FISH! I didn't know that. I didn't want them, so I never tried to catch them.
I do live across the street from the ocean . . . maybe I'll get a Ronco Pocket Fisherman and see how it all works out. |
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| Ahhhhhhhhhhh.... Snook season... Best whitefish there is.
when we first moved down here in 85 I could call home and ask the wife how many she wanted and could catch my limit at the old Barber Drawbridge in Vero... in about 2 hours....
fast forward to today, you can be out all night long and not even get one... but sometimes you're lucky. can catch all the sailcat and sheepshead you want though... but seems like the Snook have been fished way down in numbers...
nice catch Johnny!
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Good one Johnny; I just wish I could find time to go...theres trout in the streams here and smallmouth in the rivers and I can't seem to get time to go after any of them....glad someone does... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Johnny, from that pic looks to me like you're trying to stretch it to make the minimum length. :D |
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| Ahhh, snook. Truly the best whitefish ever. Nice catch, Johnny! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Coulda brought it down for me to consume. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Coulda brought it down for me to consume. If he listened to me, he should be 'bout half way down there by now... :p |
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Location: CA | 2ifbyC . . . what Losov said. Thanks for the translation.
My fishing experience is pretty limited. But I've heard some tales. Including one about the big one that got chomped by a shark before getting in the boat, and the remaining half was under the limit. Did it count? Did it not count? The Fish and Game guy's decision: "Let's just pretend I never saw it." |
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Location: Texas | Well, first, it's not totally off-topic if you make your leaders from discarded guitar strings… ;)
There are so many great comments on this thread, I'll use shorthand;
- I love to fish - Nice catch, Iffy
- I love to eat fish - never tried snook until about a month ago, it really is fantastic.
- I'll fish for anything, anytime, point me to the water.
- THE fish everyone seeks here in Texas are Red Drum (aka "Redfish" or "Reds.") I believe they range all along the Gulf Coast and south Atlantic? Actually, I think I have heard that Amelia Island is supposed to be a good place to fish for Reds?
- Oddball - "I thought these posts were supposed to be in English?" - funny line!, I bet some people would react to the ON topic threads the same way; "I have a 73 1117 1-11/16" nut, AAA spruce, with EXPs, etc, etc…" ;)
- Slipkid - The Muskie/dog joke - once when we were fishing for Muskie and Northerns in the U.P., my buddy caught a huge Northern during a slow fishing week. He made the mistake of admitting that he had used any ugly pink spoon (don't remember what kind) and within an hour, you could not find a pink lure in stock at any bait-shop or store nearby ;) Fisherman will try anything…
- LOSOV - "Double Whammy" by Carl Hiason is hilarious, a must-read for anyone who likes to fish, and pretty funny even if you don't… |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Ahhh man against beast - must be great to see the little blighters with hooks through their mouths gasping for oxygen. Lets stick to guitars eh ! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Back when I was growing up here, snook were also called 'soapfish' due to their off taste. Around here back then, fish were just scaled and cooked.
The skin produces that 'soapy' flavor. Once folk started to fillet 'em, the snook became very popular table fare. That's about the time the Fish & Game gave them gamefish status and started setting catch/size limits.
It's said that every hour fishing adds an hour to your life. Now if I could just quit smoking...  |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | (Oh yeah, and they said that some of us don't have a life. What else IS there in life besides music and fishing?!!) Music and SHOOTING!
Music and Drawing
Music and LOVIN' (:
Of course not necessarily in that order |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I've come to realize that "fishing" and "catching fish" can be seperate things.
Way to go Johnny! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I've read somewhere that E C says the best thing he ever did for his guitar playing was go fishing. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by MWoody:
I've come to realize that "fishing" and "catching fish" can be seperate things. I go fishing to relax and get outside in the fresh air, "catching" is not even an objective for me… that way it's a pleasant "bonus" when I do catch something, but not a requirement for a nice day fishing…
…much less stressful that way. (Children don't get that concept, though…) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Have to share this...
Neat thing happened this afternoon. Went down to the 'office' just in time to see Matt, 'bout 12 y.o., catch the keeper snook I released two weeks ago! He let me fillet it 'cause he never cleaned a fish that big. Awesome event...!
Matt is one of those kids that ya wish was your own. He rides his bike to the ramp several times a week to fish. We share our baits and have a great rapport.
Oh, how did I know it was the same snook, you may ask? I use circle hooks which normally winds up in a corner of a fish's mouth. The one I caught was hooked in the 'tongue', which is very RARE! Matt's keeper had a 'spot' in the same place...
BTW, it was his first keeper snook! After the high fives and a big hug, he took the time to give me his bait before he rushed home with his fillets.
Oh yeah, almost forget... the snook was an 1/8" longer...  |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I knew that stretching thing you did worked. :D |
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OT: Just Another Afternoon at My 'Ramp Rat Office'...