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Classifieds / Saying goodbye to Miss Kitty.

« on: June 24, 2022, 10:51:25 AM »

Gonna throw Miss Kitty out there as life has taken odd turns.  16 foot Lund v hull, 50 HP 4 stroke engine, Bimini top, new radio, antennae, Lowrance HDS-9 Gen 2 Touch FF, 3 bank charger, steering cables and wheel, plywood, many other knick knacks included rod holders, bait tank and so on. Leaving the state so selling as a whole package rather than parting it out for now. Not shown is Minn Kota trolling motor.

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General Board / Sell as is or as part out project boat?

« on: June 17, 2022, 09:17:19 AM »

Life has taken a rotten turn and looking to down size many things. Looking to off load the boat but debating sell as a project or parting it out.

Thoughts?

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Fishing Talk / OB pier 7 gill harvest.

« on: December 23, 2020, 11:17:43 AM »

 

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/dec/22/stringers-large-7-gill-shark-caught-ob-pier/

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Freshwater Boat Fishing Reports / Guyana March 2020

« on: March 20, 2020, 04:14:43 AM »

Due to the Corona madness we had to bug out 3 days early. I had concocted a plan for giant cats that would avoid the relentless black piranhas up to 6 lbs We got back to camp and got the bug out order so could not implement it.
 Will write up more in the coming days. Highlight was a 200+ lb Arapima.

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General Board / Afterimage Rush fans play it.

« on: January 10, 2020, 02:32:18 PM »

 "Suddenly you were gone, from all the lives you left your mark upon"

Neil Peart wrote those lyrics after the sudden death of a friend back on the Grace Under Pressure album.

Today Neil lost his battle with brain cancer. Afterimage is now a theme for the Rush fan today.

My favorite band forever and one of the greatest drummers and probably greatest lyricist in rock history.

"When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart" Nobody Hero"

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Fishing Talk / Pain of sculpin/scorpionfish.

« on: December 11, 2019, 11:36:13 AM »

History has a show on called Kings of Pain where these animal handlers/biologist/bat sheet crazy idiots, whatever your term, deliberately let themselves get bit or stung by animals and rate the pain.

Yeah I know stupid but they went down to Baja and caught a scorpionfish to get stung by and it was one of the worst so far. So you want to see why you handle sculpin with extreme care watch what happens to them.

https://www.history.com/shows/kings-of-pain?newexp=true

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Fishing Talk / Haywire twist?

« on: July 08, 2019, 09:53:40 AM »

Got my tackle suggestion list for Guyana.  Says catfish/Arapima rigs should be black swivel and 130 lb solid wire tied with haywire twist.

First I heard of that but seems easier than crimps

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Fishing Talk / Another H mart location. Why didn't somebody mention it?

« on: July 02, 2019, 02:25:46 PM »

https://www.hmart.com/ourstory/post/[grand-opening]-h-mart-san-diego-balboa-store/

Did not know about this one. Just a hair off the 805 at Balboa probably the least out of the way asian market if you travel from south to north to fish or head home needing to pick up bait for the next day.

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Fishing Talk / Tomorrow?

« on: July 02, 2019, 12:27:25 PM »

Anyone hitting the sand tomorrow?

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Fishing Talk / 33 lb challenge

« on: June 10, 2019, 10:18:20 AM »

So for the trip to Guyana after river monsters the plane into the bush has a strict 33 lb limit on baggage. Clothes, tackle everything needs to be 33 lbs or less.

Rods I got some Okuma Nomads in the heaviest size coming on in spinning and one casting. 3 piece rod but comes with 2 different tips for up to 60 lb line.

Biggest challenge will be weights. That is a puzzler. Thinking small mesh bags to fill with rocks or tubular gauze to do the same. I'm open to suggestions.

Okumas should be here Friday hopefully. 

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Fishing Talk / Off a few days to fish

« on: April 24, 2019, 09:13:16 AM »

Off Mon-Wed next week. Desert winds will howl at 20+ so watch the surf will go super high or full of massive kelp monsters.

Jim

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Bait making in the river

« on: April 01, 2019, 11:28:42 AM »

No pic but needed a fresh carp for catfish bait, in the desert of course,. Went down to the SD rivr and damn turtles were constantly getting in the way.

Skeeters were starting to swarm so on the literal last cast with just 2 corn kernels left on the hook a 4-5 pounder decided to play ball.

Made a beeline to the weeds but managed to keep her out. Fillets in one bag, head and tail section in chum bag 1, body carcass with eggs in chum bag 2.

Been months since landed anything.

Jim

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Fishing Talk / Gonna need a bigger everything....

« on: March 29, 2019, 03:52:53 PM »

Hooked a Whaler, eaten by a Mako, eaten by something else...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/australia/australia-shark-fisherman-scli-intl/index.html

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Fishing Talk / Set your watch by it.

« on: February 01, 2019, 10:49:01 PM »

Off the day job next week and look at the damn weather. Never fails.

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Saltwater Personal Craft Fishing Reports / Baptism or epic fail

« on: December 21, 2018, 10:05:56 AM »

So took the yak down to MB. Launched out of the beach near hospitality point with a plan to paddle across to the bait barge.
Having not sat in the yak did not realize how restricted I was going to be. So get over to the barge, water drips on everything, and the west wind started kicking up. Not wanting to paddle against a gale I headed back to fish near the rocks from the outside.

Rod got tangled up and in the effort to untangle the hook leaned too far over and capsized. So lost a fair amount of gear, everything drenched because boxes were not waterproof, no dry clothes or towel in the truck, so paddled in loaded and came home to wash and dry all my tackle.

Lost a spinning rig and my castable sonar and need a recharge kit for the inflatable PFD. Expensive first run didn't even get a bait in the water.

Jim