Tyfisher

Have a puppy named Fluke. Looking forward to bringing him fishing once all this snow is done.

Hey folks, I've been using straight flouro for plastics and hard baits, but have been considering trying out using braid with a flouro leader this year, especially for plastics. What would people recommend on a spinning and casting setup that are being used for all-purpose use? I mainly fish from shore and generally carry one spinning and one casting.

I've used the wtd lure and have had good success with it. As MO_LMB said, each lure looks really nice in and out of the water and they have Owner hooks on them (which is nice considering the sorry state of many hardbait hooks out of the box). The one thing that stands out to me is the lack of rattle in any of these lures, they are all "silent".

My first was on a wacky rigged berkley trick worm. I didn't really know what I was doing and just hung on. This was only a couple years ago, but looking back on it may as well be another life...I've learned so much and caught so many fish starting from just that one.

haha, I actually had this happen on Sunday (though with NH-sized bass). Was reeling in a dink and had two bass, probably in the 2-3.5lb range, come after him and take some swipes, but even if they had engulfed him I think a hookset would be unlikely. Certainly is fun to see though! I wished there was another person next to me to toss a plastic to them and hook up.

Where did you access Wheelwright from? I've always wanted to fish there, but haven't found any reasonable way to get access (this is speaking as a shore fisherman).

Always love your night fishing pics, Nev. Those are some quality fish. I was throwing a buzzbait for the first time last night and caught one just shy of 3lbs, was quite pleased!

This happened to me yesterday evening while fishing a small local pond. Was casting a 3/8 spinner on my baitcaster from a small clearing surrounded by trees...enough room to cast sidearm. After 10 or so successful casts I brought the rod back to cast again, brought it forward and the spinner nicked a dangling branch, but didn't get hung up and the cast followed through fairly smoothly. My line and lure started to go out and everything seemed fine, but when the spinner pulled the line taught it just continued on..and on..and on. I'm guessing the branch nicked my knot pretty good and caused it to break when it reached full extension. Ultimately I watched my spinnerbait sail halfway across the little pond and land with a solid plunk. I couldn't do anything but smirk and tie something else on.

Thanks, Nev, I'll plan to check out Turtle after class tomorrow. Will also plan to get over to Gilmanton as well, always happy to try some shore-friendly places. Thanks again.

Thinking about trying Turtle pond or Lily pond tomorrow. Have only been fishing a few small local places and have been getting tired of beating the same shore. Any thoughts? I'm in the Dover/Durham area.

Love it. I do about the same thing before I go, otherwise I get so overwhelmed with fishing stuff that I forget what I actually need! His handwriting is about as good as mine as well. Planning to head there for the first time this year in a few weeks.

Ed will be in my thoughts. Wishing you and your family all the best.

Posted in a previous thread, but my gf used a bushy green plant as a topwater on a 3/0 ewg and caught a little guy almost immediately...was quite funny.

I tie directly to the lure. I believe that crankbait type lures would be a lure that you could use a snap swivel with and not see much of a difference in catch rate. With something like a jig I would say that a snap swivel is going to have a bigger negative impact. I've seen these: http://www.cabelas.com/product/No-Knot-Fast-Snaps/701927.uts ... They seem like they would be the least-intrusive option for quick changes. Along the shore I've been finding a startling number of stray hooks connected to lures via huge snap swivels...just scratch my head and pick them up to be recycled.

Have had success using a "sexy shad" (or whatever name the company uses) spook while it's still light out. Have also heard numerous times that black jitterbugs are the way to go. Semi-interesting sidenote: today my girlfriend and I were fishing and she looked at a bushy, green plant growing next to the water and said "that kinda looks like a fishing fly". She took the trick worm off of her hook and put the bushy, green growth on...couldn't cast more than 4 feet, but it was an organic topwater that caught her a 5inch bass. Was quite funny to see it work out.