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  1. coryn h. fishowl
    Perhaps it is only in the heat of cabin fever here in the frozen desolation of northern Illinois that one can truly appreciate the little panfish we can so easily take for granted. I'm sure that most all the anglers on this site cut their teeth with bluegill. The are quite possibly the best fish for doing so. They are abundant, readily willing to oblige your requests to put a hook in their mouth (they're not renowned for being picky,) and pound for pound, fight much harder than a bass. This is very important, as having a fish that fights as hard as one a much larger species teaches that most important lesson in angling...how to perennially overestimate the size of your catch. They are quite entertaining too. Simply go see the fish tanks at your local Cabelas during feeding time...a school of bluegill attack and rip apart worms with the fervor of piranhas attacking an injured, bleeding catfish, in a manner often more entertaining than bass eating goldfish. The greatest attribute about this pint sized powerhouse with its indomitable spirit is its loyalty. When bass are busy staring at your lures and guesstimating how much it cost while your are dying of dehydration above water from pitching and flipping so constantly (to no avail), that you have forgotten to drink water, bluegill are always at your rod tip. Perhaps the only thing that matches their availability is the abundance of ways in which you can catch them...capture crickets, hook minnows, slip on a worm, ball up some Kraft cheese singles, drift a fly, or stop by a greasy fast food chain and thread on some pieces of french fries, there is simply no wrong way to catch them! They can even be quite sporting. Go after the big ones with little paddletail swim baits, or-my personal favorite-use a spinning rod like a fly rod. Yes, you read this correctly. I may occasionally use a water bobber, but tying on a a woolly bugger to the longest ultralight i can find, I'll cast it like a fly rod and strip it. Like I said, there is no wrong way...so have a little fun with it. My new method to catch the giants consists of taking a long rod, tying on a tiny tube, resting the bait on the surface and twitching it like a cricket. There is a certain strictness about bass fishing, a "do it this way and don't look like an idiot," attitude, but at the end of a long day, its nice to a act out your goofiest impulses and ideas and still catch fish. Especially on a fish that tastes better than the bass we devote so much energy to chasing, and that makes themselves so available that in the time it it would take to complete all 42 of your "last casts" before leaving, could provide you and a few friends with a decent meal! So here ye, hear ye, I say cheers to that loyal little soldier, that pint sized powerhouse, that tireless masochist, and delicious slice of flaky heaven. May you swim strong and freely through the water in life, and battered and tender through the oil in death! I'll be seeing you soon enough!
  2. coryn h. fishowl
    Holy crap...35 posts in a day...some of these threads do take a life of their own. haha. going off what someone said...Gotta love squarebills...even when its cold. I just toss a suspending one past the thick stuff, ram it into cover and let it sit for a second "dazed." If I can't see the fish pass on my offering...then I can (semi) legitimately say "works every time!"
  3. coryn h. fishowl
    So, what are your favorite types of fishing...we all have those methods we are really fond of. For me...I love fishing topwater frogs and poppers in the lily pads. Crankbaits through submerged trees...sign me up. Flipping and pitching, who can resist, and fishing a fluke over a weedbed or worms in the stickups are always a recipe for good times. So, maybe you are an ice fisherman, maybe you are a Kevin Van Dam crankbait burning son of a gun, or you love your dropshot rigs...whatever your poison, tell us about it, we (or at least I) want to hear about it....river fisherman welcome too. On another note....I HATE ponds/lake with banks that have manicured grass running right up to the edge....there is usually no structure, just muck, and water full of ammonia and algae from the decomposing grass. Personally I can't comprehend why one would willingly choose to fish in such a place. Any types of fishing you think automatically makes one eligible for metal health counseling (e.g. ice fishing)? Most importantly, the best kind of fishing is on that lake that feels like a slice of the wild, of heaven...the flit of dragon flies, the shadows of minnows darting through the cattails and reeds stirred by the wind, the ripple of a bass' fins breaking the water to the rhythm of the whippoorwill's last early-morning song on a sunrise painted lake, as life seems to bloom around you and you feel small and transitory, but part of something larger, magnificent. That is my kind of fishing...no manicured grass banks for me, thank you.
  4. coryn h. fishowl
    Bullet sinkers will pull a bait down nose first, while a weighted hook gives a more horizontal, gliding fall. Bullet sinkers will make the back end of a bait stand up more. I don't use weighted hooks for worms, but occasionally for lizards and flukes and craws, when I want a slower falling, horizontal, gliding action, weighted hooks are better. With something like flukes, it allows you to fish it faster horizontally, keeping it at a more stable depth...but a combination of the two...never tried it. Sweet, now I have something to test in my bathtub during cabin fever season!!!
  5. coryn h. fishowl
    That's why I give myself 2 lasts casts instead of one...so i don't eel so bad about staying an extra 30 minutes. haha
  6. coryn h. fishowl
    One woman at a local pond took this to an extreme, throwing bread balls directly at my lure...I cant count the times I've almost hooked a duck. She has a good arm for an old lady though...jeez. I love this video, someone posted a thread about it a couple months ago ...or maybe it was mentioned in one.
  7. coryn h. fishowl
    Now see, I knew people voted against you for president, I kept wondering how u won. haha
  8. coryn h. fishowl
    I went back on a cast and just as I started to cast forward, I felt a searing pain and the sensation of tension in the line. Looking down at my crotch...I saw 2 sets of treble hooks going cleanly through the jersey pants I decided to wear. There are two morals here a) Densely packed nerve endings and hooks don't mix b)Push down barbs on trebles c) DON'T WEAR JERSEY PANTS WHEN PARTICIPATING IN AN ACTIVITY INVOLVING HOOKS!!!
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    x2
  10. coryn h. fishowl
    Maturity...I think that's the name of a lure I bought while missing my cousin's baby shower. huh.
  11. coryn h. fishowl
    This comes to mind http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/bill-heavey/2005/08/girl-meets-bluegill
  12. coryn h. fishowl
    When you make it to the big leagues...I'll be able to say "I knew him first." haha
  13. coryn h. fishowl
    Wow,she's a beauty...and your wife is nice too. Man, I really want to go paddlefishing now
  14. coryn h. fishowl
    Is this true Sam? haha
  15. coryn h. fishowl
    Good for you, introducing people to the world outside the boundaries of their manicured lawns
  16. coryn h. fishowl
    Jimbo: *sigh* Bob: what's wrong Jimbo: I'm just havin some troubles at home Bob: Is it the missus Jimbo: Yeah, she said I need to stop spending so much time with my rod in my hands.
  17. coryn h. fishowl
    The great thing about fishing is, you learn from screw ups (because having a hook stuck in you or losing a $10 Rapala is a good motivator to not screw up again.) haha
  18. coryn h. fishowl
    I love this site for this reason...no matter what the topic, no matter how playfully it was created, there is always someone always capitalizes on the opportunity to say something profound.
  19. coryn h. fishowl
    I guess that although it would be nice to bring mine along...but if she was a die hard like me...then I'd have to...One thing I love about fishing is the lack of obligations haha
  20. coryn h. fishowl
    OMG This is hilarious...I hope she isn't on this site, otherwise you might need to watch out haha. 2nd best fishing story ever. Second only to the one where a woman dove after a lure and found armed guards pointing weapons at her head (she had dived into waters where wealthy, oil-dynassty arabic children are sent to in the U.S. to learn and socialize.) This comes to mind
  21. coryn h. fishowl
    Thanks to denial about the importance of other obligations...missing them for bass seems justified! THat'll go away as soom as you get a another treble hooked in your leg
  22. coryn h. fishowl
    I have come to learn that fishing and relationships have a close...well....relationship. Whether it be missing a friend's event because "the bite was really hot" and "I lost track of time" or because you stayed out for extra hour for (another) last cast and ended up catching a monster...only to be forced to hang it up in the doghouse. About two months ago, on a camping trip, I actually forwent fishing (for smallmouth in the Kankakee river in the fall during a low pressure front) in favor of spending time with a rather striking young lady in my group. SHe enjoyed fishing, but not as much as me...and overcoming the occasional oblivious, blockhead-ish tendencies of my gender, I managed to gleam, through nonverbal messages that she would rather spend time with me away from the river. As a result, we have been dating and it is going great. She even put up with my cabin fever-induced idea to run out on a frozen pond with a maul and attack the ice to make a hole. (My patience runs out with ice fishing...I may be a die-hard angler, but I'm rarely crazy enough for fishing through a hole in the Northern Illinois winter. I don't understand how some of you do it...do you use morphine or bring a T.V. with you to numb the pain and boredom. haha Either way, I applaud you.) So, what role has fishing played in your relationships, what funny stories do you have, and how might fishing ruin your New Year's resolution to be a better friend, significant other, or family member?
  23. coryn h. fishowl
    "If you think that was big, then you shoulda seen the one I lost." Lets see...general terms... hawg, toad, monster, bing one, slaunch, lunker, hog, basically everything but the word bass, and my personal favorite, "kraken"
  24. coryn h. fishowl
    I can see the madness part, 13,000+ posts...good lord man, I'm a teenager and I don''t post on social networks that much. haha Fishing>facebook So how is cabin fever season? Whitetail season is dwon too, so I'm weathering the storm with a new book...Bass Wisdom
  25. coryn h. fishowl
    LOVE IT!!! Happy new years. Sorry for yet another hiatus, my user account on my computer got corrupted/deleted. *sigh* Something similar happens to me too, quite often, I will go brain dead while reading the article...but usually because I find myself reading the stuff at 1:30 in the morning haha
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