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  1. Kid Catch
    I've had excellent results with a RI Little Dipper rigged on a 1/16th springlock. If the smallies are feeding higher up and busting pods, I'll nose hook a 3 1/2" fork tailed jerk I pour myself and twitch it erratically on the surface between brief pauses. That Dipper sure gets bit out here on the D though. Strangely, between white, pearl/purple back, smoke, & black/blue, they don't seem to favor one color over another, with the exception of striper which tend to eat the pearl/purple better than the others.
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    Hey guys, First time posting in this section of the forum but was hoping some of you might share some thoughts on a photograph I've recently made. As a full time photographer, making the decision to focus 100% of my efforts on fishing-related photo & video was one I made with a little apprehension. Luckily however, I've been blessed to have found enough work to keep me busy. Prior to making the switch to fishing-photo only, I shot mostly commercial/advertising stuff. As a result, it's become a lot harder to call what I do "photography" as it's in fact "digital art". Referring to myself as a "photographer" isn't a fair, or accurate title, it's just... easier than explaining the specifics of my workflow I guess. In any case, my hope is to depict the world of fishing with the same visual integrity seen in other sports. I'm fond of the way other sports are represented, and there are in fact some incredible images floating around in fishing. My personal opinion however, is that fishing isn't (always) getting it's fair shake on the visual end of the spectrum. I'd really love to play some kind of roll in changing that. Perhaps that's pathetically naive, but I'm going to try. The image shown below is my latest and was made as a personal project in a print/web ad style, not as a product or catalog photo. I'd like to know what you think of it. What did I do wrong? - (outside of opting to leave line off the splitring as I found it to be very distracting when I tried). What could I improve? And would you like to see more of this style of work featured in and throughout the fishing world? I've attached a "before/after" of the image for reference. After the lure was extracted from it's background it was added to a composite with 36 other photos to create the finished scene. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Before/After:
  3. Kid Catch
    Awesome fish! Hope this helps:
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    Ha. If there's one thing I'm better than you at, it's completely butchering a frog pickup. Bet you anything. I started fishing the scumfrog about the time I was able to grow a "scum-stache" actually, - (ya know, that horrible, fruit-mold looking mustache you start growing when you're like 16 and feeling all cool about it), Til this very day I miss largemouth on soft bodied frogs about 40% of the time. Just not any good with them regardless of line type or rod/reel. I throw a walking bait, that's sorta my go-to thing every day. It's the one style of topwater fishing that I've found that flat out gets 2nd, 3rd, sometimes 4th bites from the fish. They just rail it and it'll deadstop both hands for a sec. I'm sure you've had topwater fish knock slack into your line... fast forward to 2:13 it this: VIDEO. Striper, hit it swimming faster than I was working it across top, big bow in the line, wasn't paying attention and I blew it. Saw the fish too. I don't handle those moments well.
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    Thank you very much man. I appreciate you saying that. Always loved fishing and photography and am enjoying combining them in work and leisure.
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    Thank you guys, I plan to step the photos up quite a bit actually and begin incorporating off camera flash mounted somewhere ahead of time, a nearby tree I suppose. Don't want to complicate the process and make releasing the fish take any longer than it absolutely has to, but I'm able to fire the camera using my phone as a remote, so if properly rigged I think it would produce pretty striking results. We'll see. Thanks again!
  7. Kid Catch
    Thanks much. Been a fun past few days.
  8. Kid Catch
    Cass Can Catch: Cassandra and I fished a family member's lake in Flemington over the weekend and had a lot of fun. She's only been fishing for a short time now so a good numbers day was much needed. And a good numbers day we had. We fished from 2:00- 9:30 pm and she hooked 14 fish. All on a 3 3/4" Salty Shad by Case, in smoke/silver. Nose hooked, twitched erratically after the bait's fallen a bit, and paused. Most fish ate it on the pause with the exception of a few that chased it down and bit right at the banks toward evening. I had her on a very lightweight 6'6 spinning set up, 10 lb suffix braid/8lb fluoro leader. The Cats Came Back: Encountered another, and much smaller catfish this time on a black/blue tube, while fishing flats in Bucks County. A Rare Bronze Bass: Had a great Raritan night on Monday. Floated from about 6 - 9:30 and we had a blast catching mid sized smallies on soft jerkbaits (salty shad) and topwater (walking baits). The fish in the Raritan are downright mean. I've never met a smallmouth that didnt fight like crazy, but Raritan smallmouth are something else man... And I for one, have got a whole lot left to learn about that river. Some footage I've been chopping together recently. Some of it (a lot of it actually) shot on an ipad, some with better optics. Just a heads up, the audio came out a bit wonky in the first draft so I suggest dialing the volume down a bit and adjusting accordingly. Enjoy ***UPDATED*** I've since corrected the speaker-crushing nature of the audio, and finished the cut of the video. I've yet to do any color grading or retouch on any footage, most of which, was captured on an Ipad that I'd mount to a gorrila-pod. The iPad footage while - prettttty impressive (seriously, use it, it might impress you), is in fact less forgiving in editing software than the boat footage which was captured with a better camera system. The whole thing still has to be tightened up a bit I think, and will be color graded. I'll see what can be done with the ipad footage to enchance it and bring out shadow a little cleaner than it captured it.
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    What kind of frog were you using? A soft bodied frog like a scumfrog/spro etc? or a Ribbits style soft bait? It sounds like youre throwing a soft bodied bait, in which case best I can offer up is to trim the legs (if silicone strand) and that a lot of soft bodied lures using a 2-prong often benefit from a bit of tension in opposing direction. 2 pairs of needlenose will open up them up just fine. If you're going to do this be sure to hold the hook low on its shanks and open the gap with even pressure. That'll keep the body from bunching up and preventing a good hookset. I'm sure you've caught plenty of frog bass so you know the whole hookset deal, waiting for the pressure and all that jazz.
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    Apart from behave like a child for a moment, cursing myself, the fish, and the universe? Lol... I'd give her time... and a name. Is she still there? Hard to say, some big females are kinda territorial but there's no way of knowing. Kinda think that even if she's skittish, if she's still there, it may not be out of the question to end up connected again. Even weary fish can sometimes be annoyed into biting if you can get a bait close enough to them to entice, alternatively (I believe) they can just as easily grow accustomed to seeing seeing the same lure thrown at them enough times that it no longer feels threatened by it and thus won't react at all. Be patient in working a spooked fish, it's not going to hunt down a search bait no matter how many times its burned past its nose. If it were me, I'd give it a day or so, and throw a large, dark ribbon tailed worm with an un-pegged tungsten on the nose. Id probably do a lot more short hopping than swimming being that the fish is likely on the offensive and not prone to become particularly adventurous in its feeding habits. If that didn't work I'd work my way up the water column into the middle, and finally back on top, if step 1 & 2 blanked me. A large number of people maintain that a bass will not strike a bait which its been previously caught on if it's in the same color and size, and I'm one of them. Just what my experience has suggested. If I'm hunting a fish I know I've missed once before, it's on a different bait than what I lost it on to begin with. Feel for ya tho brother, we've all been there and it's the worst of the worst. But perspective is everything right? At least you know you're fishing good water!!
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    Holllly cow man, think that big momma wanted that jig or what?! Took it deep! Congrats. Hard to beat a black/blue jig. Sorry to hear about the bath, but the fish sure looks worth it, better yet - you were wearing a pfd. Going into the drink just makes for a better story so long as you've got a pic of a brute to show for it, right? Congrats! What all happened there exactly?
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    Awesome fish! While I tend to think of the Ned as a jig, I personally fish it differently than I would a flipping jig, and on much different tackle. But your statement about getting bit almost immediately after the bait hit the water is inductive of a strong, active feed-mode during the time you were fishing, the bass were likely cruising the pond feeding on baitfish. I avoided most manner of jig fishing for a long time, but once you've seen the light, it's a tough range of techniques to abandon. Once you feel you've nailed down everything a Ned rig can do, try out a tube or craw, which are terffic bass baits for almost any body of water (like any lure- effectiveness depends greatly on time of year and fish behavior in that particular timeframe). In any case, it looks like you slammed them so that gets a big in my book! -Catch
  13. Kid Catch
    Any time brotha
  14. Kid Catch
    I was about 4 miles down river from you in the morning, before I left for the Raritan. Did okay in the AM, all on paddle tails. Funny thing is I've tried, and tried, and tried to get a consistent Delaware bite on the keitech and regardless of size or color it's been sparse action at best. Done better with them on an umbrella rig fishing largemouth in lakes. Although, my Girlfriend had a striper swipe at the 4 inch last Thursday but didn't swing and missed it. My personal experience has been that a Reaction Innovations or similar style swimbait gets a whole lotta attention on The D. I rig it on as light of a weighted hook as wind and current will allow, and am looking for a nose-down, very slow fall rate. Later in the summer I'll throw it heavier when smallies move into the faster nervous water. I (and the striper especially) like a blue/purple back with a white belly. I maintain that it's all about the fall, let that tail thump on a controlled-slack line and be ready to swing when they nab it. Not many mushy bites on the swimbait. Usually a very easily detected strike though I'm also *awesome* at getting too jumpy, swinging too soon, and blowing out the fishes mouth before the hook's had a chance to pin it. Easily lost triple what I've caught on swimbaits in my first year or so fishing them. Over time I've learned to calm myself down as best I can and familiarize myself with an effective hookset method. But it ain't always easy, know what I mean? Catch a nice one, and game over - hooked for life. If you're looking for a fight, you'll find it in the bronze ones,
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    Prank that my band and I pulled on our merch guy (person who tours with a band and is responsible for running merch booth at each venue selling t-shirts, cds, etc) during a US tour. Thought some of you guys might get a kick out of it. Enjoy.
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    The Dinger is poured with a bit less softener in the plastisol and has a much finer grain salt throughout. The Senko is poured with an almost sandy textured salt grain, with the exception of the 3 and 4 inch, the coarse grained salt causes it to sink a bit faster, but the softened plastisol sorta balances things out. A Senko sorta ripples while a Dinger tends to have more of a glide in it's fall. I absolutely hate fishing a sinking worm. But a sinking worm catches fish. And I sure do love, catching fish . I pour my own soft baits and it allows me to tailor my color and size choices to not only the rivers, lakes and streams that I fish, but specific parts of them. If you're interested in getting into making soft platic baits gimmie a shout and I'll do my best to help you out.
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    Msg sent.
  18. Kid Catch
    Thanks Catch! I've been told that 20 years ago it was absolutely nuts. Between myself and another fisherman I've seen an 80+ day or two on the North Branch, especially in the fall when they really stir up. It's also terrific smallmouth fishing in the winter. Big fish. No rats in January
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    5 lb bronzie?! That's what makes the tough days worth it eh? Closest I've come to that actually came out of (and put back into), ready for this - The Neshaminy Creek. 22 1/4 inches on a sinking worm I poured, on 6lb mono (had yet to make the switch to braid/fluoro. Subsequently I take my time on the Nesh very seriously now . That muskie must have been a trip, huh? I chase them on a fly rod every now and then but most often see them when they snipe a smallie I'm reeling in. They almost always swirl, bite, and freeze with in their mouth. That sudden flash scares the daylights outta me every time lol. Any chance you have a pic of the 5lb smallie?
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    Hey cool, very familiar with that stretch! And yes, The D is a tough river when compared to others (even local, i.e. Susk, Skuke). But as you know, the efforts seldom go unrewarded. What was your best catch on the Delaware?
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    Thanks man, I guess mixing work (photographer) and play isn't always bad lol. Taking expensive camera gear shielded by only 3 layers of zip lock bags is however, a very bad idea. Really need to invest in a dry bag - been looking at the stuff by Watershed.
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    Forgot to include the link to his channel. Here ya go man, hope you enjoy his stuff!
  23. Kid Catch
    AWESOME video and great fish. You certainly gave nobody any reason to think you hadn't been catching smallies for years (apart from the title of the post of course). That's a fun bite isn't it? Don't mean to give advice you didn't ask for but... Couldn't quite make out what you were spooled with but it looks like braid. Lot of debate over line visibility but I personally throw braid with a flouro leader on almost everything. My home water is the Delaware where the bronze can be notoriously fickle, if you haven't already, might be worth giving a flouro leader a shot and see if it has any effect on numbers if the fish remain picky. btw, are you familiar with Jeff Little's videos? He's got some terrific yak smallie videos too. Anyhow really great post, thanks for sharing!
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    Very cool. I'll actually be visiting The James for the first time August 18-20 for a project for work. Really excited about it as I've heard it's a smallie factory. Hopefully I'll get some time to throw a couple in between work days. Appreciate the kind words brother!
  25. Kid Catch
    Oh nice man! See you're in VA now, you fish The New at all?
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