Why is it so hard

[PhishLI]

21 hours ago, Deleted account said:

My back hurts just reading this....

Several centuries of Italian stonemason's genetics passed down courtesy of my momma. They were human pack animals. I seriously doubt I'm as hard as they were, 'cause ya know, I'm from L.I., but I can hack it most days.

[Deleted account]

33 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

cause ya know, I'm from L.I.,

 

Oh good, please join us in the circle, now the healing can begin, please introduce yourself, and remember, no one here will judge you...

[N Florida Mike]

10 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Try to limit myself to 3 rods most of the time

I only take 1. I move a lot, which means I don’t like having to continually stoop over to pick up stuff.

[PhishLI]

15 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I only take 1. I move a lot, which means I don’t like having to continually stoop over to pick up stuff.

That's why god made trees and bushes. To lean your rods against.

[N Florida Mike]

10 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

That's why god made trees and bushes. To lean your rods against.

What if there aren’t any ? A lot of the ponds here are cleared back a ways. That’s completely cool if someone else takes 3 , but it’s not for me .

[PhishLI]

On 5/3/2022 at 6:12 PM, N Florida Mike said:

What if there aren’t any ?

I use these when I do 3 rod hops. One rod is always in hand and 2 are placed in these, then I rotate as needed. On the shore and also when I wade way out on shallow flats. As long as your shoreline isn't made of granite they poke right into the ground. Send them home using your foot with the attached handy foot thingies.

 

 

[N Florida Mike]

11 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

I use these when I do 3 rod hops. One rod is always in hand and 2 are placed in these, then I rotate as needed. On the shore and also when I wade way out on shallow flats. As long as your shoreline isn't made of granite they poke right into the ground. Send them home with your foot with the attached handy foot thingies.

 

 

Haha. Too much work for this lazy boy..then Id have to carry them too. Kinda cool though…

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

That's why god made trees and bushes. To lean your rods against.

Not here, here they are for poison ivy and kudzu to climb on.

[Catt]

13 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

I don’t like having to continually stoop over to pick up stuff.

 

I don't know who did it but somebody keeps putting the ground farther away!

 

[Bankc]

I don't even carry a tackle bag when bank fishing.  I typically rig my rod up beforehand, and then just fish that one thing.  I'll usually bring along a second incase I get hung up, and just hook it onto my jacket or jeans.  

 

I guess that's the good thing about having a kayak.  When I want to spend a whole day fishing, and try multiple approaches, I'll bring my kayak and load it up.  When I don't have the time to mess with all of that, I'll simplify it down to just one approach and concentrate on maximizing what I can do with that.  It forces me to become a better angler with my chosen technique.  Plus, getting through all of the vegetation along the bank greatly reduces the amount of tackle that I can even throw from the bank.  

 

 

[BlakeMolone]

Don’t understand how you guys walk with multiple rods. I bring one either medium heavy casting or a lighter spinning rod depending on the season and where I’m going. I fish so much better not having to turn around and lug extra rods around, gives me the freedom to just walk and cast, cover water when I need to, and just focus on fishing. Bring a back up rod in the car in case you really need it, be willing to hike down the bank to find the fish. If they aren’t there keep moving.

[N Florida Mike]

5 hours ago, Catt said:

 

I don't know who did it but somebody keeps putting the ground farther away!

 

It’s further away from me because of done lap’s disease.

[Catt]

58 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said:

Don’t understand how you guys walk with multiple rods.

 

Kistler Helium avg. weight 3.5 ozs, pared with a Lew's Tournament Lite at 5.3 ozs.

 

At 70 years young I can still hold 3 of these.

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, BlakeMolone said:

Don’t understand how you guys walk with multiple rods.

Rod sleeves, reel covers, then right over the shoulder like a stack of 2x4s. I keep one rod in my hand as wand to knock down spider webs in my path. In the moment there's nothing quite as awful as a spider web, including the spider, wrapped around your face.

[hokiehunter373]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

Rod sleeves, reel covers, then right over the shoulder like a stack of 2x4s. I keep one rod in my hand as wand to knock down spider webs in my path. In the moment there's nothing quite as awful as a spider web, including the spider, wrapped around your face.

Reminds me of using my bow while walking through rows of corn while hunting and trying to avoid orb weavers and their giant dang webs

[ironbjorn]

Everything I am taking with me this morning. Pond: grass, wood. Conditions: muddy water, overcast, breeze. Everything not in hand will be in my hoody pocket.

 

[the reel ess]

I'm a kayak fisherman, so I can't take the kitchen sink with me. So I leave it in the truck, locked and I take one Plano utility box with me. I also take a few bags of the soft plastics I think I might need. I already have 6-7 rods rigged, so often I don't change up any of them. But even though I have the big tackle bag in the truck, I often wish I had something that I left home. I make a note and take it next time.

 

To keep it simple, you don't really need the full spectrum of colors and finishes for each lure. For instance, look at the colors for a Spook. Most of them are white on the bottom. Fish can't see the back of the lure. So you don't need one in 5 patterns. I only have about 4 colors of Trick Worm and I don't keep them all with me. If you do your research and gain experience you'll end up buying the same colors over and over.

[PressuredFishing]

22 hours ago, BlakeMolone said:

Don’t understand how you guys walk with multiple rods. I bring one either medium heavy casting or a lighter spinning rod depending on the season and where I’m going. I fish so much better not having to turn around and lug extra rods around, gives me the freedom to just walk and cast, cover water when I need to, and just focus on fishing. Bring a back up rod in the car in case you really need it, be willing to hike down the bank to find the fish. If they aren’t there keep moving.

Yup, it's a hassle to even take two rods, I normally just take one mh jack of all trades, and from time to time the jack of all trades m spinning rod

[thediscochef]

What I carry depends on where I'm going and how far I have to walk...and how close to 100 degrees it is outside. 

Days like today...it's 70-80 degrees out, I'm probably going to a spot that's close to parking because everything here is flooded to hell right now. So today, I will have my dad's old plano 6803, two rods, and a landing net. I have walked up to a mile with that gear before but it is a mule. For longer walks, it's a molle belt with pouches and flambeau 2003 boxes. This limits what I can carry, but I tend to only use about four or five baits total anyway. 

 

In the 6803 I have about 10-12 bags of plastics, three spools of varying leader, tools, a scale, and probably 25-30 jerkbaits plus lipless cranks, a Frog, a pop max, an a frame spin, a googan contender junior, chatterbaits, and moon eyes. I don't really need much else. I won't even throw half those types in a day, let alone a bunch of different colors. 

 

The belt carries all the tools and the scale, but about a third of the other stuff. Which again, is enough. It's hard though, I have a mountain of tackle sitting at home and there's times during a skunk that I wonder what in that mountain would shake it. Then the fomo sets in. But the more I think about my tackle the less I think about how I'm fishing, and the worse I do.

[Catt]

Holds rods together for easy transporting, add one attack bag.

 

[DinkDreams]

I usually carry a MH casting, M casting and ML spinning when I’m pond fishing and I’ve never really felt like it was “too much”. I personally would rather have the option to switch lures by picking up another rod instead of having to retie. That and I always try to find a topwater bite regardless of conditions so my spinning combo always has a follow up bait of some kind.

[hokiehunter373]

2 hours ago, DinkDreams said:

I usually carry a MH casting, M casting and ML spinning when I’m pond fishing and I’ve never really felt like it was “too much”. I personally would rather have the option to switch lures by picking up another rod instead of having to retie. That and I always try to find a topwater bite regardless of conditions so my spinning combo always has a follow up bait of some kind.

Usually my take as well.  Most of my fishing is an hour or less.  Saving time by not having to retie to switch lures is awesome.  

[jdr99a]

I’m nearly 100% a bank angler on my neighborhood ponds. I have a backpack with two rod holders so I’m always carrying 3 total rods. My bag has 1 3700 size Plano box with my treble hooked baits. I keep poppers, ploppers, shallow divers, lipless, frogs, and spooks. I keep the colors simple - shad, bluegill, dark, and chartreuse. I keep a thin 3600 tackle box with my terminal tackle, and a small box with a few wire baits. For my soft plastics I have a couple of zipper pouches with worms, trailers, swimbaits, Ned baits, etc. I also keep a spool of leader line, a scale, pliers, and a wacky tool. It all sounds like a lot but it’s a fairly comfortable bag with 3 combos and let’s me keep moving until I find fish.