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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:39 pm

thats a nice one, I make easy chenille jigs with marabou or yarn tails, I am going to try all my jigs on the cascade and cowlitz this winter. I still think my g loomis float rod is the best IMO along with a 9'9 berkely with a clear drift and aero jig/fish doctor.

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:03 pm

i like using a clear float for chum..color dont seem to matter since they aggrecive imo :tongue:
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Bodofish » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:16 pm

They'll hit about anything that moves. We used to toss spinners like the size they use on the Columbia for kings, huge orange things. Just below the falls by the museum in B'ham. C&R all day on those uglies!
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:34 pm

true they arent picky funn as heck to catch like yo say ive caught them on beads and clear float :scratch: ..nice jig btw bodo
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:10 pm

First cast with a stee-lee spoon I lost a nice hatchery buck at the bankon the skagit, First cast with a BC steel on the cowlitz got me a 13.76lb summer steely and then 2 cast later I lost it to a HUGE...rock. My favorite bites are the spoons/spinner hits and a king egg bite, the tug is the drug :cheers:

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:36 pm

haha you guy are funny you havent fished untill you get hammered by a 30# striper a 3 oz spoon/plug..a salmon/steelhat are mere whimps, ive had them hit so hard they broke plugs in half. this was when i was back in cali cali 10 years ago..boy i miss stripers.weird thou i used plugs/jigs all my life untill i came to wa ,its da first time i heard floszing fish haha
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Bodofish » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:36 pm

Nice one ODH!!! Those stripers are unbelievably powerful fish. I used to fish off of Pier 33 in SF for them. I had a buying operation there for a number of years. They hit like nothing else!!! A buddy of mine in Turlock fishes the Sac for them and always has stories for me! I need to head that way one more time. Thanks for the reminder!!!
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:42 pm

Rvr_fshr wrote:Hmmm no thanks, id rather get hammered by a 5 lb steelhead. Anyways, back to something of importance... Bonkers can you float the quilcene?
No, no, no, nooooo hahaha, the quil is like tokul, small.
OFFDAAHOOK wrote:haha you guy are funny you havent fished untill you get hammered by a 30# striper a 3 oz spoon/plug..a salmon/steelhat are mere whimps, ive had them hit so hard they broke plugs in half. this was when i was back in cali cali 10 years ago..boy i miss stripers.weird thou i used plugs/jigs all my life untill i came to wa ,its da first time i heard floszing fish haha
Hey ODH, I have caught some stripers and bluefish in sheepshead bay, new york, that was fun, my biggest was around 20-25lbs.

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:46 pm

yup yo 100% right bodo i got a buddy of mine casting the surf off pacifica in sf. hes slaying then now throwing bugeye jigs and kastmasters topwater plugs at night at cliffhouse. sacramento stripers get huge we used to use 12'' squalfish at sac river for stripers my personal best was 52'' faught it for a hour.
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:48 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:
Rvr_fshr wrote:Hmmm no thanks, id rather get hammered by a 5 lb steelhead. Anyways, back to something of importance... Bonkers can you float the quilcene?
No, no, no, nooooo hahaha, the quil is like tokul, small.
OFFDAAHOOK wrote:haha you guy are funny you havent fished untill you get hammered by a 30# striper a 3 oz spoon/plug..a salmon/steelhat are mere whimps, ive had them hit so hard they broke plugs in half. this was when i was back in cali cali 10 years ago..boy i miss stripers.weird thou i used plugs/jigs all my life untill i came to wa ,its da first time i heard floszing fish haha
Hey ODH, I have caught some stripers and bluefish in sheepshead bay, new york, that was fun, my biggest was around 20-25lbs.
glad yo got to experience other kind of fish bonkers then you know what im talkin about. were yo pluggin for them or flossz em hahaha only in wa... i never fished east coast but i heard them blue fish get huge and are mean as heck... 25# striper aint no joke dude nice [scared]
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:57 pm

we were with a charter and we were plunking eels and yeah those blue fish are mean teethy fish, if you though a chum was bad you have not seen a blue fish, we had hooked some that broke our line at the hook and we were using really heavy line too. #-o

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:02 pm

Rvr_fshr wrote:O, "the big quilcene" is like tokul huh tricky name I guess lol
yeah, there is a little quilcene less than a mile away, hey do you tie twitching jigs too? becuase those work real well in the right holes, think pink.

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:57 pm

buddy just stopped by my home he got da biggest puy ho this yr sofar he landed 30 silvers today catch and release and kept this monster 15# ho,keep in mind he weighs almost 300lbs #-o
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by bugmasta » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:33 pm

OFFDAAHOOK wrote:buddy just stopped by my home he got da biggest puy ho this yr sofar he landed 30 silvers today catch and release and kept this monster 15# ho,keep in mind he weighs almost 300lbs #-o
Was he wearing an Oakland athletics hat? Some guy was and was just slaying them while I was there. He caught 5 for every 1 I caught. He was releasing everything. Mine was only about 9 lbs that I kept.

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by Brat Bonker » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:41 am

nice jack :-" 8-[

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:00 pm

jello :tongue: bonker quit wastin time on da q and catch some real silvers @ puker hahaha [woot]
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:03 pm

bugmasta wrote:
OFFDAAHOOK wrote:buddy just stopped by my home he got da biggest puy ho this yr sofar he landed 30 silvers today catch and release and kept this monster 15# ho,keep in mind he weighs almost 300lbs #-o
Was he wearing an Oakland athletics hat? Some guy was and was just slaying them while I was there. He caught 5 for every 1 I caught. He was releasing everything. Mine was only about 9 lbs that I kept.
hes my friend just mover up from cali..hes da destroyer [scared]
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by returnofthefish » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:54 pm

Nice fish ODH. Looks like I need to start fishing my home river again.

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Re: today catch of da day

Post by OFFDAAHOOK » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:18 pm

returnofthefish wrote:Nice fish ODH. Looks like I need to start fishing my home river again.
its on fire rotf...havent seen a silver run this good in a while
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Re: today catch of da day

Post by bugmasta » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:23 pm

OFFDAAHOOK wrote:
bugmasta wrote:
OFFDAAHOOK wrote:buddy just stopped by my home he got da biggest puy ho this yr sofar he landed 30 silvers today catch and release and kept this monster 15# ho,keep in mind he weighs almost 300lbs #-o
Was he wearing an Oakland athletics hat? Some guy was and was just slaying them while I was there. He caught 5 for every 1 I caught. He was releasing everything. Mine was only about 9 lbs that I kept.
hes my friend just mover up from cali..hes da destroyer [scared]
Saw him walk out with a small jack tonight. Lost mine in the bushes on the far side. Spooled me 3 times before he made a final dash for the bushes and got all snagged up. Snapped him off and he stayed there for a while as he was pretty tangled up. Drove over to see if I could free him but he w gone by the time I got there. I'll get him next time.

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