Bloocrab, LMAO those are funny.

Good job.
Now , you need to get paid for that stuff.
maybe there's an opening at a cartoon place.
I have a neighbor that wants to start his own comic book but now his job is tileman's helper. He once worked with me , he ahs talent and you do too.

...Ok .....so now I grab my coffee cup (yeah, I know I said I'm done drinking when I arrive to fish)....but shut up and listen!!:D

....If there is any coffee remaining, its dumped out. I save the cup for my next exercise. An exercise I wish many other anglers would adopt. I place the cup in a secure location and cut my crabs above it. Trying to get as many of the legs into the cup as possible. The ones that don't make it, get picked up and dropped inside. You don't know how many times I've arrived at my destination....(:D "my destination"..like I'm gonna tell you where!:p )...and there are crab legs all over the rocks and surrounding areas :af:
...Some Idiots tend to think that just because they came from a crab, they're not littering. NOT TRUE!!...Its bad enough many fishermen/fisherwomen discard they're Hook Cartons, Dunkin' Donut cups...plastic crab bags, etc...etc... I could go on....but SHEEEEEESH!!!!.....you'd think they would have the common sense to know that they're wasting "CHUM"....

Ah HA, I see there's a little controversy in the Tattoo household. What a good husband giving up drinking while the wife has to :)
Ya get any sympathy morning sickness yet? :D

...YOU THINK I'M NUTS??...DO YA?....:D

...I can't say how many times, just for arguements sake...I've tested my theory by leaving or actually hooking a leg or two on my hook, just to see the effect.


.....HELLO MR. TAUTOG!!......


....trust me, throw the legs into the Ocean!!!....for one, the land owners will appreciate it:rolleyes: or at least the place will look that much more cleaner. And two, it won't hurt, only help your chances of getting fish.

If your reading this carefully, which your NOT!....you would have noticed that I said that sometimes I leave the legs on. That is when the bite is slow, I feel it helps a bit. Kind of like wiggling a lure, I believe the legs help entice the fish. But when they're biting, I chop the legs off. I don't want the fish pulling on the legs while I'm pulling on the rod....know what I mean?...:D

...:smash: :happy: :laughs: The second reason that I sometimes leave the legs on ......is



....LAZINESS!!!

.....sometimes when the bite is heavy...and I go through crabs quickly....I just grab a crab quickly and split em' down the middle..and on the hook he goes. But if I start missin' fish.....OFF WITH THEIR LEGS!!.....

...sorry for boring you guys/gals with my story, but when I posted the Sherrif picture of the tautog in a previous post. It got me daydreaming of goin' for Tautog!!.....and then GB posted that enormous Boar, and don't ask me why....but, it reminded me of a Tautog too....

......do you think its cabin fever setting in??....:cool:

...ummmm.....ya ever get the feeling your talking to yourself???...



:D:D.....:chatter :chatter :crying: :chatter :chatter :jester:

Bruce, the only comment that she made was about the last 10 hour drink-o-thon I went on with HABS and FISH-EYE at the last BLOOOOOOOOBERRY social.......it was something about being gone for twelve hours.....I can't remember...:smash:

I believe you are correct sir. They all changed from 358 to 377.

heck tough enough playing catch up with this thread. anyone out there ever break an ugly stik, and if so where did you go to have it replaced. took mine back to walmart with the reciept, but they said it had been to long since i had purchased it. (last summer) guess i'm gonna shoot a email off to shakespear and see what they have to say???

...believe it or not Red, you might be better off buying a new one...:(


...a friend called them up once and he said the price was close enough to a new one, with the shipping and handling...but thats just "here-say"...when you find out, could ya let me know....I got a couple of "uglies" myself....(none broken yet, but ya never know)....

...Thanks...

...Good News!!!!!........


I just heard there's a Blitz goin on!!!!.......HURRY!!! RUN!!!....

:D :D :D


....OOOOOOOH, I'M LIKIN THIS WAAAAY TOO MUCH!!!....:D:D

...I hope y'all has a cents a huma....;) :D

http://striped-bass.com/images/bloo/tattoorun.jpg

my new one was fine till i tried to knock over the stone wall with it and lost. guess it might just end up being a 10'5" surf pole.
did you hear the latest ...they signed charlie wiess to another 2 years as offensive co-ordinator for the pats. really thought he was gonna go to the bucs.

Is everyone else as glade as I am the Bloo does not have a picture of you. Great stuff Bloo !!:laughs: :laughs: :laughs:

I went to CMS the other day and ordered a new rod for my 6500C3. I have never used superbraids but think I will try some on the new rig. Who likes what and what is the down side???

Yep, I'm sure you can't remember :rolleyes:

GB, first this is probably not the best thread to ask questions, they may get lost in the sauce.

If you have not fished braid before, I would suggest Fireline. It was the first braid I tried, it helped in the distance of my casts and it's characteristics are not that far from mono other than the no-stretch and ya have to use a palomar knot.
Fireline is not actually a braid, it's micro-dyneema. But it still has very little stretch. Once it is broken in it gets softer and turns whiter. I would start with 20 lb then maybe try 14 lb for that 6500 reel.

I still use fireline 14 lb for surf fishing and I use whiplash 65lb for jigging the canal.

so what kind of rod and what blank did ya order anyway?

Thanks Slip I was leaning twards the Fireline. I posted this here in hopes that we would get some others to post as everyone has their favorite line but looks like it did not work. Have you been to the new Dunkin Donuts on 28 yet. Just finished that one and are now doing one over in Lakeville off 105.

have not been to the new one yet, I don't drink coffee.

You are the first woodworker I have known that does not drink coffee. Seems some days all I do is have coffee with one customer after another. Try that and drive around all day makes for lots of stops along the way.:err:

Well as far as braid goes I have never used it. I just picked up some Whiplash about a week ago and plan on using it for pluggin. Hopefully it works out well! I tried a few test casts and it workes great.




ONE QUESTION!!!!!!

I put the line on and didn't put enough backing so i have over an 1/8" left on the spool do you thin I should wind it on another spool than put more back and rewind again?? or will that mess up the line!!!!

thanks


this will prolly get lost but atleast I am added to the thread

I LOVE TOG

Speakin of TOG and braid I think I will try this whiplash stuff instead of 30lb mono. Will help me horse up some of the fatties. 60lb Mono leader with the 80lb braid should work wonders! I'll be pulling up rocks and tog!

holy smokes! looks like I have been missing all the fun around here lately!!!!!

If I am not mistaken somewhere WAY back dsomeone asked where the girls were....well here I am but I dunno where FW is......HA! I actually beat her at something .....magine that!

once upon a time there was a girl named Jenn....she was afraid to stick around this place because she was afraid of getting CRABS!!!

there sure are a lotta crabs round here...

sorry couldnt help myself:rolleyes:

where is my fellow loosah girl?:eek:

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..GB,........I've tried a few braids and chose Fireline as my favorite, for now....;)

...The PowerPro is too.....ummm.....fickle, I like the way Fireline "loosens" up after usage. The PowerPro can be a tad bit messier at times....

...Like Slip said, start with the 20...and work your way down. Either way, you'll notice a BIG difference with your casts...:D

....I won't say its like Night and Day.......its more like Midnight and Noon......;)

.it almost feels like the times when you whip something out there...and the line busts, and it justs keeps on sailing and sailing...:D


The Key is:....make sure it stays wrapped around the spool tightly!!!.....One bad loop somewhere in your spool..and :( YOU'RE IN TROUBLE......same thing with a knot, eh Slip?..:eek: slipknot, knotslip....cast it out and let it rip!!.....:D

:af: ...somebody post a picture of Jenn for me....I'LL FIX HER LITTLE RED WAGON!!!:af:


.....Pickin' on us crabs!!!.......:D:D









Welcome back Jenn!!......where ya been hidin???....:D:D

Got pulled away in the middle of a reply about 15 hours ago. I think we can make it.....

No not picking on crabs....they are great with some melted butter....mmmmmmmm.......;)

been hiding in northern Vt filling my need for speed!( snowmobiling is how I fill the winter months....)

as far as the little red wagon????? hmmm...I dunno.....;) :p :p

Anthony, your best bet for that would be to wind it on to an extra spool if you have one then do like you said and put more backing on.
I thought an 1/8" was good, do you want it to be 1/16" instead?

In the future you could start with the extra spool first working backwards, much easier.

I buy 1000 yds so I re-spool and don't worry untill the last spooling.

Hi Jenn :D

Hi Jenn http://striped-bass.com/images/new/mosher.gif

http://striped-bass.com/images/new/iamwithstupid.gif For all of the people that think we've gone simply bonkers on this thread, I just wanted to repost why we're doing this

....Jenn, my last snowmobiling trip was a FLOP!!!.....We had called up for reservations, and were told that we wouldn't be needing any......to just "come on up"....

.....So we did, we "came on up"....and when we got there we figured we'd go early, so we beat the owners to the shop. When the finally opened the doors up we hurried inside and said "2 snow mobiles, please"...
....they asked, "Do you have reservations?"....
:af: :af:

we said, "No, when we called up, we were told that we didn't need any!"

..."Oh yes, of course you do" said the clerk...."Who did you speak to when you called up?"...the clerk asked.

:af: :af:

..."Whomever answers your phones!!!"....we answered.

...He said "well, why don't you wait a little while and see if we have any NO SHOWS"....

.....so we waited...:smash: :af: :smash: :af:

.....EVERYONE SHOWED UP !!!!......OF COURSE.....and so we wasted the morning and any chance of gettting any rentals anywhere else that day...:af: ....NEVER AGAIN!!....I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE RESERVATIONS NEXT TIME!!!....

...We ended up on SNOW TIRES for the afternoon, which turned out to be more FUN than I thought......:D



.....except for walking back up that friggin hill, everytime!!!...:rolleyes:




:smash: :smash: :smash: :smash: :happy: :af:


......AAAAAAAh, the lessons life teaches us........they're endless...:happy:

DANG I thought we were doing this caause there was a therapist monitoring us .

Is it FRIDAY or am I a knucklehead ?
where is BM ? this is his kind of thread !

BM is on a cyber vacation at the moment... Let's let him recharge his batts for a while...