The Longest Thread in History - Page 52 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 03:57 PM

...Aren't you guys sick of seeing that Bloocrab Icon on the side of your screen???.....

...Feel free to jump in anytime!!!.....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 03:58 PM

....Ok, back to a serious note.......

LA !

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:12 PM

......What da ya mean I CAN'T DRINK DURING "MY" NINE MONTHS!!!.....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:14 PM

....THANKS FOR BREAKING THIS UP OX....

...I was wondering that myself, I think it takes time to replicate to the server.......

LIKE I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT....HA!...

....its OK though, I aint' lookin for numbers, just having some fun...

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:19 PM

......Ummm, by the way.....Tattoo...

..I WANT MY SHIRT BACK, WHEN YOUR THROUGH WITH IT!!!

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:28 PM

YEAH, OK BRUCE........DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU WERE SAFE???

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bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:30 PM

.....anyone else Daring enough to post a picture on here?...

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.......hmmmmmmmmm....let me check the Acrhives....hee hee hee

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:42 PM

....UH OH......

......I found this on another site, before he became the infamous BassMaster....

....he was known as .........

......FLASHMASTER!!! .....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:44 PM

.....Somewhere Over the Rainbow.......Stripers are thinking about coming back here....

.....HURRY HURRY HURRY!~!!!!.......HEY GOTSTRIPES, YOU STILL CATCHIN?......

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 04:45 PM

...Yeah, I know......I'm NO Luke....but, hey.....I'm just tryin to put some smiles out there......

.....OK....Gotta go.....someone else take over....

....But leave me out of it!!!......LOLOL......

...Besides, the half hour I talked about earlier is waaaaay over!!....

.....sheeeeeeehs, time flys on here!!!....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 05:02 PM

......I'm DISAPPOINTED!!!!.....

I just backed up to the Main Page....and 5 other members were listed!!!......and NO replys to my silly A$$ posts.....

.....SHEESH!! you guys got any sense of humor, or what???....

......Don't ya ever do anything SILLY???....

.....I EVER TELL YOU GUYS......

I WAS THE AFTER HOURS......HOOLA HOOP CHAMPION???....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 06:50 PM

Hey GB.......I got an idea.......

.....Of the guys on the CH list, who-ever doesn't post at least.....ummmm 25 times

......which isn't much

....by say ummmm.......TOMORROW!!!.....Kick em' off the Boat!!....

......and of the Fellas who are going to the Reeel Deeel, the same "threat"....

...BUT!!......If your going to attend both of them....you have to double up on the posts!!.....

......How's that for MOTIVATION?....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 06:59 PM

...Its about 3/4 of an hour to Low tide, I arrive on the rocks....carefully place my equipment down as I take the last sip of coffee. (I can't drink coffee while fishing

..always afraid of wasting time!!)...I cautiously slide down towards the seaweed covered rocks, to where the mussel beds start. I then proceed to stomp some of the mussel bed sections....(these are those tiny mussels that grow like algae

)....I try to do it where the tide is going to help me out. Meaning the last 3/4 hr. of the outgoing tide will hopefully be enough to send the "flavour" of the mussel beds to the depths where "MY" fish are...
......I then proceed to start cutting some crabs

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:02 PM

...back to the mussel beds. There are much more than just mussels being crushed here. There is a vast amount of life and "SCENT" that I'm intending to use as attractant. Some of you will probably think that I'm hurting the Ecological System, but any kind of natural bait...is effecting it in some way. Feel free to express your feelings on this.

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:09 PM

...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!!

....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....(

"my destination"..like I'm gonna tell you where!

)...and there are crab legs all over the rocks and surrounding areas

...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"....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:14 PM

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

...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

or at least the place will look that much more cleaner. And two, it won't hurt, only help your chances of getting fish.

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bloocrab
...I've tested my theory by leaving or actually hooking a leg or two on my hook,....

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?...

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:21 PM

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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!!.....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:25 PM

...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??....

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 07:27 PM

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

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bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 08:23 PM

...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...

bloocrab · 02-07-2002, 08:25 PM

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

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

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

...I hope y'all has a cents a huma....

bloocrab · 02-08-2002, 01:07 AM

..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...

....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...

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?..

slipknot, knotslip....cast it out and let it rip!!.....

bloocrab · 02-08-2002, 01:10 AM

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

.....Pickin' on us crabs!!!.......

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

bloocrab · 02-08-2002, 08:23 AM

....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?"....

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.

..."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...

.....EVERYONE SHOWED UP !!!!......OF COURSE.....and so we wasted the morning and any chance of gettting any rentals anywhere else that day...

....NEVER AGAIN!!....I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE RESERVATIONS NEXT TIME!!!....

bloocrab · 02-08-2002, 08:26 AM

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

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

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

bloocrab · 02-08-2002, 01:19 PM

....Anthony, if you fill that baby to the edge....

...you're gonna be losing a lot more than 20 yards.....the first few times

....if you got an 1/8 of an inch to the edge, thats ok.....play with that for now......LEARN YOUR BRAID!!....thats important. There are nooks and crannies about Braid that you'll only learn as you use it...don't be too concerned with getting it to the edge.....

.....just my opinion of course......