Catch of the day [Fishing]
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I've lived here for about 15 years, yesterday was the first time I have started to explore the many creeks we have…I'm thinking that there may be some excellent Bass fishing in them in the coming weeks.
Today, I am off for an early morning Tope (type of shark) session from the beach about 20 miles away…
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Good luck G. Use google earth to find more fishing spots. It’s the best for finishing structure and seeing where fish could be.
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Gotta be some fish hanging out by what looks to be an old dock?
Teaching my 11yo to fly fish. Getting him started on a Tenkara rod. I’m getting addicted to it’s simplicity. I believe Tenkara originated in Japan.
Landed his first fish today. Tossed him back in hopes of catching him a little bigger.
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Nice little largie on a wooly bugger. I think that was my first fly fishing catch as well. Well done dude
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@Matty123 Wooly Bugger is hard to beat when nothing is happening on the surface. He was so excited. Made my day.
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Restocks are the best. I’ve a few packages in the mail System right now. I lost a big one the other night and it was my fault Slot size for stripers here is 28”-35” I broke a cardinal rule and tightened the drag on a fish that was over a slot size…. pulled the hook. It’s kept me up for two nights straight.
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Hey Giles do you ever fish with bucktail jigs over there?
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Try some bucktails man!
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Minnesota's slogan is the "land of 10,000 lakes", but we actually have many more than that.
One of my favorites is Lake O'Dowd in the southwest metro.
My buddy and I caught a few pike and about 10 bass up to 17".
If there's one thing quarantine/pandemic has taught me, it's enjoying the little things.
@Giles do you have a pair of lightweight fishing gloves you can recommend? My hands have been getting fatigue, blisters, and torn up from the braided line after 6 hours of casting.
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The best gloves I have ever used are these:
https://www.amazon.com/Anglers-Design-ADG-08-offshore-Globe/dp/B009M8RPEK
I have almost worn through my second pair and am I miffed that they don't appear to be available anywhere any longer.
I've bought a few other pairs as back-ups, but none so far have been as good as the anglers design and I end up giving them away.
In the tropics I always take a spare pair, because I simply can't give an 8oz lure with 100lb braid the umph I need, without losing a finger. So I have backups just in case.
So I'm going to need to look for alternatives myself.
I may try these:
https://www.pechextreme.com/en/gloves/2995-10320-bkk-full-finger-gloves.html
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First on a fly rod -
Lake Minnewashta is my favorite metro Minneapolis lake. My fishing buddy cancelled because it was raining at 5:30 AM. boy did he ever miss a great day, however i skipped fish selfies as they never turn out well.
my Lund tied to the dock in the last pic
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This was not my fish, but I had Google-Earthed the crap out of the local coastline and found an area that I thought looked good. It does require wading through waist deep water to get to some of the shingle banks.
I went with a mate yesterday and we had six between us (
he had 5 and I had 1
), so I'll be back. I think we have cracked the best state of tide too…
