B8buket

Tryin something here.......IT WORKS

hermit......I would like to believe they taste like their saltwater cousin...I'd

probably be selling alot of fishin tackle if they did......to cocentrate my efforts on pursuing them.....

but I dont think it'll happen.......at least until YOU eat one :shock:

Heres the saltwater cousin the one with the black bars (black drum) the

other one on top is a pompano. This is a picture from last year.....this

year I'll get a better picture of the fish so you can see the similiarities.

The fillets from both of these fish are really firm......we thru them right

on the grill ....flipped'em a couple of times........never fell apart like freswater fish and they are gooooood.

hermit,

I met a guy years back......that used to schedule his vacation time to

coralate with the sheephead spawn at Mays Point....This guy loved to eat these fish....

he claimed they tasted better than perch...now either he had

NO tastebuds or this is true.....I'll pass .....I'll let you be the judge

I'm headin to warmer water Cocao Beach in a couplwe weeks.....my

Dad and I catch alot of Black drum down there.......along with pompano

snook...reds...jack crevale....the black drum looks exactly like what we

have up here with the exception off black vertical bands.......I tell you

what those babies are some good eats!!!

I was reluctant at first.....but everyone assured me they cooked up well....

I liked them better than the pompano.....which everyone said was the

one to eat.......go figure :roll:

Wheres the storm jrs.?

Yankee,

Wouldn't Seneca and Cayuga be considered navagatable waters due to the Canal system?

Splitshot115

The answer is YES!

HOLY CRAP....Ive never seen one with that coloration....they're usually

dime silver....It looks like your fishin in the lake....I've heard alot of

sheephead inhabit the waters in front of the power station.....you know

north of the LAUNCH (that everyones using right now).... and on the the other side. I also heard they like crayfish.

What time of the year do you target them?

SOLD.....SOLD.....SOLD....SOLD

Uniden (Solara)

Brand spankin new.....$50.00.... includes shipping

I've used it to drift crayfish for smallies on bottom and once a huge drum, both in the lake. Haven't used the reel in a stream yet, only used a float a few times (on lakers no less) so I'm not really sure about traditional techniques... but if you can effectively reach the strike zone and keep your bait there, go for it! Fun to use for whatever. Hope it helps, have fun.

Do you actively fish for drum...or was it jus t a fluke that you picked one

up drifting for smallies?

Thanks everyone ....appreciate the help...it makes sense to me now...

thanks again!

I'm no paypal expert but here is what I know. if you get a paypal account you can use it to buy things, and it will charge your credit card, which is on file. Or you can use money that you build up in your paypal accounbt to buy other things. I use mine on Ebay. When soemone pays me, I get in my paypal account and then the money is transfered to my bank checking account. It is a secure trasnfer, and it sometimes is insured.

I would suggest you go on ebay and look up paypal. I found it pretty simple to get started.

BTW, their is a fee everytime you do a transaction. So, if I get a payment from an Ebay item I sold, a small amount is deducted.

I'm all set with my account......I'm wondering.....without putting my lures

on ebay.......how someone would be able to make a payment to my account if they wanted the lures that I posted on this site?

Is it even possible......It seems like this person would need some type

of info. to make a payment to my account......still confused

Can anyone give me a short explination of how this works......specifically

excepting payment from someone on this site?

I'm selling some lures to another member from this site....he wanted to

know if I can except payment from PayPal (which I can)....obviously you

might have figured out that this is my first go around with this payment

method.

I'm a little confused how the process works......I couldnt find out much

info. on the PayPal website relating to this issue.

I have other nice STUFF to sell.......and I ALSO would like to be able to purchase items thru PayPal on this site......

but Like I said I'm (a little confused) about how to go about this :shock:

Don't chince out on the nail polish either, use Sally Hanson's clear nail polish. The best there is. I use it instead of head cement on all my flies.

RR

I use it the same way.................

How about Tampax to plug the hole in your boat?

HAAAAAAAAHA HA HAH AHA AHA HA ,good one

Sent you a p.m. earlier.......have some 30's not alot and some 25's,

maybe a dozen of each........have to dig'em out and see.

Nope - all set now.

10-4

I'm just curious (for now)....are you still looking for these reels?

Sliderman,

I just started this type of fishing not that long ago. The best advice I can give you is get a charter sled to take you out. Pay attention to what is going on and where to troll. One little trick I have used in the past and this works on open water also, is to bring a hand held GPS with you and mark way points when you hit fish. Now if you paid attention

On what to do and how to do it, you now have some hot spots when you and your buddy go out. A charter sled is well worth the investment.

Check out the link below and find out why I switched to sled trolling.

Good luck

Rick

I UNDERSTAND NOW...........Its better to keep moving......trolling definately seems it would be safer.

dieselhp,

Its obvious you've spent alot of time at this.....you dont see to many fisherman ice trolling and

the ones that do are pretty tight-lipped about it........

I wouldnt consider myself a newbie at this, but I do have

questions about it and hopefully with your help.......I can HONE my

techniques...

Then everyone will know where you are and what you tell them on the radio would have to be the truth!

Dont care who yar, thats funny right there......GOOD ONE!

O.k back to the MARKS ...did you find that the majority of them

were suspended in the water column or throughout? I'm assuming

that there's gotta be some kind of thermo setup in that depth of water.....

One more thought.......... I've run BAGS also in a similiar situation that you were in and you're right they just drag behind you......how do you get

them to open up?..........I think you were trolling too slow....maybe you should pick it up a bit :mrgreen: Open that sled up next time!

Why do they use those mooching reels for trolling for salmon in Alaska and such? Just an ultra light rig or what?

Its definately not an ultra light rig ....they're actually pretty stout..

I've watched them catch (silvers) cohos on them......but I havent

seen them actually go for kings w/this setup......It is kinda strange

that they would use these setups vs,. what is typically used around

here in the boats.........MAYBE ....somebody will chime in and explain?

If I'm not mistaken the Hermit uses a centerpin jigging for lakers at times.

Splitshot115

Isn't a centerpin setup similar(lighter) to a mooching setup.....like

the ones they troll with to fish for salmon.....in places like Alaska ,Oregon.

I've watched some of the shows on T.V. with Larry Cszonka....you know the old football dude.....anyways thats what they were using a(mooching setup)

The lake had a good coat of ice on it today. I took my rod and went down to the shore. Spent a few hours casting my lure across the ice without a hit. A nice guy pulled up on a snowmoblie and asked I was getting anything. I told him no. He told me to hop on the back and we will troll. Still nothing! The good thing is he didn't wan't gas money. I guess I will go to work.

I'm board

Did you graph anything at all?

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Sliderman,

I use a large plain black jighead.3/8oz. sounds about right. I've never had much luck with smaller hooks mainly because the smaller sizes tend to get straightened right out with a decent pike. The rubberworm is about any 6" or so worm.

My dad and I used to go to the thousand islands a few times a year. One time we were fishing in a bay and a charter boat was there also. Fishing was slow for us and the charter boat couldnt keep em off the hook. We watched them with binoculars and saw that black jighead and worm. We both tried it and started catching fish.....Then again somedays it wont draw a strike.

You know how pike fishing is...You try something new when fishin's slow and bang you catch about 3 in three casts. The everyone in the boat switches to that bait and no more fish.

Good post....come to think of it...I dont know how many times I picked

up a pike wormin for bass....thanks