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The seafarers life definitely creates a few characters .I knew this guy personally...Captn Mundus...the guy they modeled Captn Quint after in the movie Jaws....
The seafarers life definitely creates a few characters .I knew this guy personally...Captn Mundus...the guy they modeled Captn Quint after in the movie Jaws....
I couldn’t leave everyone with just the image of a hole in the ice so luckily enough I went fishing today with wifey and can provide a little more visual affect . On current form looks like you’ll be visiting my backyard first ?Found a little open water, but didn't find the fish. Still great to wet a line though. I also managed to wreck my throat a little yelling at some moronic kids to get off the ice. They were on the other side and wandered probably 80 yards off shore before I hollered. Fuckin' idiots' corpses would have ended up somewhere in Saskatchewan if they'd gone through.
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One of the most effective walleye crankbaits I ever used was a WallyWorld cheapie. They were around $5 each when the rapala's were over twice that. It was a deep diver with glowing eyes and a really nice action. I still have half a dozen kicking around. The hawgs would come off bottom or out of the pencil reeds and slam them hard.I found them at Walmart in mid 90s
Every Rapala I bought ended up in a god damn tree or bush I thought i could cast up under. At least $50+ dollars worth. I think they were $6 back in late 90s.One of the most effective walleye crankbaits I ever used was a WallyWorld cheapie. They were around $5 each when the rapala's were over twice that. It was a deep diver with glowing eyes and a really nice action. I still have half a dozen kicking around. The hawgs would come off bottom or out of the pencil reeds and slam them hard.
I have a box of expensive cranks that rarely get used because they cost too much to lose. Yeah, I know it's stupid. /shrug
Crankbaits just take up so much space, and are so specialized for depths, in addition to the ridiculous prices($10-15 CAD for most, last I checked). I can probably take the same money and fill a tackle box with three times as many spoons and jigs and inline spinners in the same space, and be able to confidently cover a lot more situations.Every Rapala I bought ended up in a god damn tree or bush I thought i could cast up under. At least $50+ dollars worth. I think they were $6 back in late 90s.
Oh yeah! Watching pro fishermen on TV with several boxes of nothing but crank baits in their $60,000 master craft or ranger boats, lol.Crankbaits just take up so much space, and are so specialized for depths, in addition to the ridiculous prices($10-15 CAD for most, last I checked). I can probably take the same money and fill a tackle box with three times as many spoons and jigs and inline spinners in the same space, and be able to confidently cover a lot more situations.
There's something like 19 species of game fish in the province and I've caught all but the Golden Trout. I have a stupid amount of gear at home, but given that I either fish from a canoe or walk streams most of the time, I need maximum utility from everything I bring along. I have friends that have large craft, with room for 3 or 4 suitcase sized tackle boxes, but that's not my style. Given all that, I rarely have more than 2 or 3 cranks along with me.
I used to dream of being on the bass master professional tour! Winning a brand new Ford or Chevy truck and a ranger boat on top of that 6 figure check!I've cashed a bunch of checks fishing...that shit never gets old!
I had a buddy that fished some of the Walleye Trail tournaments for a few years and that shit is hard work for very little return for the vast majority of tourny guys.I used to dream of being on the bass master professional tour! Winning a brand new Ford or Chevy truck and a ranger boat on top of that 6 figure check!
There's nothing wrong with Either Way...Oh yeah! Watching pro fishermen on TV with several boxes of nothing but crank baits in their $60,000 master craft or ranger boats, lol.
Like you I'm a bare minimum fisherman so I'll take a backpack with a random collection of spinners, jigs, hook/sinkers and plastic worms/grubs.
Never see me without a smile on my face hauling ass in a bass boat.You all got me wanting to go out..but I have given most everything away that I moved out here...
So oh well... I'll just remember the 75mph runs on glass at 5am???