[Scrubby rack buck]

,hope this new rod helps my mojo

At seasons end there will be thousands of Tica rods lining the ocean floor..

 

[catfish hunter]

I hope your current mojo doesn't suddenly contaminate the entire stock of rods in that make and model!

just dont let me touch your poles and they should be fine .

At seasons end there will be thousands of Tica rods lining the ocean floor..

at the price of them I can throw a couple

 

[Cat]

Leave it to the Kids to come up with and use gizmoes[hihi][hihi]

File and learn how to use it, ages old and wont leave you down. The only problem is you have to learn how to use one?

Gizmoe stick in the hole and away you go[kiss][eek][eek]

Not sure what broadheads you use but the ones I us have been sharp and the ones I sharpen traditionally well my forarms look funny in the fall from checking the hair I shaved and its all done with a file and stone and leather strob.

Light touch on the hocks is all thats required normally. [tasty]

You guys love projects and science[rofl][rofl][rofl]

 

[Cat]

You can't stickem that are hangin and you already lostem.

The fish does have to cooperate to you do know and get more aggresive and have the hook in the zone of there mouth. No science from sharp hooks.

I guess you guys are fishing barbless too, I take it?[hihi][hihi]

To many excuses some days are better than others and don't let a bad day get you down[hihi][hihi][hihi]

I'm a fine one to tell you that AH, when I live downtown[rofl][rofl][rofl]

BTW I went to a Dicks yesterday and almost fell down when I saw all the science stuff forsale.

Guess I should have looked at a hook sharpeners since I need one so badly.[rofl][rofl][rofl]

My head was spinning with all the differant gulp they had. The hook sharpner would have taken me over the edge [hihi][hihi]

 

[catfish hunter]

My head was spinning with all the differant gulp they had.

I bet we have more on my boat every trip ,between 4 guys we have 600 bucks worth at least

 

[telefante]

do tell yo, Im sure charlie would love to hear about the success of one of his jigs..Thats awesome..

Catfish....I used a whitish glow jig tht is now devoid of paint and hair but dragged over two dozen fluke, ten or so sea robins, and three bluefish up onto the sand. Before the blues shredded it the fluke were pounding it out on a sand bump on every cast. I got three keepers.

Your glo jigs are all that ....[up]

 

[telefante]

Ohhhh boy, look who is talkin about wiffin..

Pot, meet Kettle. Kettle, meet pot...

Scrubby in your case, I am going to go out on a limb and say that it is probably not the hooks and most likely 100% angler error. Seriously though, you might also want to look into bumping up the # test you are using so you can increase your drag pressure. I honestly think you might not be getting a solid enough hookset with that light of line.

Go to the surf rod for boat fluking....feely-feely....WHAM.... and no more misses....[up]

 

[Cat]

Is all that gulp working though Charley?

Anyone use those storm fish looking things rather than the bucktails yet?

 

[catfish hunter]

Catfish....I used a whitish glow jig tht is now devoid of paint and hair but dragged over two dozen fluke, ten or so sea robins, and three bluefish up onto the sand. Before the blues shredded it the fluke were pounding it out on a sand bump on every cast. I got three keepers.

tom they only hold up to about 30 fish but I am working on that ,they do land fish thought and for the price they can not be beat ,next years batch will be on the money .I am so glad to hear you fished them w/ luck ,when you need more just say the word

Is all that gulp working though Charley?

look at the pics cat ,most are on it ,I carry 200 dollars worth min.

 

[WackemStackem]

Crazy Catfish.. but he's right variety in gulp is Key!!

 

[MS22]

I forgot I am too young to know anything...damn kids and those gizmathingies[rofl] Its hard enough to imagine, let alone accept change[eyeroll]

 

[Cat]

Change it's killing me so I'll die with a file in my pocket[hihi][hihi][hihi]

 

[MS22]

Btw Cat, why is the simple hook file I reccomended a gizmoe?

 

[Schues41]

I usually just tie a new hook on when one starts losing its point. You're not going to get one sharper than it comes out of the pack with any manual hook sharpener. Unless its a crap hook to begin with.

 

[MS22]

I usually just tie a new hook on when one starts losing its point. You're not going to get one sharper than it comes out of the pack with any manual hook sharpener. Unless its a crap hook to begin with.

Doug i agree with this when it comes to hooks for bait espcially when it comes to the chemically sharpened hooks we use. Those hooks will rust on you after one use. But the hooks that come on jigs and plugs can and will dull over time. I am not going to throw out a good bucktail or go through the trouble of replacing siwash and treble hooks off of plugs and other jigs just because the hook dulled. They can be made sticky sharp with a few strokes of a file.

 

[Scrubby rack buck]

Im pretty sure the Mustads we are using for our bucktails are not chemicaly sharpened.. as a matter of fact theyre pretty dull.. Im gonna sharpen a couple and see how much of a diffrence it makes..

 

[BowhunterNJ]

What does Spro use? Gamis? They come sharp as hell out of the box.

This is what I used to use to sharpen hooks back in the day...seemed to do OK with smaller hooks. Has that nice groove/channel for the hook to go along.

 

[Cat]

Because its madison avenue stuff. Your taking the art out of things by using aids rather being a historian hook filer[lol][lol][lol][lol]

Besides carry the file and touch up a hook and thats all you need.

To tell you the truth on 6/0 up nickle plated to 12/0 I have wondered what a hook sharpener could do because the file is a little rough on me at times

 

[Cat]

Yous are getting carried away so it must be a weather day