Clams, stinky or fresh?

[DarkSkies]

Rip bought what he thought was a bad batch of clams the other day. Without naming the tackle shop, I told him maybe the clams would be more productive. The water was colder then and the fish were sluggish.


(to me, these didn't smell that bad. I guess smell is subjective. G has been fishin with me, and the clams we sometimes use would burn the paint off your car...):upck:
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I don't think there have been scientific studies to see the "smell vs hit ratio" of clams. I could be wrong. :d

Fresh or stinky doesn't matter to me, clams is clams is what I say... :plastered:

What say you??

[storminsteve]

I love stinky ones.:cool:

[cowherder]

I like fresh better but only because they don't make your hands stink. What do I know.:don't know why:

[rip316]

THESE THINGS WERE HORRID. The meat was grey dude. I don't mind clammin or fishing chunks. The smell doesn't bother me but, these things were bad. Tackle shop should be ashamed to sell these things.

[finchaser]

THESE THINGS WERE HORRID. The meat was grey dude. I don't mind clammin or fishing chunks. The smell doesn't bother me but, these things were bad. Tackle shop should be ashamed to sell these things.


DS is this what made your waders stink:HappyWave:

[Simp]

Instead of "Riptide Rotters," should we call these "Rip316 Rotters"?:d

[dogfish]

Instead of "Riptide Rotters," should we call these "Rip316 Rotters"?:d

Hey maybe you guys coined a new trade name, could be big!:laugh:

[rip316]

Simp, that sounds pretty good to me. lol but, do me a favor. Do not believe what some people on this site say about me bringin bananas fishing. lol.

[Simp]

Lol!

[DarkSkies]

Rip, you're busted, I found your banana peels on the beach today and took a pic. Pebbles is my witness! :laugh:

I'll try to post pics later,



Instead of "Riptide Rotters," should we call these "Rip316 Rotters"?:d

In the meantime I agree with Simp, we should call them Rip Rotters. ;)

Just think, if next season you opened a bait place, you would already have the name recognition. You could make a mint with the Rip Rotters! :upck::viking::headbang:

[speedy]

Rip, you're busted, I found your banana peels on the beach today and took a pic. Pebbles is my witness! :laugh:

I'll try to post pics later,




In the meantime I agree with Simp, we should call them Rip Rotters. ;)

Just think, if next season you opened a bait place, you would already have the name recognition. You could make a mint with the Rip Rotters! :upck::viking::headbang:no banana s rip :beatin:

[surfstix1963]

I don't do clams at all but when I do fish bait it must be the freshest available or I won't bother.Just my .02 cents.

[DarkSkies]

Simp, that sounds pretty good to me. lol but, do me a favor. Do not believe what some people on this site say about me bringin bananas fishing. lol.


no banana s rip :beatin:


Rip, you're busted, I found your banana peels on the beach today and took a pic. Pebbles is my witness! :laugh:
I'll try to post pics later,
In the meantime I agree with Simp, we should call them Rip Rotters. ;)

Just think, if next season you opened a bait place, you would already have the name recognition. You could make a mint with the Rip Rotters! :upck::viking::headbang:

And now I present to you Rip's banana peel! ;)

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Bad mojo! :beatin:

[rip316]

It was a dunkin donuts chicken flatbread thing. I was eating the crust when Mrs. Cardoc saw me eating it. aaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[baitstealer]

You guys are funny. Bananas are supposed to be bad luck on a boat but I never heard about it for the beach. Looney tunes!

[rip316]

Evidently the crust from a god damn dunkin donuts sandwhich is. Because that's what I was eating. Not a bannana. JERKS.

[DarkSkies]

Cmon bro, it's hilarious. You should see the post about my stinky waders.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=592&page=3


I ain't embarassed, why should you be? ;)
You can't help it if you need to bring bananas everywhere you go...:ROFLMAO
If we didn't love ya we wouldn't be makin fun of ya.... we would ignore ya. :thumbsup: :HappyWave:
It's all good. If ya want I'll delete all references and posts to bananas, just let me know....:cool:

[rip316]

Dark, Are you getting soft on me. I am just kidding around. Make all the fun ya want. It's all good bro. I can take it trust me. Just wait until you see what I have in store for my new friends . Keep em coming.

[DarkSkies]

^ Well, I'm glad ya can take it, cause it just got kicked up a notch! :HappyWave:

Speedy, great guy that he is, heard about this, and decided to create a plug in your honor, the Rip316 special!

What an amazing creation! :laugh:
Speedy sez it's guaranteed to keep the :skunk: away!

You'll have to send him your mailing address so he can send it to ya! The generosity of you guys is beyond belief, brings a tear to my eye....:ROFLMAO:ROFLMAO




http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?p=36507&posted=1#post36507


The RIP316 Special StriperSwiper!
One of a kind!
Soon to be a collector's item!

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10917&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1272942444 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10917&d=1272942444)

[speedy]

rip sorry i just had too.

[rip316]

Okay, enough is enough. I don't even know you people and you are giving it to me about as hard as mywife does. HAHA. That is som funny stuff. Do you know what the best part about it is? I wasn't even eating a bannana. I learned that story a long time ago. All good though. I thought marriage made me strong, this takes the cake though. keep it coming.

[DarkSkies]

That is som funny stuff. Do you know what the best part about it is? I wasn't even eating a bannana. I learned that story a long time ago. All good though.

You're absolutely right, you weren't even eating a banana. But Cardoc brought the "suggestion" to the table, his wife thought it was funny, and we rolled with it. Me finding that banana peel on the beach was another stroke of luck, I couldn't pass it up.

That's how legends are made, bro. :thumbsup:

Why do ya think I carry my clearly labeled googan bucket around? I'm happy to have people laugh at my expense, it's all good. I met a bunch of cool flycasters because last week I snagged a 30# water logged pillowcase sunken in the troth as I was working my metal. We all had a good laugh over it as they asked me how I was going to cook it. :laugh:

And look at Killie. :wow: Legend has it that whenever he comes down to fish, the bite shuts down. That's total BS, I fished with the guy and he knows how to catch. However, in his case the legend of "no fish" is funny and longer lasting than a guy who CAN catch fish. He'll continue to be the guy who "shuts the bite down", it's much funnier that way.

Another embellishment was one of the recent times I fished with G. I said he was hanging over the bridge and the police came. He wasn't doing that. The actual story was more boring. It was me slightly peering over the edges looking down at each piling to scout if any bunker were stacked around them. No one was hanging over a bridge. But someone had thoughts that we were, and said there was a jumper. The truth would have been much easier to write. But so much more boring, so that's how that story came about.

So, along those lines, we created the story of you and the bananas, loosely based on the thinnest shreds of reality, all strung together for some laughs. :d

And now you have reached the highest honor :clapping:
Plug builder Speedy becoming so inspired that he created a killer "Banana Rip 316 Striper Swiper" :dribble: plug just for you! :rolleyes:

How many other guys achieve those honors in their fishing career? :don't know why:

Thanks for being such a good sport :thumbsup: lots of people telling me how funny this thread is already. These are the kinds of threads we can fall back on during the storms when we can't fish.

So to the Rip316 Striper Swiper banana dude, we all salute ya!!! :clapping: :thumbsup:

[Pebbles]

:ROFLMAO:ROFLMAO:ROFLMAO I can't stop laughing it is SOOOOOOOO funny.

If Fin is OGB, Dark is SOS, and the old fishing guys are OFFC then what name are you going to give Rip?

[basshunter]

:ROFLMAO:ROFLMAO:ROFLMAO I can't stop laughing it is SOOOOOOOO funny.

If Fin is OGB, Dark is SOS, and the old fishing guys are OFFC then what name are you going to give Rip?


Banana man?
Banana dude?
The banana bass dude?

That is so funny my sides are splitting, great stuff guys!

[rip316]

I feel like a movie star. This is so funny. I am having such a good time with all of you. Keep it rollin. Hey, where's my lure? I want to attach it to my trailer hitch on my truck or a new hood ornament.

[rip316]

Actually Cardocs wife has given me a nickname. Sure you will here aboutr soon.

[speedy]

the mad banana lol

[rip316]

Back Bay Bannana Boy. OK, there I said it.

[Monty]

Back Bay Bannana Boy. OK, there I said it.
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Time to start fishing ocean side.

[speedy]

thats a cool name

[speedy]

:D

[DarkSkies]

Wow, Rip is lucky no one here is really good at Photoshop!
Funny chit, dude! :clapping:


the mad banana lol


Back Bay Bannana Boy. OK, there I said it.

I like the mad banana better. Think it has a cooler vibe, Rip, I think it kinda fits. :cool: :headbang:

But if you want to name yourself back bay banana boy, who am I to stop ya? :don't know why: :laugh: :HappyWave:

[speedy]

rip is now BBBB OR TMB

[storminsteve]

I like the mad banana better. Think it has a cooler vibe, Rip, I think it kinda fits. :cool: :headbang:

But if you want to name yourself back bay banana boy, who am I to stop ya? :don't know why: :laugh: :HappyWave:

X3 for the mad banana, TMB Rip! :d

[rip316]

Back BaY Bannana Boy Is the name Cardocs wife gave to me.

[Pebbles]

You want to be known as BBBB? :eek: Too hard to say. I vote for TMB. Way funny Guys!!!

[rip316]

Tmb it is than.

[speedy]

Tmb it is than.

RIP THATS COOL :clapping::clapping::clapping::HappyWave::HappyWav e:

[DarkSkies]

Wow, Rip is lucky no one here is really good at Photoshop!
Funny chit, dude! :clapping:

I like the mad banana better. Think it has a cooler vibe, Rip, I think it kinda fits. :cool: :headbang:
But if you want to name yourself back bay banana boy, who am I to stop ya? :don't know why: :laugh: :HappyWave:


Back BaY Bannana Boy Is the name Cardocs wife gave to me.


You want to be known as BBBB? :eek: Too hard to say. I vote for TMB. Way funny Guys!!!


Tmb it is than.

I'm so glad ya went with TMB. Last night we were out at dinner tellin the story. Pebbles said BBBB sounds like the banana wants to enter the back bay, and no way should we let ya have that name. . :ROFLMAO (Wasn't that thoughtful of her?) :clapping:

We know you're not a rainbow dude, so glad ya changed it to TMB! ;) :thumbsup:

(apologies to Mrs Cardoc, ya thought long and hard to come up with that title, but ya might as well have given the guy a pink scarf..... :d :HappyWave:)

[plugcrazy]

TMB is a great name. Sorry Mrs. Cardoc looks like your out voted.

[speedy]

not going there the banana plug is fine lol

[cardoc765]

Quoting Mrs cardoc. She says RIP will always be her back bay banana boy LOL. She said it took her a few secs to come up with that name. She now calls herself the back bay b i t c h. For those of you who know her, know it fits because of her humorus personality.

I on the other hand see where pebbles is coming from. Thats hilarious. I didn't even think of it that way. Its all in good fun though. Swing any bats lately Dark?

Last night as i was fishing, i made a boo boo. I have a light on the end of my rod (HAHAHAHAHA) for night fishing. My line got wrapped around it and the bunker were getting tangled. I go to grab the line and untangle it and pulled my 2 piece rod apart. I jsut stood there a sec amazed at what i had done. :beatin: Good thing a fish didnt hit right then and there.

All i gotta say is that I wasnt the one who came up with the topic of making gay porn while walking thru an area secluded for anywhere but water.

[rip316]

The weather must not be cooperating. You guys have waaayyyy too much time on your hands.

[DarkSkies]

Quoting Mrs cardoc. She now calls herself the back bay b i t c h. For those of you who know her, know it fits because of her humorus personality.

Your wife is definitely in a class all by herself. She's a keeper. :thumbsup: :HappyWave:





Its all in good fun though. Swing any bats lately Dark?

If you ever see me playing in a baseball game, make sure ya bet against me. :lookhappy:

Just to show ya that no one is immune from ball busting..... :d

DarkSkies at the Bat
By Ernest Lawrence Thayer Taken From the San Francisco Examiner - June 3, 1888


http://ops.tamu.edu/x075bb/poems/casey.jpg The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day;
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, "If only DarkSkies could but get a whack at that —
We'd put up even money now, with DarkSkies at the bat."

But Flynn preceded DarkSkies, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat;
For there seemed but little chance of DarkSkies getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It pounded on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For DarkSkies, misguided DarkSkies, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in DarkSkies's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in DarkSkies's bearing and a smile lit DarkSkies's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas DarkSkies at the bat.

Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt.
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance flashed in DarkSkies's eye, a sneer curled DS's lip.

And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And DS stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped —
"That ain't my style," said DS. "Strike one!" the umpire said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore;
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted some one on the stand;
And it's likely they'd have killed him had not Dark raised his hand.

With a smile of Christian charity great DS's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the dun sphere flew;
But Dark still ignored it, and the umpire said "Strike two!"

"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered "Fraud!"
But one scornful look from DS and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Dark wouldn't let that ball go by again.

The sneer has fled from Dark's's lip, the teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of DS's blow. :eek:

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville — lunatic Dark has struck out. :wow: :embarassed: :ROFLMAO



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[storminsteve]

:clapping: Swing and a whiff, lol.

[clamchucker]

I use smelly clams when I am in a pinch. I have caught some nice bass with them. Usually right after a noreaster, when other clams are washed up on the beach, is when I find they outfish normal smelling clams. Or when the water is murky, they can be good.

[dogfish]

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville — lunatic Dark has struck out. :wow: :embarassed: :ROFLMAO



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Story of your life, eh?:laugh: :HappyWave:

As for the stinky clams, if you can put your nose in the bag without retching, they're not ripe enough.:upck:

[rockhopper]

Smelly clams is one of the best bait. I always find that I do better with older clams than newer ones. Just remember to bring a cloths pin.:d

[DarkSkies]

THESE THINGS WERE HORRID. The meat was grey dude. I don't mind clammin or fishing chunks. The smell doesn't bother me but, these things were bad. Tackle shop should be ashamed to sell these things.


Instead of "Riptide Rotters," should we call these "Rip316 Rotters"?:d


Hey maybe you guys coined a new trade name, could be big!:laugh:


Simp, that sounds pretty good to me. lol but, do me a favor. Do not believe what some people on this site say about me bringin bananas fishing. lol.



That Intrepid Internet Googan Rip could use a few laughs....
So I thought I would bring up this serious discussion on Rip316 rotters.....

It's the way to go...to get those bass on the beach......:)

With the snotty weather we'll be having the next 2 days, it might just be the ticket to that keeper bass......:HappyWave: