Saving a wet cell phone after you dunk it..
Thanks Seamonkey. :HappyWave:
We try our best to help the new guys here, and as you said, no matter how long you have been fishin, you can always learn something new, if your mind is open to it....
Saving a wet cell phone after you dunk it..
Open the phone if it's a clamshell type. If not, leave as is
Take the battery off the back.
Put all in a quart ziplock bag filled with white rice.
Do not attempt to turn it on, just put in the bag covered with rice.
Seal bag. Leave it untouched for 2 days.
Worked for me, saved 2 phones this way. One of em had been in salt water overnight, found 10 hours later after I went back and searched for it.
When to Use Teasers, and When Not to use them...
Teasers are great when there are different forage sizes around, like late fall or whenever else you have rainfish, bay anchovies, etc. You have to counter the desire to use a teaser with the reality of where the fish are feeding, though. Sometimes they are feeding, on schedule, just beyond the last breaker.
Finchaser and SharkHart had some good advice about when and when not to use teasers. :thumbsup:
I summarized it and am posting it here....
" Got a few calls saying folks saw fish feeding, but on the end of the furthest casts....coupled with the big swell coming from that offshore storm, it made it almost impossible to consistently get in the strike zone.
Yet some continue to stay married to teasers, no matter what. :huh:
As Shark mentioned, sometimes you need that extra distance, it's critical to whether you get to where the fish are. Miss it and you get no action at all......
So learn from these valuable tips here, people...:learn:
Teasers are great for when the fish are in tight, but they can ba a handicap when you need maximum distance on your cast."
Getting beaten up by the waves....
Whether you are on a jetty or a bar, having waves crashing over your head and pushing you back can get you in trouble...
This advice comes from my good friend Joe....:HappyWave:
When a wave is coming at you, turn your body sideways and you present less mass for the force to go through, thereby making it easier to resist the wave...thanks Joe. :thumbsup:
Re: Surf fishing tips 101
I don't have much to add here but think it is important to be careful of the rip currents if you are wading out. A few kids got killed already this year when swimming.
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Ledhead mentioned this and I want to try it.
"Don't throw your gulp away that the bigger bluefish have been chomping on. I have been using the bits and pieces on the snapper poppers or sabiki rigs and catching snappers for fluke bait."
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porgy75
I don't have much to add here but think it is important to be careful of the rip currents if you are wading out. A few kids got killed already this year when swimming.
So true, every year we lose someone else to rip currents.
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cowherder
Ledhead mentioned this and I want to try it.
"Don't throw your gulp away that the bigger bluefish have been chomping on. I have been using the bits and pieces on the snapper poppers or sabiki rigs and catching snappers for fluke bait."
There are also a lot of spot close in. Fishbites or bloodworms does the job.
Re: Surf fishing tips 101
Early spring the water is still cold. They are not hitting aggressively now. Hold your rod. If this makes you tired go home and take up golf. You will miss less fish this way.
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^^Thanks for that ledhead. You should have seen it today it was like a picket line of guys along the beach but only a few of us were holding our rods. We were the only ones catching. Saw quite a few missed fish. It seems so simple but you are spot on it is important.
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Good point ledhead. It might seem simple but the little things like that result in more hookups and less missed fish, as you said. :thumbsup:
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A friend has been down in Fla for a month and has been outfishing the locals, so maybe I can say something to you all about looking at things differently.
My friend has been doing OK in Fla. He says the fishing has been tough because they have had colder weather than usual.
**Not all days have been good, and some have been poor. He's pretty honest and tried to share some of what has been working.
He was doing ok with fish overall with a white grub tail and 1/2 oz jig. He said a lot of locals fish on the bottom, and when the fish are there they all would catch.
However, there are different times of day, centered around the high tide, when the behavior would be different. He isn't really a guy to throw too many artificials beyond the occasional bucktail or white grub He fishes bait a lot.
So when it seems the fishing has slowed down, he puts squid strips on a high low rig, takes the heavy sinker off that many are using, and substitutes with a very small sinker, just enough to cast it out.
With these squid strips (BTW a very cheap bait to use compared to alternatives of shrimp or worms), he has been nailing Spanish mackerel.
Cast and retrieve at a pretty moderate pace, keeping the rig in the top 1/2 of the water column.
He's working for someone down there and can't always get out. His time is limited.
He has been trying to time his trips around the high tide. Some days he's able to put together double digit catches of spanish mackerel....I think his best trip he got 19 of them, all from a pier.