Outdoors thread

[SuburbanFarmer]

I passed out little pamphlets from Florida Sportsman to help ban gill nets when I was 10 or so.

[TheReal_ND]

Please rate.

http://discovercatfishing.com/2011/08/k ... avy-cover/

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

Overly complicated.
Pass your line through the sinker. Cinch leader to line. Clip splitshot on leader side as close or as far as you want your bait to drift.

[Fife]

That link has a nice drop shot rig; can't see much of your photo though. Drop shot is a fun rig for catfish. Get the smelliest, bloodiest, shittiest bait you can find.

[Ex-California]

Is that for catfish?

All you need is this

[TheReal_ND]

It's for anything when you're doing coastal shit with live bait around structure. Had a Mexican show me how to properly cast a net and I still don't have it down pat but I got good enough to catch a few little silver fish whatever the fuck they were. Didn't catch anything. This setup I have is shit, I can't cast very far and it's for multiple reasons that aren't immediately intuitive I guess. The bait caster real does not let you whip it unless you want massive backlash. The line I'm using is fine unless it's on the end of an eleven foot pole like mine. If I so much as cast sharp goodbye rig. Not high test enough. Going to keep the pole and get an open face reel with some high test braid and see what happens.

[Okeefenokee]

It's for anything when you're doing coastal shit with live bait around structure. Had a Mexican show me how to properly cast a net and I still don't have it down pat but I got good enough to catch a few little silver fish whatever the fuck they were. Didn't catch anything. This setup I have is shit, I can't cast very far and it's for multiple reasons that aren't immediately intuitive I guess. The bait caster real does not let you whip it unless you want massive backlash. The line I'm using is fine unless it's on the end of an eleven foot pole like mine. If I so much as cast sharp goodbye rig. Not high test enough. Going to keep the pole and get an open face reel with some high test braid and see what happens.

You're casting closed face.

Don't Texans fish?

[SuburbanFarmer]

It's for anything when you're doing coastal shit with live bait around structure. Had a Mexican show me how to properly cast a net and I still don't have it down pat but I got good enough to catch a few little silver fish whatever the fuck they were. Didn't catch anything. This setup I have is shit, I can't cast very far and it's for multiple reasons that aren't immediately intuitive I guess. The bait caster real does not let you whip it unless you want massive backlash. The line I'm using is fine unless it's on the end of an eleven foot pole like mine. If I so much as cast sharp goodbye rig. Not high test enough. Going to keep the pole and get an open face reel with some high test braid and see what happens.

That 12# line isn't going to hold up to surf-casting. Typically went with 20-30, when I did it. Use the length of the rod to cast - it's nothing like freshwater, you're literally lobbing a big chunk of weight over your head and forward with 2 hands.

[TheReal_ND]

It's for anything when you're doing coastal shit with live bait around structure. Had a Mexican show me how to properly cast a net and I still don't have it down pat but I got good enough to catch a few little silver fish whatever the fuck they were. Didn't catch anything. This setup I have is shit, I can't cast very far and it's for multiple reasons that aren't immediately intuitive I guess. The bait caster real does not let you whip it unless you want massive backlash. The line I'm using is fine unless it's on the end of an eleven foot pole like mine. If I so much as cast sharp goodbye rig. Not high test enough. Going to keep the pole and get an open face reel with some high test braid and see what happens.

You're casting closed face.

Don't Texans fish?

I'm using a bait caster. Look it up you non literate nigger.

[SuburbanFarmer]

It's for anything when you're doing coastal shit with live bait around structure. Had a Mexican show me how to properly cast a net and I still don't have it down pat but I got good enough to catch a few little silver fish whatever the fuck they were. Didn't catch anything. This setup I have is shit, I can't cast very far and it's for multiple reasons that aren't immediately intuitive I guess. The bait caster real does not let you whip it unless you want massive backlash. The line I'm using is fine unless it's on the end of an eleven foot pole like mine. If I so much as cast sharp goodbye rig. Not high test enough. Going to keep the pole and get an open face reel with some high test braid and see what happens.

You're casting closed face.

Don't Texans fish?

I'm using a bait caster. Look it up you non literate nigger.

The 'open-face reel' is called a spin caster, nigger.

Bait casters are way better, you just need to hold your thumb lightly against the reel as it goes out, to slow it down. When you release it at the top of your swing, the weight at the end begins slowing much faster than the reel itself. That's why you're getting backlash.

There's also a little wheel you can adjust to set the trim on the reel, so it slows itself down a bit.