TroutDawg
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Same here. All about that thump! Amazes me how pale our fish get here
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Fire up the grease! You catch them on artificials or live bait?
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If it’s any consolation a “good” day where I’m from (Ga) equates to a box with double digit trout numbers. An average day means you throw 1-10 in the box.
But, alas, it’s still the absolute best hobby under the sun imo. We still have a friggin blast chasing fish and trying to string together a pattern on any given day. A lot of that has to do with adjusting where your baseline for success is. Does it come from catching a limit? Or does it come from breaking out of the daily grind and getting after it on the water? I wouldn’t fret buying the boat. Good on you for paying her off. Though it’s bleak now, I still believe that Louisiana has better inshore fishing than anywhere in the world
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Josh, you using desktop or a phone?
Reason I ask is because the free desktop version of Navionics takes a crap on the free version of the app.
I’m using it to scout for a Florida trip I’ve got coming up. With all of this snow I’ve been Navionic-ing and GEDing my ass off. Lol
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Devin’s got a great run-down here if you want to check this out:
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Much appreciated Cap’t.
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I have had good luck with the Tempress all weather high back seats.
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Never used one but i am intrigued by the idea of making a reel with a one piece, machined body. I believe C.A. Richardson has a few video reviews on his yt channel that you could check out.
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That is correct. Something else that is odd about our tides, we have 4 swings per day on most days (semidiurnal?), compared to your 2.
Will do on posting east coast fishing! Though we have a decent trout population, it pales in comparison to what you guys have.
BTW Devin, inshore 101 is truly remarkable and its approach to fishing is applicable to way more than just inshore fishing. The general premise applies to all fishing which is great. Awesome job on that
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Spent the last weekend down there. Fishing was ok, not even close to what we experienced last year. Water color is certainly pretty filthy in the jump/red pass area. Did manage to catch a few trout and reds, some on artificial and some on live bait. But again, it was a far cry from last years action. Best of luck to ya.
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I fish from a 18’ flats boat 90% of the time but do also have a 14’, riveted, thinnest gauge available, Alumacraft and I love that damn thing. It’s got a 20 year old 9.9 that still rips. I don’t think you would regret that buy – especially if you stumble across a good deal.
Many moons ago, flat bottom aluminums are all we fished in La when I first started getting my feet wet down there. Some of the most fun I’ve ever had. Period!
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Thank you sir may I have another! lol, I kid
And I appreciate you bringing those other reels to light. This is why I love this site. To be clear, and I very well may be wrong, I thought that the Bates reels were the first low-pro casting reels to be fully constructed by a CNC process rather than die-cast, which I thought was cool. Probably not cool enough to spend $400 on one, though. Especially without being sure that their parts chain was easily accessible.
I see the Calcutta has long been CNC’d through and through, but I have never owned one as I prefer a low profile reel.
Now – to your point, whether or not a reel is die-cast, machined, or hell even 3-d printed doesn’t mean jack if you don’t get out there a learn how to fish. And I think you’re right in encouraging folks to buy what they can, as soon as they can, and get on the water and grind it out. Who knows what I would be doing if I wasn’t gifted a $19 ugly stick when I was a kid. Maybe playing pickleball on the weekends? *barf*
