04-26-2004, 04:53 PM
[cool][#0000ff][size 1]Hey Nate, you are quite wrong on the Tubebabe and the super scent theory. Some scents need to be kept for fishing and others for the human interaction thing. [/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]That guy in the "inflatable" was a pic I included in a post last year, illustrating that there were a lot of ways to go afloat and fish. Would you believe that this guy had no oars or paddles and that he propelled himself by sculling with his hands? He did have a single rod, but I am not sure what he used for bait.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]When I took the pic, it was after he moved into a spot where I had just caught a nice channel cat. I was pulled off the spot during the epic battle and he moved right in. I never saw him catch anything but a couple of snags. I also saw him get a serious workout when an offshore breeze came up. He was unable to propel himself back into the beach and had to get out of his dingy and wade back along the steep shoreline. I would have offered to tow him, but I was busy...with other fishies, ya know.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]In reality, there are a lot of folks that show up at Butcher Jones cove, where we fish mostly, who are quite poor. They do whatever they can to try to harvest a couple of fish. Some of them use the "poor man's spinning outfit". That is a drink can wound with monofilament. The weighted line is twirled around the head and launched while holding the end of the can toward the water. The line peels off like a spinning reel spool. Unfortunately, these guys leave a lot of line strung along the bottom. They snag up a lot and just leave their lines. Some parts of the lake are almost impossible to fish anymore because of the underwater spider webs.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]That guy in the "inflatable" was a pic I included in a post last year, illustrating that there were a lot of ways to go afloat and fish. Would you believe that this guy had no oars or paddles and that he propelled himself by sculling with his hands? He did have a single rod, but I am not sure what he used for bait.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]When I took the pic, it was after he moved into a spot where I had just caught a nice channel cat. I was pulled off the spot during the epic battle and he moved right in. I never saw him catch anything but a couple of snags. I also saw him get a serious workout when an offshore breeze came up. He was unable to propel himself back into the beach and had to get out of his dingy and wade back along the steep shoreline. I would have offered to tow him, but I was busy...with other fishies, ya know.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]In reality, there are a lot of folks that show up at Butcher Jones cove, where we fish mostly, who are quite poor. They do whatever they can to try to harvest a couple of fish. Some of them use the "poor man's spinning outfit". That is a drink can wound with monofilament. The weighted line is twirled around the head and launched while holding the end of the can toward the water. The line peels off like a spinning reel spool. Unfortunately, these guys leave a lot of line strung along the bottom. They snag up a lot and just leave their lines. Some parts of the lake are almost impossible to fish anymore because of the underwater spider webs.[/size][/#0000ff]
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