OhioFisherman

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We have been increasing our yearly rainfall record, it seems almost daily, for almost two months, but better that than snow.

The was a bar in Parma Ohio in the 70`s, Baron`s, a shot or a mug of beer for 25 cents. I probably spent too much time in there.

They were incidental catches for me while fishing for bass in Lake Erie and it`s tribs. Usually started catching them around mid October here around the river mouths. It has been the wettest year on record here, I can`t picture the rivers that I fished being clear.

I am disabled so my fishing has been limited the last 7 years, plus I learned long ago the rod and reel usually have little to do with your ability to find and catch fish. I have reels dating from the 70`s to more modern Citica`s and Older Green Curado`s. Same with rods, I never shopped by name, I shopped by feel or need. I have Diawa rods, Shimano, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Falcon, Ugly Sticks, just tools to me, use the right one for the job? Spinning, Casting, Closed face, it didn`t matter much to me, and rod action, and feel made more of a difference than name brand or price. I have seen people blow up a 150-200 dollar rod on a hookset, I don`t need to be bothered with that. To me there is a limit to what quality can buy you, time on the water and learning from it is money well spent.

My favorite? An old 70-80`s era Abu 507 on a 90`s era Falcon flipping stick M/H with a factory spinning reel handle. 7' 6" telescoping, with 17-20 pound mono. A six inch zoom u tail worm or 6 inch zoom lizard, either in junebug and weight to match water depth and cover conditions. A black and blue jig with pork to match. Day or night, the reel casts 20 pound mono like 8# on a spinning reel, never any line twist, no professional over runs and no bail. It allowed me to keep the lure in the water and get fish in the boat. I could flip, pitch or cast lures down to 1/8 ounce on 20# line with no issues.

My daughter lived in a suburb of Providence Rhode Island, they had them there also. She had two Italian Greyhounds, like 7 and 9 pounds, but them little rascals were fast.

Another vote for Excaliber, just a far better percentage of hookups and less losses. It seemed like more than one point was always in. The old style black nickel were kind of brittle.

I have no idea why people don`t expect to find " wildlife " in the woods.

My dog is a lot cheaper to keep!

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At least here we guarantee the debt, the politicians create it, but they seem to be owned by business and the banking industry. They push to create more debt so they can profit from it. How much debt will you take on to feed the machine?

I still miss my 1986 Chevette.

You could get a quality bait caster for around 50 bucks... in 1979. On a tight budget a Citica will do to learn on, just my preference now for Shimano reels though. I would definitely stay away from off or store brand reels, they limit your options for repairs or parts if needed.

I`m old, I remember Lake Erie in Ohio in the 50`s -60`s -70`s, it had a tendency to look like green pea soup once it warmed. I had to go to Ontario to catch my first Walleye they were scarce around here. The lack of Walleye here was what started my dad and his friends going to Ontario in the 1950`s.

They don`t need to see the lure, the lateral line senses vibrations. I was an avid night fisherman, they can find a 4 inch plastic worm, a 1/8 ounce jig and pig in the dark with no problems, and I found them to be more effective than noisy surface lures most of the time. Even walleye and panfish don`t seem to have a problem, only one pike in the dark, on a crank bait, but some big fished hooked and lost in waters with skis at night.

September was my favorite time of year to head north, after the first frost the feed seemed to be on.

Cable tie a can of raid flea fogger to a pole that will reach the nest, the can will lock in an on position and it kills yellow jackets too. You might need to do it twice, but in the evening just before dark when most are in the nest. A paintball gun, bb gun, soft pellet gun, slingshot with break or crack vinyl siding if you miss.

Fish, they Had the USS COD here at the Cleveland lakefront for years, a WW2 submarine, I believe the one that rescued George Bush senior when he was shot down in the Pacific during the war. I went on it for a tour of the inside as a kid, them guys were tough! I don`t know what the insides of the new ones look like, but that one seemed like a sardine can.

No problem Roy, I had to make sure you guys weren`t trying to sneak up on us.

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Canada is importing Weapons of Mass Destruction? Oh no!

Great video Justin, here we never had to worry much about pike, which saved time and tackle. It was always nice to head up north though and get some excitement bass fishing. Nothing like a torpedo eating your lure?

Got to love them sheephead? Casting cranks in 3 feet of water doesn`t sound like a good plan for success for smallies on Lake Erie to me. The summer may be ending but I don`t think conditions have changed that much yet. Tubes, dropshot with your plastic of choice? Just me? I would fish 10-25 feet of water, you can drag (troll) a medium running crank bait around it will run deeper with a lot of line out, blade baits and jigging spoons. Usually if you see fish on your fish locator huddled around rocks on the bottom it is smallies. Crawfish or larger minnows 4-5 inch fished on a fuzzy grub or such will also work if you use live bait.