FishHeadRic

Here, throw this on there and get an orange spandex jump-suit and you'll be all set FHR

Oh boy... I'm at a good age. FHR

Drifter, that's a great rig you set up there! How many rpm's you getting on that thing? My buddy down here did the same kind of set up but he hooked up his motor to a light swich dimmer and a wall socket to vary his rpm's. FHR

I used to make them. I had all the bartenders saving the corks for me at Planet Hollywood Tried a few using balsa but it wouldn't turn very well on the lathe/drill. Kept chipping and breaking on me. Finally figured out that if i just used decending grits of sandpaper (as opposed to using a chisel) it wouldn't chip or splinter. As far as drilling the hole all the way through a drill press will help but you'd still be doing the hole before you turned it. Try using a fixed pin on the top of the float and then just rubber band it on. If you want to use a sewing needle for the bottom peg. That way you would only need to use one rubber band on the top and you can feed the line through the needle's eye. FHR

I've seen a few on all fours as well... FHR

Hey guys, l thought you'd all get kick out of that. Roy, How've you been? NY has been treating me really well. Been keeping busy making lures now that the winters here. Only a month and a half till the flounder season opens and two months till Striper season so I'm just cranking them out. Doing mostly Poppers and Bucktail Jigs but l'm also going to be venturing into a metal lipp swimmer or two. Always learning! I'll do a post later in the week after I finish up the ones l was doing for Snag. You should PM me your address and l'll get a couple your way as well. How have you been T.J.? Congrats to yourself and Jaden on her PAL test scores! Ric

Windsuit Divers This is easily the most amazing thing l've ever seen a human do! FHR

Check out this yak from Freedom Kayaks. FHR

I stand up in mine all the time. Sit on top kayaks are very stable. l'm actually working on an out-rigger this winter so l can work my flyrod and do some sight casting. FHR

That's exactly what l was looking for! Thanks Terry! Ric

Hey Gang! I was approached by a fella doing a article on Urban Fisheries and l'm trying to locate some of the posts I did on fishing the GTA from the Old Board. Rick, Roy... is this still possible? I remember someone posting some kind of search for the Pro-Board. Is this option still avalible? Also when I do a search on myself here on this board it only goes so far back. Is there a way to find some of these older posts? FHR

This is the fish-finder l got for my yak. Works great! Can't see why lt wouldn.t work for the ice. FHR

Here, spend the extra 20 and get a great reel. http://www.baitnhook.net/quantumcatalystin...inningreel.aspx FHR

Hey Mike, I've got a friend that spends a lot of time down there. He actually invited me last year but I just couldn't come up with the cash at the time. He spends a lot of time going after the Bones and Mutton snappers. The resort he always stays at gives him a set of kayaks free with the Bungalow. What he does is he takes the kayak into the mangroves and casts live shrimp at the fish. You're going to need a light action long rod. If you have any steel heading gear, a 10'6" rod will work perfectly. Match this up with a 2500-4000 sized reel spooled with 4-8 lb line. Just make sure the reel you use has a super smooth drag! (If you do hook a bone fish you're going to need it!) Try to stay away from any sort of braid. The bones spook super easy! P-line floro-clear in the 6lb test would do you perfect. You're also going to need a bait creel that you can put on a rope and drag behind you for the live shrimp. Not sure if he gets them from the resort or if he seines them up. Basically what he does is he'll paddle into the mangroves and then get out of the yak and leash it behind him. It's all sight casting so you're going to need a good pair of Polarized glasses and a hat. You might also want to wear really light colours, tan, white, light blue. These fish will be able to see you. I've done some bone fishing in the keys and I can honestly say it's not that easy. They spook really easy and they're really hard to get close to. You'll have to look for their shadows on the bottom. It's really hard at first but once you do spot one and know what to look for it gets a lot easier. They'll be in shallow water a lot of the time. Down in Florida I would look for them rooting around the mangrove root edges and on the flats just adjacent to deeper drop offs caused by the currents. (Bends in the water flow) When you do spot one you'll have to anticipate it's path and cast in front of it. I was just using split shot about 1 1/2-2ft in front of a #10 sized hook. I was using little crabs. I think with the shrimp you can just hook them right in the back or right behind the eyes. If you do get your hands on some live peeler crabs just pull off the claws and send the hook into one of the claw holes and then pass it out through on of the leg holes. Another option you can go to is head down to Wilson's and buy yourself a couple of fly patterns. Crabs, Shrimp... They have a bunch of them down there in the slide drawers for about 2-4 bucks a pop. As far as the best time to fish the flats you'll have to check the tides on a day to day basis. As a general rule of thumb moving tides are best. Two hours before high and two after are best up here. It'll also depend on how much the tides influence the rise and fall over there. Here on the north shore of long Island the difference on tide between low and high is almost 10 feet. On the south shore its only about 4-5ft. Bay of Fundy it's something like 20-25ft. My buddy stayed at the Exuma Vacation Cottages. He fished right across the way for where he was staying. Here's a link to the place he stayed. http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p164993 I think there might be parts deeper into the mangroves that will be off limits but a quick call down there should clear all of that up. Here's the #. 1 800 532 9058. Valarie is the person you'll wanna talk to. BTW Bone fish are not really kept down there. They're the major sport fish for the area and keeping them might not be looked at as kosher. You wouldn't want to even try eating them anyways. They're boney as hell, thus the name. If you're looking for something to eat just try casting those shrimp into the deeper waters and catching some yellow tail snappers. Best eating fish in the warm water. FHR

Here's a few links l researched through before l got my Ocean Kayak Caper. Here's a great site for getting all the info about fishing off a yak. http://www.kayakfishingstuff.com/ Here's a great forum. (Jedi posted the same site) http://stripersonline.com/surftalk/forumdisplay.php?f=164 Another good one http://www.noreast.com/discussion/TopicList.cfm?forum_ID=17 Here's a great page that will help you compare yaks. http://www.kayakfishingstuff.com/choosing_...shing_kayak.asp Hope these help. BTW, SOT kayaks are safer to fish from... FHR

Nice Grant! I'm still workin' on a couple of plugs for you as well. Just been hard finding time inbetween fishing sessions. Stripers are in big time! So you might be getting em around x-mas:/ Ric

You will be missed indeed. RIP Mr Wright.

Where do you plan to use this new rod? If from shore or boat and are you planning on casting long distances? What reel do you have for this rod, size? 20, 30, 40? Why don't you use leaders? Expensive habit! Lures are a lot of money after time. Not using leaders will end up killing a lot of fish. FHR

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Yo! Happy Birthday my brotha from anotha motha! Ric

HEy HEy BJ! hehe Good to be back!

Fiddle Stix, Snaggle Puss... you two behave now! Grant, I started catching fish on some of the lures I was just testing so since then I haven't gone so elaborate into the paint jobs. I guess when the winter rolls back in I'll have more time and patience to do so. But I'll tell you what. PM me your address and I'll do up a nice top water for ya for your muskie adventures. Fidel. The season hasn't even begun. Just make the time and come down. I promise I'll get you into as many stripers as you want. I wish I could get you into as many stripper as you want but I don't have the cash for that. Ric

He didn't say if there was any damage to any boats. From where it was in the pics it should have been smack dab in the center of the main channel so no boats moored there at least. FHR