Hybrid Video with Merv on Sunday

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by aero320

Jeremy, get an iPad with a lot of memory and editing is a breeze.

Editing with iMovie is a breeze. Did you use any sonar in your search for fish or did you just troll in an area you knew they would be at?


Regards

[StriperFan]

Cool video and I know a great time. Very inspirational. I'll post a sampling of some Tim's Ford fish from this weekend on another thread.

[TNBronzeback]

I would be throwing "tacos" every other cast.

Lmao!!!!! Im all too familiar with the taco! And the banana, and the flying mass of knotted mono net, the wrist snapper, knuckle buster, ect.
Before this year i wizzed away many many HOURS of prime striper time in the early morning from bad net throws in shad polluted creeks on Melton Hill. See a school.....make a crap throw, get ticked, throw again, even worse....lol. Oh how stupid i was...."just a net....how hard can it be to throw?" Lmao...
Thank you You Tube videos for showing me the way!

[agelesssone]

Jonathan, aka The bluewatersportsman, swears he can have me throwing perfect circles in ten minutes. We'll see, when he gets back from FL.

[aero320]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Editing with iMovie is a breeze. Did you use any sonar in your search for fish or did you just troll in an area you knew they would be at?


Regards

Fish were showing up on the depthfinder, but the place has held fish for a couple of weeks.

[aero320]

Merv got a good taste of what catching shad on a lake is really like. You can go to the steam plant or below the dams and catch shad easily, but in the lake it is a much bigger job. I would gladly pay for shad if they were available to purchase!

It is good upper body exercise!

[aero320]

Originally Posted by agelesssone

I gotta hand it to Bob, he knows how and WHERE to catch those stripers and hybrids. He has got the ultimate setup for this type of fishing, one kickass boat and enough gear to make you want to cry because you don't have it...plus he is a tireless individual when it comes to throwing that cast net.

His favorite saying is " I would love to catch one shad per throw of the net every time". And after watching him throw that thing for 90 minutes and averaging one throw per minute, I can see why he says that.

He wanted 36 shad for the morning's trip and it took about 90 minutes to get them. And he can throw a circle every time! I would be throwing "tacos" every other cast.

After netting our 36 shad (and bluegills and crappies and catfish and white bass) we headed out of Stewart's Creek and drove downlake to start fishing. We hadn't fished for 10 minutes when we caught our first fish, a two pound striper. Ten minutes later it was a four pound hybrid. I tried to get Bob (aero) to reel in a fish, but he pulled the Captain Bligh trump card and said as the new swabbie on board, it was my job to do all of the dirty work!

He did finally pick up one rod when I was reeling in another 6 pound hybrid, only because I was occupied and he didn't want to chance having the fish break his line and cost him a sinker and hook. You can see these fish in the video, mine was the biggest (of course) weighing in at 6 pounds even while his was a mere 5 lbs 15 oz. (Guess who was reading the Boga?)

We caught a total of 5 hybrids Cherokee bass for those who aren't familiar with the lingo, (jad2t, mnfisher), couple of undersized largemouth bass, one very nice crappie, and a catfish (Bob's specialties, catfish and carp). Bob was pretty well into a funk because he didn't catch a carp, but I cheered him on when he caught the catfish, telling him it ranked right there in popularity with the carp. That lifted his spirits tremendously, but I know he was secretly hoping for another big carp to mount for his den.

For this little foray, he says I owe him a crappie trip. So I wheedled and hemmed and hawed and said IF he'd take me on a guided trip to Tim's Ford with his Great Lakes setup and fish for stripers there, then I figured those two trips would even out to a guided crappie trip on JPP.....and I'll even throw in an autographed picture of me. Snicker....he went for it!

Merv:

I started cleaning up the boat today. Will set up the Great Lakes setup tomorrow evening!

[aero320]

Originally Posted by TNBronzeback

I would be throwing "tacos" every other cast.

Lmao!!!!! Im all too familiar with the taco! And the banana, and the flying mass of knotted mono net, the wrist snapper, knuckle buster, ect.
Before this year i wizzed away many many HOURS of prime striper time in the early morning from bad net throws in shad polluted creeks on Melton Hill. See a school.....make a crap throw, get ticked, throw again, even worse....lol. Oh how stupid i was...."just a net....how hard can it be to throw?" Lmao...
Thank you You Tube videos for showing me the way!

Start with a five foot net (opens to 10 feet) and practice in the yard. You have to get the net turning and centrifugal force causes the net to open. Also, take an extra net in case you get hung up. Last year I learned how to replace the Braille lines ( draw strings). Buy Betts nets. Cheap nets are not a bargain I.e, Wally World.

[tacklemake]

Originally Posted by aero320

Start with a five foot net (opens to 10 feet) and practice in the yard. You have to get the net turning and centrifugal force causes the net to open. Also, take an extra net in case you get hung up. Last year I learned how to replace the Braille lines ( draw strings). Buy Betts nets. Cheap nets are not a bargain I.e, Wally World.

Bob need some more betts nets I have two only used the 10' twice and the 12' is still new both for $200.00 the 10' is a bait net and the 12' is a deep water net.............woody P.S. the 10' opens to 20' and the 12' to 24'