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Slabasaurus' Species Thread 2013


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Posted

Found some open water this weekend up in Monti... Not the greatest of all pics. Forgot I had adjusted some settings up in Brule last fall until I was sitting at the pc last night. This is the best one I took. C'est la vie.

#1 - Northern Pike White/Silver wooly bugger size 8

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Posted

Nice catch! I wanted to get up there last week but work took me in a different direction. Any smallmouth action?

Posted

Nope... all I saw were pikes yesterday, surprisingly. I think this is the first time I've thrown tequeely flies for a half hour without a smallie smile

Felt great to cast again though.

Gonna be tough to sit here and work while I know it's 35 degrees out... and of course it cools down right in time for the weekend.

Posted

You're not missing too much. Even though the temps are up today, the winds picked up big time as well. 30 mph gusts kind of sucks the fun out of it.

Now tomorrow you won't want to be sitting at work. I'd recommend you come down with a severe illness that will cause you to miss a day or two of work. This week looks prime for winter fishing.

Posted

yeah today was rough.. first i slept through my alarm... got out for a little bit but casting was a b*tch... had one on and lost him.. gah.. tomorrow is gonna be another story hopefully... 0-3 so far

Posted

yeah today was rough.. first i slept through my alarm... got out for a little bit but casting was a b*tch... had one on and lost him.. gah.. tomorrow is gonna be another story hopefully... 0-3 so far

hahah. Wind's not too shabby up here today. Tomorrow looks like a pretty stellar day for y'all.

Even if I didn't have to work or thought of playing hookie tomorrow to head down, my brake lines ruptured over lunch (talk about friggin scary)... so you'll be rubbin it in my face again.

Not really excited about spending ALL of my fantasy football winnings on the downpayment on a new brake system...

Posted

Slab, strangely I can relate to the blown brake lines. I had that happen to me on the highway last summer. Had to use the E-brake for the last 30 miles or so home. It's hard to describe the feeling that one gets when he realizes that the brakes are gone.

Posted

Yikes! Thankfully in my case I was very, very close to the shop.

Downside though... is the brake line rupture was the symptom of a larger issue. Said larger issue is going to put a very, very large dent in the new waders fund.

But, I'm one to try to look on the bright side. After all of this I'll have brand new tires, brand new brakes, brake lines, calipers, and rotors.

  • 4 months later...
Posted

I remembered to bring my little card with me this time. Neat!

#2 - Freshwater Drum black bugger. I forget what size. I caught a lot more on the nymph leech thing than the buggers but hey.

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#3 - Shorthead Redhorse #6 nymph leech thing

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#4 - Quillback Carpsucker #6 nymph leech thing

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Posted

Quillback? Serious? That's one of the toughest common fish in the state to catch fairly on any tackle. Way harder to catch than a Musky. Quillbacks are easy to snag but hooking inside mouth, not so much. In summer it isn't hard to sight fish to them all day with live bait and get maybe one fair hooked, and a bunch snagged on the outside of the lips. They get so finicky - they often just feed on algae at during the warmer months

That said, right now is the time to do it. They are way more agressive during the spawn. They'll even chase and ram lures - though it has to be fairly small to get inside their mouth (a benefit to flies for sure)

Congrats - that's a major catch! A Shorthead on a fly is nothing to sneeze at either! Not that Drum aren't fun, just more aggressive than many species

Posted

The red horse and the quillback are amazing! Nice adds, sweet fish Slab, I'm jealous!

Posted

Thanks guys.

I laughed pretty hard when I saw that quillback. Definitely a nice surprise. Pretty fun fight too.

Nice to see the rough fish activity warmin up finally smile

Posted

Nice work!

Those suckers sure fight hard

Posted

yep, I'm jealous.

Posted

I can't believe you caught a Quillback. That's pretty cool!

Posted

Very nice work. Those are some top notch species to catch on the fly. Have yet to catch a quillback myself. One day. Hopefully.

Posted

As I was letting some line out yesterday morning on what was about to be my 3rd cast, my drag busted... Tough to land the big ones in current without drag. had to treat this one kinda like a steelhead, running down the bank with it, dodging trees.

These fish are fun.

#5 - Common Carp Smaller Tequeely fly

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Posted

Nice carp. Sucks your drag broke. Never had an issue with the SLVs drag.

Posted

Broken drag, nice. What broke? Those carp can put a hurting on a drag for sure.

Posted

Turns out what happened was the clicker spring popped loose and was "jamming" the reel. I took the reel apart as I was packing up and sure enough... the clicker falls into the water.

After some brief reading, and thinking.... the reel is fine. I have played around with the drag and it actually seems to work.

When you back in town Onafly? gotta get out carp/dogfish huntin here soon!

Posted

Im sitting here in the delta lounge waiting for my flight out of Taipie, eating dumplings and sipping espresso. Just when I think things couldnt be going better, I get bumped to business class.

Best yet, about 20 hours from now I'll bet in Centerville packing up a fly rod for a little action. It's been too long. I think I'll be at the spot about 3.

Posted

slab empty your inbox

Posted

Im sitting here in the delta lounge waiting for my flight out of Taipie, eating dumplings and sipping espresso. Just when I think things couldnt be going better, I get bumped to business class.

Best yet, about 20 hours from now I'll bet in Centerville packing up a fly rod for a little action. It's been too long. I think I'll be at the spot about 3.

Wow. That's pretty killer.

If i have time to bust the yak out tonight I might see ya out there... otherwise I might go on a sucker hunt.

You're comin back at a good time, the action is startin to heat up pretty nice.

Gooty - i have some more space in the inbox now smile

Posted

Only stayed out for about a half hour. Jet lag is killing me right now. I might try to get somewhere tomorrow, but I have softball so we'll see.

Lots of guys using an interesting setup out there. Just a treble and a half pound of lead...I don't know why the COs don't just hang out there all day. More people breaking than following rules.

Posted

They're still at that? Cripes. I stared em down last time and they all left... which in itself surprised me since I am far from an intimidating physical presence.

I swung over there last night around 7:30 to have a brew and watch the sunset, lots of nervous water... only managed to hook up with pikes though.

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Had a good weekend. TR to come whenever I have time to process all the dang pics.

#6 - Bluegill Olive wooly bugger

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#7 - brook trout pass lake wet

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#8 - Largemouth Bass meat whistle

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Posted

One day I'll get back into this...one day.

Posted

Been a fun couple of weeks here. Few days in the cities for work and fly tying, then extended weekends up north.

#9 - Rock Bass Tequeely fly

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#10 - Black Crappie wooly bugger

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The hunt continues...

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Posted

way to go slab. keep up the good work.

Posted

Awesome picture Slab! The Hunt Continues!

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