Salty H20 2023 Thread- How Salty Will You Get??

[zztex]

This thing is hands down the best thing I've ever used while wade fishing! If the bite is fast and furious, I can fish circles around anyone in my group with this thing. Grab the fish (or use a dipnet if you must) unhook it and point its nose into the little drawsting hole I leave in the middle off the net... back to casting in about 20 seconds or less.



This was my old do-net that I flat wore out at the Chandeleur's a few years ago...

Looks like a dipnet was a must. Is that an inflatable life jacket you are wearing? I think my old arse needs to get one

[zztex]

Don’t know why smiley faces are not showing up for me.

[Quackerbox]

so where the clip shines is can have the spike end long, the fish already on your stringer are secure and clipped in behind it attached to your belt, catch a new one, spike it then re clip, this is great for people like me who get distracted or have butter fingers, in a strong current or those **** flounder who are great at getting away….

Thats what Capt Glen is getting at I guess. I can see it in my head what yall are talking about. Just need to try it.

I need to start paying attention to the surf. Havent done that yet this year

[BBBGP]

I never thought about setting up my stringer like that...next time I wade w my stringer i'm gonna try it. Good idea. I have a friend that likes his wading ring a lot. Looks like its easier to open than the fish bags, dose it pull on you much while your fishing?

[El General]

I never thought about setting up my stringer like that...next time I wade w my stringer i'm gonna try it. Good idea. I have a friend that likes his wading ring a lot. Looks like its easier to open than the fish bags, dose it pull on you much while your fishing?

Not at all, but you don't want to hook it in your back cast.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Looks like a dipnet was a must. Is that an inflatable life jacket you are wearing? I think my old arse needs to get one

Yessir Billy that's an inflatable... I wear one when I fish the surf for sure.. Sometimes I use it to get across a gut to the next bar or a drainage in the back bays... That particular day, we were on the surf side of the Islands standing shoulder to shoulder snagging big trout every cast... (well some of us were... those that couldn't get the retrieve down couldn't catch 'em very well... I was ON on that trip... Three days non-stop and my PB trout... a 28 1/2 incher...

[BBBGP]

Gota a question about PB trout. I grew up with a dad and grandfather that only talked about a trouts weight and we were all after the 10 pounder. How do you measure your PB? inches and weight? Just weight or Just inches?

[Walker]

Gota a question about PB trout. I grew up with a dad and grandfather that only talked about a trouts weight and we were all after the 10 pounder. How do you measure your PB? inches and weight? Just weight or Just inches?

Inches. 27&3/4 is my best.

[DUKFVR]

Gota a question about PB trout. I grew up with a dad and grandfather that only talked about a trouts weight and we were all after the 10 pounder. How do you measure your PB? inches and weight? Just weight or Just inches?

Inches. I don't carry anything to weigh with & let fish of that size go as quick as I can with as little handling as possible.

[Sippy]

Headed to the Florida panhandle a week from today. Surf rods in tow, 6 days of surf fishing, 1 day on a snapper charter, and a night of bowfishing for rays. Cant wait!

[kevin nicholls]

Way back when it was pounds, I think that carried over from the freshwater guys coming into the sport. Over the last couple decades it has become about inches. I go by inches but I would sure like a double digit trout.

[Mexico]

Yup inches but my dad always talked in pounds. My best is a little over 27. Thought it was a red as she was right in the middle of a school of reds feeding hard up against the bank in East Matty.

[BRust]

My PB is 29 1/4 but a lot of the older guides still go by weight and length; the ultimate being over 30" and over 10lbs

[whitecrow]

Inches don't go away, weight can swing a pound or more during the year.

[marshhunter]

Any one hitting the water this weekend? In about two hours, I'll be headed south to good ol Sargent! Fishing East in the morning, looking forward to jumping in the water.