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    Daiwa Catalina TW 100P - A really good Dealeo on a top-shelf baitcasting reel, - but you gotta move FAST!

    OK Pete, will do. Early on here on the north side we are fishing shallow (15 to 25' of water) so the slow sticks work the 1/2 to 1 oz jigs fine. As the season progresses I am fishing deeper (30 to 50') with 2 to 4 oz jigs and I want to be sure I am giving them the action the faster tip provides...
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    Daiwa Catalina TW 100P - A really good Dealeo on a top-shelf baitcasting reel, - but you gotta move FAST!

    So I was going to use my new Catalina 100p on an existing stick but have decided to look for a new wand to help fight off the doldrums. Any suggestions on an off the shelf 6'6"-6'8" fast M/H spiral wrapped jobbie with a longer than average handle under $200-? I would have no problem trimming a 7...
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    Daiwa Catalina TW 100P - A really good Dealeo on a top-shelf baitcasting reel, - but you gotta move FAST!

    My early Christmas present arrived yesterday and she is as sweet as Pete's description above. My old Revo Winch will now be deligated to back up. The only problem now is the six-month wait until I use her. regards Holty
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    Daiwa Catalina TW 100P - A really good Dealeo on a top-shelf baitcasting reel, - but you gotta move FAST!

    Thanks Pete, I just ordered mine. Merry Christmas Holty!
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    O.K., Here We Go Again - a New Deep Fluking Reel Build

    Excellent!
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    We're Live From The Bass Hearing

    Good stuff. Please keep it coming. regards Holty
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    New Gulp! Grub Saltwater Colors (fluke field trip)

    Two or three oz white or chartreuse bucktail with a 5/0 Siwash stinger that holds the 6" grub. Weightless teaser 14" above with 4" Salmon curly tail. It's been a very tough and disappointing pick this year but this rig has yielded a few quality fish in the 35' to 50' depths. It only happens for...
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    New Gulp! Grub Saltwater Colors (fluke field trip)

    Pete, although the fluking here on the north side is way off this year I have been able to pick a few quality fish to 8 lbs. They ALL fell for the 6" Salmon grub.I won't use any thing else. regards Holty
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    Our Fragile Long Island Sound Fishery

    So I had a brief reprieve Saturday morning from my fluking frustrations. Fishing the very last of the outgoing on one of my go to's at Lloyd's Point I culled through a handful of shorts and birds when my white 2oz skirted bucktail with a 6" salmon gulp grub got slammed. The fished weighed 7lbs...
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    Our Fragile Long Island Sound Fishery

    Two short fluke and about a dozen birds yesterday morning 6-10am fishing my go to waypoints in the triangle and Asharoken. Only other bent rods I saw were from sea robins. Made a drift within eyesight of the packed James Joseph and those long-handled nets never moved. Newsday had an article...
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    Our Fragile Long Island Sound Fishery

    I have been fishing the triangle and points east and west since the 60's. Everything George wrote in his initial post is right on. In the past 5 to 10 years good early spring catches seemed to fade away as the season progressed with each year worse than the last. I keep trying though thinking...
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    Anyone Ever Soda Blast Bottom Paint - LI?

    If it was my boat I would prep it for this season and use it. Have the bottom blasted in the fall allowing the hull to dry out over the winter. Next spring do the barrier coat and bottom paint. My two cents. regards Holty
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    A GULP! Substitute? Maybe So . . .

    Yes John
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    A GULP! Substitute? Maybe So . . .

    John Skinner, on one of his videos, shows a neat solution to losing the tails on Gulp. He leaves the Gulp body on for scent and adds an Otter curly tail for action. Worth a try. regards Holty
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    Rubber landing nets

    So not liking the handles on the new nets I came across and really liking the light 1 1/4" fiberglass handle on my old net I took a chance with a 30"deep flat bottomed rubber coated Ranger replacement net. It was a perfect fit. That 10 lber will slide in nicely. regards Holty
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    Rubber landing nets

    Thanks Pete. I like the 9800FB hoop size (28x30) but don't feel the need for the 36" depth for fluke and medium bass. The 9788FB has a 25 x 25 hoop with a 24 depth. I am tempted with this one as I feel it will be better for one handed use when solo (often for me) but wish it was a little deeper...
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    Rubber landing nets

    So my old (and well used) nylon landing net needs to be replaced. Wanting to go with the non tangle rubber jobbies with a sturdy handle. Looking for something that will handle fluke and medium sized bass (28" to 36"). I'm thinking a 26" x 38" hoop about 24" to 30" deep with a handle 48" to 60"...
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    A GULP! Substitute? Maybe So . . .

    Yes Pete, I can identify............. regards Holty
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    A GULP! Substitute? Maybe So . . .

    I am a long time lurker on the old site and very glad this site has been formed. I fluke the sound out of Huntington. I almost always fish Gulp. 4" swimming Mullets on 1/2oz bucktails early in shallow water and the 6" Mullets on three way rigs or heavier bucktails deeper as the season goes on...
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    First Post on This New Board

    Best of luck with the new site Pete. I will be visiting regularly. regards Holty
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