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  1. buddha162

    I Had No Business Landing This Fish

    lol lots of heavy breathing and muttering...in my defense I wear a sun mask, so not a full time mouth breather!
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    I Had No Business Landing This Fish

    Harbor test cruise after glue repair on my i11s...halfheartedly targeting fluke to no effect when this happened. Same fish/tackle in open water wouldn't even make a video, but this one had me sweating bullets lol
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    Inflatable Kayak Woes

    Brad took one look at my inflatable and handed me a ziploc bag with flex tape/patches haha
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    Inflatable Kayak Woes

    I don't see why not, the silicone bands work well and come in candy colors :) https://amzn.to/2XGQ7gL
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    Inflatable Kayak Woes

    I actually had some flex tape that Brad gave me, but I was close enough to the launch to just limp back...I ordered some fresh Hobie MEK glue and will patch it over the weekend. I buy most of my tackle geared towards freshwater; that Shimano Expride 6'10ML is probably the best sub $300...
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    Inflatable Kayak Woes

    I love my Hobie i11s...but porgies are my nemesis :)
  7. buddha162

    Fish Tacos!

    The magic of video editing lol...there were scales and guts on the fillets that need to be rinsed off (in salt water!)
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    Fish Tacos!

    Pretty self explanatory, I will say that the roast corn + kimchi was a winning combination:
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    Here’s a nice “Eastern fluke” fer ‘ya!

    Korea. They also have some of the largest Olive Flounder farming operations...you can find those fish (live!) in any H Mart in the tristate area, and they look *just* like fluke.
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    Here’s a nice “Eastern fluke” fer ‘ya!

    It's amazing how similar their Olive Flounder is to our fluke...does anyone know if they are closely related species, or is this convergent evolution?
  11. buddha162

    Jerk Shad, the overlooked GULP!

    The 7" was a great bait, as were the Belly Strips... I don't fish teasers...but the lack of any paddle/curly tail allows the jerk shads to get much deeper on the same weight jig. I always have a few in the gulp container for when the current picks up.
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    Jerk Shad, the overlooked GULP!

    Thanks George!
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    Jerk Shad, the overlooked GULP!

    Backbays and early season (cold water)...I've found the "dead action" of the Gulp Jerk Shad infinitely more effective than the more popular curly tailed models. The 5" on a 1/8 - 3/16oz jig head is my go-to creek bait, and the larger 6" (the 7" is discontinued alas) is a perfect fit behind a...
  14. buddha162

    2019 Western Sound Spring Bass run...

    Saw your post on IG...what an amazing fish and release!!
  15. buddha162

    Road Trips for Trophies - Is It Cheating?

    Pretty much true of any species. A 5lb NJ smallie is a worthy PB...up on Erie 5lbers get culled lol. "Cheating"s not the right word, but these benchmarks only mean something bc of the numbers/rarity. If a 12lb fluke on a Nantucket trip doesn't even get weighed for the pool...it's certainly not...
  16. buddha162

    Shore Jigging

    Thanks Larry! The biggest fluke of my life was caught there in the mid 90s, on a 1/4oz jighead tipped with one of my last dead killes...I remember the killie was tiny... My cousin is a very proactive shore fluker...he'll hit several spots depending on tide/bites, get in his car and drive to...
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    Shore Jigging

    Thanks Lep! Yes, NJ, both spots get absolutely mobbed on the weekends (as you can imagine). Contrary to conventional wisdom, incoming was the biting tide...the warmer outgoing water actually shut them down. 3 days prior to the filming of this video, live killies were outfishing gulp...
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    Shore Jigging

    My cousin jigging up a limit from shore...meanwhile I'm still stuck in freshwater mode :) 1/2oz jighead, 5" gulp grubs...all you need day in/day out for land-based flatties!
  19. buddha162

    6-inch Gulp Grubs

    Right, as if no one compared all kinds of plastisol baits side by side with Gulp since Gulp was released nearly 20 years ago. And that's exactly what this bait is: a cheap soft plastic grub anyone can source from China, slathered in some oil-based scent like procure (except we know Procure...
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    6-inch Gulp Grubs

    George, some colors are softer than others...but since they came out last year we've been using the 5" grubs (previously exclusive to Dicks) to great effect. Much livelier action, less water resistance, and almost as big a profile as the 6". For anything from shore to 30', it's been a killer...

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