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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Ultra-light recommendations
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:59:32 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Jul23.133205.18820@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> fsctc@bass.lerc.nasa.gov (Clarence Chang) writes:
|
|	Hi Dave, I just bought a real nice ultralight system mainly for stream
|fishing. It consists of a 5'6" two piece Fenwick UL rod and the second smallest
|size Shimano spinning reel with the "fighting drag".

For an ultralight system I 5'6" is as long as I like to go.  Daiwa used to 
make a real wimpy rod and reel combination that I've used a bit.  It's a
4'6" rod and makes hooking any wild trout over 8" a lot of fun.  My favorite
ultralight rod was a one that I made from a Fenwick SP602F two piece blank.
I got a lot of service out of that rod until I fell into the Stanislaus
river on opening day of trout season a few years ago.  Now I've got a 5'
Browning graphite rod that I really like, the old Daiwa, and a 5'6" Shimano
rod that I love for casting crankbaits for bass.

As far as reels go, Shimano makes some nice ones, as do several other 
manufactures.  Pick out a rod first and then find a reel that you like that
matches it.  

Go ultralight.

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| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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From: picou@convex.com (Michael Picou)
Subject: Re: Catfishing
Keywords: fish
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:40:38 GMT
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trwagner@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Ted Wagner) writes:

>In article <1992Jul20.220117.17651@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> wwillard@nyx.cs.du.edu (Wayne Willardson) writes:
>>
>>I've been catfishing several times now. What I'm doing is using a size 1
>>hook with a glump of chicken liver on the end. Usually with this setup I
>>get a bite every few minutes, but when I set the hook, I come up with
>>nothing. Sometimes I can just leave the setup in the water for hours, and
>>every few minutes my line will jerk, then nothing.
>>

Could be crawfish, but very doubtful.  What you are experiencing sounds 
more to me like little turd wrestlers(small catfish).  I have found that  
the catfish that are worth reeling in will take the bait with a vengeance.
If you are loosing your bait, you might want to change to a treble hook with
the liver.  This tends to make it harder for those turd wrestlers to get it 
off the hook.  Another suggestion would be try a different bait.  Something
with more consistency to it.  Big catfish will take the whole bait in at once
and take off.  It is the little ones that suck on the bait and don't take it
all in.  If you are just trying to catch some fish and don't care about the
size, then I would suggest using a smaller hook and smaller piece of bait.
This will allow the small ones to get the whole thing in their mouth at once.
If you want to catch some serious cats, go to live bait.  This will deter 
the smaller cats from messin with it.  It will be a little slower, but the
payoff is much more rewarding.

Catfish are not nibblers, unless they are small(real small).  If they can get
the bait in their mouth they will!!!


>	Could be crawdads.  My best luck has been to set up a trout line.
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^

Hey, what is this trout line you are referring to?  How does it work?  I thought
it was illegal to use game fish for bait?   ";')

Best of luck...
Mike Picou
From: blosser_cy@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: FREE THE FISH!
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:11:24 EDT
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC

THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT FISH, WHALES, LOBSTERS & OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VAST ARRAY
OF LIFE THAT INHABIT OUR OCEANS ARE BEING NEEDLESSLY SLAUGHTERED EVERY DAY, BY
CRUEL, SADISTIC FISHERMAN, WHO REGISTER NO HINT OF MERCY IN THEIR COLD HEARTS!
THEIR ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE SLAUGHTERED, SCALED, MAIMED, BOILED OR ROASTED, TO
SUIT THE CARNIVEROUS TASTES OF FILTHY HUMANITY!!!! WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO ROB OUR
FELLOW INHABITANTS OF THE SEA-KINGDOM OF THEIR LIVES ONLY TO SUIT OUR PALETTE!

THROW AWAY YOUR FISHING ROD AND BOYCOTT YOUR LOCAL SEAFOOD MARKET TODAY!!!!!!!

	        (brought to you by the Seafood Liberation Front)





















[this is a practical joke and needs not be taken seriously...however, feel free
to flame me if you want to blow off some steam]
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos.
Keywords: Bass Heaven??
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:36:00 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <l7gnmjINNb15@male.EBay.Sun.COM> stripes@eb5ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Greg Butterfield) writes:
>
> Any no why they are draining Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos, CA???
>The water level is dropping 10-15 feet a week. I heard they are draining
>it dry. Anyone know their plans??

Again???  Boy our local water management sure knows how to screw up all
of our fishing spots.  It's amazing how screwed up Santa Clara county is
in regards to their reservoirs.  Take a look the Alameda Co. reservoirs.
They even cinderblock old trees below the old waterline when the lake gets
low.  It makes good bass cover.  Santa Clara Co. doesn't care about fishing.


> The water level has dropped so much that it has became very easy to
>catch fish. I was there 2 times this week and I averaged 15 bass in
>2 hours on spinnerbaits and plastics. Also the folks down the bank were
>pulling in catfish. One cat looked to weigh 7-8 pounds. There also are
>an assortment of rusted old lures and tackle that can be found on the 
>now dry shores.

Thanks for the hint.  The last time they drained it someone caught a 37 pound
catfish as it was getting low.  About seven years ago they drained it and
I had about the same luck your having on the bass as it was going down.  I
also caught a 5.5 pound bass there that year.  Where abouts are you fishing?
Have you heard where they're going to transplant the fish?

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| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: cloyd_j@apollo.hp.com (John Cloyd)
Subject: Fishing Reports - Yechptooey!
Originator: cloyd_j@face_plant
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:50:20 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA

    The Kittery Trading Post publishes a weekly
"Fishing Report and Forecast". Maybe it's just me,
but when I read things like "This was the week
that bluefish enthusiasts had been waiting for..."
and "...ensuing feeding frenzies were wild enough
that several miles of beach had to be closed to 
bathers!" it has a terrible effect on me. I mean
we're talking perfect conditions - no tourists in
the water to hook, and we all sat here at our desks.
I mean it's hard enough to work all week, trying to
sneak in a hour or two when you can, without hearing
stuff like this, don't you agree ? Aren't you all
glad I shared this with you ? Well, back to work
with you...

                            :->
                               jc in Me.

Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: faught@redfox.ssc.gov (Ed Faught)
Subject: Re: fishing in chicago?
Reply-To: faught@redfox.ssc.gov
Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:09:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.211901.19725@newross.Princeton.EDU> jmd@cs.Princeton.EDU  
() writes:
>Hello Anglers,
>I'm traveling to chicago next week, and I have an entire free day.

Go to the basement of the hotel and cast! Oh, that was during the flood.

Plenty of salmon in the lake, lots of charter boats in the harbor,
PCB's in the fatty parts of the fish, just trim prudently.
--
Ed Faught  WA9WDM  faught@psychosis.ssc.gov
 Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
From: hauer@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Hauer)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 11:57:48 GMT
Subject: Re: WD-40
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
Newsgroups: alt.fishing

For those of you who have been asking, Yes I have used WD-40 on
occasion as a test. My results have been non-conclusive, but in
every situation my quantity of catch has not been reduced from
the person fishing without it just next to me. I can't say that
it dramatically improves my catches, but it doesn't hurt! I do
keep a small can in my tackle box to help lube my fishing reel on
occasion and if things aren't biting may doctor my bait. I have
caught trout, perch, and bullheads with WD-40 on my bait.
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: blaby@fraser.sfu.ca (John Edward Blaby)
Subject: Re: Has anybody ever used the buzz bomb or Zzinger?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:01:15 GMT

khui@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Kelvin Y. Hui) writes:

>How effective they are for mooching and bottom fishing?  I would like to
>hear from experienced fishermen before commiting 40+ bucks, and valuable
>fishing time.

Buzz bombs and zingers are an excellent lure up here in BC. You can
get coho and springs fairly consistently with them. They also catch
bottom fish such as ling cod.

The secret of using them for salmon is to know that the fish are
there. If you cast one into a herring ballup and that ballup is caused
by feeding salmon, the odds are VERY good that you will get a strike
as the lure drifts down through the herring.

You could do far worse than have an assortment of these lures in your
tackle box :)

The smaller sizes are even good in a lake for trout!

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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: dixon@spot.Colorado.EDU (Life is real?)
Subject: Tobacco smell (was Re: WD-40)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:37:08 GMT

> 
> I have heard that if you smoke cigarettes that the tobacco smell gets on 
> the lures and will cause a fish to spit out a lure a little quicker. WD-40
> is more of a scent mask than an enhancer.
>
> John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
> 
I personally know of a handful of people who swear by the use of chewing
tobacco on baits/lures...just chew and spit, then go fishin'!  They claim
it works so well they won't go fishing without it! 

BD

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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Need doughball recipe
Date: 22 Jul 92 22:01:27 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Jul22.131757.5892@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> smash@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Scott Mash) writes:
|I have been doing a lot of catfishing lately and have had lots of 
|luck, outside of the turtle infestation at my favorite lake (fox lake). 

There is a lake nearby that has a pretty significant turtle population.  I
heard a brief snippet this morning on the radio that this lake has been
popular lately because the image of jesus has appeared in a tree near the
lake.  I wonder if that'll improve the fishing there.  I've never been skunked
so many times at a lake that looked so fishable.  The lake in the news is
Pinto Lake in Watsonville.

>Now I want to move onto carp and I have heard that doughballs work
>the best.  Does anyone have a "recipe" for carp doughballs?  What
>type of water is the best to fish on for carp (river, lake, pond)?

A better question would be why would anyone want to.  I've heard they like
Corn Flakes.  

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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: Tim Dunn <tdunn@erseq.us.oracle.com>
Subject: Fishing Info for the Albany N.Y. area
Organization: Oracle Complex Systems Corp.
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:44:16 GMT
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              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.



	Im going to be working in Albany for about 10
days
	at the begining of August and will try to get
some time
	to get out and go fishing, Anybody who can give
me some insight
	as to where, when and how would be appreciated.

	Questions

	I wont have a boat, got to leave mine down here
on the Bay but
	is there any good lake shore or river fishing
in the area ?

	Do I bring an ultralight or a medium bass type
rod ?

	Bait bait bait ???

	lures lures lures ???

																			Thanks in advance

																							Tim Dunn
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:32:58 EDT
From: <SRK8@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Fishing Depth And Time
 <1992Jul28.135358.11914@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>

Hi John, The bass seemed to be in groups, becasue as soon as we had seen one
bass we would invariably see one or two more.  The fish were very panicy
during the day, becasue they would immediately scatter as soon as we got
about 10 feet to them.  Fishes found always near sufficient cover, like
fallen trees etc.  The raystown dam is just about 10-15 years old so the
vegetation has yet to take root in most of the places.  During the night it
seemed almost as if the fish couldn't see us, becasue they would just stay
where they were until we touched them.  I could attribute it to two reasons.
First as you said they have as yet to get used to the night.  We dived at
about 9.30-10.30 in the night.  The second reason could have been that they
couldnt see us, becasue we were well shielded by the light we were carying.
It was an interesting experience.At depths of about 70-80 feet the water
temperature was about 43 F, quite cold I must say.

Kumar
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: keith@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM (Keith Boyd)
Subject: Re: What about Slug-Go plastics?
Keywords: Slug-Go
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 12:34:53 GMT

In article <1992Jul18.053545.23635@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> cscdc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Dan Carpenter) writes:
>In article <1992Jul16.035926@IASTATE.EDU> hlai@IASTATE.EDU (Hui-Chang Lai) writes:
>>
>>	I've recently heard about Slug-Go baits and saw some in local K-Mark.  Is is
>>kind of plastic as good as they (the magzine) says?  What technique(s) is best
>>using this bait? Any suggestion? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>--H Lai
>
>
>My Uncle who introduced them to me, told me to pull slowly a short
>distance, then stop, letting the slug - go  to fall deeper in the water
>then repeat the cycle as needed to get back to your rod.
>
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I like to "twitch" or jerk Slug-go's when retrieving. Hold the rod tip low,
twitch the rod and let the lure dart rapidly and then settle down a moment.
Reel in the slack while lure is sinking. Repeat. This tends to really entice
the bass in the pond where I fish. You have to use the right size hook for
these. The 6" Slug-go works good with 2/0 hook. The 4.5" needs a smaller 
lighter hook to stay just under the surface. Good luck.
 
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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: ferry@aps.anl.gov (Richard Ferry)
Subject: Re: Fishing Catalogs
Reply-To: ferry@aps.anl.gov
Organization: Argonne National Lab -- APS
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:18:36 GMT

Here are a few names and addresses:

GANDER MOUNTAIN INC.
BOX 248, HWY W
WILMOT, WI. 53192
PHONE: (800)558-9410

BASS PRO SHOPS
1935 S. CAMPBELL 
SPRINGFIELD, MO. 65898
PHONE: (800)227-7776

T.F.S.
PO BOX 756
ABINGDON,MD. 21009
PHONE: (800)638-5472
From: smash@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Scott Mash)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: WD-40
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:38:08 GMT
Organization: Smasher Land BBS (614)593-8359

In article <13674@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>I have heard that if you smoke cigarettes that the tobacco smell gets on 
>the lures and will cause a fish to spit out a lure a little quicker. WD-40
>is more of a scent mask than an enhancer.

I am not so sure about this tabacco smell thing, when I was in our
high school bass club we used to spit chew on our lures.  This seemed
to work, especially on rubber worms.



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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: labelle@intelhf.hf.intel.com (George La Belle)
Subject: Re: WD-40
Organization: Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp., Hillsboro  OR
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 15:07:12 GMT

wbg@mtek.com (W. Brewster Gillett) writes:

>markc@onondaga.East.Sun.COM (Mark Conti - Sun Syracuse, NY FE) writes:

>I'm not conversant with the theory, but in practice, most sturgeon seekers
>in these parts spray their bait with WD-40. Probably at the least it helps
>to mask most of the human scent.

	Does anyone have any evidence to support this "human scent" theory?

	I learned from a Japanese guide that he'd done experiments in Alaska
	using rubber gloves/not rubber gloves to rig end tackle and found
	no difference in the number or veracity of hits.

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Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: plh@eos.ncsu.edu (Pat L. Heron)
Subject: Re: BOWFISHING IN TEXAS!
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:32:25 GMT

In article <douthit.711983486@scofflaw>, douthit@convex.com (Ronnie Douthit) writes:
|> 
|> I guess people have gotten defensive after the C&R flame fest.
|> 
|> 			-Ron 

HAVE NOT RON!!!!  I resent the insinuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


			-Pat.
 
Xref: sparky alt.fishing:2786 ba.general:3156
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing,ba.general
Subject: Re: Fly Tying
Date: 24 Jul 92 20:19:11 GMT
Followup-To: alt.fishing
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

I asked about Fly Tying books and videos and have received quite a few
email responses so far.  Almost every one has told me to take a class.  With
that in mind can someone recommend a class in the bay area.

Keep those book and video recommendations coming.  As I said, I'm going to
summarize and it looks like there will be some valuable information there.

>Try the Orvis Fly Tying Book.  It is spiral bound and has a black cover.

Is this the same as the "Orvis Fly Pattern Index"?  Someone else recommended
this.

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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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From: omar@smcl403.smkt (Omar Kassem)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Lower Sacramento
Date: 28 Jul 92 22:27:40 GMT
Reply-To: omar@smcl403.smkt
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation

Hi,
I am going to do some power fishing this weekend.  I need information on fishing
for both trout and salmon on the lower Sacramento beween Redding and Red Bluff.
I like to flyfish, so any recommended patterns and sizes would be appreciated.
I normally use 7X tippit is this too light?  I am not hesitant to put down my
flypool and yank out my ultralight, so please feel free to suggest other fishing
methods as well.  I will be taking up my boat, so any launching info is also helpful.
Feel free to email, thanks in advance.


---
Pain
From: csc1210212@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: BOWFISHING C@R IT WORKS
Date: 27 Jul 92 14:02:20 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

Believe it or not there is catch and release.I even saw a video where
they showed how.I have a pond like and all thats in it are perch and 
and moss so Ive been shooting carp and buffalo and putting them in to 
clean it up and when they do it Ill shoot them again.I coulnt tell you 
how many times Ive shot a fish and it already had a hole or wound from
an arrow . Big fish especially are easy to shoot and let go provided
 you dont hit any thing vital-which is usually hard.k
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
From: dudley.chi@xerox.com (Tim Dudley)
Subject: Re: Where to bring my son(3-1/2) for first success
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:17:38 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.212611.19911@newross.Princeton.EDU> jmd@atomic (John M.
Danskin) writes:

>...but for them, waiting 15 min for a bite is plenty challenging.

I know how they feel.       :-(

Tim
From: plh@eos.ncsu.edu (Pat L. Heron)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Need doughball recipe
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:15:35 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University

In article <13676@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
|> 
|> >Now I want to move onto carp and I have heard that doughballs work
|> >the best.  Does anyone have a "recipe" for carp doughballs?  What
|> >type of water is the best to fish on for carp (river, lake, pond)?
|> 
|> A better question would be why would anyone want to...

When was the last time you went fresh-water fishing from shore 
and you were able to land ten hard fighting fish weighing between 
5-15 lbs in a couple of hours? (even if they are slimy disgusting and 
don't smell too good).


		-Pat.
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