Catch of the day [Fishing]
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Minnesota's slogan is the "land of 10,000 lakes", but we actually have many more than that.
One of my favorites is Lake O'Dowd in the southwest metro.
My buddy and I caught a few pike and about 10 bass up to 17".
If there's one thing quarantine/pandemic has taught me, it's enjoying the little things.
@Giles do you have a pair of lightweight fishing gloves you can recommend? My hands have been getting fatigue, blisters, and torn up from the braided line after 6 hours of casting.
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The best gloves I have ever used are these:
https://www.amazon.com/Anglers-Design-ADG-08-offshore-Globe/dp/B009M8RPEK
I have almost worn through my second pair and am I miffed that they don't appear to be available anywhere any longer.
I've bought a few other pairs as back-ups, but none so far have been as good as the anglers design and I end up giving them away.
In the tropics I always take a spare pair, because I simply can't give an 8oz lure with 100lb braid the umph I need, without losing a finger. So I have backups just in case.
So I'm going to need to look for alternatives myself.
I may try these:
https://www.pechextreme.com/en/gloves/2995-10320-bkk-full-finger-gloves.html
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First on a fly rod -
Lake Minnewashta is my favorite metro Minneapolis lake. My fishing buddy cancelled because it was raining at 5:30 AM. boy did he ever miss a great day, however i skipped fish selfies as they never turn out well.
my Lund tied to the dock in the last pic
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This was not my fish, but I had Google-Earthed the crap out of the local coastline and found an area that I thought looked good. It does require wading through waist deep water to get to some of the shingle banks.
I went with a mate yesterday and we had six between us (
he had 5 and I had 1
), so I'll be back. I think we have cracked the best state of tide too…
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Hence the bigger smile?
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Love those paddle tail soft baits. All I use here in the river. Can’t wait to fish it with my kayak
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What size is it? Unweighted hook? Looks good
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11.5" Crappie. That's pretty big for MN.
The bass have eluded us so far this year, but the hammer handle northern pike kept our rods bent and hands slimy.
I'm taking my nephew out Saturday morning, will report back.
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Took the middle son out for a day of fishing yesterday, and as @Giles knows the worlds strongest maelstrom is just over the fjord from me. If you hit the tides right it is great fishing.
I knew from the almanac it wouldn’t be one of those days unless we went very early or very late, but the lad did alright in the quiet water in by the rocks. I was casting long and going deep and didn’t get a bloody thing [emoji1]
And yes, the boy is wearing my IHC-15.
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Great…..
It was great. One not so great thing that I’m trying not to dwell on is that I got to use that great real with one of those 85g lures you have me, in my brand new rod. It was an absolute pleasure in terms of casting and control. Seba slammed the car door shut on the rod at the end of the day and snapped it. Fml.
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Was going to say the same thing–he is proud of his fish.
