Recent content by bigbillybass

I think I've decided to go with a 12' tenkara for screwing around while backpacking, and a salty 8wt single handed with a butt for dedicated coastal excursions. I think that's the best compromise between wanting the ability to fish the coast for x, y and z effectively and wanting something light...

Well my eBay order for that 'steal' of a deal got cancelled due to the seller 'not having inventory'.. Knew it was too good to be true. My reel showed up and everything too, lol. I've kind of been giving thought to whether or not I should go with a fly fishing rig for the coast right now anyway...

I hadn't! I'd been overlooking that, but that does seem pretty important for managing bigger fish. Looks like the model I had in mind has one though. Think I'm sold on the 8wt though and thanks for your input. Is $470 a bad deal for a new Orvis Recon 9' 8wt Salt? And yeah I moved away from...

Thanks so much! That's just the kind of info I was hoping for.

Cool! Honestly I think I'll grab 8/9 depending on whatever good deal pops up first. I think I might go new as well since Orvis offers a warranty and I'm a little worried as a novice with an expensive graphite rod fishing on the jetties... Lol. Anyway, these were the best references I found for...

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That's kinda what I was thinking with regarding to waiting on the albacore idea.. Awesome, if no further objections than 9' 8wt it is! Can't help but wonder though, what are the tradeoffs that would be made in going with an 9wt? Are both of these equally capable of cutting through harsh winds...

Awesome, I don't know much about spey rods so I think I'll stick to the single.. I don't intend to be catching salmon often, so I'm ok with getting a bit beat up on the rare occassion I do go for them. But I love sashimi and getting a fresh salmon like that once or twice a year would just be...

Thanks for all the tips with regard to what's good to eat and not, as well as the bleeding. I had considered that clean water is preferable, but not the effects of a fish becoming larger and moving up the food chain and accumulation of toxins. Good to know, and easy enough to reason about. My...

Thanks for the tip about silver lake! That's not too far from me.

Can you catch any good sushi fish (aside from salmon) along the jetty or surf, without a boat? Would an 8wt be suitable for bringing in a salmon from a jetty? Think I'm gonna get a dedicated rod this month but still unsure whether to go for 8, 9 or 10.

Why not eat the panfish? I was reading last night that they're prone to overpopulation, and this leads to them remaining small too (so retaining them may enable others to grow bigger, and improve the fishing). But of course I'm a noob! Just curious. And why not eat the bass?

Are the bass good eating? Alternatively, do you have any recommendations for lakes that might have wild brook trout right now? I'm a total noob as you can tell, just wanting some quality fish to eat to get me outta the house. I'll probably grab the 8wt soon, it'd be great to always have that as...

Hmmm.. Thanks for the advice. Are the lake trout good eating? Anyway, seems like jetty or surf fishing is the most promising for catching and keeping tasty species year round, so I'm looking at getting a suitable pole. Do you think an 8wt would be good for surf and jetty fishing, but also...

Having a hard time discerning what's eligible for catch-and-keep now and in the coming months. If I understand correctly, panfish, lingcod, rockfish may be caught and kept anytime, as well as trout from lakes and ponds. And we're coming up on some steelhead activity, are these safe for keep? Any...