if anyone knows of a fairly cheap fish/depth finder for sale, hit me up

looking something to just give me some read outs, nothing too fancy

4/22/2008 1:37:26 PM

check this boat out.

$700. he had it for $850 a earlier. but this was beginning of april.


http://charlotte.craigslist.org/boa/629932005.html
12foot for $700

4/22/2008 2:01:50 PM

^just add this

4/22/2008 2:16:59 PM

if you find a boat w/o a trailer and want to put it on one, i have a steel trailer long enough for a 16-18' flat bottom that i'll probably be switching out for a galvanized trailer this summer. the tongue can easily be shortened to fit anywhere from 18-10'. spare, lights, no title. $200 and it's yours.just throwing it out there if you're interested.

4/22/2008 3:26:28 PM

anyone going this weekend? probably gonna do the neuse on friday afternoon/pamlico on saturday thing again. worked out pretty good last weekend.

4/22/2008 11:31:05 PM

guess not

4/24/2008 2:45:51 PM

well, jensen beach florida

4/24/2008 2:51:08 PM

Towing the boat down Saturday and my first offshore trip of the year will be Sunday. Wish me luck!

A little nervous....we've done a shakedown in a local lake, but you can't really simulate a 40 mile drive in it...

4/24/2008 3:07:19 PM

where you heading out of?

4/24/2008 3:11:23 PM

just went to Boaters World. The most notable thing on their sale is the Berkley Gulp lures. They have them buy 2 get 2 free with a limit of 10 packs. I got 8 packs of Gulp and a roll of leader line for $36

4/24/2008 3:12:47 PM

^holy shit i might go now

when does that end?

are the buckets on sale? the $20 ones or whatever...

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 3:14 PM. Reason : ?]

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 3:14 PM. Reason : buckets]

4/24/2008 3:13:50 PM

^^^Wrightsville Beach

Not sure where I'm gonna go yet...we don't have any secret holes yet or anything in the range we want to fish Sunday. Prally just look for a good temp break.

4/24/2008 3:21:17 PM

first kings of the year were caught on Ocean Crest Pier, so you might not have to go far...

4/24/2008 3:22:11 PM

hell yeah, good deal on gulps, someone catch me some flatfish and some specks plz, k thanks

4/24/2008 3:46:32 PM

^that could actually be arranged, depending on how many me and jw27863 catch saturday

limit's 20. our boss wants some, but not that many. let me know if you're being for cereal.

4/24/2008 3:48:44 PM

no doubt, I guess I'd have to have them frozen or kept on ice all week and cook em as soon as I get home sunday

cause I'll be gone til the 4th

4/24/2008 3:50:43 PM

little too long for just ice, isn't it? if we have to freeze them we usually salt the fillets a little and fill the freezer bag with water. i'll let you know if we get into them heavy enough.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 3:55 PM. Reason : also, sorry but my granny gets all my flatties...she loves em ]

4/24/2008 3:54:53 PM

word, I'd appreciate it

or maybe I can tag along next time, I haven't been fun fishing in forever

4/24/2008 3:55:41 PM

yeah man. i'm always looking someone who's willing to split gas with me. bout the only expense really.

4/24/2008 3:56:31 PM

thats cool, what kinda boat we fillin up?

4/24/2008 3:57:27 PM

1972 ouachita aluminum skiff w/ a mariner 30 hp pull start....we roll in style

she's not much, but she's unbelievably stable and perfect for shallow water. i usually launch in the creek i'm fishing and don't leave that creek anyway.

sometimes Pops will let me borrow his 17' hydrasport CC w/ a 90 johnson ocean pro

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 4:00 PM. Reason : don't make Al. boats like that one anymore]

4/24/2008 3:59:59 PM

haha oh ok, no biggie

at least it aint 450 gallons of 93 octane 4-5 times in a week

4/24/2008 4:01:06 PM

burn 10x as much in the truck getting there as i do in the boat.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 4:03 PM. Reason : ^also don't get paid to do it ]

4/24/2008 4:02:16 PM

hah I know, it costs me $150 just to drive to the coast and back now

4/24/2008 4:03:17 PM

i pull it with my dakota, so it's pretty cheap.

4/24/2008 4:06:49 PM

word, where do you usually go?


I have plenty of places to stay between atlantic beach and emerald isle also

4/24/2008 4:09:08 PM

yeah, I figured once the chopper blues came in, the kings wouldn't be too hard behind. Might have to hit up the pier tomorrow or this weekend while I'm down there if I get bored

ha, I hope you get better gas mileage in your dodge than I do mine.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM. Reason : ]

4/24/2008 4:23:54 PM

yay for the baitfish moving in


BRING ON THE BIG BOYS

it made me sad to watch my DVR'd fishing show last night and see my friend fishing and whacking the kings down on the oil rigs

4/24/2008 4:24:57 PM

^^^usually pick one of the creeks off the pamlico river where i've been hearing good reports. bay river and neuse river work too. fish the haystacks and north river marshes some too.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM. Reason : go to CL jetty in the winter when it's calm]

4/24/2008 4:28:30 PM

yeah, theyre all over the tower right now

i just went to BW, got like 12 gulps, some line, and other crap...cant walk out without spending $50 everytime im there...

hope the kings arent too far behind...was out 15ish miles last weekend and nada on top...marked tons of bait down in the water column

4/24/2008 4:29:38 PM

^did you see how long the sale was and if the green buckets of gulp were on sale?

4/24/2008 4:30:29 PM

I got a $10 off coupon if anyone wants it


but as for all that, if we can go out on a nice day, hit up the turning basin, the cl jetty and some of the backwaters around harkers island we'd have a good day


I'm gonna talk to my friend and see if he wants to fish teh swansboro KMT since my team isn't doing it

4/24/2008 4:33:17 PM

^^The Gulp! Alive buckets sell for more on eBay than most stores. That stuff stinks like hell-be careful if you have a carpeted boat.

4/24/2008 4:35:25 PM

anybody join http://www.getreeled.com yet?

4/24/2008 4:36:24 PM

^^don't worry, i'm no Gulp noob

4/24/2008 4:39:31 PM

that gulp! alive is bullshit, maybe its good for freshwater but in salt water it had no effect at all

4/24/2008 4:48:22 PM

^the vast majority of speckled trout, flounder, and red drum fishermen would disagree with you.

less short strikes and harder hits, in my experience

i like to put the shrimp ones about 30" under a poppin cork

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 4:57 PM. Reason : .]

4/24/2008 4:53:44 PM

nah, just the bag gulps are on sale, not the buckets

ended up with 2 x 2in mini shrimp, 4 x 3in shrimp, 2 x 4in swimming minnows, and a few pogies 4 and 6in ones (cigar minnow)

4/24/2008 5:56:10 PM

^someone posted a link for a $5 rebate on those the other day.

off topic-Don't think there are any in NC but Zebra Mussels have been found in a couple lakes within 2 hours of my house in CO. The link below has some crazy pics-it's a pdf so I can't post them.

http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/articles/MusselPreventionStandleyLake.pdf

4/24/2008 6:01:27 PM

^yeah, i got that too

^^that sucks. i wouldn't expect them to be buy two get two, but wish they'd cut the price a little.

i called and the sale ends sunday, so i'm gonna go sunday when i get back to raleigh and stock up. if they have any deals on smaller spinning reels i might pick up one or two of them also.

4/24/2008 6:19:08 PM

Trolling for Stripers tomorrow

4/24/2008 9:34:17 PM

yeah, sale ends sunday. I just got back on here. I did post a link for $5 off of the Berekley Gulp stuff earlier...scroll up to find it.

4/24/2008 10:07:11 PM

stripers at where? i read theyre up and busy at jordan now

4/25/2008 10:10:07 AM

Chesapeake Bay. Only managed one fish, and it was well under the minimum

4/25/2008 3:22:35 PM

I'm running the Grady solo all next week.

4/26/2008 7:38:02 PM

water was too damn clear in north creek today. a lot of hits, but too soft to hang. i think the clean water had them finicky.

did have a 3' gar hit the poppin cork and get his snout tangle in the leader. that was exciting. backwater barracuda....

4/26/2008 10:58:40 PM

made trip up to Weldon. It was a parking lot out on the water, but the fish were biting fairly well. Went through ~150 minnows and got our limit of 8 fish. (4 fishing)

Too bad season ends Wednesday, and fishing supposedly gets better in may.

4/26/2008 11:30:31 PM

fuck the crowd and don't drive as far...come catch them in goldsboro. hardly anyone even knows they come up here heavy enough to target.

get some crickets and catch some bream for bait. stop at EZ Bait and get some live eels too. jumbo minnows do pretty good too.

and our season is through May 31st.

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 11:46 PM. Reason : r]

4/26/2008 11:46:08 PM

well they caught 7 kings today at Ocean Crest. largest was 25 with several in the 21-22lb range. Should've gone today but rolled over at 5am and said screw it. Supposed to be S wind 15-20 tomorrow

[Edited on April 27, 2008 at 8:02 PM. Reason : ]

4/27/2008 7:59:34 PM

S wind = in your face, sucka

better put some extra lead on that clothespin

4/27/2008 11:16:58 PM