Well Gander Mountain was having a pretty good sale this week on a reel I've been giving serious thought to picking up, so I went ahead and decided that $30 off was enough to make me drive around to two different stores until I found one that was in stock!
I ended up picking up an Abu Garcia C3 6501 baitcasting reel and a brand spankin new musky rod(nothing special, cheapest one they had), going to try my hand at musky fishing this summer up in Ontario, and if I can find a buddy with a boat even some time out here in Minnesota. Also this will be a great reel to pair up with a catfish rod(soon to come) when I hit up some local rivers for flatheads.
Now that the snow is beginning to melt and the ice is beginning to break up on the lakes, I'm getting extremely antsy about open-water season. If only they didn't close the season to most sport fish in the spring! I'll satisfy myself with channel cats and carp for a while until the water water warms up and various species open for the new season.
On Friday I'm heading to Florida for 9 days(boss giving me some time off too!) to visit family, and the grandparents HAPPEN to have a condo on the beach.. which means shore fishing for shark/snook/redfish! It might even be prime time for the beginning of snook migration, which could very well mean incredible fishing. I still have yet to catch my "big" shark, the two big ones I hooked into last year were more than my tackle could handle. One snapped my 50lb test and the other bit through my 100lb monofilament leader, which I was told was nearly bite-proof even from sharks.. I guess that's why the term "nearly" was applied. Hopefully this year, with my brother along for the first time, we'll have increased odds.
There's nothing that gives me quite a rush as pulling a shark up on the beach by its tail for a quick unhooking/picture before walking it back into the water. Especially the med-small guys, they're big enough to give you quite a chomp and small enough to be REAL QUICK if they're still green when you land 'em. Snake handling reflexes come into play there
So far I've remained unscathed, and I want to keep it that way(unlike snake bites which I couldn't care less about)
Just had to share my excitement (and a bit of stir-craziness b/c of snow and ice delaying open water season) about new fishing equipment.
If there's anything that's more addicting that reptiles for me, it's fishing. If only I could somehow make my living by being a fisherman/reptile breeder, I'd be the happiest man alive.
Originally Posted by mainbutter
Well Gander Mountain was having a pretty good sale this week on a reel I've been giving serious thought to picking up, so I went ahead and decided that $30 off was enough to make me drive around to two different stores until I found one that was in stock!
.Good luck catching your shark
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