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With all Hokie respect,
she looks really fast.
This reminded me how I really don't like the Direct TV Jon Bon Jovi commercials.
I watch them thinking "Why, Jon?"
That is all.....
Gary Oldman was insanely good in that movie.
Couldn't tell you where they went, but the situation is the same here around the middle peninsula. While in early Sept., some locals have some "spot holes" where they seem to score, the large numbers of "yellow bellies" usually around have been conspicuously absent, while croaker numbers seem to be way up. I think a lot of this stuff is cyclical, and the plethora of small croaker would lead one to predict larger fish next year, but I'm just not sure whether that will happen or not. Living where the world record croaker was caught at 8 lbs or so, I'd be happy with big croaker and few spot, but almost no spot and little average croaker isn't my ideal.
Came to this thread just to make sure someone had pointed this out. We don't use "former" in this context.
I absolutely agree. Confidence definitely leads to a better presentation. I fish every cast like I honestly believe there's a fish right behind my bait just waiting for me to fool him into buying in. Consequently, I am pretty "lucky" at fishing. You are right to get excited by the notion of using the Gulp in the surf. I started with regular curly tailed grubs thirty years ago, and outfished the flounder fishermen all around me by movin' and groovin' up and down the beach working rips and any other anomaly I could see. Cut sand banks, obvious "pools" or holes in the sand...you know the drill. Now, though, there is Gulp. While I was, and still do, predominantly target flounder in that situation, it is a lot of fun to see how much else around will hit the lures. You lose far fewer swimming mullet tails in the surf than around docks, too, but of course, bluefish are always going to be a bugaboo, even when they are big enough to get it all and get caught. As someone who is sporting an annoying bluefish bite in my palm as I type, I can attest that they do their damage whether they just nip or get the hook, but I would suggest that smoked bluefish is a fine addition to fall table fare, and truly excellent live bait for cobia.
Please give a shout back when you have an opinion on the fishbites. I haven't used anything other than the stock stuff, crab bites, and of course, the bloodworm bites, and I can attest that they work.
Here's a question for y'all that get out more than me...
What happened to all the spot in Hampton Roads? The last few times I've fished the rivers out there, it's been nothing but croaker for almost everyone. (And toadfish.)
Good point but truth is, VT was still losing the top state talent when we were winning 10-11 games a season.
The country just isn't as big anymore. And by that I mean that everywhere is so accessible. The importance placed on proximity to home is almost negligible now. Only winning matters. And I agree with that. Winner want to play for winners. Recruiting is gonna take some time to get back to where it was, because VT isn't really considered a winner anymore like it was a few years ago. If we can string together good seasons over the next 3 years, I have no doubt that we will start to land the big recruits in VA.
Athletic and hot is a great combination. Somebody call the Wheaties people.
You go, Kristi!
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# | Is Nick Saban, or Alabama's Recruiting Staff, the worst recruiting staff this year? the opposite...Alabama is consistently the best recruiters every year.
presentation, which I think is heavily influenced by confidence, is huge.
and around here, you "cain't be skeerd" (as my buddy says) to throw it within inches of the oyster bars, pilings, etc. getting hung up is part of the deal...little risk, little reward. some of my favorite spots are the size of my desktop
we routinely will skip lures (Gulp and swim baits 10 to 20 feet back up under docks for reds, just like you would skip a stone. we stand on the bow and cast "submarine" style (I use a 6'6" rod). if you hook up, grab the spool to stop the drag and go straight to the back of the boat to get the fish beyond the pilings. if you still have a fish on, you can fight it from there.
the mud minnow color worked well (but not any better than white) in the lower St Johns R around dock pilings where salinities aren't as high as they are in the creeks off the ICW. i think new penny is a fad though they still sell plenty. i caught fish on it in the fall but certainly no better than "natural".
i think the shrimp just has more volume and thus holds/releases more "stink" than the swimming mullet. when the fish are biting, you can hook it backwards, upside down, whatever. it has no action other than the "hop" you give it. the swimming mullet tail will move a little with the current and in my opinion provide a little more visibility when the fish aren't as aggressive and a slow retrieve is a must.
you do however, have me itching to try the surf. good friend of mine has been telling me to do this for years. he rides a bicycle on the beach and fishes the rip runouts. but he also fishes fresh dead shrimp and that has no appeal to me. Gulp on the other hand...
i also found the fishbites extreme 3" paddletail this week and am anxious to give them a try. as i said above, i'm a tackle manufacturer's dream
edit: well i thought i said it...i guess i edited it out
I think it was 4th we had a hokie qualify for the 100 fly for hungary as well
My dad texted me stating that there was a Hokie that got 3rd place in backstroke but just missed out on making the cut (didn't catch the name).
Fan creation from several years back, originally picked up as a Nike concept but debunked as a hoax. It is not in compliance with NCAA color requirements.
Marcus Davis? OH yeah, I remember him. Terrible blocker downfield but nearly broke a receiving record.
truth
Is this a concept or is this something VT may actually wear? I am all for this!
I'd feel A LOT better if our grad, doctoral students in engineering as well as engineering alumni would develop some type of secret mind altering/control device to retain commitments from top ranked talent in VA.
But, to answer your inquiry more thoroughly, we still have not secured one 4 star recruit from the 757, and at current, signs don't point to recruiting improving for this season, so all said
That's why I'm adding a little bit of this to my kettle cakes this morning
I agree with you about the teardrop jig head, love the big eye on the heads, and yes, everything that swims will chop the tail off of that swimming mullet. I have tried the shrimp and just don't have the action that I get on the mullet, but part of that is probably just not fishing the shrimp enough to develop the same level of confidence in it that I have in the mullet. Problem is, at 55 to 75 cents a pop, losing a tail to a ten inch blue or an aggressive croaker can get expensive when flounder are the target but croaker are much more numerous. Colors are possibly less important than presentation, I have always preferred chartreuse, but when I run out, white and pink seem to do just as well. I have done poorly with the new penny, a bit better with electric chicken, and poorly with the "mud minnow". Since I have moved to the bay, I have caught stripers, flounder, baby cobia, baby grouper, oyster toads, redfish, speckled trout, grey trout, bluefish, lizardfish, blowfish, spot, croaker, whiting, cow nosed rays, white perch, green perch, yellow perch, and a houndfish on Gulp. I also use a 7' or 7'3 freshwater rod, six to ten lb test line and my old smallmouth reels when I'm Gulping.
Mmmmm, that's....that's nice. That's not bad. Thanks (:
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